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Pitch Black. That's how everything was when Esa woke up. "Ugh," Esa mumbled groggily. Looking around and seeing absolutely nothing, Esa sighed and muttered, "Where am I?...Am I dead?" Esa didn't think she was dead, so she tried pinching herself. "Ow. Yeah, I'm probably not dead… maybe I'm in my sub-consciousness. At least I'm safe here."

Silence

"…Uh, hi," said a voice from not too far away.

"Oh wonderful," Esa said wryly, "someone has invaded my peace."

"Aw, that's mean Esa-chan. It's not like I'm that bad," said the voice which Esa recognized to be the perverted, maroon haired boy Rai's. Ever since meeting him at the airport café, Esa labeled him as the pervert that she believed he was in her head.

True. The situation wasn't that bad till you came in. You made it from bad to worse. Esa thought. I'm stuck in a pitch black place with a perverted weirdo…many things can go wrong here… A sudden, disturbing thought entered her mind. Oh shit…DELETE DELETE DELETE… After a few moments of trying to delete an image, Esa asked to no one in particular, "Where are we and how do we get out?"

"Hmm…" Rai said, thinking about a way to answer the rhetorical question, "Maybe we were kidnapped or something. If we want to escape, maybe we have to break a window…or maybe break down the door, or maybe we have to crawl through the air shafts like in those spy movies…" Rai went on talking. Sighing, Esa listened half-heartedly as she started to feel the walls for something such as an exit. At last, after feeling around the walls for a while, Esa felt a light switch and flicked it on. The room brightened.

"Ah! My eyes!" Rai exclaimed, rapidly blinking at the sudden brightness. It took a few moments for Rai and Esa's eyes to adjust, but when their visions were clear, they noticed their surroundings. The walls of the room were black, including the door. The room had absolutely no windows and there was a single tiny air shaft on the ceiling.

Esa walked over to the door and placed her hand on the doorknob. Click "Huh, the door's open," Esa said, and then yelled, "Over here ko-Rai!" (Korra and Rai put together) and walked out the door. Rai quickly scrambled after her.

Walking down the unlit corridor, Esa and Rai looked for a way out. If we can just find the others… Esa thought. After a couple more minutes of walking, Esa and Rai came upon a fork in the road. "Which one do we take?" Esa thought aloud to the empty air.

"Oooh, I know!" Rai piped. "I saw something like this in a movie, and usually, the person uses a torch or some sand to see where the air is coming from."

Esa, not amused, made a face and said, "And where are we going to get a torch, much less, sand, from an indoor corridor?!" Face-palming herself, Esa shook her head at Rai's stupidity. I bet that idea came from a scene in a movie where the hero is stuck in a cave. Esa and Rai continued to argue on the matter. Rai gave suggestions while Esa pointed out the mistakes in his plan. "Ok, even I know that the air that you feel coming from both sides probably has to do with the ventilation system," retorted Esa to one of Rai's suggestions.

"But you're not 100% sure," Rai pointed out.

"Oh my God, for Pete's sake! It's not like we're stranded on an island inside a cave with millions of traps like in one of those movies!" Esa said in exasperation. "How about we do this, I go right and you go left and woo frickin' hoo! We covered both sides." In addition, I can get away from you Esa thought.

"Usually, a lot of things go wrong for the protagonists of the story when they split up and—"Rai started, but was cut off with Esa's glare.

Facing towards the right corridor, Esa prepared herself to go when all of a sudden, the sound of running footsteps came from the left corridor.

"Esa? Ah Esa! I knew it was you!" said a voice that came from the left corridor. Esa immediately recognized this voice as Jasmine's. Behind Jasmine were Crystal and Selina. "Good thing I recognized your voice from down the corridor.

"Mhm," Esa said, "Well, I'm guessing that we'll take the right corridor since Rai and I came from behind and you guys came from the left."

Everyone agreed and went towards the right corridor. The atmosphere around the group became less tense as the group walked together.

"So, what happened to you guys?" Esa asked Jasmine.

"Long story," Jasmine said.

*Jasmine's FLASHBACK*

"Ugh, where am I?" Jasmine mumbled as she drowsily got up. She looked around and saw Selina and Crystal on the floor besides her.

"Ow, the floor is pretty hard," Selina said as she got up as well.

From the floor next to Selina came a groaning sound. Crystal blinked her eyes as she woke up.

After a couple of minutes of clearing their heads, Jasmine, Selina, and Crystal went out into the corridors. They then began to roam through the corridors. After a while…

"Does this corridor go on FOREVER, because if it does, I really have a strong urge to bang my head against the wall."

"Are we gonna be lost forever?" Crystal said as she frantically tapped her iPod screen. "There isn't even wifi here! How am I going to watch the latest episode of my favorite anime or read manga!" Crystal gave a distressed looked and cradled her iPod. "It's even low on battery."

