Lost

Winding down the dark hallway, I trip but no one sees me.“Help!” I scream. Silence. It wasn't supposed to end like this. I wasn't supposed to be here. How could this have happened? Thump.

A distant sound behind me made me jump out of my skin. What was that? I said to myself. Thump Thump. There it was again. I quickened my pace faster and faster down the pitch black corridor feeling my way on the walls. Thump Thump Thump. Then nothing. It was gone now. I stopped dead in my tracks. I slowly breathed in and out knowing that whatever it was, it was gone. Suddenly the hairs on the back of my neck stood on end. Holding my breath I turned around to face my worst nightmare.