¤~|| Chapter Fourteen | The Janitor's Lair ||~¤

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.: Seven's P.o.V. :.
.: Third Person :.

The children continued on until they reached a vent grille. It was loosely shut so it took about three kids pushing the vent to bring it down. On the otherside of the vent was a platform with a bridge.

They walked through the bridge, there was electrical bars that buzzed with electricity. Seven remembered this place, well he had went here from one of his many escape attempts. So he climbed up another set of crates neaby, Six, Shadow Six, and Mono followed behind. The other children were quite confused before following him.

When they made it to the other room, Seven stayed by the entrance and he turned to the others, "This room is the other Eye Room," he said. Two quirked her eyebrow in astonishment, "How did you know that?"

"I went here once in one of my many escape attempts," Seven shrugged. Suddenly, Five seemed to brighten up as he realized something. He opened his mouth to speak but Two spoke, never giving him the chance, "The Eye might not be working though, now the one in charge died," Two said as she looked over Six and Mono as well.

"Maybe not," Mono mumbled. Seven nodded, the Eyes sometimes has a mind of their own, perhaps in that Eye Mentainance room, Medusa just took charge of mentaining them. Seven peeled out to see The Eye was closed shut, he wasn't so sure so he looked around for any rubble, and saw a small peice of metal near him, so he picked it up and tossed it out to the open.

The Eye shot open when it heard the metal clatter to the floor and tried to find the source of the sound. When it found nothing, it ignored the metal crates and quickly looked over the cleaning cart sliding away, following the ocean's currents. There was another set of crates on the other end blocking the cart to slid away, so the cart it slid back to the children.

"Those crates are too small to cover all of us," Six noted, and Seven nodded, "Yeah, so we should head out in small groups," he said.

The rest nodded and Seven ran out first to the crates while the Eye wasn't looking, Six and Mono followed him. Two and One followed next as they walked past the cart. Shadow Six and Four quickly caught up with them, by now the first group was now on the crates on the other side.

Scarf ran up to them, with Three quickly following him. Una and Five went in last. The rest of the children have made it to the other end of the crates and waited for them to pass through. Unfortunately, Una seemed to be off like she was thinking about something else. So she fell a second late and got hit to the light.

She winced, One gasped, "Una!" He yelled. Apples quickly pulled her away to the light and they both pushed back to the crates as the Eye noticed them both. Five looked back to them as he walked through the cart, "Quick thinking Apples!"

"Apples!" Apples smiled.

Una held on her hand that was slowly crackling to stone, Seven guessed she must've been too busy thinking about Thirteen, taken how close they were, they looked like best friends. Una took a deep breath before standing up again, the stone on her hand slowly crumbling to dust. She urged herself to focus and walked into the shadows of the cart with Apples following on her shoulder. When she made it to the other end One hugged her.

"Are you alright?" He asked while looking over for hidden injuries, Una nodded, "Yes, I'm fine," she urged a small smile, but the pain was still shown in her face.

"Come on, let's go," Two said and they nodded. One stayed closed to Una, making sure his little sister was okay. They walked through the room until they made it to another platform, which had set of steps acting like bridges.

Two frowned as she examined the bridge steps, "Those bridge steps will pull down whoever steps on it, we have to be careful and fast," she said.

They nodded and quickly ran into the bridge, the bridge started rattling and falling apart. They quickly broke to a sprint and ran for the other end of the bridge. They all made it except Three, the bridge steps were now falling down and she leapt to the end. Luckily Mono and Two caught her and pulled her up. Three sighed, "Thanks," she said while looking back to see the bridge steps resurfacing again.

Two nodded, "You're welcome," she said as she helped Three up then turned to the open door, "Now come on," she said while walking into the door. The others followed, Five nearly being shut by the door as another one opened ahead.

Two continued on until there was another flight of stairs over a huge deep gap. On the other side was a huge door, Seven frowned as he realized the place, "We're heading into the Janitor's Lair," he said.

Two nodded, "Yup, and hopefully, Flashie is there," she said.

Six turned to her, "Who?"

