Escape Room (Ongoing)

4

∆∆Third Person POV∆∆

A few hours pass, and finally, Mike Nolan, Danny Khan, Amanda Harper, Rachel Ellis, and Brianna Collier start to wake up.

It's dark, windy, and cold. Ben and Zoey are huddled together, trying to start a fire, but to no avail. The wind blew it out.

∆∆Ben's POV∆∆

"Hey Zoey, I think they're waking up." I say, gently nudging Zoey, who has been on the verge of sleep for a little while.

"Good, I have some questions." She said tiredly.

"We. We both have questions." I correct, putting my arm around her back.

"Yeah, sorry." She says, putting her head on my shoulder.

"What happened? Where are we?" Amanda asks, shooting up.

"What's going on?" Mike questions.

"What is this place?" Brianna wonders.

"How long were we out?" Danny asks.

"Is everyone okay?" Rachel asks.

I feel Zoey start to shake, but from fear of all the questions being bombarded at us or from the cold, I'm not sure.

"Okay everyone calm down! We will answer all of your questions you all just need to breathe." I say.

"This, this place, I think it is the same place that I was stranded when I was little. I think, we think that Minos is back. We think Minos created this room, somehow knowing what it looked like. Exactly." Zoey says, stuttering every now and then.

"You've all been asleep for a few hours. After the plane crashed. I was out for a little bit too. Zoey says it looked like Mike was awake for a little while, and then passed out. She says Danny looked like he was frozen in shock. Brianna and Rachel and Amanda passed out right away, or almost right away. I passed out a few minutes after the crash. Woke up a little while ago." I try to explain.

"This is part of the game?" Mike finally questions after a few minutes of silence.

"We think so. We think we are going to be stranded for some time, and then someone is going to come rescue us," Zoey started, then suddenly stopped.

"Zoey, what's up?"

"I'm, I'm okay, you keep talking, though."

"Someone is going to come rescue us, and then we will somehow be brought to the second room right away or not long after." I finish.

"What do you mean it might not be right away?" Amanda questions.

"Zoey didn't have any major problems until she found a place to live. It was still the streets, but when she found it, she was able to live in the same alleyway for the rest of the time she was on the streets. When she was in the alleyway, though, was when problems really started." I explain.

"So how long could it be?" Mike asks.

"We think it could be as long as 3 months until the next room." Zoey explains.

"So when we get out of here, it won't be like the other rooms? We won't be able to think that was the end?" Rachel asks.

"I guess you could put it like that." Zoey answers.

Zoey closes her eyes, her head still on my shoulder.

"Some of you all need to stay awake to keep guard. We don't know what could be out here. Zoey and I need to sleep. And could someone try to get the fire up so we don't freeze to death?" I say.

"Yeah, we'll take care of it. Go to sleep. And we need to talk tomorrow so we can make sure to try to avoid triggering words." Danny says.

"Sorry, Danny, I didn't mean it. But thank you all." I say, laying down and laying Zoey down next to me, then closing my eyes to sleep.