Chapter 39

Terrified, that was one way to put how I felt at the moment. My hands were covered in blood as Niklaus tried to keep himself together. In one way or another, I knew I had to remove the clasped metal from his foot. If I didn't do that then in a couple of minutes he would bleed to death.

"I'm going to do this and you have to be strong, Nick",I said nervously and he nodded in pain, his head falling back.

In one, two and three my hands were on both side of the trap pulling hard as I could.

"I'm gonna need you to pull out your leg, Niklaus. As fast as I open this, I need you to pull your leg out, please", I strained feeling tears fall down my cheek.

Frankly I didn't know why I was crying, all I knew was with the state of helplessness I was in, with Niklaus bleeding and us being in the eerie darkness ignited emotions of sadness and fear. He was going to die because of me.

I pulled the dang rusty metal with all my might and I felt Niklaus slowly lift his leg from it's clutches. As immediate