Chapter 12: Don't Move A Muscle, Don't Say A Word
FLASHBACK
Marvin, Katie, Joseph, their teacher, and everyone else in the class are sitting on the floor of their classroom, horrified. The man who had taunted them before still hasn't made any sound outside of the classroom door for over three hours.
Suddenly, the man kicks on the door a few times and is able to knock it completely off of its hinges. The man walks into the classroom slowly, a gun in his right hand.
"So, how is everyone? Y'all havin' fun today?" asks the man.
Everyone in the classroom remains silent.
"Aw, that's too bad, isn't it?" the man says.
All of the students and the teacher stay silent.
"YOU!" shouts the man, pointing at Katie. "Put your little self on that wall behind me, won't ya, girly?"
Katie walks briskly over to the wall and sits down, her back rested on it.
"Good, girly… Good." says the man. "Now… Let's make a deal here, shall we? I'll let all of you guys leave. BUT, if you all DO decide to leave… Well, I'm gonna have to shoot this little girl."
Marvin and Joseph look at the man with disgust.
"Oh, and if any of y'all say a word… I'm just gonna shoot a random one o' ya!" the man exclaims.
"Wait a sec-" a voice starts, but is interrupted by the sound of a bullet.
"MARVIN!!!" Katie and Joseph both scream at the top of their lungs simultaneously.
END OF FLASHBACK
Joseph wakes up in the middle of a strange room… The room is very small and has tiny dots covering its entire floor.
Joseph starts to stand up.
"WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!" sounds throughout the room loudly.
He quickly sits back down.
Joseph starts to crawl toward the middle of the room.
"WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!"
He stops crawling.
"Terrific! JUST terrific! Now, whenever I move, I touch these little dot things… And whenever I touch these little dot things, a loud, booming alarm sounds stating, "WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!" This is just dandy!!!" thinks Joseph.
Suddenly, the door to the room is opened and an odd-looking man walks in.
"Hello, Joseph." the man says eerily.
Joseph doesn't say anything.
"Would you like to watch a movie?" asks the man.
"WHAT!?" exclaims Joseph. "You kidnap me, stick me in a hut, I escape, you hit me on the head and knock me out, you bring me here and don't let me freaking MOVE, and NOW you want to show me a MOVIE!!??"
"Yes." replies the man.
"Fine… Put in a movie! I don't care! It doesn't matter anyway… You're just going to knock me out again if I say no!" Joseph shouts.
"No… But I WILL knock you out again if you move." the man says.
Joseph eyes the man suspiciously as he walks out of the room, grabs a nearby television set, and enters the room again with the television set. The man has a video tape in his hand. He inserts the video tape into the video cassette.
The words, "Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer", come up on the screen.
"It's a classic!" says the man, walking away as he's talking.
"No dip, Sherlock!" thinks Joseph, taking a line from Sawyer.
The man exits from the room and closes the door behind him.
Charlie is looking at the other four in a worried manner.
"We can't tell anyone about this." Kate says.
"What are you talking about?" asks Claire.
"If we tell anyone about what just happen, about what we found, everyone will get worried and upset. We can't do that to them. We should let them get at least one more full night's sleep without any thoughts about their safety. Okay?" questions Kate.
"Okay." Jack says.
"Sure." says Charlie.
"Okay." Claire says.
"Of course, girly!" shouts Sawyer.
The five head toward the beach.
End Of Chapter 12
