Chapter 141

As soon as Uncle Dan had left. Brett ran down to the basement and got in the cell. “Hi, I’m Brett” he said to the little girl who cowered away from him “Oh don’t be scared, I won’t hurt you. Uncle Dan told me all about you.”
The girl remained away and Brett was getting frustrated. He wanted to be her friend but he didn’ know how to. “Hey, want me to sing you a lullaby? My mom used to do that for me when i used to be scared.” when she didn’t answer he continued “Okay, I’ll sing you the same song she sang to me, okay?”
He took a deep breath and remembered what his mom used to sing to him
“Smile my little angel
You’re safe my little lamb
The stars are shining bright
I’m here, holding your hand.
You’re safe, my precious
You’ll never be afraid
I’ll watch over you
I’ll keep you safe
When life makes you cry
and You’re feeling down
Just close your eyes
Smile away that frown
The trees might be bare
The thunder may be loud
But I’ll always be here
To make sure
You’re safe and sound”
By the end of the lullaby the little girl had inched towards him and was looking at him with wide, innocent eyes. “What’s your name?” he asked her and she looked at him, confused. “You know, name. What people call you. Like my name is Brett, like I told you”
The little girl shrugged and Brett frowned. He stood up and went to look at the little gir’s file in the drawer “Wolf 376. That’s not a name” he looked over at the cell and then had an idea “I’ll be right back” he went to the attic, where his dad kept all of his mom’s old stuff before she died. He grabbed a book and ran back down to the little girl “This is a name book my mom had. She wanted to get me a brother and was looking for names.”
He sat beside her and flipped through the pages “You can choose your name” she frowned at the pages “Can you read?”
The little girl shook her head and Brett felt bad for her. Why was his dad being mean to a little girl? He didn’t even teach her how to read. Uncle Dan was right, his dad was wrong. “Well he said unsure of what to do. He didn’t want to give her a name she wouldn’t like “What do you like?”
The little girl didn’t hesitate as she pointed towards the window on the top of the cell where the moon shone. “The moon? You like the moon?” For origınal chapters go to.net
The girl nodded, she loved the ’moon’ like Brett called it. She never knew what it was, she only knew that it made her cell have light when it was dark and it was pretty. Brett seemed to have an idea and opened the book, flipping through the pages. “Here it is…Celena means moon. Do you like that name? Celena?” the girl nodded and Brett grinned “Okay, your name is now Celena.”
Brett spent a while with the little girl before he felt tired and had to go to his room to sleep. But as he was leaving he felt Celena hug his waist with her small hands. “I have to go Celena, I’ll come back. I promise” But Celena wouldn’t let go. Brett thought about it, his dad wouldn’t be home the next day. “Okay, you can sleep beside me in my bed, okay? But only tonight. My dad will be home and we’ll both be in trouble if he finds out I know about you.”
Celena nodded and stood up, she was much shorter than him and he was surprised at all the bruises she had when they were in the light. He grabbed her small hand and led her to his room. they both crawled into his bed and he hugged her “You’re going to be my little sister” Brett told her as he covered them both “I’ll take care of you”
Celena was already asleep. And Brett kept to his word, he treated her like a sister from then on.
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Celena
I shrieked as the drug started showing its effects. It felt like my blood was fire, burning me from the inside. Tears rolled down my face as I sobbed.
“Damn it” One of the men said as he kicked a chair. “It’s not supposed to cause her pain, it’s supposed to paralyze her from the neck down. Why aren’t these drugs working”
“Well it’s hard to know what affects there body. We know about Lycotine but that’s a temporary loss of their animal, so we’re working with that and adding other chemicals.” Another man said “For now we can’t do anything to her while the drug is in her system so we have to start again tomorrow”
They talked a bit more but I in too much pain to even understand what they were saying. Soon I heard the gate of my cell close. I kept writhing in pain, wondering when it would stop.
“Celena” I heard Brett’s voice exclaim as the gates opened. I was lifted from the floor as I cried “God damn it I shouldn’t have went out. I’m so sorry, it was my turn to take watch. I’m so sorry, Celena.” He sat me up and stood up, going out to the medicine table outside my cell “What did they use on you this time?” I heard shuffling “Turmanine, fucking assholes. Okay, this should take away the pain.”
He walked up to me and looked at me apologetically “I know you hate needles, but the pain won’t go away for hours if I don’t give you this, okay little lamb?”