Difficult awakens

Messua opened her eyes. How long did she sleep in this kind of state? She moved her head from side to side to lighten the pain in her neck.

She looked around and slowly remembered where she was and what had happen. The last thing she remembered was, that she talked to her roommate Kayley and to Meg through the wall. Meg had a roommate herself. Messuas glance fell on the skull next to her. At least she didn't dream it.

A noise caught her attention. There was a woman standing in front of the door. Like Kayley had. But this brown-haired woman wasn't Kayley. Where was Kayley? Messua prayed that nothing had happen to the girl.

"I don't think that you took drugs. At least you don't look like you do it daily.", she knew how people looked like when they took hard drugs too often. Messua stood up, taking the skull with her. There was no intention to scare the woman, she just felt safe with it somehow.

"Welcome in my room, I'm sorry I would have cleaned it, if I knew I get a visitor."

Anya jumped she thought she was alone in the room. she did not know whether to be glad of this. this could be the one who had kidnapped her. She carefully looked at the young woman who was in front of her. No, definitely, this woman wasn't her kidnapper. Anya was nice to know that we shouldn't trust appearances, the woman seems very calm and reassuring and doesn't look at a mad kidnapper at all. But she understand less the situation. Who is this woman ? why she was in her room ? Did she really was kidnapped as she thought ? Anya wasn't sure she wanted to know the answers. She wanted one thing, to go away from this place and to go home with Esme. Anyway, Anya, chose the option to respond to the woman as if the situation was completely normal.

"Oh ! Hello ! she said kindly, don't apologize for the cleaning of the room. It is for me to apologize. I'm really sorry for disturb you. I I did not see that there was someone. Sorry, if you have awakened when I panicked. It was really idiot, she laughed, Anyway, I will not bother you anymore. I will go but can you open the door please ?"

Anya smiles kindly and sincerely to the woman, hoping with all her heart, she will take a key and open the door. But unconsciously, she knows that the situation was much more complicated than that and that things were not going to happen as she wants.

Messua smiled kindly and warm. "Trust me, if I would have the key to this room, I wouldn't be here anymore.", she made a few steps towards the brunette. "I guess, you have to stay with me here for a while. Although I'm surprised to see you here. Actually I had a different roommate. I hope, she's safe wherever she is now."

Messua shrugged. "Feel free to take a seat wherever you want to in this room. I guess you won't mind me keeping the skull.", she lifted her hand and showed the skull to the woman. "It keeps me calm. My name is Messua, just if you like to know.", the black-haird nodded friendly and sat back down next to the wall.

When the dark haired woman, sayed that they were prisoners in this romm, Anya lost her smile. she had a furious desire to cry and scream. But she decides to calm down because it would not change the situation. Then, she sat next to the denominated Messua and resumed her warm smile.

"Thanks for the purpose. Of course the skull, doesn't bother me at all. My name is Anya and I'm really enchanted to meet you Messua, although I would have preferred other circumstances of course. she gave a little nervous laugh and be silent for a while a bit hesitant. Listen, I am completely lost and I don't understant this situation. I have so many questions. I think I will be mad. Can you answer some questions please ? who brought us here ? Why ? how long are you here ? You said you have a roomate. Why she isn't here ? has she managed to escape ? or our kidnapper took her to another place, for... some reasons ? Oh, god, I really hope, she is fine. Are there others kidnapped ? Or are we alone ? And... And... And..."

Tears began to flow down her face, but she wiped them and smiles.

"Sorry for that. It's not my kind to cry in public. and I have been abrupt with all my questions. Really, sorry. But this situation is so insane. It seems this is a nightmare and I will awake, but I know it's real .she sighs and smiles. but crying will not help"

Messua nodded. "Sometimes it's better to cry and scream, then holding it back in. It might make no sense but it makes you feel better. So go ahead if you want to.", she laid her hand on Anya's shoulder. " You don't need to play the heroine."

Messua sighed and stroke through her long black hair. "To answer some of your questions...", she pressed her lips together shortly. "I don't know who brought us here or what that person likes to do with us. I'm actually not sure how long I've been here. Could be hours, days or longer. And to say the sad truth, there are more imprisoned like us. At least I know of two women in a room next to us."

Messua let her view drift around. "I really hope Kayley is safe wherever she is too. She was almost a young woman. No one I would wish to be in a place like this."

Anya looked Messua, very touched. she listened to her advice and began to cry. Few minutes later, She wiped her tears and smiled.

"Thanks for your advice. You're right. I'm better. it feels good to get all this tension. Very thanks. You're very kind to listen me and advise me."

She did a sincerly and kind smile to Messua to thank her.

