Emily
Beep!
The sound of the prison bell goes off as the door creaks open, Emily stands behind the door waiting for the guards to get her.
The guard gives Emily her clothes and show her where she can get changed.
Emily discard her orange jumpsuit and put on her old worn out top and trousers with her torn sneakers.
Her tangle hair look like an untame bush. She quickly wet her hair and try to pack it which was unsuccessful.
Emily sighs and did her business before leaving the restroom.
She didn't bother about her look because she do not care. Being in prison for seven years made her who she is today, a bitter person.
" You are free to go Emily", Vanessa says to Emily. She is the only one that was nice to her.
" Thank you very much Vanessa, I appreciate you", Emily sincerely speaks with her hoarse voice. This is the first time words came out of Emily's mouth since she knew she was going to be released.
When they finish with the clearance, she is permitted to leave the prison.
" Hello, I am officer Lucas. You can call me Lucas", he introduces himself and extend his hand to her to which Emily stares at his outstretch hand like it is full of trash.
She thinks he understands what she mean because he immediately retract his hand.
" I am the parole officer assigned to you", he explains.
Emily nods her head and she look around clearly not interested in his statements. She is not in the mood for conversations which he understands.
" This way", he says as he point to his truck that was parked across the street.
" What for?", Emily questions in a rather rude way.
He must have notice that but he didn't reply, he just smile and toss a key to her which she swiftly catch.
" Since I am your parole officer, I am the one in charge to watch you and make sure you won't return back to your crime ways", he speaks calmly to which she roll her eyes.
Emily squint her eyes in a dangerous way and stand in front of him even though he is a six foot two giant, she don't care.
" Listen Mr parole officer, I don't care who you are. Like you said, I am a criminal then you should know how dangerous I can be", Emily threatens him to make him scared or quit pestering her but instead he just smile.
Emily groan inwardly, covering her face with her bruised hand. Lucas looks at her arm as the sleeve roll down when she raise her arm, he is intensely staringat the old scars and fresh gashes on Emily's arm. Most of them are inflicted on her arms by herself.
" What are the keys for?", She inquires.
" The key to your new home since your former house belongs to your uncle who doesn't want to see you."
" Psst", Emily scoffs. That bastard thinks he won after successfully framing her. She balled her fist in anger.
" So.... Are you coming with me?", He carefully asks..
Emily grimace and drag her hands across her face.
Getting out of jail into this cruel world after seven years is much more difficult than she thought.
She has no other choice but to follow him, only if she want to become homeless which she didn't want to be.
The cold breeze blew her hair sending chills down her spine. She looks around to check if something is out there but none. Only few tree dancing to the sound the wind and some few cars passing by.
" Are you coming or not?", His voice brought her back to reality.
She quickly walk towards him and hop into his truck.
When they arrive at her new apartment, Emily sighs, she look at the small house in the middle of the neighborhood.
" This is your new apartment", Lucas says to her, he stares at the house and smile. " The environment is peaceful, the apartment might be small but it is much better because there are many job opportunities around."
Emily grunts a reply, she swallows hard and push the door forward.
When her sneakers touch the ground, Emily wiggles her toes. She miss the smell of grass and dirts. It was much better than the prison where she has to be tough to get what she wants.
She look behind her and just in time, she sees Lucas opening the door to her apartment.
" Come in", he says.
Emily enters the apartment, it is a small cozy apartment.
" Thank you", she whispers. She has been rude to him but still he helped her.
" You are welcome", Lucas replies. He help her set the room before the night becomes dark.
" I will be taking my leave now, be good. I will see you tomorrow, good night", he says immediately he stands up from where the couch he sits on.
" Thank you."
" And one more thing", Lucas searches through his bag, he brings out a new phone and extends it towards Emily.
" Here, it is yours."
Emily reluctantly takes the phone, she wants nothing from him or the government but she needs it.
She murmurs a thank you and move to close the door.
Her stomach rumbles as a sign of hunger.
Emily winces, she forgot to ask him for foodstuffs. She hopes she finds some in her kitchen.
' her kitchen', Emily smiles at the sound of that, she likes it.
She roams around the house, checking the windows and doors, it is indeed comfortable.
Emily moves around her empty kitchen, in the middle is just a stove and pots for her. She notice a mini fridge resting against the wall.
Emily opens it and almost choke when she sees how full it is. She quickly prepares noodles for herself.
The room became darker as the only light shown is that of the moon.
Emily gulps down her water, this is her most difficult time of the night. Sleeping time is a difficult time for Emily because she dreams a lot and have scary nightmares.
