Valerie could feel the heat generated by the sun rays on her arms, instantly she knew it was dawn even before she opened her eyes. She wasn’t on her soft bed, obviously, her back ached from sleeping on the hard ground. Valerie tried to move but she couldn’t feel her limbs.
She tried hard to recall what she did yesterday which drained all her energy. She remembered she was lost in the zoo, and she met a mysterious man. What was his name again? No, wait, he didn’t even introduce himself. But he seemed like a nice person. He bought her ice-cream and then they went to the fun fare which wasn’t far from the zoo. And then…… and everything just went blank after that. She couldn’t remember how she ended up crashing in this place.
While she was fighting hard to get her eyes wide open, she heard screaming coming from above. Every nerve in her body was on full alert and her gut told her that she had to get out of this place. But she couldn’t move! Could it be the narcotic effect? She wasn’t sure. Whining doesn’t help. Since she couldn’t do anything with her body, she laid all her attention to the surrounding, giving in the small details happening around her. The air was rusty. She could feel the heat from the sun, and she could clearly hear the echo of someone screaming coming from the upper floor, this place is definitely big and old.
Something beside her moved. No, wait… Someone’s sobbing! She’s not alone! She could finally open her eyes but the rays were killing her sights. She narrowed her eyes and sought for the direction where the sob came from. It was a girl with long blonde hair, she was petite, curling herself in a corner and she was shaking very badly. Something about the blonde girl looked familiar. It was the Mickey Mouse bag! That was Sarah!
“Ss-sa-rah…” Valerie called out weakly. Sarah uncurled herself and turned to where the voices came from. Valerie cleared her throat and tried calling out for Sarah again. “Valerie!” Sarah was thrilled. She attempted to climb over for Valerie but her leg was chained. Poor Sarah couldn’t help but cried louder. Valerie tried to calm her down but it was too late.
They heard footsteps coming down from the stairs. They were trapped in a basement and there was no chance of escaping. It was the mysterious man! “Let me out! Please!” Sarah cried. The mysterious man did not make a sound but only smiled. His smile was so wide and it was too wicked and disturbing to stare at. Valerie couldn’t see his face as he was still wearing his sunglasses.
He grabbed Sarah by her long blonde hair by only one hand while she was struggling so hard to shrug off from his grab. He unlocked the chain from Sarah’s leg and cuffed it on Valerie’s. He dragged Sarah up all the way from the basement up the stairs despite her cries and protest.
“NO! SARAH! PLEASE DON’T TAKE HER AWAY! PLEASE! I BEG YOU!” Valerie who could feel her limbs again shouted. No matter how hard she yelled, there weren’t any response but the sound of the closing cellar door…
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