Call for Help

Chapter 1

I woke up in a musty place. All around me was darkness. I was scared. I tried to stand up and realized I had been chained to the mattress I lay on. At least they gave me a mattress, I thought. I tried to get out of the chains. There was a lock so there was no use. I saw the key on a table to the side of the mattress. I tried to wiggle over but all I did was make noise. A huge stream of light poured into the room instantly above what was identified as stairs. I couldn't tell since it was too dark. A man stepped down the stairs, covering up the light with his shadow. "You decided to wake up huh?" The man said. "What is this place? Where the hell am I?" I tried to sound confident but my voice was scratchy and scared. The man responded with a slight smile and said,"Why the fuck would anyone say where you were? That is the dumbest shit. Don't you watch TV kid? Or should I say Chris?" The man knew my name and that made me more scared. He flicked on the lights, and said,"Welcome to Hell. You have been out for only a day. We didn't drug you too much," He put out his hand towards me." My name is CJ." I figured he was joking but then he became impatient so I responded. "I can't really shake your hand. You sort of chained me up." He replied,"Oh no. I would do no such thing. That must've been my brother. If you haven't noticed, I'm the nice one. He on the other hand is the complete opposite. I don't ever help him with these type of things but I don't ever interfere. I have tried to get him to stop but it doesn't help." I didn't believe the man but I gave him a chance. He stopped talking and looked at me with an unsettling glare. He started to get up. "Wait! Can you hand me the key?" I asked. He set the chair down and turned around and looked at me with that same smile he held the whole time. "Now why would I do that? It would be no fun listening to you struggle and cry." I knew this man couldn't be trusted. "If you get out, don't do anything stupid." He pulled up his jacket and revealed a 44 Magnum. "Or we will be forced to stop you." He flicked off the lights and climbed the stairs. He closed the door and left me in the darkness.