From A Cave Into The Unknown

Missing Puzzle Pieces

Maria walked towards exhibit two. She could see her mother and Mrs Roberts there. They called out to her to hurry up.
"Maria! I told you, you need to keep up! Or go ahead." Said Mrs Willows looking at her daughter with a worried expression on her face.

"She's right you know. We panicked when we saw you were no longer with us. Afterall we had our headphones plugged in. Atleast walk ahead of us so we can see where you are. Or you'll lose your way and i dont want that. You're like the daughter i never had, Maria. Now go over to exhibit three. " said Mrs Roberts, smiling a little.

Maria felt a jolt at these words. But it was'nt an emotion she had ever felt before. She moved towards exhibit three, with the words 'You're like the daughter i never had' echoing in her head.

She plugged in her headphones, trying to concentrate what the woman was explaining about the dinosaur at exhibit 3 but failed. What she had felt before was'nt going away.

The feeling made her remember the time when she was a 5 year old. She was trying to finish a puzzle but some pieces were missing and some wouldnt fit at all, annoying her so much that she flipped the entire puzzle over and walked away.

She wished right now that she could walk away from the weird 'missing puzzle pieces' feeling she was getting right now. She walked away from exhibit 3 and toward exhibit 4.

Exhibit four was a dinosaur's claw. Something about it and its wicked sharp tips sent a jolt of electricity through Maria. In her mind flashed a picture of a girl with brown hair and blue eyes and a tall boy with dark brown hair and green eyes, both of whom she had never seen before.

Maria shook her head hard as if shaking her head would get rid of the feeling and the picture.

She pressed the button on her voice box attaches to her headphones and listened. Absentmindedly, she reached forward and grasped the claw.

The earth began trembling below her. She looked down and saw the tiny stones vibrating. A strange Rumbling began and the trembling became stronger.

"Mom! Mommy!" Maria cried out, before darkness consumed her entirely.