Out of the Abyss We were sucked down into the chilly, oppressive embrace of the darkness. Amid the whirling emptiness, panic gnawed at the margins of my consciousness. The words "We have to keep moving," spoken by Ethan, rang out in the night, like a lifeline. With her fingers tightly encircling me, Ava nodded and we staggered forward, our footfall resonating through the emptiness. Terrified, she said, "We can't let it consume us." But the shadows surrounded us with every second, the blackness unrelenting. Cole resisted the advancing darkness, his eyes wide with horror, his breath coming in jerky gasps. Desperate, he yelled, "We have to find a way out." "It cannot hold us here indefinitely." Thus we continued, our willpower the only thing preventing us from giving in to the overpower

