Cassie's eyes only widened, and Garrett suddenly had a headache. He sat back down, holding his head.
"Garrett, is everything alright?" Cassie asks, walking up next to him. Lizzie and Dan appeared on his other side, helping him into a seat.
"Yeah, all's fine. Just a headache." He shook his head, a hand rubbing his temple.
"Look, what happened? How are you still alive?" Jesse walked up to him, with a questioning look on her face.
"He protected me, that's what happened." Sparklez spoke up at last while Stacy wrapped a bandage around his leg. "Shortly after I had landed at the bottom of that trap, Garrett joined me. He got to turn off all the mechanics and all that so the trap won't trigger the sand to fall on top of us again. Garrett may have the most signs pointing to him so far, but I say he's not the White Pumpkin. If he goes down, I'm going down with him." The rest of the group exchanged glances and small talk continued to be made. Garrett looked over at Cassie only to find her pulling at his ear.
"If you tell anyone what you know, EVERYONE will die. Do you understand, pest?" she hissed, but it didn't scare Garrett. "I can always stop their blood from flowing." Okay, now that scared Garrett. It was then he had realized Cassie Rose was the Blood Elemental. Blood was a neutral element, as was fire. They can both help and hurt. Garrett nods, looking down and away. He suddenly got an idea.
"What if I die? All arrows are pointing to me. The diamond axe, the knowledge of the traps… They'll figure it all out, Cassie Rose, one way or another."
"Where's your portal key?"
"I have it, but I'm not giving it to you to make the curse even worse than it is." Garrett glared back at her. "If you want it, you'll have to kill me for it." Garrett got another headache. He couldn't tell if it was from the curse or Cassie's powers. She was one of the most powerful, and she had mysteriously disappeared many, many years ago. And here she was, standing right next to him. Cassie seemed to think over it, before sighing.
"Fine." she glared, letting go of his ear. At that moment, Garrett heard the White Pumpkin in the other room. His eyes widen. Jesse was in that room! Garrett stood up suddenly and was the first into the room.
"Jesse!" he heard Petra exclaimed behind him.
"He's back! The White Pumpkin's back!" Stampy exclaimed, eyes widening.
"Don't worry, it's just a dummy!" Jesse calmed Stampy down easily with those words. "A White Pumpkin costume on an armor stand." She motioned behind her.
"What? Why?" Dan questioned.
"The trap that would had killed Sparklez and Garrett, the whole show… It was all triggered by a button on the table. The only difference from the first time, no sand fell." Jesse explained.
"That's because I took out the pressure plates that triggered the sand." Garrett explained, holding out the stone pressure plates.
"But, what does that mean?" Lizzie asks, confused. She wasn't the only one.
"I am so creeped out right now." Stacy muttered, shaking her head.
"Understandably!" Stampy looked back at Stacy with a wave of his hand. He had his hands on his waist, before turning back to Jesse.
"It means the White Pumpkin sat at this very table and pushed the button."
"Wait, so you're saying the White Pumpkin is one of us?!" Stampy asks, looking around at the whole group. Garrett glanced back at Cassie, who sent him a glare.
"That's right, Mr. Stampy. One of us… is a murderer." Jesse looked across them all. As if on cue, thunder boomed and lightning flashed.
"Well, all the signs are pointing to Garrett so far. I mean, he didn't have an invitation, he has a diamond axe, and, he knew Sparklez was going to die. If we find that he sits right by the button-" Cassie began, but Jesse stopped her.
"When we triggered the trap again, Cassie, it activated right away. Garrett was running a few seconds before the button was even pressed." Jesse pointed out. Garrett sent her a look of thanks.
"So whoever sat here could be the White Pumpkin?" Ivor asks, motioning to a button on the table.
"That wasn't where we found it before." Jesse looked back at Lukas, who nodded.
"I'll find all the buttons." the blond nods, going to stab an arrow into the table.
Everyone just kind of went their separate ways, and Garrett decided to stick by Sparklez like a lost puppy. I mean, Sparklez was his only supporter as of the moment. He made eye contact with Cassie Rose from across the room and almost immediately, he got a headache.
"I'll be back." Garrett whispered to Sparklez. Sparklez raised an eyebrow, looking at him.
"Where're you going?"
"Seeing what Cassie Rose is up to." Garrett gave Sparklez a look. Sparklez seemed to get it, because he nodded.
"I'm not stopping you." Garrett turned and walked over next to Cassie.
"You're the one doing all this to the people, huh? Torturing them, making them lose control of their elements?"
"I have no clue what you're talking about." Cassie hissed with a glare. To her, Stampy and Dan were a little too close.
"The curse. You're making all of us lose control."
"How do you prove that?"
"You're not the one getting headaches and losing control of your powers."
"That's why we can't get out of here. You're trying to go home, just like I am."
"Why the hell are you out here anyways?"
"I was supposed to send a message to the Order of the Stone for help. And I found them." Garrett turned to find Jesse looking their way. He tried to make his eyes read 'Help!' but she didn't seem to get the message.
"If you could all please take the seat you were in before-" Jesse began, and Garrett goes to his seat at the end. The people who had buttons by their seats were Lukas, Dan, Stampy, Lizzie…
And Garrett himself.
"That's it for you, Garrett." Cassie sneered, glaring a little down the table at Garrett. "Caught. Red-handed." Garrett's eyes widened, and he looked amongst the others.
"I'm sorry." Jesse shook her head.
And it's another wrap. Sorry, this chapter was shorter than usual...
Hmm, what do you think will happen next? Will they force to kill Garrett to avenge TorqueDawg? Who may die next?
So, I will see YOU, in the next chapter.
Til then, dear readers!