So Craig is helping Lawrence. Maybe he could get him out of the mess he's in. Read the chapter and find out.
Chapter 3
Lawrence clambered to his feet with the help of the desk on the far side of the room. Once he hoisted himself up he leaned against the desk for a few moments before being able to stand on his own. The bullet wound was only minor and would heal itself quickly. Lawrence stumbled across to the monitor showing the dead Alison and Daniel in the trap chamber. Hoffman had done this. And he would pay for it.
"I'll fucking kill you, you son of a bitch." He vowed.
Lawrence then went to check the door. He tried to open it but it was locked up tight. There had to be a way to get it open.
"Shit!"
Then he remembered. He still had his phone on his person. He couldn't call Adam because he now knew that Adam was a traitor. Instead he called another of his 'helpers'. Lawrence pressed his mobile phone to his right ear and waited for a voice to reply. When it did it was the voice of Officer Craig.
"Lawrence? What is it?" Craig asked.
"Craig. I need your help. Hoffman's locked me in a room and he's gone off to meet up with Adam somewhere. Can you come and get me out?"
"Well. I don't know. Who will supervise the game with the officers?"
"Just let it run by itself for now. That game was designed to run automatically anyway. I'm in the old paper mill on the outskirts of town."
"I'll come and get you. Be there in about half an hour."
There was a clunk and a beep and the phone went dead. End of call. Now all Lawrence could do was wait for Craig to arrive and release him from the prison that Hoffman had so delightedly trapped him in.
Craig left the room just as the subjects were beginning to wake up. He could hear them stir on the screens behind him. Hopefully nobody would come here for a while. Craig thought it was a great idea of his to tip the police off to the location of Lawrence and Adam's warehouse so they would pay no attention to this place. He'd made sure that Matt Caldwell's game was over before he did it though. The game that was about to be played by Ellie, Arnold, Gareth and Steven would run all by itself for the most part. And by the time Craig had found Lawrence and rescued him he would be back in time to oversee the last part, which did require him to be there. The last thing Craig heard from the screens before he left was:
"Where am I?" From Steven.
The waste processing facility was a dark and foul smelling place throughout. Nobody had set foot inside the place for over two years so it was perfect for Adam and Hoffman to meet up there, despite the awful aroma. Adam was the first to arrive. He went straight into the building and found his way to the room he and Hoffman had agreed to meet in. The room used to be some kind of observation office overlooking a particularly large waste crusher unit. The window that separated the crusher from the office was smashed in and there was nothing to stop someone from jumping out of the room and straight into the jaws of the waste crusher machine. It was an odd place to meet up. Hoffman had suggested it though and quite frankly Adam thought he was insane so naturally he would pick a dangerous place. There was a dusty old table to the right of the room with a light switch above it. Adam laid down the box he stole from Lawrence on the table and flicked the light switch into the 'ON' position. The single lamp dangling from the ceiling stuttered into life and lit up a fair amount of the room.
"Rusty old place." Adam complained.
Hopefully it wouldn't be too long before Hoffman turned up so they could discuss their next plans.
So Craig is off to help Lawrence and Adam is still waiting for Hoffman to arrive at the secret location. But Adam and Hoffman are planning to kill one another. Next chapter up soon. That's when the game starts.
