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The light's still so far...

There's no way I'll make it anytime soon...



I'm running full tilt and it doesn't get any closer...



I notice something

My senses are all of a sudden turned on full

The air gets heavy

And the silence that's been there so long



is even quieter...



The hairs on my neck stand up

Goosebumps form



I slow to a cautious walk

I try to scan my surroundings

But there's no way to see anything

Not in the dark



I'm struck in my left side

Someone or something is there



I'm pushed into a wall

And the air escapes my lungs

I shove back and I'm free



For a moment



I'm hit hard in the face

And I fall backward



"How am I supposed to fight back? I can't see what's fighting me! Let alone the punches being thrown..."



I take a hit to the stomach and double over

and then a kick to the chin

and I'm on my back



I'm straddled and hit in the face again

I throw my hands up to block the next

And I'm struck in the wrists



I time it... and wait for the next one

and just before I'm hit again I grab his arms



I push up with all my might and throw him against the wall

not letting go because that's the only way I have to connect



A knee connects with my ribcage but I hold fast

I throw my head forward and hit him in the nose

And he breaks free of my grasp



He starts throwing punches at a greater speed

But I can parry his blows now

I still can't see, but I instinctivly now where the next hit will land

Or was supposed to land



I parry once more and swing out,

I feel nothing but bone

A cheek



And the blows stop

I steady my breathing enough to hear it

Footsteps leaving...



I catch my breath and look to where the light was...

It's now even less of a flicker



"Give up!"

It takes me a second to realize it's not me thinking it

But my attacker's voice echoing down the hall



Never. Not even with his blitz.

Not even if she decides she never wants to see me again...

I'll never quit



I'll never back down



I turn my back on the voice



And start once again, toward the light