Dark Fortress Continued (originally posted Jan 25th 2007)

Standing there in utter darkness the smell of death surrounding him.   He waited listening for any sound---but no sound came.   He held the machete above his head ready for an attack.   Then a shot rang out .   The Madman had found his gun and fired a shot that flew right past his head and into one of the skinned headless bodies hanging chained from the wall.  Followed by another shot that ricocheted off the blade of his machete.   From  the brief flashes of light  The Pineappleman saw where the door was.  He turned and ran away from the Madman toward the door.  Diving over one of the bodies on the the floor as another shot rang out that would surely have hit him had he still been standing.  Now he lay on the floor hiding in the darkness behind one of the creatures he had killed.  He sat motionless as the Madman searched the darkness for where he could be. Then he carefully pulled the lighter out of his pocket still trying not to make a sound that would give away his location.