“HEY!” he yelled. “HEY! I need to use the bathroom and it wouldn't hurt if I could get some food in here too!” He stood back from the door to see if he could hear anything. He turned around to look at the dark room Tom had been in.
Nothing.
“HEY!! I know you can hear me! I need to use the bathroom or there's going to be a nice mess reflected on all these walls and such!” he shouted.
A rectangular patch of light began to appear in the dark room. Jeremy walked toward it quickly.
“Who is it?” he asked.
“Come with me, Mr. Colin.” said a familiar European voice. It was Sonya. He could make out her silhouette in the door way. Jeremy walked into the dark room and to the door Sonya held open.
“Are we going to try anything Mr. Colin.?” she inquired. “I can assure you there will not be a repeat of the observation room.”
Jeremy shook his head. He was too busy thinking about not making a mess to be worried about answers, escape, or anything of the like.
“Well then, let's go.” she said and gestured him through the doorway.
Jeremy walked into a hallway which looked almost identical to the one room SNS02EP19 was located. The difference here was that several other halls branched from this one on the left and right sides every five rooms or so. On a quick count, it looked as though there were maybe twenty rooms on each side of the hallway.
Sonya walked passed him and down the corridor. He followed her until they had walked ten doors down and passed by two other halls. When they stopped, he looked at the door. It was marked with the word “MALE”.
“Go right in Mr. Colin.” Sonya said.
Jeremy opened the door and made his way to the only stall in the bathroom. There was nothing remarkable about this room. He looked around as he relieved himself. The stall wasn't really a stall, it was more like a very low partition. Just enough to conceal the actual act of answering mother natures call, but exposed enough to make you want to not spend to much time talking with her.
When Jeremy finished, he turned around to wash his hands and was surprised to find Sonya standing by the sink on the far wall. He would have been shocked, but it seemed as though this place was constantly throwing new things at him.
“What are you doing here?” he asked as he turned on the water. Having an empty bladder gave him some of his confidence back. “This is the “MALE” room you know.” He looked at her, not hiding his disdain.
“This is also one of the only rooms without cameras or listening devices” Sonya stated.
Jeremy thought things couldn't get more confusing earlier, but her statement proved him wrong. He decided to run with it.
“Should I be concerned? Or maybe you should be...” Jeremy said.
“No Mr. Colin. You should not be concerned about anything I will do. I want to help you, but if at any time it seems I am doing anything but my job, I might wind up in the same position you are in.” Sonya looked nervous yet sad at the same time. “I don't have time to tell you everything I need to. I don't really have time to tell you what I need to tell you right now, but if you want to get out of here Mr. Colin, you would be wise to listen to me...and trust me.”
Jeremy stared at her. He didn't know what to think. Once second this woman was trying to inject him with substances, then next she is coming to him in a bathroom with propositions of trust.
“Listen Sonya, I don't know what you people are doing here” he began, “but I know one thing for sure, when I do get out of here, I will make sure everyone finds out about this place. I will make sure you ALL go to jail, whoever all of you are.” Jeremy raised his voice to a shout. “YOU HEAR THAT!! ALL OF YOU!”
“Mr. Colin, I told you, there are no cameras or listening devices here.” said Sonya. “No one can hear our conversation.” She began to speak a little faster. “I need for you to listen to me. I am going to tell you a set of numbers. I need you to remember them. Do you understand me?” Her face took on an urgency. “I need you to make sure you remember these numbers Mr. Colin. 0-8-0-6-4-5. Remember those numbers”
Jeremy was on the verge of telling her where she could put her numbers when a loud piercing sound rang through the hall outside of the door.
“Damn it!” yelled Sonya.
She grabbed Jeremy's hand and dragged him out of the bathroom. The hallway was emitting a deafening noise. He could hardly hear himself think. Sonya pulled Jeremy down the hallway back toward the dark room, but this time she turned left into one of the corridors they had passed on their way to the bathroom.
“Quickly Mr. Colin!” She tried to scream over the noise as she moved him further down the hall. “Someone sounded the alarm! It should be over in a few more seconds!” No sooner than her last word left her lips, the alarm stopped. It was followed by an announcement in a calm tone.
“We have reason to believe a Code D.28 has been put into effect. We have reason to believe a Code D.28 has been put into effect. Please stand by for further instructions.”
“What is a D.28?” asked Jeremy.
Sonya stopped walking.
“A Code D.28 means that your bad situation has gotten worse Mr. Colin.” she turned to look at Jeremy.
“And now so has mine.”
© 2009 by Laira Reid
