Chapter Seven
Sage
Everyone stared at me with terror written on their faces. "What? No, it's too dangerous!" Andrew exclaimed. "We can't risk one of the founders of the Escapé plan." Ashley continued. "But that ring is a missing piece! Don't you see? I need to get it back for her! And I'll do it! Even if it means I have to go through the Curse." I said, closing my eyes to add effect, which Chandler, Aria, and Ashley knew I did all too well. The Curse was a room full of poisonous fog that even if you took one small sniff, you would pass out, and you could possibly die. That's what happened to a boy who lost his last photo of his family.
"The Curse is too strong even for us, Sage! You can't risk yourself for this!" Lacey squeaked. "No." Aria and Chandler said. "What?" Ashley, Andrew, and Lacey exclaimed together. "No. We've never been through the curse, but we've been trained for it. It's painful. You have to hold your breath for at least three minutes, and we've all passed out, but we've gotten up to five minutes. Sage can do it." Aria said with ease. "You don't know her like we do, Ashley. We've trained in combat, together. We've been through thick and thin. We gave each other scars, but it was all for our own survival." Chandler told them, staring them in the eyes. Lacey nodded solemnly, but Ashley gulped. "You guys are like my sisters. If anything happened to you—" "Nothing will happen, Ashley. Don't you remember when I kicked Hans' butt?" I said, smiling. Ashley cracked a smile and chuckled. "Okay. It's settled. Once the hole is big enough, Sage will go through the Curse to get to the Cavern, and then she'll come back, and we can escape." Kyle said with no emotion and we all looked at him. "It's not that simple, Kyle." Andrew said. "You have to go through Tartarus to get there. You haven't been to Tartarus, Kyle." Ashley continued. "Titans, Drakons, Giants, Telkhines, and more are in there, and she has to get through all of them. Don't you understand how dangerous this is? You could die." Aria finished, as she rubbed the part where her ring should be. That was a missing piece. We all had them. They're the missing pieces to our puzzle. We need to find those pieces in order to escape.
