It really took a bit for it all to sink in. Then, I ran back inside.
"Chris! How long, exactly, did we sleep?" I shouted in the demented host's supposedly handsome face.
"Uhh..." He paused a moment to think, "About... Something thousand years, give or take.". I stood, shocked. Then, I got a little mad... And kicked Chris. Where it hurts. Yes, that place.
What I didn't expect was for blood to start spewing out. I'm not squeamish or anything, but that kind of bothered me. Chef ran Chris over to the nearest bed, and started patching him up. I figured it was time to get the hell out of there. But then I realized that if I wanted even a chance of surviving out there, then I would need varied talents, and some rations. You wanna know what it looked like? I'll tell you soon, but I can tell you now that it wasn't aliens or zombies.
I snuck into Chris' room. It wasn't hard to find, what with it being plastered with pictures of the host with the most. Once inside, I grabbed canned food, clothes, crap like that. Then, I ran to get Duncan and Dawn.
Lucky for me, Dawn and Duncan were standing by the door with everyone else. I pulled them over and showed them my loot.
"Man, you grabbed a crap load of that stuff." Duncan whispered to me. I nodded in agreement.
"Listen, dude, as much as I hate it, we're gonna need other people. We need other skills."
"Sure... But I won't be happy about it." Duncan scowled. Dawn nodded in agreement.
I looked around. Brick looked promising. So did Izzy. Geoff and DJ were friends with Duncan, so they should come along. Bridgette was Geoff's girlfriend, so she was coming if Geoff was. Noah was the strongest smart guy, so he should come. Trent, Jo, Mike and Zoey I guess... Eva, Lightning, Justin... I guess Zeke and Cody could come along... You know what, hell, the whole cast should come. You know what they say, safety in numbers. I told Duncan this.
"Dude, you can't invite the whole fucking cast! Some of them wouldn't be helpful, and a whole ton of them are assholes!".
"Yeah, but we need as many people as we can get! You saw it out there!".
"Okay. Fine. I agree.". I looked to Dawn for extra confirmation. She nodded. I cleared my throat.
"Ahem. I believe* that we should all stick together. Take a peek out and you'll agree.".
I guess now I should tell you what I saw. There were these people in black cloaks. Some had swords, some guns, some had tasers, bows and arrows, some stuff that doesn't exist in our time.
I don't know how, but we were wanted. All of us. That's what I was thinking when someone kicked the door in.