Ruined
Warnings: abandonment, heat stroke, lost
"If you can make your way back to the city," Whumper had said as they shoved Whumpee out of the car, "I promise I won't hurt you."
Whumpee had opened their mouth to beg and plead with Whumper not to abandon them here out in the desert, but Whumper had tossed a folded map out the window and sped away, cackling madly.
That had been hours--days?--ago and Whumpee had been wandering ever since. They had unfolded the map quickly, reasoning the sooner they started the sooner they could get home. It was still dark out and perhaps they wouldn't have to wander under the hot sun for long.
They were wrong.
Not only was the map missing a piece on the top left corner, but it was badly stained and worn in the middle. It was completely ruined.
Whumpee had lost a lot of time sobbing. How were they going to get home without the map? Would Whumper come back for them and hurt them? How were they going to survive?
They weren't sure how long they cried for. They only knew the sun was high and hot when they stood up and began to trudge along the dirt road that Whumper had taken. They could follow the tire treads back, they reasoned. They were embarrassed it took them that long to figure that out.
As they walked for hours--days?--they tried not to lose hope. Whumper had driven for a long time to bring them here. They just had to keep going. The heat was getting to them, they realized as they stumbled. Their mouth had long dried out and their body was beginning to protest the heat. They needed to get out of the sun's brutal heat. They needed somewhere to rest before they got heat stroke and couldn't continue on.
But as Whumpee spun in a circle looking for anything that could bring them respite, they realized there was nothing. They were so completely alone in the middle of nowhere with nowhere to go or hide except along the road.
Whumpee prayed they could push through and make it back to the city before they collapsed. I twas the only thing they could do.
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