Mush's POV

The pains seemed to be going quicker but I couldn't really tell because it still felt like an eternity in each one.

This was the fifth one.

I feel like I'm being thrown around like I'm a rag doll and they are throwing me against something really hard and really sharp.

There couldn't be many more before it stopped could there?

I was just ready for it to stop even if it meant dying.

I wish that that monster would stop staring at us and just come end our misery.

It stopped again but that didn't last long as usual.

Now this one was even worse than what I have felt before. Maybe it was just worse because I was so weak and tired now.

I felt like I was being beaten with whips with pieces of glass or metal attached to them.

This was number six.

Race's POV

I was getting very weak. Even thought my arm was wrapped up really tight I was still losing blood.

Now Jack is carrying me on his back because I can't walk on my own will.

I just hope that this is all over soon.

I can hear Mush and Skittery screaming in pain and I wish that I could run to help them.

The pain that their going through is so much worse than mine. I can't even imagine what they are feeling and I don't want to either.

Blink is a bag of nerves. He is so worried. I can see it in his eyes.well eye. He has never had that look in his eye before.

I can tell all of the guys are worried but Blink shows it the most. Maybe it's just because he is standing there in boxers.

Soon the cave was in view and it was going to take up another ten minutes of so to reach it.

We were hurrying are pace now that our goal was in view.

We didn't know how much longer our friends had left.

"So Henry what are the pains?" Spot asked. I had wondered about this myself but I didn't want to ask because I didn't want to think about what they were going through.

"Well first they feel like they are being burned alive, then they feel like they are being stabbed over and over all over their body, then they feel like they are being ripped to shreds by animals, then they feel like they are being struck by lightning, then they feel like they are being throw against something hard and spiky, then they feel like they are being whipped just like Jesus was being whipped before they put him on the cross, and finally the water thing." Henry said and I gulped.

Now Blink was crying.

I wish I didn't know now.

I could tell that Spot was almost in tears but he was too proud to cry in front of us.

I was holding back my tears as well. I heard Jack sniff and I would tell that he was crying silently.

We finally got to the cave and peaked inside to see that Mush and Skittery were rolling on the ground in pain.

We looked around and saw the monster in the corner.

"Ok so who is going to kill it?" Jack asked as we backed away a little bit outside of the cave.

"I will." Blink said.

"No I will." Spot said.

"Well how about I do it and then if I die you do it?" Blink asked.

"How about the other way around?" Spot asked.

"Guys we don't have time for this!" Jack said.

This is when I noticed Henry was nowhere to be found but I didn't bring this to their attention.

"Blink you can go and you won't die." Jack said as Spot handed him the golden rod. "Me and Spot are going to be right behind you."

Jack set me down outside of the cave as the stalked their way in.

*Meanwhile*

Skittery's POV

The pain stopped again and then another one came on just as fast.

This time it felt like somebody was choking me while I was underwater and for the first time I felt like I was actually going to die.

AN: Yeah I had to leave you there. Sorry! Please review! The next chapter is going to be the last one. Will they kill the monster in time?