I decided to continue for two of three more chapters
My leg shatters as I hit the ground. My head follows and I feel my brain hit my skull, I'm sure I have a concussion. I feel cuts open on all surfaces. At least I will bleed out if nothing else.
The world drifts in and out of focus. Each time I am unsure of how much time passes. It could be seconds, minutes or hours.
After zoning out four or five times, something changes. By the light I guess it's mid-afternoon. Maybe three. A girl leans against the opposite wall. She appears real, but in my condition anything could be fake. She leans against the stone as though it is completely normal. She has long chestnut hair and dark brown eyes. When she see's that I have regained some form of consciousness, the porcelain skin of her face stretches into a smile.
"Glad to see those pretty eyes again." she tells me. Her voice is sweet, like the rare delicacy of cookies the creators send up after a Greenie. "I honestly had greater expectations of you Newt." She tells me "I thought my best friend would be a bit tougher." She says best friend like it's obvious. Is she from my past life?
She opens her mouth to say something else but then jerks her head to the side as though startled by a noise. "They draw nearer." She tells me. "I can't stay. Just remember that if you die, you'll never find me." Then I pass out as a dark shape blocks my vision.
I come to as Alby carries me back to the glade. Back to the despair and hopelessness of the endless maze. And back to a new terror, Alby and Minho's disappointment at what I attempted to do. Before Alby can register my consciousness I force myself back to the darkness.
As I drift, I think of the girl. Was she real? Did I remember something? Was my mind just making stuff up? And a question that haunts me most. Will I find her?
All my chapters will be kinda short but I hope anyone reading this will like it.