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Submitted to Contest #83
I lie there, motionless. Suddenly a strange sensation begins to overcome me. I feel as though I am surrounded by something, but by nothing all at once. My body seems to be floating while something gently tugs at my ankle. I open my eyes to find I’m submerged underwater. I am on the floor of the ocean, my body naturally pulling to the surface but that tug on my ankle keeps it from succeeding: a rope knotted to a cinder block holds me there. Panic sets in. How did I get here? How could this be possible? Who would do this to me? A stream of que...
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