Sinking Slow

The Siren Souls

The sword glowed very vibrantly and I stared. I snapped back out of it after a moment and I got up, grabbing my sword. I started making my way down the hall again. I decided not to run this time. Even if it was a brief moment of happiness, it was too dangerous. "The slight thought of something that would bring joy could kill you. I couldn't be so care free any more. The maze almost controlled my emotions. Like I could barely feel anymore and once I tried it always dragged me back down to realize. To realize that I was in hell and I had to escape. Forcing me to keep my mind on one thing it seemed like. It's like it didn't want me to think other wise and if I did I would go completely...mad. Ha um.." I realized that I wasn't just thinking all of this I had been saying it aloud. I kept more quiet now and continued to walk. I walked and walked...I never stopped. I never took a break even when my legs ached and I was tired enough to fall over and instantly fall asleep. My eyes were open just enough to walk and my legs had just enough energy to stumble forward steps. Everything about me was down. The only thing that kept turning was my brain and the invisible demon that probably sat on my shoulder. The angel probably died already because all I heard was whispers in my ear. I knew at this point that I was starting to go insane. "Youuuuu havvffffe commme." It seemed like gushes of wind that blew but whispers came in between them. I could barley even realize that I had stopped walking and my eyes could barley see a thing. All I saw was after those whispers was a gush of water. It was cool and felt good, it completely took my body and I was sinking in it. I could breath in it like last time. Knowing that I had made it this far I smiled and fell asleep. Once I woke, I sat up and looked around. I was still in the water. I looked around and just saw an open room, like I had found a room in the maze. I saw the glowing of eyes again and my mind was more clear now. I grabbed my sword and I ran after it before it could see me. I screamed trying to over rule it's hideous scream. The siren came after me and I went after it. I stabbed it and...it disappeared. It dissolved into nothing and when I looked around at the dark water. I started to see a glow. I saw a glow slowly come more and more forward. It was a girl she seemed around my age and she was pretty but there was something familiar about her. I looked at the girl made of water, I looked into her eyes. They had the same glow of the sirens. She came close to me and she spoke not exactly like a siren, but with a gentle human voice, but yet still had a faint, soft, benevolent whisper to her voice. "Thank you for freeing us." As she spoke I watched as more of them, but different looking girls came out from the other dark corners of the water. "Who are you all?" She inched closer to me. "We're people just like you." "Only fools we were, unlike you." One girl interrupted. "We died in this maze and our souls become trapped in these creatures from which you killed. If we are in water, the souls will be free. It's like a safe place, it's a home it's the only way the souls can float instead of disappear. If you kill a creature in the maze without the soul being able to peacefully dissolve into the depths of the water, it will just transfer into another evil creature of the maze." "So you're telling me, that every creature in this maze, use to be a person?" "I'm telling you that the souls of people create horrible creatures in a place like this. So unless you kill a creature in water, it just tortures them more." If I were in land I probably would've stumbled backwards now. I knew it, I knew that I was a killer. I knew that that huge, evil seeming creature, when I looked into its eyes, I looked into the eyes of a human soul. This whole time we had murdered humans and they passed on from one evil creature to the next. Once I realized this I started to cry. I weeped and I fell down to my knees in a bundled ball. I'd be bowing if I were on land. I bowed down to her feet and she stared down at me in confusion, stared at me weeping. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry for killing the innocent, if this is not hell and I will escape then when I leave I should burn in such a place for all eternity for what I've done." I told her between sobs. While saying this I thought of how the big glorious beast called Bashe didn't even attack first and I murdered it out of rage and anger. It had done nothing at all. While sobbing she was shaking her head and kneeled down to me. She brushed the hair out of my face. "Morgan," she said stroking it. "Don't say such a thing. You didn't know." "No but I did. I saw that the Bashe was innocent." "But did you see the rest?" She asked me. I shook my head. "Morgan they were all innocent, but the mind of the creatures made them evil. You couldn't help that. The biggest and strongest though, are the ones that can hold back the evil the most, but only so much." I was looking up at her eyes now. My mind was more clear. "I'm glad you came to us, and you freed our souls." She started to laugh in disbelief and almost cry of such happy. She smiled at me and her utter happiness shared. "You don't have to hide your happiness for much longer Morgan, you're almost there." She was crying now. They all were huddled