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Note: Some lyrics from 'Rockin Down the Highway' from the Biker Mice from Mars Soundtrack
1.1 When we left the story the Jedi's and the newcommers
were getting ready to jurney to the mountian. To save
Dash's teacher. So he will be able to tell them how they
can get back to the outside. But the other jedi's didn't
know that Dash wasn't going to go with them. She was
going to stay and contunue her fight.
2 Atlantis Part 2"The Jurney begins"
By Magic star
2.1.1.1 Copyright 2000
Allrights reserved
M
ost people in the village were rushing about getting things ready. Others were getting over the hangovers from the past night.
"Dash who will be coming with us tonight of your party?" asked Skipper as they both overlooked maps of the area.
"Well… myself, Ajax, Lead, Fang and Stele will be going. I will also bring a few others. But I don't know who yet." Just then a small teenage male mouse with yellow fur and black hair ran up to Dash. He was wearing brown pants that were ripped at the knees, a green shirt and a brown indian vest.
"Dash can I go too please?" he asked panting "I wanna go on an adventure and have excitement." Dash looked at Skipper who looked back at her and nodded.
"It's alright with us but you have to get permision from your pearents. And Twist, you better get your backpack ready if you wish to leave with us tomorrow." The young mouse smiled and huged her.
"You won't regret this Dash. See ya later!" he turned around and ran between two figures who were walking up to the table with dash and Skipper.
"Hey kid watch the speed limit will ya!" Fang yelled after the boy. They came up to the table and smiled
"Why was he so happy today?" asked Ajax
"He's coming with us to the temple" Skipper answered.
"The kid better watch himself then. He will wake the dead if he's not careful" grinned Fang
"Are you sure it's wise to bring a kid along? I mean, this is going to be dangerious."
"This is a great way for a sixteen year old boy to brush up on his fighting skills. And becides, he's only alowed to come if his pearents say so."
"Well alright. And I'll even make sure that he is looked after along the way." Dash smiled at him.
"Who else will be going?" asked a voice. They turned to see the group of newcommers who will be going and Lead and Stele.
"I just figured that out" Dash placed her fingers in her mouth and let out a loud whistle.. "Everyone this is Sassy. She is the mapps expert and will be guiding us to the tample." She said as she pointed to a silver female wolf as she walked over.
"I hope that who you bring with us are the best there is" Skipper smiled slightly
"All of the Jedi's are the best there is" corrected Dash. The jedi's who had heard that smiled proudly.
"And I take your word for it"
"You better, these Jedi's are the ones who will be protecting you and your group. Who have you decided to come along with us?"
"Alex, Brain,Gizmo, and Amber."
"Good, I'm glad you have decided on who's going" she turned to the rest of the group "The rest of you get your bags packed, and the horses saddled up, we leave in two hours." And with that they all walked off.
***
Young Twist was very excited about going along with the other jedi's. His friends had become jealous and they too asked Dash if they could go. Dash had said no because the group would become too big and it is hard to hide a large group incase danger comes along.
"I still don't believe he gets to go and we have to stay here" whined one of the teenage boys.
Ajax chuckled "first in first sereved boys. You will get your chance one day."
"No we won't. If you guys find the way back to the outside we will be all going home. That way we wont get a chance." Ollie crossed his arms angerly and pouted.
"Ah yes, home. I can't wait to see that again"
"But if we go back, where is Dash gonna stay? She has no known family on the outside" asked a teenage girl.
Ajax put his hand up to his chin and thought.
"Hmmm…that's a good point. She will probly join the army or soemthing. And join in the fighting, like most of us will do."
"Yeah maybe, But it sill isn't fair that we can't go"
"Cool down kid, when we get to the outside you will have plenty of adventures. And fighting aginst those Plutarkian things we have heard about so much,"
Stele walked up to him and Ajax turned around.
"Were leaving, come on we go now" Stele said and walked off.
"Well kids wish us luck" he smiled and walked off. The teenagers watched his back as he left.
"Good luck" they all said.
Ajax walked up to his horse, he placed his back on his back and mounted. He saw Twist mount on the back of Flame's horse. And the other mounted their rides. Dash mounted her horse, Flame.
