Ellison Burns

It was a Sunny September in 2002, a man was walking over to his neighbors, to go with them to a park. he rung the doorbell and a woman answered the door with a smile.

"come in, come in!" Juliet beamed "your just in time"

"Just in time for what?"

"just in time, to help me with packing the picnic basket for our trip."

"can i help?"

"sure, right this way"

they walked into the kitchen, on the kitchen counter laid a basket, next to it was a roll of bread, cheese, ham, juice and some vegetables, laying on the side. the basket, looked almost full, but not close. it was missing the sandwiches, and a treat.

the woman and man, both huddled over to the counter and started preparing the sandwiches for the basket. they looked at each other, as they worked on the basket, just talking back and forth.

"so, i asked my old boss, if he wanted to come join us"

"what did he say?"

"he said yes, but that he would meet us there"

"did you ask him, if he knew the way?"

"oh, he knows the way, he told me, he went to that park as a kid, so i know he has no trouble with finding where it is"

the woman paused as she took a look in the basket

"hey can you fetch me, one of those little Debbie's from the cupboard? i wanted it to be for a snack, but i forgot to get one."

"sure"

he opened the cupboard, grabbing a little Debbie from it, tossing it to the woman.

they continued packing their meal until they was finished, they closed it, laying it next to the entryway, and dusted off their hands.

"okay, all done. now can you go get ellison for me?"

"sure"

he headed out of the house, walking into the backyard, to where the little girl was playing. tapping her on the shoulder, made her look up at him.

"your mom, said to come get you"

"okay" she nodded getting up.

the two walked over to the girls mother, and smiled at her, as they saw she was putting on her shoes.

"time to go?"

she nodded, and replied with a yes.

the little girl, then spoke up to her mother, while she was busy with getting the Picnic basket out the door.

"mom, i want to bring my ball with me, can i?"

"you sure, can Sweetie"

"thank you!"

the little girl rushed upstairs to her bedroom, to go get a ball and then rushed back downstairs, placing the ball on the ground, so that she could put on her shoes. when she was done, she picked her ball up and all three of them, left the house.

they got into the car and drove off, making a right, then a left to get on the highway. then kept driving on, until they was close to the park. once there, they spotted a man, waving them down.

"hey, its my old boss" the man said, pointing to a man wearing jeans and a t-shirt.

"if he is waving us down, that means he must of found a space, lets park there" the woman replied, driving the car, next to a open space, near the mans old boss.

they hopped out of the car and the man, introduce his friend, to ellison and her mother.

"this is ellison, and this is her mother, Juliet. who's also a old friend of mine"

"nice to meet you two" the man replied, to both Ellison and her mother, but keeping a close gaze on Ellison, as he smiled.

"so, we was just trying to find a space, but thanks for that"

"your welcome"

"so, shall we go?"

they all nodded, and headed to the entrance way of the park, and headed to the picnic area to sit their food down.

"we will be sitting here, with the food, while we go let Ellison play, you don't mind watching her right?" the woman asked, her friend's old boss.

"no, not at all" the man grabbed onto Ellison's arm, and walked with her to the playground.

he sat on a bench next to the playground as the little girl went to play, he stared at the little girl, with a crooked smile, as he pulled out his phone and started talking into it, in a low tone, that only he can hear.

the little girl played on the playground, enjoying herself, and just tossing her ball up and down, until it was lunch time. when it was time for lunch, the man took Ellison back to the picnic area and sat down with her.

they started to dig into their food, taking bite after bite, until there was nothing left. when they was done with their meal, Ellison looked up at her mother.

"mommy, i need to go the bathroom, can i go?"

"sure, just let me me throw away my trash first"

the mans old boss, stopped the woman and looked up at her.

"no, no, i can take her to the bathroom, after all, i need to go to"

"just be sure you to come back, you hear me?"

"don't worry, we will"

the man walked Ellison to the bathroom, letting her enter and then saw his buddy, walking up to him, when the little girl was out of view, they each grinned at each other, knowing what was going to come next, when she came out of the bathroom, someone else was in front of her, thinking it was someone needing to use the restroom, she apologized.

