A Hard Life

A Hard Life: Ch. 29

A/N: God, it's been forever! I've had writer's block, but I think I came up with something for a short chapter. On to the story!

Why am I here again? This creepy school, I want to get out! I've been running around like an idiot, all I've found are notes and strangely, helpful spirits. They tell me that's impossible to escape, but that they think I can do it.

I've been walking down the same hall about a thousand times. Nothing has changed. ~creak~ ~creak~ The sound makes me freeze right in my spot.

'Run you idiot! Run!' my brain shouts at me. I try to move my legs but they won't budge! I look down to see that vines came up through the floorboards and lock me in place.

~creak~ ~creak~ I open my mouth to scream but no sound comes out. 'Let me go! Let me go!' I shout in my mind.

I'm pushed to the floor and the vines finally release my feet, but they then bind me to the floor. I look up to see what I'm facing. Four kids from an article I found on the ground. Two of them, were the girls I saw earlier.

They gurgle something I can't understand. Then the creaking returns, the kids look frightened and disappear as quickly as they appeared. I look to see what shook them up, and I can understand why they ran off.

The man with the axe that killed Kane is there. He has the axe way above his head. I can finally make a sound but all that comes out is a small squeak. The rotting man swings the axe down and-

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I jolt upwards screaming. Tears are streaming down my face and my breathing is staggered.

Kane must've heard my scream, because he runs into the room with a look of worry. "What happened?"

I burry my face in the sheet and stutter, "I-It was just...a-a nightmare..."

"You wanna talk about it?" He walks over and hugs me comfortingly.

I shake my head. "Not really..."

He nods in understanding and asks me if I want to walk around to get my mind off of it. I agree, and he takes my hand and we walk out to the chasm. We stand in quietness for awhile until I hear footsteps behind me and I go stiff. Kane wraps a protective arm around me.

"M-Mackenzie?" a murmured voice calls out my name. I recognize the voice the second I hear it.

"Meredith?!" Kane releases me and I run over to my sister. We hug each other and I say, "Call me Kenzie, ok?"

She laughs a little. "Ok, Kenzie."

"What happened to you? I thought I'd never see you again!"

"I escaped Erudite. I wanted to come help you and everyone else." I let go and see that Kane has joined us.

"Meredith, this is my boyfriend Kane. Kane this is my sister Meredith," I introduce them to each other.

"Nice to meet you Kane."

"Nice to meet you too."

"By the way, be nice to my sister or else!" she says with a fake glare making us laugh. "I'd love to catch up and get to know Kane better, but we have a problem..."

"What's wrong?" I ask. The door bangs open, and the devil's wife herself waltzes in. Jeanine enters looking rather pleased with other guards following her. They set off an alarm and others on our side soon show up armed. "What are you doing here?!" I growl at her.

"It should be obvious, but if not I will explain. Meredith here thought it would be a good idea to try and warn you."

Kane pulls out a gun I didn't know he had. I guess someone handed it to him. Kane points it at Jeanine and she waves a disapproving finger. "Now, now Kane, you wouldn't want to shoot your own mother would you?"

"Wait, mother?!" I shout confused.