We Must Get Out

Chapter 4: Fly High

"Is Evan still mad at Mia?" Bella asked. "Yeah, but he'll get over it." Jobe said. "I hope so, we don't need anymore tension then there already is.''Ava said. They heard a loud roar coming from outside. There was a beast outside, it had the body of a lion, and the head of an eagle. It had wings and was as big as a house. It was flying around everywhere outside so they went back inside and there was a card on the table. If you get caught by the griffin and get taken to its nest your name will be put into the bowl and there is more of a chance that you will go into the death challenge. You will have to find the torch of the Phoenix and the Sword of Bane. To find the torch of the Phoenix go to the place where bad people go when they die. "Guys we need to look at the exhibits and see if there's anything talking about death or fire, but we need to go fast because the Griffin will get us and if it gets us we're gonna get one more vote into the voting pile!" Jobe said. "I can keep watch and when the griffin gets close to you I'll shout your name, when I shout your name go into the closest exhibit to you." Athena said. "I can go first." Leila said. Leila went outside and looked for exhibits that matched the description the card gave. She went down the pathway. "LEILA!" Athena screamed. "RUN!" Jobe said. "AHHH!" Leila said. She was taken by the griffin and it went to mount olympus where its nest was. "One of us needs to save Leila!" Mia said. "We can split into 2 groups. Me, Bella, Nene, And Mia, will go get Leila and Evan, Ava, And Ella can find the Torch of the Phoenix."Jobe said. To find the torch of the Phoenix go to the place where bad people go when they die. You need to burn its wings with the torch and then kill it with the sword when it can't fly anymore."Guys we need to look at the exhibits and see if there's anything talking about death or fire, but we need to go fast because the Griffin will get us and if it gets us we're gonna get one more vote into the voting pile!" Jobe said. "I can keep watch and when the griffin gets close to you I'll shout your name, when I shout your name go into the closest exhibit to you." Athena said. "I can go first." Leila said. Leila went outside and looked for exhibits that matched the description the card gave. She went down the pathway. "LEILA!" Athena screamed. "RUN!" Jobe said. "AHHH!" Leila said. She was taken by the griffin and it went to mount olympus where its nest was. "One of us needs to save Leila!" Mia said. "We can split into 2 groups. Me, Bella, Nene, And Mia, will go get Leila and Evan, Ava, And Ella can find the Torch of the Phenoix."Jobe said. "Athena? Do you have enough power to fly to Mount Olympus?" Jobe asked. "I don't know, I think I used it all to wake you back up." Athena said. "Wait, Evan you used the power stone he got to teleport here right?" Bella said. "I guess..." Evan said. "Okay Evan, get out of your mood, Max literally voted for you. Why are you so sad that he died?" Ava asked. "Because! He has a kid! And I'm responsible for killing Max! That kid has to grow up the rest of his life now without a dad! And I just feel guilty! I'm sorry that I'm not numb to death like you guys are!" Evan said. "I'm sorry, and I know how bad you must feel. But if none of us get along, then we are all going to die!" Ava said. "Okay, but I'm still mad at Mia. Lets go!" Evan said. Evan, Ava, and Ella all ran to the Medusa exhibit. There was a sack they could put over their heads so that the Griffin couldn't see them. There was only one though, so 2 people would stay at the exhibit and guide whoever had the sack on to any exhibits. Ella volunteered to be the one who puts the sack on to find the right exhibit they need to find the Torch of the Phenoix. "I think I see the right exhibit!" Ava said. "It's called the Hellus exhibit." She said again. "Okay where do I go!" "Go forward!" Ella went forward. "Stop!" "Go left!" Evan said. "Keep going!" Ava said. "Your there!" Evan said. "Can I take the sack off?."Ella asked. "Yes!" Evan said. "Okay!" She said. "I see the torch! Wait, it's not lit how are we gonna light it?" Ella said "I don't know!" Evan said. "Get the stone out of the thing." Nene said. "I'm trying to pick it out!" Jobe said. "You should be the one picking it out with your 40 inch acrylics." Jobe said. "Girl shut up, like your acting like-" Nene said. "Not you talking about our sleep paralysis demon." Jobe said. "Anyways... Get the stone out of the hole!" Nene said. "You get it!" Jobe said. Bella got the stone out and looked at Nene and Jobe. "Guys, can you shut up!" Bella said. "Okay" they both said. All 5 of them hugged, Bella being in the middle, and Mia, and Nene, and Jobe, and Athena. Bella held up the stone so they could teleport to the griffin's nest. "Help!" "Help! Is there anyone here in this horrible place!" Leila shrieked. "Leila!" Mia said. "Come on." Bella said. The griffin interrupted Bella and blew the power stone out of Bella's hand