Song: Escape by Megan Nicole

No one finds me in the night. He protected me from any harm, even though I am shivering like crazy due to the lack of clothing I have on. He tells me that it is time to wake up now and get moving before someone does find me. It takes me a few minutes to stand up due to being cramped up in the night, not to mention how sore my feet are.   I am so lost in this vast of trees; I know that I will never make it out of here alive.

 However, I start to hear cars nearby flying down the road. A road...there is a road up a head and I fight through all the trees that have tried to keep me buried inside the forest. I don't mind stepping on sharp rocks and tree roots any longer all I can think about is getting out of here.

Cars....racing by me, practically knocking me over by the wind coming off of them. I stand near the edge of the road on wobbly legs and a truck comes to a sudden stop. I look around to see if anyone is watching me. But at the moment he is not there to tell me what to do so I walk up to the side door.

I know what you are thinking...I should not get it. I have no clue who in the hell this guy is but I get in anyways due to my lack of judgment. The guy moves his cooler to the back seat so that I can sit down in the front beside him. He seems nice. He is older, almost my grandfather's age...he is completely grey and has a nice size round belly sticking out, almost touching the steering wheel.

He looks over at me with gentle eyes and I feel like I can trust him."You alright there little lady...can I take you somewhere?"

"Uhm....Uhm...yes...can you take me to Rockvale?"

"Why sure little lady." He puts the gear shift in drive and takes off down the road. The whole way he keeps his eyes on the road and I am surprised that he hasn't asked me a million questions. When we come across the county border he finally glances my way. "So...you have family in Rockvale?"

"Yes...my mom. I'm sure she is wondering where I am."I look out the window and tell him which way to turn.  I don't mean to lie to him but I think if I told him the truth he would turn me in. I'm actually surprised that he didn't do that anyway. When we get to the drive I tell him to stop. "You can let me out here...I should be fine now. Thank you so much for giving me a ride."

"Any time little lady; glad that I could help you."When I get out, I wait for him to back up and go on down the road before I walk up the long drive.

 It's been a while since I have been here...and I wonder if he is waiting for me inside. When I reach the cabin I walk up the steps and towards the front door. Of course it is locked, so I tap in the key code that I had used the last time I was here. The door opens right up and I walk in; it's hard to believe that it was that easy.

 It's really quite in here.The living room has sheets over all the furniture. I decide to just leave them and walk on through the cabin...looking for him. He has got to be here. There is no way that he could just leave me like this after all the time we had shared together. Everything is cleaned up, not the way that I had left it.

Kade should be here somewhere. Oh...maybe he is outside down by the lake. I take off out the back door yelling for him. "Kade....Kade...I'm here....I'm back. Where are you? Kade!!!" I yell over and over as I am running down towards the lake.

When I get there everything is just as silent. He is not here. I should have never left him the first time. I should have never gotten upset with him, telling him to leave. I need him now...I want him now.

I reach down and pick up a rock and sling it into the water, watching in sink to the bottom. I think back to when the two of us spent the entire day fishing and watching him skip rocks. Then I sit down on the bank and drown in my own sorrow.

I think about Emily and Ava. I haven't seen them in days. God I miss them being here with me. They would tell me what to do; they always help me out in times like this but him forced them to leave...I know the dark shadow took them away from me. He hates when they are around just like my mother... I'm sure my mother would be happy to hear about that. I wonder if she would be happy about the dark shadow as well.

He is so controlling. I haven't seen him today but as the sun starts to go down I can feel him surround me. "Go inside...now." I hear his voice.

I turn around but he is nowhere in sight. All I see are the trees swaying in the wind. Dark shadows between them all....

"Don't make me ask you again." His voice bellows out again.

When I look behind me, I thought it would have been him but instead...it's the evil creature. I see red eyes glaring at me in the darkness...I see his face scrunch up and sharp teeth come into view. Down the sides of his mouth droll comes out in snotty clumps. I hear the wicked sounds coming from the creature.

I jump up in seconds, pushing up from the ground in record time...even though in reality it was several minutes. My mind continues to play tricks on me. I look back in the direction of the creature and it's gone...but when I glance back at the lake...it is there again. I take off running until I get to the cabin, once inside I shut the door and slide to the floor trying hard to catch my breath.

I look around the room...the familiar room where we spent our days together. "Kade...come on come back...I'm sorry...I'm really sorry." I cry out for him.