The number was (555) 826-0276.
Mindy Engel.
"Ummm, Sharon? Don't leave yet, I've got a call from a familiar face."
"Oh? Who?"
"Take a wild guess, Captain Not-So-Obvious."
"Uhm...Jen? Ella?"
"She doesn't have an accent, I'll give ya that much."
"Mindy!"
"You got it, here's your million bucks!"
"Answer it!!"
"Okay, Okay!"
He pressed "accept."
The silver walls of the underground maze that time was much spent in was seen.
"Hello? Anyone there!"
The picture moved and turned, until a female voice said, "Whoops, sorry. Facing the wrong way."
That was a familiar voice.
Harper decided to prank her by turning his own camera to show his guitar that Mindy knew well from countless pictures.
"It's a guitar. Now who's answering?"
"Uhm, it's a world-famous guitar reviewer by the name of Harper Lennon. I see this guitar and was wondering if you wanted to sell it to me", he said in a fake Southern accent.
"That's not my house. That's a house belonging to the likes of Harper Linden."
"Wow, similar name that his is to mine. How do you know Harper Linden?"
"He's my boyfriend, met him in this maze. Hey, where's your face?"
"I prefer to remain anonymous."
"Show yourself. I called Harper Linden, and I wanna see Harper Linden right now."
"One moment, I'm just his friend. He's in the living room playing his game."
"Wait! That's Darren! Hey, Darren!"
"Hey, Mindy. By the way, that's Harper holding the camera, and he was pretending to be some weirdo who reviews guitars."
"Really? Harper, turn the camera around."
"Sure."
"Holy crap, it's actually you!"
"No duh. Thought it might be a little more obvious than it was..."
"Oh, shut up. I'm going to kiss you by camera now."
"I'll do the same."
"Never seen that before. You guys really miss each other, huh?"
"It'll be eight years till we can kiss for real, so may as well kiss the screen."
"lol"
"Uh-huh. So what's happened, Mindy?"
"Oh, uh...I escaped the grasp of the guys trying to take me to that gym. I'm hiding out in the weapon room."
"Ah. So what do you plan to do?"
"I'm going to take these shotguns and axes and literally bonk that door to the exit open."
"Right. Good luck."
"Thanks. So, what's new on Earth?"
"Well...look at Sharon's fourth finger to find out."
"Darren PROPOSED?"
"Sì."
"Woah. Grats!"
"Thanks!!"
"Oh. How could I forget. Where's Campbell, Mindy?"
"He's hanging in the hut. Want me to get him?"
"Yeah!"
"Okay, be right back."
-a minute or two passes-
"Hey, Campbell!"
"Hi Harper!"
"What's up?"
"Oh, just getting outta here."
"Ah."
"OMG HARPER I GOT IT OPEN"
"Oh wow...you know what? I'll get that bullet train and come get you, personally."
"Really? When?"
"Give me a couple weeks, I'm just now owning my house."
"Got it."
"Okay, bye guys."
"See ya. Love ya."
And the call ended.
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Safe at Home (or not...)
Action16-year-old Harper Linden is still recovering from a five-year battle with the horrible labyrinth that every kid in the world was forced to endure. He lost the love of his life, and that's gonna be hard to come back from. But when his parents move t...
