Lexi and Sarah

Lexi pov

I hit the trigger of the handgun until it started to make a clicking noise.

"Well, I guess I'm out of bullets" I laughed.

Trust me this guy deserved to die. He is a pathological liar and he easily manipulates people for his benefit.

Thursday, December 22, 2022, 6:54 pm 3 days before Lexi's abduction

"You owe me Sarah" I screamed into the phone.

"For what, I set you up with Ben and you knew I always had a crush on Tom?" Sarah said angrily.

Sarah has been my best friend since middle school but I would say she's more of my sidekick.

"Holy crap you need to get over him he never liked you," I said as I rolled my eyes.

"You told me that you were using him for sex" Sarah screamed.

"Alright I will make a deal with you," I said confidently.

Sarah didn't sound as angry and relaxed a little to hear what I had to say.

"I will let you hook up with Tom if you steal the diamond necklace he has in his dresser" I confidently said.

"How are you going to let me hook up with him," Sarah said nervously.

"It's easy when has a guy ever said no to sex" I laughed hoping Sarah would find it funny.

"Alright, do you want me to just call him?" Sarah questioned.

"Yes you idiot" I yelled as Sarah was gaining the confidence to call him.

"Alright I will get you that necklace," Sarah said confidently as she hung up the phone.

The concrete room

The speakers made a crackling noise and a loud static echoed across the room.

"Congratulations Lexi on surviving the first trial of the night" the killer screamed in a deep groggy voice.

"Thank you so much," I said in a bragging tone.

" I think it's time you meet the new guest" the killer laughed as metal bands made a clicking noise.

"Surprise" a woman screamed from across the room.

Sarah swiftly walked out of the dark and stood in front of me.

"Did you miss me, Lexi?" Sara screamed as she laughed in a menacing tone.

Monday, September 2, 2018, 4 years 3 months, and 23 days before Lexi's abduction

"Hi Lexi I'm Dr. Smith and I'm a psychologist here in the middle school," Dr. Smith said calmly.

He put his hand out to shake my hand and I did the same. He had a tight grip on my hand as he shook it. I took a seat in the skinny office chair and leaned back onto the pillow. Dr.Smith had a rolling chair and he took a seat as well. His office was cold and as big as a walk-in closet. He had many bobbleheads of actors and sports players on his desk. He set a one-hour timer on his desk and waited for me to start talking.

"Do you know why you're here?" Dr.Smith said in a calm tone.

"Nope I have no clue," I said with a confident tone.

"There's a young girl that's your age and she needs a friend," Dr.Smith said calmly.

"Why is it my job to be her friend?" I said angrily.

Dr.Smith slowly got up from his chair and moved in front of my face. All I could see was his old white face staring into my face.

"You are an extremely attractive white girl with blue eyes and blonde hair and you have tons of friends. Is it a big deal for you to make one new friend?" Dr.Smith yelled in a threatening tone.

He slowly fell back into his seat and took a deep breath. I sat there staring at him as his chair made a creaking noise when he sat in it.

"So what is it going to do Lexi?" Dr smith said calmly pretending that he never screamed at me.

The concrete room

"Sarah" I yelled in complete shock as I hugged her.

A loud noise filled the room from the speakers and a loud static followed soon after.

"Isn't this nice even though I wasn't expecting a reunion tonight?" the killer said jokingly.

"Ignore that sick fuck" I said laughing as I continued to hug Sarah.

"I think it's time we make our next guest appearance" the killer joked as a clicking noise echoed through the room from someone's metal bands unlocking. A man walked from the shadows and appeared in front of Sarah and me.

"Oh my God Ben is that you," I said excitedly.

I ran over to him and wrapped my arms around him. Ben almost lost his balance as I squeezed him as hard as I could.

"It's been too long Lexi" Ben joked as I didn't let go of him.

"Did you get taller?" I laughed finally letting go of Ben.

Tuesday, September 3, 2018, 8:30 am 4 years 3 months, and 22 days before Lexi's abduction

"Please turn to page fifteen of your math books," Mrs.Springer said.

I took my workbook out from my desk and turned to page fifteen. A piece of paper slipped out and fell onto the ground. I quickly picked it up before anyone could notice it and read the paper.

