Out of the Ordinary

Chapter 19: Captured

I woke up and found myself in bed. I don't remember going to bed. I felt a hard, numbing pain playing around in the back of my head as a sat up. I tried to recollect what happened last night as I rubbed away the pounding headache. What did happen to me last night? I remember seeing Dean in my dream, and he was haunting me and toying with me about my personal business. He asked me if I liked sci-fi movies and...oh no!

Everything came back to me in a flash.

Dean bribed me into telling him where Dainu was, and I spill the beans on him. It was definitely not a dream - plus, you can't feel pain in your dreams. Daylight was peeking out of the horizon. I had to inform Kyle before Dean came into my room. I clumsily scurried out of my bed and searched for my phone in my bags and pockets of my jeans. Eureka, I found it in one of my purses! And thank god it was still on, so I wouldn't have to wait through the opening intro. I quickly texted "CODE GREEN" a dozen times with dozens of exclamation points. I hit send and it was successfully sent it to Kyle. I just hope he's awake to notice.

I heard heavy, hard footsteps up the stairs coming towards my room. I quickly turned off my cell phone, stuffed it in my back pocket, and plopped myself on my bed. Dean opened the door. I gave him a dirty look which told him to go away. His expression was unreadable. He stepped forward in my room and stood beside my bed. His hand extended towards me, palm up, and twiddled his fingers at me. I knew what he was asking for. I just acted like I had no idea what he was talking about. He continued to twiddle his fingers at me with his eyes staring at me fiercely and warningly. That must mean he's giving me a second warning.

I took out my cell phone and hand it to him. He flipped it open and broke it with his rough hands.

You scumbag, I wanted to say. But I held my emotions.

"Sorry, Kaley," he said, "but you can't contact your friends. This is between you and me. I got my eyes on you."

Dean really meant that. He stood at the front of my door like a bodyguard—a really mean bodyguard. I wasn't allowed anywhere else except the bathroom. I could've gone out the window, but I was up too high and I could really hurt myself. Plus, Dean installed an alarm on my window and it would automatically go off if I opened up the window a crack. I was a prisoner in my own room. This stinks!

It felt like I was trapped in my room for an hour and a half. I couldn't tell anyways because my cell phone got killed and I didn't have any watch or clocks with me. It was like I was trapped in a room of endless time. The entire time I just sat in my bed, wondering what was going on and what's going to happen. I thought about my mom if she was OK. But mostly, I thought about Dainu. Will he be OK once he gets the message, or was it too late? And more importantly, will he ever forgive for what I've cowardly done?

Dean entered my room.

"Time to go," was all he said.

I got up, put on some sandals, and walked naturally, but cautiously, out of my room with Dean behind me. I found Mom sitting down on the couch in the living room. She looked concerned for me and about the situation that was going on. The moment I saw her, I ran towards her and hugged her tightly, relieved that she was all right.

"Kaley, what's going on?" she said. "Dean told me that there was something you had to show him."

She looked at him with a scornful look.

"It's nothing, Mom," I said. "It'll be quick. Don't worry about it."

"I think there's plenty to worry about," she said, hugging me some more. "What's with this extraterrestrial business? Who is this foreign friend you've been hanging out with?"