“Oh, geez!” I froze. Needles bristled my neck as if I were dangling on a tightrope blindfolded.
Submerged into complete utter blackness, I was on the verge of delirium. The story of Jonah and the great whale plagued my mind. “Okay,” I inhaled the stale air, “I can do this,” I softly coaxed myself.
I placed my hand on the jagged wall. Instantly, I felt cobwebs sticking between my fingers. I jerked away, drawing my hand to my chest. “C’mon, no wussy-p***y,” I snorted to myself. I inhaled a deep breath and settled my palm against the coarse stone. The other hand clenched the long stick as I waved it in front of me, feeling for any obstacles. As far as I could tell, the path appeared to be unobstructed, but it was narrow.
I stretched the stick to the right as far as I could and discovered n
