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About to do it, she sensed something was about to strike,something she knew wouldn't be good. She backflipped over a horned, ogre-like creature and forced it to kneel. It was Og. She punched him back into the bluish fluid where he had been, then plugged the translator onto him.)
Og: I mean no harm. Please don't hurt me.
Hazel: Who are you, and why did you appear on Earth?
Og: I am Og, from the Dark Valleys.
Hazel: What…? (thunderstruck) From another dimension?
As the quaternions and their captain climbed, Ryan noticed the steps were vanishing behind them.)
Ryan: Uhm… do these steps vanish immediately after we step on them?
(Kylock knew what was going on.)
Kylock: (loudly) Everyone moves faster!
(Immediately, they stopped walking slowly and started moving quickly. They reached a hallway.)
Ely: That was close.
(Suddenly, bluish eyeball-like things appeared and fired bluish blasts.)
Kylock: Dodge and run!
Alicia: (dodging easily, cos these blasts are slow)Why is it that we always have to run here?
(Dodging the blasts, they entered a door that closed as soon as they got inside.)
Kylock: Seems like the Skik got destroyed.
Iriel: (fearful) What?!
Ely: (same tone as Iriel) Then we're technically doomed.
Kylock: Not yet.(he absolutely knew how dangerous it was, but he couldn't just say something to weigh his team down.
The ground was rocky and slightly hot. Kylock moved forward, and the sight he beheld was deadly a larva pond, with a wooden bridge stretched across it. The bridge looked old and weak, like it could only take a few people before breaking. The others moved up beside him and stared. It was highly suicidal,with this, they had seen for themselves that this place wasn't a place for adventural fun as they had thought, joining the Mart Force means a lot, thier lives had changed, and they have to risk thier lives a lot of times)
Iriel: Seems like this place really is the deadliest, just like you said.
(Kylock stepped onto the bridge, which was slightly beneath they followed,
They reached the middle of the bridge, seven baboon,like creatures sprang out of the larva valley. Their bodies were flaming rocks.
Now, this was death itself.
As they beheld these agents of the grim reaper, their spirits sank, and the system froze for a while due to intense phobia,)
Ely: Now we are dead
.Kylock: We keep fighting until we are.
Ryan: What?
(The creatures attacked. They recovered immediately and defended themselves with their organic weapons. The creatures had great physique, but they were easy to destroy. Unfortunately, that didn't make things better,because every time they destroyed one, more came.)
Kylock: Everyone move forward while you attack!
Ryan: How is that even possible?
Kylock: (yelling) That's our only way to get out of here alive!
(Kylock struck and moved first. The rest followed his example. They progressed carefully. Kylock was the first to get off the bridge. Iriel and Alicia followed. But as soon as they crossed, the weak bridge broke. The weight was too much to bear.
Ryan and Ely fell.
Ryan's mind raced—Was this the end? He was falling, floating in the air. Ely was below him. Memories rushed through his head: his parents, the unanswered mystery of who killed them…
No… I can't die.
The others watched their comrades fall. They could do nothing but scream and wish, with all their hearts, that this was just a dream. They were already part of their lives.
Iriel stared into Ryan's eyes. Her heart raced rapidly as if she was the one falling and a tear fell,
What seemed to awaken Ryan, the death of his parents, no, he couldn't die
He fired his flamethrower at a rock while falling, hooking himself onto it. Then he grabbed Ely's hands.
Ely: (shouting in pure phobia) Ahhh!
Ryan: (looking down at him in pain) Guys!
(He screamed.)
Kylock: (relieved to hear their voices) You guys are okay
right?!
Ryan: Yeah… but soon we may get toasted.
(The heat from the greenish larvae was intense.)
Kylock: Hold on!
(Kylock formed two long ropes with his energy. Ryan and Ely held on. With Alicia and Iriel's help, they pulled them up. Alicia and Iriel ran toward them.)
Iriel didn't know what came over her—she hugged Ryan immediately. His heart skipped, his cold heart suddenly went warm, in her grip,he totally forgot the burden he beared for the past ten years, for the first time he felt different,She didn't say a word,)
Alicia: (awkward) Are you guys okay?(Iriel loosened her grip immediately, snapping back to her senses.)
Ely: Partly.
Ryan: This place is as deadly as you said ,that was really close
Kylock: Luckily, you guys are alive(he and Iriel avoided eye contact, she was back to her senses she thought "what in the world did I do ", this life threatening experience
didn't stop them from moving forward. They couldn't stop even if they wanted to. They had to get out of there. They continued their journey. This time, it wasn't a hallway,it was a door. It opened as soon as they reached it.)
What greeted them was a frozen atmosphere, frozen ground beneath their feet, and moisture in the air.
They stepped gently on the ice. It felt like an ice age trapped inside a room. They studied the environment carefully, gazing around wonderment, the environs seemed harmless, and a bit natural, a stark contrast of the places in this place
Iriel: Seems like ice in Marthadon is just like Earth's.
Kylock: No.
Ely: No?
Ryan: Then does that mean danger?
Kylock: One hundred percent.(this statement evaporated their afore thoughts about this place, speaking of the devil,
with great force, long snake-like creatures in steel armour rose from beneath them.)
(Back at the fortress, Og was still being questioned by Hazel.)
Og: I was the one who sent the message. And those things you're fighting… they're from my dimension.
Hazel: What?!
Og: I created them. I was tricked. I thought it was something that would improve the dimension… I didn't know his motive.
(His face showed he was telling the truth.)
Hazel: (keenly) By who?
Og: The person who told your team to look for an antidote.
Hazel: (amused, confused) Lilyo the Koran?
Og: (loudly) You have to stop him! He orchestrated all this to destroy you!(now this was confusing to Hazel, she was losing it
Hazel: (yelling) How do I trust you—the one who created those things attacking our dimension?!
Og: You don't have to. There is no energy centitude in Navan look for your self
Hazel:: Give me the energy centitude of Navan.(A map appeared on the screen. She found none. The result slapped her with shock.)
Hazel: Oh crap!(now she found herself, it dawned on her that this was a trap, thoughts started rushing through her mind, imagination on what could have possibly happened to her team, the kids, thier lives were at risk and the skik was dead she was technically paralyzed to help them, she couldn't even contact them,)
(The quaternions and their captain had already begun merging with the environment. What they saw froze them. The armoured snake-like creatures attacked. They were weak and powerless already. The frozen ground cracked, exposing the waters beneath. They drowned… and blacked out.)
When they woke up, their vision was dizzy and their heads ached. They were on their feet, tied to a standing rock.
Someone had captured them… but who?