From the darkness I rise (ChaoS)

Chapter 3: Do my eyes deceive me?: A journal from The Teenage boy Alex 8:10pm

"Argh...What did I do?" as I said when I first awoke from the slumber that I unconsciously had. I thought that I got beaten up again but this, was a new thing to me... many questions came up on my mind about this... this place before my very eyes. I couldn't see that well but what I could see with my eyes was how big this underground ruin was. I hadn't seen a place like this ever before in my life, one word I had to say was, awe-inspiring and what would you do in a place full of things that could appear and objects that you could find? Exploration, and nothing really was going to stop me from doing this. But the darkness of this cave scares me... maybe I shouldn't explore.

I checked the time, "8:25pm..." I muttered to myself about the time before heading away from the dead end, clinging onto the walls. Then, I touched something, I squealed and jumped away. As I was ready to run, the thing which I touched began to glow and hover above the palms of my hand. I grabbed it, and then it seemed to turn into a flashlight. It was just what I needed! Something flashed in my eyes... something, almost like a human-like creature, it was looking at me with bloodshot eyes and its body was a crippled like a person with a hunchback. I saw that it was ready to pounce at me, with its legs bent down and his whole body going forward. Adrenaline rushed in and I began to scream and almost cry, running from that 'abomination' as I heard it make weird grunting noises and moaning at me. It looked as if it was trying to say something to me but when I looked at it, it began to smile and showed its teeth at me, screaming even louder and crying as I ran. I realised that I was screaming so loudly in these tunnels but it seemed too late to worry about that.

It seemed like a few minutes but it was actually around half an hour and something since I began to run, still screaming, still crying. I did see some things that I passed when I was sprinting, like that castle. Unexpectedly, I tripped when I got into that arch that led to the mines (judging by its rail tracks going down). I slowed down and stopped, placing my hand over my rib cage as I felt the insane pain of the stitch in my lungs. I began to taken in harsh intakes of breath, producing a hissing sound and I swore. I began cursing at the creature, with my fists and feet, I punched it on its back and kicked it off from the cliff of that arch. That thing deserved it... wiping away the tears and breathing heavily. I was trying to call for help but the words couldn't form in my mouth and instead, I produced groaning sounds. I had to do all I could help myself, I couldn't always be independent. Then I heard a voice, I shuffled and shuddered quickly, I was still horrified by what happened to me. It sounded like a girl... yes, it really... did. I was annoyed, why should it be a girl that could help me... But at least I wasn't the only one here actually! Forget about my hate towards girls, it's now or never that I must survive for as long as I could, seeing as I could actually have a sort of companion or friend beside me, I told her the conditions or terms which were, "Well, we should meet up in a stone castle, but if the time goes past 12:00pm, I might either find you or explore without you."  I hear a faint "Alright" coming from her or "Yes!" I really was relieved to get help. I checked the time, "11:15pm..." as I mumbled when I walked off. Not noticing the dark patches forming on my arm where the creature bit me.

I arrived at the fortress, and let out a huge sigh. I began thinking, about how depressing my life was. My social life is quite depressing, many problems came up and they were hard to deal with, especially dealing with bullies sometimes. I don't really go into fights because, then, it's just not right for me... either way, that won't stop me I could continue life without listening to those harsh people! I'd rather be the person who stops fights in exchange for my life, compared to standing there and watching it! I will save people, just as what Mighty Protonic would do! "Beyond the boundaries!" I screamed out by accident. I covered my mouth and was anxious if any of the monsters heard me.

Suddenly, I heard a high-pitched shriek; it was the weak girl! I saw something running away with her but it looked like a man... but it couldn't be, he looked too monstrous to be a man... but it didn't even look like a monster. I heard her and saw her trying to get off and I could see that whatever the man intended to do, it would be very horrific. I began to jump and run, I ran so fast that I nearly caught up with them but I made sure not to get her attention. That man saw me and he punched me with such force! I nearly got knocked off balance from the stone houses and I looked down, a huge drop like that wouldn't help me but I steadied myself. After regaining balance, I ran to the place that the man went into, I kept a low profile and slowly walked forward as I recovered from running and I heard stabbing noises. I peeked over and saw a little girl being skinned and then the man seemed to pour vinegar onto the exposed wounds from the skinning. She screamed, and cried, the sight of it nearly made me throw up; it was horrific. Then, it hit me... what that... beast was going to do was that she was going to torture her! I quickly tried to think up a plan to save this girl, but when I looked back, this beast- whatever it was, came close enough to be able to kill her. I was too late, about to close my eyes and blame this on myself, I saw the blade fall down onto the helpless girl. But I sensed a small glimmer of hope, will a true hero unlike me come to a citizen's rescue...?