A Burden

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Absaar and CJ continue to follow Sofia within the dark building.

Sofia:I'd never expect a structure like this to be here in hell.

Absaar:You learn something new everyday.

CJ sees a bunch of cobwebs and broken bricks.

CJ:Seems like it's not kept up to date.

Absaar:Now what about that voice of yours?

Sofia:Still nothing, but I'm sure someone was asking for help in here.

CJ:I would too if I had to live here.

Absaar:We're just wasting our time here. We need to-

A bright light shines from a hallway to the left of the 3.

CJ:That's not creepy whatsoever.

They walk down the hallway.

Absaar:*To self*This never happened when I came here. It must be these kids that connect to this place somehow.

Once they got to the end of the hallway they saw a big cauldron of fire.

Sofia:A cauldron? How did it light by itself?
CJ:Just one of the mysteries of the underworld I suppose.

???:*Agony*To know the truth thee must give into the flames.

Sofia:There goes the voice again! You two heard it right?!

CJ:Nope. Didn't hear anything.

Absaar:The underworlds playing tricks on you. We can just leave.

Sofia:To know the truth thee must give into the fire. What would that mean?

Absaar:Where did you learn that from?

Sofia:The voice just said it.

Absaar:It means you have to understand what the flames want.

CJ:Wow that'll be easy, I've always been a good mind reader to inanimate objects.

Sofia:Understand the flames?

CJ:Wish we had Loki for that. I'm sure he knows what fire thinks.

Absaar:If you can't understand the fire then we might as well just move on. We're just wasting time here.

Sofia looks at her hands and tries to use her powers, but nothing happens.

Sofia:Let's hope this works.

CJ:What are you-

Sofia runs over to the cauldron and puts her hand into the flames.

CJ:Sofia!

Sparks of flames fly out all around the room. Sofia takes her hand out of the cauldron with her hand not being on fire or burnt at all.

Absaar:*To self*The kids brave and smart.

The flames start coming together.

CJ:What's happening?

Sofia:The truth is being revealed.

A sketch of 3 people walking was shown.

Sofia:That must be us.

The flames then make a picture of the 3 fighting someone then transitions into 2 figures getting away while the third stays to fight.

CJ:Wait someone gets left behind to die? Maybe this isn't about us.

A bunch of figures appear and are happy. All of a sudden a darkness sweeps across them covering them all. Dark green fiery eyes appear through the darkness. The fire goes back into the cauldron.

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