Chapter 8: The Journey Towards the Sky

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They were ready, geared up, and had tons of food and water in bags that were also inside the hidden room. They opened up the entrance to the cave and made a right to where there was a little rock patch where they could climb to go up. Jackson said," Well we have to get there before sundown so lets go quick, take any risk possible to get there if we are seperated." The three started there way up, Alex being in the back, Jackson in the front. When they got to the top of the rock slope, they looked up and saw that the sun was directly above the mountain and that they were running out of time quickly. They kept going up for about 60 ft, until Steven slipped on a rock and fell. Alex caught him by his leg and Steven swung head first into a chunk of ice, making him faint. Alex tried to wake him up, but he couldn't waist too much time because they needed to get to the top of the mountain. Alex used his bag's strap and tied Steven to it so he could climb with no worries of Steven falling. Jackson was halfway up the mountain, which was about 30 ft from where Steven slipped, and Alex had to get to him before they could go on. When he got there he told Jackson what happened and that they had to stay together just incase one of them slipped. As they were getting ready to climb up higher, they found a small opening, just big enough for a hand to fit in it, and there was a small blue box with the words "Time Tracker" on it. When they opened it there was three watches, and a spot where a watch was supposed to be, but it was missing. They took the three remaining watches and put one on Steven's fainted body. They went up higher and higher, the weather getting colder and harsher. At one point during the climb they had to stop and eat, by that time the watches read 7:32 and the sun would set at 8:33 exactly as the note said in the box with watches. Steven had awoken during the snack break and decided he should eat as well since he couldn't tell if he was hungry. Steven had a huge bump on his head, but no blood, so they gave him a piece of ice wrapped in cloth from the coat, and told him to put it on his head where the bump was. They finished there snack break around 7:43 and only had 50 minutes to get to the top, which was still about 100 ft upward. They climbed up and the temperatures were way below freezing because the waters they had were ice, even though they were liquid when they had their snack break. It took them a while to get up to the very top, it was 8:29 when they reached it, but they were not alone. The fourth watch that was missing in that box was on someone, they couldn't make out through the snow blizzard going on. They saw the watch though, they all glowed through the snow and the fourth watch went closer to them, Alex held up his fist ready for the strongest foe he had ever fought coming towards him, but what they saw shocked them. It was 8:32 and Morgan was with them, waiting to see what would happen at sun down. Alex and Morgan were about to rumble, but then a huge shock went across the mountain and they all fell to the ground. They didn't know what was happening, but the snow formed a barrier around the edges of the mountain, and a light was breaking through the clouds.

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