Cold Blooded

Chapter 16

The Dark Lord waved his hand, signaling the crowd to disperse. However, when Eira and the other kids she was lined up with started to return to the dungeon, a group of guards stopped them. "My apologies, I forgot to mention, you guys won't be returning to the dungeon. You've been given a new sleeping area. Before you can go see it, we have a new task for you all to complete!" The Dark Lord explained. The children were brought to a very large and empty feild, in the distance, they could see a gigantic wall with large spikes sticking out of it. The Dark Lord and Russell watched from the safety of a window and five Observers worked hard to set up the challenge. All of the children, including Eira, were suspended in the air from a platform with metal handcuffs. One Observer stood from the ground with a megaphone, "Now! As you can see, there's a very large, scary wall at the end of the feild. When I blow this whistle, that wall will start to move at a pretty fast speed towards where you're hanging. You'll have just under 5 minutes to to use your powers to escape your doom and run to safety. This task is supposed to test how good you all are in dire situations. We hope you won't disapoint or else we'll have quite the mess to clean up" The Observer explained. Eira felt her heart sink, this was the first trial they offered that could end in a very harsh death. The Observer stepped aside, placed the small white whistle against his lips and blew hard. The loud high pitched sound hit the children's ears and they quickly shot into action. The wall began flying towards the platform at insane speeds, which caused the children to struggle harder. Many of the children's abilities came in handy for this challenge, some used strength to break the cuffs, one child used fire to melt them, one even used telekinesis to unlock them. It wasn't long until all the children were down and safe, all the children expect Eira. Eira was able to freeze her cuffs, but that was useless since she wasn't able to break the chain. Some of the children snickered at her patheticnes, while some looked away because they didn't want to see the gruesomely horrific death. Eira's eyes watered as she saw the wall approach closer and closer, fear and other emotions began to run high, Eira let out an extremely loud, ear piercing scream. Many people winced away and covered their ears in pain. as Eira screamed, large Ice walls built themselves up high, one after the other, in front of her. The wall slammed into the ice, breaking the first few walls, slowing down eventually, and finally coming to a stop and getting itself stuck in the ice wall just before Eira. Everyone froze, not knowing what to say or do. Eira hung there, her breathing was rapid and she could feel her body shaking violently, tears streamed down her cheeks as she stared at the deadly wall before her. One Observer ran up from the distance, "My God! What happened, where did all this come from?!" He shouted, the other Observer stood, jaw dropped and eyes wide. Slowly he raised his hand and pointed to the terrified Eira suspended in the air.