A Second Try

The underground cave couldn't hold up for that long. Joseph furrowed his eyebrows, intending a second try, but Lucille stopped him, blinking. "Allow me." Huh? "Are you sure you can do it?" Joseph asked, but he made room for Lucille to act anyway. Lucille touched her hair and took a black hairpin off her head. She snapped the hairpin, revealing a long thin piece of wire inside. She took the wire and moved forward to tamper with the lock, and said, "Trust me, I have a hundred years of professional unlocking expertise." As soon as her voice faded away, there was a click before the solid and heavy lock that didn't budge at any smashing unlocked just like that. A hint of surprise flashed through Joseph's eyes. The individuals trapped in the iron cage heard the click and were immediately rejuvenated as they scampered to get up from the ground. "Don't push, don't push." Seeing the old man and little girl edged aside, Lucille furrowed her eyebrows and had to yell out. Yet who among those locke