𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥 [𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘭]

𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏|𝐜𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐭

ʏᴇᴀʀ ᴛᴡᴇɴᴛʏ ғɪᴠᴇ ᴛᴡᴏ
ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴇxᴛ ɴɪɢʜᴛ

"There's a dead one in the maze."

Harriet turns around to look at her second in command with wide eyes.

"A dead one? A shade?"

"Yeah. That one Cora killed when I got bit."

"When you got- when you got bit?! Iz, that was weeks ago!"

A sheepish look crosses her face, and she shrugs her shoulders.

Harriet sighs at her friend's antics.

"Go ahead, get a group out there to check it out."

Izzy nods, leaving the room.

"Sonya! I need you to round up a group to come into the maze, to investigate the dead shade!"

"Who d'ya want?" 

"Ximena, Wren, Lola, and Juno!"

"Got it!"

Pretty soon, all four others are waiting at the maze doors, fully aware of what's to come.

"Listen up! Juno and I are the only two who have ever been in the maze, so if one of us tells you not to do something, don't do it. I don't want any of you to get hurt."

𝙞 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮.

Izzy leads to the place where Cora killed it, hoping it's still there. It is.

"God, what is that smell?"

"Rotting flesh."

"Gross. That's just gross."

"Hey, you agreed to come."

"Yeah, and I am already thoroughly regretting it."

"Too bad."

Izzy grabs the leg of the dead creature, tightening her grip on it.

"What the hell are you doing?"

"What does it look like?"

"It looks like you're trying to pull off it's leg, and if you are, count me out."