Chapter 4

I waited in that room for the longest time. I could feel every second passing. I may have dozed off once or twice, but I couldn’t remember. I pulled and twisted the chains occasionally, testing their strength. They didn’t feel that strong. I hooked my hand around one of them and pulled hard. I broke with little effort. The other chain went the same way.

I got up and stretched, welcoming relief back into my limbs that were numb. I walked over to the door that was the exit and tried opening it.

It was locked. So typical.

I peered into the lock mechanism and saw it was a complicated clockwork mechanism. I knew I couldn’t break that so I let it be. I felt the other three walls to see if there was a secret door into this room. There was nothing. The walls seemed to be made of carbomateria though. True carbomateria. I walked over to the door and kicked the wall next to the mechanism. It cracked but did not break. I kicked it again and it smashed through. I peered into the hole and saw a large room with not many people in it. I reached through and unlocked the door. After that I opened it from my side and walked calmly out.