"Everyone" she said "I leave Phil in charge until we get back." The jedi's whined as Phil stood proud. Dash rode her horse over to Phil's side and bent down to his ear.
"Don't over do it Phill." She whispered.
"Don't worry about anything Dash, you just look after yourslef." He smiled. She returned the smile and turned her head to see the others walking off towards the temple. "Phil, look after everyone." She said and she too wen't after the others.
Phil watched her back and nodded.
***
Hours later a servent of King Jeffory cam running into his chambers.
"Excuse me sire, but Dash and some of her troops have been spotted going towards Mt Dragaunus . They look as if they are going to be away for a while." The servent panted to the back of King Jeffory.
"Do you think it is possible that she is going to free her old teacher from the temple?" asked the king
"Yes, it is possible. But we are not so sure."
The king turned around and walked to the survent, his hands behind his back. "Where are they now?"
"In the Centor's plains, about one hour outside of the forest." The servent answered
"Centor's plains, huh? Hmmm… From memory, the Griffin lives there. Am I right?"
"Yes sire, he battles against the king of the Centors." The evil king thinks for a moment. He walks out of the room and down the hall. The serevtn walks to the door an looks after him.
"Sire what do you propose to do?" he asked him.
"I'm going to have a little talk with maddam Roseavelt." He ansered. He walked to the staircase that lead up to the tower. He knocked on the door and it slowly opened. He looked inside and saw a dusty, dirty room. Filled with books,a cauldren and many potions in bottles. The cauldren had a fire going undernigh it and a strong sick sent filled the room. It almost made the king throw up. An old female mouse stood at the cauldren stiring it with a giant wodden spoon. The room was a mess. There was dust, cobwebs, and lots of old stuff in the room.
"My loard, how may I help you?" asked the womman. Her hair was in a matted mess and her fur was now gray instead of silver.
"The jedi's have been sighted near Centor's plains. I wish to get a message to the griffen to distroy them, and bring Dash to me…alive" answered the king. The old womman took the spoon and poured some of the liquid from the culdrin onto a plate. She then walked over to a table and placed the plate on top. She took out a jar with the lable 'saborsquid eye's" and placed two in the dirty green liquid. The king looked ill at the sight of two staring eyes looking up at him. The womman that grabed another jar, 'rat's seamon' was the lable. The King turned away, turring green under his fur. She placed that into the liquid as well. The womman stired the liquid and poured it into a glass, and handed it to the king.
"Drink" she said. The king looked at her eyes wide. "If you drink then your message will be taken to the griffin, imedently." The king took the glass and studied it. The two eye balls floated in the green liquid. He grabed another glass and topped it with water. Then he drank the stuff the witch had given him. It tasted alful. Kinda like gym scocks, bad rootbeer and rotten eggs mixed well together. He quickly finished and grabbed the glass of water and guzzled it all down. Then quickly left, hoping the message got though and that the bad taste in his mouth would go away.
***
"….The highway patrol's got his eye on me.
Know what he's thinkin and it ain't no good.
Moving so fast he can barely see me.
Gonna lose that man I know I should.
I got to kick in the pedal,
Make the car move a little bit faster.
Can't stop, and I can't stop,
Gotta keep movin or I'll loose my mind…" four happy riders sang there song to entertain the other riders.
"Oh god, please can I kill them?" asked a very irratated Stele to his leader. As the four still contunued to sing in loud, strong voices…
"…Oh, rockin' down the highway
Oh, rockin' down the highway
Oh, rockin' down the highway
2.1.2 Oh, rockin' down the highway."
"STOP!!" growled Sassy from the front of the line. "I can't concentrate."
"Awww sweetheart, don't you love our singing?" asked Gizmo smiling sweetly.
"Your singing could wake the dead! Now please stop! Remember I'm trying to find the way to the temple." The four wanna-be singers became silent and began talking amongst themselves.
"Dash where are we?" asked Skipper as he pulled his horse up to Dash's side.
"The Centaur's plains, but not to worry they are good friends."
"Is there any danger we should know about?"
"There is a creature called a griffin, it is half lion half egal. It terrorizes the Centaur's and has a habit of hunting wondering travelers such as ourselves." The Skipper turned to her with a worried look. Dash saw this out of the corner of her eye and gave him a small grin.
