Crimson Hood

T H I R T Y T W O

Late chapter again -.-
I honestly can't keep up with my schedule. 

The smell of rotting garbage was what I woke up to.

My body sprung up, and my eyes flew open once the smell implanted itself into my nose leaving me feeling nauseous and uncomfortable.

I was in complete darkness, I couldn't see anything. Even with my advanced sight, it was still too dark to make out any outlines of objects or shapes. I was forced into a sitting position with my legs crossed and my arms down beside me. My arms were chained to the wall.

I grunted as I moved my stiff neck and heard a crack. Blistering pain sprang up my spine and my mouth flew open yet I tried my hardest to conceal my scream. I didn't want whoever was here to know I was awake.

Tears sprung to my eyes as I leaned to my left until my side touch the cold concrete ground. My breath came out laboured as the pain subsided and I was left with a numbing feeling in my neck. My eyes shut hoping that this was all a dream and I could escape it.

I then heard the sizzle of electricity making its way around the room, and a loud boom had my eyes snapping open. It was no longer dark, I was now sitting in a small confined space with nothing but a chair on the other side of the room and articles covering the walls.

Maps, pictures, new articles. All that revolved around me. An article describing the person that jumped the border but harboured no photo of my face was posted on the wall with the title 'Foolish girl infiltrates and crosses the forbidden border!'

Next to it was a map outlining this town and the forbidden forest. The person had labelled various things on the map that was in town but what stood out was the red pin that was located where my house was. It also had the mall that I visited pinned. Finally, Enzo's home was also pinned with a star beside it.

One thing that didn't go unnoticed was the pictures. Pictures of me.

There was many, too many.

There I was climbing the steel wall with a clear shot of my face. Then there was one when I approached the convenience store and met those two lunatic that tried to kill me. Then there was a picture of Rhyannon and I when she came to bring me to Enzo's house. There were pictures of how she brought me there too. By dragging me.

Pictures of Enzo, his mom, Sophia, Finn, Jovanni, Rhyannon, Neila, Jayei, Neal and Sallie were there too. Every person I encountered, excluding the woman I met in the lake, of course, was pictured here.

What startled me was the pictures of me years back when I was happier and had less to worry about. There were pictures of me as a small toddler holding hands with my younger looking grandmother. There were pictures of me enjoying my life as a child without any worries in the word. All these images I have never seen before.

There was a picture of my parents.

I set my eyes on the two who looked overjoyed while holding a child wrapped in a snuggly red sweater.

This entire time I was being stalked.

"Hmmm, awake I see." The man with the bright green eyes stepped through the doors I would have never seen. He was still wearing his vest, and his green eyes stood out. They looked so familiar.

"The names Jason dear, nice to make your acquaintance." He bowed with one arm across his chest and the other hanging by his side.

I didn't feel like wasting my breath on him, so I kept my mouth shut.

"Not much of a talker ey? That's not what boss said." He smirked, sauntering closer to my sitting position. I looked up at him with disgust, and he only replied with a smile.