Time to freak Iggy out! [insert evil laughter here]
Chapter: Four
Location: Iggy's Room, Room 706
Point of View: Iggy
Recap:
"So, what do you say to freaking Iggy out?"
Fang smiles. "I say let's do it."
I am happily digging into the pizza that the nurse lady gave me. I've already gone through- let's see... 1, 2, 3... 6 pizza boxes. Yum.
Suddenly I hear ringing.
"What the mess?" I ask. I am very confused as to what is going on. When did someone walk in here? What's going on?! Are we under attack? Are we being bombed? Well, that would be pretty cool, but still. What's going on?!
Suddenly I hear an automated, monotone voice say, "Incoming call from Max." It repeats it. And again. Again.
"What's that supposed to mean?" I yell. Who got in here? I don't hear anyone. Then it clicks. There must be some kind of phone in here. "Um... Answer?" I say, unsure.
"Hey, Iggy!" I hear Max say.
"Uh... what's going on?" I ask, not ready to admit that I'm slightly afraid of the answer.
"Did you know that the room has a voice? And that tables and chairs pop out of the wall and the floor?" Max asks.
So she's finally gone off the deep end. Funny that it didn't happen until after we got to the asylum.
"What?"
"Yeah. I'm calling you right now. So I'm not really in your room. You were scared, weren't you?"
I'm about to answer when I hear the door slam open. "Okay, Max. Now you decide to come in?"
"Who's Max?" I hear an unfamiliar voice say.
"Uh... who are you?" I ask, hearing the unknown person walk across the room to be a few feet away from me. I'm tempted to back up to the wall. The person steps lightly, so they must not weigh much. The voice suggests a young girl.
"I'm Cela!" She exclaims. "I heard that there were newbies. I wanted to meet them. Your room was the only one Sam would tell me about. She's so mean to me! And she never believes me! I know for a fact that I am from the future. I remember it. She says it was all just a dream, but I know it wasn't. I really was there! I mean, I remember the year 2043. Oh, yeah, spoiler alert! The world doesn't end in 2012. It turns out the Mayans were just attacked and went extinct before they could finish the calender. We know because some time travelers explored the Mayan times for a few years."
"Uh..." Cela and Nudge could go toe to toe in talking in one breath. I decide to play along with the girl. "Well, how did you get here?"
"Well, you see, we went on a field trip at school to the year 1903. We were just going there for a day, to see how primitive people were then. On the way back home, I was pushed out of the time warp. Then, boom, here I am. I've been trying to get back home, but no one will believe me! I've told them all kinds of things that happen in the future, and they didn't believe me! Even when I told them that Florida was going to flood so much that it wouldn't even exist anymore! they just laughed at me! But it's going to happen! And then, in 2013, Texas is going to leave the U.S. because they don't like the president. But no one would listen to me! Can you believe that?"
"Look, kid, I have no clue what you're talking about. I'm just a blind bird kid who cooks and makes bombs. And-"
"You're blind?! I would never have guessed. Though I was wondering why you were staring at my ear like I was insane. But, anyway, you have to help me get back to the future. Please, please, just believe me!"
I imagine she's giving me bambi eyes. "Bambi eyes don't work on blind people. You kind of have to see them for them to work."
"But you believe me, right?"
Hm. Tell the truth and break the kid's heart? Or be nice and lie? Max is always going on about the importance of telling the truth, so sorry, kid. I'm about to let the kid down when I hear someone step into my room from the still open door. "Who called a party in here?" I say sarcastically.
"Cela May! You get back over here and stop torturing this poor guy! Just leave everyone alone! We all know you aren't from the future!"
"Thank you." I say to the girl who walked in.
"But... but Sam! It's true! I am from the future!"
"I'm your sister! I was there right after you were born! You are not from the future!" The girl, who I'm guessing in Sam, yells. She strides across the room and, from Cela's sharp cry of "ouch!", I'm guessing she pinched her ear. Sam drags Cela out of my room.
Then my door slams closed.
"What just happened?" I ask the empty room.
That's when I hear the stifled laughter. "Max? did you hear all of that?"
"Yes!" Max answers, fighting back laughter.
"That was hilarious."
"Fang! Did you hear all that too!?"
"Yes, yes I did."
"Leave me alone! Good bye to you!" I say. After a few seconds:
"Uh... Max? How do you end a call?"
"End call initiated. Call ended." I hear the room say.
Huh... that's a funny sentence... The asylum. Where rooms talk to you.
End chapter.
Thanks for reading! I hope you guys liked it! Sorry for taking so long to update. I promise I'll get back to a normal schedule soon.
May you keep a strong heart and a steady mind,
-KaiAmazonKnightley
