The carved stone silently watched as the intruder floated along the dark path, emitting a pinkish hue from his right hand. Every now and then, the stranger would stop and stare at a blank wall, look behind him, and mutter pastries under his breath as he chose a different course. He would look at the lifeless eyes of the stone and shudder, continuing his journey.

An hour went by in this fashion, then two, then three, but still, the ghost-hybrid would not lessen the effort of his search. This was the only place it could be. It had to be somewhere, and he wasn't going to leave without it even if it meant death. It would all be worth it.

One more turn of the corner, and at last he had found his prize! For a moment, he merely stood there, gazing in awe at the priceless treasure in front of him. Its beauty was just as great as its power. The statue was only a mere six inches tall, but that didn't deter its eye-catching ability one bit. Though the feline was not alive, it held its golden head proudly upon its body as if knowing just how powerful it truly was. The real beauty, however, came from its eyes. The right one was red, though the left was blue.

For a moment, he stood, gazing at the precious cat in front of him, before shaking his head rapidly, bringing himself out of his mesmerized state. Though, no one was around, he cautiously made his way to the pedestal. When he reached it, he looked over his shoulder before turning back to the figurine. When he was satisfied that nothing was going to jump out at him, he snatched the cat off the pedestal and flinched, waiting for a massive boulder to come chasing after him. A moment later, he cautiously opened one of his eyes and searched for a giant rock before straightening himself up again.

"I've got to stop watching all of those Indiana Jones movies," he muttered to himself, flying towards the door of the room.

Suddenly, the door in front of him slammed shut as the army of stone faces came to life, manipulating the walls to form gigantic bodies for themselves.

"Fudge," the stranger said, meekly.

As the stone army continued to grow, the thief tried desperately to phase through the door with no success.

"Double fudge," he replied.

A tap on the shoulder made him turn around and stare face to face with the giant stone army as they glared at him with their bright green eyes, preparing to swing their deadly blows.

"Triple fudge."

The tallest of the army swung his arm back. As it swung at his head, the ghost ducked, narrowly avoiding death. Though the giant missed the ghost, it did not miss the door. As quick as a wink, the intruder was off, flying rapidly through the new hole and dodging any stray boulders the stone army was now throwing. More and more soldiers seemed to be developing at every obstacle the intruder had managed to avoid. Of course, this made the giants even angrier, making them throw even larger boulders.

The frightened man did shoot several plasma rays at the soldiers, but quickly abandoned the effort as he saw his attacks were to no avail. If finding the statue was difficult for him in the first place, finding an exit and trying to stay alive while he was being attacked by non-living monsters was going to be impossible! At least, that's what he thought before one of the stone golems threw another heavy boulder at him. The thief successfully dodged this one, as well, but this time, the stone crashed straight through the temple's walls, creating an easy exit!

Laughing triumphantly, he flew off into the open air, but the army did not cease its chase. The stranger still had to dodge, various boulders, though thankfully, he had more room to do so. This didn't prevent the monsters from trapping him on the edge of a floating platform, however. While it is true, that a ghost might be able to fly, it is more difficult to fly after being hit by a stray boulder, which is exactly what happened to our poor fellow here.

While he had managed to successfully dodge the monsters' arsenal just a few moments earlier, he soon began to grow weak. He began to slow down, not much, but just a little. Unfortunately, it was just enough. The stones' aim was successful this time. Before he could realize it, the hybrid crash-landed to the dusty purple surface, still clinging onto the golden cat. He shuffled himself onto his knees just as a shadow came over him. He looked up and cried out as the golem held out one more rock.

Before it could throw it, however, a loud roar was heard. The roar was so powerful; the sound waves could actually be seen by the naked eye. Having a feeling that he knew the owner of this roar, the thief ducked and narrowly avoided being forced back by the roar's power. The monster was not so lucky. Before you could say, "Fudge," the golem and his army crashed into each other and broke into thousands of pebbles. With another triumphant laugh, the ghost hybrid shot up into the air and looked to see who had screamed. As soon as he saw the boy, the elder hybrid's smile vanished.

"Quadruple fudge."