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April looked at the clock on her nightstand; the analog clock read six-thirty, still too early for her to leave. She had to make it look like she believed her sister; that she was just going off to work like a normal night. The last time she dreamt about the mazes she heard a voice, one she thought she recognized but could not quite make out. She needed to act normally and pretend that she believed her sister; act like nothing was revealed to her, act like there was no confrontation the night before. April wasn’t positive she could pull the acting off, but she had to try in order to help Alex and Kevin.

April heard May in the kitchen fixing herself some breakfast and decided to get up and join her. She moved into the kitchen and leaned against a counter watching her sister from behind for a minute before joining her at the table. When she sat down opposite her, she gasped audibly when she saw her sisters pale tired face. It looked as if she had stayed up all night. “Are you feeling alright May?” she asked.

“Of course,” May responded sounding just as chipper as if she slept and entire eight hours. “I just wish I didn’t have to wake up, I always have the most pleasant dreams.”

April couldn’t help but stare, the dreams. May was being gotten to in her dreams. April shook her head in resignation and attempted to talk about something other then work or Brian. “Have you talked to mom or dad lately?’

May ate in silence, acting as if she did not hear a word her sister said. April shook her head and went back in her room picking up the book from her nightstand. She flipped through the pages until she heard the door to the apartment open and then close. She crept out of her room and moved to the living room window drawing the shade gently aside. She watched as May got in her car and left the parking lot. Quickly April went back into her room and started to throw items she thought she might need into a backpack: a flashlight, a lighter, a Swiss Army Knife, a water bottle and a hammer. She quickly threw on jeans and a t-shirt, grabbed her jacket and her uniform for work and went out the door.

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She hid behind the dumpster staring at the cellar window, Tabu employee entrance only a few feet away. The window was open, just like her dream. She waited until the alley was empty and then ran forward tossing her bag through the window and then slinking in herself. She rested on the floor looking up at the window to make sure no one saw her. “What am I doing?” She thought out-loud. “I must be crazy to follow a dream to find guys who think they are vampires.” She turned around and couldn’t help but gasp. The beginning of the maze that she dreamt last night spread out in front of her. It was real, she thought that she would only find extra alcohol and napkins in the cellar, but it was the maze just as she dreamed.

She started walking the route the dream continually took her in, she pulled out her flashlight and cautiously stepped on the stone floor. She made her way through the maze, shaking with fear after hearing the noises coming from behind some of the doors. People begged for their lives, a few small screams could be heard, and the whimpering, it was almost too much for April to handle but her desire to know took over and she continued.

Quietly she took the last turn and faced the door she remembered. She walked towards the door and tried the knob, it was unlocked; either they trusted the maze so no one would find them or someone knew she would come and rescue the two. The door pushed open with ease, April stood inside staring at Kevin, and Alex hanging from chains in the ceiling, legs attached to chains on the floor. Their bodies touched no wall or floor, they just hung limply in the middle of the room.

“Kevin? Alex?” She whispered moving slightly closer.

Kevin abruptly looked up and straight at April. “You got the message.” He beamed a smile making April melt, even bruised and broken this man had a hold on her. She shook her head. What am I thinking? She thought, He’s crazy and if not crazy, he’s not really alive. She moved towards them and looked at the locks on the chains. “Key?” She asked.

Alex groaned and lifted his head, “Hanging by the door. Hurry.” April ran to where the key hung and ripped it off the hook and quickly moved to unlock the chairs. She undid Kevin’s feet then his arms, and repeated this with Alex. “Let’s go.” Alex whispered and geared the group towards the back of the cell moving a piece of the all aside and moving inside.

“Where are we going?” April nervously asked Kevin.

“The renewal is happening tonight, we have fourteen hours before another age of darkness begins unless we can keep you safe until you can destroy the Creator.”

“I have… I have to… what?”

“I’ll explain when we get to the safe house. We need to move.” A noise could be heard in the hallway. “Now, April!” He held his hand out towards the frightened girl. She took it and held on tight as Kevin whisked her inside the passageway closing the door behind them.

They walked for what April could only guess was a mile before Alex moved a piece of the wall and an opening into another basement opened. “We’ll be safe here until tonight. I doubt Brian will spend too much time trying to find us, he has more important plans tonight.” Alex gave April a look that said ‘I’m sorry’ before moving further into the room.

“What was that look for?” April asked nervously. Then it hit her. “May? Brian is going to give the Creator May?”

“To be fully strong the Creator would need both of you so Brian is counting on us escaping and showing up with you.” Kevin sighed. “I would keep you far away from there if I could, but your sister is in danger, I know you will want to help her. And we want you to kill the Creator so we might end our miserable lives.”

April looked around herself noticing the cages of birds and rats. Everything that was being told to her sunk in and she fell to the ground sobbing.