Broken Promises

Chapter One; Jade

Jade watched as her friend, Jason, struggled to open a tall metal gate, by what it seemed like trying to guess the code on the lock.

He held a flashlight in his mouth so he could see it in the dark, his eyebrows furrowed in stressed focus. If that's what he was trying to do, they would be here a while. They had no possible way to even get the code correct; they had no access to the inside, and whoever had supposedly set this lock was most likely dead by now. The area was deteriorating with time. The brunette glanced up, just to check if climbing was an option. Appeared... very... sharp at the top, would probably be best to find another way in. Plus, Jade couldn't really climb, if she tried she probably would just look ridiculous, not even getting to the other side as a result.

"Here, let me try." Another teenager, a redhead, said, walking over to Jason with a small rock in her hand. When the blonde hesitated, giving the older teen an uncertain glare, the redhead spoke again.

"I'm just gonna bust the lock, I'll put it down after." she paused before adding, "I'm not a brute, dude."

Jason stared at her for a moment, before letting go of the lock and stepping back in the grass. "I'm just..."

"What?" The older teen asked, still looking at Jason when he stepped back.

"I just... I'm not sure about this, Hope. We could get in trouble." Jade moved her eyes towards the ginger when she looked at her.

Jade just smirked slightly, amused with how cautious Jason was trying to be. Of course they might get in trouble, they were trying to break into an abandoned building, in the middle of the night when no one was watching.

Hope paused, slowly glancing back at Jason, slight annoyance in her last few words.

"This was your idea in the first place. You found the article and told us. Or... more like, told Jade, then she wouldn't leave me alone about it."

"I know... I just... have a really bad feeling about this." Jason said, slowly pointing his flashlight towards the gate, casting the light over the dark field and building on the other side. "I'm really regretting telling you guys about it."

Hope tilted her head, giving Jason a look. "You scared? Is that it?"

"Yes!" Jason suddenly exclaimed, not afraid to admit the truth, looking back at her. "This place isn't where we should be. We're putting ourselves in more danger by just being here. You guys know that!"

Hope just glanced back at Jade after Jason spoke, as if waiting for her to speak up or voice her opinion. Honestly, though, Jade was unsure what to think. She'd been the most excited about coming here out of the three, since it seemed like a fun, "scary," experience. She liked that type of thing, the fright, probably way more than the other two. Though she hadn't seen the full article of this place and what was inside, she only caught glimpses of it when Jason showed her earlier that day. She was honestly surprised that Jason had found any interest in something like this at all. It was unlike him. She knew that Hope didn't really take any liking to creepy things, but Jade had been able to convince her to come along after a bit of persistence.

"Yeah, I get that. But that just adds to the thrill of exploring the place, Jason!" Jade said, still being the furthest from the fence, glancing up again and giving the metal fence a look of discomfort. "Plus, the only thing that seems dangerous to me right now, is the top of that fence."

"Never been one for climbing, have you, Jade?" Hope remarked, a slight smirk on her face.

"Yeah, I'd rather not get too high up from the ground, thank you." Jade replied, not wanting to delve further into it, soon after changing the subject. "Besides! Climbing that fence just looks painful at the top. Maybe we could just find a different way to get in?"