Drip, Drip, Drip.

I opened my eyes, I had been laying down in the dark for who knows how long. I no longer felt pain coming from my heels or hand. I wasn't sure if it was adrenaline but they felt normal, as if nothing even happened to them. I couldn't see anything around me. I decided to stay there a while longer and let my eyes adjust to the dark.

After a couple minutes, where I could barely, but still be able to make the outlines out of the environment, I reached out for a wall. While my eyes had adjusted it was still too dark to tell what was what. As I was walking to the wall I had felt something cold touch my foot. I looked down and could barely make the outline of a knife out.

The villagers knife.

I bent over and grabbed it. I didn't know where I was going or what was with me, so having a knife was worth holding on to. I looked to the wall again and this time followed it with my hand. I did this for a while until I felt a breeze pass me. I started picking up my pace. Then suddenly I saw a beam a light hitting the floor coming from the top. I looked up, there was a hole there.

I looked around, How am I going to get up there. I was getting worried, it was too far high for me to jump up and reach it. I rubbed my hand on the walls and finally found small slits and inward slots on the caves walls. It looked as if they had been eroded and man made.

I bit on the knifes handle and started making my way upwards. It was a minute climb until I reached the opening. Finally I reached over the edge of the hole and hoisted myself up. My eyes hit with a sudden burning pain. I covered them with the palm of my hand hovering over them still adjusting. As they were getting used to the suns beams I was able to make out a group of people, about 20 all grouping around one person. I looked around, this looked nothing like where I originally was. The previous land which had dry crops and hot land, now replaced with dead trees and cold winds. Should I approach them. I wasn't sure if it was the right move to go over there or observe them further, this however was cut short when suddenly I heard a sound behind me.

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Frightened by the sound I ran forward and then turned around holding the knife in front of me. I waited there hearing the sound of someone coming up slowly reach the top. Then suddenly a hand reached upwards grabbing on to the ledge of the hole, Before anything happened I blurted out.

"Stop there don't move"

The hand seemed to twitch before refraining from further pulling itself up. I stood there for some seconds just looking at it. Complete silence passed until a voice cut that silence.

"Im no one bad, I just need to get out"

What do I do. Thoughts started raising in my head. Was I followed, I didn't hear them following me, who is it. I looked at the arm and thought of something.

"Pull both of your hands up"

I waited until the unknown person did this. Once I saw their other hand come up I slowly made my way around the hole, the opposite side of where the hands came up. I slowly walked up to it, making sure I didn't make any noise and looked over the edge. He's not from the village. As I looked down I was able to make the outline of the person climbing up, Ive never seen him. A wave of relief washed over me, they didn't know I was still alive.

"Can I come up now?"

I looked him over.

"Do you have anything on you?"

"Just a rock"

It looked like I wasn't in danger. I backed off from a couple of steps just in case.

"You can come up now."