Until Dawn: The Light in the Darkness

Chapter 21 of my Until Dawn story, enjoy.

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Chapter 21

JESS POV

Cold. Biting, freezing cold. Pain. Burning, bubbling. A pretty even mixture of both was all that I felt. I didn't know how long it had been, but when I finally realized just what I was feeling, my eyes snapped open.

"Oh God..." I whispered. I suddenly became aware of how dark it was, how...dank.

I sat up sharply, only to stop. "Ow, fuck!" I choked out.

My pain intensified so much, that I was almost blinded by it. I slowly breathed, trying to focus again. When my vision cleared, I saw, at least partially, the state that I was in. I could feel the sticky, slick blood on my face from the various injuries that I had. There were rips and tears in my jeans and T-shirt.

"Oh, shit. God..." I muttered as I tried to get up. "What the fuck..."

Whimpering, I finally got myself to my feet, wrapping my arms around myself and trying to warm up. But even that small movement hurt me.

'Urgh, c'mon, Jess, think...I, I was with Grant in the cabin and we...almost kissed and then...God.' I shuddered as I remembered. 'All that glass, whatever it was...it...'

I could only imagine how I looked. That thing had savaged me. The pain that I still felt, the blood, the wounds, it all felt so surreal. Yet at the same time, so very present. It was so horrible.

I looked around, taking in my surroundings, trying to distract myself from those horrible thoughts. I was in what looked like an old abandoned mine shaft. I had fallen down there on the broken elevator beneath me, the cold metal biting into my bare feet. I cringed and then spotted something.

"Gotta..." I whispered to myself, all the while thinking, 'Anything, anything will do, just, please...'

I staggered over to what I had seen. Hanging on a metal hook was a ratty old miner's coat and some large miner's boots lay on the ground beneath it. I reached up, wincing at the pain that rocketed through my body at that moment. Getting the coat, I lifted it off the hook and pulled it on, despite its old, ratty look and musty smell. It gave me some warmth, at least. I struggled to get the boots on, both due to the pain and their size, they were a bit too big for me. I finally got them on and straightened up, looking around again, trying to ignore my pain and the slick feeling, especially on my left cheek.

'Gotta...gotta find a way out.' I thought desperately. 'Urgh, man, it hurts...How am I gonna get out of here? Grant, Mike...anyone, please, just please, let someone find me, even if just to get me out of here.'

I wasn't sure if I could keep going, this was all getting too much for me to take. I actually truly felt like I was going to die down there. Then I heard the strange noise, followed by the skittering, and my heart sped up. Now I was even more afraid than ever. I wasn't alone down there.

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