"Her name is Eight, but we mostly call her the Flashlight Girl, or Flashie for short," Two smiled softly while shrugging, "It's just a tease we like to do," she said as she opened the door.

Seven frowned, it was like he knew who that girl was, taken her name was familiar. He shrugged it off and followed the rest of the group enter the Janitor's bedroom. There was tall dressers, a tall table, and also a huge Murphy bed.

"Woah," Scarf mumbled while looking around the room, "Everything is so high up for a short old man," he noted.

"Well he has long arms, not surprising," Two mumbled while looking over the tall furniture. Una looked around catiously, "Do... Do you think he will show up?" She stammered.

Two turned to her, "Let's just hope he won't," she answered. Five preened over to see a crack over the wall, he pushed the plank covering the plank and peeked inside. He turned to them, "There is a door on the other side, but it's locked."

Three looked around and pointed at the key at the table, "Over there!" She said. Four walked over to the key and squinted at the object, "That's the key alright, how are ya gonna get it?" He asked while looking over to the others.

Two placed her finger on her chin in a thoughtful manner as she looked around, "Well we could-"

There was a loud thud, they all turned to the sound to see Six gripping on the lever which made the Murphy bed fall down, she then climbed over the bed and hopped to the table. Two blinked, "Or you can do that," she said while gesturing over to Six, "Nice thinking Six, I like that."

Six smiled shyly while picking up the key, "Thanks, catch," she said while pushing down the key over the edge, which Three caught. Three and Five went past the crack as Six hopped down to the bed and to the floor.

She caught up with the rest of the group as Three opened the lock of the door, there was an elevator at the end of the room and they all went in it. Two grabbed a toy monkey near the elevator and used it to press the button that close the elevator doors and shot down to a lower level.

As they went out, they walked past another big vent. Suddenly, Six winced as she stumbled to the ground, that familiar growl echoing through the darkness.

One turned to Six, "Uh, what is happening to her?"

Six's stomach growled again and the other kids were debaffled, not knowing what to do. Mono looked at Seven, she had another wierd hunger strike once again in a vent - does her stomach like getting hungry at vents?

"Six! Are you okay?" Shadow Six asked as she crouched down beside Six, Six shook her head. Seven turned to the others, "Guys, see if you can find food," he said.

"Food?" Four repeated, Seven nodded, "She's hungry."

"Is that... um is that normal for her?" Una wondered and Six shook her head. Two looked at Six, "So you were cursed?" She asked and Six shruddered, "Probably," she mumbled and winced again as another growl came.

Mono helped Six up, "Well? Whatbare you guys looking at? Hurry!" He said and quickly the others went out to search for food. Shadow Six stood beside her sister, making sure she was okay.

"There's nothing here," Five said, Three turned to him, "Why don't you make fruits pop out for her to eat?"

"I can't make fruits without soil, and I can't just make fruits pop out of thin air. I thought you knew that," Five frowned, Scarf came running from wherever he went, "Guys! I saw some food, but it's obviously a trap," he said.

"Where?" Seven asked and Scarf pointed to the far end of the vent, "Over there, follow me!" He said while walking past. Six was walking slowly, but when Scarf mentioned food she urged faster.

Scarf pointed to a cage that had meat in it, "Obviously a trap," he said and Two nodded. She looked around trying to think of something when another growl came into Six, before Mono or Shadow Six could stop her she lunged for the meat.

She finished it and walked on out, but before she could, a hand lurked out from the darkness and slammed her inside the cage, shutting it closed.

The rest looked shocked before the Janitor showed up. Quickly they all ran away before the Janitor could sense them as well. Seven looked up to Six was trying to get out, but slowly her efforts were futile.

The Janitor sniffed the cage, "Ah, it's you again," he rasped bitterly. Six tried using her powers, but she became more tired the longer she stayed up, the Janitor sensed her efforts and gave a grin, "Oh you can try, but I added a little something special in the meat. Rest now, and I'll put you in another cage room that is demigod proof."

Seven carefully crawled on out as the Janitor walked away. He was about to tail behind when Two stopped him, "Are you crazy? The Janitor will spot you if you follow behind!" She said in a hushed tone.

