Candy Meant for Runaways

8

   When I woke up, I felt my eyelashes brush against something, but all I could see was stone cold black. I couldn't move my hands or feet, probably because they got restrained.

  "Valerie? Why are you here?" I heard a voice robotically say with a trace of Idania.

"Idania?"

"How did you know my name?"

"Oh, so you're awake," Amaryllis said, footsteps following her words.

    "Amaryllis! Let me go!"

   "Why should I?"

    "You came out of my vagina! Oh... oops."

    "Um... Ok then..."

    (when you can relate to Amaryllis)

    I felt hopeless, but an idea hit me like a brick. They were all doing this for me, right?

  "Idania. Get me out of these restraints."

   I heard footsteps come my way. My hands and feet went free.

   "Take off my blindfold."

   She did as commanded, letting me see the very empty dark room. The four missing people were standing near Amaryllis.

   "What are you doing? Stop!"

   "Bring me back to my house."

    They all started moving to a button, smashing open the glass and punching it square in the face. Amaryllis shook in anger.

    "I'm doing this for you!"

   "I never wanted this."

    "You will in the future! I—"

   The room started shaking violently, shifting into my porch.

   "You all are free from me and Amaryllis' commands."

   They all snapped and became a little dizzy, but glad.

  "Go home guys. Amaryllis, come with me."

    Amaryllis followed me into the forest. It's not really like she had a choice, since she had no other people in her command. I found the guy sitting in the same tree I slept with.

   Amaryllis gasped as she "flew" toward him.

  "Dad, why didn't you go to my funeral?"

   "Sorry, mom moved away from me before holding the funeral."

    "Mom!"

    "It wasn't me. My mom made us move away."

    "Wait, you're the mom?"

    "You're the dad?"

    "I led you guys here. I lured him by dropping candy."

    "Amaryllis, what you did was too extreme. Don't mess with people you don't know about."

   "Sorry mom... I have to go anyway."

   "Go where?"

  She pointed her palms towards the sky and bent her head back.

   "Heaven. I was waiting for you to join me in the crash, but when you survived, I had a better idea. My mom ruling the world. Wouldn't that be cool?" She laughed a bit. "Now, it just sounds stupid to me."

  "It's not stupid. Many other people wanted to rule the world, too. We just have to share it."

   "Oh well. Bye mom and dad," she waved.

   She flew up to the sky, disappearing behind the clouds.

  "I'm gonna miss Amaryllis."

  "Me too. We could always make another kid."

  "Not Amaryllis, though. Wait..." I said, turning to him in horror.

  "See you," he waved, leaving me contemplating about what he just said alone in the forest.