The Cursed Blessing: Chapter 6

 

The Cursed Blessing 

Chapter 6

Before you start reading, you should know that Sirena here never really watched Wonder Woman before, and got the wrong impression of her. So everything that is written here, about anyone, is completely, definitely, a joke. I would NEVER insult Wonder Woman!

       

      Chris finally gave up trying to escape by shaking the bars of his cell while shouting at the top of his lungs, and the cube building immediately became quieter. He sat down on a metal 2D bench in his cell and used a more reasonable way of trying to escape, he started thinking. He definitely didn't trust that sneaky Doctor Sharp, especially now that Sirena was alone with him. He must have ordered all the policeman to leave them alone for a reason right? 'But what is that reason?' he wondered.

     

      Meanwhile, Sirena was also using her brains. Doctor Sharp had left her alone and went to talk on his phone outside. ' What is he doing here? He is not a guardian, so is he the bad guy then? I don't think tying me to a 2D chair is called welcoming someone, right? ' she wondered. But she didn't ponder for long. 'After all, I'm not Wonder Woman, who keeps wondering what happened. I'm more of the action girl. Like Action Girl. Is there such a thing?' But before she could find out, Doctor Sharp came back in, smiling sweetly. 

      Now, I am going to divert from the story a bit. When a mean person smiles sweetly, their face almost always looks weirdly awkward. The same is said for Doctor Sharp right now, smiling what he thinks is sweet. For example,

                                                              Maleficent smiling

   

     

Maleficent's daughter smiling

                                                           Get it?

      

      Fortunately, Sirena didn't need to know exactly how bad Doctor Sharp's impression of sweet was, because he got another call as soon as he opened his mouth. When he stepped out, Sirena noticed something. Two somethings, in fact. The key to Chris's cell was in his pocket! And...after ages of trying to untie the knot on her hands, the stubborn knot finally gave way. As it slipped off, Sirena realized she was free! 

      Not noticing the rope had fell, Doctor Sharp came in, still looking at his phone. Sirena took this as an opportunity to escape. She quietly got up from the uncomfortable chair that looked like it might shrivel into dust any moment, and crept behind Doctor Sharp. Chris spotted her, and widened his eyes. Sirena pointed to the keys, then to Chris, then to the outside. Chris got the message. All in one swift motion, she kicked Doctor Sharp and punched him in the gut. Doctor Sharp dropped down with pain, and Sirena snatched the keys and threw it to her friend. Chris caught it and started unlocking the cell. 

      Sirena punched and kicked Doctor Sharp again, this time in the neck. He fainted. By that time, Chris had already gotten out, and was calling to her, " Sirena! Let's go!" 

      Sirena took a step forward, then stopped. She bent down, grabbed Doctor Sharp's phone, and ran out without any other hesitations. Chris and Sirena didn't stop running until they were far, far away from that weird place.

     

       Chris laughed, shocked. " Wow! I never knew you could do that!

     " Just because you didn't know it, doesn't mean I couldn't do it." she answered grinning. "Where's the map?" she asked.

    " Here." Chris handed it to her. 

    " Onward, march!" They followed the map until sunset. laughing, talking, and taking in the sights around them. They found a river, and decided to pitch a tent for the night. They watched the sun set, went to bed at 9.00, having nothing else to do, and they were both tired. 

Sirena and Chris finish setting up the campsite

 

The next day, Sirena woke up to the sound of water splashing. She got up to investigate. She found

Chris swimming in the river. She blinked. " Hey! What are you doing?" she asked him.                    

       "What does it look like I'm doing?" he replied. Sirena gave him a look.                                              

     " I'm washing myself." he answered.                                                                                                   

       "You're bathing?" Sirena shouted at him. Chris grinned.                                                                             " I'm dressed, ok." he defended himself. Sirena sighed.                                                                          " I wondered when you would wake up. You didn't, so I made lots of noise until you did." he continued.              

      "Ok, quick. I want to get going." she said, before he said anything else. Chris saluted her as a sign of agreement, and came out of the river. Sirena went back to the tent and started getting something for breakfast. She took out some eggs, a pan, and took some of the logs that Chris had collected the night before and lighted a fire. Then she cracked the eggs, and put some butter on the bread. She handed Chris an egg sandwich as he came out of the tent with his towel over his shoulder, and wearing clean, dry clothes. Sirena washed up, and changed into some suitable clothes after eating. 

        While waiting, Chris packed up the tent and their stuff. When Sirena came back, they were all ready to go. They followed the map, which finally led them to a sensible place. Not really. After hours of walking and eating lunch, they reached a rocky area, that looked steep to climb. They had no choice though, so they scavenged around for some sturdy sticks, and used it to climb up, for that was where the map was leading them. 

      After two tiring hours, they finally reached the top. This time though, neither of them had the energy to talk to each other, only smiling at the scenery below them. They didn't have much time to celebrate their great climb though, for the map started shaking in Chris's hands. One of the black hearts started thumping wildly. " We must be there! It must be somewhere here." she exclaimed, looking around. 

      Chris looked around them. He just saw rocks, rocks and more rocks. He took one step in front, not looking where he was going, and fell through! It was a hole! Chris shouted for Sirena." Sirena! Come here! But watch out, there's a hole!" he warned. 

      Sirena skidded to a stop when she heard the last part. She peered down. "Are you hurt?" she asked. Chris said he wasn't, and not to worry. He looked at the map. 

     " I think the heart must be here. Cause I never moved my feet. " he said, looking up at Sirena to see what she thought. Sirena agreed.

      " I'm coming down!" she called before sliding down. She brushed herself to remove the sand, and looked around her for any signs of danger. Then she saw it. She found herself staring into a pitch black tunnel. Something red was glowing brightly.  She was too shocked for words, as she was afraid of the dark. She pulled Chris's shirt. When he didn't reply, she started shaking him. 

      Finally, he turned to her. "What is it?" he asked.

      "Look.." Sirena pointed to the tunnel.

      " Look..at what exactly?" he questioned. 

       Sirena was dumbfounded. "The tunnel! The pitch black tunnel!" she exclaimed.

       "I can't see anything, and I'm not joking. I swear!" At this point, Sirena decided to not tell him about the red thing and freak him out even more.

      " What do you see then?" she asked him.

       "Umm..a wall? Full of sand and rocks?" came Chris's reply. Sirena decided the only way to make him believe her, was pull him through it. She grabbed him and pulled him into the tunnel that was only visible to her eyes.

      Chris closed his eyes and shouted "AAAHHHH!" as they both tumbled into an abyss, going down, down, down....

     

      

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