Into the silent planet

(with apologies to C.S Lewis)

My foot touched the strange alien soil the whole of my body was twitching all over with excitement and anticipation .

When suddenly out of what was seemingly nowhere the headlamps on the front of my spacesuit just blacked out without the slightest warning and I was trapped in the tortuous prison that is darkness. I blindly fumbled around until my hands came into contact with something WHAT WAS T