Paranoia -completed-

Chapter 5: Burn Marks

Andrew-

Clara has been in the cellar for a couple weeks now, I give her chicken broth and water.

I see her on the monitor everyday trying to get out of the restraints but each time she fails.

If she wasn't so difficult she wouldn't be down there.

Why doesn't she love me? I can give her anything she wants. I can treat her right.

Each time I go see her she doesn't talk, she just keeps her head turned and stared at the wall.

I walked to the cellar doors and unlocked it then went down the steps.

When I reached where she was she sitting with her knees to her chest and her arms wrapped around her knees. she was rocking back and fourth as she stared at the floor.

I heard her mumbling to herself, but I couldn't make out what she was saying.

"Clara.." I kneeled down beside her.

I went to stroke her hair but she flinched and leaned the other way.

She had a scared look on her face.

I touch her shoulder and I felt her trembling. it wasn't even cold down here.

"Clara are you okay?"

She kept staring at the floor trembling.

"H-help me...c-car...fire...everywhere." she mumbled.

I gently grabbed cupped her cheeks and made her look at me.

Her pupils were huge and she didn't stop shaking.

"F-fire.."

"There is no fire Clara."

"...every-everywhere."

"What are you talking about?" I whispered.

"H-help, f-fire. it burns."

I unlocked the restraints from her wrist and pushed them back.

She didn't move, I expected her to run and screaming.

I stood up and extended my hand, she looked up at me and shook her hand.

"Burns." she whispered.

"Burns?"

Then she covered her ears, she was still rocking back and forth and trembling.

She looked like she was going crazy, insane almost.

I wrapped one arm around her back and the other around the back of her knee and picked her up.

She was trembling even more and she still held her ears.

I walked up the steps and around to the back door.

Once we were inside I walked up the steps to my room and sat her on the end of my bed.

I walked into the closet and grabbed a black tee shirt.

"Here, change into this."

"It's burns.." she mumbled.

After I changed her, I threw her old white shirt to the ground.

My short sleeve black shirt came down to her knees.

When I sat beside her I saw tears in her eyes.

"H-help me."

She was defiantly going crazy.

Her chapped lips were trembling along with the rest of her body.

I went to stand up but she grabbed my shirt.