Mrs.Springer is going to make you partner up with someone. Sarah is the girl four desks behind you and two to the left. DON'T FORGET WE HAD A DEAL!!!!

I turned to see the girl with long brown hair and enough makeup on her to make her look like a clown.

"Ew is that the girl I'm being forced to help" I whispered to myself as I rolled my eyes.

"Ok class find a partner and maybe look for someone you haven't talked to before," Mrs.Springer said in a cheerful mood.

I got up from my old plastic chair and walked over to the desk next to Sarah.

"Hey I'm Lexi," I said in the most cheerful way I could.

"Hi my name is Sarah," She said nervously trying to hide behind her hair.

I took a seat at the wobbly desk and as I sat down the desk made a loud creaking noise. Sarah had already finished most of the math work we were assigned to do.

"Wow, how the hell did you finish that so fast?" I said hoping Sarah would laugh.

"I'm not as dumb as you think," Sarah said laughing awkwardly.

Sarah finished the last problem and handed me her math book.

"Seriously I can copy all the answers," I said happily as I quickly started to write down all the answers.

"Yeah, we are friends now so why not?" Sarah said happily as she started to smile.

The concrete room

The speakers blasted a loud static across the room and the killer made a coughing noise into the speakers.

"It's time for trial two" the killer laughed in his low groggily voice.

The elevator in the middle of the concrete table sank into the table with low rumbling noise. The elevator slowly moved back up and there were two glasses filled with what looked like water and sunglasses.

"The game is simple Lexi will wear the sunglasses and she will be able to see which glass is poison and which one is water," the killer said laughing through the speakers.

I walked over and took the sunglasses off the table and put them on. One glass turned red and the other glass is blue.

"Lexi will choose whether she wants to save Ben or Sarah. Obviously, through the sunglasses you can see, the water is blue and the poison is red." the killer said calmly.

"What if I don't choose" I screamed in anger.

"The room is covered in explosives so if you don't pick someone to die in the next hour the room will explode." the killer said angrily from my aggressive attitude.

I took the sunglasses off and put them on the concrete table and then grabbed the guy who was sleeping with his head on the table. I shook him until his whole body was shaking and then I grabbed his head and hit it on the concrete table.

"Those guests won't wake up until later" the killer laughed.

"You're a sick fuck" I screamed at the top of my lungs.

"Have fun I will check back in later and try not to trash the place" the killer laughed menacingly before the sound cut from the speakers.

I grabbed the chair I was sitting in and lugged it over to the door of the room. The door looked like a vault door that you see at a bank. I picked the chair up and ran about 12 feet before smashing the chair into the door. The door made a loud thump and the chair made a cracking sound.

"Stop it Lexi there's nothing you can do to get us out of here" Ben screamed.

"How am I supposed to pick between my best friend and someone I love," I said as tears started to roll down my face.

Sunday, October 9 2022 4:50 pm 2 months and 16 days before Lexi's abduction

I was playing a game on my phone when I got a message from Tom.

Tom: hey I need to get my bike fixed

Do you want to tag along?

Me: yeah sure I can't wait❤️❤️❤️

Tom: alright I'm going to pick you up rn cya in 15 minutes

Me: k

I got up and quickly put makeup on, brushed my hair, and brushed my teeth before Tom walked into the driveway with his bike. I heard a knock on the door and I ran to grab my phone and purse from the couch where I had left them. I opened the door to see Tom with his bike off to the side and him wearing a short sleeve grey t-shirt and black cargo shorts.

"Those look very cute on you," I said happily as I hugged Tom and kissed him on the cheek.

"Thanks, you look gorgeous as always," Tom said happily, as he hugged me.

We walked about three blocks until we reached the bike repair shop. Tom opened the creaky doors and he held it open for me to walk in. I thanked him as I walked in and walked to the back of the store and took a seat on a stool. Tom walked over to the guy with his broken bike and started talking to one of the workers.

"Hey there gorgeous," one of the workers said in a flirty tone.

"I'm sorry I have a boyfriend," I said trying to ignore him.

"I'm sorry your beauty caught my eye" the worker joked.

