Jerome's Little Toy

1

Before we get into it, Arleen_loves_Jerome came up with the title of the book, so all credits of the book title go to her!

"All cheerleaders are to be dismissed, and come to the bus, by the cafeteria." Says the lady over the intercom.

I sigh, and get up, along with some of the girls in my class.

We make our way to the bus, and sign in.
I climb on, and make my way to the back, away from all of the loud people. Once settled, I start to zone out, and eventually fall asleep.

***

I wake up to the sound of screams.
Looking around, I see a truck blocking us from going anywhere.
A tall bald guy walks onto our bus with a lot of handcuffs. I assume we are hostages.
A surprisingly hot ginger follows him onto the bus and watches from the front. He starts talking about something with a bingo party?
I don't know

After the bald guy handcuffed me, I decided if I wanted a chance of living, I'd have to be bold.

The ginger starts walking through the bus ever so slowly, talking.

Here goes nothing.

"Excuse me! can you wrap this up, please?" I interrupt him.

His head shoots my way, a surprised look on his face. He quickly shields his shock with a grin.

"And why would you like to know?" He said as he walks towards me, and crouches down to where we are eye level.

"I have other plans for today." I say bluntly. I hate to brag (not) but I'm a good little actress.

He just laughs. And laughs. And laughs.

He brushes a fake tear from his cheek, as his laughter calms down.

"Well cancel them sweetie! You're coming with me!" He says as he starts to uncuff my right wrist first.

"May I ask why you chose me?" I say out of curiosity, when he starts to uncuff my left wrist.

"You have guts. Courage. To stand up to someone threatening to burn you all to death!" He says, laughing.

I say nothing more as he pulls me out of the bus, and into their truck. I look behind me at all of my 'friends' faces looking back at me in terror.

The ginger guides me into their truck and looks at me in the eyes.

"Sweet dreams." He says calmly.
Before I could react, everything goes black.

***

I wake up in an empty room. No window, no bed, no dresser. Just four walls, a door, and light from the four light bulbs.

Looking down, I notice I'm handcuffed to a ring attached to the floor.
This room is so boring.
I assume their not going to keep me in here forever, so I just sit and wait.

It would be stupid to try to run, because then I'd piss them off, and they'd kill me.

I wonder if my friends turned into a barbecue.
I guess I'll find out sooner or later.

Zoning out into my thoughts, I'm startled when the door opens.

"Good morning!" The ginger exclaims, beaming with joy.

"I never got your name." I state, looking up with a blank expression.

"Where are my manners! Jerome Valeska, and I never got yours!" He says, sitting down infront of me.
He starts to undo my handcuffs.