Truths Unravel

Chapter #13

Falling. I'm falling right now; or, at least that's how I feel like. I know I'm conscious again, but I let my eyes stay shut. I don't want to face whoever did this to me. I stay put longer, but suddenly I'm kicked in the side of my stomach.

"GET UP," roars the same deep voice again.

I scatter off of the floor, and pain, once again, shoots through my head. I groan and grab my head. I feel dizzy, and I need to sit down, but I'm scared that I'll get the deep voiced person mad if I do. Instead, I just find a wall, and lean against it. I adjust my vision to the dimness of the room and spot a figure, watching me. I jump a little at the sight of it watching me, but calm myself down later.

Trembling, I say, "W-who are you?"

The figure just stands there, watching me still.

I try asking a different question. "Why am I h-here?"

This time, the figure walks towards me and grasps my arm. It pulls me to a chair and pushes me down onto it. I sit there, feeling uncomfortable and terrified. I just watch as the figure grabs a few things and pulls a chair up in front of me. It sits down and suddenly some lights turn on, but his face is still in the dark.

I see that the figure is wearing blue jeans and a black hoodie; it's the same guy who bumped into me at Inder's house. I'm too shocked to move a muscle. However, when the rest of the lights turn on, I gasp and feel my vision spinning.

The man in front of me, the one I've been looking for; It's Galvos. Galvos Aldrich. His skin is clear still, but his eyes make him look tired and old. He has a huge scar on his left cheek.

I notice that he's about to talk, and I prepare myself for his loud, deep voice, but instead, a soft, gentle voice comes out.

"You've been looking for me, have you?" He asks me.

I nod my head really fast and look down. I don't want to look into his eyes.

"You've found out too much, I'm afraid. Little girls like you shouldn't get tangled up in business that doesn't involve you."

I don't know where this courage comes from and I yell, "Doesn't involve me? How could you say that? You take my parents away, and that's not my business? I have every right to look for them!" I take a deep breath and take in what I just at to Galvos.

"Why I took them, does not involve you. This is about us. What they failed to do for me!" Galvos is turning red from anger, but I still keep talking.

"You took them because they didn't die with you! That's not what a friend does. No friend jeopardizes their friends life. What kind of horrible friend are you?"

Galvos is shaking from anger by now. He grabs tape and puts it over my mouth and ties my hands. He says, "You, will listen to what I say. No more out of you!"

Galvos sits back down and begins talking. "You think it's so easy to forgive? No, it's not. You don't know how close I was to Ryker and Cara. I THOUGHT WE COULD TRUST EACH OTHER! But, I guess not. They failed to die for me." He stops talking to take deep breaths. I think he could explode with how much anger he is holding.

"Let me tell you how I winded up here." He gets my full attention when he says this. I need to know everything.

"It was in August of 1971, and I kept seeing this woman dressed in black everywhere. I couldn't get away from me. I knew this wouldn't end well, so I made Cara make me that huge promise. And, of course, I was right; it didn't end well. I was "killed" in front of my friend. However, the woman didn't finish me off, like everyone thought. She left me here, in this miserable place, to bleed to death. She said something about how this made her feel good. How she will continue to do what she likes.