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“What the hell is going on here? How are you doing this?” “How am I doing what? “ “Don’t mess around with me.” “I don’t understand.” “You keep dying and coming back to life,” he said. “I what…? That doesn’t make sense.” “Just wait or rather just die” he yelled. I slipped out of consciousness as he walked out the door. My eyes opened as the captor entered and untied one of my hands. My right cheek burned with pain. My shirt was colored with red stains. I slowly moved my hand up to feel my face. I shrieked as I touched my exposed skin and saw blood at the tip of my fingers. My hands had gone pale and the weakness had crept in. I was stunned as to how I did not feel any pain when the cut was made? “Do you get it now?”
“How is this even possible? I can’t take this anymore” “There has to be a way to stop this.” “Let me leave, that might be the only way out. I can’t stay here forever. You won’t get anything from a dead man anyway.” Without saying a word, he let me go. I tried to move forward but my legs couldn’t keep up with my will. But I had to get out. I mustered up all my strength and started pushing myself towards the door. My body ached with every inch that I crawled. Seeing my condition, to my surprise, the captor helped me. But even with his support, with every step that we took, the pain kept increasing. I wanted to stop and just give up. But I was ready to take my chances because I was as good as dead being inside the room anyway. I reached the end of the room and took the leap of faith. What happened next could only be observed by you.
Jamie, can you pull that up? WRITTEN BY
ILLUSTRATED BY
Vishvesh Trivedi
Dev Jariwala
Comps 2nd year
Comps 3rd Year
Neelav Bhatiya Comps 2nd year
Knock…Knock…Knock “ROGAN! The bus is about to arrive, how long have you been in the shower!” Rogan gets startled by his mother’s scream. His phone, which he had been holding for twenty minutes straight, almost flew off his fingertips. Fretting around to comprehend his surroundings, he realizes he has been sitting on the close-lid loo and hasn’t showered yet. He stands up hurriedly and checks his watch in fright. 9:27 A.M.
What was I doing here for the past hour?! He stands muddled. Glancing at his phone, he reads, ‘Lisa unmatched you’ Since the fall of the Roman empire, it had been the first
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