Lost in the Darkness

....help..?

Shh..

It is cold here.. I don't want to be here. All I see is the dark shadows whispering, but I can't hear any of it..

I grip a deck of cards. My only power I have left.. well it was my only power I held before I came to this dark place to be honest.. My family vanished.. their faces littered my deck of cards.

I stand up.. 'They" don't want me to leave.. I knew that I was to 'Them'.. an experiment... but there was always someone who would come and care for me.

Oh, she is here now..

"How are you doing?"

"I still want to leave.."

"I see.."

She looked side to side. She sighed, her bear ears lowered. Signs that it is still not the right time.. I look down to see only my shackled hands and my deck of cards.

"Not yet.."

"When..?"

"I-I don't know.."

My hair swayed across my scarred face. There was always a "Not yet" or "I don't know".. but that was understandable.. she needed the keys.. and she was not a high enough position to have them. Yet..