A Home Called Cage

Silence

Sam awoke an hour later, pain ripped through his side as he shifted his body. He let out a yell and moved his fingers over the red stained bandage. He lifted his head to see wide, blue eyes and a smile. Kyle sat with his legs under himself next to Sam. 

"He's awake guys!" Kyle looked around the cell. "He's okay!" Kyle put his hands over Sam's arm. 

"Great," Phil muttered sitting next to Kendra.

"Help me sit up Kyle," Sam winced as he put his hand on Kyle's shoulder.

"You really sho-" Kendra was cut off by Phil's disgusted glance. Sam lifted himself into a sitting position as he used Kyle for leverage. 

Sam breathed heavy and set his gaze to Kendra and Phil and lowered his voice. "We need to talk about getting out of here, before someone else gets amputated." 

"I worked on that brush all those nights you two were gone... I think it's ready," All eyes turned to Elijah who held the brush between his legs. 

"I say we rest up, and wait until late tonight when Bill's asleep to get the hell out of here," Sam whispered while Kyle held his arm.

"I want that shotgun," Phil shot a look at Sam. Sam exchanged eyes with Phil and bit his cheek. 

"Well do we know where Bill sleeps?" Sam said shifting his eyes through the figures. 

"When we were up there, we walked past the kitchen and into that hallway. I saw a door right next to the amputation room... that could be it" Kendra blew the hair out of her face. 

"Why did he have both of you up there," Phil was still looking at Sam. Sam searched his mind, quickly glancing at Kendra and then back to Phil.

"He checked my amputated arm... and said I needed to heal up there," Sam ran his fingers through his dark hair. Kendra nestled her head into Phil's chest looking at Sam.

"The lights turned off for a second down here while ya'll were up there," Elijah said leaning against the concrete wall. 

"We were probably in the dark room when that happened... So I don't know why that would happen, but I heard Bill scuffle around in the dining room right before he got pissed off that you guys were trying to escape," Sam said scratching his greasy hair. 

Phil squinted his eyes, "We?" Kendra let out a silent sigh and looked at Sam with wide eyes

"Bill and I. He was tying me back down so I couldn't escape and when he went back into the hallway he cursed and ran to the front." Sam said biting his cheek. "We should probably get some sleep... Got a big night ahead of us."

Elijah hid the brush back into his pocket and Kyle put his head on Sam's lap. Phil nodded and put his arms around Kendra's small body. 

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"Sam," a hushed voice came from in front of Sam. A hand touched Sam's shoulder and his eyes shot open to see Elijah. "It's three in the morning."

Sam ached from the pain in his side and glanced around the cage to see Elijah waking everyone else up. Kyle's head lifted from Sam's lap, drool dripped from his mouth. 

"Kyle leave my dead hand here please... I can't stand looking at it anymore," Sam muttered to Kyle.

"I wasn't going to haha don't worry," Kyle's face curved into a smile. "I have you again Sam." 

Sam lifted his lips into a small smile, "After tonight, I'll get you that hamster how 'bout that? Just stay quiet, okay?"

Kyle wanted to scream in excitement but covered his mouth, "Lets hurry then haha." Sam lifted his knees as he patted Kyle's brown wavy hair.