Far Away

Chapter 5 - Despair

ADANA JACKSON

     I lay still, staring at the cage's roof. How many days has it been? I can't tell... It might have been only two days or something, but I felt like I had been stuck here for weeks.

     It was so cold. I guess that's when I knew it was night. It becomes freezing cold, I felt like my hair was going to harden forever. I shivered in my dirty and very crumpled pajamas. The least they could have done was give me a blanket.

     Glitter Head was my only company, and he wasn't much. He'd just laugh at me, and didn't seem fazed when I fought back. He also brought the food. Food was worse. They gave me little of it, and little of water. The water was sometimes dirty, too. The food, well... if you could call nuts meals...

     Stupid Alexander. Where was he? Where was mom? Dad? Could they be looking for me? Could my other friends be worried? Wait a second, of course. Oh, I wish they'd come already!

     A spider came and went near me. Alexander had gotten the fear of spiders, but not me. So long as it doesn't climb all over me. "Hey there. Are you alone, too?"

    I didn't feel stupid for some reason. The spider went away, leaving me. Alone again. It was really dark, but I could still see a bit, since I was used to sneaking in the dark. My voice had echoed, empasizing how lonely this place was.

    My stomach grumbled. I'm still hungry. Soon, Al and the others will come, and my kidnappers will pay. Even that Glitter Head. Then, I bolted upright. "Wait a second! I'm not that type!"

     I've been laying here thinking about them rescuing me! Who am I, Rapunzel? I am not playing damsel in distress! I can get out of here, and from then on, I'll improvise.

     Let's see, there was that hole. I still remember how to get there. I've memorized this cage, too. There's a flaw. Sure, the bars were thicker and gave me electric shocks. But the roof. That's the flaw. It's the door, and I know it doesn't have a lock. It was high up, and nothing can boost me up. I can't reach it if I jump.

     The bars... if I could just climb them!

     "What's with the scrunched face? Could it be? Are you finally slipping?" A voice called.

     I turned and saw Glitter Head, with my nuts and a cup of water.  I ignored him and sat down. My hair covered my face, but I saw he had a rope at his belt. He placed the nuts and the water inside. I took the water and drank.

     "Aren't you going to eat the nuts?" He asked.

     "Yes, later." I said.

     He grinned. He leaned on the bars with his hands so he could face me. "Ah, so you do have a brain."

     The nuts might be useful, like maybe I can throw it at their eyes if they catch me escaping. If they don't, then it is food for the trip. There was an awkward silence. I know, what if I ask him some questions? Maybe I can get a hint on what the giant's plan is.

     "Hey, Glitter Head?" I asked. "Why are you helping this giant out?"

      His expression darkened. He looked at me with calculating eyes and then said, "Because I want to."

     "Why do you want to?" I pressed. "There has to be a reason to want something."

    He turned around and started to walk away, saying, "Maybe it's because I'm evil."

     Evil, huh? Bad maybe... but evil? Meh. I guess I haven't seen his real dark side. I wonder if he's stronger than me. Well, I did something while he had turned around slowly. I looked at the prize in my hand. My ticket to freedom. The rope.

     I tied it around my battered slipper. Okay, oh gods, please help me on this. I threw it, but it did not go over the handle. I tried again and again, and when I was about to give up, it got over it. The other end of the rope was in my hands. I slowly let it go up, so the slipper would go down. In a few seconds, I had both ends in my hands. I tied the other end to the slipper to, so it could stay in that position.

     I can do this. In a few hours or days, I'll break out.

×××Author's Note

Liandreena here again! Sorry it's so short. It is because I have an awesome plan for the next one. First, I just want to thank Al for his description of me in his note. So yeah, love ya dude! You're awesome too!

Liandreena, signing out ~⭐⭐⭐