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  it was a fire that was producing the light and not a light bulb. When Wright got to the

  light just as he had thought, it was a torch, but who uses torches anymore he couldn’t

  remember the last time he had seen a torch. Wright took it out of its holster and carried

  it just in case there wasn’t going to be another one anytime soon. Wright was right to

  take the torch, it was the only one all the way down to the bottom.

  When Wright looked around there was a bunch of walls that looked like it might be a

  maze, however, there was no light except from the torch he had. Wright was

  wondering why there was a maze down here and what they didn’t light it up with light

  bulbs, maybe it was to hide the fact it was down here. Wright heard several screams

  coming from inside the maze and even though he didn’t want to, he felt that there was

  something on the other end of the maze that he needed to see. Wright looked around

  and saw that he was now in a huge underground cave with God knows what’s down

  there. He looked at the wall and saw a small opening that went deeper into the cave.

  Wright walked to the entrance where there was a little map carved into the wal so he

  studied it for a moment. The map didn’t show the way out, it just showed that it was a

  maze, and from what Wright could see it would be hard to memorize the map because

  it looked long. If there were any traps to prevent people from getting to the other side

  they were not on the map so Wright had to proceed with caution. Wright looked at the

  other wall and saw tally marks on a paper. There were two sections, one section said

  failed and the other said passed. There were twelve tally marks, all of them being on the

  failed section.

  As soon as Wright stepped into the maze he felt immense heat, he was happy that he

  could feel it even though it was almost unbearable. Wright started walking hoping he

  was walking the right way, he didn’t want to get stuck in this maze let alone die in the

  maze. The heat never got worse the deeper he went in, Wright was happy for that, at

  least it was getting more bearable. Wright touched the wall, it was burning hot; hot

  enough to fry an egg on it, if you could keep the egg on the wall long enough to fry.

  Wright looked at the wall, there were two arrows one pointing up and the other

  pointing behind him, all he could do with that is ignore it and hope that without the

  arrows pointing in the right direction he could find his way out. Wright wished he

  could believe the arrows but with so many he knew there was no way he can but maybe

  some arrows told the truth.

  Wright remembered a story in Greek mythology about a maze that lead to the

  underworld. The maze would shift and change to confuse people so they wouldn’t

  make it through the maze. Some people made it through the maze but a lot of people

  died trying to get through. They went in through the maze to visit Hades wife and then

  leave by smashing a pearl that would take them back to the world of the living. Another

  side of the story was one of demigods used that way to rescue his father from Hades,

  who was trying to take over the world. When people would travel through the maze

  some would get crushed when the walls and floors would shift, others would die from

  starvation, and many would fall to their death in the lake of lava. Wright was happy

  that this maze wasn’t that maze.

  Wright maybe walked half a mile before he came to a stop where it went left, right, and

  straight there were three arrows; one pointing left, one right, and one behind him so

  Wright went left to see if that was the way. Wright was walking when there was an

  arrow that pointed up, he looked up and this thing fell on top of him. Wright quickly

  threw whatever that thing was off of him then looked at it, the top of the head was

  blown out and from what he could tell it was a missing person that he saw on the police

  station billboard. The corpse was maybe about 2 years old and surprisingly well

  preserved but it looked a little mangled. Wright got up and started to walk again when

  he reached a dead end he thought to himself that that was not a good sign. On the wall

  was claw marks and blood that looked like it’s been dry for a while. When Wright

  looked closely at the claw marks it looked like it might be a big dog or maybe a tiger.

  The thought of a tiger on his chest came back into his mind as he cringed at the thought.

  Wright turned around and saw the beast that was almost as big as the walkway, it

  roared loudly as it got ready to attack him. Wright got ready to run, when the beast

  started to charge him Wright saw an opening and took it. Wright ran straight at him

  and at the last moment went to the right side as the beast ran past him and Wright

  continued to run so he could get some space between the two of them.

  The thought of another beast after him frightened Wright, or maybe it was the same one

  that chased him earlier. Maybe the room with the corpses led down here and the beast

  came down that way but how would it know that I was down here. There had to be a

  reasonable explanation of what was going on, maybe Wright was just imagining

  everything, that had to be it. Wright heard the roar of the beast again and kept running

  until he came up to the four direction intersection, he decided to go straight, maybe that

  was the way out and hopefully he could get out before that thing found him. While

  Wright was running he turned right after a while and straight into another dead end,

  then he saw the beast run past him. Wright quickly ran out and straight for the

  intersection and this time he turned right and headed straight for about thirty steps

  when he heard the roar again. Trying to run faster Wright ran into a wall and fell over,

  he quickly got up looked around and turned left and continued for a while, then

  stopped to catch his breath and started to listen for the beast to see if it might be coming

  his way.

