“Blue!” I raced to her side and tried to help her up, but she was slipping into unconsciousness fast.
“There were people, other prisoners, in their cells,” she muttered under her fading breath. “SJ and I . . . we got them out before the cave in.”
“Get her on,” Jason said as he lowered his head.
I quickly draped Blue over the back of his neck. However, just before she was fully out cold she raised her head ever so slightly.
“Crisa . . . I . . . I don’t know if SJ made it out. She might not be . . .”
Blue blacked out, but her unfinished comment sent another wave of panic up my spine.
“Crisa, come on. We gotta go,” Jason ordered, waiting for me to hop on his back.
“No way,” I said. “You heard her. SJ might still be down there.”
“Well, I gotta get Blue out of here.”
“I know. So go, bo
