Gone on Halloween

Ch. 3~ Talking to Myself

The lights came on and once again I was speechless, but for a whole other reason. I was baffled. How could this handsome man own this magnificent castle and be a horrible human being? I had no clue. But what I saw was something that would haunt me forever. Girls from about my age up to maybe 24ish were chained up in glass soundproof rooms with their names taped to the glass. The reason I knew they were soundproof was because we walked by them and they would bang on the glass and I could see them opening and closing their mouths like they were talking or screaming at us.

Now I knew the rumors were true.

The further down the hallway we got the more the girls looked like death. One girl I recognized, named Sarah, from my school. She was a senior when she went missing on Halloween last year. No one really noticed or paid attention because she was a nobody at school. Didn't draw attention to herself and kept to her books and intelligence. She wasn't wearing her glasses anymore and she looked dead. She was slumped against the glass wall with her head down and one arm limp at her side while the other was in her lap.

By this point he had made his grip on my arm known by squeezing tightly when I tried to knock on the glass where Sarah was. I looked at him in complete and utter fear and I know he could sense it.

'W-What are you doing? Where are you ta-taking me?'

My eyes had started watering and tears were about to come down like a waterfall.

He sighed and clenched his jaw before stopping in front of an empty glass box and on the glass box was written in fancy lettering, "Layla Rylan". A keypad light up right below my name and he typed in a series of number before the whole box disappeared and I was shoved inside. I tried to run out but the box was back. I turned around to look at Mr. Dean and he had a set look in his eyes. I was still scared but I was angry at him. How could he do this to anyone?! Any decent human being would be mortified by this!

My anger quickly built up and a couple tears slipped through my lashes as I raised up my hands and flipped him off with both hands. If I'm going to end up like those other girls, then I am not going to go down without a fight.

I watched his eyebrows furrow and his face become red as he clenched his fists. I loved that I got under his skin, so I smiled at him, what I feel like was a very creepy, determined smile and he walked away leaving me to a terrible sight and a quiet box.

This outfit was beginning to get very uncomfortable after what felt like a few hours of sitting alone in this box. So I started to pace. When that didn't help I tried to think of happy thoughts like cats and cucumbers and unicorns pooping rainbows and sprinkles but nothing helped shed light to this currently dark situation.

'If one things for sure I need to get out of this costume.'

I made a weird face.

'Oh great now I'm talking to myself.'

I rolled my eyes and sighed before unclipping the back of my one piece and taking it off along with my heels and bunny ears so I was left in my thong and strapless bra but who cares since it's all girls down here. I sat down and leaned against a corner and eventually found myself drifting to sleep, hoping that when I wake up this nightmare will all be over.

I woke up and it was pitch black. I couldn't see anything, not the floor or the box or the other girls. I scooted myself until I was in the farthest corner away from the front of the box. I curled my knees up to my chest and I was literally shaking with fear. I didn't know what was happening. Suddenly a bright light shined through the room, lighting it up and I realized that I was no longer in the box but in an actual bedroom and I had scooted myself in a corner where a closet door was and the wall. The figure that opened the door had stepped closer and closer until it was right in front of me and it growled then took my hands and bound them and put tape over my mouth before throwing me over its back and walking back out the door. This big dog like thing's fur was so soft so I just kind of cuddled into it to which it looked back and huffed at me as it kept walking. Eventually we made it to a huge room with a throne in it. The dog thing let me fall to the floor and positioned me so I was on my knees with my hands in my lap and my head down. When a gorgeous man walked into the room and sat down on the throne I stared with my jaw dropped, metaphorically speaking since I had tape over my mouth. What is with these gorgeous men kidnapping me?! He motioned me closer so I got up and walked until I was right at his feet and then I tripped over my own two feet and fell into his lap. His eyes got wide and he growled a menacing growl and pulled me up so I was in his lap. I watched everyone else in the room leave and he pulled me close and whispered in my ear, "mine."

KNOCK KNOCK

Slowly opening my eyes I looked up to, unfortunately, see the maid again and that I'm still in this dreadful box and all of that was just a dream.. She was holding clothes in her arms and had a warm smile, it reminded me of my moms smile.

She typed in a few numbers and the box disappeared as she told me to follow her and so I did without any hesitation. We saw Sarah again but she looked like normal nerdy Sarah and she was even reading a book. She looked a lot more lively now which was amazing. She caught me staring at her and she gave me a half smile and waved to which I waved back. Maybe it isn't too bad here.

We made it up into the kitchen again where a lot of people were running around and I had a hard time dodging all of them but eventually we found our way out. She led me to a room she said was hers and gave me the clothes to put on after I shower and clean myself. I quickly went to work scrubbing my body and head clean before getting out and drying myself. I put on the underwear and strapless dress and walked out of the bathroom and found Arabella waiting on her bed for me.

"How are you feeling?"

'Fine, can I ask you something?'

"Of course dear"

'Will I ever get to leave here?'

She sighed

"I'm afraid not honey."

I looked out the window to see the sun had risen and was now lighting up the huge garden. Even from up here I could see the weeds had overgrown nearly everything.

'Don't you guys have a gardener? I mean he has a maid so shouldn't he have one of those too? If taken care of properly his garden would look like heaven on earth.'

"Well I will talk to Mr. Dean. In the meantime you can join the other girls downstairs for breakfast after I'm done with your hair and makeup."

I nodded and sat on the chair while she went to work.