The figures

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****WARNING! Inappropriate scenes!**** not edited...

I wake up with a sudden shiver down my spine. I look to the window to see if it's open. It's not. I notice it's still dark out. Shouldn't it be morning already? I ask myself. I get up and walk over to the window. I gasp as I see it boarded up.
     "Mom?" I yell out. No answer. "Dad?" I walk out into the cold hallway. It's dark, all I see is a single candle lit up at the end of the hall. I walk towards it, feeling shiver throughout my whole body. Why is it so cold? I say in my head. Holding unto my myself. My night gown touching the floor. 
     I finally get to the candle. I notice a little note underneath the candle. I pick it up and start reading it.
To: Cherlyn.
We went to the calling, won't be back until Friday. We boarded up the whole house for a reason. Don't try to get out. Please.
Love, mom and dad.
    
    "The calling?!" I say aloud. I know it's me just in the house. "You go, to the calling and yet you don't tell me what it is?" I crumple the note and throw it to the floor. I run to the calendar and check what day it is. I squint my eyes, even though it won't work. It's too dark. I see that today is Wednesday. One more day. I grab the candle and walk over to a small cabinet beside the door. The door!
     I rush to the door turning the knob. I open the door, expecting the bright sun shining on my face. I don't. I see boards. I see a crack on the side and look through. I look outside and gasp in horror. I see fire everywhere, I almost puke when I see mountains of bodies piled in the forest. I step back when I see a figures dancing around with a long black cloak with a mask on that has a long narrow nose. He has a spear in his hand, he's waving it around.
     I slam the door immediately regretting my decision. I hear a mans voice shout coming nearer and nearer. "NO SOUL SHALL BE LEFT!" I finally hear him. I drop my candle, the fire goes out leaving me with no light.
I feel the walls to know where I'm going. My heart beats faster as I hear banging on the door. I trip over something on the ground and the sound makes a loud thump. "COME OUT!" I hear the same voice say.
I quickly get up and run. I don't care where I go, I wanna get out of here. I slam into the wall at the end of the hallway. I bang my head against the picture frame, making it fall down on the ground. I fall backwards on the hard wooden floor. "Ouch..." I say quietly. I rub my head, making it feel even worse.
    I sit there for awhile. Then I start hearing it. I look behind me, I hear loud banging sounds and wood being crushed. The boards! I get up and run to my room.
    I go to my window, heart beating fast. I open the window, I hear a loud swear from the living room. "I'm in sweetheart." I hear a voice call out. "I know you're in here, come out... I'll kill you fast." My heart stops. He wants to kill me. "Unless, you want to die a horrid death in the fire?" I hold my mouth. Tears streaming down my face.
   "Fine, I'll find you." I silently walk over to my closet. I know I'm going to die... I open the closet door. I stay there. I hear the mans loud footsteps walk upstairs slowly. He stops once and a while. Here's my chance! I walk to the door, silently walking down the hallway. I freeze. I don't hear anything. I step forwards slowly. My foot makes a loud creak on the floor.
   I rush down the hallway as I hear loud clunks above me. I race to the door and open it. Blood and fire crawls up my nose, smoke everywhere and bodies scatter across the ground. I open my mouth to muffle a scream, but I realize where I am.
    I run towards the forest, twigs poking my bare flesh. I push away branches, whipping  them at my body. I look behind me, wishing I didn't. I see a black figure behind me sprinting at me. His long mask covering his face, hiding his identity. I scream and trip over a branch.
    I quickly get up and start running. Suddenly I feel strong arms go around my body, feeling everywhere. "Sweetheart? You thought you could get away from me?" He slowly goes down my stomach. I wince as he gets closer. He notices and pushes me into the branch. I scream in pain as the pain crawls up my body. "Every soul must die." The guy says. The guy slowly grabs his spear and points it at my neck. "I won't kill you, BUT I would like to... Capture your lovely flower into my hands." He says laughing.
He wants my virginity. A tear goes down my cheek unto my night gown. The guy goes on his knees and grabs the bottom of my gown. I can't let him do this to me. I scream feeling a strange energy surround me. I feel anger swallow my whole body as the guy reaches underneath my gown. I grab his mask and tear it off, revealing his face.
    He's old. Grey hair, wrinkles and fake teeth. I kick his face, he screams in pain as he falls over landing hard on the cold hard ground. I get on him and grab a branch, I raise it high and stab him in his face. He muffles a few screams before he stops and stays still.
