Julia Lelieveld and the battle with the underworld

~26~

We immediately set off. We didn't need a GPS anymore, we just knew it, like it was a magnet that we were drawn to. Would the e-warriors and the possessed feel the same towards me?

I looked at the sky and it was past noon. We had been in the witch's house longer than I thought. After a few hours of driving we stopped for refueling. I got the food and drinks and we continued on. When it was already dark, I felt Lucas become less alert. I squeezed his arm and he understood me. He stopped briefly at the side of the road. "I know, we have to stop." I nodded. "The problem is that we are in no man's land. I haven't seen a single house in the past 2 hours, let alone a village where we can spend the night." He was right. We had only encountered forests and mountains. "Do they have hunting lodges here too?" He raised his shoulders. "We can try." I nodded and got back on the bike. Lucas took the next small road and we were immediately in the woods. The moon barely shone so we saw very little. After driving for 5 minutes I saw a barn. I patted his arm and pointed to the barn. He nodded and drove gently toward it. There was no house, it was only a barn. I looked at Lucas and he shrugged. "Better than nothing?" "Would it be trustworthy?" I asked him. "Let's take a look first." I nodded and followed Lucas. The shed was unlocked, he slid open the door and I shone in with my phone. In the shed were two quads, a sled, and all sorts of tree-cutting equipment. In the corner was a large pile of logs and a work table with nice planks of wood against it. "A woodworking shed?" "Yes, I think so." Lucas grabbed my phone for a moment and shone into the other corner. There were sails and blankets. "Come on, let's go to sleep there and set the alarm before it gets light. When people come, we'll be gone before then." I nodded and walked to the corner. Lucas picked up his motorcycle and put it inside and closed the door. In the dim light I made the sleeping place as comfortable as possible. There were only three blankets and it was quite cold. I sat down and put a blanket over me. Lucas followed my lead. We ate and drank and then lay down. After five minutes I was still shivering. "Come here, I can't sleep if you keep shivering." Lucas grabbed me and pushed against me. Gratefully I crawled into his protective arms and we threw the three blankets over us.

I woke up to the alarm clock. Fortunately, no one had beaten the alarm clock. I turned off the alarm and laid my head back for a moment. Despite the bad place to sleep, I lay comfortably in Lucas's warm arms. He also woke up and pulled me closer to him. "Are you ready for it?" he asked. I knew what he meant. We only had a few hours to drive before we would be there. I just felt it. "I don't know what to expect."

"Get ready for a big fight. I hope that despite our meeting in the previous forest with the possessed man, we still have an element of surprise." "Don't forget Daria, she's our element of surprise and I hope our rescue comes out in one piece with the three of us."

I felt him nod. He kissed me on the top of my head and let go of me. "Come on, let's go."

After a few hours of driving we were there. We just knew, so special to have that feeling. We were in a valley between the mountains. There was a large lake and on the side were large pebbles and stones. There were large trees around us. This area was really hidden between the rugged nature, if you didn't know this existed, you didn't find it.

Lucas turned off his engine and parked it behind a bush where we had arrived. I looked at my phone and it was mid-morning. I suddenly felt something warm on my leg, what was that? When I felt the jute bag was heating up, I took it out of my pocket and looked at it. It glowed and then it was gone again and cold. I looked at Lucas and he too had it in his hand. I laughed. "She's coming," I said to Lucas. He nodded. "I think so too."

We put our bags away and looked around. "The well will be near here," I said. "Come on, let's put our bags by the bike, we can't use them in a fight." "Let's have something to eat and drink first and then we'll put them away." We walked to the motorbike and sat down on a stone, we ate our food in silence. I looked around and enjoyed the view, it was beautiful here. Can't believe this was the doorway to the underworld. Suddenly a shiver ran down my spine, the underworld. I still didn't know what to expect and that made me insecure and scared. I wondered if we weren't facing our own death sentence. We had to be smart, if they knew we would be there we could never take the fight. "What are you thinking about?" Lucas asked. I shrugged my shoulders. "That we have to have a plan, we can't just drop in and do our thing. We will be overpowered immediately." "A plan turned into a good idea", Lucas confirmed.