Luminescence by Finley Morrow

Author:Finley Morrow [Morrow, Finley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-06-28T22:00:00+00:00

Seven

I was startled awake. The darkness was all around me, a mask over my sight. Dried tears had made my face puffy, but I tried to blink away the dark. At the end of a long tunnel was a small pinprick of light. Strangely, It seemed to grow larger the longer I looked at it until it was a rather wide opening. How had I not noticed it right away? My legs were weak, but I forced myself up nonetheless. It was bright as day outside. I pulled myself away from the darkness only to find that I had been asleep in a cave. Had the Alliance brought me here, and left me to die?

That makes no sense because I had watched them pump me full of the chemical that causes the somnolence. Perhaps I had been changed enough by the luminescence, that it didn't affect me the same way. Maybe I was immune to it. I began to walk out into the bright daylight. I had to cover my eyes because the light was almost blinding. Across a small clearing was an old growth forest. It was nothing like the jungle I had come from. It was more sparse, perfect for a person to walk through. I made my way slowly at first, uncertain of what direction I should even travel. Worst case scenario, I could take cover in the forest and shelter overnight.

The weirdest part about this place was how quiet it was. There were no birds or other small animals, at least not that I could hear or see. It was quiet. It was almost as if everything here was standing completely still. Even my own movements did little to disrupt the quiet peace. I kept walking. I turned back to see the cave I had walked out of. It was too far away. Strange. I hadn't gone that far, and there was good visibility. I should be able to see it. I put it out of my mind and continued walking, but soon enough it began to taunt my brain. I'll just go back really quick.

I hadn't gone more than a quarter of a mile, so I turned around and entered the clearing once more, but the only thing I could see was more forest. There was nothing, no cave, nothing. Despite the anxiety manifesting in my chest, the stillness all around me seemed to blanket the worst of it. It must have been a hallucination, caused by whatever drug they had given me. It was inconsequential because I still didn't know where I was, so it really didn't matter If I lost a cave or two along the way. I didn't even know if I was going North or South. I returned to the forest again. There was almost a pathway before me. It could possibly be a deer trail, but the idea of other people raised my spirits.

I began to walk faster. Eventually, there had to be something. It almost looked like I was back in a forest in N-am where I had lived before all this business even started.

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