Misadventures

Labyrinth

Alright, I am possibly definitely going to die. But if I give up now, I'll die a coward; If I try I'll be less a coward at least. 'Ok, think, which direction is the best to go. left or right?'

I look to either side, debating. Both sides look equally dark, I retrace.my steps to check the diagonal slope I fell from. But everything looked the same. It changed like the sliding door, the walls can move. I need to start counting my steps. I think back to when I was swimming and thrown. I can only assume that man threw me from the left side of this giant cave. I was pushed to the left before I ran to the light.

If I go to the right side now then I might see the light again. I stand facing the wall that had provided me this torch. I look to my right and start jogging. I want to leave as soon as possible but if I run now, I might get too tired for any posssible threats that want to kill me. I bring the light toward the walls as well just in case there are more writings hidden within.

I reach a dead end. Another brick wall, very different from the cave walls. I poke, slap and push all the bricks to see if it's an automated door. There are no writings on either side of the wall either, so I cant move past this. I can't just stare at the wall either so I have no choice but to turn to the other side and find something there.

From where I started I counted 500 jogged steps, I barely got to 100 when I heard rust and cracks behind me. I turn to see the brick door was opening! I step closer and pointed my torch toward the opening and saw alot of tiny shining eyes staring back at me. I quickly turn around and start running. There was a sudden opening to my right and ai took that sharp turn, thankfully avoiding the bats but now I was wedged between two walls. I threw my torch a bit too far from me but it allowed me to move farther from the dark corridor into the new bright area.

I was hoping I was finally free and saw the outside world but this- now this looks insane. I was on a cliff, hanging over a giant moving maze. There was a water fall to my left and spiky rocks hanging from the ceiling. To my right there were vines and leaves growing and expanding from an unknown source. I'm starting to think im not really in a cave.

If I ever get out of here will I know how to get home? What if I'm in another country?! 'Calm down. Remember, one goal at a time.'

I'm honestly grateful to have a conscious. I sit on top of the cliff, bring my knees to my chest and study the setting before me.

Right now I must get to the other side. I know I must still go to my right. It looks like im in a dome, and I don't know if I can scale the wall and reach the top of the waterfall. Though it doesnt look like it comes from the outside, I mean the water... I cant see where it comes from it's too dark. But there is alot of light here, not as bright as the swamp but it was like the light of day.

Below me is a maze, I can hardly see how it moves because of the mist and fog from the waterfall so I'll have ti go down there myself. If I try to reach the end I will possibly get more surprises like those bats.

I look toward my right, there is a steep trail heading down south of the maze. I carefully scale down and  reach the bottom. I can't tell if its night or day, but I can see. Where is the light source? When I got to the bottom, I remembered my torch. It dimmed and burned out when I got here but I cant climb the steep trail, it's too high and dangerous. There are three entrances to the maze,  I could see the walls movements  farther back when I was going down the trail, but they were too fast to predict and the foggyness didn't help me.

I entered the middle pathway and turned right. I turned left and there are two paths. I took the one on the left I had to walk through a long skinny path when it suddenly began to snow. My clothes arent fully dried from the swamp and this sudden cold got me shaking and freezing. I run against the wind trying to reach the the turn but when I got there it was a dead end. The snow was getting higher when I ran back to the other side only to be trapped with another dead end and the snow was piling up to my knees. I am now trapped.

I look up to the spicky rocks on the ceiling and the top of the maze walls. I have a crazy idea, but it's my only idea. I start to run, jog, fight the air and move as much as possible to keep myself  warm and above the snow. I move alot of snow to once side of the wall. My hands are burning red from the cold but I can't give up. The piles of snow is helping me build my mountain. I add preassure to the bottom so I wouldn't fall through random air pockets. When the mountaing was big enough I stand on the opposite width, there wasn't much room to give me a sprint but there was enough to give me a few steps for a running start.

I ran toward the mountain and run up the wall as far I could; I took hold of the ledge of the wall gripped the best my numb fingers could hold. I lifted myself up with surprising strength. And I lay on the ledge to catch my breath. I have a better view up here and when I see the rest of it I feel a stab of hopelessness in my heart.

But like I said, with my crazy idea I  decided I would complete the maze right above it. I can see the end clearly, there are possibly going to be more surprises but I'll be ready for them.

But what lessens my hope is that the maze is expanding and shrinking, simultaneously containing different weather patterns on different sides and I could see the walls change width as well. Some are thick while others are so thin I wonder how I would stay on top of it for long.

So I So I don't risk standing on the ledge, instead I crawl or slide around. Anything to keep my hands near a ledge and prevent myself falling into a snake dune or something worse than snow. I look back to the entrance I went through and I could see there is now only one path avaliable. So the entire maze changes even when you're in it.

I had to jump from certain walls, climb up some, and even had to stand and run when I came across fire; the ledge was thick enough for me to stand on but it randomly shrunk I almost fell inside the maze again.

I've reached the end twice already before it dramtically changed my course of direction. On my third attempt I took a stand on a fairly large ledge, I run to end of the maze as fast as I can before the wall shifted directions. The ledge I'm running on is now adjacent to the exit of this place, it suddently shifted to a perpendicular position and I swftfly turned 180 degrees and jumped off the growing wall. Moving my arms and legs in circular motion hoping that could help me fall outside of the maze.

I bent my knees before landing and rolled to the exit. I heard a crushing sound when I landed and only hope those were the eggs rather than my bones.

My rolling slowed down and I have no more strength to move.