Daniel falls forward into Seelah of which she screaches out loud and falls backward with Daniel on top of her. Daniel catches himself enough not to make full body contact and used both hands to catch himself on the grass next to her head.
*GASPS*
All the kids begin trying to see what is going on over one another and are making comments and questions.
A couple of seconds pass by with me over at Seelah and her looking into my eyes a bit nervously.
"Uh uhm! Sorry!" I say getting myself off of her.
As I stand up tall I feel the ground act up a bit and feel the ground shakes slightly.
Seelah and I both look at one another and I reach to get up as the ground collapses inwards.
*RIP*
The ground opens up and Seelah and I both fall into some kind of pit. I reach my hand out far enough to grab her hand and pull her close just before I back full contact with the surface of the ground with a loud thud.
*CLINK*
The sound of my armor clanking together as we make contact. I feel the force of my weight, and hers go into me primarily.
"Agh, shit!" I grunt feeling my back take most of the force. Dusk and dirt are in the air as we stay on the ground for a couple of seconds
*cough cough cough* "Daniel are you okay!?" Seelah asks
"I...I think so. Agh!" I push her gently off of me and pull myself up feeling my back.
"Oh my gosh are you hurt?!" she says with both hands near me but hesitant about what to do.
"I'm, fine...Urgh!" I say standing up holding my back a bit.
I give my hand and pull her up as she wipes herself of dust and dirt. We both look around where we've fallen and then up to see the ground open up almost like a circle. As we examine the ground level we are at, it is all dark except where the sun illuminates.
Seila, can you help me here?
[Yes, I am switching to a dark environment visual enhancement. That should help.]
My eye begins to transition from darkness to seeing shadow shapes in the darkness. I see rocks, and old roots of trees that have gotten this deep in the ground.
"Are...Are we stuck down here?" she asks me.
"I don't think we will be. I am sure the kids nearby would've seen us both feel into the soil"
"R-right...Right...You're right, we won't be stuck down here. I trust you. You've helped us before you'll help us again. R-right?"
"Of course, I will. Besides, it's my fault I fell forward and destabilized the soil we are both on. Now we just need to find a way up. Or climb up."
*Elsewhere*
A black-haired boy is running towards where the other adults are camped out and are panting and tired. He bends forward and begins to cry a bit.
The elderly woman checks up on the boy and pats his back gently.
"What's wrong deer?"
"I-I, I made a mistake!"
"What do you mean hon-"
"Daniel and Seelah fell into a hole because of me and I don't know what to do!"
She gives him a worried look. She looks at the other adults and gives them a small nod.
"Miss," she asks another woman, "please look after him"
"Yes, Elder!" she says taking the kid with her over to the fire.
"Jarvis, gather some of the men and go and find the two."
"Yes Elder!" he says waving about 4 adult males to follow him.
"Iomea, please protect them both." the Elder says placing both hands together.
*Meanwhile elsewhere*
As I am looking around I notice a small hole that seemed to burrow into the side of this hole. It is oddly well-shaped and circular. Like, something dug its way through it. I think an animal dug this pit and isn't natural due to erosion.
[Be cautious. If something can dig a hole this large, I doubt it is very small, nor would it be an herbivore.]
Right.
"Seelah, stay close to me."
"Huh? Why?"
I don't answer as I begin to hear some rustling and crunching noises. I look back at the hole in the wall and draw the two-handed sword from the scabbard.
"Wh-whats wrong?!"
"Stay back, something is coming"
I hold my position looking at the whole and don't see anything coming out yet. Waiting...Waiting...Waiting, until the noise is right on top of us.
*Meanwhile elsewhere*
Jarvis and 4 other men approach where the children are supposed to be, seeking footprints, and the ball near the open.
"Where are the kids!?"
"Over here!" a young voice calls out
The men follow over to them as they see the kids gathered up looking down in a pit where Daniel and Seelah are back and back together, with the former having drawn his sword.
*FWOOSH*
The ground erupts from underneath Daniel and a large creature that is long has what seems to be many legs on both sides, a large antenna, and elongated mandibles that open up. Staying at a height is currently 9 feet as seen so far.
I swing my swing into the side of it, slicing its body up, and a loud screech.
*EEARRAH*
The creature then dives back into the burrow it made and disappears for the moment. But I still feel the ground shake. I check on Seelah who is scared and unsure of what to do.
"Stay close to me!" I command
"R-right! I will!"
As another explosion next to me appears I am unable to swing in the direction of it since it is where my sword is being held. The centipede then lunges at me, clamping into my chest and slamming into the side of the pit.
*THUD*
"AGH!" I feel the mandibles beginning to dig into the armor and hear it bending even. I begin punching the centipede multiple times and then try to gouge out one of its eyes.
But they are still small for me to get my fingers into. It then begins dragging me up the side of the wall and tossing me into different surfaces, trying to knock the wind out of me.
