CHAPTER 2, MORNING. THIS ONE VERY SHORT, AND I'M IN THE PROCESS OF RE-WRITING IT. I ONLY HAD TIME TO REMAKE THE HEADER ANNOUNCING MY INTENTIONS. SOON, YOU WILL FIND THIS CHAPTER UPDATED AND QUITE LONGER. BUT, FOR NOW, IT WILL REMAIN SHORT :(.
I woke up feeling like I had slept a life time. Aelita wasn't in the hammock, but I assumed she had just gotten up early. I climbed down and saw nothing but a neat circle of stones. No ashes… strange I thought, and went to look for Aelita. After searching around the camp site, I decided to check the tower since that was supposed to be the first thing to do today. "First, we're going to go to the tower and see if we can't find anything." I heard her say, the memory still fresh in my mind. As I was walking, I heard a buzzing noise, and quickly ducked behind a tree. A swarm of large wasps flew by. Frolions I thought as they buzzed away.
I found the tower quickly enough, In fact, I could see it from the camp site; but finding the entrance was the hard part. All I could find was a thick oily substance that I assumed was hiding the door. I started feeling around until I saw a ripple effect around my hand. I pulled my hand back quickly. I tried again, and pushed my hand completely inside. I felt the cool air of the tower on my hand and started to push myself in. I felt a sharp pain in my leg and turned around to see the Frolions. I pushed myself in the rest of the way and fell heavily on a bridge leading to the platform. I tried to stand up, without success, collapsing in pain.
After a few minutes, my leg felt strange, like it had been placed in cool water. I looked down, and I saw the blood flying away, and the mesh pulling itself back together. I watched and waited, and then when nothing happened, I tested my leg again. No pain I thought and smiled. I walked towards the platform and noticed that it was the same symbol as what I saw on the Frolions. The symbol was made of concentric rings with tails coming off of the outer ring. I stepped onto a ring, and it lit up and rang. I froze and looked around. After a few seconds, I continued. The second ring did the same, but the ring was lower pitched. The last ring was actually a circle. This one had the lowest ring of all three, and after stepping on it, I found that I was floating up.
I landed on another platform. This one was like the other one, but without a bridge, and it had a single panel in the center. This panel was floating, and it looks to be made of light. I touched it and it rippled like the oil outside. I placed my entire hand on the panel and a bar went across. After that, nothing happened, so I removed my hand. There was an outline of my hand that stayed as an after effect on the screen, and then it faded. I saw blue letters start to type out a word:
JAMES
This was a fun chapter to write. For those of you that have seen the Code Lyoko series, this will be easy for you to imagine. For those who haven't, I have placed details about his environment inside the tower. I hope I have left enough suspense in the cliff hanger, but this is the first cliff hanger I have ever written, so idk. Please R&R, and if you think you can add more suspense, re-write the last paragraph in your review. Finally, I'll see you on the dark side,
Foxtrek_64
