Preface

Preface:

Screaming… That’s all that I could hear was screaming. The sharp, shrill, shriek escaping ones dry and sticky throat and traveling through the cold, damp moggy air between us to invade my ears, pushing its way through my ear drums and rattling around in my head, bouncing and banging against every wall violently. The screaming filled the air around me for about another five seconds, and then abruptly cut off. Silence took its place in the air, settling on all our shoulders like two large weights. The silence was better than that screaming, but the start of the silence didn’t mean comfort or relief, we knew what it meant and that crossed all our minds even the soft, sobbing girls huddled together in the corner behind me. My heart dropped to what felt like was the floor, and I let out a long sigh. We all stared darkness in the face here. No signs of light, or the outside world. We were all just stuck in this dark, damp room surrounded by cold, hard cement walls until we all had our turn. As I stared off into the darkness, I lost my train of thought, my mind had gone away hidden with the light. I could still hear the girls behind me sobbing, knowing what would only come of them soon enough. I frowned for them all, my heart sinking even closer to hell. I was lost in thought until a strong cold hand grabbed hard against my arm, jerking me out of my thoughts and back to this reality. I smiled a grim smile as I was dragged forward, toward where the screaming had come from not too long ago. All my last thoughts for now escaped my mind as I was turned to face the other girls in this darkness…