Chapter Twelve

Philip was ready. It was time to go in. During the time that he had seen the teachers and ran to the restroom, it was 12:15. Time to go. Philip pulled himself together and waled across the hall and opened the door. It was just a copy room. Some cabinets with random papers, and a copy machine. He looked around to see if it was his eyes playing some trick on him, but they weren't. Just a copy room. Nothing out of place nothing out of the ordinary. This cant be it. After all this, I know that this cant be it. So Phillip started looked more closely at the details. Then it hit him. How did the teachers get into a tiny room then disappear? There was a secret to this room. It was just a matter of finding it. Looking around the room, nothing jumped out at Philip that said "IM A SECRET". He just had to keep looking. Shuffling through the papers on the shelf he checked the time on the clock on the wall. It was stuck at 9:30. Philips watch said it was 12:20. Then it hit Philip. It wasn't a matter of showing up at a certain time, Ms.Alp had relayed the secret to getting into the room. Getting up on a chair Philip took the clock down, and turned the gear in the back till it displayed 12:15. After a few disappointing seconds of having the clock on 12:15 Philip thought that he was wrong. Then a metal cabinet was moved to the side by hidden mechanical arms. What is going on. 

Behind the cabinet was a dark corridor with what seemed to be no end. Oh my, thought Philip. He pulled out his mobile phone and turned on the flash light, as bringing a actually flashlight never crossed his mind as something to bring to a copy room. Shining the light around the tunnel was not effective as it was just a stone corridor that, even with the light, had no end. I guess I gotta go in, and Philip stepped in. All of a sudden gun shots flared at the far end of the tunnel! But that was what Phillip was expecting. In actually nothing happened. Philip was scared. Its like the christmas movie, one foot in front of the other, then I am walking. Yea, I'm not scared I can do it. Then, the cabinet closed behind Philip and made him jump so bad that he hit his head on the roof of the tunnel. God daaaa... darn it. Philip was not standing up to the challenge. Philip kept walking then he saw it. A light. Philip's steps quickened but he tired to be quiet. It was a square of light way away. Then a shadow crossed in front of the light. It was a man, and he was not small. Then the light went out. "Run" said a voice, and Philip couldn't. He was frozen with fear.

Light at the end of the tunnel
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