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time-traveling device, supposedly used to introduce new inventions to the earth. So
that’s
how Team DEVIL got back to the land of the living. I try to wrap my head around the idea that Viciseometers are real and these three devils managed to get a hold of one.
    â€œSo why did you come back to Hell?” I ask. “I don’t get it.”
    â€œNeither do we, Medusa,” says Mitchell. “I mean, we know we came back because we found out we couldn’t control our fates the way we thought we could, but there’s more to it than that. Something happened to us back on earth, and we don’t know what it is. It’s like we’re being haunted, but we can’t see or hear what it is. In fact, the more I think about it, the more I believe you might be able to help us.”
    â€œI still don’t get it.”
    â€œWe think we did something, something we shouldn’t have done, and we’ve been trying to figure out what it was ever since we got back, M,” says Elinor. She looks up at me and blushes. “Oh, I’m sorry—do ye mind if I shorten yer name to M?” she asks. “Medusa in the Greek legend was nasty, and ye seem so nice.”
    â€œSure, if you want.”
    I pinch myself again. My answer to her question came out sounding harsh, but thankfully Elinor just beams. She has the prettiest smile; it lights up her face. She would have made the loveliest angel.
    â€œThe point is,” continues Mitchell, “—and by the way, none of you are shortening my name to anything, so don’t even think about it—the point is, the three of us don’t know why we were in San Francisco that day. It was like we opened our eyes and we were there, onthat street, in that time. So don’t you think it’s more than just a coincidence, Medusa? You were there, you saw us, and then from all the billions of devils in Hell, it’s
you
who Septimus told me he thinks is the most promising of all the applicants for this job? It’s just strange, that’s all.”
    â€œIf there is one thing I have learned, it is that nothing in this death is an accident,” says Alfarin solemnly.
    â€œFate,” adds Elinor, nodding.
    Fate. Mitchell spoke about that earlier. My grandmother used to talk about it all the time. She used to say our destinies were already mapped out for us. It was just up to us to take the right road, and even if you took a wrong turn, there would always be another way.
    I don’t think Team DEVIL will laugh at me if I tell them that. Well, Mitchell and Alfarin might because they’re guys, but Elinor wouldn’t. There’s an innocence about her that’s childlike, but she doesn’t seem to take any crap from Mitchell and Alfarin, either. She’s the absolute truth. The kind of person I always wanted as a friend in life, but never gave myself the chance of finding because I was scared they would get hurt, too.
    But I don’t get the chance to say anything, because just as I’m about to lay myself bare, a red light in the accounting chamber starts to flash. A terrible wail, like a person screaming in fear and pain, fills the office. Mitchell jumps to his feet.
    â€œThat’s The Devil’s panic alarm!” he cries. “Something’s happened, right here on level one! Something really bad. This will be the first place they come!”
    â€œ
Run!
” Alfarin roars.

3. Lockdown
    Alfarin is already at the door, but Mitchell pulls him back.
    â€œWe can’t run,” he says. “We have to stay here.”
    â€œWe cannot remain!” cries Elinor. “We’re in Hell, Mitchell! Act first, think much, much later is the rule here, ye know that!”
    â€œMitchell’s right,” I say. “We haven’t done anything wrong, but if we’re seen running away from level 1, it’ll definitely look suspicious.”
    â€œThen I will trust in your judgment, my