The Grave Walkers

Chapter Twenty Two

I'm not sure how long it has been since we were first put in this cage. It has felt like weeks. They haven't fed us at all. Only giving us a little bit of water every hour I believe. They have also came in here and beat us. We most likely have bruises everywhere. My hair was all over the place and the sweat helped it stick to my face. It was the same with Alee's as well.

The cage door unlocked and open. I didn't bother to lift my head. I don't even think I could lift my head if I tried. "Ladies! It's only been three days." He clapped.

"So that's how long this shit has been going on." Alee choked out. Her voice sounded like she swallowed a bunch of sand.

"You sound like you need water. Well too bad you aren't getting any." He joked.

"You cut off our food and now out water. Pretty soon, we are going to die. We be corpuses hanging in your cage." I said. He sighed.

"I'm not going to let you die. I'm just going to get you weak enough to where you can't fight anymore." He explained. I lifted my head with the little bit of energy that I had left.

"I will never stop fighting." I said through clenched teeth. He raised his eyebrows and shook his head, walking out. I then started to yank on my chains. I groaned in frustration and yanked harder. The pole that we were chained to creaked a little. Alee jerked her head up. We both nodded and started swinging back and forth. The pole came lose and we went flying on our backs. We coughed, trying to get air back into our lungs.

I slid my chains off of the pole and got free from the pole. I helped Alee by pulling the pole out of her chains. She sat up as I untangled the chains off of her wrists. She then did the same to me as soon as hers came off. We got up and walked to the cage door hoping to get free, but there was no use.

"Where exactly are we?" Alee whispered. I looked around to see a ladder leading to freedom.

"We are underground." I responded. We walked around the cage for a few more seconds and then sat down in the corner. "I'm so exhausted." I whispered. Alee had her eyes closed but she mouthed to me that she was too. I laid on the floor, not knowing what else we could do. Alee then shot up and ran to the cage door. She stuffed her arm through it and tried to squeeze the rest of her body out, but it was no use.

"I think I see some keys!" My eyes shot open and I shot up. I ran to the door and looked for a set of keys and sure enough, there they were. I grabbed the pole and stuck it out the door. It hit the keys slightly and almost knocked them off the piece of stone they were on. Then, the big ring that was holding the keys slid on the pole and down to my hands. I unlocked the cage door and opened it as quiet as I could. Alee and I ran to the ladder and climbed as fast as we could.

I pushed opened the little hatch that was blocking our way to freedom. I looked around and then climbed out. I helped Alee out and then all the sudden we heard footsteps. We hid behind a bunch of boxes as the man walked by us. We sneaked out from behind them, and tip toed down the hallway. We we hid behind a column leading to a huge staircase. "There is the doors to get out!" Alee pointed. Sure enough, they were there mocking us.

"On a count of three we run. One, Two-" I was cut off by a sharp pain to the back of my head. The whole world went black.