Just a note that this is more of a preview than an actual chapter, 'kay?
"-kid! Kid? Are you okay?" A worried voice rained down on her along with a blinding light. She raised a hand to shield her eyes from the light, which had only worsened the massive headache she had.
"Dojo?"
"Oh, thank Dashi! You're alive!" Came the response. Dojo kept the light of the flashlight over Kimiko like a spotlight. "Are you hurt anywhere?"
Everything sounded so echoey in here,it was almost hard to understand what was being said to her. "Huh? No…I don't think so. Just a little disoriented. Can you move that light off of me a little?"
It was then that Dojo realized the way he had angled the flashlight was probably blinding Kimiko, so with an embarrassed "sorry" to said girl, he tilted the flashlight and with it the blinding light. He looked down at her, trying to make out her condition from the fall she had. It was kind of his fault she had ended up down there, so even the slightest scratch on her would send him on a guilt trip.
She blinked, then squinted, making out the small dragon's shape. That was better. She kept a hand on her head, the other being used to prop herself up. She examined the huge gaping hole way above her head. She had been victim to an age old booby trap it seemed. It also seemed like getting out of here would be a hassle. "Uh, Dojo? Can you get me out of here?"
There was a silence. "Well…not really. This hole is too small for my other form. And I don't have anything to pull you up with." He explained. Kimiko frowned. "Is there a way you could get out down there?"
Kimiko looked around. There were walls with paintings she couldn't make out to either side of her. She could try scaling one, but then she'd be met with the issue of trying to get to the opening once she made it to the top. She wasn't exactly spider man, so she couldn't crawl across the part of the ceiling that was still intact and would keep her from getting to the hole with ease. For such an old trap it sure still did a fine job of keeping intruders from getting out. She looked behind herself, where the dark seemed to stretch for miles, but then again, it was dark and she couldn't really tell. "If I keep walking forward there might be a way out somewhere."
"Oh goodness! I'll go get the others and meet up with you, okay? Be careful down there." He turned to slink away for the rest of there teammates, but was stopped by Kimiko calling him once more.
"Uh, Dojo."
"What is it kiddo?"
"Flashlight please."
"Right." To think he was about to leave her in the dark. He tossed the flashlight down to her. "Call if you run into trouble!" He said as he slinked away.
She caught the flashlight, blinding herself momentarily before pointing it at the dark. It seemed she was right, the light lit up a passage that seemed to stretch for miles. She patted the pocket of her skirt, feeling for her phone. Once she'd assured herself it was still there and working fine, she breathed in. Then she sneezed. Her fall had lifted a lot of settled dirt. She shook her head. At least her headache had subsided now.
She began walking forward, hoping that somewhere beyond the now lit passage was an exit.
