My Plan Works…Almost
"Guys," I started, "We need to figure out how to get out of here."
"We know that, genius," Sam snapped. Suddenly Aaron collapsed. "Aaron!" I flipped him over revealing his blood drenched back. Think Eric, think. What do I need to do? "Leslie, hand me your blanket." She grabbed her sheet off of the bed and gave it to me. I wrapped around him to stop the bleeding.
"Does he have a pulse?" Sam checked. "Yep."
"Is he breathing?" Sam checked and said, "No!"
"Does anyone know how to do mouth to mouth resuscitation?"
"I do," Sam said. She reluctantly put her mouth up to Aaron's and started breathing air into him. Aaron started breathing and then he popped up, whacking Sam in the face. "Why you little-."
"Leave him alone, Sam. He's hurt. If you had a brain you would be able to see that he needs rest." I turned to Aaron. "Here, let me help you get back into your bed." I told Sam and Leslie to get some food from the vending machine while I stayed with Aaron. They came back with some beef jerky and jerky Jeff.
"So," Jeff started, "Aaron is hurt?"
"Yeah. I wonder why, Jeff." I muttered. He ignored me.
"Fortunately, he is still going to participate. The next challenge is a tough one. There is a diamond at the bottom of each of the pools outside. Both are attached to chains which are attached to eighty pound anchors. The first team to get their diamond out of the water gets to keep both diamonds and gets to make a wonderful decision. The teams are Leslie and Aaron, and Eric and Samantha." I was hoping the winners would get to decide whether they want to go home.
"How is Aaron going to participate?" I asked.
"By participating, of course." Jeff laughed.
He got Aaron out of his bed and we all grouped up. He blew the whistle and we all dived in. I motioned Sam to lift the diamond so I could try to unlatch the chain. While I was starting to unlatch the chain, I realized Sam was out of the water with the diamond. I noticed that the chain was torn in half. And then I realized the chain was made of paper. I swam back up. Leslie and Aaron came out of the water with their diamond five minutes later.
"We didn't notice that the chain was paper." Leslie said glumly.
"It looks like Sam and Eric win which means they get to make the decision of who is eliminated next."
I couldn't believe it. I had to choose who died next.
"Unfortunately, Eric did not come out of the water with Samantha so she will make the decision."
Everyone was telling her how much they wanted to live. Sam was having a hard deciding. After ten minutes Jeff said that if she didn't choose she would be eliminated. She finally squeaked, "Eric." It took a while for it to sink in.
"Me?"
Jeff took me to a spot in a field, chained me up to a tree, and left.
I was there for two days. I didn't think I would ever get out of there. Suddenly, I heard a whisper.
"Leslie!"
I couldn't believe it. I was saved. She had a hairpin and stuck it in the keyhole that was keeping the chains together.
"Come on! We have to get to the cabin before Jeff realizes I'm gone."
Luckily, Jeff never went in the cabin while she was gone. I was saved thanks to Leslie. Aaron ran over to me. "You're alright!"
"Yep." Now I could put my plan into action.
"Aaron, find Jeff and bring him here. Tell him it's an emergency. Leslie, I need you to tear all the bed sheets except for one. Sam, I need you to beat me up."
Aaron ran out the door as fast as he could. Leslie tore the sheets to pieces. And Sam just smiled at me with her fists clenched. She beat me up pretty good. I even lost a tooth. I told her to go over to the torn up sheets and look crazed while I lay on the ground. I told Leslie to grab the untorn sheet and stand outside the cabin. Jeff came running in.
"What's wrong?" He said. Then he stared at me and momentarily couldn't believe I had escaped the tree. After he finished being dazed he looked at Sam.
"Did you do this to him? And did you tear up all those sheets?" Sam nodded and smiled. Suddenly, Leslie jumped from behind him and wrapped the sheet around his head.
"Run guys! I'll keep it around him Leslie. Just go!" They all ran off while I kept the blanket around Jeff's head.
"Get off!" He screamed.
"Okay." I let go and started running.
I glanced behind me every once in a while but Jeff wasn't there. I stopped running once I caught up to the others.
"Come on! I see the way we came in. All we have to do is go out that way!"
We all ran to the exit but Jeff blocked the opening. Aaron was lucky that he was short because he ducked under his legs and ran out. Unfortunately, Aaron was the only one of us was three foot ten. Jeff grabbed us and dragged us to the cabins, got rid of all the sheets, beds, pillows, and locked us in.
"I was thinking about letting you go soon until you pulled that fast one."
Leslie and Sam looked sad. I told them that he wouldn't have really let us go soon. What was really bugging me was what Jeff had said earlier, "Think inside the body." What could that possibly mean? Then it hit me.
"Leslie, Sam, did anything… strange happen before you guys came here?"
"Well, there was this sudden storm…" Leslie responded
"Same here!" Added Sam.
"Did you have to go to the hospital?"
They both nodded and explained that the nurse drew a lot of blood. I had figured out why we were here… sort of. It had something to do with our blood. But what?