  Wright kept walking and turning left or right randomly and turning around when he

  reached a dead end. At one dead end he saw a picture of a monkey with his hands over

  his eyes but had little slits through the fingers. Underneath it was Howard B. Unruh,

  the name of a mass murder from 1949, he lived in New Jersey and killed thirteen

  people. When Wright said the name blood started to come out of the eyes. He turned

  around and started to walk away with that monkey in his mind trying to think of what

  it could mean. Wright knew it had something to do with one of the evil monkeys but

  why was this one peeking out? What was the name under it? Why was there blood

  coming out and from where it didn’t make any sense to Wright. Wright stopped and

  looked around while he was running, he forgot to keep track of where he was and now

  he knew he was lost. He started to walk straight when he found that he could go down

  or up. He figured that he come up from the direction the lead down so he went up.

  After making a few right turns then a few left turns Wright came to another dead end,

  but this dead end had a monkey that had his hands cupped around his mouth as if to

  speak louder with something written underneath the image. Wright wiped it and saw

  the name Andrew Kehoe. Andrew Kehoe bombed a school in 1927, killing forty-five

  people, most of them being children. After Wrigh
t wiped it clean the mouth of the

  monkey started to bleed, he then heard the beast closing in behind him. He quickly

  turned around and ran as if his life was endangered, as for all he knew it was. He

  turned left and right, getting more lost but as long as that thing didn’t find him he

  didn’t care at the moment. Wright turned left and had to quickly stop, right in front of

  him was a pit. He heard the beast roar again, this time it was a little further away so he

  still had time to turn around and get away. When Wright turned around he saw

  another beast, this time it was the size of your average human but with matted hair and

  long teeth. This thing growled at Wright then lowered its head and howled while

  slowly approaching Wright.

  Wright threw his torched at the human like thing and ran past it, when it tried to hide

  from it. Wright ran as fast as he could, he then heard it howl and knew it was coming

  after him. The thought of how many of these things were in this maze came to his mind.

  He kept running but it seemed like he was backtracking, then suddenly he saw the first

  beast from the beginning of the maze. Wright turned around to try and out run it but

  when he did he saw the human like beast standing directly in front of him with

  yellowish green eyes. Wright felt helpless and didn’t know what to do, he didn’t see

  any way out of this, if there was just one there was a way out but now he just didn’t

  know. Wright didn’t have his torch any more so he couldn’t use that trick again. He

  thought about running and screaming at the smaller beast maybe that would work, hell

  it’s all he’s got. If that failed he could try to hit him against the wall, it might hurt him

  enough to slow him down because of how hot it is.

  Wright faced the human like beast and ran towards him screaming, while all it did was

  roar at him. When Wright got close to him he moved a little to the right to hit his side so

  he could knock him into the wall. Wright hit it on the shoulder and it went straight into

  the wall but before it hit the wall it disappeared, then reappeared behind him unhurt. It

  roared at Wright then started to walk towards him, so Wright started to run hoping he

  could out run something that could disappear and manifest again. Wright kept running

  until he found a turn, he took it then pressed his body against the wall, as he did he

  saw the human like beast run past on all fours. He then ran down the hallway he was in

  and turned left only to see it was a dead end.

  Wright looked at the wall and saw another monkey, this time the monkey cupped his

  ears as if to hear better. Underneath was another name, it was Jack G. Graham, Jack G.

  Graham killed 44 people including his mother in 1955. Wright wanted to know what

  the monkeys and the names meant, they didn’t have any similarities. Wright saw blood

  start to flow from the ears of the monkey, he then quickly turned around to run so he

  could get away from the smell of blood, the beasts could probably smell it. Wright

  started to go the way the arrows were not pointing and hoped that would lead him out

  before the beasts caught up to him again. Wright finally felt like he was making some

  progress when he heard something roar behind him, when he turned around it was the

  smaller beast. Wright did the only thing he could, he started to run. After making a few

  right and left turns he came to another dead end with a pit. Wright turned around and

  saw the beast staring at him, getting ready to attack him. The beast charged at him full

  speed as Wright stood there waiting. Wright jumped out of the way when it got close,

  he got up and turned around to see if the beast had fallen into the pit but the beast was

  just floating there. Wright stared with amazement and thought to himself, well shit this

  sucks. He turned around and started to run again, the beast roared and ran after him

  and gaining fast.