I hadn't looked at this guy and I finally turned around to snap at him when I saw how handsome he was. He had long curly black hair and a short sleeve shirt that was far enough on his arm to show off his arm muscles.

"I was wondering if you would like to go out with me," the worker said happily.

"Um....sure Ben," I said happily reading his name from his name tag.

I had given Ben my phone number and he walked away before Tom was finished talking with the worker about his bike. When Tom returned my phone made a dinging noise and it was a text from Ben.

Ben: cya around pretty lady😉

The concrete room

"Alright Ben tell me why I should save you," I said in a judgmental tone.

"Well first off I'm too hot to die and second off I love you to the moon and back again and number three you owe me," Ben said in an angry tone.

Friday, October 14th 2 months and 11 days before Lexi's abduction

Ben and I have talked on the face time at least twice a week but this night should have never happened.

"There's my pretty lady," Ben said as I blushed at his flirty comment.

"I need your help, Ben," I said desperately begging Ben to help me.

"With what baby," Ben said saddened that I was upset.

"I don't want to be with Tom anymore and I want to be with you but I don't know how to break it off with him," I said saddened by my actions.

"How do you want me to fix that Lexi?" Ben laughed as I continued to beg him to fix my problems.

"Can you like beat him up or threaten to stab him or something?" I said jokingly hoping he would agree.

"Ok baby I will do anything for you," Ben said blinded by his love for me.

"Aw thank you I love you so much Ben," I said as my heart started to race.

The concrete room

"Alright Ben thank you for your kind words," I said ignoring Ben's threat.

Ben walked over slowly and put his arms out for a hug.

"Can I please have a hug and a kiss?" Ben said begging me for affection.

I ran over and jumped into Ben's arms as he slowly went in to kiss me on the lips.

"You're such an asshole Ben that's cheating" Sarah screamed angrily.

"It's not cheating that I love my girlfriend and I want her to choose me over her slutty best friend" Ben aggressively said to Sarah.

There was a loud cracking noise and static filled the concrete room.

"Thirty minutes remain until someone dies" the killer laughed menacingly.

"Sarah ignore that physco and tell me why you think I should save you," I said confidently.

Sarah pov

"I think you should save me because I wasn't supposed to be here," I said angrily.

"What do you mean that you weren't supposed to be here?" Lexi said confused.

Christmas 5:40 am 20 minutes before Sarah's abduction

I was fast asleep that night and I was snuggled up in my blankets when I heard a loud crashing sound. I had woken up in complete fear and I got out of bed and slowly walked out of my room. Then I was staring out a very tall shadowy figure. It looked like a person in a very long black robe. I screamed and ran down grabbing the house phone to call the police as he followed me close behind. I jumped to the floor and went to crawl under the bed and the killer grabbed my foot dragging me out from under the bed.

"Stop please don't kill me" I begged and prayed that he wouldn't kill me.

He threw me on the bed and crawled on top of me. He put his hand around my mouth and I turned sideways. My parents were hiding in the closet and I threw the phone towards the closet. It hit the floor with a thump and the killer pulled a gun out aiming it at my face.

"Don't try any tricks," a female voice said trying to make it sound deeper.

I saw my father slowly sneak out of the closet and crawl over to the phone on the floor. The killer turned quickly shooting him three times in the chest. I screamed at the top of my lungs as the killer walked to the closet and grabbed my mother throwing her onto the bed. My father struggled on the floor desperately trying to breathe.

"Please let me help my father" I screamed as my father was breathing heavily.

The killer turned shooting my father in the head as blood and brain matter flew all over the floor.

"Nooooo...why did you do that?"I screamed trying to force myself off the bed.

The killer grabbed me putting a gun to my face.

"Don't you dare move" the killer said in a deeply feminine voice.

The killer aimed the gun at my mother's head and with a loud bang my mother's head exploded into a million pieces.

"Noooooo you sicko" I screamed at the top of my lungs.

The killer put the handgun to my head and I sat there begging him not to shoot. Then the killer moved his arm far away and hit me in the face with the back of the handgun. Everything went black and I woke up in the concrete room.

The concrete room Christmas day

"If I stayed in my room that night I would have never been here" I screamed.

