Chapter 6
My muscles strained under the pressure of the weights. It took 13 attempts to get the first push up. I only knew i did it right because the number one appeared above me. I dropped the bar back on my chest and added another bruise. Before attempting again I took a deep breath, and then another, and another, prolonging the moment when I had to actually attempt.
"Slow aren't you?" I nearly screamed from surprise. The voice had caught me off guard. Not just because of the eerie silence but because of the voice itself. It was the voice of a little girl.
I strained my neck to turn and look. A little girl was sitting on a bench that had appeared on my right. She looked to be 8 years old with blond hair in pigtails, blue eyes, freckles, and a small red dress that came with stockings and black saddle shoes.
"Just taking my time." I said offended. "I do have time do I not?"
"Of course you do. But it's boring watching you breath for 2 minutes." She pouted.
"Well I will do as I please." I responded.
"Still, it won't do you any good." she said matter of factly.
"What?" I said after trying again and failing.
"You won't be able to beat me." she stood up and walked towards me and got in my face.
"Well thankyou for confirming my suspicions." I said pushing up the bar three times in a row with my built up strength. The number turned to four.
"What?" she asked surprised.
"You're Calypso." I said.
"You're smarter than I thought." she snickered.
"Well what do want? Just to gloat?" I said done with the conversation.
"Well, in all honesty, I came to check out the competition."
"Not surprising." I replied.
"Well, whenever you are ready, I'll be expecting you." she said with a smile. She then walked away and seemed to disappear.
I continued to attempt pushing the weights up and down, succeeding half the time, until i had done ten. The weight set disappeared and a pull up station replaced it. The voice came back, as was expected.
"Place both hands on the bar and pull yourself up until your chest touches the bar. Hold it for a second and then drop back down and do it again. Do this ten times and we will be done."
"Glad to hear your voice." I said sarcastically. There was no reply, nor did I expect one.
Surprisingly pull-ups are way easier than weight lifting. I got them done without too many fails.
"Well done, you may proceed to your freedom." That phrase caught me off-guard. The room started to burn like before so I ran out through the door, back into the hallway.
"Hey Mark, I'm back." I said aloud.
"Hey. How was that then?" He asked awkwardly.
"Okay I guess. I have control over both my arms now." I said proudly.
"Thats cool I guess." I knew something was bothering him
"About the bear, don't feel down, I barely saw it myself." It took me a moment, then I giggled
"You just had to didn't you." he laughed a whole-heartedly laugh. I nodded and wiped tears from my eyes. The tension was finally gone.
"So next door?" I offered to him. The red door had turned brown and the next door turned blue.
"Next door." he responded. And without further ado, we were through the door.