  Wright was trying to lose the beast but it stayed about twenty steps behind him. He

  kept turning left and right trying to lose it but it stayed there behind him, then without

  warning it was gone, Wright stopped to catch his breath hoping it wouldn’t show up

  again but he knew it would. After he caught his breath Wright started to walk again

  listening for any sounds that would alert him to one or both the beast behind or in front

  of him. Wright stopped in the middle of a four way intersection and looked around

  only to see no arrows he could use. Wright decided to go straight hoping that was the

  right way; after a while he found a light, he ran to it, it was a torch he picked it up and

  saw some writing on the wall. The writing was carved into the wall and said “Don’t

  turn left, don’t turn right, don’t go behind, stray from the path and be lost forever in the

  Maze of Hell” Wright kept walking straight until he came to a right or left turn he

  decided left would be the best option. He came up to another right or left turn, this time

  he went right hoping that he would soon find his way out, but it lead to a dead end

  with another monkey on it. This monkey had his hands straight up in the air, the

  writing under it said surrender to evil. He expected blood to come out of the monkey so

  he turned and walked away after a few steps he heard a loud roar come from behind

  him he looked over his shoulder and saw the big beast behind him.

  Wright’s only thought was oh shit not again, he started to run in hopes of getting away

  after going straight and turning left and right and left again he looked behind him to

  see nothing was following him. The thought of that big thing being able to disappear

  and manifest out of nowhere wright slowed done to a brisk walk being alert just in case

  he had to start running again. Wright finally saw an arch and he knew he finally made

  it to the end and he was happy he was almost out of the maze he just hoped he didn’t

  have to come the same way to get out of the this underground cave. Wright decided to

  walk he was tired of running, his legs were sore so he walked kind of slow but with a

  sense of purpose. It seemed like it took a long time to get there but he finally got to the

  arch, which made him very happy. Wright stepped through the arch and saw stairs

  leading up and Tony waiting for him there with an eerie smirk on his face. Tony

  laughed and told Wright that he didn’t make it to the exit that he was back where he

  started.

  Tony asked Wright if he liked his little pets from hell, to which Wright looked at him

  confused. Tony reminded him about the two beast that kept following him, Wright

  asked Tony why he sent those things after him if he didn’t want him dead yet. Tony

  smirked and laughed and told Wright that he wants him dead but would prefer to do it

  himself, but he is also willing to let one of his pets do it. Wright then asked him why he

  should believe him that he’s back where he started to that Tony just laughed and

  disappeared. Wright turned around and saw the paper with the tally marks and knew

  Tony was right. Wright walked back into the maze but this time he had a plan he was

  going to go the way the arrows didn’t point to. Wright kept walking doing what he

  planned on until he heard both of Tony’s pets howl. Wright began to walk more briskly

  so he could run, even though he didn’t want to run anymore. Wright went every way
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  the arrows told him not to and reached a place where there were four monkeys. Wright

  recognized three of them but not the fourth one, he had no idea what it was. The fourth

  monkey had his hands in his lap.

  Wright heard the monsters behind him howling and roaring, the sounds were coming

  up from behind him fast so he started to run to hopefully get out of the maze before

  they found him. He tried to pay attention to which way the arrows were pointing, he

  thought he went away the arrow pointed but he didn’t want to head back to check

  because of the monsters. Underneath the pictures it said “See evil, speak evil, hear evil,

  and do evil don’t follow the monkeys.” Wright looked confused at the pictures and the

  words written alongside them wondering what it all meant. Wright then heard the roar

  again so he started to run trying to follow his plan, not knowing if it will even work.

  Wright came to a crossroad and two arrows pointing to the only two directions there

  were. He decided to go left and hoped he didn’t make a mistake and have to backtrack

  and run into the monsters again. The ceiling started to get lower as Wright started to

  think it was a trap, maybe he should turn back. If it did keep getting smaller then he

  might get stuck with the big monster and the little on might be able to reach him.

  Wright continued to walk until it got too small for him to walk upright so he crouched

  down and thought about going back, then he heard a howl and knew that was no

  longer an option. He hurried so he could get to a lower point so the big monster

  wouldn’t be able to maul him to death but starving to death didn’t sound much better

  either. Wright finally got to a crawl space that opened up and he could stand upright

  again, hopefully that would prevent the monsters from coming after him or that they

  weren’t there anymore. He saw some signs that said “exit” and others that said “wrong

  way”, he wished he could believe that sign that said “exit” but he kept walking until he

  came to another crossroad. This time there was no arrows so he went right, this time

  hoping it was the right way. Wright saw another arch and this time it had two torches

  on the walls so he ran to it, this time hoping that it wasn’t another entrance; as he was

  running he dropped the torch that he had in his hand. When Wright got to the two