3 Ch3-The Weird Wall

CHAPTER 3 THE WEIRD WALL They all hurried to the top of the tower. Drake gazed around. The light was dim, but he could see a design of painted faces on the curved wall. Drake remembered this strange wall from when he and Rori had first come to the hideout. "Eko, where are you?" Rori called out.

Neru can't see Eko, but he feels her, Worm told Drake. "Neru said he can feel Eko," Drake said. "He can't see her, but he's sure she's here. Did Maldred make her invisible?" Griffith, meanwhile, had moved closer to the wall. He stared at it.

"This is very interesting," he said. "I know some of these faces. They are wizards!" Drake gave the faces on the wall a closer look. There were men and women. Some of them wore pointy hats. Some of the men had long beards, like Griffith's. "None of these faces look happy," Rori remarked. "They all look scared or angry." "Did Maldred paint this wall?" Drake asked.

"I fear it is much worse," Griffith replied. He pointed to a face on the wall, a man with a long mustache. "This is Berg of the Misty Mountains. He went missing twenty years ago. We always suspected that Maldred had something to do with it." Rori frowned, thinking. "He went missing. And now his face is on Maldred's wall...

Griffith nodded. "Maldred must have used dark magic to trap these wizards inside the wall." Rori turned pale. "If he trapped people inside this wall, then maybe..." She ran around the circular hallway, looking at the wall. Drake followed her. She stopped quickly, and Drake skidded to a stop behind her. Rori pointed at the wall with a shaking hand. Staring at them from the wall was the face of a young woman. Her mouth was open in shock. "It's Eko!" Rori yelled.