Chapter 70 : The Ancient City

*Eliza* "Jared! What’s happening, talk to me!"

I shook him trying to get him to open his eyes again.

My ears rang with his screams of pain.

What was happening to him? Was it because of this cave?

"What’s going on?" Abe asked, running back to us.

"I don’t…."

The air around Jared’s body quivered and bursts of dark energy flowed out of him, his power erupting around us.

This was not good….

"Jared…."

"Eliza, we’ve gotta get out of here," Abe said, grabbing my wrist.

I yanked out of his grasp.

"No, I’m not leaving him." I dropped to my knees and put my arms around Jared’s neck, hugging him tightly.

"Eliza!"

"He’s trying to fight it," I said.

I could see it in his face.

His eyes were closed, but every muscle in his body was tense beyond belief.

The struggle might have been internal, but he was fighting.

"Eliza…."

I snapped my head up.

That voice… some soft whisper in the darkness called to me.

Had I actually heard a voice or was I imagining things? "Eliza…."

No, I was definitely not imagining it.

I glanced at Abe, and he was just staring at me and Jared.

I didn’t think he’d heard the voice.

Did that mean…? I looked around the cave.

Suddenly, a young boy appeared from the shadows.

It was the same boy I’d seen before.

He moved through the cave shadows like he was part of them.

They concealed bits of his body, but I could always see his face.

"Eliza."

"I see you.What do you want?" I asked, hugging Jared’s neck tighter.

"I want to help you."

The boy pointed to Jared.

"Do you know how I can help him? Do you know what I need to do?"

I practically begged.

Seeing little boys hanging around with mysterious wisdom who didn’t seem visible to other people shouldn’t have been such a relief to me.

But if this kid could give me what I needed to help Jared, I wasn’t going to turn him away.

"Uhh… Eliza, what’s going on?" Abe asked.I shook my head, focused on the boy.

"Tell me!"

"It is simple, really.Just give him your blood."

"Give him my blood? What do you mean? Does he need to drink it?"

"What do you think?" the boy asked, grinning.

"Okay, I can do that.I’ll give him my blood." I looked at Abe.

you have a

you talking about? Who are you talking to? What is this nonsense about giving someone

He shrugged helplessly.

insisted.I held a hand out, hoping he’d

the

at him,

disappeared in the

whooshed through the cave like a

whipped around and Jared groaned, falling on the

from the spirit of that child and the

cave-turned-wind tunnel, a dark, eerie howl that shook me to the

and then went out, surrounding

you still there?" I asked, glancing

but Abe’s outline was clear.He was standing at the nearest

way his fingers scraped against the wall.I turned my

okay.I’ve got you.I’ll make sure

I promised him.

get over here.I think

me

"I’m not leaving Jared!"

"Come on!"

arm and yanked me to

need to keep moving.This

half threw me through the

of the cave where I’d

the door before;

go

struggled, trying to break from his hold.His fingers curled tighter around my arm as he

back for Jared.I’m not leaving him there, helpless.He’s counting on

deep breath and think for a

took a deep breath and he finally

bag and

and a flare burst to life

he’d probably been saving for a time

held the flare up and

much

side, and the top of Abe’s head brushed the

The passageway was damp.

heard water dripping somewhere

creepy, crawly spiders with big,

ran down my

"Ewww." I shuddered.

you hear that,

"What?"

"There’s running water nearby."

pointed down

the other side of the door?"I

Abe shook his head.

is definitely coming from that direction.We should head

hips and firmly planted my feet on

not

"Hold this.I’ll get him."

torch and headed back to the

shifting my weight from one foot to

he’d woken up, he would have found us already, right? I didn’t know what was happening to him, and it still terrified

door and started

Something smashed

"Argh!"

against it, keeping the door

"Abe, what’s going on?"

took a step toward

throat and blood rushed

Run,

at me over his shoulder, teeth clenched, eyes

I’m not leaving you and Jared! What

"Please, just go!"

Abe screamed.

"Go, now!"

"No!"

I screamed back.

"Let me help."

to step closer

roared and slammed his

The door trembled.

I stopped dead.

was something horrible and terrible… something Abe didn’t want

My heart sank.

it Jared? Had something gone that horribly wrong? "Eliza,

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