I was a bit busy in the last few days and today I've been watching the Doctor Who anniversary and will rewatch it later on so I didn't manage to write that much new content. But here's the second chapter and I'll have to see how much more of the short story I'actually post as it's much more than a first draft already.
Maybe it'll change a bit more when I'm actually done.
Chapter 2: Nowhere
I
don't know how much time had passed but eventually my consciousness
returned once more. Contrary to last time I couldn't hear anything at
all and it looked like I was surrounded by total darkness.
Since
my flashlight seemed to be missing I pulled out my smartphone to use
it as a light source. As soon as I turned it on my eyes were glued to
the screen.
October
32st, 25:83h
“What the...? Is
it broken?”
Under normal
circumstanced it should have been...but how could I call it normal
when people had been spirited away right in front of my eyes...well,
close to me at least. Trying to ignore the impossible date I turned
the phone away from me and looked at my surroundings. I was sitting
in a small room made of stone...although it didn't actually feel like
stone...more like...flesh? I quickly withdrew my hand.
My flashlight was
lying just out of arms reach but apart from that the room seemed to
be completely empty while the doorway was blocked by something I
couldn't really make out in the dim light my phone provided, so I
picked up my flashlight and stood up.
Strangely enough my
body had completely recovered but as I felt neither hungry nor
thirsty it couldn't have been that long since I crashed into the
tree.
Now
how do I get out of here?
I shone my
flashlight at the exit but all I could see was an impenetrable wall
of darkness. Kinda like fog, just much thicker. There didn't seem to
be any other way out so I took a few steps forward. My heart began to
race as I reached out tentatively, imagining every possible horror
scenario I could think of. It might have engulfed my whole body,
devouring me very slowly while keeping me alive throughout the whole
process.
But nothing of the
sort happened. It simply turned to dust and disappeared.
Huh...that
was way too easy...
I stepped outside
and found myself standing inside a corridor that seemed to stretch
endlessly in two directions. Opposite to my room was another wall of
darkness and although it might have been stupid I also touched it to
see what lay behind it but this one didn't even budge.
Hm...now
which way do I go?
I checked out both
directions but they didn't seem to have any distinguishing features.
Just endless hallways lined by even more rooms. I tried to open
another one but apparently only the occupant could actually open it.
Why would anyone build cells that can only be opened from inside?
Maybe to lull the prisoners into a false sense of security before the
real horror starts...who knows?
“Hello, is anybody
in there?” I pressed my ear to the wall so I didn't miss anything
but nobody answered. That's when I noticed a strange sensation, as if
the walls were shaking. It reminded me of a movie I'd seen once.
I kneeled down and
looked at the ground. It was barely visible but it seemed to be
shaking. I closed my eyes and listened very intently....bam
bam...bam bam...it sounded like...footsteps. Opening my eyes I
panicked and spun around in a circle, trying to make out where this
creature was coming from. But this isn't what I was made for so
ultimately I had to decide on a whim and ran like hell.
The corridor went on
and on and on and the further I went the more unstable it seemed to
become. The walls shimmered in and out of existence as if something
was trying to replace them and once in a while parts of the floor
simply turned into sand, only to harden seconds later, nearly
severing my foot a couple of times. My flashlight wouldn't stop
flickering but I still noticed that it's light disappeared in the
distance as if it was hitting another wall of darkness. I couldn't
see any obstacles though.
Maybe I should have
stopped but out of the corner of my eyes I could see something
looking at me, as if the walls themselves were alive. I certainly had
no interest in finding out if they actually were. Only a few more
steps and...
It felt like someone
had rammed his fist into my stomach. The air was forced out of my
lungs while something slid down my throat even though there didn't
seem to be anything in front of me. I chocked, unable to breath and
dropped my flashlight to reach for whatever was trying to enter my
body. My hands touched something slimy but were unable to get a grip
on it, especially because it just got bigger and bigger. My body felt
like it was going to explode any minute now as more and more of this
thing forced itself into my body with no end in sight. I fell to my
knees and was about to faint when it simply ended.
