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CLOVE RAN PAST CURVES and turns, her fellow friends from Maze C trailing behind her a few feet away.
She squinted her eyes as she abruptly stopped her moving feet. Her eyes squinting in confusion as she held up a hand, signaling everyone to stop. The sound of feet stopped almost immediately. Everyone's ears perked up at the runner, wondering what she was stopping for.
Screams and screeches escaped from near hallways. The deafening sound bouncing off the stone walls, echoing clear in the groups ears. Boys and girls winced at what they were hearing. Sweat dripped from there foreheads as they froze completely. Their breath hitched for a moment before remembering they had to breathe.
"What the hell is that.."
The words escaped from the youngest of the group. Lexie. "Oh my gosh, we're gonna die in here." Mateo blurted out, not caring if there was a 13 year old girl in their presence. Multiple courses of agreement escaped from the other boys and girls. "Everybody shut up." Clove spoke sternly, making slow steps to the end of the hallway.
She peeked around the corner of the grassy stone walls. Her eyes widened at the sight she was seeing. Down the hallway stood 6 slimy mechanical monsters right by the exit. She quickly turned her head back around as the monsters glanced her way.
She took a silent deep breath before speaking calmly. "Ok, everyone listen up. This is our only chance of getting out of this hell hole, ok." She hesitated before speaking again, wondering how she could break what was going to happen to the innocent souls in the co-ed. "There's six of those creatures down there... right by the exit." Worry and hopeless expressions took over the others face. Tears escaped from very few. "And we're gonna have to fight them. We need to be smart and stealthy. No one let your guard down, no matter what.... There's no other way we're getting out of this hell hole so if you don't have the balls to risk your lives, leave." Some had a regretful expression as if they actually were gonna turn Bach. But, not a single foot or limb moved. "Good." Clove breathed out.
Sweat trickled down Clove's forehead. "Ok, Madi, Nick, Mateo, and Diana, keep the little ones behind you." She shooed her hands at the younger ones in the group. They immediately scrambled behind the four names said. A various of "okays" came from their chapped lips as they did so.
Clove turned around with a shaky breath. Her grip around her katana tightened. The grip felt so familiar to her it almost made her curious about what else she could have been doing, other than killing mechanical monsters and slicing vines to keep track of where she was going.
