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Chapter 14
House of Sacrifice
Stepping around the bend and into the room of the first task I saw the problem. A deep ravine cut an almost block wide hole in the cavern. No way could someone jump it, and there was nothing that could be used to cross. Looking at it I knew there had to be a solution, but neither the COE or I could figure out what it was.
"Hey, look at this," Anubis pointed out and I turned to face him. Along the wall a series of inscriptions had been written, probably instructions to cross. "Well this is just great. I don't know about you guys but I don't speak Ancient Egyptian!"
"So that's what Sarah's been working relentlessly on," I told the others running my finger down the hieroglyphic inscriptions. "She's trying to translate it."
"Any clue what it says?" Nick asked turning to Anubis.
"Why you looking at me? You're the 'Chosen One' shouldn't you know?" Anubis replied annoyed. I couldn't help but smile at the two headbutting boys. If only they knew what was really going on they wouldn't be so happy and carefree. That was the reason they couldn't know; it would change them and take away this boyish laughter.
"It says 'Only those willing to sacrifice will reach the Scales,'" Alice's voice echoed through the tunnels as if answering us, but instead it was Lily Alice spoke to.
"Hide!" I whispered before jumping behind one of the growing stalagmites. Anubis and Nick, obviously not getting the message to hide somewhere else, both squeezed in on either side of me. The stone was large, but if Alice looked she'd see us hiding easily.
"Where are the others?" Ditsy Lily asked clearly starting to worry. "I thought you said we were meeting them down here."
"Do you know what that means?" Alice continued as if Lily hadn't spoken.
"Ally stop. You're really starting to scare me. And what's with the contacts? Red? Your natural brown looks much cuter. These make you look all vampire-ey," Lily was really starting to freak out at this point and all three of us felt the desperate need to jump out and help her. We knew what was happening- Nick's vision was coming true. Something held us back though and not fear. It was like a magical force was holding us down unable to interfere.
"It means that if we want to stop Apophis someone has to go down that abyss and Apophis won't have any regrets about throwing someone in so neither can we." Alice spoke with faux regret in her voice.
"This isn't funny," Lily told her trying to break away, but at that moment Lily's heel broke and no way could she outrun seemingly super-strong Alice. "Stop!"
"It has to be this way, I'm sorry Lily, but you're the dumbest, the weakest. You're of no use except to be used as canon fodder," as Alice grabbed Lily's neck and held her over the abyss whatever force had been holding me down broke.
"Stop!" I screamed jumping from my hiding place, but it was too late. By startling her Alice had released her grip on Lily and the girl tumbled into the black pit.
The chapter's short, I know, but come on is there a better 1/2 hour cliffhanger?