Short Stories

Be Careful Where You Camp

"Hey,you awake?", Mikel says.
"I am now",I say irritated.I get up and put on a blue sweater,denim jeans,and black gym shoes.I slowly unzip my tent and slide out.
"About time,Malik.I made you some sausages,I woke you up because I am going for 30 minute a jog."
  
   I just nod and pick up a sausage.As I eat ,Mikel says, "Ok...I will see you later, bro, bye".I wave him goodbye and I walk to my tent to retrieve my book. I sit in a chair ,it was placed around last night's fire,and I begin to read.
                       *40 minutes later*
   I finally finish my book,and to be honest the ending is not what I expected.I throw the book down and close my eyes, wait I thought,wait, Mikel was suppose to be back by now!! I open my eyes quickly and panic. I stop panicking, maybe he is on his way back.
*20 minutes later*
     I start to panic again,not knowing if my brother is okay bothered me very badly.I call Mikel's phone,no answer. I call again,still no answer.I start to panic again.I yell, "MIKEL...MIKEL". No answer.
Without hesitation ,I start speed walking down the path Mikel went. I walk and walk and walk calling out Mikel's name but I heard nothing in return.
   *30 minutes later*
I start to give up and just go call the police until I see a house up ahead. I think,maybe the person who lives there knows where Mikel is. "BOOM! BOOM!" I knock on the door twice and I knock loud too. Just before I was about to walk away from the door,it swung open. It was a old woman, she looks at me and says, "Hello, May I help you?"

   I take a deep breath in and say, "Yes,please. My brother,Mikel, hasn't returned to our camp sight and I was just wondering if you have seen him?"
  
    She stares at me,I guess she is processing what I just told her,uh...old people. She finally says, "Yes,I think so, does this,Mikel,have very short black hair, he is... African American?"
"Yes...yes that is him!"
"Oh... he knocked on my door and said he got lost,he asked if I knew the way back,I told him no and I offered him to come in and have some cookies and something to drink.Then after he just...left.I haven't seen him since."
"And...and when was that?"
"About two hours ago ,maybe he found his way back."
"Maybe he did. Thank you,ma'am." I start walking away until the old woman says, "Wait...I just made another fresh batch of cookies and you must be starving."
  
    When I think about it, I only had sausages. I look at the old woman and say, "Sure, ma'am"
"Oh, please. Call me Olivia.Now please...please... come in"
   
    I follow behind the old woman,into her house we went and in a instant I start to smell the sweet fragrance of chocolate chip cookies.I entered Olivia's kitchen and sit down in a wooden chair at the table. Olivia puts a plate full of cookies and a glass of milk on the table in front of me. As I eat the cookies, I start to think about what Olivia said. She talked to Mikel two hours ago...wait what?....two hours... he hasn't been missing for two hours! I was at the camp for an hour and I had been walking for 30 minutes! WHAT THE!
"Do you like the cookies?", Olivia asks.
"Umm... Yes. They are delightful but I really need to be going now." I get up quickly and start speed walking to the door.
"Wait...Wait"
I didn't stop,my only focus was getting out of here.
*BAM!*
Suddenly I feel an aching pain in the back of my head, Olivia just hit me with a baseball bat!, I slowly fall and my eyes were feeling heavy, they finally close.
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"Hey,Malik, Wake up!",yells Mikel.
"Hu...huh?" I flutter my eyes open,my head still in agony. "Mikel...Where are we?!" It kind of looks like a basement,it is cold.
"We are in Olivia's basement, well at least I think we are. The door is made out of steel, I tried everything to get out but it is useless."
 
    I get up and dust myself off. Even though Mikel said it is useless, I still try to bust out. I take a crowbar and try to pry the door but it didn't work so I try picking the lock, it didn't work. I start to get scared and angry, I just start hitting the door with the crowbar over and over again while yelling, "SOMEONE, PLEASE HELP!"
   
      I break down into tears, it was hopeless, it truly is HOPELESS! I sit on the ground next to Mikel ,my eyes filled with tears ,and look at him and I say," I just want you to know,Mikel, that you are the greatest brother anyone could have asked for!"
"Thanks, Malik", Mikel says while patting me on my back.