Lost my fucking mind.
Was talking to myself.
Making up rhymes to pass the time because I lost my mind.
Suddenly, I hear Star screaming Declan’s name. Then pounding footsteps. From around a corner she appears, Quaid following behind her.
The spell the maze cast over me, fades and I blink. Just like Star blinked back in the jail cell.
She stops dead, then begins to scream.
And the words—the crazy rambling of the boy I was, but will never be again—start coming back to me.
Quaid pushes Star out of the way, shoving her behind him.
And this is it. My time to shine in the grand design.
I move, straight at the Minotaur, and just before it swipes another claw over Declan’s body on the ground, I grab him. Picking him up with all the strength of the man I am.
I take him with me, heading straight towards Star, the words already spilling out of my mouth, unbidden, but there, nonetheless.
“Midnight dreams and moonlit lies.”
Star’s eyes go wide with surprise!
“The fates of three and one collide.”
Fuck this place, I will not die.
“Charm to ease your growing fear. Strength to let the brightness near. A final gift to be your eyes.” And then I yell, “Ruuuuun!”
Quaid grabs Star, following me and then, the impossible happens.
The world blinks, the walls disappear, and we go right through them.
