Disclaimer:The characters are not mine. They belong to George Lucas and Steven Spielberg.
Chapter 1
India, 1931
Dusk fell around an ancient Indian temple. No one's stepped foot in it for centuries. God only knows how many booby traps were set up around this place, But that didn't stop the young archaeologist who went by the name of Indiana Jones from exploring it. As he stepped inside the abandoned temple he looked at the interior, studying his surroundings. from the looks of this place, I'd say this temple dates back to pre-Buddhism. Give or take 4,000 years. Maybe older. he thought to himself.
He walked up to the wall, where he saw carvings of a man being engulfed in flames. Indy had a feeling this had to do with the Hindu ritual of cremation. He started walking further into the temple, a room only a few feet before him. As he stepped into the next room, he looked at the artifacts laid out in the room. Pure gold objects, like vases and statues, standing before him. It never ceased to amaze him how artistic these people were, even during that time.
But as amazing as this was, these were not the objects he was looking for. He washere to find the Tattva scroll, An ancient scroll believed to hold the secret of the elements. He walked forward. Suddenly he heard a creak, and the floor fell open into a bottomless pit.
Aww, shit! He thought. As soon as the floor gave way, he reached for his whip. After flicking the whip over his head, He prayed to himself that it would cling to something, and to his amazement, he looked up to see the end of it wrapped around a support. He made a half smirk. Your luck holds out on you, again, Indy. He then started to look around. There had to be a ledge somewhere. Then he saw it, an opening to another room, and at the very end, sitting on top of what looked like an empty coffin, was the very thing he was looking for; The scroll. Bingo. He swung over to the ledge and landed inside.
Hope the floor doesn't give way again. He walked forward, stepping over a large button that activated Indy was sure something deadly. He stopped in front of it and observed. Strangely enough, it didn't seem to be attached to any booby trap. Indy then carefully picked it up and put it in his bag. Nothing happened. This seemed to easy. He straightened his fedora and turned, but too late did he realize that the button he tried to avoid, he accidentally stepped on. A wall of fire rose up out of nowhere.
That can't be good. and sure enough it wasn't. a trap door suddenly opened and he fell into a small room, and more fire started bursting out of the walls. I'm in trouble. He knew that if he couldn't find a way out soon, he'd lose oxygen and suffocate. He started to think of something to do. Looking around, he discovered a loose tile on the ground. Probably put there in case one of the builders got trapped. Indy thought. He moved the tile and discovered a staircase filled with water. Figures. He quickly jumped inside and began to swim.
It felt like he'd been swimming forever. His lungs felt as if they were ready to burst from how long he had to hold it, but he wouldn't give up. He had to get to the end, and hopefully, there would be an exit. After a long time of holding his he finally reached a surface, and crawled out to find a walkway to the outside. Thank god. he thought. He stepped out and stumbled through the jungle. He felt exhausted. Come on, Indy, your almost safe. But as he thought this, everything went black.
a/n: Hope you liked it. I had a hard time figuring out how he'd escape, so I'm hoping that was good enough. More to come soon. :)