The Hunted

Waiting

The others woke up about 30 minutes later. Meanwhile there was an awkward silence between me and this stranger. He didn't not offer his name, and neither did I. And he didn't seem to mind the silence, he made a few trips back and forth from the kitchen bringing more food. Now he downed the water mercifully. I shifted a couple of times, wondering how 30 minutes could feel this long.

The first person to wake after me was a girl. She had dirty blonde hair, her makeup wasn't too messed up, and her knee-length black dressed topped with a furry black jacket was kind of out of place. Her green eyes scanned the place, like she saw a ghost. When she saw us, she marched up and pointed polished finger nail.

"Who are you, and what did you do to me?"

The stranger put his cup on the table calmly and stared at her. "Please have a seat. I will explain everything when the others wake up."

She looked at me, "What did you do to me and where am I?"

I put my hands up in surrender, "I'm as confused as you are"

She looked back at the boy, and grabbed his collar. She shook him a little."You better tell me where we are and what you did to me?!"

Stranger took her hands and twisted them behind her back.

"Please....have a seat. I don't want to harm you, but I will if I must"

She sucked in a breath and sat down next to me. She glared at him and he gave her a mocking smile, sitting down on the opposite side. By her attitude and dressing, she seemed to be the daughter of someone with wealth. She crossed her legs and watched my plate of steak with hunger.

"You can have it" I said to her. She turned to me and smiled. At least she wasn't mean to me. She reached down an grabbed the plate. She took a piece of meat and plopped it into her mouth. She closed her eyes and moaned a little. I wasn't surprised, it was extremely delicious.

"Who made this?" she turned to me.

"I did" Stranger said. She snapped her head in his direction. She narrowed her eyes a him. Her face was plastered with skeptism.

"How exactly do you know how to cook something this good?"

"I used to cook with my mom"

She looked away and resumed eating again.

*6 minutes later*

The next person was a guy. He had deep green eyes, messy black hair, and was wearing a blue shirt with army pants. He walked with confidence, not with fear at all. He stood near the couch and crossed his arms, showing off a little muscle.

"So is anyone going to tell me what's going on?" he asked, surprisingly calm.

"I will when the others wake up. These two don't know anything either so don't bother" stranger said without looking his direction. I guess he probably predicted that it was going to happen by the way the blonde girl had asked me. Unlike the blonde girl, he shrugged and sat down.

"And why can't we just wake them up?" blondie asked irritated.

"Did I wake you up from your nap princess?" stranger shot at her. She rolled her eyes.

*4 minutes later*

Luckily the last 3 came up at the same time. One was a girl with long brown hair, eyes wide, wearing a large sweater and jeans. The next one was a girl with a small jacket, blue capris, and her hair was in tied up. Both girl's eyes were brown. The last one was a boy with a similar Elvis Presley hair do, with blue eyes, and was wearing a black shirt with loose fitting jeans. They scanned the place, and stranger told them to sit down for an explanation. We all stared at him, waiting. He rubbed his hands together before looking at everyone in the eye.

"My name is Connor. I am 18 years old. As you can see we are all here together in this cabin. I did not kidnap you...well maybe but it was an order. We are all being hunted down by a group of human beings that seek revenge."

We all blink at him, and this time it wasn't only blondie that was wearing a face of skepticism.

"Why are we being hunted? What did we do?" Army pants spoke for us.

"Well from what I know. Our parents did a great injustice, and it affected them greatly. For years they have been trying to kill our parents for revenge, but always ended up failing. So they told our parents that they were going to hunt their children instead, which is us of course. So now we are forced to live here until further instructions. No one can leave, call their parents, or commit suicide/homicide in anyway. I don't know what our parents did, but it must've been huge. Questions?"

Everyone froze, processing everything that has happened. The brown haired girl raised her hand.

"How long do we have to stay here?"

"Until we get a notification to move to another place"

"What notification?" sweater girl asked in a petite voice.

"Well. My uncle will come to deliver us news, food, and almost anything we need in secret. No one will find him because it is hidden underground and it has a special key and code only he has, and he needs to get it in a bank with his money. The key can be accessible for the ones who want to hunt us, but the code is in his head, and he promised his life not to tell it."

Some rubbed their chins and other shook their heads. I sat there, unable to think. My parents didn't seem like people who would do such a thing. They has sophistication and never played around, or made the wrong choices. How could they? Were they alright? Why didn't they tell me? I lowered my head and thought about al of this.

"Well...I know this is a lot to take in so I'll leave you to it. I'll be upstairs." He got up and walked into another hallway that lead up. And we...we just stared at each other. This is a whole new situation that we have to solve ourselves.