Angenommen

Part 1

*German Key
Mine Leibens- My Loves
Schmerzen- Pain

"Where am I," I said. I was cold and scared. I woke up in a damp attic with another girl. "I don't know." She whispered. "I'm scared," I said, tears welling up in my eyes. "Me too." She came over to me and we huddled together, saving heat. "My names Mila, and I'm 7," I said with my teeth chattering. "I'm Lara, 17." The tears crawling down my face seemed to freeze. "I wanna go home" I cried out into the silence, the tears coming faster. "I know sweetie, " Lara comforted me, "I know."

Hours later.....

We were asleep when a hatch opened up and filled the dark hole with light. Another person was shoved through along with blankets and a single sandwich. The kid had long black hair and looked very pretty. They were asleep, I don't know how after they were tossed up here. We ran towards the warm blankets. There were 4. I grabbed one and curled up underneath it, glad to finally chase away the biting cold. I watched Lara grab one and toss another one over the new girl.
"Lara, do you know who that person is?" I said nibbling on my third of the sandwich. "No sweetie, I'm not sure. I think its a girl though." She answered. "Oh, ok." She had moved the girl by us, still huddled together, still scared out of our minds. My mind began to wander, thinking about crazy things. Blue elephants, green dogs, purple horses. It was weird.
Suddenly, I started to panic. I was breathing shallow, my eyes were wide, and everything looked funny. I started to cry, waking Lara from her nap. I was curled into a ball, shaking, hyperventilating, and not being able to see straight. Lara looked at me in sheer terror until she realized what was up. "Mila, it's ok. I need you to stop breathing so fast baby. Calm down." I heard her words and tried to apply to them. It was hard. Eventually, after maybe 15-20 minutes, I calmed down. I was still shaking, but my breathing was normal.
Around this time, the girl started to wake up. Her eyes grew wide and she sat up. "Who are you!" She screamed, "Where are we!" She screamed even louder. This didn't help me. I began crying again. "We don't know. And quiet down!" She whisper yelled. She stroked my hair, attempting to soothe my tears. "I'm sorry, I'm just in an attic, with 2 strangers, and with no idea where I am!!!" She yelled. "Can i get a bit of compassion!"
     Suddenly, the hatch burst open and a young boy popped his upper body through. "Quiet down, *meine leibens. You'll wake the master. When she is awoken, *schmerzen is all you'll know for a while. I am Benni, her first adoped child. She saved me from my so called "parents" when I was 2. I'm 9 now, and happier here then I would have been with Jean and Joseph. As long as you don't make her mad, you'll learn to love her." He sounded much like an overenthusiastic puppy as he told us the rules.

"Eins- never wake her up.
Zwei- never leave the house
Drei- when your being punished, don't cry out. It will make it worse.
Vier- get along.
    The rules are very simple, so don't break them." He finished as he ducked back down and shut the hatch.
     We stared at each other in disbelief. Were we adopted or kidnapped? I was the first to break the silence. "Lara, are you here?" I whispered. " Yeah, I'm here Mila. Its ok. Were safe." I crawled over to her and sighed. The black haired girl looked like she saw an alien. "I'm only 14. Im supposed to be in dance class right now, not here in some creepy kidnappers attic!" She said in a distant voice. "Oh shut up. Not a single one of us is supposed to be here." Lara hissed. "Well I'm sorry that I was kidnapped!" She snapped back. " WE WERE ALL KIDNAPPED! QUIT FEELING SORRY FOR YOURSELF, YOU SELFISH--" Lara was cut short and the hatch burst open. " I warned you." Benni said, his eyes wide as he scrambled through and into a corner. Following him was a beautiful, blonde haired woman with an irritated look on her face. "You." She pointed at Lara. " Come."

LARA'S POINT OF VIEW:

     Her polished finger poined at my head as she hissed at my to follow her. Behind me, I heard Mila begin to whimper. The other girl grabbed her and put her hand over her mouth. I quietly stood up and walked towards the hatch. "Lara!" Mila's muffled voice  came. "Shhhh" the girl said stroking her hair.
       The stairs were slick and grimy as I tried to follow her down. "You broke two rules stupid child. You woke me and fought with your sibling. You must know what comes next." She said in her melodic voice. "Schmerzen?" I choked out. "Yes. Schmerzen." She said with a smile as we stepped into the nicely decorated living room. "Hold out your hand." I did.
     It took all my will power not to scream as she slit my hand open with a box cutter. From my pinky to my thumb, there was a rapidly bleeding, deep cut that would probably need stitches. "Now sit." She spat. I sat on the black, plastic covered sofa. She walked over to a huge,locked box and drew  out a key. There, right in front of me was a box filled with hammers, knives, pliers, bats, and anything else you could imagine that could inflict pain. She survayed her options, settling on a huge hammer with tiny little teeth, probably a meat basher. She brought it down on my knee, shattering my kneecap with a sickening noise. And again. And again. And again. And then for good measure, she slapped my face and cut open a tiny bit underneath my eye. And, I assume for pleasure, she hit my hand with the hammer, and the world went black.