Excerpt: Bloody Dim Lake (not offical title)

Screams came from the distant palace sized building atop the dark dead hill. The winding street made Lanky sick. The two men sitting on either side of her smiled down at her. Their teeth looked ragged and sharp, their eyes bright red. Lanky blinked and the men looked like normal men.
Lanky let in a deep breath and gulped. She looked down at the little black beat up stuffed rabbit. Bunny Luck. It was the only thing the mean men in white would let her take with her because she would cry out hysterically until they gave it back.
The tires of the bus on the gravel of the drive way made Lanky cover her ears in discomfort. The bus stopped in front of a long brown door. The man to her right got out of his seat and grabbed her hand. He led her off the bus into the building.
Inside the building was a desk sitting in the middle of a big room. The room had chairs and couches and tables. There were two gate doors on the wall behind the desk. One on each side. A buzzer went off in the room. Lanky looked around frantically. The gate to the door on the left of the desk opened. As they went through the door the woman at the desk looked up from her paper work and smiled with jagged sharp teeth. Lanky looked away with fright then looked back and her smile was sweet.
The man lead her down a long narrow hallway with doors on each side about five feet apart from one another. Screams and sinister laughter could be heard coming from the other side of the doors. Lanky cowered in fear. Why was she here? She never did anything wrong. One day she was just running down the street away from her neighbor who had transformed into a tiny goblin chasing her with an ax and the next day she was shipped off to this “house for creative people” as her mom liked to call it. Her mom said she would have fun here and never want to leave once she got comfortable. Some how she really did not believe her.
Lanky came to an open door near the end of the hallway. There was a woman in a long black dress standing in the doorway. The man holding Lanky's hand stopped in front of her.
“Mrs. Hillman. How are you today?” he asked. She did not answer him or make any movement. The man sighed and spoke again. “Lanky Lilly Lambert, seventeen years old. Parents say she sees things that are not there and thinks her neighbors are out to kill her.” The woman nodded and moved out of the doorway. She motioned for Lanky to enter the room. The man in white led her into the room. The room was a light gray. There was one small window up high on the wall with bars on it. There was only a small lumpy bed in the far corner. The room was so small the there was barley room for her and the man.
Lanky sat on the bed while the man headed toward the door. “I'll come back and make sure you are settling in nicely alright?” Lanky nodded with a small smile. There was something about this man that made her feel comfortable. “If you need anything just call for me. My name is Austin.” he said smiling as he exited the room. The door closed and Lanky instantly curled into a ball.
“Bunny Luck it will be okay right?” she whispered. She put the bunny's mouth to her ear. “ yeah your right.”
Lanky awoke to the sound of the door being unlocked. She shrank to the wall grabbing Bunny Luck tight to her chest. The door opened slowly and the light from the hall made her eyes hurt. She closed her eyes tight. She heard a males voice say “ Lanky? It's alright it's only me Austin” lanky opened her eyes and smiled wide. “How are you doing this morning?” he asked. Lanky shrugged. “I see you still are not talking.” Lanky nodded. “That's alright you don't have to talk to me if you don't want to. So are you hungry?” Lanky held her stomach and nodded. “Well good lets go get you some breakfast.” He held his hand out for her to grab and she grabbed it with no hesitation. He led her out and down the hallway to a big room with lunch tables and hundreds of people. Lanky shrank into Austin, Austin looked down at her and smiled. “Are you scared?” he asked. She looked up and nodded. “Hmm. That wont do. Would you like me to stay with you” Lanky nodded again. Austin smiled and walked her to the line to get food. Once they had gotten Lanky food he walked he to an empty table in the corner and they sat down. Lanky looked around the room and saw that everyone was looking at her and laughing with sharp bloody teeth. She buried her head in Austins arm. Austin rubbed her head trying to comfort her. “Whats wrong?” Lanky looked up at him and pointed to the full room. Austin looked out to everyone. “It's alright they wont do anything. I'll make sure of it.” Lanky smiled and began to eat, keeping her eyes firmly planted on Austin.
