The manager of the Big Burger stepped out of the bathroom, the plugged
cardboard spool still in his hands. As he steps into the hall two
employees pass by with full garbage can loaded onto a wheeled dolly.
"Hold it!"
David and his co-worker, Bill, halt. The manager deposits the spool
onto the top of the overloaded garbage can.
"All right," the manager told them. "Dump that trash and hurry back.
Don't hang out in the parking lot!"
David opens the back door to the big burger and Bill wheels the dolly
out the door, hitting a bump in the asphalt in the process.
The precariously positioned spool tumbles off and falls onto the
pavement.
••••••••••
Within the spool, Bryan is confused and scared. "Hey! Somebody! Help!"
Bryan continues to shout.
He can feel movement as the spool is jostled from time to time. It's
difficult to hear, but at one point he even thinks he hears the voice
of his friend David.
Then, suddenly, there is a stomach-lurching drop and then a rough
impact. When he recovers and is able to get a breath, Bryan determines
to free himself. "I've had enough of this shit!" Bryan vows.
He pushes hard against the barrier of paper plugged into one end of
the tube. He is finally able to budge the massive plug.
Bryan manages to gain his freedom only to find himself standing on
damp asphalt in very poor light. He barely has time to ascertain that
much about his surroundings when he hears and sees two giants walking
toward him. He recognizes them! They're his co-workers, David and
Bill.
.