When she was little, she has an imaginary friend named Bennett. She would play and talk with it but as she grew up, she started to forget about it. She still remembers how it felt to have one because it sometimes appears in her nightmare. Emily sighs, her nightmares has become worse since the last few years. She daydreams a lot, thinking of monsters and all other creatures. She even writes about it or draw them sometimes. Emily lay on her bed and closes her eyes, she listens to the chirping sounds of the birds outside her apartment. Three am in the morning, the door to her room creaks. Emily jolts up from her tiny bed, she looks around, nothing. She secure her robe tightly in front of her waist when she drops her cold feet on the floor. Th
He is trying to help her live a normal life which she isn't sure her life can be.Day went by so fast as night comes, Emily breathes harshly through her nose. She just showered and has changed into the pyjamas Lucas brought for her. Lucas knocks on her door, he waited for her to open it. " Hey", he says as he smile at her. " Are you ready for tonight?", He says in a rather professional way.Emily let out a small laugh, she never thought her parole officer will be sleeping with her tonight. She nods her head and shoves a blanket and pillow in his hands." You are sleeping on the couch", she says. " And don't try anything funny", Emily warns.
" We don't know what kind of monster is that. It might smell your fear", Lucas replies her. She didn't even realize that she said that out loud. He is right because the monster turns its head towards their direction. Emily gasps, the wolf like monster has no face but It has eyes everywhere. Its feet is like that of a chicken and its eyes is trying to search for the source of the sounds. The monster moaned, its ears twitched as it hunches over and continues drinking from the bloody lake. " Come on", Lucas whispers, he holds her hand and moved quietly. Emily move behind him, she mistakenly step on a twig which snaps under her feet. The creature turns, his eyes fixated on them. It moves with full speed, bearing his
" Mine, food", it cries and raises his arm, a vine like thing shoots out of his arm and pierces the stomach of the bat monster. " Food", it rejoices and run towards it.Emily stiffens, she watches with wide eyes as the monster devour its food. It split the stomach open, munching on the intestines.That is enough scene for Lucas, he drag Emily along with him.They run down the forest getting closer to the light.' almost there'Suddenly, a whooping sound is heard, it hits them and fling them to the ground but the impact with the ground never came as they fall into another dimension." Emily! Are you okay?", He asks as he sits up and reaches out for her hands." I am okay", she replies, aside from the lump growing at the back of her hand, then
" So your uncle is the real culprit", Lucas says as he closes his eyes. He is weak and tired from running, Lucas is about to fall asleep when he hears something moving. Emily notice that as well, she looks at Lucas who is also staring at her." What do you think that is?", She asks." I have no idea, stay behind me okay?." Emily swallows loudly as she holds unto his shirt.Lucas didn't know what to do but he is willing to fight it with all his might. He gathers his courage and tries to move but the sound stops. Emily breathes when she hears no sound, she looks at Lucas who licks his dry lips. He is trying hard to hide his fears and protect them.Everywhere is so dark that they hardly sees each other. Emily glances around, anything can come out and attack them in the dark." Lucas", Emily ca
Lucas moves closer to the edge of the hill, still holding her hand in his." Are you ready?", He asks as he stares at the ground, the ground didn't look far from up but the obstacles on it is what scares Emily." Yes", Emily swallows hard and involuntarily tightens her hold on his hand in a firm grip. With a light push, Emily yelps as she skids down the hill. She stumbles upon a rock and fall.Emily hits her stomach on a rock which shoots pain all over her body. She can't control the way she is tumbling, eventually, Emily lands on the ground with lots of bruises and cuts.She groans as she can't stand, Lucas tumbles down after Emily and lands beside her. Emily stares at the cloud, she feels numb and so
Emily races back to where Lucas is, she almost cry when she sees the situation he is in.The blood stain on his shirt and his pale face makes him resemble a vampire." Lucas", Emily cries as she kneels beside him, Emily cradles his face and help him up. " Come on Lucas, I have found the river."Lucas groans as Emily drags him up, he rests his arm on her shoulder and limps towards the river." We are almost there Lucas, hold on please", Emily urges him to continue moving forward when he stops." I can't", he complains. " I can't go any further."" No Lucas, you have to. You can't die on me, we are going to get out of this place together." Emily quickly wipe the tears that falls on her cheek and hurls him forward when he is about to fall.
" Please snap out of this, please I beg you", Lucas begs, he looks worried and stressed. Emily tries to control her fears but the changes in the surroundings adds to her panic. Lucas puts his hand on her back and rubs it in a comforting way. " Please Emily, come back to me", he whispers in Emily's ear as the woman in his arms trembles. Emily is scared, she trys to breathe but it is very difficult to do. Her heart pounds in her chest and inhaling becomes difficult. The darkness intensifies and howling voices of monsters is heard. Lucas looks around to be sure they are alone, Emily is making no changes instead it is getting worse. She is having a panic attack. " Breathe baby, please", Lucas sees no changes so, he did what is right and helpful by saying sweet words to her which helped a little.