Maze

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Canada | 4:55 am
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Even though I don't know where I am, I need to escape.

(Ashley told me that I'm Joshua... That's all... I don't remember anything so what am I supposed to do after that? It's no mean feat...)

I stand up and try to find the door, but someone else opens it instead of me... It's Ashley...

Me :
   What time is it?

Ashley :
   Five o'clock in the morning and you have to clear off before six, the henchmen are coming at six... Ok?

Me :
   Why aren't they here yet?

Ashley :
   I hate giving you details... Well, it's no big deal. You know, here it is the hideout, our hide~

Me :
   You mean it belongs to you and the henchmen?

Ashley :
   Me and my brother. My brother is a sort of leader who gives tasks to his henchmen. Usually, each member of a "gang" is supposed to stay at its hideout but in our case their tasks are not hardly restful so they're not often here.

Me :
   And why don't you want to leave?

Ashley :
   Because I'm here with my brother and I don't want to let him down... He did so much things for me, I can't leave like a thief...

Me :
   Okay... So, where's the way out?

Ashley :
   You're at two floors from the ground floor, the elevator doesn't work take the stairs... And there are dogs at every stairs so be sure they don't see you... You've been a spie no? That's it, you can go.

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Now that I'm out of this room, I have to reach the ground floor...

I'm silently walking down the hallway, a long hallway! I look behind me and there's nobody. It's literally easier than what Ashley told me...

  HEY! YOU THERE!!!

(Wait, what?? I just looked behind me like thirty seconds ago, am I short-sighted!?)

(So... I guess I have to run.)

I'm going down the stairs as fast as possible

He grabbed me and pushed me on the floor.

(Is he Ashley's brother?)

He starts to punch my beautiful face, it feels like I'm becoming anesthetized ! To get him off me, I hit his stomach with my knees and get up. Once I'm up, I punch him with my feet, I grab him and lock him in a room.

He's yelling things like "you can't run away!" "it's too late!".

(Maybe he's a henchman, who knows?)

I took the stairs of the second floor, now I'm on the first... What will happen?

(Why are hallways so looong?!)

I don't have time, so I walk... Faster...

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