Invisible String [t. s]

Fear

"Hold this." Newt gave him the lamp and proceeded to play a tune with his hands, using them as a flute.

"What the bloody hell was that for?" Theseus whispered.

"Um...we're going to need some help." Theseus' eyes started scanning the place.

"Help, wait, Amélie. Is she here? Do you know if she's here?"

"No, I don't know. But I don't think she's here, Dumbledore would've told me."

"Dumbledore?"

"He was the one to tell me you were here." Theseus nodded. That was a good thing, right? That she wasn't there? It must be. Certainly she's with Lally and Jacob. Certainly. In a second, Newt adopted the position he had arrived dancing with and the creatures moved their legs up, imitating him, something Theseus did too. "Follow me." They started moving back from where Newt had come from at a steady pace with the creatures following them. "You're not swiveling properly. Swivel, swivel, but delicately."

"I'm swiveling like you're swiveling, Newt."

"I don't believe you are." Theseus rolled his eyes and sighed when the lantern next to his face of another cell flickered and died. Both Scamander boys stood still as the tail took another prisoner to the bottom and spilled him back up in seconds. The creatures moved towards the corpse that had a hideous smell and made Theseus feel sick. Newt and Theseus exchanged looks and nodded to each other.

"Swivel." They said at the unison and went on with their getaway. When they had reached the staircase, Theseus stepped on one of the creatures, both stopped on their tracks and Newt looked at his brother, his eyes asking 'seriously?'. "I'm sorry." Theseus whispered and the lantern started to fickle until the light extinguished. The creatures ran away and both men stood there and moved downstairs until they heard something metallic behind them, they didn't need to turn around to know the sting was behind them.

  In a second, they started running down the hall to the right and the tail tried to get Theseus' head, causing him to yelp. The stings didn't throw venom, they threw what seemed to be lava, for it melted the rock and released a heat that felt as if you were inches away from a bonfire.

  Theseus dodged one of those lava drops and stopped when he saw the little creatures rushing towards him from the front and left flanks, he turned around and started running from where he had come from.

  When he arrived at the open area, he saw the huge beast that was at the bottom of the hole, for it had crawled up to get its prey. One of its stings got stuck on the rock right next to his head, he grunted and screamed when he tried to hold on to the wall. Theseus proceeded to dodge the legs and stings of the creature as he made an effort of running towards the next staircase towards the left. That thing seemed to know he was the prisoner, for it was really going after him, and he felt his heart pounding in his ears.

  At some point, the creature brought down some rock, trapping some of its legs there, closing the path behind them and allowing the brothers to take a deep breath. Although that didn't last long, for one of the legs wrapped itself around Theseus' torso and pulled him backwards.

"No, wait!" Yelled Newt as he grabbed Theseus' arm and pulled trying to free him and failing. Newt held on to one of the stone walls and pulled Theseus' hand firmly. However, the strength of the beast was more than the human's and it pulled Theseus, causing the grip of the hands to break. Theseus screamed and held on to a rock of the ground, Newt rushed to grab his hand and pull.

"Newt!" Newt saw something falling near his foot and it was Pickett with his wand, he looked over his shoulder and saw Teddy. In a second, he took a hold of his wand.