Chapter Fourteen
He screamed in pain.
"What the Hell did you do to my arms?" he demanded.
I let his arms go.
I didn't really know what I did. Fighting was never really my thing but at this moment, I would've done anything to save Josiah.
This cave was changing my perspective on life.
"You have to stop being violent!" I yelled.
"Make me," he said.
I wanted to hurt him so bad, but I didn't know what to do.
I could kick him in the knee, below the waist, in the face, step on his foot…so many options.
He tried to kick me, but I grabbed his leg and flipped him onto the ground.
Then just out of no where, I heard a whistle noise in the air and Elijah calmed down.
Tranquilizer darts.
After a few seconds, he was passed out.
I looked up to see Jeremiah holding the tranquilizer dart gun thing.
"We always know what to do in these kind of situations," he said.
Elvira was standing next to him.
"Well thanks," I said.
I looked over at Josiah.
He didn't look very good, so I ran over to him.
"Are you okay?" I asked, helping him get up.
"Talking sense into him never works. I don't want to fight him," he said.
"Well don't. You did the right thing. You were the bigger person," I told him.
"Yeah, I try to be. Makes me look weak though," he said.
"Not really," I said.
"Well thanks for standing up for me," he said.
I hugged him.
"I love you, Melanie," he said.
That took me by surprise, but I didn't question.
"I love you too, Josiah," I said back.
We stopped hugging and he tried to walk.
He ended up falling down.
"He broke my damn leg!" he yelled.
Elijah broke his leg?
"What?" I gasped.
"Elijah!" yelled Josiah.
I didn't know what to do.
I sat down next to him.
He grabbed his broken leg and looked around for Elijah.
"What do I do?" I asked.
"Nothing, I'll be fine. This has happened before," said Josiah.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
There was a pause.
"Well you see, there's not much time to explain because it seems the cave magic wore off and Elijah is back," said Josiah.
There, Elijah stood, watching us.
"Josiah," he said.
Elijah was acting very strange.
"So you cannot walk I see. Maybe that helps describe all the pain I went through trying to be the best like you," he said.
"Elijah forget it. I don't care to hear you rant, just let it go and move on," I said.
"Of course you don't care. No one ever cares. That's why I'm leaving," he said.
"What?" demanded both me and Josiah.
"That's right, I'm leaving this cave. You can't stop me, Melanie. Good-bye," he said.
And with that, Elijah walked to the platform and pressed the button to rise to the surface
He never returned back.
The platform returned empty.
"He's gone," said Josiah.
He was more amazed than I was.
"I don't know what to do," I said.
"He'll be back one day," said Josiah.
I didn't count on that.
Several years passed, still no sign of Elijah. Josiah and I were still happy together. Even after discovering that due to the magical force of the cave there was no way to have children, Josiah and I still loved each other even without having a family.
We wondered about Elijah a lot. Was he happy? Was he killed? No one really cared.
Elvira and Jeremiah were also doing great together. I was happy for them.
Everyone else was fine too, just waiting for something fun to happen.
As for my leader skills, I was getting to be a better leader, I was teaching everyone special fighting skills and emergency evacuations in case we were found.
Life was perfect…almost.
More time passed. It's been nearly one hundred years now since Melathiah's death.
We all still miss him very much. Nothing has really changed much besides the fact that the human world above us has extreme technology such as flying cars, and cell phone ear chips, and cures for nearly any disease.
Elijah had to be dead by now right? Well the answer is no.