JUST ONE MORE WISH - CHAPTER 4
(First wish🎗️exploring a cave🎑 Cont’d.)
I tilted my head and studied it, concentrating the flash light on it.
“Hey” I breathed out
“Hey kiddo” it replied.
“OMFG!!!!!!!!” Was my intial reaction then I remembered I’m in a cave so it must have been my echo.
“Yeah must have been my echo” I muttered decisively.
“But did the echo add kiddo?” another part of my mind said.
“Not your echo. I’m talking to you” It replied and I saw it mouth moving.
“Omg!!” I gasped out, I was paralyzed with fear.
“What’s omg??” It queried “how’s life up there?”
“I must be hallucinating” I shook my head as if to get read of the voice.
“No ya not” it answered “is that how you young lads behave these days?”
Okay someone needs to tell wh@??ver that is to stop talking, there’s a fog in my brain.
A skeleton can’t be talking not to talk of a skull without its body
It makes no sense at all, how’s that possible?
“Okay who are you?”
“My name is Jean, I’m a French and I’ve been guarding this place.”
“What are you guarding?” I asked, still freaked out.
It’s really hard to come in terms with it, I’m talking to a skull, just a skull.
“Everywhere”
I wasn’t feeling sleepy anylonger, this whole thing is creepy.
I nod and packed up my sleeping bag, it’s no longer of use.
I sat on the floor to rest my aching muscles and held my head in my hands, trying to block out the skull’s voice.
It just wouldn’t stop talking which is totally insane.
“You really should have seen me then, I was the head of my town” it was saying “girls come to ask for my hands in marriage. I was very handsome and called the most handsome in the town.”
This person must have been the egoistic type when he was alive.
I blocked my ears.
After what felt like hours with my fingers aching, I opened my ears to hear him still blabbering on.
“So this particular day, the lady came and said she was pregnant for me. You should have imagined the tremor that ran through my body because I married a beast of a wife. Know what happened next”
“Jeez… would you stop talking??” I countered back
“No” he replied cheerily and continued with his story, leaving me no choice than to listen “I ran away with that woman and left everything for my wife. I guess she must have been so sad I left everything in her care because I had a lot of properties. I didn’t take any of it with me.”
“So what happened next?” I asked, suddenly interested in his telltale
“Aha…gotcha….. I’m not continuing with the story, I want to shut up now.” It said.
“Fine, suit yourself” I scoffed, feeling really agitated with the turn of events.
“Any way out?” I asked
“No….. don’t ask me any question again. I want to stop talking”
A sense of foreboding numbed my senses.
“Only one way though, the artifact room” he nodded to his side where I could see little lights glittering in the dark “and it’s very dangerous because some spirits are lurking there” he added
“Okay, I’m off” I stood and dusted my clothes. “I’m getting out of here”
“Good luck finding a way out, you really need it.”
“Gosh, what time is it?” I brought out my wrist watch and found time standing still.
What’s happened??
I glanced around, is something wrong with this place?
“What’s the time here?” I asked the skull.
“Time doesn’t exist here. You could have been here for a week but you’ll never know”
“Great just great” I mumbled and carried my bag.
“Be careful out there kiddo, thou hast been beautiful talking to!”
“Yeah yeah sure” I nodded and walked to the inner part of the cave, towards the glittering lights.
“Wow” I gasped out ” this is beautiful”
I saw a lot of artifacts, half of it was real gold.
The cave looked magical, and it seems endless. But why does it seem like some of it are hanging in the air.
I bent down to admire those on the floor, if I take ten of these, I would be the richest in the world.
I took two golden orb and kept them in my jacket then I proceed to take what looks like a wand when I heard “Boo!” in my ears.
I turned around and found a skeleton grinning at me.
I let out a long ear piercing scream before taking to my heels.
Adrenaline pumped into my veins, I never knew I could run that fast.
“You can do this Gigi, we just need to find a way outta here” I encouraged myself and ran faster.
Just as it was about using it’s bony hands to catch me, I took a sharp turn to my right. There I saw luck shining on me.
Rays of light came in through an opening, lighting up a part of the mysterious cave.
Fifty steps to go…….. forty more….. twenty five left……. ten to go….three…..two….one and…
I quickly squeezed myself through and jumped.
I felt myself falling, a tree cushioned my fall. I untangled myself gently and climbed down from the tree.
I looked up to the hole and found the skeleton glaring at me before turning back. Seems it’s trapped which is just good for me.
I surveyed my surroundings and gasped out in fascination. It was as if I had stumbled on to a fairyland, very magical.
A lot of hideous creatures roamed about going on with their business. I didn’t seem to exist.
I started feeling relaxed and was about bringing out my camera to take some shots when I felt the ground shaking under my feets.
“What’s going on?” I thought and looked around.
Now can someone tell me why a panda is running towards me??
Seems I didn’t have to bother so much because it kept running towards me.
“Can it see me?” I wondered briefly before I began another phase of running. I need to have the lead.
Ohgawd!! From stove to gas!
I started feeling light headed and drowsy. My heart was beating uncontrollably.
I saw a small opening in between the trees and steered towards it.
“Oh no, I’m not going to make it” I panicked.
My heart beat became slower and my feet gave way without warning.
I landed face flat in the floor subconsciously.
I saw the panda’s face hovering over me with it’s mouth slightly opened then I passed out.
Tbc……….🏵️🏵️🏵️🏵️🏵️🏵️🏵️