Alone.
Not like in Cast Away!
At least he was on an island.
Me? I'm in a tunnel.
An endless tunnel, like a horror movie where you know you made the wrong choice from the start, but it's too late.
The darkness swallows me.
It has no beginning, no end.
No landmarks.
Just a strange feeling, like I'm stuck in a time loop, a bit like Edge of Tomorrow.
Each step takes me further from the "me", but I'm still here, trapped in this place, not knowing where I'm going.
The silence around me isn't silence.
It hums.
A frequency too low to be heard, like background noise that makes you doubt your own existence.
A near illusion of calm.
I clench my fists.
Fear slides into my veins, cold and insidious, like a syringe of poison, paralyzing me, slowing me down.
It's a bit like being in Silent Hill.
The environment changes, distorts, but nothing is really what it seems.
It clings to my muscles, whispers to the joints of my bones: Run. Now.
But my body stays frozen.
And my mind screams.
I'm here, caught in a mental trap, like a bad trip.
I close my eyes.
Flashes strike me.
Distorted faces, hands scratching at doors, moving shadows.
Everything blurs, realities collide like shards of broken glass.
A shiver runs down my spine.
I open my eyes.
The tunnel stretches out before me, the walls breathe slowly.
A beast asleep beneath the earth, ready to awaken.
The cold doesn't come from the wind, it emanates from the walls themselves, as if the place hungers for my warmth.
Am I alone?
A step.
An echo.
No.
Something walks with me.
I hold my breath, my neck aches.
The tunnel seems to be watching me, its walls fixated on me, judging me.
An invisible presence.
In my head, a voice whispers.
Not mine.
— Turn around.
I refuse.
— Look at me.
I force myself to move forward.
Each step heavier.
Like every movement is sinking me deeper into this warped reality.
No turning back. I'm walking straight into the unknown.
And behind me, in the shadows... something is moving too.