Hi, guys! Thank you so much for your reviews! I left you on a cliffhanger, didn't I? *insert evil author laugh here* Pulled a Rick Riordan, sort of.
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The scream we heard was super loud.
Emerald looked at me fearfully. "What do you think happened?"
I shook my head. "Your guess is as good as mine. We should probably investigate."
"To the Mine we go, then," Emerald told me.
We gathered our materials quickly when we saw Gary and Dot running towards us. "Guys," Dot panted,"Did you hear that?"
We nodded. "We were just going over there," Emerald said.
So we ran over there, and we saw Jet scolding Rookie.
"Gadzooks! What happened?" Gary inquired.
"I felt something touch me!" Rookie yelled.
"There's no need to scream, Rookie! And it was a leaf!" Jet Pack Guy told him.
"Nuh-uh! If it was a leaf, then why did I see something run into the Mine Shack?" Rookie said.
We all looked at each other. "Time to investigate, I guess," I said as I rifled through my bag. I was looking through my backpack and I found just about everything except a flashlight. Pens, pencils, paper, my trusty grappling hook, Puffle-O's- everything I would ever need except a flashlight.
"Anyone have a flashlight?" I sighed.
"Nope, but I can try to use my Spy Phone," Emerald said.
"Worth a shot," I said as we walked into the Mine.
I absolutely hated the Mine at night. It was creepy. The light, if there was any, was dim. You would hear a few penguins cart surfing occasionally. You felt like you were being watched. All that was missing was the scary music.
We walked in and looked around. I thought I heard someone, but my mind seems to play tricks on me when I'm freaking out.
Dot walked over to the carts. "Let's go."
"Who should go first?" Gary asked.
"CC!" Emerald said.
"What?! Why?" I asked. I hated the dark...
"Alphabetical order!" she said in a singsong voice.
"I hate all of you," I muttered.
"I think I can live with that," Jet laughed.
I gave a fake laugh. "Yeah, really funny, guys," I said as I hopped into a cart.
We all got into carts and sped into the dark tunnels. I don't know if I was overthinking, but the walls seemed to be closing in on me. It was almost pitch black, and I could barely see my flipper if I held it in front of my face. Everything was going fine until-
BOOM!
My cart collided with something, and I went flying. I also proved that penguins are not flightless birds.
I hit the hard ground and coughed at the dirt and rocks that were now swirling around from my impact.
Everyone else hit whatever the thing I collided with was- just not as hard or as fast.
Something, or someone, fell on top of me. I kinda shoved them off, because I just can't focus like that.
"Is everyone alright?" I heard Gary say.
Everyone just groaned.
"I suppose I will take that as a yes," Gary said.
"Where are we?" Rookie asked.
"Not a clue," I replied.
We tried to explore the dark tunnel we were in by staying really close to the walls. The only things we could trust at the moment was our sense of touch and hearing. I held on to the wall, but I still managed to trip and fall over my untied shoes.
"Walk much?" Emerald laughed.
"Of course! I was just testing gravity. It still works," I said in a matter-of-fact way.
We walked the tunnels for about fifteen minutes when I felt something grab me. I held in a shriek and slapped whatever it was in the face.
"Owwww," Rookie said.
"Oopsie. Sorry Rookie," I said.
He didn't say anything, but just grabbed my flipper even tighter.
"Dude, you okay?"
He whimpered, but then nodded. "Okay, good," I said, and I gave him an encouraging pat on the back. I let go of his flipper for a few seconds to see if I could find the others. A lot went wrong in those few seconds.
Emphasis on "A lot."
Out of nowhere, Rookie shrieked. This time, for good reason. It was like someone shocked him. He fell to the ground, eyes filled with fear and shaking like crazy.
"Rookie!" Dot yelled.
"Great Scott!" Gary shouted.
We all ran over to help him. He stopped shaking, and we attempted to pick him up.
"Let's get back to the HQ, guys," I said.
Then the lights flickered on, and we realized one of our party was missing.
Emerald was no longer in the cave with us.
Emerald, where are you?! Where'd she go? AHH, NOBODY PANIC!
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