Joesph rolled his eyes and snatched the letter from the parachute, his hands straining against the rope. "Let's see. It says:
I touch the sky
With a light on my finger
If heaven could tell me where to go
I would go to hell
I destroy and disrupt
I turn and corrupt
No one knows how to tame me
No one but the one within
Tell me go to hell
Or heaven to dispel the evil spirits that dwell
Within every soul
What am I?
Odd."
He stared at the paper for a moment, then set it down and tried to think of a reasonable explanation of the letter. But there was none.
"I touch the sky
With a light on my finger
If heaven could tell me where to go
I would go to hell
I destroy and disrupt
I turn and corrupt
No one knows how to tame me
No one but the one within
Tell me go to hell
Or heaven to dispel the evil spirits that dwell
Within every soul
What am I?" I repeated. I said it again, then again. I was silent for a minute, mulling it over.
"I don't know..." I muttered. I looked deep within the fi-
"Fire!" I shouted as it donned on me. "The answer is fire! Yes! I remember now! Darek thought it up once! The answer was fire. But why would fire help us any?" I asked no one in particular.
I ran the riddle through my head once more. I couldn't figure it out, but there was something missing. Something important. Something before the "What am I". Something I needed to complete the puzzle. Something no one but me knew.
"I touch the sky
With a light on my finger
If heaven could tell me where to go
I would go to hell
I destroy and disrupt
I turn and corrupt
No one knows how to tame me
No one but the one within
Tell me go to hell
Or heaven to dispel the evil spirits that dwell
Within every soul
What am I?
But that's not all. That's not the whole thing. No. No, it can't be. Joesph, Ava, we need to get out of here, and now. The riddle. The missing lines. It all makes since now.
I touch the sky
With a light on my finger
If heaven could tell me where to go
I would go to hell
I destroy and disrupt
I turn and corrupt
No one knows how to tame me
No one but the one within
Tell me go to hell
Or heaven to dispel the evil spirits that dwell
Within every soul
I am a demon that can't be stopped
I am a demon that is all consuming
I am a demon that is coming your way."
Joesph got up and looked at Kit carefully. "What the hell does that mean? What demon? Whatever. You're right. We should go."
"Oh really? What gave it away? The fact that Jacob went to
all this trouble so that no one but I could understand this? Or that part in
there⦠What was it again? I am a demon
that's coming your way? Or maybe the fact that he knew I was one of the
only people that could swim that far down, and not have my ears explode from
the pressure?" I said, my voice layered with impatience.
"Now help me up, and grab whatever you can carry, my dear jackass,
and get the hell out of here? Sound good, genius?" I growled at him. I smiled
sweetly and cocked my head to the side, looking at him. Right now I wished I
could just break down and punch him, but I supposed I wouldn't be able to go
anywhere fast, so he would probably have to carry me.
