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She stared at the stone jamb, peering at the interior. “Doesn’t look like there’s an axe waiting to pop out.”
Dewey traced the outline of the door with the flashlight beam. “No. Looks safe. Should we try for it?”
Paige straightened her back and raised her chin. “I’ll go first.”
“No, wait,” Dewey shouted.
Paige froze with a foot hovering in the air. “What?”
“What if the floor is pressure sensitive? I should go first, fly through, and see what happens.”
“But…it could be anything! Like another axe.”
“I don’t see any openings in the side or top.”
“Okay, wait,” Paige said, waving her hands. “Let’s just put some weight on the floor and find out.”
Dewey’s eyebrows rose, and he jabbed a finger at the carrier. “Toss him down.”
“Hey!” the tiny voice shouted.
“He may not be heavy enough. I’ll need to tap my foot on it.”
“I could just fly through, and if I make it–“
“It doesn’t matter. I can’t fly through, and I’ll never make it jumping across the threshold.”
“Okay,” Dewey said, “tap away.”
Paige nodded, sucking in a deep breath. She lifted a foot and gently set it down on the stone.
Nothing happened.
Paige raised her eyebrows and licked her lips as she put more pressure on the stone.
She leaned forward, placing all her weight on her front foot before shooting a glance at Dewey.
He grinned. “Nothing.”
“Nothing!” she said, throwing her arms out. “All safe.”
“Onwards,” Dewey shouted, thrusting a fist into the air as he flew forward.
They entered the next room. As Paige lifted her foot from the stone threshold, fires sprang to life in urns positioned around the sides of the massive rectangular room. A grid of pyramids spread before them in a diamond pattern.
A grinding noise filled the air as they studied the layout of the pyramids. Dust tumbled from the ceiling, pelting them and the floor.
“What the heck?” Paige asked, dusting the pebbles from her hair before she glanced up. Her eyes went wide. “Ohhhhh no.”
“You morons,” the pixie taunted.
“Uh, Paige,” Dewey said, clamping onto her arm.
“I see it. The ceiling is collapsing.”
Dewey nodded. “We need to find a way out.”
They stumbled into the room as the ceiling continued its slow creep toward them.
