Escaping into Darkness

Every one of these dark places they went reminded her of how much she disliked the dark. It made time feel like it was stretching on so slowly and the mystery of not being able to see what was in front of her made her nervous. She carefully reached in front of her with her paws to make sure she wasn’t going to run into anything and tried to rely more on her other sense as they continued further down the corridor.

Natha’s voice stopped her and she turned back around to find the opening that the feline had mentioned. Following her lead, Tam slipped though the opening as well till she felt it open into a larger, empty space. There was no real way to tell just how big the room was, but she did notice how cool the temperature had gotten as they moved further underground. She could definitely smell the bats that Natha had pointed out. As if on cue, a group of the flying creatures took flight over head and startled her, making her jump and yelp. She hopped right into a stalagmite which startled her all over again. She stopped with her paws out like she was ready to fight until her brain caught up with the adrenaline in her system. She sighed as she tried to relax again, her ears flicking uncertainly. ”Yep, still don’t like the dark.”