Chapter 17: Caiden

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They went around the ship what felt like dozens of times.

"Are you sure we aren't going in circles?" he asked the others.

"I'm sure," Raven told him, "If you read the signs, they're different."

"Let's open one and see," Ethan said.

The sign said For-S, Ethan opened the door and a dark green mist fell over them.

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"You seriously had to open the door," Raven said.

"I was curious," Ethan told her.

"Just. Great" Caiden said, looking down.

They were sitting in a tree and a hungry looking pack of wolves were staring at them, their red eyes gleaming.

"I got this," Raven said.

She pulled off a branch a got some string from her pocket to make a makeshift bow, then she got more branches and vaguely sharpened them with her sword to make arrows.

"Are you sure that's going to work?" Ethan asked.

"Positive," She replied.

Suddenly, a loud roar echoed through the trees and they saw a giant bear attack the wolves.

"Great, I can't kill it now," Raven said.

"Then we can't do anything," Caiden said sadly.

"Hey," Raven whispered, her eyes wide, "Guys, look up."

They looked up there was a giant wasp nest buzzing right above their heads.

Ethan got out his sword and started cutting the branch that the nest was hanging from. Sawing back and forth.

The branch snapped but hit a lower branch before crashing on to the bear. About a dozen wasps attacked Caiden and the others but the rest of the nest went for the bear.

"Run!!!" Caiden shouted.

They jumped down from the tree, Caiden saw the others wince in pain as they hit the hard ground.

"Arrggg!!!" Ethan shouted as the wasps stung him.

The first stab of pain that Caiden felt was behind his knee, the next on his neck. They saw a waterfall and a lake, they dived in to escape their miniscule, stinging, pursuers. The wasps suddenly disappeared, and so did the lake.

"Umm..." Caiden said.

They were standing in a tiny, metal, cylindrical room, it had only a three foot diameter, and there were no doors or windows but there was a giant hole in the wall about 10 feet up.

"Oh, God," Raven muttered as she pushed against Ethan.

"What?" Ethan asked.

"We're gonna have to climb that aren't we?" Caiden said.

"Yeah," Raven sighed, "I've got an idea, my dad said he tried this, we push our arms against one side and our feet against the other and just slide our way up to the hole."

"Might as well try it," Ethan told them.

"Let's do this," Caiden said.

Ethan tried to first, he only got four feet up before falling back down. Then Caiden tried, he got up six feet but slipped and fell feet first.

"You know, this isn't as easy as I thought," Ethan said.

"Why don't you try it?" Caiden asked Raven.

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