Chapter 8: Into the Wilderness

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It's been... a few hours, but... what I can tell from the messy looking sun rising, somewhat covered hy the mist, I was here for the rest of the day. I swear... I feel like the mist just lingers the more we're with this thing. The mist is still here, just not as much now. I still couldn't get down.

I had been looking up at the sky, gazing at... the clouds that are just forming. The pain of my broken leg has eased, but it was still, well, broken.

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Usually I wouldn't need food or water myself, but... I... feel so... hungry... so thristy... I need water... I need food... and I couldn't get it... do... do I usually get hungry or thirsty this fast..? I'm so tired too... makes sense... I haven't gotten to sleep in a while... and... I'm so weak and frail, my entire body feels like it would fall asleep at any point...

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It's so cold... freezing... and...

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And the bugs can get me... I'm out in the open, now that I'm realizing. I could die many different ways in this position, and they were all slow, one both slow and painful.

What am I going to do... what will I do? I was basically stranded, stuck on this pillar, the only thing I could do was wall around on it and gaze at things, like how close I was to being squashed.

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It's lonely here. I'm alone. I'm gonna be staying alone. My friends, the contestants... they don't even know where I am. I could die here. I was basically out in the open, now realizing that I can be food for insects.

There's nothing I could do.

Now I'm beginning to wish I was actually stepped on. I would die, but... I wouldn't have to endure this slow death.

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"Four? Fooooouuuur?"

I hear a voice shout in the distance, calling my name and interrupting my thoughts. Sounds like...

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X?

X is still alive, and that means the others are too! Oh thank... oh...

"HEY! X! I'M OVER HERE!" I try and call out, trying to get their attention.

"Four!?"

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And there they were, in a turn of events, they managed to know I was still alive... maybe they wouldn't forget about me. That's... oh...

X, Two, and Bell all went to the pillar I was on. They looked up at me as I looked down onto them. Two signaled Bell to ahead and get to a position so I could climb her down.

"Four! you're alive! We were so worried about you!" X was very much relieved, and so were the others.

"Yeah, I'm, uh-"

"Four! How'd... how'd you get up there!?" Two questioned.

"Uh... It's... a long story."

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I crawled over to the string, before carefully positioning myself so I can stay on it while I slid down. I was back on the floor now. The 3 look on in horror as they take notice of my broken leg, not even noticing my frail-looking body.

"Oh my- Four! What happened to you!?" X went over to my broken leg to try and aid me, but obviously they couldn't do anything for now. X actually touched my broken leg and it stung badly.

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