The Hedge Maze

I don't know who took me or how I got here. All I know is that I'm put at the entrance of a hedge maze and told to find the center.

I have no idea what anyone is playing at, but they're holding guns to my back, so I walk inside.

It's quite a maze, with a lot of really beautiful plants I've never seen before.

And the smell of them... Oh, it does things to me. I fall into a dizzy spell, only to find my footing and start puking.

After that I'm thirsty, and then I'm hungry. And the hedges keep closing behind me, leaving no way back.

I find a red berry, I taste it, and my thirst and hunger are gone, just like that. And the feel of it deep inside me... I need more.

I follow the berries, eating them all as I make my way to the center...

And a shiver runs down my spine when I arrive.

Poison Ivy is there, the plant mistress.

She says the berries are made with the same stuff as her toxic kiss.

She asks a question.

I nod.

This is how I go out.

Poison Ivy gives me a goodnight kiss.