An Overwhelming Horror (Chapter 3)

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When Jessica came to she struggled to her feet and looked around to gather her surroundings, then she looked over at Courtney who was still unconscious.2

Jessica bent down and started gently shaking Courtney to try to make her wake up...3

"Courtney WAKE UP!" yelled Jessica and as Courtney started to come to Jessica stopped shaking her.4

"Huh oh uh...what happened? (looks around) where are we?" asked Courtney in a daze.5

"I don't know, it looks like some kind of mine shaft or something...maybe a cave......but at least we're away from that maniac, I mean that has to be some kind consolation right?" said Jessica 6

"I guess so but now how do we get out of here?" asked Courtney starting to panic7

"I don't know I guess we just start walking I mean this place has to have an exit...(looks back where they fell from) and this sure the hell isn't it." said Jessica8

They both started walking down the only path which was dimly lit with a few sorted placed wall torches, but soon the one path turned into eight separate paths.9

"Oh great now what!" Courtney panicked again10

"We choose...either we stick together and pick a path or we go separate directions and try to find an exit." said Jessica trying to keep a level head.11

"Oh no there is no way in hell I am going anywhere in here by myself!" Courtney screamed, freaking out.12

"Alright let's go this way then.." said Jessica as they started down the rightmost path. 13

A ways down the path they came to another fork this time a two way one going straight and the other going left...they heard something down the straight path and started backing down the left path.  Suddenly something in the shadows came out behind them and grabbed Courtney tearing her to shreds, as soon as Jessica heard the ear-shattering screams of her best friend she spun around and cupped her hands over her nose and mouth and screamed.14

Crying all the while Jessica sprinted down the straight path not thinking or caring about what she had heard down the path before, all she knew was there was no way past that monster and the way they came was a dead end and she would get lost going aimlessly down one of the other paths.15

She saw a steel door at the end of that path, rushed through it, shut the door tight, and turned the valve to lock it and crying she started to slide down the door...but she suddenly heard a scream from behind her, turned around and screamed herself.16

"Who are you?" asked Jessica trying to find her heart again17

"Who are you?" asked the other girl crying which she looked like she had been doing for days.18

Jessica looked out the tiny window in the door trying to see the monster.19

"...it can't come in here." said the other girl knowing what Jessica was doing.20

"Why wasn't this locked before if you were hiding in here?" asked Jessica21

The girl looked over at a little opening...22

"I've been hiding back there...that thing couldn't reach me under that." she answered.23

"......My name's Jessica." Jessica finally said after she felt comfortable enough.24

"I'm Alice." the other girl said next.25

"Alice...the same Alice that went missing with some friends two months ago?" asked Jessica remembering her face and details on a news report on TV last month called [THE SEARCH CONTINUES].26

"...yeah~" Alice answered reluctantly27

"Well....what happened to your friends?" Asked Jess.28

"I don't know what happened to Crystal, last I saw her she was in this guy named Aidan's boat-house...and I got separated from Bianca, Lexi and Jocelyn here in the cave at the eight way cross paths...we all went different ways and now I regret it." answered Alice.29

"How have you survived two months down here?" asked Jessica when she started thinking.30

"Well convenience I guess...you see there is an underground spring back that way (points down a narrow path in the room) and off to an edge down that path is loads of food....I think this was meant to be a bomb shelter or something." Alice answered.31

Jessica slid down the steel door with her back against it, put her elbows on her knees, and put her hands on her head and started crying again.32

"What's wrong?" asked Alice immediately33

"...My best friend was just killed by that monster out there~" Jessica choked out still crying.34

Suddenly something banged against the door and Jessica shot up, screamed, and backed over next to Alice crying louder now then she was a minute ago.  The banging continued for about five more times as the two girls hunched down together and squished back against the wall.  35

Suddenly the banging stopped and after a few minutes hearing nothing Jessica slowly got up and went over to the door.  She looked out the window and suddenly the monster came up full force and crashed into the door with its full body weight.  Jessica ran back over and pulled Alice to her feet.36

"Come on! We have to get out of here, (looks terrifyingly toward the steel door)that door isn't going to hold much longer!~" almost before Jessica could finish that line the door crashed to the ground and the monster crept in slowly breathing and sniffing.37

TO BE CONTINUED~    38