Rescue Me
Chapter 8
It seemed liked forever to her since she'd seen Bill. Every second just dragged on. She sighed and got up, looking around the cave she walked over and ran her finger tips over the names written on the wall. She sighed softly as she remembered the day the two of them drew it there.
She walked out into the snow and looked around. Nothing to do. She walked out out past the trees, and stopped when it seemed as though the earth just ended. She looked down over the edge, only to find that she was standing on a large piece of land that just seemed to hover in nothingness. She looked around a little puzzled by this, "Was it always like that?" She asked herself.
She tried not to put too much thought into it as she figure she'd better return to the cave in case Bill had shown up. She did and continued to wait, but nothing.
It seemed like days passed. Weeks maybe. It seemed impossible to keep track of time when you're stuck in a cave. She'd never felt so tired and weak in all her life. She knew she should get up and try to eat something. She concentrated on waking up as hard as she could, closing her eyes tightly, but when she'd open them, she was still in the cave.
"I'll wake up eventually," She told herself laying back on a rock running her hand through the water. She closed her eyes and sighed.
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"Ella?" Bill called out for her as he walked through the familiar snowy trees. "Where are you?" He searched for her, but without any luck. She was gone, without a trace. He walked in the cave, and looked at the smudged named written on the wall. "Ella?"
He looked around again making sure he hadn't missed anything, but there was not a clue as to where Ella had gone. He sat near the pond and waited for her, until he was woken up.
Night after night Bill returned to the same place looking for her. Calling out for her, but nobody answered his calls.
The last night he decided to wait for her, he walked over to the smudged writing on the wall, and washed it off the stone.
He sat back down with a sigh, giving Ella one last chance to rescue him from his own loneliness.
Bill woke from his final dream he'd ever experience with Ella. He quickly located his pen and tablet, writing down what he was feeling. He finished his thoughts, and looked over the piece of paper. He wrote at the top in big letters, "Rescue Me."