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Charlie placed her hand on the cold floor and hoisted herself up. Her head filled with emmense pain and she almost fell to the floor again. She got to her feet and looked around. She was in the same old house, but downstairs in the lobby. She took a few moments to collect her thoughts, when she gasped.
"Simon!"
He was Suspended above her head by a rope around his neck. His feet were doing the dance of death as he struggled to get his neck free, franticlly gasping for air. she rushed up the staircase and leaned over the banister to try and help him.
Her fingers weren't long enough to reach him, so she hooked her legs in between two of the poles and dangerously streched her body out to grab his arm. She quickly got to work and pulled her keys out of her pocket and started knawing away at the rope. Luckily the rope wasn't too thick and quickly gave way. Simon's body suddenly shot down, and Charlie grabbed his hands as their bodies swung and now faced vertically down.
But his fingers were slippery with sweat from his near death experiance so he could not keep hold of her arms as he slipped out of her gripp and lumitted down to the ground.
As he landed he rolled like a jockey coming off a horse. "OWW!" "Simon! Simon! are you alright??" "Alright what kind of a question is that?! Alright she asks!" He continued grumbling as he straightened u to look at her." Are you going to stay hanging there all day or what?"
Charlie hoisted her body up and managed to finally grip onto the banister after a few failed attempts due to the sweat from Simon's hands. She climbed over the side so she was again standing on the steps. Simon stood at the bottom of the stairs and rubbed his neck. Charlie ran down to him. She ran her fingers ovre the rope burn and smiled at him.
"At least that was the only damage!"
Then without warning she kicked him in the leg. Probably leaving a big bruise as neither her kick or shoes were soft.
"OW what did you do that for?!"
"There was absaloutly to go all nasty and rude at me after I saved your life" She said through gritted teeth, " I have had a really bad day and I have a really short temper so dont make me mad."
Simon laughed and followed Charlie as she walked out the door.
"You've really got a way with new people!"
"I know!" Charlie smiled "Great isn't it."
They both looked out onto the dark street that was still wet from the evenings rain.
"Where to now?"
All the lights in the street were out, there mut have been a power cut, thought charlie. Suddenly out of nowhere a horse andcart ran past her wheels barely missing her toes "oi Whatch where you driving, you could be reported to RSPCA you know! Did you se that simon? SImon! whats wrong with you..OH.......
Simon where on earth are we?"
Simon looked around and smiled. "It's nothing! The community is taking the archilogical dig a bit too seriously and obviously feel they want to live like the romans! Pathetic really!"
"Simon I don't think..." Charlie took one more look around, of course that was what was going on. What else could it be? She didn't know, but she did know that it wasn't an archilogical dig. "Simon I'm sorry, but that is not what's going on and you know it!"
" think simon do you know about any dig anywhere near here??
No why because there isnt one thats why? secondly if you dont remeber somthing freaky has been going on all DAY thirdly OPEN YOUR EYES AND LOOK AROUND US WE ARE NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE TOTO!!!!
"Alright! No need to get aggresive! If YOU hadn't noticed, this IS this exact street that we came down to get to this house, sure it looks a LITTLE different, but we've had a loooong night! I'm really not in the mood for you right now!"
NOT IN THE MOD FOR ME?! WHY YOU ABNOXIOUS AHHHHHHHHHH
THIS IS ALLL YOUR FAULT I WAS FINE I HAD A GREAT LIFE UNTIL I HAD TO GO AND START DREAMING ABOUT YOU AND GET VISITED BY EVIL WITCHES WHO CLAIM TO BE YOUR MOTHER
"My mother? What are you talking about? My mother died a long time ago and she raised my all by her self because my dick of a father left us all alone when I was born! Don't talk to me about my mother! What the hell do you know? What do you know about anything? You're just a child! What are you 25?"
YOU PIG! WHAT HAS AGE GOT TO DO WITH ANYTHING?
WHAT DO I KNOW ?? I KNOW THAT I SAVED YOUR USELESS LIFE GOT NO GRATITUDE AND AM NOW LOST WOULD YOU LOOK AT THE STREET PROPERLY THERE ARE NO ELECTRIC CABLES NO LIGHT POLES NO EVIDENCE OF THE 20TH CENTURY AT ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Age has a LOT to do with it! You're one of these people that read into EVERYTHING! Did you really look at the street as you came in? I bet you didn't! You're just expecting something to be wrong, so you're only properly looking for the first time! You're a waste of space!"