I woke up in a weird room yesterday. The last thing that I remember was that I was going to my bed in my house. Later on, in this strange room I found a little notepad and a pen, so i started writing this letter.
I tried to get out of this room but I didn't find any door. It’s only a room with photos of people at the walls. Now I’m trying to figure out how do I end up here.
FLASHBACK.
Monday, November 26th 2007. One week ago.
I’m at work and I’m having a strange sensation, as if someone is observing me 24/7. It must be my imagination.
I’m thinking again about last night when I started to watch a horror film that a friend had lent me, but I couldn't finish it because it was very scary.
Well, I don't care, I'm going to start doing my work because my boss isn’t here today and because he's always saying that I'm a lazy, useless and a weirdo. If he thinks all of those things I don't know why I'm still working here. But anyway, I'm going to start to write my composition for the local newspaper because I'm a journalist.
Tuesday, November 27th 2007. 6 days ago.
I'm still having the feeling that someone is watching me, but less than yesterday.
Today I have to finish the column that I started writing yesterday and start with an idea for a comic strip. And seriously, I don't have any clue about what to do it about.
Lucky me that my boss is sick or something like that, because he is missing today, too.
Therefore I'm trying to have all my work up-to-date for when he comes back surprise him.
Wednesday, November 28th 2007. 5 days ago.
I slept great last night and, the best news of the day is that my boss is missing today, too. I should be worried about him, because since I’d know him, he has never missed a day of work.
I'm going to ask to his assistant and we'll see if she knows something. I will write you again when I get some information.
Thursday, November 29th 2007. 4 days ago.
Yesterday I couldn’t write to you because I had to leave the office, because someone called me saying that my house was on fire. Then I arrived there and nothing was happening, so what I did, was continue watching the horror film about a boy trapped in a really weird room.
As soon as I started playing the film, the lights went out, so I decide to go to bed.
Today I woke up and the lights were still off, so I just tried to turn them on again, which meant arriving late this morning.
The assistant told me that she hadn't seen by boss, so now I'm going to call the police, and let's see what they can do. After that I'm going to continue my work and try to watch the movie while making sure that nobody notice that I'm not doing my work.
Friday, November 30th 2007. 3 days ago.
I still have the sensation that I had 4 days ago, that someone is observing me, but this time multiplied by three.
Yesterday at work I finished the movie, and it was a strange because the protagonist of the film was exactly like my boss.
Now that I think about it, my boss disappeared the same day that I was lent the movie.
Saturday, December 1st 2007. The day before I woke up here.
I was walking by the street and I went to the store to buy some juice, the weird thing is that I noticed there's someone behind me all the time.
Later on, while I was having a walk by the river, I saw a man with a notebook looking at me. I started thinking again about the movie, because I was afraid of that man.
At the end of the movie, the boy gets murdered by some strange person.
PRESENT DAY.
Okay, I have been here one day and a half, and I still don't know why I am here. I'm looking by the windows and I'm in a forest.
Wait…
Windows?
I have been so distracted writing the things that I can remember after arriving this place that I didn't noticed that all the photos on the wall where windows.
All the time they have been observing me.
SECOND PERSON.
After that, a hidden door started to open. The boy look to the other man that had a knife in his hands, and suddenly, the TV went block.
Xiao Fernández
(Silver medal in the contest)
