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Chapter 56

           Thesoundsclashes,clangs,screams,moaningwails,roarsofengines,spinningsaws,snappingblades,thescreechofspikesagainstthefloor,hair-raisingpleasforhelpitallgrewtoacrescendo,becameunbearable.

           Thomasscreamed,buthekeptrunninguntiltheymadeittotheCliff.Heskiddedtoastop,rightontheedge.TeresaandChuckbumpedintohim,almostsendingallthreeofthemtoanendlessfall.Inasplitsecond,ThomassurveyedhisviewoftheGrieverHole.Hangingout,inthemiddleofthinair,wereivyvinesstretchingtonowhere.

           Earlier,MinhoandacoupleofRunnershadpulledoutropesofivyandknottedthemtovinesstillattachedtothewalls.They’dthentossedthelooseendsovertheCliff,untiltheyhittheGrieverHole,wherenowsixorsevenvinesranfromthestoneedgetoaninvisibleroughsquare,hoveringintheemptysky,wheretheydisappearedintonothingness.

           Itwastimetojump.Thomashesitated,feelingonelastmomentofstarkterrorhearingthehorriblesoundsbehindhim,seeingtheillusioninfrontofhimthensnappedoutofit."Youfirst,Teresa."HewantedtogolasttomakesureaGrieverdidn’tgetherorChuck.

           Tohissurprise,shedidn’thesitate.AftersqueezingThomas’shand,thenChuck’sshoulder,sheleapedofftheedge,immediatelystiffeningherlegs,withherarmsbyhersides.Thomasheldhisbreathuntilsheslippedintothespotbetweenthecut-offivyropesanddisappeared.Itlookedasifshe’dbeenerasedfromexistencewithonequickswipe

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