It kept moving up and up, never stopping, never slowing. It made his stomach twist, and he did his best to keep from vomiting his guts.
"Let me out!" He screamed pounding on the walls of the moving crate.
He tried to yell again, but his voice was thick with hoarseness.
He the box stopped dead in its tracks, making the boy trip and fall.
Then there was the blinding light that streamed through his fingers covering his eyes.
There was an opening at the top, he stumbled to his feet and immediately jumped out of the box.
"Where am I? Who put me here? I want some answers right now." He said glaring at all of them
When none came forth he grabbed a boy by his shirt and pinned him to the nearest tree.
"Whoa," Alby said forcefully pulling the aggressive boy from the other "What's your name," he asked carefully
"Gally," the boy said "Why can't I remember anything else?" He said his face inches away from Alby's
"We've all experienced it. We don't know why or how. Look, we've been here no longer than you. don't waste your breath or time, because we don't have any answers." Nick folded his arms
Gally held his hands up in a back off motion "Well,I apologize for asking questions. Even though I just got here and for all I know, you guys could be a bunch of murderers"
"We're all on the same team now. We have to be" Alby said
An uncomfortable silence washed over the group of boys. Nick looked up at the dimming sky, then at his watch. "I think half of you should stay here and see if anyone else comes up. He other half come with me, and we'll try to find some shelter or something."
The boys stood there for a while before a few of them jogged off into the woods. Nick walked closer to the walls surrounding them. There were small cracks in the walls, it was big enough for him to step in it.
He walked slowly, taking each step like it could be his last. Then there was another wall in his face. It was big and cement like the ones encasing them. He turned to his left and continues waking. 'Another wall' He sighed running his fingers through his red hair. He jogged back out of the doors and found the rest of the boys in the woodsy area of the field.
"We're just gathering some materials" Gally said "Gonna try and make a small shed."
Nick nodded fighting for words "um.. good that," His head was so messed up he could barely remember anything.
He tried to remember his parents, or food, or something that he did in the past. But nothing came.
Nick walked over to the box. Alby was hauling out boxes of sorts, and others were looking inside them "Where'd you get that?"
"Came up just a few minutes ago. It's just general appliances."
"Came up in THAT box?"Nick asked sitting down next to a boys and looking inside one of the boxes. It had an array of clothing sitting neatly folded in it. Then next one had seeds in it.
"Whoever put us in here intended for us to live- they sent us food," Nick pulled out he packets of seed for the greens, carrots and an apple tree.
"We've got a few cooking utensils. Gardening utensils, building supplies. Your right. If whoever sent us here intended for us to die, we wouldn't have all the essentials for living in front of us." Alby said
"But they didn't leave us any shelter," a boy said
"Some people are in the forest- they've cut down a tree and are chopping it up. They also found a nice stream. If they don't send us water we could get it ourselves, but we'd boil it down first, we don't need anybody dying," Nick said "speaking of which- I think I found an exit. I'm not sure what it is, it's got a lot of walls inside the walls. Maybe it's a way to leave."
As if on cue a loud sound- piercing really- came from behind them. He turned his head slightly only to see the doors closing. He could barely hear anything, and it felt like the ground was shaking.
After they were fully closed, which was a good few minutes, Nick spoke "Maybe I was wrong."
"You think?" Alby muttered under his breath
They finished hauling the boxes up and looking through them within a timely manner, leaving them all starring inside the box
Alby raised an eyebrow "You think it will go back down again? I mean if we put someone in it?"
Nick's eyes perked up "Maybe. Awesome idea." He looked around, waiting for someone to volunteer.
A short boy jumped down into the box, he looked up at all of the boys and waited for it to go back down.
They all sat though the uncomfortable silence, waiting for the box to go back down. "All right, someone help me up," the boys said reaching his hand upwards. Alby reached down and pulled the boy out of the box.
As if it was waiting for he boy to get out, the box zoomed out of sight. The boy looked at their perplexed faces "it had to have gone somewhere, maybe I should jump after it?"
Nick rolled his eyes at how stupid it sounded "No way in hell, it's to dangerous" he said bluntly. He stood up and brushed the dirt off of his jeans "We'll try more tomorrow, but I honestly think we should get some shut eye." Nobody moved "No seriously guys, go to bed." Nick picked up a handful of blankets and flung them at the boys.
He walked over the woods where the other boys were making blueprints and cutting down trees.
"How's it coming?" Nick suppressed a yawn
Gally looked up "Awesome, Adam and I are plotting it all out. We'll have our dorm- or homestead- over here, our gardens will be at the east area, we aren't sure how much more well need, but that's what we've got so far."
"Wonderful. Go ahead a get to bed."
"But-"
"No, we'll work better when we're rested. Start first thing tomorrow, get to bed."
Nick turned around and sauntered off plopping down on the grass next to Alby
"I'm starving." Nick muttered
"It's been a hectic day," Alby responded "I hope they send us more food. It'll take a while for us to plant the crops and get them growing"
"True," Nick yawned again "I think we should go explore out there tomorrow," Nick gestured to the walls
In response he heard Alby's soft snoring and covered another yawn. He lied down and pulled the blanked up around his face. He let out an appalled sigh and closed his eyes, hoping and praying that this day had been a terrible nightmare.