Skylar's POVI mean it, Sky.I woke up with a start, those strange words ringing faintly in my ears. And then someone knocked on the door loudly-my bedroom door."Skylar, wake up!"I blinked open my eyes groggily and sat up. A small groan escaped my lips at the bright sunlight as I tried rubbing the drowsiness from my face. Looking around, I realized I was in my room.And then everything came crashing down upon me. Literally."Geez." I whispered, clutching onto my head. I couldn't even explain how bad my head ached at that moment. My throat had go

 Skylar's POV We ended up somewhere that looked like a rugged, old town. It wasn't our town, mainly because it was deserted and way too small. I wanted to leave this place, but when I saw a store nearby I had to practically beg Caden to stop there.My feet were killing me at this point.The shopkeeper was kind enough to lend his phone charger for Caden's phone and I was more than thankful to find a chair to sit down on."Thank you for letting us stay." I directed a small, grateful smile towards the shopkeeper as Caden walked inside the shop.The shopkeeper guy, who was alm

 Skylar's POVThere were security cameras now; security cameras in my house, all thanks to mom and dad. That was the only thing I got out of their return. That's the only thing they did before going away again.I was surprised, though. Why did they even care? And although mom had asked me to call her back after hearing her voicemails, I hadn't done that. I didn't want to.I looked down at my Physics textbook, exhaling a deep sigh of irritation. Chicken came out of nowhere and started nuzzling her head against my knee, letting out few soft purrs."Chicks, please try to shut up that sweet mouth of yours." I muttered, flipping a page. It almost seemed like I was dyslexic; all the words jumbling up and blurring in front of me, making absolutely no sense."Okay." I whispered to myself. "So if the velocity is zero,

 Skylar's POVI kept on pounding on the door but to my absolute horror, nobody responded. All I could hear at that point was my own racing heartbeat.I inhaled deeply and stopped the failing attempt to shout out for help. Stepping away from the door, I took out my phone from my back pocket, not failing to notice how much my hands were shaking at that moment. I knew I could simply call anyone and get out of here, but I was still scared and out of breath. I was basically panicking. And I didn't even think there were any windows in here for fresh air.Scrolling through my contacts, I tried searching for Alex's name. But my hands were sweaty and trembling, and it wasn't a surprise when my phone slipped out of my grasp, falling down. I immediately fell down on my knees and picked it up.I

 Skylar's POVNobody was in the house except Chicken and I. I didn't know whether I should've felt relieved or the exact opposite when I found that out, especially since there was a piece of black tape still covering one of the wall cameras.Even the alarm system was disabled by itself, and I was sure I hadn't done that before leaving for school. Things felt confusing. I wanted to call mom or maybe even the police, but I stopped myself from doing any such thing. Not when dad was still in the hospital.Both Chicken and I perked up in alarm the moment we heard the doorbell ringing. However, it was Chicken who was the first one to reach the door.As if she even knew how to open it.I didn't know why I had to think about it for few seconds before standing up and walking towards the