ckening, swaying motion that

ped her body slowly began to recede, replaced by a dizzying nausea. For a moment,

a blur of green, rushing past at an impossible speed. S

. A scream died

reds of feet in the air. The giant snake was climbing a sheer cl

screamed, it might drop her. Or worse, eat her. She squeezed her eyes shu

The snake slithered into a large

e dry dirt and something faintly herbal. Not

e's tail gently deposited her onto a p

idn't dare breathe. She kept he

er stone, moving deeper into the cave. T

tretched out did she fi

e her, dotted with strange, glowing rocks th

esting. As her eyes adjusted, she n

d shaped. Next to them were large bones, cleaned and polished.

itting on. It was rough, but the edges were neat. Th

n't sew. They didn't stack stones. Th

cally. Phone? Gone. Pepper sp

in her arms. This wasn't right. This wasn't Earth. O

ge, intelligent eyes. And this cave... this

settled in

ack of the cave. Footsteps. Not the sliding hiss of sc

Thud

bject-a sharp-edged stone the size of her fi

the cave seemed to thicken, a heavy

e tunnel entrance, blocking