“I’m here to help you,” he said. “I should have done it long ago, but I was afraid of my father.”
“What changed?” I asked.
“I realized how much of a monster he is,” was his simple answer.
There was a moment of silence before I spoke again.
“Can you help me escape?” I wondered.
“Perhaps,” he answered honestly, “but for now all I can do is answer a few questions.”
I didn’t know where to start. So many questions battled each other for my attention, yet I could only pick one at a time. In the end, I opted for the most frightening of all.
“Where am I?” I asked.
Kane looked confused.
“K-9 City,” he said, as though it were obvious.
“That’s not what I meant. What is the name of this world?”
Kane hesitated for a second before answering.
“Planet K-9,” he finally said, confirming my worst fears. I was no longer on planet earth.
To be continued…
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