"I was ready to jump. I could see you in pain and wanted to help you. I moved ahead, but I felt a force yanking me away from the steps. I cried out your name, and I remember floating in the air. I didn't really mind falling down. All I cared about was how all this was wasting my time. Now I would again have to jump on that step and then follow Zachary. I was sure that he must have reached the bottom. And after that, I couldn't see where he would go, and that made my heart jump out of my chest.
"I kept thinking about how if I was late in saving you, then I would get late in finding Dad and then saving him. I could do nothing except cry. And then the floating sensation ended. Instead, a warm floor appeared before my eyes, and a chain resembling the one around your necks appeared around my waist. I had to blink my eyes carefully to see what I fell over and where the chain came from.
