Now inside this door was something odd. Something so weird to be hidden away.
Inside was an simple room. A room with white walls, a rainbow swirled carpet, multicolored bean bags, and a singular large all glass cabinet.
Keegan steps forward, walking into the room, the group following behind him.
The boy turns around to face them, his eyes bright green.
"Your eyes...they're green again," Bridget points out.
Keegan touches the space under his eyes and smiles.
The group lets out a relieved breath.
"Thank you. For helping me. I swear I'll help get everyone out of this," Keegan says, his eyes facing the floor.
"It's okay. We'll all help," Henry says, patting Keegan on the shoulder.
Keegan visibly relaxes.
"What is this place?" Harrison asks, stepping further into the room.
He walks towards the large glass cabinet. There are 3 shelves. Each of which has 5 pieces of seemingly random candy placed onto a napkin on the shelf.
Harrison reaches out his hand and tries to pull the case door open, but to no avail.
"It's locked," Harrison says simply.
Weimin goes over and tries as well, but it's still locked. Even prying at the seems doesn't work.
He sighs.
"So...what do we do?" Sandra asks, curiously.
"I guess all we can do is wait. I'm sure someone will come in the morning," Harrison says.
A string of agreements is heard before everyone plops down into a sitting position.
Keegan is sprawled out on a bean bag, as well as Henry, Bridget, and Sandra.
Harrison is leaned against Sandra's bean bag, while Weimin is curled up against the wall.
Lexi wanders over to him, gesturing to his side.
"Do you mind?" She asks.
He shakes his head.
Lexi smiled and sits down next to the boy on the carpeted floor.
They're all in a circular configuration in the room with the glass case against the back of wall. There's no windows in the room, but from the lack of light that reflected through a hole in the front metal grate, the group could see that it was nighttime.
Harrison yawns, leaning his head back on Sandra's bean bag.
"You okay?" She asks, looking down at him.
"Yeah...yeah I guess so. Just...confused I guess," he says.
"I get it. We all are." She says, running a hand over the hair on his head.
He smiled softly.
"So, what's with all you? I don't think I know all your names-" Henry asks.
The group each introduces themselves, all being more relaxed, but still on edge.
"So, what's your favorite candy?" Keegan asks, the group, breaking the ice.
They all let out a laugh.
"I actually don't like candy much-" Henry says.
"What?! Why are you here then?" Bridget giggles.
"I buy candy for my friends. You see, I come from a wealthy family, so I always try to make my friends happy with what I've been given," Henry shrugs.
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