Creative Writing: Pit And The Pendulum

“Pit and the Pendulum Revision” “I shrank back- but the closing walls pressed me resistlessly onward. At length. For my seared and writhing body, there was no longer an inch of foot hold on the firm floor of the prison.” Closer and closer I was getting to the pit. I was thinking about everything that has happened. I didn’t want to die. It was too soon for me. Suddenly the walls stopped. I was confused and in shock. I heard a female voice, and it was a thick southern accent. She was telling me to fall into the pit and that everything would be ok. I asked her “ why would I fall into the pit? I don’t know who you are? All that would happen is me dying?” She said “ trust me I have a good idea if you want to get out of here.”
I came back questioning her “If you
Why did she want me to jump down here? I told her I was fine but just confused. I’ve been down here for 5 minutes now and I’d rather be dead than down in this hell hole. I hear her again with another question “What all is down there?” I told her I saw dead bodies, rats, and some bones. I told her what I saw and she excitedly told me to grab a bone. “Okay?” I said confused. At this point I thought that the lady was completely crazy. She was telling me to grab a bone and for what reason. The next thing I heard her say to me made me question some things. “Okay now I want you to dig your way out of the pit using a bone.” What is this lady talking about? How am I supposed to get out of here with a bone? She told me “you just have to believe.” This lady was absolutely insane at this point and I don’t know what is wrong with her. I started to believe though. After 10 hours of being in that pit I was starting to believe she tricked me. I decided to actually try now. Maybe make a shovel or a pick out of the bones. I successfully did it. It didn't work like I expected though. I didn’t know what to do at this point. It was useless. I was going to rot down here with the rest of the bodies. All the