Until Dawn: The Light in the Darkness
Chapter 27 of my Until Dawn story, enjoy.
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Chapter 27
SAM POV
I moved as quickly as I could, desperate to reach Mike before it was too late. My mind was still full of what I had just read. I glanced over my shoulder and saw that the others were lagging behind slightly.
"C'mon guys, hurry up!" I desperately called out to them. "We've gotta get a move on."
I didn't know exactly what was pushing me so quickly, I only knew that if we didn't catch up to Mike, he'd be walking into a death trap.
'I can't let that happen...not to him. We've already lost friends here, I won't lose him, too!' I thought, my mind racing. 'God, if we'd known what was waiting at the sanatorium...'
I bit my lip, remembering how it happened, just before Mike left. I don't know what had come over me, I just walked up to him and pleaded with him to be careful. I had seen the look in his eyes and it actually confused me, more so than my sudden actions. He told me he would be careful and that he trusted me to take care of things while he was gone.
I couldn't deny it, Mike had changed a lot since we arrived at the mountain. Before coming back this year, if he had been anything like how he was now, maybe this mess wouldn't have been so catastrophic for us all. Maybe that incident with Jess wouldn't have happened.
I was broken out of my thoughts by Chris suddenly speaking up as he stopped, leaning against the wall.
"Hey, I'm kinda gimping out here, guys." he said, grimacing. "I think...maybe you should go on without me."
I bit my lip, not even wanting to consider that, but at this rate...
It was Ashley, however, who made the decision on what to do. She spoke firmly, brokering no argument. "No Chris, we're not leaving you. We're sticking together. Mike will just have to wait."
I sighed, but nodded and, to my surprise, Chris smiled at that and pushed himself up off the wall. With Ashley supporting Chris so that he could keep pace, we continued onward.
I lead the way, picking my way carefully through the tunnels beneath the lodge we had ended up in, on the underground path leading to the Sanatorium. We soon reached a large set of double doors, our only path forwards. I immediately began trying to open them, only for them to not budge.
I couldn't believe it. "Urgh, c'mon. Mike must have locked this behind him. Crap!"
I stepped back, worried. Mike was in serious danger and now we couldn't get after him to warn him.
'Dammit, Mike. Why?' I thought angrily.
I was almost overcome by an overwhelming sensation of worry, fear, and something else that I couldn't quite place. I was shocked by the potency of my feelings, especially my panic at Mike being in danger. Despite my shock and confusion at those feelings, I pushed them aside, this wasn't the time for that, I had to focus. I had to try and think of another way.
"Hey, what about this?" Ashley suddenly asked.
I turned and saw her kneeling by what looked like a manhole cover in the ground. My heart leapt, hope springing anew, as Ashley levered it open and we made our way down, hurrying to make up for lost time. Our journey passed without further incident until we reached a huge rock face and I couldn't see a way around it. But if our estimations were correct, once at the top, with a bit of searching, we could find the tunnel that lead directly to the Sanatorium again. We all stopped, looking up at that wall.
Then Ashley saw something and pointed, crying out, "Look, look there!"
Chris and I both followed her direction and saw it; a broken ladder, way too high to reach.
I groaned, "Wow, great."
Ashley bit her lip. "The ladder's toast, we're never going to make it up there!"
I shook my head, examining the wall carefully. "No, no, no, I think I can...I think I can do it, it's like...a rock wall."
I smiled and turned to Ashley and Chris. "I'm gonna keep going, you should head back to the lodge. I've gotta get Mike."
"Good luck." Ashley replied. She knew that I was the strongest climber in the group and had the best chance of making it to Mike.
With that, she and Chris turned back and began heading back the way we came. I turned to the wall, preparing to climb it.
Looking at the wall before me, I carefully chose my starting point and began to climb up the wall. I paused, and then, preparing myself, I set my feet on some rocks and pushed upwards, leaping to a higher ledge. I grabbed a wooden board, but it broke. I was so startled, that I let out a short cry, but quickly recovered and held on.
"Urgh, come on." I muttered.
I forced myself upwards again, bracing my feet and making another leap, grabbing a broken structure before making it to another higher ledge.
"Come on, come on." I muttered, encouraging myself. "You can do it."
I climbed up the rocks until finally, I reached the top of the wall. I grinned as I pulled myself to my feet.
"Hah, I beat you." I said breathlessly. "I fuckin' beat you."
Composing myself, I began to look around, using the light from my head-torch to guide me, keeping my hands free. I soon reached a gap in the path and opted to take the stairs to the right. I had only just gotten off the stairs when suddenly, there was a loud rumbling and then a smashing noise.
"Ahh!" I cried out, then saw the stairs that I had just used get destroyed. "Jesus!"
Shaking my head, I continued onward, desperate to find Mike, already afraid it was too late. However, I stopped when I heard a loud, strange noise.
"What was that?" I mumbled warily.
My search to the top of the stairs didn't glean anything but a strange symbol on the wall and a skull. Shaking my head, a little creeped out, I turned to follow a different route along some raised walkways. Suddenly, the cavern started to shake and I had to grab the railing to steady myself.
"Oh, fuck!" I cried out. "Fuck!"
Rocks fell, both behind and in front of me, forcing me to jump the gap before hurrying off the walkway.
'This is getting really fucked up. Not good, not good at all…' I noted with concern.
Just then, I heard that noise again and shook my head. Spotting a metal pipe next to me, I grabbed it for protection and continued onwards, hopeful that I'd find Mike before it was indeed too late.
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