doublevision.
part 24 // eknovels
"Hey lady, wake up," a distant voice said in the distance.
"Five more minutes, Mom," I groaned, burying my face in my pillow.
"I'm not your freaking Mom!" a voice whisper-screamed. "Now get up!"
I reluctantly opened my eyes, which immediately widened. Standing in front of me were three of the girls who I'd met at lunch today. In the dim light of my cell (compliments of the candle that a police man shoved in my face earlier that day) I could see that the first girl had short, black hair. She was big and muscular, and if I didn't know better I might have mistaken her for a man. The second girl was actually kind of pretty. She was standing with her arms crossed, and although she was very slender, you could see how much muscle she had. I didn't want to get in a fist fight with her. The last girl was almost as big as the first, but she had a more feminine feel to her. Her red hair matched the orange suit that we all had to wear almost perfectly.
"Why are you guys here?" I breathed. My voice started to rise as I spoke. "Oh my gosh! Are you gonna beat me up, like people do in movies? Holy crap! Is this a hostage situa -"
I stopped when something hard connected with my face. I fell onto the floor with a thud, holding my cheek with my eyes shut tight. She slapped me! The big one slapped me!
"Get up," one of the girls grunted.
I tried to get up but just ended up stumbling clumsily onto the floor.
"The chick's weaker than she looks," one chuckled.
"Where's she even from?"
"Probably some rich chick whose got it all."
"Yeah. Remind me why we're doing this again?"
"Um, hello? I can hear you?" I croaked.
Ignoring me, they continued. "She killed her own sister, guys. That's hardcore. Better than what we're in here for. We need her around - for reputation purposes."
"Right."
"Someone help this piece of crap up, please."
I felt hands wrap around my arms and heard someone grunt, "Come on," as I was lifted off of the ground. An arm slumped around my shoulder and I turned towards the redheaded girl.
"What are you guys doing here?" I whispered, trying to ignore how talking made my cheek hurt.
"Dumber than she looks, too," the skinny one snorted.
"Can someone please just tell me what's going on?" I groaned.
"Hey, don't move so fast!" the big one said. "You don't even know our names."
I sighed. "Then what are they?"
"I'm Brit," said the skinny girl. "And these are my girls, Clairese and Red. We rule this place."
"I'm pretty sure thats the polices' job," I mumbled.
"Smartass," Brit sighed.
"Remind me again why we can't get someone else?" Clairese, the big one asked in an annoyed tone.
"I told you!" Brit said through gritted teeth. "We won't get anywhere unless we have bragging rights, and her crime's just what we need."
"I give up," I mumbled. "I don't care what's going on anyways."
"Let's just tell her!" Red, the redhead, piped up.
"Quiet down," Clairese growled, shoving her.
"Hey!" Red grunted, pushing Clairese.
"Would you two shut up? I'm trying to tell Camille -"
"It's Cassandra..."
"Yeah, whatever. I'm trying to tell her we're here."
"And that would be ...?"
"We're gonna get you out of here!" Red said in an excited tone.
My eyes bugged open. Get out of here? Like ... escape? Sure, that sounded great at first. Jail sucked! But, honestly, I didn't deserve to get out. I knew these three could do it easily, but I'd killed my own twin sister! Did I really deserve a second chance?
"Well?" Clairese grunted.
"Are you coming?" Brit asked, raising an eyebrow.
Am I?