The Infinite Labyrinth

— "Ready, recording!" - said Theo, pressing the red button on his cell phone's camera, then smiling. — "Come on guys, quick!" - said Drake, picking up three eggs with his right hand while his left held the carton of eggs. — "I still think this is not a good idea. Let's go, guys." - Alberth said, annoying Theo just by opening his mouth. — "Shut up, Alberth! You agreed to be here!" - Yuri replied, shouting — "Yes, but now I think this idea is terrible!" - said Alberth, further irritating Theo and the others — "Alberth, your opinion at this very moment..." - said Drake, pausing without even looking at Alberth — "It has the same importance as these eggs!" - Drake said, throwing the three eggs he had caught at the door and windows of the house of the person they chose to bully this month: Ryan Miles. Then, Theo, Drake and Yuri burst into laughter, while Alberth just watched Drake's action, scared. — "Throw more, Drake! Throw in the car, now!" - suggested Theo, almost unable to breathe because he was laughing so much — "Guys, that's enough, isn't it?! It's good!" - said Alberth, being completely ignored by the other three boys who were with him. Eggs were thrown everywhere outside the house. Door, windows, roof and even the car. Two entire cartons of eggs were wasted on that "joke". Everyone knew there would be consequences for their actions, but they still wanted to "have fun." Everyone was bursting into laughter, even Alberth cracked a smile once. They were going to post that video somewhere on the Internet that afternoon, but only when they saw Ryan's reaction first. In the distance, a tall person appeared on the street, a confused person — "Yuri?! I'm going to tell mom!" - said Yuri's older sister. By all four boys, Yuri's sister was known as "the killjoy." She always found a way to find out something bad that Yuri was doing - and consequently what the other three were doing too - and then tell her mother. Frightened, the four boys ran as fast as they could. Yuri and Drake threw the egg cartons into Ryan's backyard and Theo stopped recording. While everyone was at the peak of adrenaline, running as fast as they could to their homes, Theo tripped over his untied shoelace and his cell phone flew out of his hand. None of the other three boys had noticed. As soon as he was going to touch his knees and face to the ground, Theo crossed him.

His face was... wet. The ground was damp. It was so...disgusting. Theo was lying on that damp carpet. He was unconscious. After twenty minutes, the boy woke up. He opened his eyes with difficulty, as he heard a high-pitched, annoying buzzing noise. The fluorescent lights in that room were bright and warm. Then, the boy supported his body with both hands on the floor and stood up. He put his hands in his pockets and they were empty. He knew exactly what he was looking for: his cellphone. But unfortunately for him, he was without it. When awareness of him returned, Theo looked around. He was in a place he didn't recognize. In addition to being empty, it had a terrible, almost unbearable odor. The walls had wallpaper that Theo hated, even though it was the first time he had seen it. Theo felt dirty. There was a strange liquid on half of his face, which was possibly on the carpet. It resembled saliva, but at the same time it was very different. Theo was terrified. His eyes widened, all the hairs on his body stood up and Theo just wanted to get out of that place. — "Is anyone there?!" - Theo shouted... there were no answers.