Once she had finished eating Austin said it was time for her to meet with her counselor. He led her to her office said he would be back in an hour to take her back to her room then left. Her counselors name was Ms. Evindrop. She had a small pinched mouth and big bloodshot eyes. Lanky sat on a hard wooden chair in front of Ms. Evindrops desk in silence. Ms. Evindrop spoke in a harsh tone “You have to speak Lanky. If you do not speak there is no point in you being here.” Lanky still said nothing but hugged Bunny Luck tighter to her. “And what is the deal with you and this stupid stuffed bunny?” Ms. Evindrop reached out and grabbed Bunny Luck. Lanky started to scream at the top of her lungs for several minutes until Austin came running in to see what was wrong. Austin grabbed Bunny Luck and gave it back to Lanky, she grabbed it and ran out the door. As she ran she heard Austin yell to Ms. Evindrop “What were you thinking! You got the report you know what that rabbit means to her!” Then they were out of earshot for her. She ran as far down the hall way as she could until a big man stopped her. She turned around and saw Austin running toward her. She tried to run toward Austin but the big man grabbed her before she could move.
When Austin reached her he grabbed her hand and led her back to her cell. “I am so sorry for what Ms. Evindrop did I told her that that was a bad thing to do and she told me she would never do it again.” Lanky looked up at him and a small tear escaped her eye. She reached out and hugged him tight. He hugged her back just as tight and rubbed her back. After a few moments he said he had to go and that he would be back as soon as he could then left closing the door behind him.
“I love Austin Bunny Luck He is the only person I can trust.” She put Bunny Lucks mouth to her ear. “Yes I know something must be done about Ms. Evindrop. Do not worry Bunny Luck she will leave us alone soon enough.” Lanky began to laugh.
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One o,clock came too soon for Lanky. She wished that she did not have to do this at all but as it was she had to protect Austin and if she did not do this she would have to kill herself for hurting Austin. Earlier on the way back from the Rec room she had stole a piece of tape from one of the posters hanging in the hallway. She had distracted Austin my throwing Bunny Luck down the hall and shouting so that Austin would have to go get her. While he was doing this she put the piece of tape over the latch so that the door would not lock. She had also stolen a bobby pin for Ms. Evindrops office so that she could pick open Heaths door.
Lanky got up off her bed slowly and opened to door. She looked up and down the hall to make sure no one else was coming. When the cost was clear she ran out of her room and down all he way to from cell number 6 to cell number 21. once she reached his cell she took the bobby pin and began to pick the lock. It took her a few moments to get it unlocked but did it none the less. She opened his door slowly. She walked over to his bed and put her hand over his mouth. His eyes shot open and he tried to scream. “Shh. It's only me” Lanky said. She moved her hand and Heath let out a long sigh. Lanky led him down the hall to Ms. Evindrops office. She had the bed spring ready in her right hand. She opened the door slowly. Ms. Evindrop was facing away from them. Lanky tip toed her way to directly behind Ms. Evindrop. She turned around and quickly before she could make any sound Lanky stabbed the bed spring into her throat severing her vocal cords. “I'm so sorry.” Lanky cried. She continued to stab Ms. Evindrop. Making sure not to get any blood on herself. Once she was sure Ms. Evindrop was dead she turned to Heath. “I am really sorry that you had to kill her. I would have done it but you would not let me. Now you will have to suffer what they give you.”
“What but I didn't.” he began. She walked over to him and with a cloth from Ms. Evindrops shirt covered in blood began to rub it all over him. “If you did not do it then why are you covered in her blood?” Heath looked down at his blood soaked clothes.
“Oh. My. God. I did do it. Why?” he began to sob.
“You had better stay here until someone comes to find you. It will only make it harder if you try to run.” she walked out of the door. Looking back at Heath as he keeled next to Ms. Evindrops body and began to cry. “I hope you are happy Bunny Luck. Because I am not.” she walked back to her room and cried her self to sleep.