Part 5: Surprise, Surprise

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Me and Twenty-One go into the den and Twenty-One turns on her flashlight. We search all around the den.

Twenty-One: Anything?

Me: No...

Twenty-One: What if she's not here?

Me: Where will she be? We searched in all possible places!

Twenty-One: She could've possibly jumped after we left.

Me: You've got a point.

Twenty-One: I'll go and check!

Twenty-One hands me the flashlight and leaves as I continue to search.
After a tiring 30 minutes, I lean against the den wall and sit down. I put my hands on the ground and I feel something. I pick it up and I see it was Twelve's array display band!
It's either that she's here or the bear just took this from her. I must find her!
I look behind all the rocks while calling out her name. The den was not small.
I see a rock wall end with a big hole in it. I step in the hole and it was much darker there. I call out for Twelve as my voice echoes through the whole den.
I hear a breaking twig and I run towards the sound. I reach the end of the long hallway, but I don't find anything.
I shout out loud, in case that was actually a sign from Twelve.

Me: TWELVE! IF THAT'S REALLY YOU, PLEASE MAKE ANOTHER SOUND SO I CAN FIND YOU!

I listen for a while, and I hear another twig breaking. Now I definitely know that it's Twelve! I run towards the sound again and I notice that the sound is coming through the wall.

Me: Wait... What? I don't understand. Are you behind this wall?

I put my head against the wall but I don't hear any voice. I only hear a stone that was thrown onto the wall. Okay, this is weird.
How shall I go in? How did she get in?
I feel the walls and I finally find a tiny hole.
What?! How did- Oh, nevermind. I'll just make the hole bigger. I take a piece of something, which I found on the floor, and start breaking the rocky wall. Finally, it gives way, and I go inside.

Me: Twelve? Are you here?

I turn on my flashlight and point it everywhere until I find a light reflecting back. It was Twelve's Numberlings! I climb up the big rock she was behind and climb down.

Me: Twelve! I finally found yo- OH MY BLOCKS! ARE YOU OKAY?!

Her eyes were scratched, one of her legs were stuck under the big stone she was behind, her arms were slightly bleeding, and there was a piece of glass which was stabbed into her other leg. I couldn't believe my eyes. Her voice was so cracky when she spoke to me.

Twelve: Please... Help me..

Me: I will! I will!

Twenty-One came out of nowhere, again, and saw me.

Twenty-One: Hey, you found her!

Me: I need you up here, Twenty-One! Hurry!

Twenty-One: Okay! *climbs the rock* Oh my goodness... This is horrible!

Me: Come on and help me push the stone over!

Twenty-One: Will do.

We push the stone with all of our strength and it finally falls down.

Me: It's okay, Twelve. We'll take you to safety, okay?

She nods her head.
I carry her in my arms as we run out of the den. We go to Twenty-One's campsite and I put Twelve down on a carpet.

Twenty-One takes her bag off and brings out a medical kit and opens it. She takes out some kind of swab and cleans her hand from the blood. She takes out tweezers and slowly removes the piece of glass. Twelve starts screaming. I can feel her pain. I sit closer to her and hug her.
Twenty-One finally removes the entire piece and throws it in a tiny trash can. She cleans off the place and bandages it. She give me an ice pack to help Twelve's eyes. I hesitatingly put the ice pack on her left eye, and she moved backwards.

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