chapter 4, βοήθεια!

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When I started to wake up,I still couldn't see clearly, but at least I could see. "Jason." I said softly. My throat hurt from yelling. "Nora, did you wake up, or is my mind playing tricks on me?" He softly said back. He is sitting and leaning against a wall and sitting down, his head down eyes closed. "Jason, what happened?" I ask. "I don't know, I don't know." He says while shaking his head. "Where are we?"I ask again. Jason opens his eyes and comes toward me. "I don't know, I don't know." He says again. It was like I was lost in a place that I was never in, and never knew, so it would be really hard to try and find my way out. But I had Jason. Maybe we can make through this together. Hopefully. We had walls all around us, but no door or window so I wondered how we got into this place. There was nothing in the room but just a mat and a light. It was a really small mat, so small, I think it was built for a ten year old. I felt a warm hand touch my face, it felt like a smooth, soft, hand so I knew it was Jason's hand. "What happened after I got knocked out?" I asked Jason. "Well, You got knocked out and then the shadow man came over to me and put a cloth on my mouth. I forgot what it is called, but it was one of those knock out cloths that when you breathe it in, you fall asleep. I guess it was easier to do it on me because I was kneeling down and trying to grab you, but when I did he put it on my face and here we are now. I don't have a clue where we are and how long it took to get us here." Jason says. "I don't know how we got into this room. It doesn't have doors or windows. That's all I see. I still can't see clearly, everything is a big blur." I say. "Oh, sorry. I thought you could see clearly. Let me help you." Jason says. "No, it's OK, i'm alright. At least i'm not blind!" I say with a little laugh."OK, OK!"Jason says with a little laugh too. "So what happened on that date?" Jason asks me. "Well, we saw Guardians of the Galaxy vol.2, the-" I said before Jason interrupted me. "You saw guardians of the galaxy without me!" He said laughing. "I thought it was you!" I said back. "Oh! Here's the good part! We then got pizza, but you wanted pineapple!" I say. "He is so bad at being me! Seriously! PINEAPPLE!" He says raising his voice a little. "Here's another, then you wanted to go to an ice cream parlor! And you wanted a bubble gum shake! GROSS!" I say. "Are you making this up?! Are you kidding me?!" He says. We laughed so hard it was a long time until we stopped.

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"So what does βοήθεια mean?" I ask Jason. "It means help in Greek."He says. "Hey remember how we like Harry Potter, Star Wars, and Guardians of the Galaxy?" I ask Jason. "Yeah, why?" "Because the shadow man mixed star wars with star garbs!" I say bringing back the fun. "ARE YOU SERIOUS!? HE MIXED UP STAR WARS!" He yells. The shadow man must've been listening to our conversation somehow. "If you want me to make this a more horrible place to live in then keep laughing!" A dark voice says. "Who was that!?" I say. The wall opens up and the shadow man walks into our room. We don't see a man, but only a shadow. Last time, He had a black coat, gloves, and a hat. Now, he's just shadow. Only a shadow.

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