Caliko Goes Underground Chapter 6

When they had reached a sufficiently safe distance from the collapsing tomb, the ghost phased Caliko, Polonius and Egeus back into their physical forms.“Whoa! Mister Ghost, what did you do?” Caliko said, patting her arm to make sure she was in one piece. “A trick I learrrrrrned over the past 600 yearrrrrrss,” the ghost said, “Only once you took the shardddd was I able to apply it to others as wellll.”

The heavy footsteps above caused dust and sand to seep through the cracks in the ceiling. Caliko coughed and used her paw to wave the dust away as shadow Morroc’s evil laugh could be heard. “Mister Ghost,” Caliko said, “If I take the shard from here...what will happen?” “The spirits here will go freeeee, including meeee.” “And including...including him?” Caliko said, gesturing at the footsteps above.

With her legs screaming in pain, Caliko elected to jump through the hole in the wall, taking Polonius with her. It became apparent quite quickly that this was not the safe haven she was hoping it would be! The hole was filled with wooden splinters and sharp vines, and Caliko felt every slash and prick as her jacket, hair and fur were shredded. She and Polonius cleared the wall of pain, only for her to hit her head on an adjacent wall and tumble down another hole in the floor. The world turned into a big blur as Caliko slammed onto a hard stone floor with bone-crunching force.“Grghh...ohHHh looks like I picked the wrong week to quit drinking…”