Their Journey [DISCONTINUED]

Fallen Down

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"
My blood curdling scream echos back at me as I fall into a pit of darkness and warm tears come pouring out of my eyes. As I fall I feel my legs scratch against the overgrowth covering the hole. a cold hard object starts to slice through my right calf.
This time I scream even louder than I ever have before as my legs make contact with the hard soil, the pain shoots through both my shins and lower back and just like that, everything goes black.

My eyes flicker open to almost pitch black with only the slight illumination of moonlight as a terrible pain shoots through my legs and lower body as I lift myself into a sitting position. I gasp out in pain and suprise as I remember where I am and how I got there. I quickly pat around my pockets searching for the pocket knife I was carrying before I fell. *damn, it's not here!* I sigh in both relief and irritation *well at least it didn't end up stabbing me on the way down. But that doesn't help me now* I quickly become aware of how exposed I am in my current position. *well, not like I can walk anywhere* the constant pain in my legs begging for my attention. I bite my lip hoping to lessen the pain as I look around trying to see anything. The pain in my legs threatens to make me loose consciousness again. I take a deep breath and look around trying to get a grasp on my surroundings. In the darkness I can barely make out a slight glint. *my knife!* I quickly reach towards it and my lower back starts to scream as the pain intensifies. *bad idea, BAD IDEA, BAD IDEA!!!* I think to myself as my breathing quickens. I feel my fingers brush against something rough and hard and pick it up *ok a stick, I can work with this* i brace myself for what's about to happen. I bite my lower lip as I reach out for my knife with the stick. My back screams in pain and tears come to my eyes, I bite down harder on my lip and taste blood. Finally the end of the stick hits the ground inside the rubber band attached to the knife handle. My vision blurs with tears and my world threatens to go black again. I quickly drag the stick back towards me and the knife comes with it. I resist the urge to scream out in pain in fear of something hearing me and instead let out an exasperated gasp. *Okay now at least I can defend myself if I'm attacked* just thinking about it made me nervously look around again. I dreaded this moment but I knew I had to look at them eventually.

I quickly reach for the gauze I was carrying in my back pocket, praying that it hadn't fallen out during my 'leap of faith' doing my best to stop the tears from running down my face as the pain continued to burn. My prayers were answered as I pulled the soft material out of my pocket. I look down to see the damage to my legs, it wasn't as bad as I assumed it was with only a few scratches on my shins. *Okay that's all good* I winced as I pulled up the bottom of my shorts to see my left knee popped out of its socket. At the sight of it I gasped and looked away gasping and resisting the urge to gag. I took a few deep breaths and put the stick in my mouth *god, I'm going to regret this* i quickly grabbed my knee and pushed on it to pop it back into its socket. A muffled scream escaped my lips echoing in the darkness of the cavern. As I bit down on the stick and warm tears poured out of my eyes. I began to hyperventilate once it popped back in as the pain seemed even worse now than before. The stick dropped out of my mouth and ugly sobbing escaped from my mouth as I clutched my knee to my chest. I stayed there crying until the tears stopped coming. I felt so weak and defenseless sitting there on the dirt. I did my best to calm my breathing as i check for any blood, thankfully there isn't any except from a few small scratches on my shins as far as I could see without lifting up the legs of my shorts. I take a few moments to compose myself *health class actually paid off for once* I chuckle in an attempt to distract myself from the pain still radiating through my lower body. I finally muster up the courage in my weak feeling body to grab the gauze and wrap it around my left knee. *this isn't gonna help much* I start trying to think of a way to keep my leg from moving *oh that's right the stick!* I grab the stick and snap it in half, then i re-wrap the gauze around my knee using the two halves of the stick as a temporary splint.

I pat around my thighs to see if anything else fell out of my pockets on the way down and feel a warm sticky liquid. Instinctively I bring my hand up to my face. I gasp out in horror as I see it's crimson. *blood* I look down at the right leg and gasp *shit. I knew I wasn't that lucky* I gingerly pull up the material to see the damage. After i judge what i can do in my current situation, i grab what's left of the gauze and wrap it around the hand sized gash on my leg. Thankfully the cut wasn't very deep from what I could see. *how in hell did I not notice this? Probably because I was too focused on my freaking popped out knee!* i winced just at the thought even though the pain hadn't gotten much better, but it has dulled a bit.

I swallowed hard as I prepared myself to try to stand. I took a deep breath and mentally prepared myself for immense pain as I looped my wrist through the rubber loop on my knife. *no chance I'm leaving this behind* I took one last deep breath before I stick my arms out behind me and I bend my right knee under my butt, I dig my fingers into the dirt and gasp out in pain as I struggle to support my weight on one foot. *happy thoughts, happy thoughts, happy thoughts my ass! I'm stuck in a giant hole alone and injured!* I start to hyperventilate as I start to unfold my leg and push up with my arms to give myself a boost. I yelp out in pain as warm tears pour out of my eyes, but I am able to stand the pain is now radiating through my entire body and the tears are continuing to pour from my eyes.

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