I sat down in the corner of the cage and decided I'd see what he had in mind. Killing me would have been easy back in the apartment, and if I was just to return to the company, I would be on the van with the giant hillbilly. So what's his plan, and how do I make sure I survive it? I didn't have a chance to find out. I felt more than saw or heard anything. There was a loud screech the same time the cage lurched off the seat and I was airborne. In a split second, I hit something and blacked out. When I came around, there were loud sounds, like rumbling and scrapping. The cage was wedged between some pieces of plastic or metal and had split at the corner. I was dizzy and my head hurt, but the padding had prevented me from breaking anything. Through blurry eyes I tried to see what had happened around me. I could see a bright yellow saggy curtain or wall between the metal bits, and there were flashing lights on it, then it moved and was gone. I heard voices now, many of them, and I tried to yell, sitting up for a moment and screamed, or at least in my head I screamed. I again blacked out and had no idea how long I was like that. When I awoke, it was very light out, and I could see the jumble of wires and metal pieces tangled around the cage. A large slab of plastic seemed to block the view but I couldn't make out what the view should be.
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