The Ugly Side Of beauty

CHAPTER 4

Running seemed like it would never end as she ran in the dark. No stars shined and no sort of light showed throughout the whole journey Merelda was in, in this ghastly tunnel. She gripped onto the torch in her hand, strapped her shirt up, rolled her pants and tied her hair in a messy bun. As dirty and messy she might have looked, Merelda was still the same strong and powerful woman she is and not to mention, she still looked stunning

MERELDA- "AH HAH! I'VE GOT IT!"

The signora finally found a purpose for the tools she found on the bricked ground and she sat on her knees slowly and carefully designing and creating her "home" made tool

Merelda's youthful besuited mind made a new tool using only bamboo strips, a log, and surprisingly she also found a pool of wet soil just a few metres away. She held the log and cut it into two pieces with her pocket knife inside her handy bag. The lady then got the bamboo stips and tied them briefly supporting the two logs to hold onto each other. She started to carve and carve, creating a sharp point at the front of the log which took nearly an hour and a half to get the right shape. Luckily, if she messed up, she always could start again as there were many logs and bamboo strips to design with again

MERELDA- " I'm such a smart-ass. What would've happened to me without my smart self? I'm such an awesome person, too bad Lucas left. Could've had all this, instead he wasn't smart like I am and left the only thing that actually had more value than him in his life, hah!"

Merelda knew herself more than anyone and knew what Lucas lost. A substantial, indomitable unrestrained mademoiselle was all a man could ever wish for and that's why Lucas chose her because who wouldn't therefore, she is a young trained woman that knew how to fight her way in and her way out. Although she knew herself, one thing she didn't know was if she was always going to be this motivated to escape this whole thing and who knew if she was going to do it by herself too. She got up from her spot rapidly and rushed over to the wet soil that looked as if it were a pond with various algae. As she didn't have any gloves or any sort or supply to support her hands from getting dirty (or even poisoned), she dunked her hand in aggressively, disgusted. She just wanted to get everything over with and escape the horror movie.

MERELDA- "argh, yuck! This is disgusting, what the hell is in this sh-"

Merelda slapped the damped mould onto the log all around. As she finished depositing the smudges, she added finishing touches and at last, the masterpiece was finally finished! She proved her statement, yet she had more to prove to other people. Merelda was determined to prove something immense for once. She wanted to show everyone that the breadwinner of the relationship isn't always the strongest yet smartest one either. Merelda knew her value and how much it was worth, she wanted everyone to know how much she's worth too.

MERELDA- " alright, that looks good enough I guess. Just need a place to rest it so it can dry...hm.."

Dun..dun..dun

Thumping kept repeatedly continuing as Merelda stood there, shocked. What was this sound, and who was in here. Merelda seconds ago wanted to prove to not only to everyone, but herself too how strong she was yet she's standing there in silence, terrified. 'No! I shouldn't be scared. Go on..go find out what it is Merelda..!' She contemplated as she took careful steps towards the thumping. The more steps she took though, just got louder and heavier each second. Merelda finally took the sacrifice at her own risk and postulated,

MERELDA- "H-HEY! WHOS THERE! SHOW YOURSELF RIGHT NOW!"

Nothing. No one answered or responded to Mereldas demands. From there she started to feel more confident. She convinced herself it was some sort of harmless animal that may roam here. Merelda kept walking around, undeniably, as if there was unreservedly nothing to be afraid of. The thumping and anomalous sounds faded away as Merelda felt more confident with herself as she was not pusillanimous anymore.