Immortality (Sequel to Apprentice)

Chapter 9: My beloved

Note: It's kinda weird switching from the teenage Yogscast and Team Crafted who are having lots of fun to the depressive chapters in this book. Ah well!

Robin's POV

Waking up in Deamon's arms, I shudder a little as the morning sun breaks into my view and I recoil from the harsh light. I had fallen asleep next to him only to end up wrapping my arms around him and burrowing myself into him. He was like a giant hot water bottle.

"Guys! Guys wake up!" I hear someone shouting in the distance. I frown uncertainly. Sitting up, Deamon's arms go limp and drop from me, before he wakes up, sitting up and running his hand through his hair. "Deadlox is gone" someone shouts. We're all awake now, sitting up and frowning, looking around confused.

We weren't morning people. Especially when the morning was 6am. 

"What do you mean?" Tia asks, rubbing her hand in her eye. "Mexxy took Deadlox" Tato pants. He's the first one to reach us, Liam second. Sky follows, looking dreadful. He looks like he's about to burst into tears any second. In his hand he is clasping a note.

Tia snatches it quickly and reads it. "Mum?" I ask. I was getting a little scared now. Slowly but surely, we were being taken. "For gods sake, why can't we just go to Voxeltopia and MAKE him hand them over!" Duncan snaps. I glare at him furiously-what a stupid question! "Because that would mean endangering them and ourselves and not everyone would get out alive." Mum explains calmly.

"Why are you so calm about all of this?" Liam snaps. He moves forward, stepping right into her face. Mum doesn't back away. "Because he WANTS us to go crazy and become mental and break down. That's what he wants. It's like Ridge's games, only this time...this time if you die there's no going back." Mum shuts her eyes, before shaking her head, and reads the note again. "I say we find the next clues, meet back on this hill at dinner time, and then figure out what to do from there. One thing's for sure-a few of us will have to keep watch overnight." 

With that, mum lifts up into the air, dropping the note on the floor. "What about Deadlox?" Sky yells. "I'd assume he's in the same place as Ridge and Mitch. If we find them, we find Deadlox" she says simply. "Let's go" she says huskily. I never noticed it before, but Tia was a good leader. "You make a good leader mum" I say with a smile. She rolls her eyes. "Trust me, if I was the leader, you'd all be dead by now" she laughs. "Who's the leader then?" Ryan says with a frown. "Mexxy. For now" she says, before flying off down the hill. 

I follow after her, and the rest of our group follow. We eventually reach a bedrock building, with a hole blown in the side of it. Tia pauses for a moment, and I see Simon reach to hug Lewis. Duncan trembles a bit and we walk slowly inside. 

Blood. It's everywhere. Dried blood. The smell of death and decay is so strong I feel like being sick. Ryan goes green. "What the hell is this" I whisper. "Ridgedog's game" Tia says sadly, landing on the floor. 

She goes over to a spot on the floor. The blood is at its thickest here, a massive dried puddle. "This is my blood" she explains, bending down and touching it lightly. I shudder. "Technically it was your game" Simon reminds her quietly. My eyes widen. "M-mum? You didn't make this did you?" I whisper. Was my mum and dad both weird serial killers or something? "I didn't make it, but I came up with the idea" she replies quietly. "What the hell mum!" Ryan yells. Mum snaps her head at him and her glare makes him go silent. "It was a long time ago, OK?" she almost spits. 

"Look" Deamon says, pointing to the wall. In the wall is a knife, and on the knife is a note, dripping in blood. I run over there, grabbing it before Tia can. I just wanted answers now. 

Well done, you have found th-

The note was ripped out of my hands and mum grabbed it. I leant over and read it over her shoulder.