Into The Deep (Chapter 1)

Panic surged through her veins as she realized she was submerged. She couldn't see, couldn't hear, but she could feel.

The liquid pressed against her skin, thick and endless.

For a moment, she let herself go limp, allowing gravity to pull her downward so she could know her way up.

It was a trick she had learned long ago, and never thought it would come in handy.

Her body drifted, and a gentle pressure formed beneath her, tugging her in one direction.

She twisted and kicked, swimming against the pull, fighting for the surface she couldn’t see.

A few seconds later, her fingers struck metal. It was solid and it was sinking.

She moved to the right, feeling her way along the metal.

She then felt soft unmoving bodies floating in the blackness.

She gritted her teeth, pushing past them, refusing to think about who they might have been.

Her chest burned as the air she had in her lungs was run out.

In desperation she decided to swim downward first, then hard to the right, hoping to go faster.

But moments later the metal found her again.

With the last of her strength, she forced herself forward, moving to the right of the metal object until she reached its end.

She then surged upwards as the ache in her lungs felt unbearable.

Suddenly she started seeing light but as she reached for it, her limbs slowed and her mind blurred.

And then she lost consciousness.

When she regained it, she found herself on the warm sand of the beach with the sounds of waves helping her wake up.

She coughed, choking on salt water as she rolled onto her back taking a moment to appreciate that she was alive.

She then used all her strength to sit up and upon observation, she saw a road just beyond the dunes.

She forced herself forward, step by dragging step, until she collapsed onto the hard asphalt.

Time passed in a blur of pain and exhaustion.

Then the noise of a truck awakened her.

An old man with a thick beard came out of the truck and knelt beside her.

He then muttered something she couldn’t understand, lifter her and put her in the back of the truck.

She was too tired to speak and so she could do was hope he was a god man.

She couldn’t speak. Couldn’t ask where he was taking her.

Moments after the man disappeared, the truck rumbled to life and carried her away.

End of Chapter 1.

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