"I think I have decided who I want to save," Lexi said confidently as she walked over to the two glasses.

Lexi handed me my shot glass and it looked like water. Ben got his shot glass and he was feeling confident about what he had said.

"Please if you're going to kill me just tell me" I whispered into Lexi's ear.

"I gave Ben the red one and I gave you the blue one" Lexi whispered back into my ear.

I grinned from ear to ear knowing that I was going to die at this moment and Ben was going to confidently drink his and he would die. A loud cracking noise played on the speakers and then a loud static echoed through the room.

"Wow quick choice and you still have thirty-eight minutes and fourteen seconds" the killer laughed.

"Yeah this was a tough choice but I gave it to the person that helped me the most" Lexi laughed staring at me with a smile.

Monday, December 22, 2022, 8:00 pm 3 days before Sarah's abduction

I walked over to Tom's house completely excited because I had always had a crush on him. Tom had long brown hair kind of like a surfer and he was very skinny. Don't judge me guys like that are kind of my type. I knocked on the door and Tom quickly answered.

"Where are your, parents? I said confused.

"Oh they work the night shift don't worry," Tom said as his face turned red from blushing.

We started to kiss and Tom slowly started to take my clothes off. I put my arms around him and fell backwards onto the bed.

"Stop...stop...stop," Tom said nervously.

"What is it something I did wrong?" I said nervously.

"No I'm just not comfortable," Tom said nervously.

"Why did I hurt you or something?" I said concerned for Tom.

"No it's just I have a girlfriend and this just doesn't feel right," Tom said nervously as he got up from the bed.

Tom opened his bedroom door and walked into the bathroom. I quickly ran over to his dresser and took the diamond chain and dropped it down my pants. Tom walked back into the room as I started to grab my things to leave.

"I'm sorry I wasted your time Sarah," Tom said in a saddened tone.

"It's fine no worries," I said disappointed as I walked out of Tom's house and walked home.

Wednesday, December 24, 9:39 pm 1 day before Sarah's abduction

I got a call from Lexi that night and I happily picked up the phone.

"So I heard a rumor you and Tom hooked up," Lexi said jokingly.

"Ew never that little pussy didn't even want to do anything," I said as I made fun of Tom.

"That's not what I have been hearing around town," Lexi said laughing at me.

"That fucking two-faced liar told everyone we hooked up" I screamed angrily.

"Hey if you guys hooked up you don't have to lie about it," Lexi said in a serious tone.

"I didn't fucking lie about it" I yelled as Lexi continued to laugh.

"Sarah get your ass down here it's time for dinner" my mom screamed from the other side of the house.

"Shit, I have to go, talk later?" I said still angered by the rumors Tom spread about me.

"Yeah see you later," Lexi said as she hung up the phone.

The concrete room

"Whenever you guys are ready please drink what's in your glass," the killer said laughing at the situation we are in.

We both drank the water-like fluid that was in our shot glasses and everyone expected something to happen in the first thirty seconds.

"Just give it a minute it takes about ten minutes for something to happen" the killer laughed.

"Well that was anti-climactic," Lexi said jokingly trying to fill in the awkward silence.

"Now is a good time to mention that the killer is in the room with you" the killer laughed.

"What" Ben, Lexi, and I screamed.

"They could be awake right now or they could be sleeping and will wake up later," the killer said laughing as he spoke.

"I think it's Sarah" Ben screamed angrily.

"Who are you to say anything," I said firing back at Ben's comment.

I ran over tackling Ben onto the ground. Ben was lying on the ground as I sat on top of him punching him in the face. Ben pushed me off him and I slid across the floor. I got up and started to run as Ben closely followed her. I jumped onto the concrete table and Ben grabbed my ankle making me fall onto the table.

"Get away from me Ben" I screamed as I started to kick him in the face.

"Lexi give me my knife," Ben said angrily.

Lexi stood there in complete shock pretending like the fight wasn't happening.

Saturday, December 20 2022 2:50 pm 5 days before Sarah's abduction.

                  Missed call from Lexi at 11:30 am

11:31 am Lexi: Meet me at the library after school

Me: ok I can't wait❤️❤️

I walked to the school library after the bell rang and Lexi was waiting at the table in the back.

