I take another deep breath, as the stale, musty air fills my lungs I let out a soft cough. I look around: "JAAASON, GEORGE!! ARE YOU OK?" I look for my friend and think to myself, “We must have gotten separated when the mine collapsed.” I run towards the pile of rubble where the exit used to be, "George? You over there" I put my ear to the rubble expecting to hear a response, to my dismay all I hear is the dripping of water echoing through the mine. I start walking back to the station: “Maybe I can find a radio.” I walk down the narrow, dark corridor to the station. I put my backpack on the ground and lean against the wall. Breathing heavily I start rummaging through my backpack to find any useful supplies, luckily I find my torch, I turn it on to check if there is any charge left. The light from the flashlight illuminates very little, but I imagine it's better than nothing. I walk towards the station, torch in hand, as I approach the station I smell a strange smell, like rotten meat. I approach the door of the station, coughing and stuttering, as I enter I notice that the power is out, "I guess it went out when the mine started to collapse." I look for a radio, unfortunately the station seems to have already been ransacked, "It must have been George or Jason." As I walk back towards the exit, I hear a blood-curdling scream, followed by a loud metallic clang. "WHO'S THERE! George, is that you?" I head in the direction of the scream, further and further from the exit. The smell of rotten meat is starting to become unbearable. I see two figures in the darkness, "GEORGE, JASON, I'M SO HAPPY I FOUND YOU!!" I run closer but stop dead in my tracks when I see a strange figure behind Jason, "JASON, BEHIND YOU!!" he turns around scared like a man wearing a strange...... in the middle of a sheet of paper...... he woke up as if it were hours later, the man is nowhere to be seen, I see a discolored metal door at the end of the room. I try to force the buckles on my left arm, they are tighter than ever. Now I try with the right, I feel the buckle loosen. I quickly untie myself, I look around but Jason seems to no longer be there. I silently approach the metal door and slowly turn the handle, I see what looks like a changing room, I hear the man whistling from another room. I see a door with a small window. I look out and see stone and earth, I decide that was the exit. I silently open the door and start running, I run as fast and as far as I can, I can almost see the station. with a sigh of relief I approach the station. I fall fast asleep on the silent floor of the station. When I wake up I find cold black lenses staring me straight in the eyes, "Why did you leave, we were having so much fun?"."
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