The Perfect Getaway

The Trap

During a cold afternoon, a man exclaimed: "Boss, we have found land!." Everyone cheered. I saw the grand island we were going to rest our boats on. It had a huge, marvelous building. It could be seen that it had about a hundred rooms, it stood horizontally over the island. It had a dark grey color and numerous lighthouses around it. It was guarded between four walls. We had set our boats on the island's dock. Odysseus told my men: "We have endured many adventures, many unbelievable and many unexpected. So, I shall take 12 men with me to investigate this island and bring supplies and provisions. Who would like to join me?" I rose up and qualified myself as one of the twelve. Other men came to include themselves in the legion of twelve. We walked through the wild, and marked our travels. It took a very long time, as we came out of the forest and reached the entrance of the building. We contemplated the building that rose in front of us. Its huge entrance, which rose 15 feet, and was made by a mixture of titanium and concrete. The surprising part is that the entrance was open. Outside there was a rusty sign filled with vines and hidden from sight , where it was written: Welcome to El Dorado. We entered cautiously and carefully, but there seemed to be no danger. As we walked past the huge doors, it was dark and misty. We walked ahead, and found a room to the right. This room had what we needed: provision and supplies. It had a very large variety and was filled with every type of food you could think of, and every type of medical and military supplies. It was a large room with a thick carpet in the middle. I was starving, I began to cavort over the food and eat what I could. After a while, I felt satisfied with the relish of food, yet I doubted of our stay in this building. It seemed that someone was living here and if that person might come, he might feel threatened. I told Odysseus to hurry out of here, but instead he said: "I'm curious to see, who is the owner of such grandeur and riches? We might make a deal over the goods he possesses." Then we waited, yet no one came. On the far end of the room was a door. I walked towards it and opened it. The view was marvelous and unimaginable, mountains and hills of gold were displayed in my sight, jewels, rubies, emeralds, and even diamonds lurked through these mountains. I called my men to see this unthinkable sight. It seemed to be all a dream. We were going to be rich. Then we entered and gathered as much as we could. We rejoiced at the fact of such a discovery. This seemed to not interest for Odysseus, who kept watching us. We came out of the gold room and then we heard a clamor, it sounded more like a clapping of hands. Out of nowhere, came a shadow as big as the walls of the building, 15 feet high, coming towards us. We hid ourselves behind the furniture that was placed in the room. He was a tall, about six feet tall and was a thin man, about forty-five years old, in an old grey suit, clapping towards us and said: "Well, what I have here? Guests! Marvelous! This is going to be fun. Welcome, honorable individuals, to El Dorado, also known as The Golden. My name is Wanay Bing. I have seen you made yourselves comfortable in my home". Odysseus stood up and said: "We have come from foreign lands in search of food and supplies. And well, we have been surprised by the variety you have here. I am glad we meet." The enigmatic man, whose face I could see, was bald, had deep wrinkles below his face, had a circle beard, and had a patch over his right eye. He seemed to look at the bags of gold we had taken out and said: "Well, I see that your purpose here was to steal my precious riches and appreciate yourself with my goods.What an act of larceny! How dare you even try to escape from here!" He raised his arms and clapped his hands. The floor began to tremble and crumble beneath our feet. We ran for our lives, until a cage sprang on us and trapped us. Two of the comrades were left outside. And then the man came up to them and said:"Well... it seems that these two rats couldn't enter their cage, how sad. It looks like these two need to get a punishment. Well, I see you have both satiated your relish. Don't you want more? I have proposed you a simple punishment you have to eat until you die, or see here, I have the control that could annihilate your friends. So, you decide: it's you or your dearly ones."

The comrades begged him mercy over us and themselves, but he wouldn't listen, as intractable as he was. They were lead to a table with a plethora of food, and as ordered they ate as much as they could, their faces were as red as fresh tomatoes, pain and strain could be seen through their faces. About five minutes later, one of the comrades began to choke hard, this followed by the other comrade choking, their faces were getting more and more reddish and as they couldn't contain the pain no longer, they let their souls wander out their bodies. He laughed out loud and began to say: "Well, I have now made my feast." And then he took a butcher knife, and sliced my comrades bodies into tiny pieces. Afterwards, he began to cook these pieces and praised himself for being such a great cook. Finally, he ate them with pleasure. We cried over the deaths of our fellow comrades. Sleep had overcome me and I dreamt the most dreadful: I was in my homeland and I was running, fearful, to not be caught. As I saw behind myself, there was no one chasing me, just dark clouds were heading towards me. Their shadow would decompose and rot everything it would encounter. I ran for my life but it was getting closer and closer to me. The shadows had caught me, and I began to rot slowly until my demise.

Several hours passed, and suddenly our cage opened. Our men found themselves jubilant and cheering for freedom. Two of our men decided to get out of the opened cage, but then the astute Odysseus exclaimed: "Don't go out, it's a trap!" And then came the man we weren't waiting who said: "Well, he has spoken the truth. Good morning fellow guests. What would you see today: gruesome murder or hardcore slaughter!" He clapped his hands and my men were swung to the air by ropes tied to one of their legs. They yelled and screamed for help, but all was in vain. "Well, how would like to die: By hanging, firing or entering a gas chamber? You know what, I decide for you, it shall be the gas chamber." And then he lowered them down onto a gas chamber right next to the door, which opened us to the riches. He untied them from the rope and then tied them both to the chair inside the gas chamber. He went out and sealed the door of the gas chamber and activated it. The gas chamber was a little transparent so, we could see our agonized friends. At first nothing happened, then they trembled and trembled hardly, and finally foam came out from the mouths of both my men. I cried tremendously at the loss of my men, and seeked revenge out of this monster. He did the same thing to the bodies as before, he butchered them, boiled them and ate them with ease. Then, when he finished his meal, he said: "Well, sorry now I have to leave and I will come soon to start the fun, you might as well use that room in the corner for sometime." We knew that to escape from here would be impossible, but we still haven't tried.