The Satchmo P.I. - Living Amongst Monsters – Chapter 10

therneau (58)in #story • 7 years ago

Chapter 10: Imprisoned

It’s been four days since Stella’s capture. She was locked up in a dimly lit room with hardly any ventilation. It was stuffy and cold in there. Once a day someone would open the door and throw some food with a bottle of water in. She made sure she was close to the door at that time just to get a waft of some fresh air as it billowed in. This only lasted a few seconds though and then it was back to breathing in the thick, musty air.

Her body was aching all over. This was from sitting and lying on the cold floor, as well as being knocked back so hard that she felt like she had been hit by a truck when she tried to get past the one who opened the door. She couldn’t stand anymore and grew tired of kicking and screaming at the door so she just had to sit down again. She’d developed a terrible cough and asked whoever came there to please get her some medicine, however no one ever spoke a word to her. “Why are they doing this? What is going on? What did that man with the beard do to her?” These were just some of the thoughts going through Stella’s mind.

Someone opened the door again and Stella scurried over. This time she saw that he’d put a bottle of medicine down as well. She caught a brief glimpse of his face while drawing a deep breath of the fresh air that wafted in. His eyes were completely expressionless. “Please help me” Stella begged but the door was simply closed again without a response.

Stella screamed again, banging at the door “Help! Someone please help me!” before bursting into tears. She was cold, tired and confused. She grabbed the bottle of medication and took a big glug from it before throwing it against the wall out of frustration. It shattered into pieces. “Keep calm Stella” she thought to herself. It was however much harder to do. Every once in a while she would hear some distant noises. Voices, groans and at one stage she heard what sounded like a desperate scream. Then, everything fell silent once again.

“Am I going to die?” she thought. Without touching the food or water Stella just crawled up in a ball and cried herself to sleep.

She woke up a few hours later and scoffed down the dry bread with some water. Her incessant hunger and determination to live seemed to have woken her up. After finishing the food she thought about her situation again. Coughing harshly she knew there was only one chance for her to get out of there. Stella thought about it for a while and then decided that this would be her best chance to escape. She started preparing and knew she would only have a small window of opportunity to pull this off.

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