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Kyle, Kyle woke up. Not dead, surprisingly.
He sighed in relief, then covered his mouth with his hands, the creature growled. It's near. he quietly made his position easy to sit with, and waited for almost seven or eight minutes. After, he tapped the ground silently, and he didn't hear any growl or steps.
He sighed in relief, and gently– slowly stood up from his sitting position. He could feel the cold breeze waving through his brunnete hair. He searched for atleast one of the two touches quietly. He should have gotten atleast six or seven torches.
He sighed to himself quietly, 'I guess I have to explore without torches..' he thought, and he was not expecting to get a response.
``` Yes yes, what a shame. ```
He quickly turned around, no one was there. He was confused, he turned his head around the other direction, there was still no one there.
Was he— 'Am I going crazy?' He thought, he shook his head left to right.
No. He can't be crazy, he's rested, ate, and drank water before even sleeping.
He 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑛𝑜𝑡 be crazy. He knows it. So why is he hearing a voice? That-That must be my imagination. It has to 𝑏𝑒! ``` Wow, that's a bit rude. ``` his eyes widened. It's real. It's 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙.
𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍. "I- what- how-?" He says quietly, and quite also very quick. Although he doesn't know that.
``` Save your voice for later, you can use your thoughts for now. ``` it said, it confused him. How can he read my mind? – I mean it is a voice, and he's hearing it, probably inside his head. Maybe that's the answer. He sighed in confusion but asked 'Who are you?' The voices chuckled, half dark, half genuine. ``` That's not really important! as I don't know myself. ``` It answered, it sounded genuine yet,, sad..?
'I,, alright..' he mentally sighed to himself, fearing that it might have been personal. ``` It is no worries! Now, let's do what I need too now ay? ``` It added, quickly. It sounded like it was smiling and trying to hide away emotions, or just couldn't feel them.
'And what is that?' He asked, in his own thoughts. He looked around the small corridor, it didn't seem that dark, yet it also seemed far. ``` To get you back in the clearing, of course ``` it said, calmly. Well– probably, it didn't give any more emotion or sound expression than 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒎𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔.
His eyes immediately widened. Sure he wanted to feel safe in the clearing, but he wanted to find the others a way out since they've all given up. Even Owen. The one who was voted to be runner leader. The one whom he looked up to. 𝑂𝑤𝑒𝑛, 𝐺𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑢𝑝. 𝑯𝒆 𝑔𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑢𝑝.
He shook his head, left and right. 'No! The others gave up, and would rather die in there! If anything, they'll be happier to die outside the maze!' He thought back, angered. The voice didn't seem pleased with him atleast after all, he did snap at it.
``` Fine then, be here and die. ``` It snapped back at him. It sounded angry, like it was trying to cover up the feeling of sadness.
He went silent, barely breathing too, he only wanted to get them out of here. He didn't mean to make s̶o̶m̶e̶t̶h̶i̶n̶g̶ someone angry. Before he could respond, he heard something, someone.
" K-Kyle?! " the person squeaked, he turned around, and got greeted by a suprised yet relieved Magic.
His eyes widened. "Magic?! What are you doing here?!" He whispered, trying not to be that loud. He looked around slowly, and silently, then looked back at Magic.
"I-- You weren't anywhere to be found! So I assumed you were in the dark maze.." She replied, silently, But loud energy for Kyle to hear. The creature growled, its near. Magic flitched at the growl and when Kyle grabbed her hand and gently ran to a much smaller corridor.
They sat in the corridor for atleast six minutes, waiting for the creature to go somewhere else. And it worked, they didn't hear any steps or growls for the past twenty or so minutes. There was,, silence. That was, until Kyle decided to break it.
"Magic,, how far did you travel to just get here?" "..." although Magic stayed silent. He glared at her, which caused a shiver down her spine.
"A-About since eight in the morning.." She answered softly and silently. Kyle watched her take out her clock, and check the time. "It's currently 16:47 pm" she whispered, Kyle immediately said "What?! You need to go back!" He shouted, silently. She just stared at him, and responded him "there's no point, we're too far from the entrance.." she whispered softly, looking at the ground they were sitting on.
Silence. There it is again. Wait. 𝑊𝑎𝑖𝑡. His eyes widened. The voice. It wanted him to go back. If he did go back, then Magic would be here stuck. She looked at him strangely, but she seem to shrugged it off. He mentally sighed in relief, thanking that Magic didn't question it.
He looked up, by Magic poking his wrist slightly. He gave her a look of 'what?' She looked terrified, she just pointed at a direction of the corridor where it wasn't too small. The creature was there. "Shoot.. Magic we need to go.." He whispered, looking back at her now. "I know that!! But where? The other sides are easily reachable to the creature!" She whispered quickly, with panic in her voice.
"We could just out run it!" He suggested quietly, she just started at him with her eyes saying 'are you stupid?' "Okay maybe not that.." he whispered, looking at the ground then looked back at Magic. "Do you have anything that can distract it?" He asked silently while looking at her. She took out one of her backpacks, and took out a gun. She smiled and mumbled a soft and silent 'yes' but loud enough for Kyle to hear.
He grinned, as both of them stood up. Magic began slowly walking to one of the other corridors, which revealed a large one. She looked around, trying to find a good spot for the creature to be in, while also being a good spot for them to get away as fast as they can, and not the creature catching up to them. Eventually, she did find a good spot. Now, it's just the waiting game.
They didn't wait that long when the creature arrived. Magic looked at Kyle, basically saying 'should I shoot now?' And he stared at her too, saying 'yes.' Surprisingly, Magic understood it and aimed her gun.
𝐵𝑎𝑛𝑔!
The creature instantly went to the noise, which gave them a chance to go, And they did. They ran, they made sure they were careful when stepping on the ground, trying not to make that much noise when running.
Eventually, they made it into a much smaller area. They were out of breathe, they took five minutes to gain some of their breathe.
The area, seemed more 𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅 than the other corridors they been and seen. Sure it was still dark, but thankfully Magic brought torches. She walked over to a tall, thick wall. She touched it with her hands, she felt it was like, backed a bit, with cracks. It felt weird, yet.. dangerous.
She turned her heard to look at Kyle who was examining the ground, where there was cracks too. "Hey kyle..?" She started, which got His attention. "Are you sure this is safe?" She asked, which made him shocked, he didn't expect that kind of question, But kept a straight face. "I mean, yeah. It is a much smaller area than the other one." He answered. She looked at him with an unsure face, but he just stared at her with a reassuring one. She sighed under her breathe in defeat, and he smiled.
After about nine minutes later, they fell asleep. They were very tired. ``` Wake Up. ``` It said, in Kyle's mind. 'What..?' He thought tiredly as he yawn silently, ``` Open your eyes Kyle. ``` it said, he groaned silently, yet he opened his eyes. He was greeted by a bright purple light.
His eyes widened. An.. Opening..?
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This is the fanart!
(This is the first time I actually did fanart-- or well actually fully draw someone-)
