Dweller

I had concluded that they could see in the dark meaning they were obviously not human. They continued to circle me. Their footsteps are getting closer and closer to me. I was unable to move. Unable to run away. Being stuck in my spot.

A sharp pain immediately shot through my left leg as something stepped on it supposedly balancing a great amount of weight. They had definitely broken my leg already. As the pressure came off of my leg, I was immediately assaulted with punches hitting my chest and arms. One hitting my face. My nose started to bleed, in obvious signs of a broken nose. My other assailants quickly also made their move.

I was kicked in the side then slapped my face. Hitting the same side that was struck by Sam earlier on. I toppled over to the ground. Curling up in a ball I took all of their kicks and other punches. Bruise after bruise was formed after the hit. They put all of their strength into it.

I passed out through the process, when I woke up again they were gone leaving my body curled up and covered in my own blood and news bruises to add to the others form my fight with Quarry.

Next to me the smell of the mysterious meat, the horrible smell lingered in the air as I flopped around like a fish out of water trying to make my way to the meat. I eventually hit the bag, however this time there was no bag it was just the animal. Luckily they had some descent to remove the head of the beast but they didn’t skin it. Leaving me to tear the animal apart.

I had heard that raw meat wasn’t good for you but in this situation this was better than nothing and it's not like I could set any type of fire. I knew it was pitiful, me, a once proud family memeder of the Demopolis, now withering away in a cave.

I reflected all through my life, all of the mistakes I wish I could undo and all of the things I wish I could change. I knew down here was going to be my death. The closing and opening of that door would be all of the daylight I would ever see again. I accepted that. I prepared myself even.

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The endless cycle then continued, the three figures came and took their anger out on me. I then later found out that all three of them were men. Once I had passed out and woke up again I would find a body of meat.

Occasionally the nice woman would come but each time I felt like she was all too familiar. However eventually and rather suddenly she stopped the three men and with that my sense of what little time I had also stopped. Whenever I was asleep someone would throw in my meat and leave. I never once saw who it was.

My mind became corrupt. I was no longer thinking straight. Essentially I had finally reached the end of my sanity. My mind slipped away.

I had become a lifeless body. Whenever they threw in the meat I would lunge at it like a hungry beast eating it in one sitting. I would then go into a beep slumber and that continued on and on and on.

I only had one thing in my mind: eat and repeat.

However, something finally broke this. Had they forgotten about me? When I woke up from my deep slumber there was no meat. I searched my whole space crawling along the walls and around the middle there was nothing.

With no food brought no sleep my schedule was broken but I didn’t care. I was no longer controlling my body; it felt like I was trapped in someone else's. Just an on looker like the rest of the nightmares I used to have in the past.

The door swung open and there was no warning. No creaking of the metals rubbing up against each other or the jingles of the key. Light poured into the room. Brightening up the space. Bones lingered on the ground… Human bones by the look of.

I felt terrified but at the same time not?... My face was blank. I felt revolted by what I did but there was no actual emotion coming up.

My gaze went back up to the person in front of the door. A young girl with chains on was pushed into the room. The knight behind her stepped through the doorway slamming the young girl into the wall; she slid down it as pain developed in her body.

The knight by the look of it placed a lantern in the room and smeared at me before leaving. I don’t know why but at that moment I knew. Deep down something in me knew that this was the last time that door would ever open.

I screamed and an inaudible sound came out and I crawled towards the door. The door locked in place before I could stop it. Not that I could have done anything either way. I scratched at the door like a wild cat like it would change and force the door to open.

That was it, this was the end. The end of the line. Trapped her forever.

The girl, she was the last of the food they were going to give me. I look over to the girl.

Pointy furry ears sprouted out from her head. A long white dress was on her. It was torn and covered in dirt. Short brown hair with streaks of green came down to her shoulders just stopping above them. Her eyes were filled with tears. She watches me closely. Her eyes followed me as I crossed the room and went back to my spot.

I closed my eyes, not going to deal with this situation. I needed a clear mind, sort of. Even with my sunken body and my delirious mind I needed to figure out what to do.

Should I end her suffering and not eat her to end mine quicker? Or should I leave her be and let us both die together? Would that be selfless of me?

That's tomorrow 's problem.