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Unlocked Doors
Aug. 15th, 2013 08:09 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
erika_streetErika came out of the lone bathroom to hear a clicking noise at the door. She froze in place. She waited.
Nothing.
Was it him? Was her captor finally coming? What did he want? She wasn't even sure who it was. Was it the tall handsome guy that had beheaded that... that thing in the Road Kill parking lot? Or was it someone else? Some thing else? What did they want? To kill her? Rape her? Torture her?
Ten heartbeats. Nothing.
Finally she went over to the door and put her shaking fingers on the door knob. She'd pounded on that door for hours. She'd pulled on the knob, trying to twist and turn the lock, but all to no avail. Yet this time, when she put her fingers around the knob and twisted, it turned easily in her hand.
Slowly she pushed the door open. Erika took a big breath and then stuck her head out into the hallway.
It was dark. It was closing in on morning. The hallway was full of shadows. There was one door to her right. She took a step out of the room and her foot felt something soft. She gasped and jumped backwards. Looking down, she saw her clothes. They had been laundered and folded, left by her door.
Erika was more confused than ever. Quickly she grabbed her clothes, but didn't bother to change into them just yet. She glanced to the left and saw nothing. She didn't know what was going on, but she knew better than to wait when the advantage seemed to be hers. She ran with her bundle of clothes in her arm towards the other door. It was unlocked, and opened into a back lot with a dense forest surrounding the building. Without a backwards glance Erika heaved herself into a sprint and escaped into the forest towards freedom.
She never saw the vampire leaning against the wall with his arms crossed over his chest. He felt... confused, but knew letting her go, even after all that planning, was the right thing to do.
"Rhiannon," had been her name, and the conversation with her still echoed in his mind. And he'd changed his plans, letting Erika go.
Nothing.
Was it him? Was her captor finally coming? What did he want? She wasn't even sure who it was. Was it the tall handsome guy that had beheaded that... that thing in the Road Kill parking lot? Or was it someone else? Some thing else? What did they want? To kill her? Rape her? Torture her?
Ten heartbeats. Nothing.
Finally she went over to the door and put her shaking fingers on the door knob. She'd pounded on that door for hours. She'd pulled on the knob, trying to twist and turn the lock, but all to no avail. Yet this time, when she put her fingers around the knob and twisted, it turned easily in her hand.
Slowly she pushed the door open. Erika took a big breath and then stuck her head out into the hallway.
It was dark. It was closing in on morning. The hallway was full of shadows. There was one door to her right. She took a step out of the room and her foot felt something soft. She gasped and jumped backwards. Looking down, she saw her clothes. They had been laundered and folded, left by her door.
Erika was more confused than ever. Quickly she grabbed her clothes, but didn't bother to change into them just yet. She glanced to the left and saw nothing. She didn't know what was going on, but she knew better than to wait when the advantage seemed to be hers. She ran with her bundle of clothes in her arm towards the other door. It was unlocked, and opened into a back lot with a dense forest surrounding the building. Without a backwards glance Erika heaved herself into a sprint and escaped into the forest towards freedom.
She never saw the vampire leaning against the wall with his arms crossed over his chest. He felt... confused, but knew letting her go, even after all that planning, was the right thing to do.
"Rhiannon," had been her name, and the conversation with her still echoed in his mind. And he'd changed his plans, letting Erika go.