The Imaginarium

Chp-14: Communication

Cady sat on the broken bed, crying. After Ironclad's warning, she stopped talking to Harry. Cady had finally found someone in the Imaginarium to talk to, but now, she is not allowed to do that too. She heard the cellar open again, every time she heard this sound, it made Cady's heart beat faster and whimper. It was Bob. He had a steel tray in his hand. Cady was starving, She quickly walked towards Bob and took the plate from his hands. She found poorly cooked rice, and pulses. Cady sighed but decided to eat it. She mixed the sticky rice and stinking pulse and began to eat it. After two bites she kept the plate down and went to the sink to wash her hands. Bob stood there, he asked, "You are not going to have your food?" Cady wiped her hands and said, "I would rather starve to death than die from food poisoning!" Harry heard this statement as Cady said it quite loudly ( She was irritated and tired, so she was all cranky ). This made him chuckle, he then sighed and closed his eyes. Bob grumbled and picked up the plate. Before leaving the cellar he asked, "Are you sure?" Cady nodded and he left. The bars of the cellar door clanked loudly and this made Cady's eyes water up as she realized the fact that she was all alone again. She fell to the ground and began to cry again, her eyes were all red from crying and she said Liam's name continuously. Harry was listening to all this, he wanted to know who Liam was. Harry thought of a plan, he had a diary and a pencil with him. He picked it up and tore a small piece of paper. He wrote, Do you know Klingon? If yes then fold one corner, if no then fold two corners, he folded the chit and began to search for a small gap in the wall between his and Cady's cellar. He was pretty sure he would find one as this prison was quite old. Harry mumbled, "Yes!" as he found one gap. He deftly slid the chit through the gap in the wall. He then knocked, but lightly such that only Cady would be able to hear that. Cady heard the knock, so she got up and walked toward the wall thinking 'He'll get both of us killed..' She looked at the chit and picked it up. After reading it she nodded vigorously, as she felt happy with the fact that someone also had an interest in Klingon. She folded one corner and passed it back. Harry smiled and wrote on the backside of the chit Great! I'll write in Klingon and we could communicate like that! But how will you write? He passed the chit back to Cady and after reading it, Cady began to think about how to write back to Harry. She walked towards the cellar door and signaled Bob to come in. He got up and walked towards the cellar door. He opened it and entered. He then closed the door and asked, "What happened?" Cady made an innocent face and said, "I love to write stories...so could you arrange for a few pages or a notebook, if possible, and a pencil or pen...please, this negative environment would drive me crazy." Bob examined her and then sighed, he looked around and said, "I am not guaranteeing you anything, but I'll talk to Master Taurus." Cady smiled. Bob opened the cellar door and closed it. The clanking of the metal rods of the cellar door gave Cady goosebumps. Harry on the other side smiled. He thought 'Clever, clever girl!' Cady sat down on the bed with Harry's chit in her hand. She hid it under the pillow and lay down. Cady closed her eyes, hoping that she'd get the pages and pencil. She began to think about Liam, where would he be, and what is his condition, and then she wondered about Alexa. 'Wouldn't she be worried?' thought Cady. What would she be thinking about Cady, how much time she would be investing looking for her? All these thoughts made Cady feel guilty. She opened her eyes and took a deep breath. She then shut them tightly and tried to doze off to deep slumber. She was starving but still she tried to sleep. Harry on the other hand was imagining himself in another world. But he couldn't enter it as Taurus had cast a spell on him such that he wouldn't be able to use his powers. He opened his eyes and sighed. Both Cady and Harry could only think of plans for how to get out of here. Both of them were coming up with plans to take revenge on Taurus.