Putz12 Plus One

EIGHTEEN | ROOM OF DOOM

She had a good feeling about all this until the insults made their way into her ears and she was shoved by Sera's burning hand. "What was that for?" She asked, in all seriousness. "I've been good!"

"Oh, have you?" She retorted, looking around the place as if it were a dumpster. "Because you've been the very opposite of good for me. I told you not to speak."

"I know." 

Her feet rubbed against the ground, which was plastic too. But it had to be there for a reason. Nobody would design such a thing without a reason to hide something.

"But you have to hear me out."

"Why should I? I could burn you right now and say that monsters attacked you or something."

The way she walked was funny, like she was hiking a mountain with numerous rocks. But it was just flat, plastic ground infested with large hollow trees which blocked all light from entering. She knew she wasn't serious about burning her. Because then the plastic would burn and they'd see no monster remains. Yet it still hurt and she crouched down, crying. Her knees were to her chest now and Sera rolled her eyes to approach back to her.

"Kill me." She quivered. "Just do it now, I-"

"Get up and shut up."

She stood pathetically, following Sera's footsteps. Everything was so dark and it was like she was trying to lose her. Who builds a large plastic forest like this, who has the time or resources? She secretly hoped it was The Order's, so she could lie to them and say Sera was trying to attack them, and join them. Beats being under her orders.

"See anything yet?"

"I don't see a damn thing." She was annoyed she even bothered to speak to her. And as though Iza got what she wished for, her foot slipped and she fell into a flimsy opening in the ground that Sera missed.

It took a few steps to realize she fell, because there was no scream. "C'mon." She said. "Don't give me the silent treatment." But nothing was there when she turned around. "You little s-" There was no more Iza. "C'mon, quit playing around." She walked slowly. Did she push her too far? If she'd escaped with her secrets, she could navigate her way back home, find Octofro and tell him. And then she'd have the whole sector against her, and the inkling fellow. "You better not be trying to run from me!" She scowled, looking around everywhere. Still no sights of her. "FUCK!!!!"

Her screams were heard from the circle the boys were now sitting in. They perched up and tended to the screams. "That direction, there!" Yelled Felix. "Sera's in trouble!"

"Hey, Iza, too!" Derek and Putz yelled simultaneously.

"Let's go. We don't know how much time is left. Come on!!" He sprinted with a jolt and the others did the same.

Clunky footsteps above the hollow ground paced until they found Sera, who was easy to find from her glowing light.

"Came as soon as we heard the scream. What happened?" Asked Felix, who was out of breath.

"Iza disappeared."

Iza, disappearing? Putz remembered how careless she was before and nodded silently to himself. Made sense to him.

"I don't know where she is?"

"Could be down there." Felix pointed to a square opening which hid behind a tree, only a small light could be seen from above. Sera walked and gave a solemn expression, using her powers to send glowing orbs down. And like magic it lit up, everyone gawking except Putz, and they could all see the contents. Which was just a shiny floor.