It's dark.
I look around and stretch my arms to find a light switch, but my fingers fail to come in contact with anything but the air that surrounds me. A dark but familiar feeling returns to me. I try to remember how I got here, how to get out, but nothing.
"Hello?" I try.
No response, except for the deafening silence that is one with the darkness around me.
Even after a few minutes, my eyes have not adjusted to the dark.
"Is there no source of light at all?" I whisper to myself, wondering if this is all there is. I decide to start walking. If I bump into something, it will give me some security and it might even give me a hint as to how to get out of here.
After what felt like thirty minutes of walking, I bump into a wall. A hint of relief courses through my body. 'Finally, something that can lead me to the way out', I think by myself. With a soft smile on my face, I turn my body to the left, my right hand still on the wall. I take a few steps forward, only to bump into another wall.
"What the hell." I whisper to myself as I rub my nose in pain. I let my hand slide from the wall to my right, to the wall in front of me. As I feel the connecting corners of the two walls slide past my fingers, I reassure myself that I'll be all right. I try to distract myself from the underlying fear that is making my hands shake. The same fear that makes me think there is no way out.
Slowly walking alongside the newly discovered wall, I once again walk into another wall.
"But that's impossible!" I exclaim. "I barely took five steps!"
I take a step back, my left hand still plastered to the wall in front of me. Another step.
I try to take a third step, but the back of my heel hits a wall instead. My eyes grow large as a thought creeps into my mind.
'The walls are closing in on you.'
"No." I whisper. "It can't be. That makes no sense."
Another small thought comes to the surface, just to mess with me. I shut my eyes and cover my ears, as the tiny whisper in my brain starts to turn into an ocean of uncontrollable screams, drowning out every other possible thought.
'TEST IT.'
"Fine, I'll do it. I'LL DO IT!" I shout, calming down my scared brain, deceiving it by making it think that I'm in control. I slowly raise my left hand up to the left side of my chest, as I turn my face to the same side.
I gulp.
'Here goes nothing.'
I stretch out my arm, only to have it crash into yet another wall almost immediately. I quickly search all the walls surrounding me, hoping for the light switch that will turn it all around. Or maybe even a doorknob. Maybe...!
But all my efforts are in vain. I slowly drop to my knees as I assess the situation. Soft sobs start to escape me.
"Help." I whisper almost inaudibly.
"Somebody help! Please help me!" I start to beg as tears are now streaming down my face, because deep down I know nothing will change. Yet, I refuse to accept it.
"Please don't leave me here all by myself, let me out!" I shout through my tears, holding the sides of my head with both hands, eyes clenched shut.
As time passes, my voice starts to fade. I realize that no one will hear my call for help. I'm all by myself after all. I back into a corner and let my head rest on my knees as that fighting spirit inside me starts to disappear, only to make room for something new.
"I give up." I whisper. I raise my head one last time, as a shout of pure agony and frustration leaves my mouth.
"Do you hear me? I give up!"
A soft voice inside of me whispers to me one last time, before it leaves me as well.
'Nobody cares.'
Now, I really am, all alone.
