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Chapter 4 - Chapter 4

The alien returned sometime later with a tray of something

called mesantine. But Ava defiantly refused it and flung the tray and its

contents across the room, so the food splattered against the wall and

door after he left. "How do I know it's not poisoned!" she shouted after

him, not caring what he thought of her behavior.

Furious at another hopeless situation, she flounced back to the

bed. Laying on it, she crossed her arms in a huff, stewing over her

captivity. But, too upset to relax, she got up and began pacing. At one

point, when she chanced too close to the door, she was startled when it

opened of its own accord. She tiptoed to the doorway, to peer out, fully

expecting someone to be guarding her. When she realized no one was,

she was quick to make an escape, chiding herself for not checking the

door sooner.

Grinning at her discovery, she dashed down the corridor, seeking

a way of escape, although she was still terrified.

She did fine for awhile. But every so often she would hear voices

that sent her scurrying in another direction. She had no interest in

attracting attention from any other aliens on board. She had no clue

what they might do to her if they caught her snooping about.She soon found what looked like an elevator. This, too, opened

automatically, so she stepped inside to play with the controls, glad no

one was in it. The strange markings on the panel gave evidence of her

alien abduction, and it was with some apprehension that she pressed a

few buttons. She had no idea where her daring might lead her, but what

choice did she have? She only knew that if she wanted to get off the

ship, she would have to seek the landing bay for smaller vessels, if there

were any. Of course, she was going only by what she had learned from

Hollywood movies and television shows. She just hoped she was right.

When the door whisked open, she slowly peeked her head out.

She knew God was with her still because the corridor was free of life.

Hurrying from the elevator, she made her way along the wide, metal-

colored hallway, stopping at each intersection for signs of movement.

When she turned down one hallway, she halted in surprise. Before her

were two huge, red doors. She groaned because they reminded her of

the fairy tales she had often shared with her brother. Jimmy had loved

tales of giants and dragons.

But the doors also impressed upon her how lost and alone she

was. She choked back a sob, overcome by emotion.

Until the aliens had arrived, she had resigned herself to spending

her entire life at St. Christi's, alone and forgotten. After her parents'

tragic deaths in a car accident, she had thought that that would be the

worst for her. But nothing had prepared her for life with the Maddocks

where she had been forced into servitude and practically starved. Had

it not been for a schoolmate, Jenny Tompkins, and her family, she didn't

think she could have survived it. When Ava and Jimmy planned an

escape from the Maddocks, even that plan was thwarted. Jimmy had

fallen into Norman's evil hands, and she...she had been discarded likean old lost shoe. Sent to a place where she would be locked away from

society...forever.

Groaning as nightmarish memories raged through her brain, she

stepped toward the doors, surprised at how easily they whisked open at

her entrance. Only when the deafening gong began to sound did she

know she had made a mistake.

The lights brightened instantly at her presence. Turning, with

hands covering her ears, she backed away from the door, uncertain

whether to hide or flee through it. Why she didn't run, she wasn't sure.

Curiosity perhaps. Either way, she wasn't prepared for what was behind

her.