We Must Get Out of Death Valley

Chapter 9: The Weeping Woman

"You made the right choice." Roqious reached his hands up and he gave her 9 pieces of paper, a quill, and some ink. She wrote out the invitations for them all, and gave them back to her God Roqious so he could send them. "I will grant you better powers, for the time being, but the security system will go off soon and everything in the forcefield will be incinerated. That includes you." "Don't let them fail. I will give you your box for the time being, but it won't have any special abilities because of the magic that's over the estate. If you do not kill them by the end of the night, I kill you." Roqious said.

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When Brodie walked into the room everyone was a little bit sad. If they were all being honest, they liked Lily more than Brodie. She could be very brutal at times, and was very competitive. But it was now only 5 of them left and they had a bond from what they had been through together. Brodie put the stone into the box, and all the cracks and creases and runes and symbols on it, glowed again. This time a black color. "We only need one more stone to get out of here." Elijah said. "I'm so happy!" Nene said. The lights flickered and they could now hear a woman singing something in spanish. "Mis hijos! Mis hijos! Está ahí?" The woman's voice sang. Nene and Jobe looked at each other when they heard this. "Oh, heck no!" Nene said. "My grandma would tell me about her when I was little!" Jobe said. "About who?" Ava asked. "La Llorona!" Nene yelled. They heard crying. "I feel bad, why is she crying?" Ava asked. "She killed her children!" Jobe said. "Oh my gosh..." "Her name is the weeping woman in english." Brodie said. "I know how to kill her. You must retrieve the stake you used to kill Dracula. We will also have to get salt from the bottom of the Red River. We will go to her children's gravestone in the graveyard behind the ballroom and put a circle of the salt between the two of them. Then we must recite this prayer 3 times, José y Lía. Te llamamos. Danos fuerzas para vengar vuestras almas. Lo que tu madre María te hizo no fue santo, pero lo que estamos haciendo nosotros sí lo es. Danos fuerza, Danos fuerza." "Then one of you will have to die as a sacrifice to her kids. The stake will then be cleansed and you can kill la Llorona with it." Soterio said. "So another one of us is going to die?" Elijah questioned. "I am afraid so..." Soterio replied. "How about me and Ava go to the Red River to get the salt, and Elijah and Nene can go to the graveyard to find the gravestones. Then Brodie can go with Soterio to get the stake so she doesn't have to go alone." Jobe said. "When you guys all find your stuff, meet us at the graveyard, me and Elijah will be jumping and waving when we see you." Nene said. They all agreed and left to do the things they needed to do. Jobe and Ava found the salt, and they played rock-paper-scissors to decide who would have to go into the water. Jobe lost and took off his shirt and pants to jump in. He collected about two handfuls of salt and then got dressed to meet Nene and Elijah at the graveyard.
    Brodie and Soterio went to the 7th death challenge room and got the stake from the floor. Brodie swore that she heard Lily's voice coming from the maze, but she just really missed her best friend.
    Nene and Elijah were in the graveyard and saw La Llorona walk into the gates of it. She walked over to a graveyard that had the name José Miguel Guerrero jr. engraved into it. She knelt down and cried over it. Then she went to the gravestone next to that one. The name written on it was Lía Francisca Guerrero. Elijah and Nene looked at each other, knowing that those were the graves they needed to perform the ritual at. When la Llorona left through the gates they ran to the area she was at. The others came through the gate and Nene and Elijah jumped up and down, swinging their arms in the air to show them where to go. They were all together now and Jobe sprinkled the salt between the two gravestones, making a circle with it. Brodie placed the bloody stake in the middle of the wonky circle, and Elijah yelled, "Not it!" and raised his hand, and so did everyone else. Jobe was the last to raise his hand so he had to say the prayer. A girl also had to, so Ava raised her and then said, "Not it!"  Brodie was the last person to raise her hand this time so she had to say the prayer as well. Soterio handed them both a piece of paper from his bag that each had the prayer written on it. "Read the prayer 3 times." Soterio said. "José y Lía. Te llamamos. Danos fuerzas para vengar vuestras almas. Lo que tu madre María te hizo no fue santo, pero lo que estamos haciendo nosotros sí lo es. Danos fuerza, Danos fuerza." They both chanted. The ring of salt glowed as they spoke. "José y Lía. Te llamamos. Danos fuerzas para vengar vuestras almas. Lo que tu madre María te hizo no fue santo, pero lo que estamos haciendo nosotros sí lo es. Danos fuerza, Danos fuerza." The ring glowed brighter and a gust of wind was spinning in the ring of salt as the stake levitated high in the air and spun in a circle. "José y Lía. Te llamamos. Danos fuerzas para vengar vuestras almas. Lo que tu madre María te hizo no fue santo, pero lo que estamos haciendo nosotros sí lo es. Danos fuerza, Danos fuerza." The sharp end of the stake was facing Brodie's head, and she started to get nervous. It launched at her, going straight for her forehead. "Oh my gosh!" Ava yelled. They all looked at each other as the wind stopped. "It is cleansed, you can now kill la Llorona with it." Soterio said. "Why did it kill brodie?" Elijah yelled. "Because, it kills someone randomly in the ritual. It was a 50/50 chance." Soterio said. They were all crying and Jobe picked the stake up and found la Llorona inside of the lobby room. He stabbed her in her heart and she fell dead to the floor. The last stone was in the necklace she was wearing so he picked it out and held it up. "We're done! We're finally done!" Jobe yelled. Everyone cheered and laughed and were somehow crying at the same time. Jobe put the stone into the box and it glowed like it had all night. They picked it up and walked down the driveway, out to the sign that said death valley. They were going to put the stones into the sign and finally be out! The night would have finally ended! But it didn't. A blast of electricity fired at Jobe's hand. Knocking the box out of his grasp. The shooter was Pandora. She grabbed the box with all of the stones inside, and flew into the air. "Ha-ha-ha! You thought that I would just let you mortals take the stones away? You thought there was a way for you all to get out?" Pandora yelled. The clock donged meaning that it was now 6 o' clock am. "Oh look! It's 6!" She said.