Sometimes he tried to talk to him, but the guy didn't want to talk. At first he thought it was a video game, weird one meant to freak him out. Maybe it was part of the assignment he thought. 

"Paging weirdo he played into the intercom."

He could tell the guy...

It was then  Imogen Howe knew she had fucked up. She powered on her phone, she was upstairs and her parents were just leaving the driveway. The messages from Keith had gotten worse and worse. Sloppier and darker, and now he wouldn't answer. 

She called four times. 

It was 1...

Keith woke up near a toilet. The smell of vomit pierced his nostrils and he puked. The sound of water on water hit his ears. Where the fuck am I he thought. The bathroom was not his. It was tiled big, multiple urinals behind him and another toilet next to...

It had been 5 days without food. His mouth was dry. Water he felt would make him hungrier so he tried not to drink. He scavenged the food in the trash for scraps.

He didn’t want to leave felt like something was up. Like a fox smoked from a hole. 

He...

Keith hadn’t heard from her in a few days. He checked her location she was at home. With him. Or phone was just there he reminded himself she’s probably dead by now. 

She had told him that it would be slower now for the next few weeks family visiting and...

When they were together time passed to quickly for Keith. He has said an off comment in the lab about it. 

“Just like stare at the clock then, that always slows things down for me.” 

“What?” After  Imogen Howe left Keith was always in a daze. Someone replying jolted him...

The buzzer rang jolting Dave out of bed. He was confused, for a second he could have sworn he was in the sea side rest. Then the torn wallpapered walls and plain brown sheets told him the truth. A fucking motel in a fucking random small town, under house arrest...

"So hows this going to work?"

"You take this, and I leave you at the safe house. We got everything you need there, and again you just lay low. If I call you then you appear. Here." Big Joe Said. He handed Dave a phone and a bag of groceries.

"Don't call...

"Could I have another?" Dave asked. Coughing the last cigarette burned his throat, but he realized quick this  Big Joe guy was polite. He'd never say no, and would never kill a guy smoking a cigarette. He tried to hide his cough.

"You look more like you need water than another...

"Are you the space guy?" The words rang in Keith's ear. He doesn't remember what he said, only that now he was walking outside by the beach. The sound of the water splashed and pulled and wind whipped his face. The lights of the pier had all but shut off...