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Captivity 1

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By: Jakob Wintjen

Captivity

I wake up but in a bed that wasn't mine i realize that i am in a place that i don't recognize. I'm all alone in a room with nothing but a bed, a door and a mirror. A mirror that is almost the size of the room but only on one wall. And the door has no handle or window on it. I kept looking around and then realized i was naked except for one bandage around my head. Freaking out i went to go bang on the door only to realize that i am in a full leg cast.

I scrambled out of bed falling on the ground when a voice in a foreign language that i could understand said “Who are you? Where are you from?”. I sat there quietly confused as to who said that.

The voice repeated themselves “Who are you? Where are you from?”.

Looking around i found the speaker the voice was coming from in the corner of the room. Getting up from the ground back to the bed i heard a knock on the door. Reacting with haste i stood up straight.

The door opened.

Two human figures appeared dressed in black suits and white shirts. One man was holding a tray with food on it the other had weapon pointed at me ready to fire. Still being injured i decided it would be in my best interest to get on my knees and show signs of surrender.

The man tossed the tray at me saying “Eat”.

I signed back saying “i can't eat this”.

The man with the gun moved frantically aiming the gun at me Screaming “dont move one more muscle”.

Not knowing what to do because i cannot speak their language nor can they understand me i just sat there bowing down to them on my hands and knees in silence. The men finally left and i sat there for hours in the corner scared and confused as to what is going to happen next, when finally another knock at the door.

Something was off though as i sat there still as a tree nothing happened the door didn't open no one spoke just that knock which was different in itself it was not aggressive but more friendly and seemed to have a pattern. Realizing that i have seen this somewhere i belive they call this morse code but i did not research what exactly it is or how to speak through it. Waiting for a sign, anything at all i sat there quietly.

The door opened and in it, a women who whispered “I hear you. I was watching you through the mirror. You understand me don't you?”

I signed back hesitantly “Where am I? Why are you doing this to me?

She then proceeded to tell me that i am in Area 51 Which is a place that is top secret meant to hide secrets from the general population and that they found me at the crash site. When all of a sudden the door opened and the two men from earlier came in and pulled her away.

As she fought to get away her last Words were “They are afraid”.

As i sat there thinking i realized that the reason i am trapped is because i am Foreign to them they have never seen anything like me. Something that is 12 feet tall A dark green with a big head and 4 arms. As i sat there thinking how to make peace with them and what i can offer the voice came back over the speakers “Guilty”.

I sat there shivering and shaking trying to explain myself but no reaction nothing at all no voice no knock on the door nothing.

“Wait” i signed. “I'm the last one of my kind, my race will go extinct”

Nothing happens and  then the lights in the bright white room shut off. The vents kicked on and i sat there in the dark until all i could see was my home planet and my family. Finally i am home.

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