Glaive ran down the hall as fast as he could as adrenaline coursed through his veins. He was closing in on the hallway he would need to take to get to the stairs. He saw the hallway he would need to take on his right, however something up ahead nearly made him trip. A sea of black ooze was closing in on his exit. It was a three-way intersection and it was too close to tell who would make it down the stairway hall first. Glaive knew that he couldn't afford an error in judgment. If the ooze gained control of that hallway before him then he'll be trapped. However, if his speed wasn't up to par then he would collide with the ooze just as he came to the hallway. It was all or nothing.<br/><br/>He had to outrun that blob.<br/><br/>For the first time in a long time he felt true fear. He had dirtied his hands with blood. He had lived his life with no regrets. And had given up all hope that his future would ever change. But for the first time in his life, he didn't want to die! Glaive pushed his body to keep moving, even though with each step he took he was also nearing the ooze as well.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">I have to run faster!</span>Glaive thought to himself, images of what would happen to him if he failed plagued his mind.<br/><span style="font-style: italic">Dammit. Of course I'm imagining the worse. Now the fear is beginning to weigh down my legs...No...The fear should make me run faster! FASTER!</span><br/>"I will not be defeated!" He shouted out loud as he burst forward with renewed vigor and accelerated down the hall leading to the stairwell just seconds before the black tide had a chance to wipe him out. Though he had been given another chance at life, he was still far from being safe. He would have to find help and soon.