31 Chapter 31

My whole body was shaken. In panic, I tried to pull my leg back out of the hole. Unfortunately, it didn't work; the only thing I did was further damaging my leg. It was hurting a lot, but I had no time to complain about that.

The feeling on my lower leg on the other side of the hole was definitely a person.

"Stop it, it's me!" I yelled, but it seemed like the person behind the door didn't care.

I tried to move my leg again, but this time, I wanted to kick whoever it was on the other side of the door. My attempt was unsuccessful, the ledge on the corner of the hole cut deeper into my leg. I was in tears because of pain and fear.

Idil and Melis were standing nearby, watching me struggle as they had no idea how they could help me. Finally, Idil got closer and kicked the door in order to enlarge the hole, or break the whole door apart. The door was shaken back and forth, but it didn't help me escape. A lot of blood was pouring down from my leg.

Considering the intense pain, loss of blood and lack of energy; it wouldn't take a lot of beating for me to pass out. Although I was still in fear, I stopped trying to get my leg out. In a desparate attempt, I shouted again.

"Stop, I am friendly!"

Apparently, they didn't share my point of view.

Idil kicked the door once again, but it was no use. We were no longer powerful enough.

Whoever it was on the other side of the door released my leg as I stopped struggling. I had no idea what would happen next, and the only thing I could do was waiting. It wouldn't be wrong for me to expect that person to cut my leg in half.

Nothing happened for a while. Idil tried to kick the door a few more times, but she was too tired. Melis was sitting in a corner, in tears. Perhaps she was more scared than I was.

Although my nervous system wasn't working well anymore, I could feel something on my leg on the other side of the hole. A hot liquid was pouring down my leg. I panicked again and wanted to pull my leg out again, but I could no longer try.

Someone wiped off some of the liquid on my leg. I had no idea what the liquid was, but it certainly wasn't water.

A burning sensation began on the area. I screamed as it felt like my skin was melting and conglutinating to my bones. On a second thought, perhaps that really was the case. The sensetion continued for a while before my nerves stopped responding to the stimulator. After the burning sensation was gone, it started feeling cold.

The expression on my face was not good enough to describe my experience.

"What is happening?" asked Idil, but I had no power to answer her. We could only stare at each other before I turned my head away. I couldn't look into her eyes in the intense pain I was experiencing. I knew she could not help me, and I didn't want anyone to feel guilty.

She crawled near me and held my hand. I turned again to look at her.

"I am so sorry... I hope you can forgive me." she said.

"It is my own fault, I deserved that." I managed to say, very slowly. "Go away now, there is nothing you can do. Run to safety, I don't know what's beyond this door."

"I would do that if the situation was different, but we are not strong enough when separated." she replied. She was right after all... We were four people just minutes ago, yet we could still not protect ourselves. No one knew what could happen if Idil and Melis got separated as a small group of just two people. We had to face any threat together instead of running.

Someone touched my leg again. I closed my eyes, preparing my mind for the worst thing I could think of.

Suddenly, something penetrating my leg. It felt like a thick needle. It was pushed deep into my leg, destroying some of the primary veins on it's way. It started feeling hot again. Something was flowing inside. It was probably a syringe, a rather big one. As the liquid made it's way inside my leg, the pain increased. I thought everything inside my body was going to be wiped out by the substance. In a moment, the pain was relieved by numbness.

Idil was startled and she stepped away from me.

"What is happening?" she asked in panic, showing my leg.

I turned my eyes to have a look. There was nothing noticable at first, but on closer inspection, I saw a little amount of greenish substance travelling up my leg, towards my knee. I've never seen something like that ever before.

"I can't feel my leg." I said.

Idil stood up, stepped back and swung her leg. But this time, instead of hitting the door, she hit my leg on purpose.

"Why was that!?" I yelled in my renewed pain.

"Hold tight!" she said and prepared to hit me again.

"No, wait!"

*kick*

My leg was cut again, but from a higher spot this time. The skin just below my knee was ripped apart. A green substance mixed with blood was pouring down the wound. So, that was why she kicked my leg.

"Are you okay?" Idil asked me.

"Good thinking." I could manage to say that with my teeth clenched in pain.

"Alright, close your eyes." she said. I was about to ask why, but I didn't have enough time.

*kick*

I screamed as my leg broke free of the sharp ledges all around the hole. I had a short opportunity to look at the damage on my leg. It was completely red, and the cuts were bleeding rapidly.

Although I have broken free, we were still in danger.

A faintly colored gas started coming out of the enlarged hole.