"We have to save her!" Seven said and Two sighed, "I know," she said as she looked around and saw a nearby vent grille, "And I know how to follow the Janitor without risking our lives, come on!" She said as she climbed the crated and went inside a vent.

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.: Six's P.o.V. :.
.: Third Person-ish :.

Six's head pounded as she pushed herself up. She looked around and she was once again in a cage, in a Cage Room with tons of other children and bad monsters. Her eyes were still heavy and she could still taste a bit of that drug the Janitor added into the meat to make her very drowsy. She mentally chided herself, how could she be so hungry that she fell into the most obvious trap? All her other senses numbed and all she cared was the meat. Well look where it brought her, caught.

What Two said came back to her, was this hunger a curse? It could be. She, from all the time of her whole life, never experienced hungers like these. Six just thought that she might've been so hungry that time, but seeing it happened again, she feared it would come again, and everytime it will be worse than the last.

She shivered on that thought, she didn't want that. What evil being would curse her like this? Who was the being that cursed her like this? The Lady? Another 'It could be', she would've want her dead - if the Lady knew about the prophecy.

Six heard a rattle nearby and turned to see a vent grille shaking. Her eyes shot open and she crawled on to the edge of her cage. She saw the grille carefully be opened as the new stranger walked on out with a flashlight at hand. Six thought it must've been Seven, until she realized it was a girl.

The girl had black hair in a low pigtails and looked about ten years old, she wore a loose wrinkled white shirt with a black skirt. She eyed her surroundings before hopping on down. As she did, she looked up to each of the children, then stopped at Six, Six stared back.

The girl looked at her before she started walking to the door on the otherside of the room. Six had to get her attention, the girl could help her get free from this stupid cage.

"Wait!" Six called out and the girl looked back, cocking her head to the side, "What?" She asked, her voice had a spunky accent.

"Could you, uh, help me get out of this cage?" Six asked, the girl looked at her cage, "Well a child who haven't lost hope, sure - wait here," she said before walking into another part of the Cage Room.

Six only stood there in the cage, "Like I have a choice," she mumbled.

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.: Third Person :.

"You came as well," The Lady smiled as she looked down on the small little girl infront of her as they both stood on the lobby of the Maw. Guests lumbered around with suitcases, ready to head to their rooms. A large suitcase stood on the side of the girl as she eyed her neat red nails non-chalantly, "Well you did tell me to come," she said flatly while looking at the overtowering woman infront of her.

"I heard you made some friends," The Lady said as she walked on, the girl following behind, not bothering to get her suitcase hence her butler would get that. The girl nodded, "I did, that little girl is so helpless! You won't gaurantee her freedom, will you?"

The Lady sighed, "Unfortunately, that little girl is smarter than I thought. She made a oath with one of my shadow captains," she said. The girl stopped and looked up at her, "Well, you didn't say you made the oath," she pointed out.

The Lady paused, a wicked smile forming under her mask. She turned back to the girl and patted her long silver hair, "Oh you sweet child. I am quite glad about you joining my little war play, your power could help me- help us," she said.

The girl smiled only for politeness, she didn't like how the Lady was destroying her hair which she had taken care of for at least 2 hours, "I can be very... persuasive, after all. Now what about... him?" The girl wondered, suddenly saying it in hush tones in case the rising patron of the Lady would hear.

"With my power I get from the Guests, he will soon rise," The Lady smiled as she gazed far, thinking of all the destruction she would be able to do. Finishing her daydreaming of the cries and screams of terror, she looked back down to the little girl, "I would like you to get settled first, before I give you your first quest," she said.

The girl rolled her eyes, which were gladly covers so The Lady wouldn't see her rudeness, "Oh, great," she said trying to be enthusiastic.

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I am donnnnnneeeeee.

Ah well, THINGS BE GOING DOWN- I think, probably.

Who is the new girl the Lady was talking to? Uhm, I think it is obvious. But still tho you don't know who is the traitor among the escaping kids.

Eh, welp I have nothing else to say sooooooooooooo

Babye!

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