Buried Secrets

Chapter 16: Darkness Strikes

Allison's P.O.V

I ran around through every door looking for Ashlie, but she was nowhere. Everyone was nowhere.

I was all alone now. It seemed like everyone had just disappeared off the face of the Earth.

I sat down against a wall in the living room and took my phone out my pocket.

I didn't have any time to look at it before.

No signal. Great, of course.

I just sat there and played some games on it to kill time waiting for someone to maybe show up.

After about 20 minutes of playing Temple Run I got bored and put my phone back. I went to the window that Caitlin had been looking in before Mary showed up.

It was all black, just black.

Who would make a window that's just black?

I stared into nothing for a good 45 seconds.

I felt myself suddenly getting...tired.

I slowly drifted off into a deep sleep.

Ashlie's P.O.V

"Aubrey?" I said feeling around for the new person.

I heard no response.

"Hello? Aubrey? Where are you!" I said crawling and still feeling around.

"Ouch." I said sitting up.

I felt the palm of my left hand. Something stabbed into it.

It felt like a nail.

Well that's magnificent, isn't it?

"Aubrey?" I said one more time cutting my words short when I ran into something.

"There you are!" I exclaimed sitting up once again and basically throwing my hands into the air.

I still could see nothing, I just assumed it was her.

"Aubrey?" I said nervously.

Allison's P.O.V

"Where am I?" I said quietly to myself standing up and brushing myself off.

"You're in Neverland." I heard someone answer with a familiar face coming into view.

"Neverland?" I questioned.

"This is your only escape from this Terror House I guess you could call it." The person said now fully in view.

"Mary, who are you really?" I asked her.

She completely ignored my question and started off with something of her own.

"I'm guessing you stared at the black window for more than 30 seconds?" She said walking in circles around me.

I looked around at my surroundings, completely unaware of Mary next to me.

It looked like a jungle, that's all, just a jungle. How could a jungle help me escape this horrible house?

"Allison?" Mary said placing a hand on my right shoulder.

"Yes?" I said snapping out of it and quickly turning around.

"Do you know where you are?" She asked me moving her hand off my shoulder.

I look around, still completely out of it basically.

"No." I finally say back.

"Keep looking." Mary says walking around a little bit.

I looked all around me but did not notice anything. I looked off towards what seemed to be an ocean. I looked even farther; beyond the ocean.

"My house?" I said, squinting my eyes.

"Yes." Mary said. "Let's go."

She put her hand on my back lightly pushing me to lead in the direction.

As I kept walking, things started disappearing around me and my house started coming more and more into view.

We stopped directly in front of it.

"Can you tell me where I actually am at yet?" I said folding my arms and turning towards her.

"I've already told you." Mary said. "You're in Neverland."

I rolled my eyes and walked up the porch of my house.

"No, wait! You can't go in!" Mary called to me.

"Well why not?" I asked.

"Not yet." She said not fully answering my question.

I ignored her and pulled the handle of my front door down anyway.

Lukas' P.O.V

I woke up and saw someone standing over me.

"What happened?" I said holding my head.

"I don't know, Lukey. You look awful." Courtney said putting her hands out for me to grab.

I grabbed her hands and she helped me up.

"Thanks." I said sarcastically.

"I was driving by and saw someone laying by this bush. What happened?" She said concerned.

"That's what I was asking you. I don't know what happened." I said still holding my head, standing up.

Courtney looked up, taken back by something she saw.

"What is that?" She said pointing to the sky.

I turned and looked.

The sky started suddenly getting darker like a storm was popping up and about to come through.

"What is it?" I asked almost repeating her question.

Allison's P.O.V

I stepped into my house.

Everything was exactly the same.

"Mary! Are you coming?" I asked.

Our conversation was cut short.

Everything around me started disappearing and suddenly I was knocked out, again.

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I woke up, in what seemed to be a bush, aside the road.

"Are you okay?" I heard a small voice ask me.

"Yeah I think so." I replied back weakly.

My sight was a little blurry and I couldn't make out much except for colors. My hearing was great and I was little hungry.

The person moved next to me.

"You sure?" They asked putting out one hand to help me up.

My sight became clear again.

"Yeah, I'm sure, Courtney." I said accepting her offer and grabbing her hand.

Unknown P.O.V

I looked through each and every picture. This would certainly destroy Allison and Ashlie both.

Once their parents and everyone they know find out about this, not only will they all hate them, but they will be put in prison for their sick actions.

I've always loved them both, especially Ashlie.

I just wish she knew it.

Seeing her sad all the time always makes me sad that she can't know about me or know that I love her.

It makes me sad that she doesn't

know her whole life is a lie, and Allison is just part of it.

It gets lonely around here, you know not being able to see anyone or do anything without a cover, gets lonely.

Somehow I just need to speak with Ashlie.

She needs to know this life she's living, is just basically a big dream.

And I need to be a part of it.