I'm going crazy. That must be it, it's not the cave it's me. I'm the problem. The voices tell me so. They also say that I'm going to end up killing my friends.

Not necessarily me killing them directly but they'll die and it'll be my fault. My thoughts were interupted by Aqua saying something that I didn't hear. I looked at her and said, "Umm...what'd you say?"

"I asked if you were feeling ok. You look paler then you normally are," She replied.

I said, "Umm...y-yeah I'm fine."

Zane said, "You don't look fine."

"Y-yeah I'm f-fine. I'm just going to sit down," I replied. I sat down and I could hear Zane and Aqua talking to me but I couldn't make out what they were saying. Soon after that darkness came over me.

I woke up and I was back in our hotel room. I went out into the living room to see Aqua sitting on the couch and Zane passing back and forth. He said, "Good your awake. What happened?"

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I went and sat down next to Aqua and said, "I'm not sure, mind telling me what happened."

"You passed out in the cave and we brought you back hear," Aqua replied.

I said, "Oh, the voices were probably to much."

"We told you to tell us if you heard them," Zane responded.

I looked at him and said, "I'm sorry, we had to find the knife."

Aqua, "It's fine. We didn't get it and we're not going back."

"But we have to get it to stop them," I replied.

Zane said, "We'll figure out another way."

I thought for a few seconds and then said, "Fine. So how long was I out for?"

"A few hours," Aqua replied. 

I asked,  "Have you guys come up with a plan B yet? "

Zane said,  "No not yet."

"Maybe we can track down your real parents and ask them, " Aqua replied 

I looked at her and said,  "No,  I don't think so.  If they wanted to help they probably  would have tried to find me by now. " 

Zane thought for a second  and then said,  "What if we go ask your foster parents what they know. " 

"Might as well., " I responded.  

Aqua said,  "Then it looks like we're going to Arizona. "