"Look what Ben gave me" Lexi whispered cheerfully as she pulled out a switchblade with a heart sticker on it.

"Lexi what the fuck put that away" I whispered angrily hoping nobody saw Lexi pull a switchblade out from her pocket.

"Anyway I have something fun for us to do," Lexi said cheerfully as she swiftly grabbed her stuff and left.

"Wait for me" I screamed grabbing my book bag and running after Lexi.

We walked about two blocks until we reached the town library. Lexi quickly ran in and I followed behind her.

"Can you slow down, please?" I said desperately because I was out of breath from running.

Lexi took a sharp left turn and walked through a doorway that said staff only.

"I don't think we are supposed to be in here" I whispered nervously as we walked down a flight of stairs to the library basement.

"This is where all the good books are" Lexi laughed.

"Hey you girls aren't supposed to be down here" a woman screamed from the top of the staircase.

"Shit we need to hide" Lexi whispered.

We ran down the hallway and Lexi grabbed a bunch of binders off the shelf and shoved them into her bag. The woman was about to hallways down from us frantically walking as she looked for us. I followed Lexi as she ran unpredictably through the library basement. Once Lexi and I made it to the stairs we quickly dashed up as the old librarian ran as quickly as she could to catch us. We ran out the front door and continued to run until we couldn't be seen by anyone at the library.

"That was so fucking awesome" Lexi screamed.

"I know that old lady thought she was going to catch us" I laughed as Lexi was breathing heavily from all the running.

There was a playground about a house down and Lexi and I walked over opening one of the binders Lexi had stolen.

"There are pictures of wanted kids," I said nervously as Lexi flipped through 20 pages.

"Well what do you expect when you steal from an old library," Lexi said jokingly.

The concrete room Christmas day

Lexi reached down into her pocket and pulled out the switchblade.

"Lexi please don't give it to him" I yelled desperately hoping Lexi wouldn't throw him the knife.

Lexi threw the switchblade over our heads and it landed in the corner across the room. Ben started to crawl over me to get the switchblade and I followed under him. When we reached the edge of the table we both fell off. Then I saw Ben turn white and start to vomit all over the floor. I quickly got up and walked over to get the knife as Ben looked weak.

"Please Sarah I'm going to die at least you can just let me die in peace," Ben said with an exhausted look on his face.

"Why should I spare you after everything you did to me," I said angrily as I walked over to Ben.

"I helped you, Sarah," Ben said desperately.

Friday, December 19 2022 3:06  pm 6 days before Sarah's abduction

"Sarah I was nice enough to give you five extra minutes on your math test," Mrs.Stevenson said angrily as she had to start after school to wait for me.

"I'm sorry I just finished," I said nervously as I handed the teacher my math test.

I quickly left for school hoping that I wouldn't miss the bus. When I got to the buses outside the school they had all left so I had to walk home. My house was pretty far and it was going to take thirty minutes to get there. I swiftly walked and after about ten minutes three guys started to follow me. I got nervous and I started to take random lefts and rights to avoid them. Then I saw them start running toward me and I began to freak out. One of the kids grabbed me and pushed me to the floor.

"Get off me please" I yelled as they started to hold me down.

One of the boys went into my face and started to laugh. Then his face turned white and blood dripped out of his mouth and onto my face. I saw a guy push the kid off me and the other two boys stared in shock.

"Don't you dare ever think about messing with Sarah again" the guy screamed.

He put his hand out for me to hold and I put my hand in his hand. He pulled me back onto my feet and checked to see if I had any cuts on me.

"My name is Ben" Ben said confidently.

"Well, I guess you already know me" I joked laughing at my own joke.

"Let me walk you home," Ben said confidently.

The concrete room

I started to feel bad for him and I closed the switchblade and put it back into my pocket.

"Thank you so much," Ben said as he leaned onto the concrete table.

I walked over to Ben and hugged him slowly putting my lips against his.

"I love you, Ben," I said as tears started to roll down my face.

"I always had a little crush on you from the second you moved here," Ben said laughing as started to close his eyes.

End of chapter 2