Aura backed away to the wall, more water leaked out onto the cold floor. She would drown eventually, how long would it take for the water to fill up the cave. It was coming out pretty slowly but the crack would get bigger. She took a deep breath,
“Don’t panic, don’t panic... What if I never get out?! What if I drown?! No! I can’t let my fears take control of me... I’m in control” She thought to herself, she had to do something. She slowly, carefully moved towards the crack, and softly felt her hands over it. A bit of rock fell away, it was very fragile.
She closed her eyes and felt along the jagged surface of the wall, trailing ice along with her hand, until she had closed the crack up. When that ice broke, the crack would be bigger, but it was all she could do at that moment. “Just breathe... you’re okay, you’ll find a way out of here, or maybe Kevin and Ryker will come...”
She thought of her parents, back home being cared for. She thought of little Sammy, too pure for this horrible world. She thought of Ryker, a big bundle of energy that never failed to cheer her up, and Kevin, she and Kevin had gone through a lot, but they’d gone through it together. It hadn’t been easy, but at least she wasn’t alone. Well, she wasn’t alone before... she was now.
She hadn’t known Ryker or Kevin or Oliver or anyone really that long, but it felt like she’d known them her entire life. She felt like she wasn’t good enough for them, she felt guilt. Happiness and guilt and sadness all at the same time.
And Kevin, she felt especially guilty. This was their progress that they had made together. A journey, yet she had ran out on him, left him. And look where that had gotten her. Tears streamed down her cheeks. “Stupid!” She yelled, and pounded her fist on the wall, curled up into a little ball and just cried. What a hero she was. Did heroes feel like this? Did they even have emotions? It didn’t look like it, but somewhere deep inside they had to, Surely they had to. She let the tears fall as she drifted into an uneasy sleep.
“What did you do! What did you do!”
“I didn’t mean t- to! I- I- S-s sorry.”
“Just stop talking and get in the car.”
“Kevin? Ryker? Someone?!”