"Stay calm, we have fought him before It should be easy."
"Should?"
"Yeah we havn't faught him for a while. Don't know if he has new fighting skills or not."
"I doubt it. He's too stupid to make any new attacks" Lead interupted.
"Ah too true bro." Agreed Fang.
"So Dash what exactly happened when you arived on Atlantis?" asked Skipper. The Jedi's frowned as they knew what happened to her. It was a painful memory for Dash, and they didn't think she would like to talk about it. Dash closed her eyes and sighed, then looked back at him.
"Well it all started when I was five years old……" All of the people listening to the story imagine a siling ship riding through the ocean.
"…… My pearents, their crew and myself were all traveling across this ocean. You see my pearents were the head of a shipping company. They traveled all over Mars. Well anyway we were about 65 miles north of here when we were suddently in the fierce storm that surrounds this island. After we laned on the island we lived together. We created a small village, simular to the Jedi village. We lived their for a while and after a few weeks king jeffory came in the midle of the night and killed them all. I managed to escape and I ran into the jungle where I was found by the Centor leader 'Rodolphe' who took me to my Jedi teacher 'Mack'. Mack taught me how to fight and also taught me all about the island, of it's dangers. I met Flame here
looks down at her horse "a few years later, he then was just a foal of course, and I learned to ride. That was also when Mack was trapped in the temple. I tried my best to free him but it was impossible. When I became ten the first ship since my pearent's ship came through the storm. It was then I became the leader of the Jedi's."
Dash looks back at her Jedi friends and smiled.
"That's when I met half of the Jedi's including those here now." The Jedi's smile.
"So no one has been able to free Mack, huh?" Dash shakes her head 'no'.
"Do you think it is possible fo us to succeed in freeing him?" asked Skipper.
Dash shrugs.
"I suppose it could be possible, some of the other tribes have also tried. Some of them dieing in the process." The sailors gulps.
***
Later that day they were all now in a giant meddow, only a few trees were around. Young Twist, Ajax, Gizmo and Brain were racing eachother, ahead of the other members of the group.
"Hmuph…children" mumbled Sassy as she watched them. Dash smiled and shock her head as she watched.
"They souldn't be having fun, this is an important mission"
"Sassy just because it's a mission doesn't mean we can't have a little fun along the way. Just remember these days before we rescue the dude in the temple were going back home" smiles Fang.
Dash suddently frowned. She thought of how lownly it will become when they leave. She didn't know if she was going to stay in the village. Actually no point in staying there. She might go to some of the villages and kingdoms and organise an army to go against Jeffory and get rid of him, once and for all.
Alex saw Dash's face, she didn't look excited and he wondered why? He also wondered how she had managed to be the leader of all these people. Hell she became leader at the age of 10! That's amazing!
'She's amazing' he thought ' and beautiful too.' Ever since he first saw her he fell for her deeply. She wasn't like most girls. Something was very different about her, something he couldn't quite put his finger on. He now wasn't sorry he kissed her. Actually he wanted to do it again but he knew she wouldn't want a guy like him. He sighed and looked at the road ahead.
Suddently!!!
A loud lion-like roar filled the air followed by a suddon gush of wind. The party looked up to see a half egal half lion creature flying over head.
"GRIFFIN!!!!" yelled Lead. The griffin swooped at them causing Skippers horse to fall over. He yelled in pain as the horse landed on his leg and struggled to get up. Dash and the other Jedi's broagut out their swords and began slashing at the Griffin as it swooped at them again.
Hearing the attack from afar Gizmo, Ajax, Brain and Twister came running at the Griffin. Them too slashing their swords.
Sassy, Lead and Stele brought out their bows_and_arrows and began firing at the creature. Hitting several times along the legs and back. But they did not seam to be effecting it.
The griffin had the head of an egal and the body of a lion. It had two front egal-like claws at the front and lion-like paws at the back. It had two giant egal wings and a lions tail.
Dash dropped down from her horse and helped Skipper up. His foot had been brocken by the horse. Dash held him up and looked to the east. There she saw about 15 more griffin's flying towards them roaring like lions.
"Heads up!!! We got more a coming!!!" she yelled to her friends.
