Chapter 5: The Maze

Kourtni saw a white flash of light as she came through the portal. She fell to her knees trying to regain her vision. She felt dizzy and sick coming through the passage. Her vision was gone and she began to panic.

Adelaide placed her hand on her shoulder and spoke softly to her. "It the norm to lose vision first time youh go through. Breathe and all will come back soon."

Kourtni took a deep breath and rubbed her eyes. Gradually, her vision returned and she began to see the world around her. Walls stacked 10 feet tall surrounded her and Adelaide.

"What is this place Adelaide? I thought you said this was the portal to homeworld." Kourtni questioned.

"It is. Portal take wes to maze. Wes go through maze, get to home world. Maze security to protect wes from cacodemons and unwanted guests." Adelaide paused then turned to the still open portal and chanted, "Prope."

The world began to rumble and shake as the gap in the universe sealed shut in the blink of an eye. Adelaide began to crawl towards the set of walls at the north entrance and motioned for Kourtni to follow her. Kourtni stood up and walked toward the direction Adelaide was headed.

When they got to the section where the walls met together, Kourtni asked," I don't understand," she hesitated, "there's nothing here."

"That what wes want youh to think." she said as she crawled over to the corner, at the very bottom. She started feeling the wall with her boney palm faced toward the surface. She was very meticulous about where she touched. about 4 inches above where the right wall met the left, was a small button that blended in with its surroundings. Adelaide jammed the button and on the left wall, adjacent to the button was a comparment. Adelaide reached her hand inside and pulled the lever.

There was a few clicks and pops then a loud rumble. The ground opened up and a mechanical whirring sound was heard below the ground. Serveral minutes later a large elevator rose above the surface.

Adelaide smashed the button again and the comparment disappeared back into the wall and the elevator door opened. Adelaide and Kourtni made their way to the elevator and stepped inside. The doors sealed shut and numerical buttons appeared inside. The buttons one through eight were displayed, Kournti looked at Adelaide perplexed.

"Button number is a sector of home world. Wes go to six." Adelaide explained," Six is where queen stay of wes society."

Kourtni pressed the number six and the elevator started to studder then pushed them downward into the ground.

"Adelaide, how long is this ride?" Kourtni inquired.

"Wes beam there when wes hit the bottom." Adelaide paused, "Prepare cause it cumming now."

The elevator made a terrible loud screeching sound and then a loud burst shot through the air.

BOOM! CLAP! The sound rang out like lightning and thunder. The elevator began to decrease in speed and then came to a halt. It started to rise for a short distance and suddenly stopped in place. The number six button glew white and the doors started to retract.