Valkyrie 107 by Arizona Tape

Author:Arizona Tape [Tape, Arizona]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Vampari Press

I awoke stiff with my stomach cramping in hunger. It had barely been a day since I ate but it felt like forever. My mouth and tongue were painfully dry but the only water I had access to was the small puddle on the floor.

It was humiliating, degrading, embarrassing. But I couldn’t stop myself from crawling over to the water and taking a couple of sips. It tasted earthy and crunched between my teeth, but it was cool and refreshing. Desperately, I drank more until there was almost no water left.

So this was how I was meeting my end. Death by being forgotten. It wasn’t like anyone was coming to save me. Not this time. Despite my dire situation, somehow that was a relief. Sim and Flavia were safe, that was all that mattered.

I held onto those thoughts as I endured the loneliness down here. Time passed differently in the dark. I had no idea how many hours or days had passed, but my cramping stomach told me it had been a while. The leaking ceiling provided me with just enough water to keep me alive, but not enough to get rid of the desperate thirst or hunger.

Every now and then, the chittering of a rat spooked me out of my misery. They were probably looking for food and I didn’t blame them. As long as they didn’t eat me.

If things continued, maybe it would be the other way around.

My stomach cramped just from thinking about it. I was hungry but I wasn’t that desperate… yet.

I drank a little bit more from the puddle, used to the muddy taste by now. I wasn’t sure where the water was coming from, and perhaps it was better if I didn’t know, but without it, I would’ve perished already.

How long would I be able to survive like this?

I stared at the empty puddle in his cell to the puddle in my cell, the sheen of the water barely visible. A single drop fell down, rippling the silver mirror underneath. There wasn’t that much left and no guarantee that the water would keep dripping.

If I thought about things realistically, it looked really bleak for me. The hunger and thirst were a constant worry, the loneliness and silence were driving me crazy, and the darkness brought out the worst in my imagination. There was a good chance I could die here, but I wasn’t going to go without a fight. I wouldn’t give Ormslang that satisfaction.

I had to pick myself up even if I felt more depressed than ever. I just knew I wasn’t ready to give up yet. It was only a small flicker of hope, one that got fueled by the thought of Ryoko and my friends.

With them on my mind, I allowed myself to wallow in pity for a little longer and feel sorry for myself. I blamed myself for my weakness, my failure, and the consequences that would follow because of it.

A dark basement with nothing else to do than think was the perfect place to contemplate.

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