"oh, sorry, i will let you through" she said side stepping to the left, but the person did not move, the person just side step with her, following her footsteps.

she moved again, and this time, the man walked up to the girl, he put his hands on her mouth, holding her down, and placed a Chloroform soaked napkin on her face, knocking her out.

the man carried the girl, while the other blocked the girl from view, so no one would know she is being taken. the man left behind one of his belongings and the girls belongings, to make it seem, as though, he was taken as well, then he hopped into his buddy's car, and they drove off with the girl in the back, unconscious and tied up.

a few minutes went by and the girl, found herself in someone else's car.

"w-where am i?" the girl looked down and saw, herself tied up. "why am I tied up?" she added.

"your awake, about time"

the girl looked at who was talking, and her eyes went wide.

"why? why did you kidnap me?"

"oh, that's simple, we take young people, like you for a very special little experiment, and saw that you was a perfect subject for it, but please be quiet we don't want to have to hurt you, now do we?" the man said, laughingly.

the girl sat back down, as she closed her eyes, trying to wake up, thinking it was all a bad dream, that's all, a dream, nothing more, but a dream. but, when she opened her eyes, again, she saw it was not a dream, but reality.

she laid down in the back, silently crying, as the car came to a halt and the two men got out of the car.

they dragged the girl out of the car, forcing her to walk, as they entered a house, that looked old, it looked like, it was not tended to in years, and it was the only house for miles, no other house was around, just woods as far as the eyes can see.

when they entered, they was greeted by people, wearing bloody lab coats, covered in blood, they also held clipboards in their hands, and was moving about the place, going from one room to the next, even pushing cages with kids in them, from one room to the next.

a woman came up to them, and greeted one of the men.

i see you brought a new kid, excellent, bring her over to the basement, we have a place set up, just for her.

they dragged the girl, all the way to the basement, where they locked her up, in a small room, with other small kids. she looked at the kids faces, and saw their sad expressions, she vowed, she would save those kids, by trying to find a way out, so that she could call the police, and get help.

she just had to wait for her chance to escape.

as the weeks turned into months, each child was slowly taken out of the room, one by one and was never heard from again, only later to be replaced by another kid. the girl feared, she would never get out, and that she would end up like them, but she did not give in to the fear, she was feeling, after all, she made a vow to save those kids, and save them she will.

she sat and waited for a couple of minutes until, they finally came downstairs, covered in red stains, the girl knew it was her turn, so when they opened the door and dragged her out, she listened knowing, that it would be a good idea to do so, for the time being.

they forced her to walk upstairs and enter, a room filled with the missing kids from before, but not as they used to look, some had tinted Icey blue skin, bruises and others had eyes that was missing with bandages covering their face, where their eyes used to be, they seemed to look alive, but looked panic, as they was shaking back and forth.

they put the girl into a empty cage by herself, locking her inside it.

hours past and a man came downstairs, clipboard in hand, as he entered the room, she saw, he did not look like the others, he seemed tired, like he worked non-stop without rest, as he would accidently drop something, like a needle and pick it back up.

the man walked up to the cage and unlocked it, only letting out the girl, as he dragged her, to a table and chained her up to the table, the man took out a needle, and injected into the girls skin, each time the man, would inject her with the needle, he would jot down info, onto his clipboard, as the girls skin, changes to a pale tint, with bruises later showing up.

when the man was satisfied, he got up and put the girl back in the cage.

This went on for a couple of more weeks, until she saw her chance to escape.

