Dusk

Chapter 7

I wake up with her still laying on my chest. I slowly get out of bed, trying not to wake her. It's maybe 5 in the morning. Luckily they have a coffee machine in the kitchen. I look in the shelves for the coffee grinds. It's in the last one I look in, of course. I start the coffee. I lean on the cabinet while I wait. I haven't really realized how modern this place is. It's like I stepped into another world. This whole place looks so futuristic, but with a natural feel to it. This island is so tropical and I'm not even completely sure where it is. I start to hear the coffee dripping. Right about then I hear Brea waking up. She looks beautiful even in the morning. You never get tired of looking at her. It's funny how my mind runs to her for peace.

"Ooo coffee, is it any good?" She says walking over to me. "I don't know you tell me." I say with a smile as I hand her her cup. She sips and says "mmm, yeah its good." I can't get this smile off my face no matter how hard I try, which isn't very hard. She just returns the smile with hers.

"So what are we going to do today?" She asks, "Well I was hoping to go see those biospheres, but I don't think I'll be able to do that." I say, "Do you wannna to go explore this place?" She says, "let's go. There's nothing else to really do. Let me get dressed." I walk over back into the bedroom and pick up the clothes that are on the ground and put them on.

"Ok let's go." I say. We walk out the door and we get on another hovering platform. There's a touch pad on the railing. It has a list of names of places

. Biospheres
. Lab
. Training hall
. Simulation room

I click the simulation room, which is close to the bottom, only a couple away, and the platform takes off. It's not long before we get to it. we get off the platform and walk over to the door. There's a touch screen on the side of the door. It has a list of things.

Jungle
Desert
Plains
Artic
Forrest
Battle field
Future
Past

I look at them for a second thinking what they mean. I press jungle. I try opening the door, but it won't budge "what'd you do now?" Brea says jokingly. "I'm not sure. Hopefully nothing bad this time." I say, as I finish saying it, the door unlocks. I open it and entire jungle is there. I freeze. Thinking back to when they were torturing me. How terrible that experience was. I never wanted to think about it again. My eyes locked on the whole thing. "Come on, let's go in." She says as she pulls me in. When she says that it's like she pulls me out of my daze. She calms me. I feel. Safe. She let's go and runs over to the huge tree roots coming out of the ground. So this is what I was in. A simulation room, but why was it on jungle? Who set it? Were they already using it on that or did they know I would break free? I had to turn this thing on. Someone had to turn there's on. I wasn't paying attention to what Brea was doing. I look around and she's gone. "BREA! WHERE'D YOU GO?!" I yell slightly panicked. "LOOK UP!" I hear above me. I look above and she's halfway up the tree! "What are you doing up there?! You could get hurt!" I yell, "Oh I'm fine! I'll race you to the top!" She yells. Before I could respond she's already  heading for the top! I run over to the tree and start climbing. She's super fast. But I'm faster. I almost catch up to her when a branch that she grabs breaks! She starts falling! she grabs onto another branch and hangs there, her feet searching for a grip. "BREA!" I yell as I rush up to her. I almost get to her when that branch brakes! I jump through the air and our body's collide not knowing where we are to fall. All I know is to hold on to her. I reach one of my hands out to try and grab a branch. I grab one and she goes flying out of my arms! I look at her and reach out barley reaching her hand! My arm gets yanked so hard I feel like it's gonna tear apart. I yell a loud deep screech from pain that runs through my whole body. As we hang there I feel myself slipping! I search for a solution. I look around and search, finally I get an idea. "Brea!" I say as loud as I can. "Yeah?!" She says over the pain she's in. "See that patch of leaves over there!?" I say, "Yeah?! What about it?!" She says. "I'm going  to have to swing you to it! Your going to have to grab onto it!! Okay?!" I say, "OKAY!"She says scared. "1! 2! 3!" I yell. I throw her and In that moment time seems to feel still. Slowed down. She goes flying through the air. My stomach drops at the sight of her so close to death. My hand finally slips. I go falling... I run into the branches cutting my skin! Ripping my shirt. My knee slams into another branch, it tears a whole in my pants. I hit my head on the center of the tree, but I can still see. I finally fall on a branch big enough to hold my weight. I lay there with my face cut, and a almost completely torn off shirt. I stare at the bottom. Still so far away. I'm okay...... I finally turn to see if Brea is ok. I see her looking down at me. The worst look on her face. I hate seeing her upset. Her face is cut along the side her forehead. I sit up and rest while to I find my strength. It's maybe 5 minutes of sitting there listening to the sounds of the jungle. I finally get up and look up and see her siting there, holding her knees, her face in them. I start climbing up to her, making sure not to fall. It feels like it takes me forever to reach her. I get up to her and I hold her. She grabs me so tight. I hear her sob on my chest. "It's ok I'm here. We're ok." I say softly to her. She pulls back and looks at me with her big brown eyes. In that moment I feel at peace because I know she's ok..... she's ok... "Come on get on my back. We didn't come up here for nothing." I say smiling at her. She smiles back. She slowly gets on my back and I hold onto her hands while I make my up to the top. She rests her head on my shoulder as I climb. I finally get to the top and the most beautiful sight is there. A sunset. I let Brea off on a strong branch. We stare at the beautiful sunset in silence, taking in the beauty. I look at her and I realize I'd rather be looking at her. She notices me looking at her and says "What are you looking at?" With her most beautiful unique smile and I say "You." I lean in to kiss her and right before our lips meet I hear an alarm. I turn my head and see that the whole place is flattening! "Come on! Get on my back!" I say. She gets on my back and I start jumping down! I look up and see it starting to come down. I rush even faster down, trying to be as careful as I can. I almost slip a couple times but I balance myself. We almost get to the bottom it starts flattening underneath us. I start falling! This time I'm not too sure what's gonna happen to us. I close my eyes. All of a sudden I'm under water! I swim to the top, pulling Brea up with me. We reach the surface  and we both take in a big breath. I look around and there's nothing but water. The water starts feeling like it's getting colder. I try and think of where we are and then it hits me! The artic! The waters going to freeze! I pull Brea with me as I try finding the door! I run into the wall! It's invisible! "Look for the door!" I yell. We both scramble to find the door. I can't find it! The water is starting to freeze rapidly on the top. We could die from the cold any second now. I grab Brea and say "Your gonna have to hold your breath!" She nods in agreement. 1. 2. 3. We go under. The water freezes above our heads. I open my eyes and I see it! The door! I wave at Brea to follow  but she's not moving! I swim over to her and grab her, she so cold. I pull her over to the door. I try opening it but it won't open! I scream letting all my air go. I bang and bang on the door and all at once I'm out..........