Where are you, Josh?

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Melissa's POV:

2 and a half hours. We'd been waiting two and a half hours now. Samantha was voicing doubts at what seemed like every 2 minutes. Even Ryan had asked me if I doubted Joshua's ability at all. I told him that I had complete faith in Joshua's ability, and he'd get us out if it meant barging the door down himself.

Ryan hadn't looked completely satisfied with my answer, but he had resolved to keep hoping because of Samantha. I was determined to keep my faith in Joshua. His ability to adapt coupled with his adamant love for me was our best possible chance of us getting out of here. But I couldn't shake the fear that he wasn't going to make it, that we'd be dead before he could get us out. This fear was reinforced everytime I felt a drop of sweat fall down to the floor.

I suddenly realzed that Samantha hadn't been talking for two minutes. I looked over at her and saw that she looked very odd. She was swaying side to side and her eyes had glassed over. "Sam!" I shouted, running over to her, but I wasn't fast enough to stop her swaying to the right too much and knocking her head against the bench. Ryan rushed over to help me sit her up again.

"Sam, can you hear me?" I said as clearly as I could, but fear was overwhleming me. "SAM?!" I shouted in her face "SAM, WAKE THE FUCK UP!" but she didn't move.

Ryan suddenly did something I didn't expect-he drew his hand back and delivered a sharp slap across her cheek. Sam suddenly woke up, gasping for air. "What happened?" she asked.

"You fainted." I replied, but a temporary relief was surging through me.

How much longer, Josh? How long was it going to take?

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