with the whoosh from its wings. It fell down the mountain all the way to the bottom in the pathway leading to all the exhibits. They were so high the clouds were far down from them. They didn't know how they were gonna get down because this would take days to climb down. Their only hope was Athena. "Why are you all looking at me?" Athena said. "I don't have powers anymore, I don't know how we can get down." She said again. "Wait, I have an idea!" Bella said. "Athena do you think you have any power left?" Bella asked. "If you do, we could get the nest, and all of us could sit in it and you could use your powers to let us glide down carefully." Bella explained. "I think we can try but if I don't and we die, you can't get mad at me." Athena said. "You're our only hope, if we don't get down from here we die. This is our only way of getting down from here." Nene said. "Okay, move the nest over here and jump in at the same time!" Athena said. They all jumped into the nest as it fell to the ground. They were screaming, it felt like a scary roller coaster. They were about to plummet to their death when Athena reached out and her hands let out green magic and dust. She stopped them from dying, but she was now very tired. "I'm so tired, I think that was the last of my power." Athena said. "I feel so bad, is there any way I could make it up to you?" Leila asked. "No it's fine, really, my power will probably come back in a few days. It's okay." Athena said. "I have the power stone, it's good. It was in the Underworld exhibit." Mia said. They heard a roar and ran to the Base. They all made it in time and none of them were taken. Ava, Evan, and Ella walked in. "Guys we have bad news." Ella said. "We got the torch, but it had a note attached to it that said we have to light the torch on fire in the death challenge, and get the sword to kill the griffin. And get the power stone,"Ava said. "But the good news is that we got the death challenge key." Evan said. "Okay, let's vote. Leila, remember though. You get one more vote into the voting pile."Athena said. About five minutes later they finished voting. "The 2 people voted into the death challenge are... Leila and Bella." "Guys! I've been helping so much! Why would you guys vote for me!" Bella said. "Ugh! Why did I have to get taken by the stupid Griffin?" Leila said. They were looking for the death challenge door and found it in the Griffin exhibit. Bella unlocked it and it took them to a different dimension. There was a card waiting for them on the floor. The card read, You need to solve each riddle on your table, whoever solves them all survives, but whoever doesn't solve them before the other person will die by the griffin. After, the winner will get the sword of bane from the stone in between the 2 tables and get the flame of the Phoenix that will be under the sword. When the griffin sweeps down to get the torch you lit, burn off its wings. When it falls to the ground, stab it with the sword. The power stone will then reveal itself to you and you can be one step closer to escaping. "Are you ready Leila?" Bella asked. "I don't know... this is scary." Leila replied. "No, we're cousins okay. Don't be scared, and whoever wins, it's okay! Alright! We'll still love each other no matter what! We can do this!" Bella said. "Okay I know we can do this, thank you!" Leila said. "Ugh I hate this stupid Griffin!" She said again while tearing up. "Let's do this girl!" Bella said. "They both started solving the riddles, knowing what the consequences would be if they didn't. Leila was working on the first one still when Bella finished the first one. It wasn't a good start for her. The griffin swooped down, but they both hid under the table so it couldn't get her. Leila and Bella were now both on the second riddle, and then Leila finished it. She only had one more to go. Bella was panicking and Leila was stuck on the third riddle. Bella finished the second riddle and was now on the third one. "I'm done!" Bella said. "Wait, I'm done..." she said again. They heard a roar and the griffin swooped down and got Leila from the floor. "I love you Bella, forever." Leila said. "I love you too." Bella said. The griffin picked Leila up and went to the top of the building, 75 feet high. He ungripped his claws and Leila fell to the ground. Dying instantly. Bella was on the floor sobbing, this was the first person who died that was one of her cousins. She crawled to the stone as she was crying, and pulled the sword out of the stone. And then she got the flame that was at the bottom of the stone and lit the torch. The griffin swept down to grab her as she reached the torch upwards and lit its wings on fire. They disintegrated and turned to ash almost instantaneously. It fell to the ground and she got the sword and stabbed it in the head. She was out of breath, panting, and panicking. The griffin threw something up. A yellow and brown stone. It was the 3rd power stone. She was next to Leila crying on her. "Fly high." She said.