CHAPTER 12

It had been five days and the two kids were still running down the dark hallway. They had no idea where they were going and if the hallway would truly ever end. All they knew is that they could not turn around. If they did they knew that they would be spending the rest of their life in cages. So they continued run. Even though they were exhausted, they continued to move. They were determined to get out of the cave if it was the last thing they did.

BAM!

Suddenly the two ran into the cave wall. They fell to the ground, confused and dazed. Jason and Candy began to sit up when they realized that the hallway had made a turn. It was just so dark that they had not seen the turn. They stood up and realized that the hallway continued to go on for as long as they could see once again. They both sighed and began to run again. Candy was having trouble keeping up with Jason. Her leg was still bleeding from the wolf bite. Suddenly she fell to the ground. Jason stopped and squatted down next to her. "Candy… are you ok?"

Candy began to cry. "No. I think it's infected. Just go on without me.?

"There's no way I would do that. I am not Brad. That's the difference between he and I. I'll carry you."

ANY KID YOUNGER THAN SIXTEEN SHOULD NOT READ THIS PART OF THE STORY. The message I will try to convey to you is that kissing gives people cuties so don't try it at home. Kissing is bad in some cases, so don't start kissing someone thinking that it is ok to after you read this next paragraph.

Anyway… Candy looked deep into Jason's eyes. And slowly put her face closer to his. She grabbed the back of his head and pushed his head to hers. Their lips met and the two slowly kissed passionately for several minutes. She then pulled away slowly leaving Jason sitting there astonished about what had just happened. "What was that for?" Jason asked.

"For all the times you have saved me," Candy asked. Jason smiled and blushed at the same time.

"How did you know about this place?" Candy asked.

"I found it the day Mackel let us roam free around the cave. He told me that it was here before he came-"

"Before he came? So he didn't build this cave?" Candy asked.

"No. You see before he came to the cave a woman lived here named Patricia Bearings. Patricia found baby Mackel, and acted as a mother figure to him. When he was ten years old the two had a fight, and she kicked him out. He felt alone once again, and that is when he found the wolves. He was always mad at Patricia for abandoning him so he trained the wolves to listen to his orders, and one day he marched the wolves to the cave, where Patricia became a captive. She slept in our cages… so anyway one day, Mackel came to the cage where she was held in, and she was gone. He's never seen her since. So he thinks she made this place. He tried walking this hallway, and he said that after three weeks he gave up. He never knew what was at the end."

Candy sighed. "Three weeks! We will never get out of here." Jason smiled and pointed behind her. "Yeah we will."

She turned around to see a door, with light shinning into the dark hallway from the crack bellow.

"But how?" Candy asked.

"Well," Jason explained. "You have to remember that we have run nonstop for the past five days and nights. Mackel probably walked the whole thing, and slept at night. It took him three weeks, because he took his time. If we had walked, and slept, we probably would have not been here for another week and half." Candy smiled and hugged Jason. Jason stood up and was about to pick up Candy when she stopped him. "No it's ok. I think I can do this."

Candy slowly stood up when all of a sudden she fell down to the ground. Her eyes rolled back into her head and she began to convulse. Jason noticed that the blood was running down her leg. The napkin could not hold all the blood any longer. Candy was pale, and she was loosing blood fast.

Suddenly Jason could hear the sound of running. He looked up and he could see Mackel and the wolves approaching. He picked up Candy, but by then it was too late. Mackel was standing in front of the wolves. And all eyes were on them. Mackel smiled. "Hello Jason."