The creature inside it had completely lost its orientation where it was going. All that its world exist off now was pain, at the loss of its tentacles. It came dangerously close now to the edge of the river circle, and Shorkan ran towards it. Eugin and Florissant joined him as he placed his hands on the edge of the machine and heaved it over the edge in one go. “Quickly, jump on him before he gets melted completely”, he shouted at Yanya.
Yanya made a jump of hope, her feet reached the wheels of the machine, and she would have fallen backwards into the lava, if Florissant hadn't held out his sword's hilt for her to reach it. With a quick lasting leap she managed to stand before Shorkan, shaking like a reet in the wind. Narya ran towards her mother, sobbing in relief.
They all fell around each others necks as the relief of the moment coursed through them. They were alive. They had made it. After a while they looked back at the circle with gold. If only they could find a way to get it, but the stone bridge was gone.
|
