Shit went south immediately!
The second we went into the darkness their was screaming, crying, swords were sparking, and lots of growling. I tried running but ended up tripping over what felt like a dead body. I slammed my head into the ground and groaned loudly as I got back up. The voice was faded but still talking to me, telling me to abandon them and I thought about it before a light washed over me. Chris was standing there with four other demigods, all of them looked cut up, some were missing armor or weapons and their clothes were in tatters.
Chris was holding a lighter and looked terrified, he helped me up and I gripped my dagger. If I fired my guns in this place I would probably deafen myself. We gathered our supplies and left the dead, we ventured on trying to map out the maze but it was so confusing. Their were so many twists and turns that we lost our way almost instantly, we came across a hallway that appeared to be made of wood. I looked up and could see feet through the floorboards, apparently we were under a bar or something. Man this maze is screwed up!
We ventured further and further until we had to stop, we were all breathing heavily when someone gasped "Where's Thomas?!" a soldier asked. I had no idea who Thomas was but I counted five including me and not six.
"He's gone, we need to keep moving." I said but the soldier glared at me.
"He's my friend! I'm going to find him!" he said and ran down the hall and out of sight. The rest of the team were looking uncomfortable but one glare from me and they were back in line.
"Mary is right, we need to keep moving!" Chris said and I frowned. Mary?! Who in Hades name was Mary?!
I stood up and got my breathing under control "Who's Mary?" I asked and this time he looked at me confused. I rolled my eyes "You just called me Mary." I said and he shook his head.
Chris looked sincere as he looked at me "I said Sam. I said your name dude." he explained. I didn't think about this for very long, the maze screws with your head and judging by what just happened to most of our team no doubt Chris was already going nuts.
I was wondering why I wasn't hallucinating probably because I'm already insane! I have to be right? What sane person kills someone in cold blood and then feels bad about it?! I must have some kind of mental disorder or something! That had to be it!
Well, enough dwelling on my insanity "Time to move." I said and we started down the twisting halls again. We found ourselves in a large room that had two doorways in opposite directions, I figured we should find another route but the door behind us already had vanished. I cursed at this mazes cleverness and turned back to the two doors "Chris, check out that hall see if their are any traps. Don't stray too far though or you may get lost, stay within eyesight if this room okay?" I ordered and Chris nodded and gulped as he walked forward.
I peered down the other hall and clicked on a flashlight, I threw it down the hall and it rolled on the floor before it suddenly fell into a pit and clattered at the bottom a few seconds later. I backed up into the room "Okay not that hall. Chris?! Any luck?" I shouted but all I heard was my echo. I looked down the other hall and didn't see Chris's lighter anymore.
"Oh no! CHRIS!?" I shouted but again I heard nothing. I got the other two men ready and we ran down the hall to find the son of Hermes. We called his name but he still didn't respond, he was gone, the maze had him now. I sighed, he wasn't a bad guy he was just scared and I asked him to go alone! This was my fault!
But he was a coward! If he can't handle this than it's not on me! I shook my head these stupid thoughts! Why are they here?! Why are they swimming in my head?! I never think like this!
"STOP IT!" I screamed and I realized I just shouted out loud. I looked back and saw my last two soldier looking scared, as they probably should have been, this place was like my own head! Confusing, murderous, and insane! I glared at them and pulled them along "Keep moving! We need to find a way to New York!" I ordered and they very reluctantly started moving again.
We kept running for what felt like hours, very narrowly missing several traps in the process. We turned a corner and I saw steps up ahead "Maybe up there is a...Aggh!" one of my men shouted. I looked back and saw about fifty spikes jutting from his side and back.
"Oh shit! RUN!" I shouted and the two of us ran as fast as we could up the stairs as more spiked fired towards us. They just barely missed us as I saw the mark of Daedalus on the wall. I pressed it and the doors flew open, we jumped out and the door closed behind us.
We were both breathing heavily as we took in our surroundings. We were in a basement or something, maybe a wine cellar. The door above us opened and a man walked down carrying a barrel "What the...who are you kids and how did you get in here?!" he demanded.
I couldn't think clearly the dust from the maze was in my lungs and my brain felt like it was at war with the voice. I glared at the man and almost made him murder whoever else was in this place but I restrained myself. I took a deep breath "What state are we in?" I asked and the man looked at me like I was crazy. He's not wrong.
"Virginia, you're in Richmond." he said I went wide eyed, we were across the US and we were only in the maze for like an hour. I looked back at the door we had just come through and you couldn't even see it, it blended into the wall perfectly.
I knew going back into the maze through that door would kill me and my soldier. I looked back at the man and smiled widely...
"Do you have a car?"
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