She stumbled through the dark, arms outstretched as beads of sweat trickled down her face from the heat of the stench-filled maze. It had been weeks since she had gone in search of a jewel. Her quest started when
she first received intel, from an unknown source, that the missing Jewel of Independence was detected under the ruins of Mount Rushmore. This jewel is a major source of power which, in the wrong hands, would reduce the world to complete chaos. "The Red Jewel of Centra must not get into the wrong hands," she told herself quietly.
As the tunnel got wider, she spotted a glimmer of light. Hope suddenly filled her as the the light was glowing ruby red, which was evidence of the lost jewel. Forgetting all of her training and overwhelmed with joy, she sped towards the light, suddenly crashing into an invisible force field. A resounding alarm went off as she was flung backwards, then hit the tunnel wall with a thud. Immediately, tall, dark-skinned men appeared with green tipped arrows. The last thing she remembered seeing were the giant-looking men approaching her with a body bag.
Trapped in a foreign environment, she remained calm. As her stormy grey eyes began to focus, she was blinded by the ancient lamp placed overhead. All her gadgets had been taken away and she had been stripped of her camouflage uniform and, instead, forced to wear a thin white dress. The cold air wrapped around her body like a taco wrap. Although she was strapped to an iron table by leather straps, she did not give up hope. She had to figure out how to get the jewel and escape. As her mind raced with strategies, a tall gray-haired man in a lab coat approached slowly and asked her, "And why am I seeing you again, Sarah?" Her mind suddenly came to a halt as she tried to remember this supposed acquaintant of hers. It was quite common for people to betray the organisation and trade sides. Yet this man's features didn't ring a bell. "Maybe this will help you to remember," he said, as he opened his lab coat to reveal a long scar over his heart. The memories then came rushing back.
They had been partners, fought together and went on missions together, but one day something changed in him. During an attack on a hidden terrorist group, he had betrayed her. She then had to do something that she, 'til this very day, regretted. She pierced his chest with her dagger and, as he gagged on his traitorous blood, she escaped in tears.
"Now it is your turn Sarah, to feel the pain that you caused me, you should have joined with me, then we would take over this horrid world," he said maliciously. Her dagger finally pierced her skin and she screamed in pure agony as the pain surged her brain. She then approached the Light, leaving this corrupted world. A diamond in the rough.
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