"Hya!" a voice calls out.
Seelah did her best and slashed the centipede with the two-handed sword and it cuts into the side of the creature.
The creature lets out another cry of pain and drops me on the ground. Then whips it's tail end into her knocking her into the side of the pit's wall. She goes weak quickly and begins to target her.
[I suggest you release some adernal to increase your physical strength to fight this thing. Theoretically, if we go off of-]
Don't give me an explanation just do it!
{Adernal injection, 80%}
I start feeling a boost in my muscles and begin feeling more aggressive. I get up and run towards the insect, grabbing the two-handed sword and lunging with it.
I drive the sword into the body of the centipede slamming it into the side of the wall. Causing dirt to kick up everywhere. I then twist it into it the side of the centipede and drive it deep enough to make the sword go through the other side of the centipede's body into the dirt. Making the creature stuck in the wall.
But the creature then bends its body to then grab into my lower right torso where there is no steel plating protecting and bites down into my body. I suddenly feel a jolt of something go through my body causing me to freeze for a moment. It then begins to chew deeply into me, causing me to cry out in pain.
"Agh!" I clench the pincers going into me but I suddenly feel weak.
[This thing has injected you with venom and it seems to cause a paralysis effect. I am going to release more Adernal into your body, as well as activate Chemical 17 to fight off the venom to at least give you a chance to resist the venom]
{Chemical 17 released}
{Adernal injection 100%}
*CRUNCH*
"GAH!" I yell
I spit up blood as the creature is biting deeper than ever. But I am not dead yet! I take both hands the begin trying to bend the one mandible I can reach and push inwards.
*Crunch*
I feel more blood come out of me but I start feeling the mandible begin to give out. Then...
*SNAP*
The mandible snaps out and the creature breaks away from me, swinging wildling. I fall on the floor, clenching my body, but not stay in the position for long. I grab the sword with my bloodied hands and pull it out of the wall releasing the centipede from its holding position. Then with everything I have swing the sword right cleaving through where the head is.
*FWSHIIING*
With a single move and the head goes flying into a different part of the pit and the body begins to wildly squirm around the ground before it finally stops, only twitching on the ground every so often.
*Huff huff huff*
I drop the sword and look down at my wound. I place my right hand on it and look to see the fresh vibrant red from it.
[Adernal has stopped pumping, you will experience a sudden jolt of pain for a prolonged duration, and a weakened state]
Suddenly it comes seconds after Seila states that. I suddenly fall on both knees, clench my wound, and grunt in pain.
"Ff...-Fucking! Agh...*huff huff*" I then fall onto my side curling up as I feel weakened and cold.
"D-Daniel!" Seelah yelps running over to me. I have my vision slightly blurry, but I can see Seelahs face enough to see she has a small amount of blood running on the side of her head.
"Sh-shit, this is not how I thought things would go when falling on a girl."
"C'mon, c'mon don't close your eyes. That means you're weak to fight back!"
"Hang on there, we're coming!" a faint but somehow familiar voice called.
I see where the opening of the pit is and see figures of people descend down a rope into the pit and run towards us.
My eye begins to shut every so often only to be woken up by Seelah trying to keep me awake.
"No, no, no, no! Don't die please"
[She is being over dramatic. You're going through the withdrawal that happens when using the Adernal above a certain point. You're whole body basically feels like you've run for miles without water, food, or rest, and causes your body to suddenly give out and shut down. Not dead, but extremely used up. Better than your muscles literally snapping like rubber bands from overusing them.]
Shut up, don't ruin this...
As the voices seem to echo I begin to shut my eye. Only hearing the faint echoes of voices.
"Jarvis, help get him out of here. We need to get him medical attention or, or something! Anything!" Seelah screams
"Hey! Help me tie Daniel to the rope!" Jarvis yells.
As soon as I heard that, I don't hear a single thing.
I am in some kind of black kind of room. Alone, naked, and somewhat warm. Where the hell am I? Or wait this is likely one of those dream sequences I hear about for those close to death but don't die.
[Not really] A voice echoes
S-Seila? Why are you in this dream?
[It's not a dream, you're basically in my little box of cancerous. Which is where I reside essentially. You reside in the mortal physical plain of existence, while I exist in the mental plain of existence]
Huh...I see...
I look around the place and see just as I thought before, a black void of nothingness.
[Hey, I am an AI, I don't get much of a fantasy for myself to have in my plain. Besides, what would be the point.]
Well, it would be nice not to be bored.
[Fine then, tell me how not to be "bored" if you're so wise about it.]
Well, how about having a physical form instead of this voice? OR have some kind of furniture
[I will try the former but not the latter. Why the hell do I want furniture...]
Suddenly a light appears right in front of me and many light particles in the air around me begin to focus their attention on the ball of light and begin making a shape that is roughly just below my height.
Then, a sudden flash of blinding white light goes into me and I fall over.