T.E.E.N (TYLER, EVANS, ERIC & NATHAN)

CHAPTER 2: The House

Staring at plain white wall can be soothing, especially when you have  only just woken up with a splitting headache and your vision is blurry, thoughts hazy and a mess and your mouth kinda taste like old newspaper and feels like the Sahara dessert but not under the circumstances when you know and can't remember anything of the previous night and you are in only a large white T shirt, underwear and in white socks and on a surprisingly clean bed that is not yours.

  That's when it hits you. The worst possible logical explanation.

''Lo-ri..'' 

I could hear from behind me from where I sat slumped on the bed. Slowly I turned around only to be greeted with the same confusion as I had on my face , Amanda ,Candice and Jenny were all dressed as I was, only their T-shirts were black. My head was buzzing but I still managed to crawl stumble and fall my way towards her.

'' Lori, where are we?'' Her head slowly turning with a hand at her temple, her flawless make-up now smudged like from a bad horror movie while taking in our strange surroundings

''I don't know, Amanda''

Instantly she started to cry, as the reality of our situation hit home. Candice and Jenny did the same all sounding like drained little kittens, I bit my lip, fighting back my own. Now wasn't the time. Someone had to be strong.

''Guys we can't do this this ...this is what they want'' I whispered

They all looked at me in shock, defeat and fear. There came a loud bang along with an ear piercing screech as a rusty iron door slowly opened and appeared a Caucasian male, medium built in his mid 50's, silver hair and salt and pepper beard with cold dark eyes that  glared at us with disdain from the door way to the only entrance to the fairly big white room.

'' Stand. Now'' he spoke with a calm but curt command

Three of us jumped to our feet except Jenny who kept falling down and had to be held up by Candice.

''Strip''

Jenny started to whimper while she held on tightly to Candice shaking her head as Candice tried to console her and coax her into obeying. 

  Amanda was the first to drop her T-shirt, then her bra and underwear covering her body with her arms, head held down but  I just played with my hem, I've never stripped for anyone not even in the girls locker-room. Although my eyes were cast downwards the resounding footsteps could be heard with that brown leathered shoes stood before my own now. Inwardly my heart began to race and my head was still pounding and dizzy as a rough hand gripped me by the chin, yanking my head up towards his surprisingly handsome face that bore freckles just beneath his eyes and across cheeks.

  I hated myself for whimpering when he did it.

''Did I not tell you to strip?" he sneered, his British accent I now noticed "..Both  of you.." his annoyed gaze darted over my shoulder to who I believed was directed at  Jenny

A nod was all I could do with their incoherent mumbling from behind me.

"Then do it now!" He shouted

Amanda flinched and cried out at his sudden outburst but it was I who felt the most threatened as he still gripped me,  it tightened with every word he said until I began to feel pain and for that split second he looked more of a monster than the man I had  just seen.

For the first in my life I was terrified. My insides churned with uneasiness knowing that behind that innocent unassuming face lay quiet a unimaginable monster inside.