Chapter Fourteen
A Girl Named Mischief
Not wanting to make any noise that might draw the men’s attention I silently backed out from between the rocks. I could either wait for Bane and his legion of henchmen to find someone small enough to slip between the stones, or hurry out the cave and hope they won’t waiting for me outside. I knew which option I preferred. I’d had enough of the dark, so I gathered my nerve and padded through the muddled shafts.
No matter how quiet I was, the deep, gaping shadows around me seemed to grow larger and more forbidding. I was painfully aware of rock formations jutting out like bones, dark gnarled crystals protruding like fingers from walls. In the light of my flashlight, the shadows bobbed and weaved like leering ghosts.
It’s only your imagination, I told myself trying to shrug the …show more content…
He wanted the Stone. So I had to ditch it. The only question was: Where? Placing it under a rock would be risky. All the rocks down here looked the same, and if I used my chalk to mark the spot, someone might see the footprint. I glanced around the passageway, wishing I could find the ideal location. A place so ordinary no one would pay any attention, yet distinctive enough to stand out.
The pencil beam of my flashlight speared downward and fell on the silver skull. It was perfect. It took me a moment to slide the Stone out of the flashlight and wedge it inside the skull. Slowly, carefully, I placed it in the skeleton’s hands.
Then I had an idea. Instead of lugging around the empty flashlight, I would leave it here. If I was caught I’d use it to trick Bane into thinking I was giving him the real thing. I laughed. It was risky, but it just might work. I dropped dark pebbles into the tube and buried it behind a couple of rocks. Then I arranged some small stones in the shape of an arrow that pointed to the light. I figured the arrow would help me find it later, should the need
A Girl Named Mischief
Not wanting to make any noise that might draw the men’s attention I silently backed out from between the rocks. I could either wait for Bane and his legion of henchmen to find someone small enough to slip between the stones, or hurry out the cave and hope they won’t waiting for me outside. I knew which option I preferred. I’d had enough of the dark, so I gathered my nerve and padded through the muddled shafts.
No matter how quiet I was, the deep, gaping shadows around me seemed to grow larger and more forbidding. I was painfully aware of rock formations jutting out like bones, dark gnarled crystals protruding like fingers from walls. In the light of my flashlight, the shadows bobbed and weaved like leering ghosts.
It’s only your imagination, I told myself trying to shrug the …show more content…
He wanted the Stone. So I had to ditch it. The only question was: Where? Placing it under a rock would be risky. All the rocks down here looked the same, and if I used my chalk to mark the spot, someone might see the footprint. I glanced around the passageway, wishing I could find the ideal location. A place so ordinary no one would pay any attention, yet distinctive enough to stand out.
The pencil beam of my flashlight speared downward and fell on the silver skull. It was perfect. It took me a moment to slide the Stone out of the flashlight and wedge it inside the skull. Slowly, carefully, I placed it in the skeleton’s hands.
Then I had an idea. Instead of lugging around the empty flashlight, I would leave it here. If I was caught I’d use it to trick Bane into thinking I was giving him the real thing. I laughed. It was risky, but it just might work. I dropped dark pebbles into the tube and buried it behind a couple of rocks. Then I arranged some small stones in the shape of an arrow that pointed to the light. I figured the arrow would help me find it later, should the need