francis woke a second time to find no one else in the room. the door was blocked. he didn't need training in order to see that. well actually he did. that's why he knew it. he sat up and held his stomach. it hurt so bad. he looked to the side and saw there was a plate of food on the small table next to the bed. he was thinking. why would the man blow him up, lock him in a room, wrongly accuse him, and then give him fresh warm food? maybe he realized he was wrong. he doubted it. he leaned over and ate the food, without a thought in his mind about weather it was poisoned or not.
there was a noise coming from the door. he guessed it was the man who had a deep voice. the door opened and the man walked in. the light of the candles seemed distant from him as he turn to face francis. francis stopped eating and trying to focus the image of the mans face. he couldn't until he came closer.
"I see you're up," he said casually, "now we can begin." it was the same voice as earlier. francis wasn't sure what 'begin' meant in the mans term of use. as he walked closer, he could see the big brown haired guy he saw in the boulder field.
"you're that man that was running behind the rocks!" francis said, pointing out that he had seen him before.
"….. so I was. ok kid, I want you to tell me EXACTLY why you're here, and its not because I brought you here. I mean why you were prowling around behind the rocks spying on me and-I mean me."
"I wasn't spying on you or whoever else your trying to hide," the man looked upset when francis mentioned 'someone else', "I wasn't sent here to actually do anything. my father-"
"your father?" the man interrupted.
"yes, my father. he's in charge of everything all the units do."
"so there's a unit? you are a spy?"
"no, im not a spy. unit 37 are the spies. im in unit 1, which is the one that goes to a given location in the world and make observations. all my job really is to do is just to follow father and obey his commands. im not allowed to make any decisions on my own. im not allowed to venture off on my own. without father's request, I cant really do anything. until now…" he trailed off. the man looked at him as if he wanted francis to continue.
"what about now?" asked the man.
"…yesterday evening, I was told to come in one of the main conference rooms." francis explained everything he could to the man. every detail was given and the man believed every thing francis said.
"so…your not here to find my weaknesses?" asked the man sorry and confused.
"not you or the other person." the man tingled again at the mention of the young boy he saw. "my name is francis and im not gonna hurt anyone here."
"oh." the man looked at francis wanting so bad to apologize. "well, francis… my names Bear." francis almost grinned at the mans name, but fought the erg. "and… I-im sorry for this whole thing."
"well, im scared, hungry, and in pain… can you at least tell me what it was the blew up behind me?" francis what trying to get his questions in as though it was his turn for the interrogation.
"that, I cannot. but I can set you free." bear offered a weak smile, hoping that francis would except. francis declined.
"I don't think so. you blew me up, kidnapped me, im about to suffocate in here, I deserve to know whats going on." francis got up and headed for the door. he went out and noticed bear was following.
"unless you know the way out, you aint going anywhere." francis took that as a threat and began to power walk.
he was starting to think he was lost in some sort of labyrinth and cant get out without bear. reluctantly, he stopped and turned to him.
"can you please get me out of here?" francis hissed full of hatred.
"sure." bear replied.
he turned and went through a series of tunnels, leading the way out of what francis concluded was a cave. they eventually came to the light of day and were glad to be greeted by the sunlight. francis shielded his eyes with his hands and bear just squinted. they ran out of the cave and stopped directly in front of the opening.
"well, there you go." bear said quickly and turned to the cave and began to walk back.
"hey! wait a minute!" yelled francis, "where do you think your going? I still want an answer! what was that thing that hit me?" francis was determined to get an answer weather bear liked it or not. bear started to leave. so francis ran after him. bear was clearly a faster runner than francis. he ran behind a few rocks and francis lost him. francis stopped after bear was gone and looked around. he was back in the boulder field again. he turned and climbed up one of the rocks to see if he could spot bear. when he realized he couldn't, he climbed back down.
he looked around hopelessly. he sighed and walked over to a big rock and sat down. it took him awhile to regain his breath, but he managed. he looked up. the sun was setting. 'is this how im going to spend the rest of my life?' he thought. he got up and stared at the sky to watch the sun go down. around five minutes later, he decided to try to get out of the field. he got up and walked to another big boulder. he jumped up quickly to be brought back down by another combustion wave.