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Chapter ??? - Level Four.

Chapter ??? - Level Four.

I blinked, looking around an iron corridor. This seemed fairly modern. Flickering white lights overhead gave the place a cold feeling, and the grumbling of an air vent at the top of a wall nearby gave me chills.

"Well, this is new." I mumbled aloud. The white walls metal walls and tiled floor made me feel more dirty than ever. Everything was so clean. Yet here I am, stinking the place up and leaving mud everywhere. I looked at my grubby hands.

I didn't hear the others, and looking around, I didn't see them either. "Huh? Guys?" I said, biting my lip. Where are they? They came through the same portal as me, didn't they?

Sighing, I started heading down the corridor. No way but onward. Maybe I'll run into 'the others'. I know there's a French girl with black hair and dual swords, a short dude with an ice pick who doesn't speak, and an African American dude with an assortment of throwing knives, nunchucks, batons and more. They sound damn cool. I wish I had all that gear. I wonder where they got their coolness from. I want some.

I've also got to keep an eye out for a short girl with green hair and huge blue and red eyes. Dressed in black. Help.

Hm.

Where to even start?

As I turned the corner and was faced with two different directions, I sighed. Is this a maze? Are you serious? I hate mazes. I always get lost.

Well, I suppose I'll wander around until I find someone.

So I kept walking, taking random lefts and rights. Every corridor looked the same, except for vents, unopenable doors with radioactive symbols on and safety posters detailing how not to die. How helpful.

I wonder what monster will lurk in these corridors. One thing I noticed about them was that they were unusually wide and tall. I felt very small as I walked through them. There were hardly any sounds. Just my breathing, my footsteps, the whirring of the air vents and sometimes a low rumbling.

The intense silence weighed heavy. It was too quiet. It was as if there was no one in here but me. Not that there's much of a problem.. Just that it seems very lonely. Although I'm sure whatever monster lurks in here will gladly keep me company before tearing me limb from limb or eating me or some other gruesome death. We've had slice and dice twice in a row now, we need something more exciting.

Maybe something easy. So I won't mess up and die.

But then it is level four. It's not like it'll go easy on me. On the bright side, it's level four, and I'm almost halfway. I little under five months to get through. I can do that. Easy peasy.

But, I guess if we want to get through in time for that one guy, we only have three months. Three months and six levels. Still doable, if we move fast enough. But... no, it would be about two months or something. I'm not sure exactly. I'll ask him when I see him. If I see him. I could die before then.

I could also see the way out and take it.

Am I that cruel?

Maybe.

I hope not. I don't want to be an a*shole.

If I find the exit, I won't take it. I'll wait.

I will.

So I kept walking. As always. I do a lot of walking, don't I? No wonder I'm so scrawny. I could see my sickening reflection in a strip of shiny metal running along the middle of the wall. I look awful. I hope that girl can help my appearance. I wouldn't want to see Sofia again looking like this.