Are We There Yet? Chapter 7
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Chapter Seven
Joe looked out across the sea of land before him. It was large and a bit desert-like. Pale moonlight illuminated the many columns that were situated all around them. Joe nodded as he spotted a large boulder to their right. He motioned for Franky and Polly to follow him towards it and they set off.
After a few minutes, they had reached it. Franky and Polly were stumped as to Joe's intentions, but he seemed to know what he was doing. They watched as he tapped along the outside of the boulder. He smirked when he heard a part of it to be hollow.
"Cake," he stated hotly. "These evil bastards never seem to learn…"
They watched as he pulled out a small pickaxe and began to chip away at the rock. Slowly, a hole began forming. To them, it looked bottomless, but they knew that it was a tunnel leading down into the earth. They had found a way to reach Spoletta's lair.
When the opening was large enough for a person, Joe put the pickaxe away and turned to Franky and Polly.
"Well ladies, it seems we've found a way in!" He said brightly.
"That it does Joseph," said Franky smoothly.
Polly smiled.
"I'm first!" She said happily. "I won't want to miss a perfect shot if I'm behind you two, after all, if I were to go behind Joe, I would only get a shot of his rear, and I must say, that would not sell too well at all."
Joe scowled at her comment.
"You most certainly are not going first!"
"Oh really?" Asked Polly innocently.
Before Joe could react, she had lunged towards the opening in the rock and begun to climb down.
"Well don't anybody ask my opinion," said Franky smirking at Polly's actions and the look on Joe's face. Quickly, and much to the displeasure of Joe, she started off after Polly before he could protest.
"Ladies first!" He heard one of them (most likely Polly) say. Alarmed at how far off the voice sounded, he quickly pulled himself into the tunnel and started off after them.
Polly continued to crawl down the long tunnel. Her hands were scraped and her knees were bruised from the hard rock below her, but she kept on. She looked up and saw an eerie bluish light beginning to take form in the distance, though it was impossible to gauge how far off it really was. She could hear Franky and Joe shuffling along behind her (Joe was quite easy to hear, seeing as he was constantly bickering) and she was sure that they could see the glow as well. It got brighter and brighter as she kept on. The very light seemed to sparkle as she got closer and she wondered what on Earth could possibly cause such an ethereal glow. Finally, she reached the end of the tunnel and entered the room from which the light was flowing. Her mouth dropped open and her eyes widened at the sight before her.
She stood in a small cave-like stone room. Large, blue stones that shone like a azure sun occupied one whole half of the room. As Franky and Joe came into the room, she noticed their similar reactions.
"What are they?" She asked them.
There was a pause.
"I haven't got a clue," said Franky.
"Expensive," said Joe sarcastically, getting over his initial shock.
They had definitely reached Spoletta's lair.
A/N: Hi all!
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