Lina's POV:
"Doon!" I yell, staring down at my best friend. He's hanging on to Sul, an aged Pipeworks laborer, as water crashes over him. "Doon!" He looks so helpless…I'm afraid he might fall! "Come on Poppy!" I exclaim to my little sister. I grab the box and the instructions and hold them tight as Poppy climbs on my back. I start to descend the ladder.
The lights are shattering, causing sparks to rain down around us. I'm scared Poppy or I will be shocked by them, especially since we are wet, but I keep climbing down. Poppy grips me tighter and it gets harder to breathe, but I don't risk coughing and jolting us away from the ladder.
We finally make it down to the bottom, and I set Poppy down. I peek over to where Sul is sitting on the water wheel. Doon isn't there. For a minute, I start to tear up. No, not Doon…but then I see him. He's running on the walkway, running to us. I smile for a second and start to push Poppy forward. Then I hear a crash. I glance above me and see one of the light bulbs bursting open. The tiny, electric shards of glass are raining down.
"Poppy run!" I yell, giving her a shove. Her little pigtail bounces as she runs.
"Lina!" I hear Doon yelling at me. I can see him at the bottom of the stairs, so I start to run, but trip. Pushing the instruction box toward Doon and Poppy, I stagger to my feet. Doon has grabbed Poppy by the arm and pulled her to him and is seemingly about to run to me, but it's too late.
The burning glass sears me to the bone and sends waves of pain through my nerves. I feel like I'm having a seizure as I shake and writhe on the watery walkway. This is what it feels like to be shocked. The last thing I see is Doon staring at me with the worst look on his face.
Doon's POV:
I regret leaving Sul all alone on the top of the water wheel, but I suppose that may be the best thing, so that we don't get chopped up like baby food. Poppy screams at the rushing water, bringing my eyes away from my path and to Lina and Poppy climbing down the ladder. It's precarious, but they're very close to the bottom, I think they'll be fine. I start to run again, but then I hear a loud crash. I turn to see a light above Lina explode, sending hot glass down to her. I run faster.
"Lina!" I yell, praying my boots still have traction in them. I hear her tell Poppy to run, which scares me. Does she think she can't make it? I climb up the steps to the platform where the boat is just in time to see Lina trip. "Lina!" I croak, stumbling forward. No no no no no, this can't be happening! "Get up!" I exclaim. But just at that moment, just as she's almost to her feet, the hot electric glass showers down upon her and she collapses to the flooding walkway.
"Lina!"
Cliffhanger! Hehe, sorry to do that to you all, but I had to! :D Otherwise you wouldn't keep reading, right? :D
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