Trapped in Freak Show Chapter 13
Luke gasped awake and quickly sat up. He saw Kate still asleep on the floor. Hannah, Harry, and Amy were there too, sleeping. Luke looked around the room he was in. It was the control room. He was in the warehouse! He was back in the real world!
Luke stood up so quickly he got dizzy. He turned the knob on the door and smiled when it opened. He closed the door behind him.
"I'm back!" He laughed. "I need to call my mom."
Sammie was in the control room. She looked at him and emotionlessly said, "It looked like you suffered enough."
Luke searched his pockets for his phone. "Can I borrow your phone?"
Sammie smirked. "It that all you want to ask?" She handed it to him.
The first thing he noticed was the date. "It's February 2019. We've been in there for three months..."
Sammie folded her lips.
Luke shook his head and called home. "Mom, it's Luke. I'm okay. I'm alive."
After his phone call, he looked back in the window of the control room. "Why haven't they woken up yet?"
"It's not their time." Sammie said. She sat in a chair in the control room by the screens on the wall, much like the ones in Roanoke.
Luke looked over at her concerned. "So Kate's not waking up today?"
Sammie shook her head.
"I can't leave her there."
"She'll be fine without you." Sammie said. "Jimmy's right there to pick up the pieces."
Luke turned back to the window. Kate was sleeping soundly. "I can't leave her behind. Wake her up too."
Sammie sighed and leaned back in her chair. "Your mom is on her way to pick you up from the park a few blocks away. You should head over there."
Luke stood in place. His feet didn't move. "Are they going to be trapped there forever?" His eyes watered.
Sammie paused before replying, "If it matters to you so much, I can send them somewhere less horrible in the next life."
Luke turned to her and nodded. Then he left the control room and went down the stairs.