Glancing at Crystal, Selina took out her iPhone and checked for wifi as well. "Looks like I don't have any wifi or 3G connection here either. We must be underground or something…"

Looking at the two, Jasmine gave a disbelieving stare. "Are you kidding me? We're stuck in an unknown area with no food, water, or guidance, and you guys are worrying about wifi?!"Jasmine shook her head.

"Well, I have tried calling the police, but it seems that all connections are cut," said Selina.

"As expected, this is the mafia you know," Crystal said with a shrug.

*END OF FLASHBACK*

"Seems like you had a tough time too," Esa commented.

"I guess you can say that," Jasmine replied.

"Uh guys, I think we have to um—"Crystal said as the group entered a big, open, gym-like area that had a very large swimming pool.

"What's a pool doing here?" Jasmine questioned aloud. The others shrugged without an answer.

"It seems like we have to swim our way to the other side to get to the other exit," Selina mused as she observed the surrounding.

Esa turned pale. "WHAT? Isn't there another way or something?"

"Nope," Selina answered. "Why? Can't you swim? I mean, even if the water is over twelve feet deep, it shouldn't be a problem if you can swim."

Crystal looked down into the pool. "Looks like a standard public swimming pool to me…just…bigger."

"Um…well you see," Jasmine started saying, "Esa kind of has a phobia for deep water and can't really swim."

Selina gave Esa a long stare. "You seriously can't swim? You've got to be kidding me. Swimming is one of the most basic survival skill."

"Well, I'm sor-ry!" Esa said scowling. "It's not like I've prepared myself all my life for this moment."

Selina just sighed and asked the rest of the group, "Do you the rest of you know how to swim?"

"Yep! I'm a pro at it," Rai cheerfully said.

"I can a bit, but not very well…or fast," Crystal mumbled.

"That's fine as long as you can swim for your life," Selina said nodding. "How about you Jasmine?"

Jasmine, avoiding eye contact, said, "I'm a pretty bad swimmer. I can float and kick my feet to move forward, but that's about it…"

Selina paused, and then answered, "I guess that's ok for now. You'll just have to manage and take it slow."

"Then let's go!" Rai excitedly said while going ahead.

"But what about my iPod?" Crystal worriedly said. "Isn't it going to get damaged if it goes into the water?"

"Here, give it to me, I'll keep it up in the air while I swim," Selina said.

Rai was just a couple of paces from the water, when all of a sudden, an alarm went off.

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP

"What the heck?" Jasmine exclaimed. "What's going on?"

"I don't know, but alarms are never a good sign," Selina yelled above the siren.

Crystal, covering her ears, looked up in time to see several panels in the ceiling open row by row and shoot out several arrows and knives. She blanched.

"WHAT THE FUCK?" Esa exclaimed as she too saw what Crystal saw.

"Everyone swim to the other side before those weapons reach us!" Selina shouted as she, Rai, and Crystal jumped into the deep water. Selina and Crystal started to swim for the other side. Rai, in the water, turned around and said, "Esa-chan, get on my back and put your arms around my neck and I'll swim you to the other side."

Turning slightly red in the face, Esa stubbornly turned her head away and said, "No way am I riding on you, you pervert. I'm not doing any of the following…I don't trust you."

"C'mon Esa-chan," Rai said while stealing glances at the advancing arrows and knives.

"Hell no."

"Oh my God Esa, just get on his back and go!" Jasmine said. "Now is not the time to be stubborn!"

"Why should I?" Esa snorted.

"GET. IN. THE. WATER." Jasmine sternly said while pointing at the water.

"Don't worry Esa-chan; I'm great at swimming since I was in the swim team at my school!" Rai chimed in.

Esa scowled and said, "The water's probably cold and you won't be able to carry me that far…"

"It's only about fifteen meters Esa-chan," Rai said.

Esa twitched and stood there in indecision.

Jasmine saw the arrows and knives flying closer to them by the minute. Impatiently looking at Esa, Jasmine noticed that Selina and Crystal were waiting on the other side already. "Ok Esa, that's enough," Jasmine snapped. "I'm sorry about this, but as your friend who doesn't want to die, I AM getting you in there." Jasmine shoved Esa into the water before she could protest.

Esa flung her arms out and fell into the water with a splash and floated to the surface. Next to her, there was another splash as Jasmine jumped into the water as well. Jasmine came up to the surface and turned towards Rai. "Let's go." Rai took Esa onto his back (while Esa protested) and together, they swam to the other side. Jasmine, swimming slowly, swam at her own pace while Rai swam past her.

By the end of that, everyone was at the other side. "How lovely," Esa dryly commented as she looked around at the drenched group. "Whoever set this up is going to get a major beating from me."

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