Walls

Abbie is a cyber-security specialist who loves being the girl-in-the-(swivel)-chair. It feels safe and comfortable.

But she feels neither when she crawls out of a car wreck in the middle of nowhere, unable to recall the last five years of her life. She has a mysterious message on her phone and a timer counting down to Lord-knows-what.

Also, there's an unconscious man in the car, carrying an ID card which calls him Elias.

Just when things can't get any weirder, a man shows up with a gun, hell-bent on killing both of them. In a split second, Abbie abandons Elias to save her life.

But shivering in the middle of the road in a stolen car, Abbie must make a choice. She can either drive away, never knowing what the timer counts down to, or risk her life to save Elias, who could have all the answers.

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Written for The Open Novella Contest 2021
(Prompt 54)