If You Knew What I Knew by Claudia ([email protected]) Chapter 2 - Set Adrift A Memory Bliss... "You awake yet?" The third time I asked he finally replied with a soft moan and some coughing. "Hey... are you okay?" He coughed some more. "Uh... yeah... but it seems like something crawled into my mouth and died there..." he said and I couldn't help but laugh, which still hurt like hell but he sounded so funny I couldn't help it.. "We were practically sleeping outside, so maybe a small urban squirrel did... who knows... is there any fur in your mouth?" I asked and he had to laugh now too. "Uh... no... maybe I've swallowed it though... hmmm, but I'm still hungry... oh man... I'd kill for some food right now... or a toothbrush or mouthwater... or some gum." he mumbled to himself and I heard him move and then curse. "I forgot that my arm was stuck... Oh God this hurts so bad!" "Hang in there dude, they're going to find us today... can't you hear them? They've started looking for survivors again..." I asked him trying to comfort him a bit... "I guess it's time to start yelling again than..." he said and started right away. "HEY!!! WE'RE OVER HERE!!!" "HEEEEEEELP!!!" I joined in, but after yelling for an entire hour without any response I gave up and started to cry again. "They'll never find us... " "Stop saying that! I really have the feeling that they'll find us. They have to! Don't you think that our family members know where we are? They're not going to stop looking 'till everybody that's missing is found." he said and I told him that I didn't have anyone here in the States, "I'm Dutch remember? I moved here not too long ago... no one really knows me here yet, so nobody can miss me... well except for my cat Midas... ooh poor cat... he's gonna starve!" He was now very quiet. "I'm not sure but I've got the feeling that something important is out there waiting for me... they are looking for me I'm sure of that and as soon as they find me I tell them to haul your ass out of here too alright? And you'll be home again soon... your cat's gonna be fine..." he said after a while and I vowed to do the same for him if they got to me first. Then it went quiet for a while. "Hey... dude.... you asleep?" I asked quietly after a while. "Nah, I was jus' thinking... wassup?" "Nothing... I'm just glad you're here..." I mumbled and let out a deep sigh. "I'm so hungry... I can't stop thinking about food man..." I smiled and said; "When we get out and we're both well again I'm gonna treat you to some McDonalds alright?" It was silent for a while again until he suddenly broke the silence; "M... my grandma used to take me to McDonalds..."he almost whispered. "You remembered that just now?" I asked him a little surprised, his memory was maybe coming back sooner that we both expected. "Ah... y' yeah... I did... don't get too excited though, 'cuz I can't remember anything else... I guess that it just can't be forced... Now wanna try yelling for a while again...? Because we do need to get out of here before they give up searching... Are you gonna join me?" he sounded like he had been crying. I wished that I could get nearer to him, but if I moved every nerve ending in my body would scream of pain, and he was stuck as well... I closed my eyes when I thought about how grim this situation actually was. "Clau'? Claudia, you still there?" He asked and seemed a little panicked when I still hadn't answered his question. "Yeah yeah... I just don't think we'll make it out of here alive... I mean, we are in the basement man... they'll never find us in time... we've been here for two whole days now and the rescue workers are still so far away... and with the machinery they use they'll never hear us from all the way down here... " Next: Chapter 3 -FanFics -Home