The Man would do his usual rounds, of unlocking and relocking the cage, but this time, he forgot to lock it, after he was done with his tests on the girl, when the man went away, the girl got out of the cage, and tried to find a way out of the room, she spotted a window on the left side of the room, and decided to try to get out that way, instead of the door, in fear, they would spot her. She put a crate under the window, and jumped out from, the window.

not knowing, her foot knocked down a glass jar, causing it to break and alert the man. the man ran into the room, and saw the girl escaping, he yelled after her.

as she ran, through the woods, pasting by tree after tree, the branches of the bushes and trees, dug into her skin and clothes, tearing at her, as she ran. she soon heard, the mans voice, was getting closer to her location. the little girl stopped when she came across a shed, seeing that this was the only place, she could hide, she quickly dashed inside.

as she backed up, against the shed, she felt something squishy on her foot, she looked down and saw, piles of dead bodies, of the kids, that was taken out of the room, she was in, more disfigured then they was before, she could barely tell, who they were, anymore.

scared, she backed away from the bodies, only to run into something, she turned her head, and let out a yelp, when she saw the man, was behind her.

"found you" the man laughed.

the man grabbed onto the girls arm, the other hand covering her mouth, as he dragged her back to the house, making sure she would not try to escape again. when the man arrived at the doors of the house, one of the other people inside, looked at the girl with disappointment.

"tried to escape, did you? that will never do" one of them said, with a harsh tone, and a sigh, as they crossed their arms.

"bring her in, we have to teach her a lesson, to never escape, one that she won't wake from"

"yes sir"

the man dragged the girl, back inside and another person, shut the door behind the man, as he dragged her back downstairs into the basement, into a room, filled of dead bodies, which horrified the little girl, that she let out a scream, the man ignored the girls, cry of help and locked her to a wall and motion for his, buddy to get something.

seconds later, the mans buddy returned with something small in his hands, as he got closer, Ellison could make out a small match box, that he was carrying, scared, the girl tried to pull on the chain, but to no use.

the man walked up to Ellison, with a smirk, and said a single phrase, before throwing the lit match onto her.

"sweet dreams"

as he tossed the match onto the girl, the fire started spreading to her clothes, burning her face, arms and legs, making her cough out smoke, next her hair started to burn, soon after. as she burned, she screamed and cried, begging for them to put out the fire, but they only let out, a single no, and laughed.

the girls body seconds later, went limp and her eyes, became dull and lifeless, as her world became dark.

as soon as they saw, she was dead, they put out the fire and took the girls, dead body back up stairs to be destroyed and tossed into the shed for them to later, get rid of fully, not wanting their work to get found out, then they got rid of any other evidence, the fire may of left behind. then, they cleaned themselves up and went back to their usual work.

As day became night, one of the people, that worked at the house, was still there, making sure, none of the other kids, try to escape, he was busy looking over his work, when he heard the sound of rushing water, he went to go check it out, to find a puddle of water on the ground.

which was unusual, because he was sure, he made sure to turn off the sink. odd, he thought to himself, he went to turn off the sink, when turned back, he saw a child-like figure running past the door way in the dark, thinking it was one of the kids escaping, he chased after it.

"hey! get back here" he shouted.

the man ran after the figure, and ended up in a dead end, turning he saw no-one, so he walked back, but stopped dead in his tracks, as soon as glass, started flying at him, from the mirrors, that started breaking and falling to the ground in front of him.

the man fell to the floor in pain, as the glass started to cut into him, soon after a girl appeared. Her Skin white as snow, and Her eyes dull, and lifeless, stared deep into his soul.

"I'm going to punish you..." She laughed

the man tried to get up, but something was holding him down, he looked around and saw hands coming out from the ground, holding him in place, as the girl stared at him, with a twisted smile.

"w-why-are you doing this?" he screamed in fear.

"your a bad person, bad people, need punishment, they need to be punished for what they do, and I will be the one, who punishes those that are bad, now have a nice rest" the girl laughed.

With the girls Final laugh, the ghost hands, gripped tighter onto the mans legs, causing him more pain, the girl started floating around the man in circles taunting him as she threw glass into his skin, each time she made a circle around him, she would stab another part of him, causing him pain, the more pain he felt, the louder the girl laughed. as she did a last circle, around the man she took a big chunk of glass and aimed it at his heart, shoving it deep into his chest.

the man started coughing up blood, as his eyes started to become dull and lifeless.

the girl then waved at him, as she smiled.

"bye, bye"