Parallel - A Virtual Reality.

V2. Chapter 10. The Wishes. (Part 3)

'Again...'I think bitterly as I watched the same notification with the Probation Zone. But then, a surprising bit is added to it. I feel my eyes opening wide at the option of being able to exit the dungeon. 'Maybe it's a trap' I think suspiciously and starts talking to the others.

And no sound came out. I realized that here was nothing in front of us and I panicked as I looked to my side, looking for my friends.

'Emptiness...' I look around looking for my friends and they aren't there!

'What the...' Chills run down my spine. I breath deeply to calm myself.

I could feel how that hollow place came back for me, as if it would never let me go...

It's not as if something will appear suddenly, most likely, one wished for something to appear, to see, to hear, to feel... something, anything!

'This is bringing some unpleasant memories' I think bitterly as I knew that no matter how hard I shout, I wouldn't hear it, or be heard.

I just start walking forward. This time I start becoming aware of my body in this empty space, trying to feel the most of it through minute movements. I noticed that it didn't matter where I go, it seems there isn't a direct route, so I tried walking forward as no sound is made from my steps.

'This is truly a dangerous Zone...' I thought to myself while shivering.

Being 'Painless' is something but feeling nothing is another, even more when you are in an empty space. I didn't feel the presence of air, I felt that my character was breathing by inertia. At least I could feel something like ground to be stepping on it, and I desperately concentrate on it, thinking that it might go away at any moment.

I walked and walked, the space seems boundless and never-ending.

As my thoughts are going astray, I also remembered that time... it was hollow, too...

Sadness, anxiety and fear flooded my consciousness, my steps wavering as the ground didn't feel so real anymore, as if I would start falling at any moment.

I close my eyes, desperately trying to get away from those thoughts. For a way for me to escape. Then, I remembered the option of being able to get out of here, I reach out quick, like a man that has found an oasis in a desert.

Do you wish to get out of the Dungeon of Wishes?

Yes/No.

I knew that if I talked now, I would be heard. I knew if I talked now, I would be taken out of this place, of this nightmare. I knew that that if I say Yes, freedom would come to me!

My hand reaches out for the option, as I open my mouth to talk. And then...

'STOP!' Feeling my consciousness scream at me, I finally. Watching the temptation in front of me, my ticket for release.

I close my eyes, I start remembering why I was here, why WE came here. We can't stop here! I... can't stop here!

I open my eyes, furious as I watch the message in front of me. Rage welling up in my chest as I felt the ground solidifying again, my back straightening. Then that rage changed to resolution and I shouted.

"NO!" Even if it wasn't heard in the space, I could hear it!

My voice would never be silent. My action would never fall in nothing!

I start walking forward, not stopping at all. Creating my own road, my will connecting with my friends that have been going through similar ordeals like mine. I have them, and they have me. All of us are waiting for each other, so I can't let them wait anymore!