Beyond the happiness, Samuel noted that Edna was too thoughtful. And he not just love her, he trusted her completely.
He saw his brother advance, but he grabbed his belt and he pulled and making him back immediately.
- ¿What the hell?- Nathan looked- ¿Sam? ¿What do you do?
- Wait- He stopped him.
- ¿What?
- ¿Edna?- Samuel looked her- ¿What's up? ¿What do you think?
- I do not know- She thought, looking around- Something does not fit... Something… Maybe it's nothing, maybe I've become paranoid over the years...
- I trust your intuition. You tell me.
- That treasure seems fake...
- ¿Fake?- Victor looked harder.
- That don't smells like a precious metal, much less like gold- She said- Smells like iron... Old and rusty iron... Less the obvious chest in the center... Which will undoubtedly be a trap.
- ¿So?- Asked Victor- ¿Where is?
- Nauhky Lee was too insistent with turning gold into practical objects, as cups, crosses, ornaments and swords. Is not his style leave coins... Even at that time, there were more valuable treasures, less manipulable.
- It is a fake treasure to fool the thieves- Nathan thought Nathan- Only Nauhky Lee could get to the real.
Shaareim walked to the next cave, lighting, daring to take a step.
- Be careful Edy- Samuel took her hand, for caution.
- The floor seems safe- She reviewed- Do not seem to have touched... Anyway, anyone touch anything...
The group entered, cautious. There was nothing except rough figures, carved in stone, with animal forms, things, lines, words, all completely random. And in most, delicately placed on the stone, glass spheres, with opaque color.
- Now that's trap- Victor lit a crystal, that resembled the eye of a dragon.
- If this was not the treasure...- Thought Sam- ¿What is this?
- That was a trap in the form of a treasure- Nathan said- This should be the treasure in the form of a trap...
- Is Nauhky Lee...- Edna said- Not everything is treasure...
- Hey- Sullivan lit a figure- Check this out… A hunter killing a bear... ¿Do you think is Nauhky Lee enough?
- Orion and Ursa Maior...
- ¿Who has the balls for this?
Nathan approached. The carved figure had a few spheres of glassin in certain almost obvious points. In the hunter there was one in his belt, in his deck, on each foot, and on his head. In the bear he looked one in the eye and on its back.
He gently took the ball from his belt, pulling imperceptibly, attentive to the sound of any mechanism activated. But the glass came out, with difficulty, but complete. He lit up the remaining space, out of curiosity, but there was nothing.
Then he looked at the spheres and he shook slightly. It sounded hollow, but with some hard things inside.
- The treasure is in the stars- Edna said- Break it…
Nathan laid the first smoked glass sphere within a cloth and under the curious gaze of others, hit him a few times, until they hear the glass breaking. He slowly opened the rag. There, between the dirty glasses, shone like stars a generous handful of diamonds and gems not exactly small.
- Holy Virgin- Sighed Sullivan, taking one as big as a marble.
- Seven spheres- The woman muttered- As the Ursa Maior...
- We did it…- Samuel held her by the neck, smiling, before kissing her forehead- Thanks to you.
- I did nothing…- She smiled.
- I give a shit about your opinion.
The two old friends laughed, as they watched Nate find another sphere and do the same, for another handful of red and green stones.
- Rubies and emeralds...- Nate smiled- With just those two, we have a lot of money...
Slowly the seven spheres were broken, revealing an incredible interior of diamonds, emeralds, sapphires and rubies, of all sizes and quality. Victor put everything inside a sturdy container, to avoid any loss before dividing in equal parts, and he placed it inside the backpack Nathan.
- Boys...- Sullivan smiled- To home…
- Elena will be fascinated- Nate laugh.
Samuel felt a slight jump in his chest. The adventure was about to end, and that only meant the ultimatum of his brother.
Thinking about it, he left that poorly designed grotto. But when his foot was gone and step, he was slightly sank into a rock.
All feel the blood run cold to hear the soft rattle of a mechanism.
- Oh God…- Sam muttered, without moving- God no…
- ¿¡What!?- Nathan approached- ¡But if I stepped on it before and did not move a millimeter!
- We must think, quickly- Victor said.
- It's a two-stroke mechanism- Reacted Edna, scared- It will advance faster if you stop stepping on...
She moved to Samuel, which momentarily accelerated the mechanism until she put both feet on the rock.
- ¿¡What are you doing!?- He told her, watching her.
- I think under pressure... You're stronger than I am, if there is a mechanism to stop, you are more likely to make it. I will weight. Move.
The walls began to torn apart, the roof inched down, without stopping and there was no way to find the mechanism. It was inside the cursed earth.
- ¡We have to do something!- Shouted Victor, appearing- ¡All the halls are collapsing!
- ¡We have to go out!- Nathan hurried.
- ¡Edna! - Sam stretched his hand to her- Come on…
- ¡I don't!- She stood still- ¡At this rate we will crush all before leaving!
- We just need weight- Samuel tried to move a stone, but nothing happened.
He stopped, looking around, but more to seek, there was no rock that move.
Shaareim began to notice the stone ceiling began to fall, broken, slowly. She knew there was no return, and if the others remained there, they follow the same fate.
- ¡Nathan!- She called him, seeing the young Drake- ¡Take him away!
- ¿What?- Sam tried to advance, but part of the cave began to give up on their feet- ¿Edna?
Nathan grabbed his brother, hard, and he forced him to retreat, avoiding falling through a growing gap.
- ¡Sam! ¡Sam!- He tried to wake him- ¡We have to move!
Edna looked into his brown eyes, so lost and desolated, while Victor and Nate pulled him and dragged him toward the exit.