"We must retret Dash, we can't stand up to that many griffins by ourselves!!" yelled Ajax as he dodged the griffin's claws. Dash was about to call for a retret when they heard many war-cry's. They looked over to the hill and saw about 23 centors galoping towards them, slashing their swords in the air.
"Who are they?" asked Amber
"I don't know but I hope there here to help out" Gizmo answered.
The centors (both male and female) ran over and began attacking the griffins. The Jedi's and sailors helped out as well. A big white centor with the body of a normal earth fox and the torco of a martian fox galloped up to Dash and Skipper. He was much older than Dash. About 63 years old but his age didn't show.
"Radolph! Man I'm glad to see you bro" smiled Dash
"Good to be seeing you to Dash. You seam to have a bird problem" he chuckled.
"Yeah the scarecrows just don't seam to be working" she snickered
"No problem, we'll help pluck the feathers out of these oversized turkeys." They turned at a sudden roar from one of the griffins. It had a sword cut deep in it's chest and fell to the ground in a bloddy heap. The other griffins saw the death of the leader and flaped off. Feathers falling behind them. The Centors, jedi's and sailors yelled in victory and they all greeted eachother.
"Skipper, this is Radolph. Radolph this is Skipper, he is captian of the ship that came though a few days ago." Dash introduced. Skipper and Radolph shock hands.
"Ah yes the outsiders. You were unfortunate to run into Jeffery I have heard"
"yes but the Jedi's came and got us out just in time."
Radolph smiled at Dash.
"Yet another mission gone successful. You are becoming quite a worrior in the past few years. And you have grown up a lot since the last time we met."
"Well time changes people Rad, I have learned a lot."
"So I have noticed. Listen it is getting near dusk soon, and your friends need somewhere safe to sleep the night. Come back to the village and stay the night. It will be like old times."
Dash looked around at the other jedi's and sailors who nodded. Indeed they were tired and the centor village is a safe place. Also they will have medical equipment for Skippers foot.
"Alright" she turns to the sailors and Jedi's once more "but none of you are drinking alachol. I don't need worriors with hang-overs tomorrow." They whined. Some of the Centors chuckled and snickered.
They all then began walking to the Centor village.
***
They had rrived in the Centor village about 3 hours ago. The village was simular to thet of the Jedi's. But it was hidden behind a waterfall in a secret vally. The travelers were all chatting away with eachother and the Centors while in the middle of the circle a spit was turning with griffin meat spinning over an open flame. Skippers foot had been attended to and he was quietly resting in one of the guest bedrooms.
Dash had been explaining everything to Radolph.
"That's going to be hard Dash, you should let some of my men come along with you."
"No I can't take anymore there will be too many people in my party."
"Then just take three of them."
Dash nodded.
"Who would wish to come with us" Dash asked
"My son"
"Your son? I didn't know you had one."
"Yes I have one. He returned to us a few years ago after you left and created the Jedi's. I think he would love to go."
"Your right dad, I would" said a voice.
The two of them turned around and found a centor about 5 years older than Dash. He looked the same as his father, but had a great thick scar going across his chest from one side to the other. His hair was short blonde and went down to his shouldures. Bits of his hair dangled over his face. He wore just a leather vest. And around his waist where the torco and the rest of his body met was a belt. Around it was a sword, a stele bomerang and a small pouch.
"This is my son Garrick, son this is Dash leader of the Jedi's." Garrick took Dash's hand in his and gently kissed the backs of her knuckles and fingers.
"A honor and a pleasure M'lady" he said in a gentle voice. Dash felt her cheeks start to get hot. Was she blushing? She was, that had never happened to her before. She had to admit, for a centor he wasn't half bad looking. She shock all the thoughts out of her head.
"Hello, are you sure you wish to come with us?" she asked
"Of course, it would be my honor to escort a lovely lady such as yourself to the temple." He grinned sweetly.
"You could charm a fish out of water" she chuckled. He shock his head.
"Alredy done. Me and some of the guys went to the lake and a fish jumped straight out of the water and on the ground, right in front of me!"
Dash chuckled "What luck. Well welcome abord. Garrick. You are welcome to bring along two more centors with ya.."
Garrick nodded and kissed her hand once again and trotted off to his friends.
