Into the Darkness
3
Remembering and Forgetting
TORCHES LINED THE STONE WALL ON BOTH SIDES.
I lit as many as I could. The dark was starting to play tricks on me. The shadows seemed like they were moving, the walls started to look like they would fall on me, and the path looked endless. It was bugging me. Torch after torch, I lit them all, however as soon as I realized that my lighter was running out of fuel, I had to stop. "Perhaps I should ignore my note and try to find a way out of this castle."
"Lets just leave Professor!"
What was this? My vision was going blurry.
"And risk being seen? We trudge on boy."
Another memory!
"But how can we survive! The Darkness is chasing us and now…them!"
"Patients Miles, They cannot see us if we stay hidden. Panicking for one's own life is a sign of weakness you know."
"Its not my life I am worried about…"
"Tails, you don't have to worry about me. I can take care of my self."
Who was this new voice? A female from the sound of it. Where had I heard this voice before? Who did this seemingly familiar voice belong to?
"Yes Miles, maybe you ought to worry about yourself more than others. Your life is more important than anyone else's."
"You think that the project is more important than one's life! Have you gone mad Richard!"
"Perhaps, however we will not know that until we complete the project now won't we? Now enough lollygagging, lets move on…"
For whatever reason, the thought of leaving had escaped my mind. No, my only thought was about advancing. I wanted, no I needed to find out what all this meant. Why was I here? What was I doing? And how did I forget everything?
I came across a large room next. A stair well lead upwards to the second floor. To the left was a broken catwalk that looked like it had been broken not by a random occurrence, but rather by someone or something. Then to my right there was another stair well that lead to the basement area. The basement, then eventually, the wine cellar. I was about to advance to the well, then a chain that hung from the ceiling caught my eye. I walked up to it. It was eye level to me. Where had I seen this before?
Then, as if on cue, my strength began to fade. I collapsed to my knees. What was going on? I tried to get back up, but my legs wouldn't allow me to. My eyes started to lose perception. I fell to the ground and lost consciousness.
My mind shifted to one of my past memories. I was walking in this same room, but tons of people were on official business. Only one of the workers caught my attention.
"You look lost Kitty."
"And you look like you could use a hand"
She smirked "Observant one are you?"
I forced myself out of the trance and got to my feet. Whatever vision I was seeing, it was putting me in danger of being seen by whatever could be lurking in the darkness. I had to press on. But at the same time I wanted to know who I saw.
I felt like I once knew her…
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