The Gifted by Aaron K. Redshaw

Author:Aaron K. Redshaw
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: fantasy, science fiction, technology, christian, superpowers, middle grade

Chapter 17: Under the island

I didn’t know where we were going, but I had to act confident for the others. I was so tired I don’t think I was thinking too clearly either.

“Go ahead,” Guido said from somewhere on my left, “We’ll follow.”

There was a wide bridge ahead of us, so someone had been down here. It was made of stone like everything else. “How can this be underneath the school? It had to be made by someone,” I said. “It seems unreal, like in a dream.”

“Or a nightmare,” said Tracy. “Is there anything that will burn around here?”

“If you’re thinking to make a torch, I don’t think you’ll find any wood around here,” I said. “This place is all rock and dirt and lava. Where are we trying to go?”

“Out the back way,” said Tracy.

“There’s a back way?” said Guido.

“There might be,” said Tracy.

On this side of the bridge we saw a walkway that quickly sloped downward. There was no lava here, so it was darker.

“Tracy,” I said. “Anything to burn here?”

“Didn’t I just ask you that?” she said.

“Wait!” said Guido. “Look way over there!”

In the distance we could barely distinguish a faint glow. “I wonder what that’s all about,” I said. “I don’t see any lava.”

We walked slowly in the dark, taking each step carefully, until we got to where it was a bit brighter, but the source of the light was still far off around a corner and the color was more white than red.

I broke the silence in a whisper, “There may be guards down here. If there is electric light, there must be people.”

“Good point,” whispered Han.

I felt something at my feet. It was Hayasa. He seemed to be agitated by something. “Shhh, boy.” I whispered. “It’s okay.”

Once around a corner, we saw a series of lights along the wall. Han and Tracy were near me on the right. “Guido?” I said.

I heard his voice from the other side of the corner. “Coming,” he said, “just checking something out.”

We moved on faster now with more light. This part was man-made with fluorescent lights along the walls again, and the rock had clearly been carved out by tools. We picked up the pace quietly, watchful in case we ran into a guard.

It was long and straight and stretched out a long ways. As we walked, Hayasa seemed to get even more agitated. Now he was zipping back and forth and hopping up and down. “What’s wrong with your dog?” whispered Guido.

“I don’t know,” I replied.

Tracy whispered, “You know dogs have really good noses, right? They can smell things we can’t.”

We walked another hundred yards of straight, narrow cave when suddenly it ended. At the end was another large metal door. This was identical to the earlier one, but locked. “How are we going to get out of here?” said Tracy a little louder.

“Well, what do we have with us?” I asked.

Tracy spoke up, “We have a fire bringer, a guy no one knows is around most of the time, an origami master, and someone who makes people like him.

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