As we walked inside the mall, a weird feeling washed over me. It was like the walls had ears and the pictures had eyes. Ms. Jones decided to go to the washroom and told us to go and explore the mall. I decided to go with Iyer. We walked and we found a board which said, “Welcome to douleur et tourment”. I think this is the name of the mall”, Iyer said looking confident. We walked for about 10 minutes and found absolutely nothing useful. We were about to head back, but then I saw a shop which was buzzing with people. “Let’s go and check out that shop”, I said. Iyer agreed and we walked towards the shop.
As I walked, my thoughts started to get drawn to the shop. It felt like someone was pulling me. I stopped in front of the shop and turned to look at Iyer, but he was already in the shop. I could see that the shop was a jewellery shop. I called Iyer but he did not respond. He looked greedily at the diamond ring that was in front of him. “Now sir, this diamond ring is the last one in stock”, said the salesman that appeared out of nowhere. “Iyer!”, I called but my friend was already ignoring me. I looked at the salesman. His eyes were green and the color was intensifying as he talked. At this point I wanted to enter the shop, but my old pal the face decided to appear.
The face did not say anything but decided to do the most sensible thing which was eat me. Yes, you read that right the face ate me, like u eat your pizza (pineapple or no?). The inside of the face was weird. Everything was glowing and was very shiny. I decided to try to get out of here, but under my feet the saliva decided to rise (yuck). I struggled and started banging the opening of the face. I looked for objects that could help me get out of this place. The saliva sped up and engulfed everything under my neck. The saliva engulfed my entire body and everything went black.
When I opened my eyes, I was face to face with a leopard. I know, what is me and waking up face to face with things! I decided to use the knowledge I had from watching Man vs Wild and decided not to make any sudden movements. Little by little I started moving away from the feline. I scanned the room for exits and found one behind me. The room looked like a dome with sunlight coming from its windows. I started making my way towards the exit really slowly. The leopard tensed and looked like it was going to pounce. “here kitty, kitty. You won’t hurt me”, I said. The leopard looked like an adult and had dark spots on its golden skin. It bared its fangs at me, leaving me no choice but to sprint to the exit.
Ever tried to outsprint a leopard, its not fun. Before I could even move the leopard pounced on me and placed its claws next to my neck. I was pinned to the ground and couldn’t do anything. The leopard bared its fangs and proceeded to open its mouth.
….to be continued……