Save Me

Chapter 4: The Bunker

Mark wondered closer to the thing in front of them. It was made of stone and was covered in moss, grass, leaves and tree branches. Chica, however, refused to follow Mark. He wondered around it and found a small door. It was open. It was the entrance to a bunker. Mark thought about going in. 'Was it a trap?' he wondered. He remembered the bark he had heard. He thought that this must have been where it came from. They must have kept Chica in here. But he couldn't think how she would've escaped.

He slowly wondered inside, into the dark tunnel. He was standing in the doorway when he heard a small quiet sound from behind him. It was Chica. She wondered up to him and grabbed his shirt with her mouth and tried to drag him away. 'Chica' Mark said 'wait here' and he stroked the top of her head and continued to walk inside. Chica slowly stepped back but continued to look at mark.

Suddenly the door closed. Mark and Chica both ran up to the door. He could hear Chica whining and scratching at the door. Mark tried and tried just couldn't find a way to open it. He spoke to Chica saying 'ok Chica, I need you to go and get Amy for me, ok. You know who Amy is. Go and get her, go and get Sean, Signe or anyone we know who can help. Amy, Sean, Signe. Go Chica' Mark whispered 'Go'. With that Mark stood up and looked down the tunnel in to the darkness. He thought that if he stayed next to the door and someone opened it he might get caught. Unless it was Amy, Sean or Signe. But he didn't want to go to far in in case of danger. He wondered a few metres into the tunnel then if someone did open the door he would have time to run further into the bunker. He sat on the floor and waited for someone to come and save him. 'Save me' he whispered to himself. 'Please save me'

Chica had no idea where to go. She felt lost and confused. She started walking. Before to long she found a road. She didn't know which way to go. She just wondered which ever way her legs took her. It wasn't long before the forest started to become thinner. She walked faster and soon enough, the forest came to an end. She was on a hill. And in the distance you could see the glow of the street lights in Los Angeles reflecting against the sky so you could see them from miles away. There was another hill between Chica and the city but it wasn't going to stop her getting help to Mark. Chica was a healthy dog. She could make it to LA and back. She just had to remember the way. The road led down to the bottom of the hill but instead she just made her own way to the bottom. She met up with the road again. She could see how the road went around the hill and as the hill was quite steep she followed the road around it. It took a while, but eventually she could see the buildings in Los Angeles. She kept walking until she found a place that she recognised and was able to find her way home from there. By now the sky was getting brighter and before to long the sun started to rise above the horizon. From the top of the hill where Mark lived, you could see the sun rays peeking over the hills in the distance. Chica continued to walk and when she made it to the house she found the door was closed. She started scratching on it and before long Amy came to the door and you could tell, immediately, that she knew something was wrong. 'Chica, I've been so worried about you and Mark.'Where have you been'. Chica picked up a stick and put it a Amy feet. Nosed it, whined and stated at her. 'A forest?', said Amy. Chica barked and stood up. She turned her head around to face the direction of the forest, barked, and started to jump around in that direction.

Amy followed Chica. 'Mark', she said, 'he's in the forest'. Chica whined again and gave a slight nod. Amy took out her phone and called Sean. He picked up the phone. 'Hey Amy' he said. 'Sean I think Mark is in trouble' she said. 'What do you mean' Sean said sounding confused. 'I don't know, I came home last night and neither he or Chica was here. Chica thankfully has returned and has tried to tell me where Mark was. She grabbed a stick and pointed, with her nose towards a forest. It might be nothing, everything might be ok but I'm really worried and I need some help.' Ok Amy, stay there i'll be on a flight over there as soon as I can.'

Mark was still sitting on the floor of the bunker. He heard a sound coming from outside the door and it started to open. He could tell immediately that it wasn't some coming to help him. He got up and ran down the tunnel hoping nothing would get in his way. There was a small light which gave off hardly any light but it was just enough that he could see another tunnel. Suddenly the lights turned on and Mark could hear footsteps coming from one of the tunnels. There was a door on his right slightly further ahead of him was a door. It was unlocked so Mark hid inside it. He wasn't hidden for long though. The door swung open. ' Hello Brother' he said.