Obviously, he would head toward the light. It had to be the shed!

Maybe all hope wasn't lost yet. He would find the generator, return to the manor, and everything would be fine.

He didn't waste time waiting for another twig to snap. If something was following him, then he had to hurry. He broke into a sprint down the left path, careful not to get his foot caught on a root.

His lungs ached. He wanted to rest so badly, but there was no time.

He would be safe in the shed.

With each step Alfred took, the forest around him grew lighter. He was nearing the glow at the end of the trail.

But it was quickly growing apparent that there was no building here.

He came to a stop in front of a campfire. Someone had made a circle out of rocks and filled it with twigs and grass. A small flame was burning in the centre of it.

What the hell was this? Was the shed further down the path?

He hunched over and gasped for air. When was the last time he'd run so long?

His legs trembled, lungs burned, and eyelids threatened to fall shut. He hoped desperately that this was all just a bad dream and soon, he would wake up in his warm bed and be able to continue life as normal.

Alfred pulled off his glasses and rubbed tiredly at his eyes. Upon fixing his glasses, he realized there were two shadows on the ground instead of one.

His heart skipped.

He tried to turn, but suddenly the back of his head exploded in pain, and then he was falling. He landed on the hard ground with a cry, jagged rocks, roots and thorns digging into his skin. Sharp, stinging pain erupted from his arms and stomach as skin tore.

He lifted his head from the ground, gasping, trying to wipe the dirt from his face. Hot blood ran down the back of his neck and pooled around him.

Footsteps came closer.

Stopped right beside him.

His head pounded as he was hit again.

And again.

And again.

His face pressed in the dirt.

Suffocating.

Glasses shattered.

Cutting.

It was strange to hear your own skull crack.

Soon he didn't feel much of anything.

he ded. luckily, unlike alfred, you can go back and make another choice (: