Alternate Ending of Pit and the Pendulum

I hear rushing air all around me, and realize I am falling. The seconds feel like centuries as I plummet to what must surely be death.  Surprisingly, I land on something mildly bouncy, and my fall is absorbed.  I look around and all I see is blackness.  I hear a humming noise off in the distance and decide to follow.  The noise gets louder and louder, and my eyeballs begin working again.  There is light at the end of the tunnel! I sprint with joy to the end of the tunnel and find myself outside, and free! Joy rushes through me, until I focus on my surroundings.
     The trees, grass, and sky...is just a painting on the wall. I am still trapped!  The wall closes where I come in and the lights go out.  I am so scared that a trickle of urine runs down my leg.  A spinning blade almost like a fan comes out of the ceiling with a faint red light.  It spans the whole room!  I frantically look for any way of escape, but can't find a way out!  I decide to take the easy way out, and bang my head against the wall, hoping to be knocked out.  Alas, I can't do it and the blade begins cutting my hair!
     Right at the epitome of my fear, the blade miraculously stops!  I am utterly confused.  The lights come on and three men come in laughing.  They tell me that this was all just for fun and that I was never in danger.  They tell me I am just a guinea pig in a game show called "Fear".  Thus is the story of the birth of the game show.