Searching For A Way Out
Dale began to systematically organize his thoughts in this manner. They must have gone in a different direction at one of the forks in the road in order to end up lost. It was only natural for him to assume that they needed to locate the intersection where they had made the incorrect turn.
So they went in the opposite direction until they could no longer hear the water dripping and the smell of sulfur began to fade away. After that, they were taken aback when they noticed the yellow door was lying on its side in the doorway, at which point they realized they were getting closer. When they turned the corner and saw the long corridor ahead of them for the first time, hope flooded their hearts. They continued to run with all their might and didn’t slow down until they spotted the faint light of the entrance off in the distance.