They halted immediately and then turned around to see where the noise came from. There was once again extreme silence in the room and they both slowly walked towards the extreme end of the room, trying to figure out where the voice came from. The sound was pretty loud as if, something very heavy had fallen on the ground.
"Do you think rats dropped something?" Stefen looked at Xio Lee while they walked further ahead with torches in their hands. "Or maybe one of the dead bodies has risen up? Or maybe one of them is alive, and will be standing n.a.k.e.d in front of us with his d.i.c.k chopped off?" Stefen gulped as several thoughts engulfed his mind, scaring him to the core.
"Shut up Stefen. Stop getting scared and stop scaring me too! Keep your thoughts with you."Xio Lee spoke angrily as he could not help himself imagine a n.a.k.e.d man running towards them with his fingers, ears and manhood chopped.
They walked further ahead when they saw several rats and other tiny insects crawling towards them, as if they were scared of something and were running in the opposite direction.
"There is definitely something."Stefen took out his gun with his one hand while he held both his torches in his one hand now.
They both walked further ahead and then suddenly saw a man running towards them. He was holding a large iron bar which he had probably taken out from the cell and ran towards them to attack them. They could not see the man's face in the dark and Stefen was instantly about to shoot him, as he came closer to them. But suddenly his face lit up a bit as he came closer to the torch and they both gaped at the man in surprise.
"James!!?" they looked at each other in surprise and then once again turned to look at James.
James had now halted too and he looked at Xio Lee and Stefen with relief in his eyes. "Ohh! Oh! I cannot believe my fate. You two are actually here. Damn!" James was so overwhelmed, that he hugged them with much force, dropping away the bar. He was shivering in fear and anxiety and was extremely relieved to see them both.
"Boy! What are you doing here? Are you okk?" Xio Lee patted his head lovingly as James had still hugged him in relief. Suddenly James retraced his arms as he looked around in fear. "What place is this?? Is this where we have been placed from past 30 minutes. Gross!!" James was now on the verge of throwing up as he looked around HIM, amidst the light of the candles. "They are brutally murdered."
"Bro! Don't worry. I just puked few seconds back. This area is full of rooms like that. They perform black magic!" Stefen explained everything to James who looked around with fear in his eyes.
"Why did you say 'we'. Is there anybody else with you here?" Xio Lee turned to look at James.
James nodded sadly in an affirmation. "Aunty Lizie is here too. We were thrown here by Davis's men. Go quickly! Though she told me she is fine, but I think she is not. We were in two separate cages, which not far away from each other. But I could not even see her in this dark."
Lee gaped at the boy in horror and ran towards the fallen door of the cell in full speed. "Lizie! Lizie! Are you all right my dear? I am here." The man shouted in anguish knowing how scared the lady was from dark.
In the meanwhile James had held one torch from Stefen and they too came running behind Lee. James could not see earlier where exactly he was held captive. He had just felt an iron gate with his hands and kicked it down. He had then taken out a bar from it to use it as a weapon. A soon he had spotted two men holding torches quite far from him, he went to attack them.
Xio Lee ran towards the cage and was surprised to see, Elizabeth lying down in one corner inside a very tiny cage. Inside her cage there two n.a.k.e.d bodies and Elizabeth had figured it out already and thus she had closed her eyes in fear. There were rats all across her dress, which was now terribly stained with blood. Her hands were also stained with blood too and she was lying down, curled up like a ball.
"Lizie!" Sweetie! Don't worry, I am here." Xio Lee literally choked looking at his wife's condition. Just a few hours ago they both were celebrating their wedding and now they were stuck in this smelly and spooky place.
In one corner was another cage and its door was broken. Inside that cage too, two n.a.k.e.d dead bodies were placed which did not look very old either. This was the cage where James was being locked. The two boys too came running and James looked at the place in horror. "Shit! This is disgusting."James quickly hid his face on Stefen's shoulder as he could not believe he was stuck in such a horrifying place. "Thank god it was dark." He spoke in a muffed voice. Stefen patted his back as he too was now in tears looking Elizabeth. They all could not help but remember her smile and how beautiful she looked in her wedding dress.
"Lizzie.. It's me Lee. " Xio Lee spoke again as Elizabeth did not move at the first time.
This time lady moved and turned to look at her husband. "Oh, my God!! It is really you..!!I thought I am hallucinating." Elizabeth busted into tears looking at the three men standing in front of her. She then turned her neck and spotted two n.a.k.e.d bodies around her with their eyes popped out and hands chopped off. Elizabeth screamed in fear and crawled towards an extreme corner. Though she knew she was lying among dead bodies but this was way more scarier than she had assumed. "Argghhhhhh!!!" The lady screamed and then looked at her blood stained hands in fear.
"It is ok. It is ok we are here now. Just close your eyes and curl up in one corner. I am going to break open the lock." Xio Lee looked at the girl with a heavy heart. The two boys too were now on the verge of choking looking at Lizie, who loooked really shattered. She immediately curled herself tightl,y covering herself with her arms and then closed her eyes.