75 minutes left…
The control room was a huge room with buttons, dials, and many other things that kept the place in tip top shape. The light's on the walls flickered on and off, which made the Storyteller a bit uneasy about the place. However, the control room had people that were highly trained and knew what to do at what time. Jake and Janet sat down at one of the control panels while the Storyteller walked around the room, watching everyone's movement. One of the workers sneezed and the Storyteller ran over and made a big deal about. He kept saying, " ARE YOU GOING TO BE FINE?" and " DID YOU GET ANYWHERE NEAR REACTOR FOUR?". The workers were now extra cautious about him almost more than anything else.
The Storyteller looked at the clock, " 70 minutes… 70 minutes and we need to get out of here before it's 1:23…"
" What happens at 1:23?" , One of the workers asked after overhearing what the Storyteller said.
" It's know of your business. Shouldn't you be working, Boris?"
Boris slowly turned away from him and return to his work. Janet got up to see what was going on with him but Jake lightly pushed her down, " I'll get him…"
Jake strolls over to the Storyteller and drags him outside of the room by his collar. " OW OW OW OW OW OW OW! STOP JAKE YOU'RE HURTING ME!"
" OH CALM DOWN I'M BARELY TOUCHING YOU!"
Jake throws him out of the room, the Storyteller dramatically falls to the floor.
" Dude really? I didn't use much force on you."
The Storyteller got up, fixed himself before leaning against the wall and falling again.
" Sometimes, I think the radiation from this place is just making you even stupider than you already were."
" Oy! I'm not that stupid! I'm smarter and clever! I can run this place if I wanted to! And watch that tongue of yours!"
" I didn't even curse."
" It sounded like you were about to though! Anyways, why did you bring me out here?" , he asked rubbing the area where Jake grabbed him. Jake was about to point out that it doesn't hurt and was about to cursing at him for being a wimp, but he chose to ignore that and focus on the main reason.
" All these months I've known you, you would never talk like that to a another person. You won't even harm a fly because you're to scared of it!"
" Ture. Expect the last part but true. And do you know why?"
" Why?"
" Look around you and tell me. Where are we?"
" At Chairnobyl?"
" CHERnobyl. Don't you remember in your history class about anything about this place?"
" No… Why?"
The Storyteller face palmed himself and yelped. " Ow. To hard. But seriously? Nothing? Nothing at all?"
" Nope."
" Oh… uh… well… I just want you to know that it's April 26, 1986 and in about," The Storyteller looks at his watch and then at a nearby clock, " 69 minutes we are all going to take place in the biggest nuclear disaster in history." Jake tried to hold back his laughter. " What is wrong with you?! IF WE DON'T GET OUT OF HERE, WE WILL DIE!"
" No no no, I'm not laughing about that."
" Then what's funny, Mr. Schmidt?"
" Just the estimated time you said. I just thought it was funny for a sec'."
The Storyteller though about it. " I don't get it. I said we have 69, now 68, minutes left and-" Jake bursted into laughter. " What?! Is it 69?! What's so funny about that?! It's just a number!"
" Oh boy, it's more then that. Just calm down, ST, we will be out here in no time and besides nothing can go wrong until then, right?"
The plant's intercom emitted a single beep before a female's voice called out, " Please send medical officials to Infirmary room 9-1-7. Repeat, please send medical officials to Infirmary room 9-1-7, thank you."
The Storyteller and Jake nodded at each other, " Shall we, Doctor?"
" That's my father's job but I guess it won't hurt to take his place."
" Wait what about Janet?"
" I'm coming along." Janet said walking behind the Storyteller who flinched.
The Storyteller nodded gently, " Ok, but stay close to me. I don't want to lose any of you guys."