Lawrence woke up in a panic, panting for breath. He could recall nothing of what made him all panicked and where he was in the moment. The last thing he remembered was being out on a hike when...
“Well I can't remember,” he said in a confused voice.
He looked around. Night had fallen and the woods were dark. He could hear the sound of leaves wrestling and the occasional what he could only assume were animal sounds. He stood up and brushed himself off. He was wearing hiking boots, jeans, flannel shirt, and a black outback hat. He had a satchel slung over his shoulder that was his everyday go bag.
“Okay it is late and I should be getting back.”
Lawrence's eyes had adjusted as he looked around he realized there was no path nothing but Woods surrounded him
okay now this is different” he said to himself “ I guess all I can do is move”
he picked a random path and began moving time passed as he kept a steady pace he was used to walking for long distances it had become a Pastime for him to go for long walks when the world became too difficult and stress fell on his shoulders there was nothing better than to take a long walk and settle oneself minutes turn to hours As he began to worry he had not come across the trail and he had not even walked out of the park. he didn't go out of town for a hike the only reason he went hiking today was that his life had fallen apart for exploding he took off
thinking back on it Lawrence began the Fester inside once again as he thought about the one in bed with another man. Not only was it another man it was one that he considered his best friend mad at the people he considered closest to mad at the world he had always despised. The frustration was starting to mount on Lawrence as he felt more and more lost not only on the trail but in life. Situation he found himself in just happened to mirror his life everything he did every choice he made seem to lead him down a darker path till he finally got lost.
In absolute frustration Lawrence dropped to his knees looked up at the darkened sky and roared is frustration “ I'm done that's it I've always hated the world and hated everyone in it there is nothing left for me “
Lawrence made no move to reach into his bag he made no move whatsoever he just stared up into the sky where he realized the darkness above him was not sky but a land mass walking is line of sight from the sky His eyes had adjusted and he could see the stalactites reaching down he looked around once again seeing all the Lush Life around him
“ now that's not possible” He said looking back and forth from the landmass above him to the foliage around him “ I'm no horticulturalist but I'm pretty sure plants can't grow in a cave, But when did I enter this cave”
He reached in his bag pulling out a Aluminum blanket and he laid down on the spot and closed his eyes
Lawrence had no idea how long he had slept but the Sun pouring in through his retinas let him know that it was probably for several hours he stood up off the ground hold it up his blanket into as small a square he could fold it too and turned to put it in his bag however he hesitated his bag was enveloped by a gelatin like substance his bag was floating around in the middle slowly falling apart
“No”Lawrence called out as he reached for the strap which was not in cased in the gelatin like substance and pulled his Satchel out as quickly as he could the bag had so many holes ripped into it that once he yanked to the bag out all the stuff that had been in the statue at either falling into the gelatin like substance or had been flung around the woods
