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

are you talking to? What

He shrugged helplessly.

know how to help Jared," I insisted.I held a hand out, hoping he’d give me

luck," the

back at him, but he was

in the

shifted and whooshed through the cave like a

whipped around and Jared groaned, falling on

the spirit of that child and

cave-turned-wind tunnel, a dark, eerie

flickered in the strong wind and

there?" I

barely see anything, but Abe’s outline was clear.He was standing at

way his fingers scraped against the wall.I

got you.I’ll make sure you’re

I promised him.

here.I think I

to me

"I’m not leaving Jared!"

"Come on!"

and yanked me

over here.We need to keep moving.This

me through the door in

the opposite side of the cave

seen the door

go

curled tighter around my arm as he pushed his way

go back for Jared.I’m not leaving him

a deep breath and

little.I took a deep breath and he finally released my arm.I rubbed the spot he’d been clinging

his bag and struck

danced against the stone and a flare

he’d probably been saving for a time just like

the flare up and we looked

was much, much

side, and the top of

The passageway was damp.

water

corner and I saw creepy,

shiver ran down my

"Ewww." I shuddered.

you hear that, Eliza?"

"What?"

"There’s running water nearby."

down the

on the other side of

Abe shook his head.

water is definitely coming from

on my hips and

I’m not

"Hold this.I’ll get him."

the torch and headed back to the

waited, shifting my weight from one foot to

have found us already, right? I didn’t know

to the door and started

smashed into the

"Argh!"

body against it, keeping the door

"Abe, what’s going on?"

a

my throat

come over here, Eliza! Run, run

over his shoulder, teeth clenched,

you

"Please, just go!"

Abe screamed.

"Go, now!"

"No!"

I screamed back.

"Let me help."

to

roared and slammed his body against the

The door trembled.

I stopped dead.

other side was something horrible and terrible… something

My heart sank.

something gone that horribly wrong?

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