InsaniKey 2

How can I be free falling into darkness? There’s some kind of limit to the space I’m in, there has to be a floor or a ceiling, or walls or something.

I’ve flailed my limbs ridiculously for what feels like hours. Something hits my back hard and my nerves tense up. Immediately I can’t feel anything and struggle to see, to hear, to smell, anything. When I can move my arms I feel something against my back with my legs dangling over the edge.

“Can I get a little light here?” I yell into the darkness.

“Nope.” Jinxx replies.

“Thanks man. That’s helpful.” I roll my eyes and sit up on whatever I’m partially perched upon. “I could’ve died.” I add.

“You’re fine.” Jinxx says.

“My back hit something.” I shout.

“You’re fine.” He repeats.

He’s right; I’m not in any pain. But he doesn’t have to know that. “I don’t think I can move.”

“You’re already sitting up.” He says.

“Andy!” I shout, ignoring him. “Ashley?!” I try again.

“Nope and nope.” Jinxx replies.

I throw my head back and shout “Jaaaaaaaaaake?” at the top of my lungs.

“R.I.P. my ears.” Jinxx laughs.

“Oh I’m sorry, did that hurt your ears?” I say quietly so that he has to turn up the sound on whatever he’s listening in on.

“Yeah, slightly.” He says.

“I’ll be super quiet.” I whisper.

“Not really necessary.” Jinxx says.

“ANNNNNNDYYYYYYYYYYYY!” I scream at the top of my lungs, causing my voice to crack mid scream.

“Damnit CC!” Jinxx shouts. Lights suddenly blind me and the room becomes a blur of white. I cover one eye with my hand in case he shuts the lights off again.

I’m sitting on top of a huge crate in the center of the room which is a couple of stories off of the ground. I hear a loud, low growling sound coming from inside the crate. “What’s in this room with me?” I ask. Silence. “I’m tired of this game, Jinxx.”

“Then leave.” He says casually as though I’m able to exit if I choose to do so at a moment’s notice.

The crate growls again and with my one open eye I strain to see a large dark shadow between the wooden boards underneath me. “Guys?” I ask the boards.

“Not exactly.” Jinxx answers from another speaker hidden somewhere in the room. “It’s a Cerberus.”

“You put me in a room with a Cerberus?” I stand up quickly and gauge the strength of the boards holding me up.

“Sort of.” He sighs in defeat. “I attempted to create something beautiful, but it didn’t work so I need you to destroy it.”

“What’s wrong with you dude?” I yell, jumping down from the crate and searching the walls for a door. I frantically bash my fist against the walls and yelp out in an attempt to master echo-location on the spot.

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