"To return to our problem. Our situation is really scary. Personnaly, I'd rather know immediately who is our kidnapper and what he wants. At least we would know what to expect. And your friend who is gone. Don't know if she's okay...Don't know how many people are in the same situation as us. I hate to be uncertain, she sighs, I'm sure this guy wants to play with our nerves and this has got to make laugh to see us like this, she sighs again but mentally slap and says with an enthusiastic tone, Oh god, I'm really too depressing. Depression is the last thing we need now. we must not lose hope in this situation. it would be too pleased to this freak. I'm sure that Esme had to call the police when she didn't see me back home yesterday. the police will save everyody and send our kidnapper in prison."

"It's good to hear you feel better now.", carefully she pulled Anya in a hug. "That's normally what I do. Listen and giving advice. I'm glad I could help you.", she gave the brunette a soft smile and wiped away some of the last tears.

"Are you sure our kidnapper is male? It could be a female as well or a group of kidnappers. And yes, I bet it would be better to find a way out of here. But sadly I can't see one."

Messua leaned against the wall. "You like to tell me what you did, before you ended up in here, like me?"

Anya returned Messua's hug and smiles to her.

"you're really good at consoling people. You're a really wonderfull person"

When Messua remarked to Anya, that since the beginning, she spoke about the kidnapper as if it was a man, Anya blushed slightly, a little ashamed with an embarrassed smile.

"Ah, yes. It's true, since the begining I said "he" when I talk about our kidnapper. I didn't realize. Of course, I'm not sure at all, if our kidnapper is a man ! I didn't see, the person who brought me here. I do not even remember my kidnapping.  I think, I said he, because of all these movies with males serials killers or kidnappers. this ends up back in the brain that kind of prejudice. But it can be a woman, you're totally right. Or an organization. I think more about a group of kidnappers because for me, it's almost impossible that one person, could kidnap, five persons or more, with such an organization. No ?"

When Messua seems pessimistic, Anya would like to said her to keep hope that police will save them or something like that. but she hardly believed this. No matter who had kidnapped them. This person seems intelligent and organized. unconsciously, she thought they should be in a place where nobody never find them.
She sat down next to Messua against the wall and prefered to answer at her ask.

"What I did before be here ? Oh ! I had a simple happy life. I had some good friends, The day I go to my literature studies, some nights I have a waitress job. Hmm, I know, i'm a little bit old for studies but I have started them a little late. And I live with my wonderfull and beautiful girlfriend Esmeralda and two kittens. When I was kidnapped I returned quietly at home. And you ? Do you like to tell me to what you did before to be here ? she asks with a kind smile"  

Messua laughed warm. "Thank you for the compliment. I don't think I deserve it though.", she shook her head. "I didn't meant to embarrass you. It would be easier for a man than a woman to kidnap more people, that's right. So that you assumed it's a male person who kidnapped us, isn't wrong, my dear.", she moved slightly to sit more comfortable on the hard ground.

"It's not a bad idea to study late. It just shows that you are old enough to decide what you really want in your life. I guess you had a wonderful one.", she smiled again. "It's always nice to be around the ones that love you."

Then she paused for a while. Could she trust Anya enough to tell her what her true profession was? There were a lot of people out there with prejudices. "Well, I am the chief of my community. I care for them and listen. I give advice when needed and pray for them. Something like a Christian priestess I guess. Though I don't praise the Christian god."

She did a sincerly smile to Messua.

"You deserve really this, trust me" she laughed " Don't worry, I'm easily embarassed. But frankly this person disturbs me. It's a really weird situation. that person omnipotent. that could have power of life and death over us. but we know nothing about it. It really scared me." She laughed. "Yes, I had a little trouble for finding my way. but now I know it is the right way, I just put a little more time than others. But it's weird, I'm the oldest." She had a pensive look and a small smile. "Yeah, to be with the people who loves is just perfect. I can't dream a more perfect life than live with Esme." She sighs " I wonder how is Esme ? If she is fine ? What she did, now ?  I miss her terribly." She smiled to Messua " I see. That does not surprise me that you help people, care for them, listen them and pray for them. You're the perfect person to do that." She hesitated "Then... if you don't praise Christian god, who is the god you praise ? Sorry, if I'm too intrusively. Me personnaly, I don't really know if I trust on god. It's really weird sometimes I believe on it and others times... no."

"Well, I praise only one God, but I pray to the ones that represent him here on earth. It's an honour to be chosen by a Loa. A spirit of my religion.", Messua smiled and looked at her hands. " I'm a Mambo, a high priestess of the Voodoo religion."

She waited for a moment and then shook her head. "It's not like the stuff American horror movies show little children to scare them. There are black Mambos and white ones. But anyway our spirits have the same character types humans can have."