"What did you just say kid?" The scary man asked him and he laughed awkwardly.
"Oh, I am sorry. I just…felt a bolt of pain" Alex tried to find a good excuse and not reveal that he knew him. He hoped that he wouldn't remember him from the bus. It would be pretty impossible their eyes had met for only a few second back the so it should be alright. He just had to pretend that he didn't know anything and as soon as he got better, at least good enough to walk he should leave this place and warn the others.
"Oh, yeah to be honest it's a miracle that you came out safe. The building was burned to the ground. How did you get there anyways?" His father asked him while Joe was rummaging through the contents of the plastic bag and he took out an ointment for him and held in his hands, waiting for him to finish his conversation with his dad.
"I…don't really know. I woke up and was locked in a room there, somehow." He said
