Two years. Two years was a horrible amount of time to let anger fester. Every night in his dreams. Every moment that the White Noise rang inside his head. Every time he felt like he was going to give up, Alex remembered when the PSF's came and he got angrier.
However, Alex would never let his anger show. Outside of his cabin, Alex did his best to be the model prisoner. He always obeyed. Even when they told him to shock one of the other kids. Inside of the cabin though, he spent the majority of time training, honing his skills. The day that he heard the message he initially doubted it. Then when he realized that it had been a while since the White Noise had gone off the hopeful message started to feel truthful. He put his training on high gear trying to prepare for the supposed signal of escape.
The night that the 'signal' came he was sitting in his usual spot. In the shower so that if his electricity flares out like crazy no one can get hurt. That's when it happened. A loud crashing sound and the ground beneath him began shaking. He hunkered down in his spot waiting for the White Noise. Seconds turned into minutes until he finally realized that it wasn't coming. Maybe it was an accident that the machines weren't turned on. Or maybe the message of coming salvation was true. Either way, he jumped to his feet and entered the main section of the cabin. He could see everyone crowding around the door and Bryson sticking his face outside.
"What do you see Bryson? What's happening?
These past two years had been crap. Other than the time that was spent in the cabin life was horrible, and it got worse every day. At first, Katie had been reluctant to befriend the other girls in her cabin but she eventually warmed up to them. Spending time with and getting to know the other girls around. Every time things started getting hard for the others Katie did her best to keep them from breaking down. Each time the White Noise blasted in their ears, Katie started to lose it. If it hadn't been for her friends in the cabin she probably would have done something stupid to get herself and potentially others killed.
When the message began going around Katie was highly suspicious. How could they escape? She didn't believe it at all until one day during lunch she saw someone she had never thought she'd see again. Her twin sister, Maizey, sitting on the other side of the room. She almost shot up out of her seat until Jasmine grabbed her forcing her to sit. Katie didn't talk to the others about it, but tonight she was thinking of finally telling them. That was until the ground shook.
Katie got down and prepared herself for the dreaded noise. Yet, it never came. When Annabelle started walking to the door Katie rushed up behind her. Just like the others, she had no clue what was going on. Her first thought was maybe someone luckily destroyed the device that triggered the White Noise machines. Then Lucy started walking outside towards the chaotic battlefield. Katie quickly weaved around the others to get outside and stop Lucy,
"Hey, what are you doing?"