Cold: The Darker Side Of Evil

chapter 4

The soldier left with the dead man dangling on his back  like a sack of pototoes. These sick basterd are the reason why I call this place a prison. Hell on mindscape. Joy, the devil herself.

I crawl out of my corner and continued to walk around. If I plan on escaping, I need to first find the secret exit to the orchards. Where did Hype find it? I need to find the right one. There's five of them. One leads to the orchards, other to the prison, third one to the slave yard, and the last two I don't know. One things for certain, if I go through the wrong door, it will end badly.

"Hey, Enthusiasm!"

I turn around to find the brown haired boy from before. What's his name? I think it was Annoyed. He's a lot shorter than I remember. I think he's 5 foot 4.

"Annoyed, why are you up so early?"

"I take a morning jog throughout the halls every morning. I should be asking you why your up so early."

Is he a regular under disguise? He doesn't seem annoyed at all. Almost happy. I just seen someone killed, I can't see another. If I find the exit, he's going with me. He is not going to die because of me. 

"I needed some air, that's all."

"I feel you, both of my parents smoke. It smells up the entire hall."

"Wow." That's all I can say.

I continued walking on. Hype always took me around this area. It was the maintenance hall. Each of the workers had there own room. At the end of the hall is a steal door. Locked by a key pad. That could be the exit. Can't be too sure. Above the door doesn't have a red EXIT sign. Of course it won't, nobody can know. Not even in an emergency.

I lean up to the door and look through the crack. It is closed tightly but a ray of light shines through. It has to be the orchards. I don't hear any slave labor.

Then the alarm sounds.

Of course, the cameras. Stupid me.

"Uh. Uh. What do we do?" Annoyed said in a panic.

"I have an idea."

I take off my shirt. Annoyed looks away. I cover my hand with the shirt and punch the key pad. The door makes a loud buzzing sound. Annoyed opens the door just as a large amount of bots enter the area. We both run through. The bright light blinded us but we continued to run through the gab between the trees.

My heart races out of my chest. We are really doing this. This is really happening. You have escaped the compound. You are free. You saved a life from Joy. Now we just need to find the rebels.

I ran I to someone. We fall to the ground and roll. I open my eyes to find him on top of me. He looks down at me. He quickly gets off of me and rubs his head. Even though my eyes haven't adjusted to the light, I see a tall man. Much taller than Annoyed. He has black hair, a black shirt and white sweat pants. It was the man from before. The man that I spotted in the hall last night.

"I'm so sorry." I said quickly.

"Why are you here? Are you a henchman of Joy's?" He asked harshly and points his gun at me.

"What, no of course not." I said angrily.

"A regular? Good, so I'm assuming you are running away."

A-a regular?

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"You can say I have much to do with regulars."

"Are you a henchman of Joy's?"

"Oh hell no!" He yells.

"That good to hear."