Chapter 42
Caleb sunk to the ground, sighing deeply from all his swirling emotions. "I sure hope your plan works." he said.
"It should."
"Yeah." he sighed "Jack's gonna hate me for life, wont he?"
I knelt down beside him, smiling sadly. "Maybe. But it'd probably help once he reallizes im not dead. I just hope he understands that I wouldn't be able to succeed the plan if Darkness continued to believe I was still alive..." I reasoned solemnly. He nodded. "Now. My mother and Help should be safe, if he kept his promise." he grimaced.
"Okay. Well we've got to keep moving. Elliot? You awake?" Elliot sniffled and muttered "Mmhmm." and he climbed out.
"All righty. I need some help, okay?" he smiled, happy at his usefulness. "Sure!"
"Can you make you and I invisible again?" Elliot nodded, and closed his eyes, and my hand grew slightly transparent. "Now only we three can see and hear you and I. But nobody else can. And Big Brother isn't invisible."
We nodded. And I started to walk out the door.
"Uh, Liz. Forgetting something?" he teased. I looked about. Then bash fully said, "Oops.." and motioned, making my stabbed plant body disintegrate.
"How could you forget your own plan?" he teased.
"Oh, shut up," I joked, punching his shoulder. "Henchmen will hear you and think you're a little crazy, or become suspicious and your cover will be blown." I recalled our plan-making session last night after he threw pebbles at my window.
He nodded, but smirked at me. Drat. He had caught that. I got a little tongue-tied on "suspicious."
We waltzed out the door, and I walked behind him, holding Elliot.
I found myself walking against the wall, with Caleb walking on the other side. No one would try to pass him on my side since there was so much more room on the other.
A henchman bumped into Caleb, saying "Darkness wants to see you now." He nodded, then looked at me, and I nodded in response.
He walked a little faster, and I speed walked/ran until I caught up to him. He opened the door, slowly walking inside so I could sneak in quickly.
The entire room was completely dark except for two small candles that were just down to their wick Caleb was right, we didn't need to worry about Darkness having bugs or video cameras to listen to and watch him. This place was very against-technology, or anything humans made really.
"Did you dispose of the body?" a deep voice said slowly.
"Yes sir. Are the-" but Darkness interrupted.
"Patience!" he snapped. "I don't want you to betray me just after I give you back your family. That would be deceitful."
His voice loomed in different directions as the man paced about the room. I clung to Caleb, not wanting to accidentally get in his way.
"Speaking of deceitful, you made sure Jack no longer trusts you correct?" Caleb nodded, then remembering the darkness, he said firmly, "Yes sir."
"Good. Good. We need his anger. Shame the Spring Guardian had to be the sacrifice to produce that. We could have used her."
Caleb didn't say anything, not really knowing what to say anyway.
"I just need you to do one more thing."
"What is it sir?"
"Kill your mother and Help."
Caleb gulped, his voice cracking. "Pardon?"
"Kill. Them. Prove your loyalty." he hissed.
"Uhm." I could feel him trembling.
"They could be useful, sir." I whispered in Caleb's ear.
"They could be useful, sir." he repeated.
"They could be mysteriously found, getting the other guardians to trust them."
"They could be mysteriously found, getting the other guardians to trust them." he repeated.
"Hmmm. True. True." he continued. "Very well. "
I let out a sigh of relief, knowing he could not hear me.