"And your proof is..?" I say in a non-believing tone. This logic doesn't even add up.
"Well, do you see your parents here?"
"No.."
"Do you see your siblings here?"
"No.."
"Do you see your friends here?"
"No.."
"Pets?"
"No.."
"Do you know how you got here?"
Guhhh, stop asking questionssss.
"No... what is your point?"
"Have you ever seen a mansion like this?"
"Uh..no. But I do know this is the kind of mansion I dreamed of having built, and weirdly, I'm inside it." I say as I'm looking around the room. Everything is still.
Not. Adding. Up.
"Believe me yet?"
"No."
"Then how can I convince you proof that this is inside your head?"
Er-...that's a good question. I don't know.
"Show me a room that i would never go in."
He hesitates, "You sure..? It's very forbidden, and to be honest, I don't even know why you have this room in the mansion in the first place. I know where it is, but no one but you is allowed in there." Still with a hesitant tone and look in his eyes, he's making me worried. I hope it isn't what i think it is, if so, then we really are in my head.
"Show me the way, please."
"As you asked." And he starts to walk out,
I follow him out the library and down the long velvet red carpeted corridor. Some rooms are loud and some are quiet.
We reach the end of the corridor and there's some sort of hall table against the wall with two drawers and a plant. I look to my right and there's a plaque bolted on the door labeled,
"FORBIDDEN! DO NOT COME INSIDE! OWNER ONLY ALLOWED!"
"There's a lock on it. Only you would know where the key would be."
Why does this sound like an impersonation of an escape room?
"Uhh...okay? Um, turn around"
He turns around and I look around the space around me, then i realize, the plant.
I quietly go to the plant and ravage my hand inside it to find a metallic maroon red key.
"I found it."
He turns around and says "okay I'll be right next to the door, don't worry, i won't peek."
He stands there next to the door positioned like a bodyguard at a royal castle. I insert the key into its keyhole and unlock the door.
I pause before I open it.
"Okay." I mutter. Here we go.
I walk inside the room and immediately close the door. I turn around and the room is a flashback to my childhood.
Immediately fear creeps in and i start tearing up. "Oh my god" I fall to my knees with my hand covering my mouth as hot silent tears are sliding down my cheek. I couldn't take it anymore and started running towards them yelling desperately, "STOP! STOP IT! LEAVE HER ALONE YOU BASTARD! SHE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG!" And I step in between them and protect her to be able to finally do what I couldn't long ago, and I say, "Hide! Go hide in your room, stay there, and lock it!"
She hesitated,
"It's okay, I can take it! Now go!!"
She runs to her room and locks it as i take a sudden hit, a hard shove to the wall as they pull me back and shove me again, and again, and again continuously. They slap me at separate times and kick me as i fall to the ground, yelling at me for the things she did as she went and hid inside her room. I wobble onto my feet and try to run to the door to get out but I stumble and they're almost so close to catching me. I grab the doorknob and turn it, open and close the door as I escape abruptly, i immediately lock it. Panting, trying to breathe at the moment was so hard, i was shaking as I fell to my knees with my back against the door and my eyes closed as there was kicking against it. My nose was bleeding and my stomach hurt, I felt so sore everywhere.
"Aliix! Oh my god! What the fuck was in there?!" He bent down quickly to my aid.
I struggle to say, "D-don't.. don't worry..about it, I'm fine." He looked a little upset when I said that, "you are clearly not! Let's get you out of here."
He helps me off the ground and I groan as I wince, "Ah. Shit, my stomach" I say as I'm clenching onto it with one arm and the other around his neck to help me walk. We take another long walk down the corridor and he leads me to another room and tells me this is my room.
He lays me on a grand four-post bed, i wince again cause my back is hurting and helps me to lay on my side. He takes off my shoes and pulls the blanket over me.
"Don't move, rest. You might be tired after all that." He said observing me some more with a worried look.
As my eyes heavily start to close I said, "thanks." He winked and then closed the door after him, and slowly I drifted to sleep.
YOU ARE READING
The Mansion
AléatoireMaybe it's real..maybe it's not.. Who knows? Who doesn't? Tag along with Aliix in her journey to find out where she is.