Arc 3 | Hells Grace (21)
HELLS GRACE
Part 21
Coach Hodge and Melanie deactivated the third trap they encountered down Tunnel B. They had been going the wrong way for the past twenty minutes now, thinking they were getting closer to my Core, but the path would eventually lead them to the Siren’s lair (they didn’t know that yet). They were already getting frustrated.
“Okay, that’s done,” Hodge said with a huff after dismantling the trap. He wiped the sweat forming around his brows and adjusted his belt. Melanie didn’t look impressed.
The corridor was supposed to fill with noxious gas that would incapacitate them for Goliath to come around later and drag them somewhere else, tied up and probably tortured horribly. Hodge whispered some incantation that melded the stones shut, blocking the dozen holes scattered along the path that would release the poisoned air.
“Are you sure this is the right way?” Melanie asked. “We’ve been walking a while, and this place feels like a giant maze.”
“With these many traps, he’s probably protecting something very important.”
“That’s what we think.”
“Well, what should we do, Mel? We lost our goddamn tracker,” Coach Hodge said. “That Burton girl is probably miles away by now. And besides, we left markings. We won’t get lost.” Hodge pointed at a soft glowing sigil he painted on the wall, pointing back to the cellar.