The furnace

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(SEVEN)

Seven came face to face with a furnace. There was an enormous ladder next to it, to high up to reach however. Seven saw that the ladder was rising as the furnace's fire went down, and supposed that somehow, the ladder was steam powered. He saw a plank nearby, and used it to reach the open part of the furnace. Alongside his friends, the gnomes, all 4 of them threw in the stone children into the furnace, however, Seven didn't. He couldn't. The thought of throwing the children into the fire was too much. So the gnomes threw them in instead. The ladder went down and Seven climbed it, but halfway he looked down and didn't see his friends. He climbed all the way down. The gnomes stood in front of the ladder. Well, 1 of them. The other 2 were still fueling the furnace. The one standing in front of him was the same one that he found. He stared at him, and he stared back. Seven felt like he heard a voice,but it was just his imagination.
-"I can't climb ladders, go without me."
Seven felt like it was more than a voice in his head, but decided to listen to it. He said goodbye to his gnome friend, and climbed the ladder. He entered another room. It had a metal door wired to a lever. But upon looking through the doorway, he saw something unexpected. The Janitor, and he was heading right to him. He quickly shut the door, knowing this would buy him some time, then jumped on a broken plank until he fell under the floor, just as the Janitor opened the door. The Janitor noticed nothing. Seven walked and walked until he was very far away from the room with the Janitor. He climbed up and entered the next room. He thought out loud:
-"Whatever that was, Six will probably end up finding it... "

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