I was packing up a bag to go on a camping trip, my father seemed to be planning it for a while as he has first mentioned it on my eighteenth birthday of this year so I agreed to go with him. "sleeping bag, extra jacket." I mumbled to myself making sure I have everything needed in my duffle bag. "Jessica come on!" I heard my father shout from the living room, I closed up my duffle bag and put my jacket over my shoulders. "I'm coming!" I shout back before I walk to my father, he's been acting a tad strange lately but I shrugged it off since he's been acting a bit off for a couple of weeks after my mother came up missing.
"You ready?"He asks, I smile and nod, he nods back before we both walked out of the door and he started up the truck. We both got in the front after putting our camping stuff in the back. I did find it a bit strange that my father wanted to go camping he usually didn't like the outdoors but for spring break I guess it makes sense. As we drove through I noticed that the woods got darker and darker.
"Hey dad?"I turned my head to look at him. "Yes Jess?" I start to get a bit worried but try to ignore it. "Are you sure were going the right way?" I ask before he starts to scratch the back of his head nervously. "Of course we are, it's somewhere I went with my dad when I was your age." I raise a brow, "Alright then."
I turn my head to look out the window only to see the darkness grow. We finally turn to what doesn't seem to be a camping spot at all it was more of a trail covered in moss and rock with thorny bushes, I feel fear run up and down my spine as I feel that something isn't right. My dad already got out of the car and opened my door. "Come on Jess the hike isn't going to walk itself." I feel a bit relieved as I calm myself down. "It's just a hike" I thought to myself as I jumped out of the car pulling my hood over my head.
I look up to see nothing but darkness and trees as I start to walk on the hiking trail. "I'm right behind you." I heard my dad say behind me as if he wanted to protect me from something, I shrug the tugging of suspicion as I continue to walk the trail. I heard the leaves crunch under my feet as I walked, the slightly cold air blowing across my face. I thought I heard something run through the plants next to me so I jerked my head into that direction. "What was that?" my heart began to race as fear tugged at my throat, "It was probably nothing you're fine." My father tried to reassure me but it almost seemed like he was trying to hide something, his expression seemed almost frightened as sweat covered his face and his eyes were stuck to the ground.
I sighed trying to calm myself down before I felt a cloth bag that smelled like old blood go over my head. I screamed and tried to take the bag off before I felt cold hands pull my hands behind my back. I screamed more "Dad where are you!?Help!" I continued to scream before I felt something hit me in the back of the head after I heard footsteps walk away from me.
As I was out I had a feverish dream, I was surrounded by what seemed like black shadow demons surround me with blood on their bodies, they slowly closed in on me, growling. I woke up gasping for air finding that the bag is still over my head and tied around my neck. " Dad where are you?" I whimper out in fear but finding no reply. I struggled to get the bag off finding that it's tightened around my neck tightly.
I gave up and began to feel my surroundings, the floors felt like stone indicating that I'm not in the forest anymore. "Have I been... Kidnapped?" I think to myself hugging my knees. "No, no dad would never let that happen." I mumbled to myself before I heard footsteps begin to approach me. I kept my mouth shut keeping myself silent as I heard a door screech open in front of me.
I sensed that someone was standing in front of me as if examining me, I heard a deep 'hmph' before feeling that my arm has been grabbed and pulled. "No let go of me where is my father?" I tried to scream out but my voice sounded broken due to shock. I was thrown onto what felt like carpet and I propped myself up. I then heard voices around me. One sounded smooth yet deep, "Careful you may hurt the little mortal."
Another sounded deep and menacing. " Hmph I don't care what happens to our meal." I flinched hearing the word meal, could these be cannibals? I then heard a voice that sounded a bit like my age. " Guess the old man isn't brave enough to bring someone else other than his own daughter." I go into the fetal position out of fear before I feel hands pick my head up. " All this fear yet no screams. " I heard the voice continue.
I then hear a new voice, a voice that sounded like it belonged to a leader of some sort, it was a strong yet soft and deep voice. " Quit scaring the poor thing she isn't our meal, she's the one were supposed to take in. " there was silence for a moment as I silently was saying thank god. "Now take that bag off her head." I heard sighs of disappointment as I felt what seemed to be claws almost meet my neck but ended up cutting the rope the was keeping the bag over my head.
My eyes became blurry as I was adjusting to the light of the room which was dark where lanterns barely lit up the room. There was a man in front of me who I guessed was the one who took the bag off me, he had black hair with red eyes,very pale skin and wearing a loose black button up shirt and black dress pants. " My my she is a beauty. " He licks his lips as I whimper and ask with a stutter. " W-where am I?" I hear chuckles from two other men.
I look around to see them, one seemed to be dressed like a butler, with raven black hair and deep brown eyes, I then looked to see one with dark brown hair, green eyes wearing a white shirt and jeans he was looking at me crossing his arms. I felt fear as I looked at the three, feeling as if I was prey surrounded by predators. I felt as if the room was shrinking . The three continued to look, and examine me.
I hug my arms close to my body. "W-where is my f-father?" I stutter out looking down to the floor. The one dressed like a butler frowned. " I'm sorry m'lady but he abandoned you, and now you're with us." I look up at him " W-what?"