Chapter 10: Holding Fate in Your Hands
Jonas picked another path randomly and started down it. It was quiet, no signs of any memories down this lane. He walked forward, hopeful that this might finally be the way out he was looking for.
As he continued, he heard Mollie humming happily from behind him and turned to meet her smiling face. He was almost positive that it was a smile of reassurance, she was trying to keep him hopeful, and he appreciated it.
"You're still stuck in here?" Came Colonel O'Neill's voice. Jonas turned, startled by the Colonel's sudden appearance, although, he didn't know what surprised him about it. O'Neill had done this before, quite recently actually.
"Yes sir, I still haven't found a way out." Jonas replied after he'd regained his composure.
"You'd think there'd be a huge sign marked exit, around here some place wouldn't you?" Jack asked.
"Sir?"
"These minds aren't built with safety mechanisms incase of accidental trappery. It's a shame though." O'Neill continued.
"Why is that Mollie? Why are there no mechanisms like that?" Jack questioned, although how he knew the name of Jonas's childhood friend, was a mystery.
"I don't know. Why would I?" Mollie asked, uncertain.
"Well, don't you run this joint?" Jack questioned.
"No, I'm just a guide." She replied.
"Ah, so you're the safety mechanism." O'Neill stated simply.
"If you'd like to call me that, but I wouldn't have picked that name." Mollie said.
"Yeah well, I never was good with naming things."
Jonas watched the exchange between the two people curiously. It was actually amusing, despite his current situation.
He took a few more steps forward, still hearing the conversation between the two figments of his mind.
As Jonas continued to walk forward, he saw another path cross the one he was currently on.
"Your paths may cross." Jonas muttered, remembering what Mollie had warned him of previously.
"What?" Mollie asked.
"The paths are crossing, which do I take, or do I keep going?" Jonas asked.
"Do what you feel best, but be careful, a few paths also lead to nothing, which will bring you to your end, but you won't know which ones hold that fate." She said.
Jonas froze. His end? Mollie hadn't mentioned any of this before. She said that the paths may cross, that there's a way out, but she didn't say anything about meeting his end.
"Ultimately Jonas, you're holding fate in your hands, and not knowing where it'll take you." Mollie finished.