Dash turned to Radolph and smiled. "Nice guy."
Radolph smiled.
*****
Back at Jeffory's castle
Jeffory watched again as Maddan Roseavelt was searching through her coubards.
"Can you tell me the future?" he asked
"Aye that I can. What part do you wish to see?"
"I want to see where Dash and her group will be tomorrow. So I can have another chance at distroying them. The Griffons were defeatedby those damn centors."
"Alright I'll see what I can do for you My Lord." Opening up a jar and walking over to the table she placed some blood into a shallow plate. She then added some snake scales and dog meat. She mixed the ingredents together with a long fingernail while mumbling some incarnations.
The king looked down into the mixture and saw a vision of deaths Vally.
"Excelent! I know exactly how to kill her now!" He hurried out the door, leaving the old womman staring at the door.
He ran down the stairs and ordered that a few of his guards were to be brought before him,. Not long after 4 of his best were neeling infront of him.
"I want you four to go to Deaths Vally. Dash and her group will be there sometime tomorrow. Here's what I want you to do……"
*****
The next morning the travelers left, along with three centors (including Garrick). Skipper and Dash rode side by side. The other's were around them, talking amongst themselves. The centors had gone ahead incase of danger.
"So before we run into some more unwanted danger. Mind telling us what else we have to watch out for?" aked Skipper.
"Well there's Griffins, evil spirits, evil kings and loards, all different creatures, pirates and a whole heep of other people." Dash replied.
"Oh great, and I thought we had been through all the danger."
Dash chuckled "Oh please the icing isn't on the cake yet"
"Did someone say cake?" Gizmo asked, ears perking up. Skipper rolled his eyes and shock his head.
"Dash! Over here!" yelled Garrick in a worried tone. The group rode over to the three Centors. Standing infront of a large bush.
"What is it?"
Garrick and his friends pulled the bushes away to reveal something that would make any normal person gag, and bring up their cookies (or whatever they had for breakfast). There on a large stick was a decomposing martian body. The skin, barely attached, and wrinkled. The eyes were dried up and clouded, and the clothes of this poor martian were shread into many pieces. There were also three smaller poles around it, with martian skulls apon them. With daggers in their forehead. On the floor were bones of the dearly departed. (Authers note: COOL!)
Amber, and Sassy covered their mouths to keep from throwing up. The others looked in shock at it all.
Skipper was the first to break the silence. "What do you make of all this?" He turned to Dash.
"Were at the borders to Deaths Vally. This stuff here is to scare people into going back."
Alex tuned to her "What exactly is Deaths Vally?"
Sassy answered for her after she got her stomach back. "It's where pirates and other creatures bury their dead. They say that after they have been here for a while the spirits rise and travel the valley until they crossover. There are some spirits in there that take over your body and make you kill yourself. That's why they have this warning." She pointed to the dead bodies.
"Oh what a wonderful place this is, good thing we don't have to cross it" sighed Gizmo.
Dash looked at him seriously "actually…..yes we do have to travel across it." Everyone looked at her.
"WHAT!!"
"There is no way around it. Besides those stories aren't real their just makebelieve. You are all getting worked over nothing." Dash lightly kicked her horse in the ribs and they trotted off past the dead bodies. "Come on you guys the sooner we get across the vally the sooner we get to the temple."
The group hesitated at first but then began to follow the Jedi leader. Not noticing the four figures close behind them.
The vally was a desert, bones of all different sized creatures laid around. Some of them had even been here before the island was isolated from the rest of the planet. As they walked on they came across tar pits which bubbled in the heat. Leaving off the most discusting scent.
"Ugggg! This is sick" comented Gizmo.
"I agree with you there bro" Brain said as he placed his bandanna around his nose.
Dash hushed them as her ears picked up a soft sound what seamed to be off in the distance. But shock the feeling away as nothing was seen. They then came across some skeletons, hung up by rusted poles. Around them were jewls and gold.
"Wow…they are so cool." Twist said as he reached over to touch one of the jewls. A hand came out and stoped his arm instently.
Garrick stood holding onto the boys hand. A warning look on his face.
"Never steal from a dead guy kid. Expessually in Deaths Vally."
