HELLBOUND [Liskook]

Part 28

Chapter 99 The only choice

Hours ago...

Lisa gasped as she woke up on a dusty floor in a very cold and dark room, or at least that was what she thought.

The last thing she remembered was having a conversation with Rosie before she was suddenly pulled behind a thick curtain near the veranda before she suddenly lost consciousness.

When Lisa gained consciousness again, she thought that she was having a nightmare. The entire room was dark and even though her eyes were open, she could see nothing. Everything was pitch black that she couldn't even see her own hands!

Lisa started to panic. Her breath became shallow and her heart sped up in fear. Where was she? Where was Rosie? What was going on? How was she going to get out of here?! Lisa forced herself to calm down and think. She needed a clear mind to be able to get out of here.

She put her hands down on the ground as she tried to get up and found that she was lying on bare ground - not tiles or wood or concrete - just plain dirt. Was she inside a cave or something? She crawled until she hit a wall. She ran her hands along the wall and noticed that they were made of bricks which meant that this place was somehow built by men.

As the thought crossed her mind, Lisa started to think that she may be in a dungeon under the palace. That was very possible because of the man-made wall built out of bricks. This wasn't a natural thing so she couldn't be in some cave. Dungeon seemed more plausible considering the fact that she was just inside a palace before she woke up in this place.

"H-hello?" Lisa said out loud and when she heard her echo, this gave her more evidence that she might really be inside a dungeon.

Lisa started to tremble despite her resolve to keep calm. Was this real? Was she really inside a dungeon?

Lisa prayed and hoped that this was just a dream, a nightmare she could escape from if she just woke up.

Forcing herself to think that this was just a nightmare, Lisa slowly stood up. She kept her hand on the wall as she took a few steps forward. However, she had only taken half a dozen steps when, on the last step, she heard the sound of metal hitting against metal. Lisa jumped backwards as soon as she heard it but not before she felt something sharp cut her thigh.

"Ahh!" she yelped and she felt something warm flowing down her leg soon after. She knew that the liquid flowing down her leg was her own blood.

Lisa was terrified and her knees began to weaken. She had a hunch that if she walked any further, she might die. Who knew what else was out there! Lisa stood frozen as she pressed her back to the wall, close to where she woke up from, and tears began to fall from her eyes.

Why? Why was this happening to her? What was going on? Why was she here?

As she stood there, feeling the pain from her wound, she realized this was real. She wasn't dreaming.

"Hello?!" Lisa forced herself to shout.

"Can anyone hear me? Help!!" she yelled again and again but no one answered; only her echo answered her desperate calls.

Was she going to die here? Was this the end?

Lisa shook her head to desperately rid herself of those thoughts. She didn't want to die yet, not in a place like this. She hadn't said goodbye to her family, Rosie or Jungkook. Her wishes were still unfulfilled. She still had so many things left to do, to experience. How did things end up like this? What was she doing in this place?

Lisa didn't know why but in that moment of despair, Jungkook's words suddenly rang in her head.

'This is just a little taste of hell, Lisa. I told you, you can't handle it.'