The Pain Within

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~Snape and Wesley are now both headed down the same tunnel that Barty and Reg had taken, but they are no longer running. The demons have been left far behind, but in their place is the newest of the pains of Hell, internal stabbings from their midsections that sometimes force them to stop.

Snape is hopeful that Barty and Regulus haven't turned around to backtrack back towards them; he rather thinks Barty would _want_ to turn around and make sure that he was devoured by at least one of the demons. He's also not sure that they won't suddenly appear from any one of the many subtunnels; any time they have to pass one, he gets nervous. He has to avoid confronting Barty right now; the stabbing pains tell him that fighting is probably one thing he shouldn't do, even if he wanted to in the first place, which he doesn't.

A sudden, sharp explosion from the area of his spleen makes him stop and lean against the rough rocky wall, sliding slowly and helplessly down it while clutching his side.~

Would you mind terribly if we rest for a moment? ~he moans softly, clutching his side.~