Stuck in the Maze: Part 1

“Laser Tag! Laser Tag! Laser Tag!” chanted Summer.

“To bad Katie couldn’t come,” Amelia said sadly.

“Oh come on Amelia, cheer up, Annika’s coming,” Summer reminded her.

“Yeah,” Amelia said perking up a little bit but not completely.

They were riding with Carrie in her Prius. Glen was riding with them, which was the only damper. She sat in the front with Carrie, and Amelia, Frances, and Summer sat in the back. The girls in the back got control of the iPod and the car of girls sang along with Lady Gaga the whole way to Laser Quest.

When they arrived they went inside and waited as everyone else started arriving. As soon as Annika arrived, Amelia and Summer were at her side, like Velcro.

They picked their code names and waited at the door.

“What are your code names?” Amelia asked her companions.

“Mine is Siuan,” Summer replied.

“I’m Sunshine,” Annika said happily. Amelia and Summer started cracking up.

“Why Sunshine?” Amelia asked taking a deep breath trying to suppress her laughter.

“I told the lady to pick one and she picked Sunshine.” This reply just started another bout of giggles and Annika rolled her eyes and began to walk away.

“Wait, I’m sorry,” Amelia yelled running after her and giving her a hug.

After a few more minutes of waiting their color got called and then went into a dark neon room to hear the rules. As they recited the rules, Amelia, Annika, and Summer said the opposite of what they were supposed to. The three friends were laughing and giggling as they entered the airlock. Amelia grabbed vest number 15, Annika number 14 and Summer 16. They put them on and put in the card thing that gave the vest your code name. They ran inside to find a good hiding spot.

They kept going shooting left and right, “Q, Q, Q!” Summer and Amelia yelled shooting lasers all around. Annika started cracking up at how weird they looked. After about ten minutes of playing the emergency exit light started flashing and everyone started leaving. It was complete chaos. Amelia whipped around, “Where is Annika?” She asked Summer, frantically looking around.