Zeus felt blood dripping down his big fist, and turned away from Hannah, who was on the floor, blood pouring from her nose. His gaze focused on William, who had left the shotgun at the top of the fridge and left poor William vulnerable and open to Zeus.
"You don't want to do this." William assured, feeling his hands at the top of the fridge while he grabbed his gun. Zeus slowly approached William, who loaded the gun but Zeus grabbed the barrel and kicked William into the wall.
"Watch me." Zeus aimed the gun at William, who gripped the wall as he realized he had been cornered and there was no way out of this one. Suddenly Hannah stood up and grabbed her wand from her side pocket, firing it but Zeus had already been prepared, grabbing his wand and blocking the hit.
He sent a surge of energy back at Hannah, which hit her and sent her spiraling at a wall.
William made a quick move, grabbing an bottle of liquor from the fridge and slamming it against Zeus ankle, causing it to shatter and shards of glass to spray into his foot.
He fired the shotgun into the air, hitting a lantern and causing it to fall over and light the alcohol on fire and burn his foot. He jumped up and grabbed his foot, trying to stop it from burning, while William grabbed Hannahs arm and ran out with her, escaping Zeus's grasp, only temporarily.
They ran into the main section of the amusement park, where there were lights glowing the entire place in a bright orange. It gave a nice scene as they ran past the buildings, fun carnival sounds playing. It was nearly blinding as they ran into a patch of shrubs, where they tore up there legs in. Blood dripping from there ankles and legs, but only a bit as they pushed past the thorny shrubs.
The two of them were lucky to make it out alive, or to even reach the green patch of golf course which they ran onto. It was made of turf, but the sand had blown into it, and it was torn up, with the flagpoles now broken and bent.
Across the golf field, they spotted the duo of Daisy and Rob, running to safety. William and Hannah started run at them, and they all hugged as they met in the middle of the golf course.
"Are you alright?" Rob said as he hugged Hannah and then Rob. All of them had minor wounds, nothing terrible or major that could seriously harm them.
"We're fine, how about you?" William asked, looking at the blood dripping from his cut up legs onto his dusty shoes.
"I've had better days." Daisy stepped up to say, having a patch of black on her pants due to the fire slightly charring his suburban clothing.
"Have you found anything yet?" Rob asked, pleading that they have an answer while chaos unfolded around them.
"William got a key. I don't know where it could lead to, but it certainly leads to something important." Hannah informed, as William took our a niche little key from his pocket.
"That's our only lead. Where'd you find it?" Daisy asked, feeling rusty metal.
"It was in the back of an old fridge, god knows what it was doing there." William told her, as she took the key and held it up to the lights.
"There's words on it." Daisy realized as she held squinted her eyes to read text that had been engraved into the metal.
"What are they?" Rob asked as they gathered beside her to understand what she meant.
"Fun house sewer entrance." Hannah read aloud as she understood the text.
"Sewer entrance? Are we gonna get dirty again?" Rob complained, but he had a point as he was already covered in smoke, blood, and sweat.
"If that's what it takes to get the amulet and the money then yes." Hannah admitted, as Daisy handed Rob the key which he put in his pocket.
"Where's the fun house then?" William asked, and Daisy pointed towards the kiddie side.
"I remember passing by it, somewhere over there." It was hard to miss now that they were looking at it, the words were flashing on and off and there was a giant clown at the front.
"Great, then that's where we're going." William proposed, walking towards the funhouse and everyone else followed except for Rob.
"We're serious? Oh great. We're serious." Rob finally followed after them as they made it into the streets of the compound, approaching the odd funhouse.
"Stay weary." Hannah informed as they entered into the funhouse. There were bright neon colors flashing everywhere with loud obnoxious carnival sounds to go with it. The first room was filled with twisting pillars that shined eye-catching colors.
Hannah and Daisy entered first, followed by William and then Rob. They began cautiously pushing past the twirls.
"Why does it have to be so creepy?" Rob wondered, as he stepped on a piece of gum with his shoe. He lifted his shoe up to see the nasty piece of gum stretching out, attached to the shoe.
They approached a ladder at the end, and Hannah put her hands on the ladder and pushed off with her foot, pulling herself up the ladder. She climbed all the way up, reaching the top and placing her hand on matting. As she peeked her head, she saw a mirror maze.
She put a foot over the floor and pushed out, dusting her clothes off. Daisy was up there second, and then William followed, and Rob was shivering as he got up.
"Ok, everyone stay close." Hannah said, as she crouched down low and felt her way around the room. Daisy remained close, William and Rob behind her.
Hannah was feeling around the room, when she saw a blood trail in the mirror. She walked up to it and hit her head on the glass, not realizing that was just a reflection. She found her way around, but by then Daisy was already a bit behind, and realized Hannah wasn't there.
"Hannah?" Daisy not getting a response. The trio looked at each other.
"Maybe she went ahead. Keep going." William assured, as they continued forward in search of Hannah.
Hannah kneeled beside the blood trail, seeing that it continued on. She pursued the trail, when it abruptly stopped at a corner.
"That's weird." She noted as she stood, unbeknownst that Allen stood behind her with his wand at the ready and prepared to strike at her. But she had seen his reflection in the mirror and managed to dodge a wave of energy by ducking.
"We meet again." Allen smiled awkwardly as she raised her wand and shot at his leg, causing him to fall back into a mirror and make tiny cracks in it.
Hannah didn't have any time for small talk and threw a punch at him but he blocked it and sent her spiraling at a mirror and falling onto the mat.
"That must've hurt." Allen smiled at his own joked, but she was getting up and fired a shot at him and he collapsed onto the floor.
"Not as much as that." Hannah smartly remarked as she ran out the maze. She found her way out, scrambling to the arms of William and hugging him.
"Hannah!" He rejoiced as he enjoyed the hug, holding her in his arms.
"Allen's after us, we need to get to the cellar." She grabbed Williams hand and they ran into a tilted room, and she spotted a trapdoor with a lock.
Allen had made it out the maze, and he heard the commotion from the room next to him, walking towards the sound as William bent over and put the key in and turned it with ease.
"Get in!" William ushered, as Daisy and Hannah went in, and the Rob, while Allen had found there room and shoot at the trapdoor while William just nearly made his way inside and closed the door, sealing Allen off.
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The Eight Amulets, Vol. 1
General FictionEvery since William had arrived in Springfield, things had gone haywire. Car crashes, bullies, and trouble following him everywhere. But then there was a final straw when his mom became incredibly sick. It all leads to one curse, and it's down to Wi...
