Carters feet carried him forward at a pace he didn't believe possible, the hope of escape fueling him as he rushed forward towards the bright light that stood above a rusty old gate. Running forth he tried to pull it to the side by force, without any luck, the gate felt like it had rusted shut, unmoveable.<i><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ffa64d">Was this all just a game? Was there really no escape? But then what was the purpose of those strange generators-</span></i>His mental question answering itself as he spied the lever on the wall just a few feet above. carter lunged forth and his hand wrapping around the rod of rusted metal and jerked it down with all his might.<br/><br/>A shock of electricity buzzed from the old lever, nearly electrocuting Carter as he let go of the lever out of fear. The lever slowly rising back up to its first position. The gate still shut, but now part of a red light glowed above the lever...<i><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ffa64d">Perhaps...</span></i>He reached forward and pulled the lever down once more, to which it sparked again but the electricity didn't harm him. Carter clung to the lever for a few seconds before the gate began to scream like a low pitched siren. Echoing through the trees around him. So glaringly loud Carter was sure that whatever monster lurked in the woods hear would hear him. But no one ever came, instead, the gate began to slowly lurch open, grinding against the ground as his escape was revealed to him. He stepped through it, he could feel safety beckoning him forward. He had all but forgot his injured ankle as he slowly stepped further within.<br/><br/>Then a scream erupted from behind him, the trees waving in the wind as the fell cry of agony filled the air for a few seconds. Carter's head whipping backward as he looked back into the nightmarish arena and he saw something strange.<br/><br/>Through the dark mist and dense trees, a red aura radiated through the forest, it looked so clear despite how far it was. They appeared the be hanging, but alive. Carter could see them wiggling to escape- What if it was the voice that saved him just previous? Could he live with himself if he ran out that gate without him? Leaving him to die even after his sacrifice?<br/><br/>As Carter's feet began to take him away from the gate back into the arena, he knew his answer. He wasn't leaving until he had at least tried to help the dying figure escape whatever hellish dimension he had stumbled upon.