I've kept you everybody waiting not so patiently according to my reviews. But you know what, I LOVE ALL OF THEM! I love everybodies enthusiasm and excitemwent, even a little resentment from my cliffies :)
Zach's voice reverberated around the cavern.
I heard the click of the trigger and the explosion as a bullet forced its way out of the barrel of a gun. My whole body clenched in anticipation for the feeling of a bullet running through my body; but it never came. I whipped around to see who was shooting at me. Zach's mother was there, a gun in her hand; her abdomen pouring blood. She had a wild look on her face; her eyes wide and focused on something over my shoulder and her mouth wide with laughter. I whipped around and realized what she had done.
I ran over to where everybody else had already gone. Bex saw me coming and turned around with a look of horror on her face.
"Cammie, stop; please stop," she said. Grant heard her and turned around.
"Listen to her, please. Go back with Zach." Now I was angry, what was so bad I couldn't handle it?
"What is so bad," I asked. When Grant and Bex exchanged a look, I slipped right by them. Looking over Liz's shoulder I saw…
Joe Solomon. Lying on the ground. Bleeding.
"No," I thought, "This is impossible. Joe Solomon is invincible." But the proof was right there in front of me as Joe lay bleeding out.
I barely took in anybody else's reactions. Abby had taken off her belt and was cutting off the flow to the vein. My mother was at Joe's head, talking to him softly, keeping him awake. Mrs. Baxter was examining the wound, evidently the bullet went straight through his leg, and caused a lot of damage. I also noticed that Jonas was rifling through a first aid kit.
It was all too much. I stumbled back from Joe's bloody body and turned on Zach's mother. I picked up a stray gun off the ground and walked towards her. I walked with a purpose; my shoulders back and my head held high. After what seemed like an eternity, I reached her.
"Are you going to shoot me Cameron," she sneered at me. I stood there silently, my eyes burning holes in her tough girl façade.
"Do it; do it now! Just pull the trigger and you can end your suffering." I knew I couldn't kill her. I didn't have that much evil in me; but I did have that much rage.
Inside my emotions fought for control. Part of me wanted to curl up in a ball and cry, another part want to pull the trigger and another part made me want to punch her over and over again so she could feel as beat up as I did. Then one emotion won out over the others. I raised the gun high; and brought it crashing down onto her skull. No hard enough to kill her, which I totally could have done, but just enough to make her fall into a long sleep. I kicked the gun she had used to shoot Joe and sent it skidding across the floor. I then proceeded to finish what she started.
I rest my ear against the rock next to the doorway and began to knock softly. That's when I saw it. If I hadn't been training for this moment for four years, I would have missed it. But I am a Gallagher Girl, I don't miss anything. I walked towards where I had saw light flash through a small crack in the wall. I touched it lightly. Just as I expected; plaster, or whatever plaster from the 1800's was. I reared back and punched the wall. I pulled off other pieces until the hole had tripled in size. There were two rows of thirteen letters. I knew I would have one chance to do this and I prayed that I was right. Cautiously I pressed the first letter. It fell in and I heard a soft 'click.' I hoped that meant I was on the right track. I pushed in the rest of the letters in the word.
"P-r-i-n-c-e," I spelled it out as I went. As each letter fell in, I heard the approving click come from the door. When the 'e' fell in I heard a soft creak and the door opened a fraction of an inch. I recited the poem to myself, smiling at how I had been able to think on my feet earlier. I knew I couldn't have given her the real word; nobody would have ever forgiven me. I had to think of another word that could word for whatever puzzle she was piecing together.
I turned around to announce my findings, but everybody except Zach was crowded around Joe and my mother, trying to heal them up the best they could. I called him, "Zach," I hissed at him. He got up and walked over.
"I know you've just been stabbed in the stomach, but how would you like to be one of the first to explore the Eternal City since probably Ioseph himself?" Zach nodded eagerly and slipped his hand into mine. I opened the door a little bit more and we slipped through it. We had started this mission together, it only felt right to end it together.
SOOOOO JUST FOR YOU GUYS I ANSWERED A FEW THINGS AND LEFT IT ON NOT TOOO BIG OF A CLIFFY. NOT THAT I DONT ENJOY DEATH THREATS OR WHATEVER ;)
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