My fist meets metal and I yell out a few profanities that come to mind. What just happened?
No one comes.
No one knows I’m here.
This is all fake. A set up. Rob acted friendly toward me just so I could earn his trust.
My handprint is nothing special. Rob faked it. I don’t have access to anything.
I can't grasp what just happened.
“You can't—” I say desperately. “Don’t leave me!” I pound on the metal door.
Someone, tell me this has no seriousness to it at all.
I stop mid-pound and snap my head up to the ceiling. This hallway is connected to a tiny building that sticks out of the earth. I’m guessing the facility is attached to that tiny building, wounding it’s way deep into the ground. The hallway I’m in is completely made of glass, and I find myself wondering how the deadly gases and radiation didn’t seep through bottom of the glass walls. There has to be some kind of hole, right?
I’m looking for a sign of a camera. There has to be one. They need to know what goes on outside.
But I don't know how cameras look, so I don't know what I'm supposed to be looking for.
How long do I have before I suffocate? I can’t step out of this hallway. There is no door except the one I had come from with Rob.
Rob. Are you kidding me? When I get out of here, I’ll be sure to do something about him.
Then my mind drifts to two more people. Rian and Piers. Were any of them in on this? Honestly, I don’t know about Piers, but Rian….Rian lived here for two years. He’d been frozen and thawed as well. Maybe they locked him out here just like me. This could all be a test. For all I know, I could be welcomed back into this building in a few hours.
I sigh. Rian could’ve been part of whatever this is.
I make a face when I think of Welds. How stupid am I? They probably had this planned out the day I first woke up.
Defeated, I slump down to the ground, pulling out dry grass from the Earth with my fingers. At least I get to touch real grass before I die.
I lay down and stare through the glass walls and up at the sky. Actually, I can't even see the sky. The large amount of dust is covering it completely. Why is this dust here?
My gaze shifts to the door. They’ll let me back in. This is all just a test.