Power

Chapter XXIV

We were walking for at least two hours when we heard a scream. We quickly ran toward the direction of the scream and found a drive in theater.

"What the heck is this," said Ivel.

"It seems to be a moving picture," said Isaac.

"No, really," answered Ivel sarcastically.

"Guys, shut up," I said. We were sitting on a hill overlooking the whole parking lot of the theater. Below us were cars parked facing toward the giant screen on the opposite side of where we were sitting. On the screen there was people, blood, and chainsaws.

"Is this what humans do for fun," asked Charlie staring at the bloody massacre on the screen.

"Seems like it," I answered.

"What are we doing here," asked Ivel looking around. Around the parking lot there were little buildings scattered.

"Well, I heard a scream, and it sounded like someone needed our help," said Charlie. There was another example scream and a whirr of a chainsaw.

"Well now we know where it came from," said Isaac pointing at the screen.

"Shut up guys," I said again. I was the only one who noticed the people staring at us. I stared back at them. Then they turned around and went back to watching the screen. "You guys keep talking to loud. Soon enough everybody on earth will know we're here."

"It's not my fault that Isaac and Charlie keep talking," said Ivel pointing to both Isaac and Charlie.

"They weren't the only ones talking," I said back, pointing at Ivel. Ivel mumbled and went back to looking at the parking lot.

The parking lot was being emptied and whatever was on the screen stopped playing. For a moment there was only the rumbling of cars, and then silence. We slowly got up and slid down the hill into the parking lot. There was nobody left. We looked around at the buildings surrounding the parking lot and decided that we should stay in one of them for a while.

"Well, now we don't have a plan at all," said Charlie as we entered a building just to the right of where the screen was.

"Yeah, but it's not our fault that the camp was found. It definitely wasn't my fault, I wasn't even there to begin with," said Ivel looking at Isaac and me.

"It's not our fault either," I retorted. "How should've we known that we were being followed."

"Normally," said Charlie. Charlie sat down in an armchair. There were a couple scattered around the room. We all found one and sat down. We stared at each other for a while. I stop staring at Ivel and Charlie for a bit to look around the room we were in. The paint on the walls were peeling off, the carpet had stains all over it, the doorways leading to other rooms were caved in a bit. In all it was a messy place. The only things that looked new were the armchairs we were sitting on.

I looked around a bit more and I found a red lever behind the chair I was sitting on. Out of curiosity I pulled it. All of the sudden the doorways and windows got covered by steel walls. The walls blocked the light from outside and we were in darkness for a bit.

"Who turned out the lights," Charlie yelled. I heard a thump onto the ground, which made me think that Charlie fell out of his chair. Suddenly, lights turned on around the room.

"That's better," said Charlie, still on the ground.

"What's going on," Isaac yelled at me.

"I don't know, I pulled a lever," I said pointing to the lever behind the chair I sat in. Then there came the terrible shaking.