Chapter 2: Jason
'What can I say except we're dead soon?' Ah, a famous quote by my sister's favorite movie, Moana. Now I can actually understand. Stupid movie was right for once.
" Search the room. They couldn't have gone far." Yup. We're dead. Well, hopefully dead, not brain dead like Auntie Rosa is- I mean was.
" Pst." Rosa gets my attention. Then in Morse code, she taps out…
Rap-tap-tap( pause)Rap-rap-rap ( long pause)
Do
Rap-tap(pause) Rap-rap-rap(pause)Rap (long pause)
Not
Rap-rap(pause)Rap-rap-rap(pause)Tap-tap-tap-rap(pause)Tap(long pause)
Move
Then I tap, though they mostly sounded like scratches on the brick wall…
Tap-rap-rap(pause)Tap-tap-tap-tap(pause)Rap-tap-rap-rap(long pause)
Why?
In response I get…
Rap-rap-rap(pause)Tap-rap-tap(pause)
Or
Tap(pause) Tap-rap-tap-tap(pause) Tap-tap-tap(pause) Tap(long pause)
Else
Well, what does that mean! Do we die or something! NO! I WILL NOT DIE TODAY! NOT TODAY, NOT EVER! FREEDOM!
"FREEDOM!" Whew. Luckily, I don't have enough strength to yell it, or else I would be dead, either Rose gets on my case or the guards would troture me.
"Hmmm, well, Frank, I think that noise was from the other room. Let's check there."
YES! The guards are discouraged! I finally relax my grip on the insides of the fireplace, making sure I don't slip.
Finally, after what felt like a century, I couldn't hear the 'clank, clank' sound of their armor.
I hear some more tapping.
Tap- rap-rap (pause) tap (long pause) tap-rap (pause) tap-rap-tap(pause)tap (long pause)
We are
Tap-tap-tap (pause)tap-rap (pause) tap-tap-rap-tap (pause) tap (long pause)
Safe.