Fragment 002 — From Darkness

Huh? Where am I? Everywhere I look is darkness. This place, wherever it is, feels unnervingly warm and damp. How did I end up here? And why can’t I remember where I was before this?

As I stumble through the compacted space, something slick clings to my skin, cold and unyielding. My body is coated in it, sticky and heavy. I reach out blindly, hands meeting resistance, an invisible barrier. It isn’t exactly solid. It slightly gives to my force, but pushes back, a membrane rather than a wall.

I press against it, only to be flung off balance. Though I am still. Something is moving. Causing my struggle to remain balanced.

An abrupt jolt hurls me forwards causing my face to slap against the slimy barrier. My stomach turns inside me. Smack! And suddenly, everything halts. A strange impact presses across my whole body

The rhythmic pounding had paused. The walls had not stopped moving, but had changed to a gentle vibration.

Readjusting myself from the sudden impact. My hands reach out once again. Tracing the barrier. Underneath the slime coating was a rough, creased surface. It was not hard, in fact it felt somewhat fragile. I begin to dig my finger nails into it, whilst pushing with the full force of my body. I hear a gentle creak. My fingers cling on to the wall, as the creak intensifies as a small beam of light pokes through.

How strange, so there is something beyond. Suddenly, the pressure gives way, and I am spat out. The wall tears apart like a curtain. Momentum sends me flying out. What once was a small beam of light, now blinds me. Then, a pillow of grit hits my face.

Lying on the floor, an incredible warmth spreads over my body. I force one eye open. It is met with a blast of nothing but white forcing me to close them once more. Hesitantly, I try again. Slowly does it. The light, not so harsh this time. I can almost make out an image. Just a hue of red and orange. My eyelids flinch and slowly this blur of colour begins to form into something more prominent.

I lay, ear to the ground. In front of me, a blanket of red sand as far as my vision allows me to see. Met at the horizon with an eerie orange sky. I was confused before, now, my confusion only deepens.