Elementals

Chapter 52-Words of Power

"No..."

"So, we're stuck down here?" Zack aid alarmed.

"I'm afraid so." Keith said in defeat.

"But what about the way we came in?" Aaron asked. He looked up, only to see that the way we came in was no longer there. We were trapped.

"Oh no..." I muttered. "Were stuck down here. There's no way to get out...How are we gonna get back to the guardians, and the teachers? Grandpa... Oh no, he's probably scared pantsless. And what about-"

"Alex." Zielo put his hands on my shoulders, staring into my eyes reassuringly. "Calm down. We're gonna find a way out of here...somehow."

"But how? Keith said that the tunnels are too complicated to map out. And who knows how far we fell." I said. I found myself getting more and more worried by the second.

"Wait, Keith, can't you just manipulate the earth?" Aarya suggested, arms crossed.

"I can, but this much rock is a little outside my range of control." Keith scratched the back of his head.

"Then just smash through it." Zack said.

"And risk the entire cave collapsing on top of us? Zack, are you sure that's a good idea?" Damian said with a bit of a sour attitude.

"Hey, at least I'm up with ideas. You haven't suggested anything that could help us get out of here." Zack snapped.

"Because there is no way out of here!" Damian snapped back.

"Hey, calm down. There's no need to yell." Aaron said, placing his hands on Damian and Zack's shoulders. Damian let out a breath.

"Sorry. I just, don't like the feeling of being... trapped." He said. I tilted my head.

"Trapped?" I asked. He looked in a different direction, avoiding eye contact completely.

"It's a touchy subject." Aarya whispered into my ear. I glanced at Damian with a curious stare.

"That's irrelevant." He muttered. "Let's try find other ways to get out of here."

The group started brainstorming different ideas, all of which eventually led to a failure. With very second,  my enthusiasm faded more and more. I sat against the wall, letting thoughts walk through my mind. That's when I remembered what Arthur said at the gates of this castle.

'Arthur, can you teleport us to the other side?'

'Unless I've been to a certain location or I can see it clearly, I unfortunately cannot...'

"Unless you've been to a certain location..."

That's when an idea struck.

I got up and made my way to the team, who's spirits seemed to be dwindling. "Guys, I have an idea."

"It's probably better than anything we've come up with so far..." Zielo groaned. "Let's hear it."

I turned to Damian. "It's gonna rely on Mr. Mindaro over here."

"What? Me!?" Damian looked surprised.

"Remember what Arthur said before we went into the tunnels?" I asked him.

"Uh, no." He replied.

"As long as a mind elemental has been to a certain location, or can see said location, they can teleport there." I explained. Damian looked back at me with a puzzled expression.

"And...how does that help us, exactly...?"

"Simple." I said. I placed a hand on his shoulder. "The library where we found the second half of the prophecy, you're going to teleport us there."