Published in Stranger Sagas
I needed to tell someone the truth before it was too late. A few days ago I discovered a secret. Someone was delivering suitcase bombs to my neighbors’ doorsteps. Twenty people were killed.
My best friend sprinted past me after school.
“Hey,” I shouted. She kept running. I chased her. Now I wish I didn’t. I saw her pull a small suitcase out of her bag.
She turned to me and said, “You’re next.”
I realized that she was not who I thought she was.
I ran.
Everything went black.
That is how I came to be here in this room.
I now have no idea where I am.
I think it has been five days since I caught my best friend, Jessica, delivering a suitcase bomb. Someone grabbed me when I realized what she was doing. They had cold hands and smelled of horrible cologne. The last thing I heard when I blacked out was, “Please be careful with her.”
Jessica has showed up about ten times to give me breakfast or lunch. That is how I know I have been in this room for five days. Every time Jessica comes in, she gives me my food, turns her back, and walks out. As quickly as she appeared, she disappears. On the second day, I asked where I was.
“Nowhere,” answered Jessica. Jessica then left the room.
Since I only have what Jessica gives me for lunch or dinner, I am usually bored. I try to play catch with my apple, but at the end it always smashes. There are alot of things I like to do with lunch and dinner but, I always become bored again.
“Bored, Bored, Bored” I moaned and yelled at the same time.
“Shut up!” yelled a voice from outside my room.
“Who are you?” I asked, hoping that whoever or whatever was out there would not respond.
“Your Neighbor” Said the voice with a little bit of sass “Who else would it be.”
“Were you caught, too?” I asked suspiciously.
“Duh, Why else would I be here?” Said the voice.
Now that I realize the voice sounded a lot like Dame, a popular sassy girl that went to my school and was in my grade. Dame was my worst enemy.
“By any chance is your name Dame?” I asked.
“Yes” said the voice now suspicious “Do I know you?”
“Yes” I answered “My name is Carly”
“Uhhhhhh” Moaned Dame “why do I have to be stuck here with YOU?”
“Do you think I want to be here with you?” I said ready to jump through that wall and knock her out.
No Answer.
No Answer.
No Answer.
I got bored waiting so I started to sing. I got to the Second verse in “Roar,” by katy perry and forgot what came next. Then a second later.
“I went from zero now I’m a hero” Sang Dame.
I started to sing with Dame and we filled in for each other if the other person forgot the words to the song. By the end of the song I thought of Dame differently and I think Dame thought the same.
“You’re a good singer” I said.
“You too” said Dame.
“Thanks” I said.
Then everything went silent for a moment.
“Think we now know what we can use these girls for” Said a rusty voice.
The last thing I saw before everything went black was the room fill with steam and a man in a hazmat suit walk in.
When I woke up I saw Dame sitting next to me passed out. Her hands and feet were tied.
“Dame” I said “are you alright?
“Your friend won’t wake up anytime soon because she is weak” Said a rusty voice in the shadow.
“You’re the person who took me here” I said now annoyed.
“Yes I am Carly” Said the voice “I know who you are because you are my sister’s best friend”
“So you are Jessica's brother” I said even more annoyed than ever “where am I?”
“You are at the school of Juvenile children” Said the voice.
I was so ready to attack the voice but, I felt confused why I was at a school for Juvenile children. “Did I do something lately?” I wondered.
“You are here because we told them you were the bomber” Said the voice with a little cuckle.
“No” I said “you liar.
“The first day of school starts tomorrow” said the voice “the first day of your new life, goodnight carly sleep well”.
Yes I know I have blacked out alot, but after The voice said goodnight to me everything went black and I wondered if my life would ever be the same again.