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He turned from me and marched toward the nearest section of wall. He placed his hand to it, feeling for where the door ought to be. He turned and surveyed the rest of the room. It was a little dark and dingy with the doused lights.
“So, where’s the door?” he said.
My shoulders fell. I’d been hoping he would lead me to it.
“Why don’t you show me?” I said. “You must have used it when you came in.”
“How could I when I don’t even know where I am?”
“You were lying on my bed a minute ago!” I said. “I rolled over and there you were. You must have gotten in somehow!”
“I’m damned if I know,” he said.
“Your eyes were open!”
“Sorry. Sometimes I sleep with them open.”
“It’s freaky.”
“I can’t help it.”
This wasn’t getting us anywhere.
“Who are you?” I said.
“Chax. Who are you?”
“I’m Madeline. Maddy. Are you the one that locked me up? I swear, I won’t tell anyone what you’re doing. I don’t even know what you’re doing here! Just let me go and I’ll never tell anyone anything, I swear.”
“I didn’t lock you up.”
I looked him over. His expression seemed genuine enough. He appeared to be telling the truth but since when did that mean anything?
“Seriously,” I said. “If you’re part of this, just let me go. I’m no danger to you.”
“I told you. I don’t know what’s going on here. For all I know, you’re the one that put me in here.”
Was this guy trapped the same way I was? I didn’t know whether or not to be relieved. I mean, I wasn’t on my own now. That was a good thing. But if he had no clue about where we were either, it didn’t exactly bode well for either of us.
I lowered the pen and sheet of notepaper but didn’t put them down.
“All I know is, I woke up here yesterday and I don’t know where I am,” I said. “I checked the walls for a door but couldn’t find one.”
“There’s no door?” he said. “Then how did we end up in here?”
I shrugged my shoulders.
“I can’t be here,” Chax said. “My parents need help bringing in the crop. I only went out for a walk in the woods and…”
He froze and turned to me.
“What?” I said, prepared to bring my weapons up at a moment’s notice.
I knew what the words on his lips were going to be next. Just as they had been on mine.
“The bright light,” he said.
The blood drained from my face. I’d been expecting it and yet it came as no less of a surprise.
