Alrighty. Starting early today. Wish me luck everyone~ X3
Now that the symmetric room was over with.. he had to get across the hallway. It... seemed way too easy though. Surely something was going to happen. Nothing was that easy. Not in this house...
Taking a breath he started to move, taking great caution, he watched around. Being very careful... suddenly crying out, feeling something zip by and scratch up his arm! Turning. And finding a knife jutting out of the wall! So that was what was up with this room... flying knives huh? Glaring, holding the cut to keep it from bleeding too much he bolted down the hallway, dodging the barrage of knives. Not wanting to get struck again.
Not noticing that behind him... Ra's invisibility amulet had gotten hit, stuck to the wall behind him and making him visible once more. Mantha and Casper panicking to it; they couldn't risk getting caught now! Casper, pulling the broken charm off the wall, looking at it closely. No way could they fix it... Casper sighed softly, pulling off his own charm and putting it around the mummy's neck. He could turn invisible on his own... sure, Mantha and Ra wouldn't be able to see him anymore, and he wouldn't be able to see them... but if they were all following Thatch, they shouldn't get separated. Once they were set, they returned to being invisible, hurrying after the vampire.
Now safely behind the door, Thatch tried to catch his breath. Running like that... knives, seriously?! That kid was crazy! What was he trying to do, kill him?! If he did that, then-!
Screw it he didn't care... surely the house wouldn't have allowed him to be killed regardless. Perhaps that was why the first one only scratched him. It wasn't meant to kill him or severely harm him...
Shaking his head he started walking again. He... seemed to be in a small dungeon like area. A prison cell was not far across from him. And that's when the powerful smell of blood struck his nose. Causing him to whine and cover his nose. So strong... how could anyone take the smell of blood constantly? It was so strong... what on earth could have such a strong blood scent like this?
Going over to the cell, he went to open it, when his ears pulled back to a sound within. It... sounded like slithering. Was there something in there? Peeking through the barred window, all he could see were scales. So it was some kind of monster. A dragon maybe? It was low and crawling though, and he didn't see any wings... is he we're to go in there right now, he'd probably be eaten by it. ' Clever... '
Sighing, he found only one way to get passed this. He admittedly didn't want to, but... he didn't know how else to do so... grabbing the frog from behind his cape, he put it up to the window. Naturally, the amphibian didn't want to go in, reluctant it was. Which was to be expected yes. Regardless... Thatch forced it in by smacking it from behind, squeezing it through the bars. Immediately hearing the beast let out a terrifying roar, followed by a splashing sound. The red splatter getting him as well, across the face.
Thatch blinked to it, stunned by how much of a splatter there was. Grabbing his cape and wiping it off gingerly. ' That... was disgusting... '
Slowly, he opened up the door, peeking his head inside. Looking around to see if the beast was lurking around still. But... it, looked to be gone. Smirking, he pushed his way inside and walked coolly to the other side of the room to the door.
The three slowly entered the room themselves, all turning visible once sure Thatch was out of the room. Just, staring at the blood splattered across the floor. Unable to believe he'd just done that! Sacrificing the frog that had helped him solve the last puzzle?! How cruel could he be?! That was so unnecessary, it-! Why... the Tahtch they knew would never, ever do something like that to anyone. Let alone an animal... how, could this possibly...
" ... guys this... we need to figure this out. And soon. "
Mantha said softly, having to have Casper look away from the red substance, less he pass out. Ra, turning away as well and hurrying out.
" But how do we do that? If we just follow him till the end, then we can just see what he's doing. "
" But he's getting so violent! He just killed a frog for no reason! "
" Which also could've very well been him if he hadn't... "
Casper mumbled softly, covering his eyes.
" Unfortunately... he had been smart about it... Mantha I'm with Ra. We won't be able to figure this out on our own. We should just watch and see what happens. He'll solve the mystery for us. We have no choice we... we know nothing about this house, but Thatch clearly does. We just need to follow him for now. At least until we know what he's doing at least. Or until he solves the mystery for us... "
Mantha sighed to this, crossing her arms. Knowing they were right of course, but... she worried for them too. She was ok with all this, but, the boys she wasn't sure about. They couldn't handle scary or gruesome stuff like this. She hoped no more of it happened.
Soon they put their charms back on, each of them turning invisible once more. Heading after the vampire, up more stairs. And the more they climbed, the more Mantha began to wonder what was going on for herself. She, was starting to have a theory. What was going on and... not only why Thatch knew this place so well... but to what was going on with him...
Yay I got this done before midnight, lol! Happy... relieved too~ and it turned out well too!
Hope you all enjoyed~!
