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Chapter 15

Jake woke up to the sound of someone scribbling across a page. The sound was calming, lulling him back to sleep. He shook his head, getting rid of tiredness. "ARGHHH" he yawned, getting up and stretching. 

"Good morning Jake." Jeremy greeted quietly. Jake turned to him rubbing his eyes.

"What time is it?" he asked, his morning voice sounding raspy. 

"You're the one with a watch." Jeremy replied, continuing to scribble in his notebook. Jake groaned.

"My eyes aren't awake yet, can you help me see the time?" Jake asked as he extended the arm with the watch.

Jeremy rolled his eyes before bending down to see the time on Jake's watch. "4:24."

"Ok then I'm going back to bed."

"Uh huh." 

Jake raised an eyebrow. "You're not going to ask me to stay awake?"

Jeremy shook his head. "Nope, sleep is important. We're gonna need a lot of energy anyway. I'll wake you and the others in 35 minutes."

"ZZZZ"

Jeremy softly chuckled to himself before looking back at his note book. He had recorded the number of steps they had taken and was now figuring out the fastest way out of the place. Arrows and writings filled the page. Once he was satisfied with the results, he checked the time and began waking the others up. He soon told them of his new plan. They were going to walk along the wall for this amount of steps and then turn and walk diagonally so as to cover more of the wall. According to his calculations, they could cover two walls in 4 days. Once briefed on the new plan, they groggily began making their way along the wall. 

"Are you sure you calculated this shit right? It feels like we've been walking forever! It literally took us 14 days to cover one wall, what makes you think we can cross two in 4 days??"

"Well if you walked as much as you talked then my calculations could prove right!" he shouted back. he was already quite far away from them, taking huge strides every time. Ori barely kept up, using her long legs to her advantage. Mochi followed closely behind Ori, while Jake lagged behind. As usual.

"Can we take a break now?" Jake puffed.

"30 more steps!" Jeremy replied Jake and Mochi groaned. Ori was too focused on keeping up with Jeremy to have a reaction. They walked on until Jeremy stopped them for a break, to which Jake and Mochi breathed a sigh of relief. They sat down and ate some food, Jeremy updated his notebook, before continuing their walk. Jeremy stopped them at 7:30 to find a base to camp at. They diverted away from the wall and began searching for a metal shelf

"Guys what's that?"

They looked up to see a fully made base. "Aw man did we just walk in a circle?" Mochi groaned. Jeremy shook his head, brows furrowing in confusion. "That can't be." he said, scratching his chin, "It just can't be..."

"Hi guys can we please make a base before those ZOMBIES COME AND GET US?" Ori pointed out. They found a ladder and quickly got into the base. "Woah..."

The place had huge walls of pallets, ladders to get to the next floor, many lights that made the place feel warm and homely. The first level had a picture of the rock with pancakes, a couch on a soft looking rug in front of a coffee table and a huge TV. 

"This looks better than our apartment at home..." Jake said in awe. Ori nodded slowly.

"Let's go upstairs!" Mochi suggested. They quickly climbed up the ladder, immediately dazzled by what they saw. four beds were place perfectly symmetrical opposite each other, different plush toys laid on each bed. There was a Narwhale, penguin, shark, and bear. 

"AW LOOK AT THOSE!! I DIBS THE BEAR!" Mochi declared, bouncing onto the bed with the bear.

"I GET THE NARWHALE!" Ori claimed.

"I GET SHARKIE!" Jake exclaimed.

"Guess it's just me and you, Penguin." Jeremy said, winking at the purple penguin. 

"Guys look!" Jake shouted. The others immediately rushed over to see what Jake was seeing. There was a kitchen, completed with a stove, fridge, and and cabinets.

"Does the stove work?" Jeremy asked, pressing a button. The stove lit up to life, immediately warming the room up. 

"Is there anything in the fridge?" Ori asked, pulling the handle. Inside was a bag of doritoes, two 1 lire bottles of cola, and six cola cans. Mochi squealed.

"OMG COLD DRINKS! HOW I'VE MISSED YOU!" she said, grabbing one of the cans. 

"HEY HEY HEY, don't drink that! What if it's expired?" Jake pointed out. Mochi ignored him, raising the can high.

"To this wonderful find!" she said, opening the can with a flourish before gulping down it's contents. Jeremy quickly snatched the can away and checked for the expiry date. 

"Never? What type of expiry date is this?" Jeremy asked.

"NEVER? IT NEVER EXPIRES?" Jake exclaimed, grabbing the can from Jeremy. Mochi grabbed it back and gulping more of the drink. "Cola never tasted better." she sighed contently. The others soon grabbed one and starting drinking.

"Ahhh." Jeremy sighed, sitting onto the bed. Ori raised her cup. "Cheers?" Everyone immediately raised their cups. "CHEERS!"