Chapter 5: Shock
Four children found themselves inside of a bright chamber with no sign of the other kids in sight, but Ashley was laying on the ground unconscious in the center of the domed cave. The ground beneath them was carved out of blue stone of some kind and there was a glowing object at the top of a staircase.
Kyle looked around and saw that Jeff and Nick had been the first to get to their feet. Nick seemed to be looking around in confusion, while Jeff was shouting something. Kyle couldn't exactly tell what he was shouting.
"Elizabeth?!" Jeff shouted again, but Kyle wasn't sure at the moment exactly what an Elizabeth was... "Jimmy?!" Jimmy? Kyle thought to himself as he realized that Jeff was shouting for the other children. "Micah, Thomas, Sarah?!" Shouting didn't help.
They were probably all dead, Kyle thought to himself as he stayed in his position on the ground. He felt a hand on his shoulder shake him, but he didn't react.
"Kyle?" Jaeger asked as she looked down into his eyes, but Kyle chose not to respond. "Are you all right?"
"I'm fine." Kyle said automatically, robotically.
Jaeger for some reason began to look worried and she called for Jeff. Jeff ran over and then felt his head for some odd reason, and then forced Kyle to lay back down and elevated his legs.
"What's wrong with him?" Jaeger asked as she felt his head and looked down at Kyle in concern. "Where are we?"
"I figure its shock," Jeff said slowly as he rubbed his forehead and looked at Jaeger. "...its somethin' we should...its something we should probably all...let's just...lie down and let the blood get back to our heads. We can figure out where we're at later on," As Jeff started to lay down he called out: "Nick, lay down and rest for a minute."
Jaeger didn't make any complaints as the two joined Kyle on the floor. It was becoming slowly easier to think and remember things now. Kyle knew that the version of events he was remembering was inaccurate, but at the moment he didn't really care and they went something along the lines of:
The morning had started like every other morning in the orphanage. Mistress Mallory had woken them up for 7 A.M, and they had gone out to play a game of tackle. Kyle was sure that he'd won that game, and that after his victory he had been attacked by a slobbering troll that had come to eat him. He had taken action and bravely tried to break the door down to save all of the other children. But the beast had managed to defeat them and forced the children up a tree to escape a tidal wave, and then he had appeared here.
The tidal wave was the most terrifying thing Kyle had ever seen in his life, and it had single handedly destroyed everything he knew. The orphanage, his violin, his friends, the town, Mistress Mallory, even Mayor Hallet would have been...suddenly Kyle sat upright and gasped.
"The mayor!" Kyle exclaimed happily. He was so relieved he could barely put his thoughts into words. He just kept repeating 'The mayor! The mayor!'
"What?" Jaeger asked sitting up suddenly. She was looking healthier as was Jeff who grabbed him by the shoulders and shook him a little. "What about 'em? What about the mayer?" Jeff asked.
"The mayor was there! Mayor Hallet! He knows how to teleport people! He probably saved everyone in town!"