Alex woke up to the sound of thumping. At first he thought it was one of his relatives puking because he drank too much last night. He was awake anyway so he didn’t really bother to notice that he wasn’t in the floor where he slept. He found it kind of odd that his room looked weird and empty, but he didn’t pay much attention to it instead he just kept on walking to the sound of another human being.

By the time, he got out of the room the thumping got louder and was accompanied by the sound of muffled screaming. It sounded like someone needed help so Alex started walking faster. The closer he got the sound of the thumping got louder and so did the muffled screaming. On his way to the source of the noise he heard unfamiliar voices, but decided to pursue the one that was screaming for what was possibly help.

When he got to the sliding door he saw something straight out of a fairy tale or some kind of sci-fi movie. It was this coffin looking thing made of white material with a curved glass casing above it. Inside the tanning bed like machine, he saw a girl pushing against the thing. Panic and fear was written all over her face. The moment their eyes made contact Alex was jolted awake.

He had just woken up fully and realized that nothing was about this was right. Panic could have immediately overpowered his other emotions, but he knew better than to let his emotions get the better of him. Alex did what he needed to do. He ran towards to the girl trapped In the pod chamber.

The girl was mouthing help, but the glass case was dampened her desire for help. Alex shouted back that he’d help her, but he was sure that he didn’t really reach her. Alex pulled on the handle hard, but it did not budge. He tried several times, but nothing worked. The girl’s eyes began to water. She was beginning to cry. Alex felt responsible for some reason.

After a while the girl started to calm down and Alex stepped back to clear his head when he finally stopped cussing. When he moved back he saw buttons on the left wall of the machine. It glowed red and had the words “open” on it. Alex pushed it again, but he already assumed that it had already been pushed. When that didn’t work he remembered the saying “when all else fails, read the instructions”. That being said there were other things he could have done, but he was too scared to do anything stupid. 

They weren’t really instructions, but they were printed right under the button so they must have been important. The instructions were long and there were a lot of things that he didn’t understand, but from what he understood the machine was made to keep someone asleep and healthy for a long period of time. It also said that to release the glass casing from lock mode it must be pushed lightly as any form of aggressive motion would not work because of a special locking mechanism. 

Using the information he got form the instruction he lightly pulled on the glass casing fully opening the pod. He smiled for a second, but then realized the situation they were in. He wasn’t an idiot so he understood that something was done to them. Alex helped the girl up and out from the machine. The two of them sat in silence.

“Are you okay miss?” Alex asked. “Yeah….I’m fine…thanks for asking.” The girl said with a very poised and elegant manner. She eyed his tattoo’s. “My name is Summer, who are you? Do you know what’s happening?”

“My name is Alex.” Alex answered as politely as he could. He could tell that the girl was from a rich family or at the least a family that was well off, but he knew that she was nice young lady. He could just tell going from the way she looked at his tattoo. “To be honest miss I don’t know.” 

“Hey, Ya’ll gimme a hand, won’t you?” The two of them hear behind the wall. Alex stands up and guesses that someone needs his help. “Looks like there’s other people hear.” He looks at Summer who looked like she was stopping herself from crying. “Stay here and relax, I’ll go and see what’s up with those guys.”The young girl nodded and said okay.

“I’ll be back as soon as I can.” Alex said while he ran towards the sound of a woman needing help. Along the way he passed through and opening shaped like a door. It was only for a quick second, but he could see a woman with red hair pacing left and right. Alex ignored her and moved towards the voice of the unknown woman. When he finally got there he saw a girl trying to keep a man up. Alex ran quickly to the man’s other side and helped him up. “What’s wrong with him?” He asked the new faces.