Do You Believe In Magic? - Chapter 22

Chapter 22

Sable's POV

"Come on Aron, get that bag packed, we have to get going." Men can be so slow sometimes. Good thing I don't like him very much. Who am I trying to kid? Of course I like him. He's gorgeous. Blonde hair, big brown eyes, gorgeous body, what's not to like? Okay Sab let's get our act together here. This is a cave not a night out on the town with a gorgeous, hunky man. Stop it, get your head together. "Let's go." The faster we get moving the faster this thing is over and we can get on with our lives or not as the case may be.

We head out into the main tunnel. I choose to turn to the right and proceed in that direction for about three minutes. Up ahead there's a fork in the tunnel. Left, right, which direction do we go in? "Okay Aron make a decision. Which direction? Do we take the left fork or the right one?"

"Great, you don't trust me with anything else but you're gonna be so kind as to have me make the decision whether we live or die? That's great, Sable. Left we die, right we live, left we live, right we die. Thank you very much!"

What's up with him? He's been so irritable since we woke up this morning. Who pissed in his cornflakes? "Chill out Aron, it's not like I'm asking you to stand up and be shot. Just pick left or right. What's the big deal? Can't you make a little decision? Never mind I might as well do it myself. I stomp over to the left fork and continue walking. We've been walking about ten minutes and the walk is getting harder. The incline has been getting steeper and steeper. The going is getting really rough. Damn, I trip. What was that? Aron shines the flashlight in front of me and I almost pass out. What the hell is going on?

Aron's POV

Why is she flipping out on that guy? She's gone completely stark raving mad. She's crying and screaming and beating him on the chest. She's yelling out Rom's name. It can't be him can it? Isn't he supposed to be dead? I look at Sable and she's sobbing and clutching his shirt front.

"Sable, are you okay?" Why am I frightened with what her answer might be?

Sable's POV

Rom but how can that be. "You..you're dead." I touch his face. It feels real. It is real. Real flesh. I touch it again and again. It really is my Rom back from the dead. "How, why, when...?"

"It's okay Sable it really is me. It's a long story but introduce me to your friend and I'll explain it all soon."

"Rom, this is Aron. Aron, my brother Rom." I throw my arms around his neck and squeeze him as tightly as I can. I never want to let him out of my sight again. "What happened? How can you possibly be here?"

Rom's POV

How much do I tell her? I have to be very careful how much I disclose. I push her gently away and gaze into her eyes. She looks great, haunted, but great. "I was in a state of suspended animation believe it or not. It wasn't me in the coffin just a pile of rocks. I'm sorry Sable but I couldn't tell you. The Goddess gave me instructions that I wasn't to tell you until now."

"But where have you been all this time? How come you haven't let me know until now? And why are you in a cave with us when I haven't seen you in months. I don't know whether to kiss you or throttle you."

"Aw come on Sabe. You know I couldn't have told you or the Goddess would have had my head. She can be very persuasive you know."

"Regardless, you should have told me."

"I know Sable but it was completely out of my hands kid. I had no say in the matter. Besides I couldn't appear in solid form until now so you wouldn't have seen me anyway. You would only have felt my aura."

"Well, it would have been better than nothing. Shh." I listen very carefully, there's something coming and it sounds like something huge. I don't think I want to be in the way of whatever is coming toward us. I frantically look left and right for an excape route. We have to find a hiding place and we have to find it real fast. The sounds are getting closer. What's that smell?

Sable's POV

"Do you guys smell that?" I have to whisper because I don't want whatever it is to hear me. Although how it could hear anything over all the noise it was making I don't know. Rom and Aron are nodding. I turn right around and spy a small aperture close to the floor of the left hand wall. I bend down and peer inside. I motion for Aron to shine the flashlight inside. It would be a tight fit for all three of us in the enclosure but we don't have any other choice. We have to hide somewhere and we have to do it quickly. I push Rom in first and then Aron tries to make me follow Rom but I push harder and make Aron go first. I quickly followehim inside. It's a tight squeeze but the sounds are almost upon us so we try to slow our breathing. If whatever it is finds us in here it will be easy pickings for it and goodbye to us.