Did I Escape?

No Escape

Taupe Branden

I start to tell them my story, I tell them about how I woke up and the woman from my dream came in my room with the man. And about how for the past 2 and a half hours I've been trying to find everyone.
"Is that it?" Harry asks me.
"No it's not." I say remembering what happened. "Can you tell us what else happened?"
"About half an hour ago I was going around the building opening every door to see if anyone was inside, then when I got to one of the doors, that woman from my dream was there with that guy except this time she wore a black robe that went down to her ankles. When they saw me, they tried to catch me but I saw the look that went across her face when she saw me and knew she wanted me dead. I ran outside down the hallway, heading for this room knowing I would probably be safe. But just when I was about 10 feet away from safety she through here cut knife and it pierced me in the back, but it hit in a way that it just skinned my back."
   "May I see? "Azazel asks
   "Sure" Azazel lifts up my shirt. "Hey please be careful!"
"Sorry."
"How deep is it?"
"Oh not too deep, about a centimeter, and about 10cm long. Here sit down and ill patch you up" I notice I haven't sat down yet so I do. For a long moment I just sit there while Azazel works on my back.
"I'm the same as you."
"What do you mean Harry?"
"That thing you can do, making your dreams comes real, and I can too."
"You can? Well at least I'm not the only one." I say trying to sound cheerful though I can tell he knows I'm not. "What did you see?"
"I saw....the same as you except I was in the woods stuck in cement and I cut my finger off." "Did the man try to save you?"
"What man?"
"Was there a man with the woman?"
"Oh ya. And no he didn't try to save me; he just stood there like he was frozen to."
"Done." Azazel says to me.
"I'm not leaving this room if those ghosts are outside like taupe said." Azazel walks over to a computer I didn't even see the whole building.
"Nothings there..." I cut him off.
"That's almost even worse. Where are they now?"
"They're not there and all we have to do is go to the room right across from this one."
"Okay but we have to be super quick."
"Why super quick? The room isn't that far away" Harry says.
"Because they sneaked up on me one time and they're not doing it again."
"They like ambushed you?"
"Yes and no, I just walked out of a room and was closing the door..."
"So were they in the room?"
"No they were behind the door."
"And you didn't see them?"
"No."
"Do they have invisibility caps or something? Because I remember when you first came here, we were all in the skill training room, and nothing got past you."
"Who's we?"
"Alexa, Davin, Carson, G.C, Reaba, you and me" yes. Now I remember. And what I feel is loss and sadness for Reaba. I've tried to forget her but I can't it's too hard. Besides from harry she was I best friend and the way she died is the worst part, it makes me sick just thinking about it. We were skill testing when men with black suits barged in through the walls, saying for everyone to come with them, none of us wanted any trouble so we were all just about to go, when Azazel's voice came from the back of the room telling us to hold our ground. Then one of the men shot a guard beside Azazel. Then it was on. Bullets flying everywhere people getting shot all around me. My friends and I crashed to the ground when the first shot fired and started army crawling to the exit.
By the time we got there the shooting has stopped, and for all the bullets that were flying around not many people got hit. "We have to go to room 903" we all knew what that room was, it's a large room that fits up to 500 people in case of danger. Before I get too far, I automatically find myself counting my friends. "1, 2, 3, 4, 5-wheres Reaba?" people are pushing me around but I can't go, not until I find her.
I reach the body's praying she's not one of them. Maybe she just got ahead of me. As I am about to walk out I see her, lying on the ground motionless, I rush toward her. She took two shots, one in the head and one in the leg, blood gushed from her wounds, her long black hair at her side. I fall on my knees weeping, tears rolling down my cheeks, tears of hatred for the person that killed her, madness for myself for letting her fall back while the rest of us ran to safety, sadness for her leaving so soon, and most of all longing to spend a couple more minutes with her, to hear her voice and see her smile. Then a guard grabs my arms and drags me to where I'm supposed to be.
"Look man I miss her to." Harry says in a low voice. "But back to the original subject of how to get out of here" Azazel says.
"Let's just make a run for it." I say tired of being in this room.
"Ok" they both agree.
"But Taupe is going first I'll go in the middle Azazel goes last."
We check the camera to make sure its clears, which doesn't help if they do have invisibility clothes. "Ok ready?" they nod, but its's me who needs more time getting ready. I open the door, run across the hallway open the door to the other room shut it behind me and I'm in. that was easy. I look around and there are people all over the place, not dead but sleeping at least 400 people. "Slam!" I jump and spin around quickly, it's Harry.
"You made it!"
"Was hoping I would, but Azazel might not be so lucky."
"What happened?" I ask
"I just slammed the door on their faces."
"Whose 'their' and what about Azazel?" I ask.
"He was just about to leave when those creatures appeared; he closed the door I guess that was wise."
"Taupe?"
"Ya?"
"Are we going to let those things torture us forever?"
"No were leaving."
"Who?"
"Alexa, Devin, Carson, G.C, you, me and everyone in this room that wants to go."
"Were do we go?"
"Somewhere that's not here." I go to a map that's hanging on a wall.
"What are you guys doing?" it's G.C in her normal jeans and sweat-shirt.
"Were all leaving."
"Why?"
"Because, Here? We have nothing here."
"What you guys all doing up" I can barely make out the face in the darkness of the room, but from the voice, it has to be Carson.
"Sup Carson, haven't seen you in a while."
"Ya well. What are all of you doing up?"
"Were all leaving."
"Without me? Thanks what am I a fridge?"
"No. No Carson we'd pick a fridge over you." G.C says with a smile. We all laugh it's been awhile since we all had a good one of those, it feels good.
"Where are we all going?" Carson asks.
"Actually Taupe was just about to tell us." G.C says looking at me.
"And I was just going to figure that out" I examine the map "here" I say pointing at a spot on the map.
"Zezalish? We're going there? You do know that's right beside Lithberg right?"
"Outside of Malca?" it's Alexa.
"How long have you been listening?"
"I just woke up and are you guy leaving Malca?"
"Ya everyone in this room is going." Carson says.
"What!" Alexa is one of those kinds of people that doesn't like change and gets nervous when it happens. She has waist line golden-haired which is usually in a ponytail, or in a bun for sleeping, dark blue eyes, skinny, and wears black tights with an extra-large t-shirt and DC shoes.
"We leave in two days tell everyone, but make sure the guards don't find out. Azazel might still be in that room, and even if he isn't. He wasn't the only one in charge. I don't think the people that run this place will want everyone leaving after how much work it took to get us here."

Part 8 awaits.........