The Dollhouse

Chapter 4

Playtime

Sierra's POV

"Kasey, what are you doing here?" My bestfriend since forever sits in a replica of her room, reading a book.

"What do you mean? This is my room! What are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be at work?" The confusion was written all over her face. She hadn't realized that this wasn't her room. I can't blame her though, the bastard did a good job.

"Kasey... this isn't your room."

"Are you tripping or something?"

I let out a long sigh. How do I tell her that she's been kidnapped and put into a concrete box? I opened the door all the way and beckoned her over so she could have a look. Her brows furrowed but she complied and made her way over.

"What the f**k? Where am I... I mean where are we?"

"I...I don't know to be honest."

"Is this a joke? Please tell me this is all a cruel joke!"

"I wish I could. Last thing I remember was fainting." I told her what happened at the coffee shop and that the police know I'm missing although, I couldn't say the same for her I still told her, "The police will probably know you're missing too. Maybe the bastard left clues."

The confusion on her face never faded. No matter how much I explained the situation she still looked lost.

"We will make it out of here, I know we'll find a way."

"Please exit the room and follow the lighted pathway."

"Sierra what the hell was that?"

"Ugh not again... It's some speaker. The bastard told me to follow the lighted path earlier and I found you."

"Do you know where we are going?"

"I have no f*****g clue. Be ready to fight... just in case." Worry broke out across her face. We had no idea on what to expect. Anything could happen at this point. I took a deep breath and started to make my way down the hallway, Kasey following close behind me.

"Another damn door," I heard myself say, the disbelief evident in my voice. Would we find another?

"Kasey, enter the room. Sierra continue to follow the lighted pathway."

"Oh my god Sierra, please don't leave me."

"You know what? f**k this! We're leaving now lets go!" I grabbed Kaseys hand and started walking back to my room. Maybe we could escape through the window.

All of a sudden alarms started going off. I quickly covered my ears to block out the noise.

"What the f**k!"

"Return to your rooms."

"You got to be f*****g kidding me! What type of bullshit is this!" I looked at Kasey, she was crying but trying to keep her composure.

"Kasey go to your room."

"What?"

"I said go to your room!"

"Return to your rooms."

"I can't hear you!"

I grabbed her hand and dashed down the hallway. I pushed her into 'her room' and made my way towards mine. As soon as I entered the door shut and the blaring noise stopped. What the f**k just happened?

"Disobey me again and i'll punish you."

Punish me? What type of wack ass DOLLHOUSE is this?

Alex's POV

The police at the police station only mocked me. They didn't seem to care that Sierra was just kidnapped. They were too busy sipping coffee and being the low-life that they are. They even went as far as to humiliate me.

Images of Sierra lying dead somewhere coursed threw my mind. I couldn't take it anymore I had to do something, well technically I did by going to the police but, that wasn't enough. I had to do more than something. I needed to find Sierra.

By the time I made up my mind I had arrived at The Center. It was completely empty. I knew the direction the trucks went. Sierra mentioned that she was on a highway. The only highway in that direction was Highway 20.

If my mom knew that I stole her car to go look for Sierra i'd be dead, but it was worth the risk. Sierra was a really good friend and I couldn't just let the police handle the situation because they weren't.

I looked for any turn offs with gravel roads. This is hopeless. I'm never going to find Sierra and she'll be dead, it will be my fault.

I shook my head to dismiss the thoughts when I caught sight of something out of the corner of my eye. BINGO. I turned off on the exit and made an immediate left. I hoped this was the right gravel road.

The road suddenly ended. "f**k. Now what am I going to do?" I started looking around for a dirt road.

"Come on, where are you? Ha!"

I started up the car ands made my way onto the dirt road, following the tracks that were engraved into the ground. I stepped out of the car.

The trucks made a U-turn? But why? Then i saw them. Footprints, and another set of car tracks. I'm coming Sierra.

Sierra's POV

It had been hours since the alarms had gone off. It has been hours of me pulling, pushing, and trying to break the door. It was no use. The damn door was sealed shut. I looked at the camera in the far right corner.

He was watching me. Was he perverted or something? Did he get some weird kick out of this?

"Exit your room and follow the lighted pathway."

Ugh, not again. What does this creep want?

I made my way down the hallway only to meet up with the same door from earlier.

"Enter the room."

You've got to be kidding me.

"Enter the room and receive your punishment."

My skin began to crawl. Oh god. Whats going to happen? Is he going to kill me? Beat me? My heart sped up. If I don't go in he's going to set off those alarms again, or worse.

I twisted the door knob and entered. There was a chair and a table. On the table was switches and a timer. Across the room was a mirror. Maybe a two way mirror? So the bastard can have a live view?

"Sit down in the chair."

I hesitated. What if the chair blows up. Oh for f***s sakes I need to stop being such a p***y. I grabbed the back of the chair and pulled it away from the table and sat down.

"Grab the handcuffs and handcuff yourself to the chair."

Huh? Handcuffs. I looked around and saw tools on the floor beneath the table and that's when I became truly afraid. There were surgical tools, knifes, razors and many other things including the handcuffs.

"Handcuff yourself to the chair or i'll electrocute your friend."

"What the f**k!" My eyes widened, my breathing became uneasy and the two way mirror revealed Kasey, her left hand handcuffed to a chair with the same table, the same switches, the same timer and I assume the same tools. Oh my god.

"You have 15 seconds to handcuff yourself to the chair or your friend will be electrocuted."

I froze. This couldn't be happening. I felt like some lab rat or a character in the movie Saw.

I quickly grabbed the handcuff but I was too late. I heard screaming from the other side of the glass. Kasey's face was contorted as she helplessly screeched. The bastard wasn't bluffing.

Tears started to roll down my cheeks before I could stop them. My best friend was being electrocuted because I was too slow.

"I won't stop until the cuffs are on."

I quickly snapped them on the chair and my left hand. Shortly after the screaming stopped. Her body was still trembling.

"We're gonna play a game, you might know it as would you rather. But this game has a little twist, you won't be deciding for yourself but the other."

What in the f*****g hell? I couldn't wrap my mind around what would happen.

"You will have 15 seconds to decide and once you decide your dear friend has 1 minute to complete the task. It's playtime."

Everything seemed to be going in slow motion. Kasey's face changed from realization to complete terror. We had to choose on how we'd be tortured and we had to do it ourselves.

"Or what? If i choose not to what will you do?" My voice sounded so desperate and fragile. I felt so broken. I couldn't watch my best friend harm herself while I chose how she did so. It wasn't right. It was sickening. I could feel the lump form in my throat but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't swallow it.

"If you don't choose in under 15 seconds, both tasks will have to be completed. If you choose not to complete the task or not do it in time, I'll fry your friends brains."

A sob escaped my lips. How did this happen. Why would someone ever want to do this.

"Sierra you're first."

My body started shaking. I can't do this.

"Would you rather have Kelsey cut off three different limbs on her body or pull out 15 teeth. The switches in front of you is how you will choose. Your 15 seconds starts now."

The timer next to me started ticking. My mind started racing. What should I do. Should I call his bluff and hope he wouldn't harm her? Or should I choose. 8 seconds had already gone by. I started panicking. 15 teeth is too much but 3 different limbs is a lot too.

I hovered my hand over the switch and pushed down.

"Well, this should be interesting. Kasey looks like you have to-"