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"Talking"

"Singing"

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Chapter 2

When the girl woke up, she was back in her cell. She shivered slightly, realizing who must've carried her back to her cell.

However, it took her only naught a second to realize she had company.

Across the cell, lying on the floor was a boy about her age. He was eleven years old and had messy black hair with white in the front. He was wearing a long sleeve shirt that was orange with black sleeves. The front of the shirt had a big 'S' on it, and he was wearing black pants.

This was the boy he had wanted her to lure here? He didn't seem much of a threat, and she had heard a lot of what was probably him and his family from her captor. But, if he was bait, then her captor probably wanted his parents.

The boy didn't seem wounded, so that probably meant that he was already in this place when she fell unconscious. Meaning, when her grip was lost on him, he fell unconscious as well for how tightly her grip had been wound around him.

She was unsure of whether or not to wake the boy up. He could wake up any minute now, or it could be a while until he woke. The girl bit her lip, thinking, hesitating.

Finally, she decided, and she clasped her palms together, and began to sing.

"Awaken, young adventurer," She began to sing, but she barely had the first verse out when the boy started to wake. She stopped singing immediately and dropped her palms. He must've been beginning to wake before she had started to sing.

Well, at least there was one upside to her predicament- she didn't have to waste energy on waking the boy up.

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When Zak awoke, he immediately realized he wasn't in his house anymore. He was in a dark, dank, dungeon-like cell. Zak jumped to his feet, reaching for where The Claw normally was but it wasn't there.

He told himself not to panic, and he examined the cell he was in. He nearly jumped when he saw he wasn't the only one in the cell.

"W-who are you?" Zak asked, and the girl looked at him like she was asking him the same question. Zak looked the girl over as well. She was about his height and age, and had blonde hair with red streaks in it. Her eyes were a light aquamarine. She wore a sky blue long sleeve shirt and white skirt that went past her knees. Her feet were bare.

"I'm Brittany," The girl replied, eyes still on Zak. "And you are?" Her eyes finally left him, headed for the window. Zak followed her gaze to see the barred window.

"I'm Zak, Zak Saturday," Zak told the girl, Brittany, his eyes going to her and away from the window. "Why are you here, and where's here?" Brittany's eyes fluttered from the window to Zak, and stared at him like she was deep in thought.

"I don't know where here is," Brittany told Zak, "And as for why I am here, I'm not completely sure myself."After a while Brittany walked over to the wall opposite the window. It was just steely bars, just like a cell. Zak followed her over to the wall and looked out as well.

Across from the cell was a table that held a set of keys, and…

"The Claw!" Zak exclaimed. Sure enough, one of the items on the table was his Claw. Brittany turned towards him, and cocked her head to the side.

"The Claw?" She asked. "What's The Claw?"

"You probably wouldn't believe me if I told you," Zak told Brittany, "But it's something that could help us get out of here." Brittany looked over to what she assumed Zak was calling 'The Claw'. It was what looked to be a three fingered brown bear paw on a yellow rod with what seemed to be a brown eagle head upside down on the bottom.

"Is there a rock or something in here?" Zak asked, looking on the ground. He seemed to find a small pebble, because he picked something up, and tossed it across the room towards The Claw. It made it to The Claw, but nothing happened.

"Ugh!" Zak groaned, "We need something bigger!" Brittany bit her lip, but pulled something out from underneath her shirt.

It was a necklace on a silver chain. At the end of the chain was a gem of the palest blue, with eight sides. Brittany seemed to hesitate, but she pulled it off of her neck, re-clipping the chain once it was off.

"Will this work Zak?" She asked him, showing him her necklace. His eyes went wide at it, but he nodded nonetheless.

"Yeah, but are you sure you want me to throw that?" He asked her. "It could get damaged." Brittany nodded, and forced it into Zak's palm.

"Take it." She told him. "I trust you with it." Zak nodded, and threw the necklace at The Claw.

The gem hit it where the first pebble had, and the bear paw part of it came flying at the wall of the cage. It slipped through the space between the bars and Zak grabbed the string part of it and pulled the rest of the weapon towards them.

The Claw came sliding through the bars, and Zak pressed a button on it, causing the bear paw part of it to retract back into the rest of it.

"Alright!" Zak cheered. "Now, let's try and get those keys!"

It took Zak a few tries, but he eventually managed to catch the keys with The Claw, and then unlocked the cage.

"Come on Brittany!" Zak called after he had darted out of the cell. Brittany slowly followed him, hesitant. She paused outside of the cell, bending over to pick up her necklace.

Brittany gazed at the necklace for a second before she heard Zak call impatiently for her.

"Come on Brittany!" He called. "We need to get out of here!" Brittany gave a weak smile.

"Coming Zak," She called, running down the hall after him.

If she had looked behind her once more, she'd have seen something in the shadows, preparing itself to follow them.

Oh, those two had better be ready to run.

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Okay, first of all, I'm sorry if Zak seemed out of character, and second, I'm sorry if Zak seemed out of character. I'm sorry.

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-Scarpaw Signing Out-