around in a circle most of them had tears to their eyes too now. "How do I escape?" "Well, I think the first step is to free all souls. You have to drown all them in the water. That should open up the maze to let them lose in real life. Their souls will finally be free." "How do I drown all of them?" "Well Morgan, I can let out all of the water that holds in this room. It's magic so it will fill the entire maze but there's only one problem. Only one of you in your group can breath the water at a time. You would have to hold your breath or be some were safe." "I'll go get the group and bring them back here. Once the maze is flooded we can escape, right?" I asked. "You all would have to wait till the monsters are fully drowned. Once you all leave the water will disappear and they'll suffer for all eternity." I looked down trying to come up with something. She interrupted my thinking. "Morgan, it's okay. You don't have to free them. I can let you go now if you want. My soul is free, we're able to free you now if you want." She gestured to the rest of them. "You could go back now. You could go back to living a normal life. Everything will be okay just go." I looked up at her. I had the chance to go now. I could leave forever. I could go back and get the group, or I could risk our lives to save innocent souls. I was thinking. "Morgan you could go back being happy again." That's when I made up my mind. I thought about my life above and my mind was clear now. This maze wasn't a hell at all. It was a lesson, and this was a test. ✔️This was my final choice in the matter to. I realized that this horrible maze, was just another way of describing my life above. The connection I had with Leah turned into the same with Rina. The love I started to feel with Jay but I never got to try, I developed it with Gracin. The boys that helped me through it were the ones that would talk to me at school. All they tried to do was help me and i ignored them. Same with my mom and her boyfriend. I never shared my thoughts and feelings with my siblings whom I loved. I never paid enough attention to them. It showed me that with all the people up above, I turned them down and never gave them a chance like I did down here. Out of all the sadness and hard work and anger I went through, out of all the pain I suffered and happiness I lost, in the end I have my friends. Yet the innocent souls would die if I saved them. I knew that, if they were my real friends, they would understand the choice I was about to make now. "I know, but I will free them all. I will go back. I'm going to get my group. I'll bring them back here and we'll hold our breath till..hopefully we live but..even if we don't, The innocent souls will be free. If I die I die, but I will die knowing I did something right. I will die knowing why, because I ignored the people who cared about me before I entered the maze. I will know that I've learned my lesson. But I know I won't give up, until all of you are free." She smiled at me. "If it's what you desire Morgan." She looked around now worried though. "Morgan there is still stuff I need to tell you and I don't have much time." "What do you mean?" I asked her. "Morgan I need to tell you the fait. The fait of tar, you remain just how you are, the fait of leaves all around, sadly it takes over up from the ground. The fait of fire is death or just a plain liar." As she quickly spoke these each one sunk into my head more and more. This wasn't good, this wasn't good at all. I had to get back. "And Morgan your friend Jada was right, there is danger after you now, its worse than any of the creatures that why I have to go now. It's coming Morgan...RUN!" In an instant she disappeared and the water had left. I didn't see anything after me but I ran any way. I held tight onto my sword and I ran and ran. I ran and I didn't think it was possible, but I ran non-stop this time. As I ran I thought about their fait. I knew Rina and I were safe. What about Gracin and Driagon, were they going to die?? And Jada and her baby, it takes over from the ground? That didn't sound pleasant either. I knew I had to get back to them. I had to hurry. They were in danger. I had to warn them. I realized now that I was still running and how much closer I was. The girl must have gave me something or did something because without one stop I ran until I made it back to the room. Once I made it there I bursted in. When I looked at all of them they were just spending normal peaceful time together. I had such fright on my face including sweat. They had no idea of the fear that was inside of me and the fait that awaited them. I had never felt such confusing, horrible, painful fear, in my life. I walked in, set my sword down and I started to talk to them. They all rushed to me and comforted me. They were hugging me and asking me if I was okay and what was wrong. Out of all the comfort they shared and how happy they seemed for me to be alive they didn't know what was in store. They didn't know why I was scared for my life. Except Jada. Jada was the only one to walk to me and look down in shame for not telling me. I stared at her in disappointment too. Rina interrupted the awkward silence and feelings of disappointment, shame, sadness and fear. "What is going on Morgan?" I sat down and explained what the girl told me. I told them everything and what we had to do.