The sale

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I'm back, y'all!

A loaf of bread, tomatoes, eggs, cinnamon, chocolate...what else did I have to buy.
I try my best to remember what Mom asked me to bring but just can't remember the final item as I walk around hopelessly by the aisles forcing my brain to retain its power.
'60% SALE!"
A poster overhead reads, pointing to the corner aisle.
It's weird I never went to this specific part of the supermarket in all these year. I shrug, maybe I just never noticed and walk towards the aisle hoping to get a good deal and get Mom something so that she doesn't scold me for being so casual again.
As I turn into the aisle, I notice that the lights are dimmer than usual. An uneasy knot settles in my stomach, something isn't right.
I walk a little further in and stop by a can of tuna, pick it up.
Mom would like it, she loves tuna after all.
The packaging literally looks archaic and there is so much dust on the can that I have to wipe it off.
The price is damn low and it is super cheap, but I turn the can to see the manufacturing date and my jaw drops.
'04.03.1933'
How is this even possible?
I turn abruptly, shocked by the event and down the long aisle I see tens of people chained to the shelves, crying, yelling or just still. Deadly still.
I throw mu cart away and run as fast as I can to the way out of the aisle.
And just when I'm about to celebrate my escape when I get round the aisle, I end up in the same aisle over again, right in front of the tuna cans.
I run again.
One, two, three...I forget how many times I run till I start whimpering, tears streaming down my face, my lips continuously repeating one line.
"Mom, help me"
I finally fall beside the shelf, not exhausted physically but defeated mentally.
"Good" A raspy voice says behind me and black fog engulfs me.
"I love how your fears taste" the voice says and I see multiple hands reaching out  opening my mouth wide.
The whole fog enters my mouth.
I gag, gasping for air as everything blacks out.
And when I wake up, I am chained to the aisle too.

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