The Fate of the Unknown

Chapter 67: Where am I

Alexis’ POV

Everything is dark.

I’m surrounded by darkness.

Am I dead?

I feel like this is what death is probably like..

I feel cold.

I feel this nagging feeling to open my eyes.

I open them and everything is still dark?

What happened? Last I remember is that I was running out of the forest, back to the road in front of the church.

That’s when I start feeling a stabbing pain in my neck. I place my hand on the spot.

Ah. That’s right. I was stabbed. If I feel pain, I can’t be dead, right?

I can’t hear or feel Nala. So I must be close to dead or something terrible has happened to her.

If I am alive, where am I? I start to move my hands around. I feel like I’m in some sort of wood box? I mean that’s what it feels like. Am I in a crate? I reach up and the top is near my face.

Am I in a coffin???

I must be dead. Why else would I be in a coffin??? Or I was buried alive? Still will end up dead..

That’s when my body jolts. Almost like I am in a vehicle and it has just stopped?

If we stopped, maybe we are where we are heading??

I hear 2 car doors shut.

So I quickly try to slow my breathing and heartbeat, and close my eyes. I’m not sure what is going on, but I feel whoever this is, shouldn’t know I’m awake.

I do a few more deep breaths, the way Caitlyn shows me how to do. I feel as calm as I can be right now.

“Ok. We need to sneak through the back. We are not to draw any attention to us. Ramon is supposed to make sure all is clean, and Giovani is supposed to meet us at the door. We need to move quick and fast.” I heard one of the voices. It is a males, his voice is deep, dark, and raspy.

That’s when I begin to feel a draft. So I am outside now?? I need to remain calm.

They then grab the box/coffin I am in and can feel a small draft of wind as they move.

“All clear” I hear an other man’s deep voice whisper to confirm. I hear a door shut slowly. Still moving.

I can hear keys jingling.

Like a lot of keys.

Who has that many keys?

That’s when I hear a metal creaking noise.

I am then sat down on the ground carefully.

I then hear that same metal creaking sound again, and then the keys.

Wait.

“Ok good. She is secured. Remember this is considered ranked high on priority, and no one is to know she is here. No one! Strict orders. She will need food in a few hours, whenever she wakes up. She hasn’t ate since we grabbed her over 5 hours ago.” I hear the first man command. Clearly he is the one in charge.

I heartheir feet descend.

I waited awhile, just laying and listening to any noise. I could hear a faint dripping sounds, and that was it.

Nothing else.

Once I was sure no one was around, I push my arms up. If this was indeed a coffin, I should be able to open it up…

I push lightly, and it opens slowly, with a slight creak.

It took a while but eventually my eyes adjust as I open the lid more.

I’m in a jail cell?

But it’s bigger and fancier than the typical jail cell.

I gently finish opening the coffin.

I glance at the ground, which is cement, and I slowly get out. There is an actual bed in the far corner. Maybe a queen or king. Dark red bedding. It’s a fancy one with the poles that go up on the corners with a curtain you can draw around it.

There’s pictures on the wall.

I notice a rug on the ground, it’s also a dark red with gold designs and gold trim around the edges.

There’s a small door, inside it there’s a black claw tub, with gold claws. It also has a toilet and a sink. No mirror? Weird. Also I notice all of the windows have bars on them?

I walk back out and see a little loveseat against one wall. Next to it there’s a little table with 2 chairs.

What is this place? It’s like a fancy jail cell.

I hear a noise and get startled.

“Hello?” I call out.

No response.

My heart rate begins to rise.

I hear an other noise. I start backing against the wall by the window, leaving the jail cell door in front of me.

“Hi.. I mean hello.. I didn’t mean to startle you. I was told you were awake and might want some food..” I hear a tiny and sweet voice say.

That’s when I could see this girl near the door. She is tiny. She looks to be 12, maybe 13? Long jet black hair in pigtails, pale skin, with black eyes. She is wearing a blue dress.

“My name is Marian. You can call me Mary if you’d like.” She says softly as she opens this little door that had a shelf where the tray could fit, then shut that little door and locked it.

“I won’t hurt you. If it was up to me, you wouldn’t even be in here… At least they fixed the cell up for you. I chose the bedding, clothes, and towels. I do hope you will like them.” She adds.

She starts to walk away.

“Wait.” I yell out and she stop.

“My name is Alexis.” I announce.

“Yes, we all know who you are.” She replies. They all know? Who are these people??

“Uh.. where am I? Why am I here??” I ask fast and scared.

“I am sorry. I am not allowed to discuss any information with you. That is not my job. Master will be down later to talk to you.” She states.

“Master?” I ask confused.

She nods and walks away.

I’m even more confused now.

I decide to approach the tray. It’s probably nothing edible…

I slowly get to the tray and see it has a cheeseburger and fries with a can of Pepsi.

Odd.

But at this moment, I’m starving. I thought about the fact it could be poisoned. But if they wanted to kill me, they would have already.

So I grab the tray and walk to the table.

As I finish I hear a noise again.

“Hello” I call out.

No answer.

That’s when I hear a familiar voice in the distance, “Alexis?”

Mom?

“Mom?? Mom is that you? Is that really you?” I yell out in tears. That can’t be my mom. Why is she here? Where are we? Is she ok?

“Yes baby, it’s me.” She replies softly. I run to the door and try to adjust my eyes, I turn my head and down the dark hall I can see her arm reaching out of a cell.

I start bawling. My mom has been here? In this jail cell for months. Who took us?

That’s when I heard an other voice in front of me, “Hello Alexis. We have a lot to talk about.”

It was Alec, the Lord of vampires.

Dimitris dad?

Dimitris dad had me taken? And took my mom?

Why?

Did Dimitri have any part in this?

I walk back slowly and fall to the ground and start crying.

Did Dimitri get upset I left and told him to leave alone, so he had me abducted and put here?

Did he have them abduct my mom to make me vulnerable?

I couldn’t help the sobs coming from me anymore.

I felt hurt.

I felt betrayed.

I more than anything felt lost and confused.