   I find myself continuing to stab him. I immediately stop and throw the branch into the dark forest, the darkness swallowing it. I get up and notice blood all over my gown. I wipe my face with my gown and sit down beside the man. I take off his cloak gagging. Seems like these guys don't wear anything underneath. I pull the cloak over my gown and grab his mask. I put it on and start walking towards the glow of the fire.
    I notice laughter and screams of joy when I come closer, my foot steps on a stick and all the notice immediately stops.
   "Hey! Who's out there?!" I hear a female voice call out. "Come out now!" She adds. I step closer to the voice and suddenly stop. What if they don't know who I--  I get cut off with a hand pulling my hand, the grip so hard I wince.
     "Why are you out in the woods brother?" I hear a males voice speak out. I look through the eye holes, I gasp as his handsome face looks at my mask. "Come, we've killed so many we need a gathering party." He smiles. He takes my hand and leads me into the open.
   "How... How much did we kill?" I stammer. The guy looks back, eyebrow raised.
    "You're a sister?" He grins. "Those are rare..." He suddenly drops my hand. "Come, let's have a feast." He walks over to a small wooden table and grabs a cup. He grabs another and hands one to me, filling it with fizzy liquid.
    "How did you join the figures?" He asks. "I mean, leader doesn't allow sisters quite often... In fact we only have 10 including you." He drinks, motioning for me to drink.
    "I..." I hesitate. How did I join? I killed one of them in order to survive. I stole his clothing... I notice the guy staring at me.
    "You better not be one of them damn watchers." He slams his drink on the table. "Are you?" He demands.
    I look around, the figures watching us. They all notice me and continue on what they were doing. Secretly watching us.
   "What are watchers?" I say trying to change the subject. "Certainly I'm not one, leader says to keep secret." I say trying to speak like them.
   "Watchers are people who watch us, they kill one of our brothers and take their uniform. Then they come in and secretly see what we do to defeat us. We are one of many, nobody can beat us." He laughs, grabbing his drink, chugging it all.
   "Well, I won't kill anyone." I say.
   The guy stares at me. "That is our duty, to kill every soul that is a threat. If you can't kill, you aren't one of us." He looks away. "I'm going to have you kill a soul. I dont trust you"
What am I going to do? Should I run away? I grab the drink. I pull my mask off a bit and drink some. The fizzy liquid goes down my throat, making me giggle. I suddenly chug it all. I put the cup down and look around. Everyone seems to have a good time, except me. I feel a hand go down my back.
     I immediately turn around. I see the same guy. "I notice you had the drink? Do you feel sick?"
    Suddenly my head feels dizzy and my body gives out. I fall down and crash onto the wooden table. I open my eyes, feeling the pain go all around my body.
    "What happened?!" I hear voices echo around me. "Is she okay?" I close my eyes and fall asleep.
     I jolt up when I feel a hand go on my stomach. "It's okay sister. You're okay. Brother Dan took you home and treated you." I look to my side. I see the same guy from last night. He smiles and waves.
    "Don't worry, I didn't take your mask off. I still don't know how you look like. I don't do such things." He says calmly.
    "What happened last night?" I ask.
     "I guess you didn't bother to tell me you hadn't drank beer before?" He says looking away. "I wouldn't have given you a drink." He turns to me, red to the face embarrassed.
     "It's okay, I though it was soda." I say reassuring.
     "It's time to get up, we saw some watchers watching us, we plan to kill them." He smiles admiring. "I hope I get teamed up with sister Charlotte." He laughs.
      "Who's Charlotte?" I ask.
      "The girl I like, although I don't know how she looks like. I tried to see how she looked like, but she caught me... My punishment is I couldn't hide my face anymore." He looks down frowning. "Leader was very mad at me, he almost killed me..." He gets up and walks away.
      I look around, I see a small desk with cream paper on it, and a small window just to the side of it. I squint. The windows here are boarded up too? I get up, feeling a terrible headache. I walk over to the window gasping for air, I blink twice to make sure what I'm seeing is real. The fire is still crackling and the sky.... Its still dark.
"A lady came by with a man, they were looking for a girl named Cherlyn. We're keeping them captive. I'm going to have you kill them, you can earn my trust." I stare blankly at him. My mouth widens as I know who he's talking about. He wants me to kill my parents...
I quickly look away as tears form down my face. I know he can't see them, but for some odd reason I think he can.
"Why are you crying?" He asks annoyingly. "All I want you to do is strip them, hang them upside down and saw their body in half. An amateur can do that!" He shakes his head and walks out of the room.
End of chapter 1