Single for Eternity

Ignoring the admiring gazes of the retreating miners, I pressed forward, my focus solely on whatever lurked ahead.

As their footsteps faded behind me, I picked up my pace, moving at speeds no normal human could match.

Within seconds, I reached the end of the tunnel.

There, in the dim light, a massive gash of a hole loomed above me—a jagged tear in the ceiling, leading into the unknown.

A faint, guttural rumbling echoed from within.

Something was up there. Watching. Waiting.

I barely had time to process before—

BAM!

A thick, white, sticky substance shot toward me at blinding speed, wrapping around my torso before I could react.

Webs.

SWISH!