Trapped In A Mall

Chapter 1:The Concussion

I added more to it! Enjoy!

Anthony/Mute Boy's perspective

I wake up and- wait... this isn't my home... I look around and see that Sammy, Ava, and Elan are here with me. Are we in a mall? I slowly stand up and limp over to Elan's body. I try to crouch down to shake hik awake to figure out what's going on, but my injured leg makes me fall down. You see, I had an accident on a trampoline, I was on my knees while Elan was jumping around, he landed next to me and sent me flying in the air, when I landed I somehow twisted my ankle. Luckily it's almost healed, just a few more weeks and it should be fully healed.

The noise of me falling must've been loud, because one moment I was on the floor, the next moment I was in Elan's arms. "You need to be more care- ... -ful..." Elan said, looking around, realizing that we aren't at our house. "Where are we...?" He asks, more to himself than to me. Ava stands up. "Looks like we're in a mall..." She says, I make a face that says, "Oh, really?" In a sarcastic type of way, but she just gives me a confused look. Why do I have to be mute... This sucks!

Elan slowly puts me down, making sure that I won't fall. I jump slightly when Sammy screams and runs over to us. "Where are we?!" She exclaims, holding onto Elan. Right... She has a crush on him. She would get a chance with him if she was his type, but she's not. Elan pushes Sammy away from himself. Ava suddenly grabs my hand and drags me away from the other two. "I think you should go exploring, since you're mute, you'll be as silent as a mouse. If someone or something is here then they wouldn't even know you are here as well." She tells me, but before I could nod or shake my head Elan suddenly pulls me closer to him. "He's not going. Yes, he'll be the quietest, but he's also useful to us. Once Sammy figures out how to use her powers, then he will be useful because he wouldn't be able to lie to us!" He tells her. Why do I feel like my power will become my curse?

Ava decided that we would all go exploring. Ava and I went into a school supplies area to get me a notebook or two so that I could communicate with them. Elan got stuck with Sammy... Again. He might have to get used to it, neither Ava nor I want to be around Sammy, she's a nice person, but she's afraid of everything! Plus, Ava and I make a good team.

After looking around for a few hours, we finally found a notebook! I grab it and start looking for a pencil, or pen, whichever one I find first. I turn around to look at Ava, but she isn't there... Instead I see a figure that looks like me, but has yellow glowing eyes. I try to back away, but my injured leg makes me fall down. I hear a loud SMACK as I hit the back of my head on one of the tables. The figure starts coming closer and closer. ... I do the one thing I shouldn't do when something is approaching you, I close my eyes... But nothing happens.

I reopen my eyes, but instead of seeing the figure, I see Ava, looking at me concerned, her palm holding my head up, her fingers gently placed on my cheek. Ugh... My ears are ringing... Ava's mouth opens, I can tell she's speaking... But I can't hear a word she's saying...

Ava's perspective

"Where are you guys?!" I hear Elan yell from a different store. "We're in the school supplies area!!" I yell, not taking my eyes off of Anthony, who remains unresponsive. "Wow... What happened to him?" Sammy asks me, as her and Elan crouch down beside me. "I don't know... I was helping him find a pen, but then he suddenly turned around to look at me, but his eyes were wide with fear! He kept backing away from me, but with his injured leg, he ended up falling and hitting the back of his head on the table!" I tell them, Elan sighs. "He gave himself a concussion!" He yells, I shake my head. Leave it to Elan to be "overprotective" to Anthony.

We carry Anthony back down to the front of the mall and lay him down on a blanket we found in one of the many stores throughout the mall. He is still unresponsive, he didn't even struggle to get down when Elan picked him up. He definitely gave himself a concussion.

"What all did you two find?" I ask Elan, who is staring at Anthony. "We found a med-kit, some notebooks, pens, clothes, and soap." He tells me, I sigh. "So, other than the med-kit, you found nothing?" I ask him, he nods. I look over at Anthony, who is looking around, like he's looking for someone-no! He isn't looking for anyone! He just has a concussion and is confused!

Anthony/Mute Boy's perspective

Where did that figure go? ... I probably look crazy to the others because I'm looking around as if looking for something. I mean... I am looking for someone, but... Were they even real...? I mean... They disappeared after I opened my eyes...