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.

have a

are you talking about? Who are you talking to?

He shrugged helplessly.

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

the boy

at him,

in the

shifted and whooshed through the cave like a

hair whipped around and Jared groaned, falling on

body, protecting him from the spirit of that child and the weird wind he’d

tunnel, a dark, eerie howl

strong wind and

there?" I

Abe’s outline was clear.He was standing at

his hands flailing like he was looking for something.I heard the way his fingers scraped against the wall.I turned my attention back to Jared and

got you.I’ll make

I promised him.

over here.I think I found

me over the

"I’m not leaving Jared!"

"Come on!"

arm and yanked me

a door over here.We need to keep moving.This cave is….We’ve

me through the door in the cave

opposite side of the cave

was why we hadn’t seen the door before; our

let go of

around my arm as he pushed his way through the

not leaving him there,

and think for a moment," Abe

was panicking a little.I took a deep breath and he finally released my arm.I rubbed the spot

his bag and struck it against

against the stone and a flare burst to life in

one he’d probably been saving for a time just

the flare up and

much, much narrower

to side, and the top

The passageway was damp.

heard water

I saw creepy, crawly spiders

shiver ran down my

"Ewww." I shuddered.

that,

"What?"

"There’s running water nearby."

pointed down the

the other side of the

Abe shook his head.

is definitely coming from that direction.We should head

put my hands on my hips and firmly

I’m not

"Hold this.I’ll get him."

me the torch and headed back to the

from one foot to the

right? I didn’t know what

door and

Something smashed

"Argh!"

his body against

"Abe, what’s going on?"

a step

leaped into my throat and blood rushed in my

come over here, Eliza! Run, run

over his shoulder, teeth clenched,

not leaving you and Jared! What is

"Please, just go!"

Abe screamed.

"Go, now!"

"No!"

I screamed back.

"Let me help."

tried to

roared and slammed his body against

The door trembled.

I stopped dead.

was something horrible and

My heart sank.

gone that

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