It was a facility. We didn’t know that, but it was under a centre. Once you enter, you won't be able to get out. How did we get there? I can’t remember, it was all a blur. Four people including me, got trapped in a paradox of endless suffering. The centre was an eerily, empty place. It was divided into many sections, the Domini, the Tudor, and a few more sections I can’t seem to recall. When we first arrive at the center, we’d be on a transport machine that’d asked us in a cold, robotic female voice where we’d like to go. Regardless of what we chose, all the places would lead to the facility if we weren’t careful. Let’s say we chose the Domini. In that section, the shops would be empty, barren, but open. We could step inside, look around and interact with the other people that seemed to be oblivious as to where they were. On the right side of the wall would be a glass wall that stretched for meters until it reached the other section. All sections are interconnected, but it takes a while to reach the end of one, that is, if you don’t accidentally stumble into the facility. The glass would be steaming with water condensation, and if you tried to look below, there would be unfathomable darkness. During my time there, I found out two ways to enter the facility and one way to get out for a while until you find yourself back into the centre. To get in, you’d either jump into the abyss or talk to a ten meter tall creature that would ask you if you’d like to go with him. I jumped in the first time, reaching endless corridors of doors with or without handles, leading to other corridors or your eventual death. I’ve only ever seen the creature take people in. I never knew how he could persuade them to walk onto his palm and let him lead them to the chasm. I had four friends when I came here. We all jumped down the abyss with no sense of reason, just a feeling of need to be down there. It wasn’t curiosity that was driving us; it was something more. When we dropped to the ground, it was just me and the girl. The two other boys got separated. As we walked around the corridors, the girl became odd. She started giggling every once in a while until she suddenly became catatonic. I was scared, but she awoke and told me, “Hey let’s go into this room!” I obliged, but walked behind her carefully. She went through two sets of doors which were unhandled on the other side. I was wary of this fact, but she pranced through the rooms. I knew something wasn’t right when the last door she decided to go through had no light whatsoever emitting from it. I stopped in my tracks and watched the door closed. She called my name and then started to scream. I was terrified. I banged on my door and realized I could pull it open with my finger nails. I needed to help her, but not in this state. I needed to find the boys and help me at least open all of these doors before I could help her. I ran, remembering my turns and counts. Five doors, right turn, three doors, left turn, one door, turn-. I stopped in my tracks. I saw an old lady in a wheelchair, just literally, slowly dying away. She began shrivelling up, but before she disappeared completely, she said my name and something that sent me chills down my spine.
I felt like I was going to cry, but then I saw a door in front of her. It was an opening to the outside world. I couldn’t believe it. I ran back into the corridors to find the two guys I was with. I needed to find them soon; this place was insane. Two hours later, I found them. I mapped out the facility quite well in my head while I was running around. Thank god they were still together. They were grateful to see me and we ran back to the exit. The old lady was gone. We recognized where we were, not far from our home. We ran and ran until we saw our parents. The girl was right beside them.
“Where would you like to go today? The Domini, The Erise, The Alias, The Tudor or the Hall.”
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