My Last Hope (Truth Series 4)

14: In The Basement

A/N: Hey all. I just want to make sure something is clear. Star and Jennifer or Jen are the same person. Since this is being written in third person when I refer to her in the text she will be Star. However, there are some people that in the dialog will refer to her as Jennifer or Jen.

Third Person POV

The group of four approaches the area where the voices are coming from. They are silent as a mouse until Chim trips over his own feet and a crack in the floor. He falls face first to the ground with a thud. The sound seems to echo through the underground dungeon like place. The two voices stop talking immediately. Everyone, the group of four and the two heard talking, don't say a word or move even an inch afraid that the slightest sound will alert an enemy lurking in the darkness.

"Is someone there?" A girl's voice calls out quietly from further down the hallway. Chim slowly climbs to his feet and stands with the group.

Clash stares straight ahead down the hall. He seems to be concentrating on something. Then suddenly a look of recognition crosses his face. "Jen?" He calls out. He starts to walk faster down the hall glancing in each cell as he passes trying to find his sister. His footsteps are quite as the pads on his paws hit the floor. However, the footsteps of his three friends as they trail after him are another story. They echo throughout the hall noisily. "Jen, is that you?" Clash calls out again. Clash stops his brisk walk upon seeing two people in a cell. One is a man and the other is a female were-lion. He smiles. "Jen!"

It takes a few moments but the orange furred were-lion recognizes him. "Jimmy!?"

"You know him, Star?" The man in the cell asks.

"Yes." She smiles happily. "I'll explain later."

"Watch out," Clash orders. "I'm going to get you guys out."

"How?" Seamus asks a hint of sarcasm in his voice. "There's no way to open the door."

"That's why I brought a pick." Clash retorts. He then breaks the door with the diamond pickaxe he borrowed from Chim. As soon as the door is broken she runs out of the cell and hugs her brother,

"I missed you so much," she whispers.

"I missed you too." He hugs her back. "But right now we have to get out of here." He pulls away from the hug. "Come on." He grabs her hand and starts walking back the way he came leaving everyone else to follow after them.

"Wait." Star pulls her hand out of Clash's grasp. "There's something I need to do first."

"We don't have that much time." Clash tells her.

"Please," she begs. "I already know where to go. It'll take two minutes."

"Alright." Clash gives in. "Lead the way."

"Thank you." Star runs in the opposite direction. The five boys run after her. She runs down a few different hallways before stopping at a cell similar to her own. The only difference: the girl inside is chained to the wall. And she's not really a girl. She's more of a woman. She has beautiful blonde hair and amethyst colored eyes. She wears what would be a pretty white dress if it weren't ripped and torn in several places. Her hands are handcuffed in front of her and one of her ankles is shackled to the wall. "Jimmy, can you break the door?" Star asks her brother. He complies breaking the door with his pick.

"Jennifer!?" The woman inside is surprised. "What are you doing here!?"

"My brother came to get me out of here," Star explains. "And I want to bring you with me." She steps into the cell with Clash.

"Hold still." Clash tells the woman. He then breaks the bonds of her hands and the chain around her ankle. Star then rushes over and helps the woman to her feet.

"Thank you." The woman smiles weakly yet appreciatively to the siblings. She leans on Star for support as the group of seven make their way to the stairwell Clash and his friends first came down. They are stopped on the way there. Ant, Ryan, Double, Spoon, and Sly come running up to the group. The five of them appear to be out of breath and only slightly injured. Although Sly seems to have been injured the most as he appears to be limping.

"We have to find another way out," Ryan speaks as soon as everyone is within earshot. "The stairs are destroyed."

"We have to get out of here now," Ant adds with a hint of desperation.