Chapter 44
"Ok. We got to get out of here now." I pulled urgently.
Caleb nodded, but during the middle of it, Mother Nature woke, and cried out, "You!"
Mother Nature thrusted plants, clasping Caleb onto the wall like Jack had done before. "You killed my sister!"
"My reputation is well known, I see." Caleb remarked annoyedly. I could tell he hadn't wished for that to spread. He mouthed 'We don't have time for this.' at me. And I nodded, giving him permission to explain.
"I'm a good guy though. You have it wrong!" he started to say.
"You're lying! Why should I trust you? Especially when it worked OH SO well for Elizabeth?!" Her voice broke and tears flung out of her eyes.
"I'm not working for Darkness!"
"Liar!" this went on for quite a few minutes, until Mother Nature made no interest in listening to Caleb's reasoning. She pointed a single sharp thorn at his neck.
"So what now? You're going to kill me? That'd make you no better than what you think I am." I smiled grimly. He was very good at pressuring people to not make a stupid choice. Even if his opponent didn't like him, or what they thought he stood for, they still knew what he said was right, and they stopped.
She slowly let him slip through her plants, panting.
"Thank you."
She looked at him, her black wavy strands of hair coming lose and hanging over her forehead. She was shocked.
"What? Surprised I thanked you?" Caleb scoffed. "I told you. I'm not working for Darkness."
"Thank you. That's enough." Caleb's face grew pale, causing uneasiness to sink in. "Because no, you're right. You do NOT work for me any longer." Darkness's voice rung out.
"Thank you, Guard. You put the cheese in the trap, and I caught the rat." his eyes flashed and his voice rose angrily when he said rat.
A gray paw-like hand with thick, sharp claws reached out, and Caleb was dragged towards him. It was almost like a swarm was pulling him. A swarm of what, though, I dont know. It was almost like darkness itself.
"I don't have a lot of time. So I'll let the others destroy you. Good thing you did something right. Since you made pain in their lives, I'll let them return the favor. Quite a Hopeless situation don't you think?" I knew he was talking about me, being the Guardian of Hope.