Violet
I scrambled forward as it went up through the opening.
I wore the pendant and began to climb when I reached the wall.
I hauled myself upward, my muscles screaming from everything I had already been through. The walls of the tunnel leading outside was very high.
I groaned and dug my fingers into the rocky jagged walls, pulling myself up quickly. My eyes never left the surface. It had gone so far.
I climbed faster, my pendant blazing against my chest.
I had come too far to lose it now.
The figure moved with no effort, and stopped near the very top of the opening.
Its featureless face turning toward me as if to make sure I was following, before rushing out into the opening and disappearing from sight.
No. No, no, no.
I sped up, dragging my body upwards.
My arms burned, my legs shook, and every part of my body ached from the swimming for just how long it had been. But I didn't bother to stop or even slow down.
