the long line

Chapter 10

You know I've been thinking, and how did he get those filing cabinets in there? The lights were only out for like, 2 minutes before I got the candle. And I didn't hear a single thing. It was dead silent, and as soon as I got the candle lit on, I could see the cabinets. He had 2 minutes to put 2 huge cabinets in here. It would take me 2 hours to get 1 cabinet in here. And I would make a lot of noise. This is impossible. I need to think about something else. But what? It's not like there's something good to think about. Like, hey, I don't want to think about how someone could possibly put 2 huge cabinets in here without me noticing so why don't I think about how my city thinks I'm dead, or how a sniper has been watching my family this whole time. And now that I've brought it up, this is crazy. I've been thinking about it the wrong way this whole time. I've been saying there's one sniper after my family. But my great (x10) grandpa Andrew was alive many decades ago. There has to be a whole other group of people passing this on. Keeping it going. This isn't new for them. For all I know, there could be multiple people still alive right now killing my family. But how come my family didn't stop after Andrew and Anne. Andrew and Anne had a child, then were killed. The same thing happened over and over again. Everyone only had one child. And the one child person from my family always married a one child from another family. So no matter what, there was always only one branch in this family. Then when my dad married my mom, who had a sister, everything changed. They must've made it so my aunt couldn't have children, because the snipers didn't want more than one branch. But when my parent had me AND Chance, something messed up. Oh god, there can't be 2 children. So they're going to kill one of us.

I'm so scared. In the first note he left me, he said that my brother is watching me. So he has me and my brother. Which is a big problem. But if my brother is watching me, then he must be in the clear, and I must be in the cage. Which will probably lead to me being killed. But what if my brother is trapped in his "bedroom" too, just he's being forced to watch me. This is all too confusing. Ugh. Either way, I need to start focusing on getting out of here. Lets see what items I have left.

Items
1. Unidentified explosive?¿
2. Fire gun
3. Sword
4. Pen
5. Water
6. Flip phone
7. Rock
8. Used candle (aka done with)
9. Retractable knife (unretracted)
10. Some food

Ok it's time to figure out what this stuff does. The fire gun is a lighter, the sword is a sword (duh), the water is to drink, the flip phone is used to call besides the fact there is no service down here, the rock can be used to throw at things I guess, the food will be eaten soon. Now for the hard stuff. This explosive thing needs to be figured out. Hm. What kinda looks like an explosive that won't blow up in your face? A firework. How could I not have thought about this earlier? Oh, I know, because a firework is not handy...AT ALL. Then again, he DID say that these items wouldn't be too helpful. Ok then. It's a firework. Now for that pen. The most ANNOYING item. Now that I think about it though, I haven't pushed it yet. I guess I'll try. I push the end and a red laser comes out. "AHHHH!!!" I screech. It's a laser!! What the crap! Ow! Ow! Why isn't there a label or something?! I just burnt the crap out of my finger! THIS THING IS FREAKING HOT. Owwwww. Well. That was painful. *This is painful. At least I know what it is. Maybe it could shoot this wall down! Wait. Why would he give me something that could get me out. He wants to kill one of us. Wouldn't he want to keep us as secure as possible? Ok. "THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!!" I scream at the walls. Now it's time to deal with that retractable knife. Ok there's 2 buttons. I've pushed both of them many times. One is white, and one is black. I press the white one. Nothing. I press the black one. Nothing. This is useless. Nothing ever happens. Wait, I just remembered something my dad used to tell me. I was trying to push open this really heavy door. He told me that if I don't push hard enough, nothing will ever happen. I always used that playing sports, but I think it could help. I try again, this time pushing really hard on the white button, and it pops out. Too bad that it sliced my hand open in the process.