Missing

Chapter 53

I stop to think for a moment. Riley's alive. Someone is dead. Is Chloe saying she killed Richelle?

"What does that mean?" I stutter.

Chloe rolls her eyes and groans melodramatically.

"I put Richelle in an outfit just like Riley's and chopped off her hair to make it look like her. Again, it's not something I'm proud of but she brought that onto herself." Chloe explains.

"How!" I scream in shock.

"Oh Emily. Don't you get it? This was your job to find out where I was, not Richelle's. She was smart, I'll give you that but I had no idea she was suicidal."

I don't understand what Chloe is saying and by the look on her face, it doesn't seem like she is going to tell me any more.

"Wait, Chloe! why did you tell me all of this?" The idea just pops into my head.

My friend smirks then nods to me as if telling me to figure it out on my own.

"No." I gasp in shock. She can't do that, can she? "You're going to kill me aren't you?" My voice is shaky.

Chloe doesn't respond, her grin just becomes wider and she walks towards the windowed room where Riley has been held captive.

"Chloe! You can't do this!" I scream as loud as I can but they only echo in the large metal room.

"Oh but Emily I can." Chloe puts the curtain back on swiftly then walks in a very slow pace back to me.

"You can't! I'm not a game you can just play!" I yell at her angrily.

"You don't get it Emily!" Chloe raises her voice, "This isn't my game, it's Riley's. It's only now that I have the advantage." After the last words have been said, Chloe walks behind me and out the door.

The large meatal door closes behind her and I am left alone to my death.

"Help! Help!" My pleas for help don't do anything. I know I'm going to die, just not how.

Someone can come in here with a knife or they can slowly fill this room with water. Maybe there will be a pack of hungry wolves put in here. Apparently, it's none of the above.

After what seems like ten minutes, I start hear a strange noise. It sounds like an engine of some sort but not just one, a lot. I don't think much of it until I start to feel drowsy. Chloe is planning on filling this entire place with carbon monoxide.

My head is pounding. I can't see anything clearly. The room appears to be spinning even though I know it's not. I have a strange feeling in my stomache.

I start to struggle. If I can untie my wrists, then maybe I'll be able to get out of here.

"Come. On. Emily. You. Can. Do it." The knot won't budge.

"Ugh!" I give up.

My heart feels like it's beating ten times as fast, so is my breathing. This is how I will die, from breathing air.

The rapidly spinning room is becoming dark. The objects seem to be coming closer to me. I watch the blur of grey fly around me like a merry-go-round. Suddenly, everything stops. My vision comes back to normal, I can see everything clearly. But it all goes away within seconds. Black holes appear in my vision and start sucking everything away. I'm left in complete and utter darkness. I am gasping for air. My head falls limp and the rest of my body stops fighting. I take one last breath, then I forget the world.