Not mine, I'm just borrowing them. I wrote this chapter after my Western Civ exam so it's kinda short. Hopefully, now that exams are almost over I can update more regularly. Hopefully.

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A loud crash made Sam sit bolt upright. Pain surged through her arm and she barely managed to stifle the cry of pain that sprung to her lips. Stars danced in front of her eyes as she looked wildly around for the source of the noise, but she couldn't see past her outstretched hand. The dying embers of the fire gave off a slight orange glow that failed to penetrate the darkness surrounding her.

"Dad, Is that you? Daniel?" She whispered to the darkness, but no answer was forthcoming. She blindly searched the floor around her for her pack. Finding it she rummaged around until she found her flashlight. She clicked it on and looked around once again. It wasn't much better than the dying fire. The darkness was so absolute that it seemed to swallow the small beam of light. She could barley make out the silhouette of two abandoned packs lying a few feet from her. Her dad and Daniel were gone. Slowly, painfully she stood up and shined the small light on the floor around her. Two sets of footprints led off towards the back of the cave.

"Dad?" Still no answer. Sam slowly followed the footprints until she came to a fork in the path. One set of footprints led one way and the other set the other way. She stood there wondering if she should go one or turn back. Her rational mind told her that they were bound to come back sometime, but the noise told her that something could be wrong. What if they were in trouble? What if they were hurt? That thought made up her mind for her. She set off down the left tunnel and prayed that she had made the right choice.

It didn't take her long, however, to wish that she had stayed back at camp. Her fever had returned with a vengeance and her collar bone throbbed with ever step that she took. The farther she walked the worse it got. She had forgotten to bring her water bottle with her, stupid thing to do she realized. What was I thinking? Maybe I should go back now before I get hopelessly lost in this labyrinth of tunnels. Suddenly, a light caught her eye and drew her back to reality. It was the beam of a flashlight she realized. As she got closer she saw that it was laying on the ground its owner nowhere to be found. She walked a little further down the tunnel until she was sure that she would collapse from her fever and die there. She leaned up against the wall and sunk to the floor. Her flashlight slipped from her hand and its beam came to rest on a still figure lying on the floor in front of her.

"Dad…" she tried to get up and go to him but she couldn't move. Instead she fell over sideways and everything went dark.