Chapter 143

I looked around the cave hesitantly and smiled, there were two long fabrics on the floor and I thought back to what Brett had told me he put in the cave, he called them sleeping bags, I’d never seen one up close. There were also some clothes folded up on a rock. I also found food hidden exactly where he told me they’d be, food that wouldn’t spoil if kept outside. I just hoped Brett would find me soon, I yawned as I opened the sleeping bag and crawled into it, exactly like Brett had told me to. As soon as I laid my head down, I was asleep. Follow current novᴇls on.net
I woke up and it was really dark but suddenly I heard a voice. I immediately sat up, wanting to call our Brett’s name to see if it was him but too scared of it not being him and leading people to me. It took a moment before I registered the sound was coming from inside the cave, I stood grabbing the flashlight that was in the backpack and walked slowly to where the sound was coming from. As soon as I flashed the light on it something jumped up and I let out a scream. I fell back and looked again only to see an animal running away. I tried to remember its name from what I saw of it. The title in the animal book Brett showed me flashed in my mind, a raccoon.
I stood up and walked to where the raccoon was and gasped, it had been rummaging through my food, everythng was nearly destroyed. I searched through the multiple food only to find one usable can of peaches. I wanted to cry, what was I suppose to do now? And what would I do if Brett never showed up?
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Celena
I groaned as I woke up, it was dark outside, raining and extremely cold. How long had I been asleep? I counted and realised I slept through an entire day, I was that tired, that hungry. It had been about five days since I got to the cave and I hadn’t eaten anything since. I was too scared to eat any of the berries I found because Brett told me some could be poisonous.
I was getting more dizzy, I needed to eat but I would have to get out and what if Brett came and didn’t find me? But then again not eating was really taking its toll on me. The hunters used to make me spend a day or two without eating, for experiment sake, but never five whole days. Maybe if I could leave the cave for just five minutes.
I stumble outside the cave and walk around, looking for anything I’d recognize as safe food to eat, I was getting so tired and dizzy it was hard to walk straight. It felt like hours of walking, stopping every few moments so my head would stop spinning, till I found the huge house right in the middle of the woods. It was so big and only few lights were on. I thought about knocking but what if they were bad people? Brett told me never to trust anyone. I walked quietly around the house, looking through the windows. I stopped at one of the windows next to a door, it was dark inside but I recognised some pots and pans, like the one the hunters would give me to eat from. This must be the kitchen.
I hesitated, I couldn’t go in without being invited, could I? It would be bad. But I was so hungry and tired, I couldn’t resist. So I walked to the door and slowly opened the door, hoping I wouldn’t make any noise. I wouldn’t take a lot of food, maybe they were hungry too. I’d only take a bit. I walked in the kitchen and was thankful for the moon because it gave me light, it always did even in my cell when it was dark and scary. I tried to walk as silently as I could and got to the table, there was a bowl of fruits there. I felt my mouth water,
I had never tasted a lot of fruits because Brett was rarely able to sneak me some after I turned six and the experiments were even more and I was always monitered. But Brett always got me books I could hide, they wouldn’t know if I read books. At first whenever he could Brett read to me but after a while I learned how to read and would hide books to read when Brett couldn’t come and no one would see me. I remember reading about fruits and vegetables and they sounded so yummy, all I ever ate was the aweful soup the hunters gave me.
I picked up an apple and just held it in both my hands for a second. It was red and round just like the books said. I was about to bring it to my lips when I heard a sound on the stairs. I gasped and turned around, I was about to go out the door but I heard the steps closer and I knew they’d hear it opening and closing so I opened a cupboard and crawled into it, thankful for being so tiny that I was able to fit inside it. I didn’t close it all the way because I was scared it would make a sound and from the small crack I left open I watched a tall girl walk into the kitchen. She had black hair and was wearing pajamas.