Twist looked at him confused. "…..Why not"
"They say that if you steal anything in Deaths Valey, you awaken the worrier spirits."
"What are they?" Skipper thought to ask.
Dash answered for Garrick. "The worrier spirits are ghosts and if they touch you they tke your soal right out of your body and take it to the under world."
Twist grimiced and placed his hand back on his hoses rails and nudged it forward. He didn't want anything like that to happen to him or any of his friends.
"Let go then." The group hurried their horses off, contunuing their journey through the vally.
That night the group were still in the Vally and decided to make camp. They were all sitting snugly around a large campfire. Used for heat, light and to keep the evil spirits away. Twist shivered and leaned on Ajax who patted his shoulder comfertly. None of them liked the idea of spending a night there, but they know it would be safer camoing instead of traveling through the vally at night. At least they had some warmth and light.
Around them they could hear the sounds of the wind whistling through the bones. This made them shiver.
Alex looked up from the fire and couldn't find Dash anywhere. Garrick and his friends were keeping eachother warm while trying to get some sleep, while Sassy and Amber were talking silently amongst themselves. Twist was talking with Ajax, lead, Stele and Fang. Brain, Gizmo and the Skipper were staring at the fire. Gizmo holding a stick and poking the fire from time to time.
He looked behind himself and found Dash standing a fir distance away from the fire. Covered in her cloak. He could easily see themisty fog come out of her mouth as he breathed. She had told them that the vally gets very cold at night because of all the death in it. She said it had something to do with the spirits still roming the land.
Alex got up quietly and walked towards her. Brain followed his movements and smiled as he turned back to the fire.
Dash felt someone come close to her and turned around quickly to find Alex standing there. She let out a relieved sigh and shivered slighty.
"What are you doing away from the fire?" she asked.
"I could ask you the same thing."
Dash looked back over the vally. "Im keeping watch. Just incase anything happens."
"Your cold" he said, indicating to her goosebumps and shivering. He topok off the blanket and wraped it around her.
She smiled at him in thanks.
He smiled back and stook next to her wating out for anything
While they were watching they heard a more ghostly sound from where they came from. They looked towards where the sound came from. They noticed that everyone elce had noticed it also and were looking in the same direction.
They contunued to watch silently. The silence was nearly deafening. Then from out of one of the cave came a loud screeching noise. Their ears picked up as it came louder and louder. They also noticed a bright light coming closer and closer. None of them could make it out, but Dash did. Her eyes grew wide as she saw the 6 images on horseback.
"RUN FOR IT!!!! IT'S THE WORRIER SPIRITS!!!"
End of Part 2
What is Jeffory's plan?
Are they ever going to get out of Deaths Vally?
Are the Worrier Spirits going to take their soals and take them to the underworld?
Will Dash and Alex ever get to second base?
Will they ever get to first base?
Stuff those two questions will they ever get together PERIOD?!!
Will the writer make a bondage sene in the next episode?
(Depends on what my little mind comes up with)
Watch out for the next part of Atlantis: Danger Has Many Faces.
CLIFFHANGER! AHHHH!!
….your wierd
Happy reading (
Note: Some lyrics from 'Rockin Down the Highway' from the Biker Mice from Mars Soundtrack
1.1 When we left the story the Jedi's and the newcommers
were getting ready to jurney to the mountian. To save
Dash's teacher. So he will be able to tell them how they
can get back to the outside. But the other jedi's didn't
know that Dash wasn't going to go with them. She was
going to stay and contunue her fight.
2 Atlantis Part 2"The Jurney begins"
By Magic star
2.1.1.1 Copyright 2000
Allrights reserved
M
ost people in the village were rushing about getting things ready. Others were getting over the hangovers from the past night.
"Dash who will be coming with us tonight of your party?" asked Skipper as they both overlooked maps of the area.
"Well… myself, Ajax, Lead, Fang and Stele will be going. I will also bring a few others. But I don't know who yet." Just then a small teenage male mouse with yellow fur and black hair ran up to Dash. He was wearing brown pants that were ripped at the knees, a green shirt and a brown indian vest.
"Dash can I go too please?" he asked panting "I wanna go on an adventure and have excitement." Dash looked at Skipper who looked back at her and nodded.
"It's alright with us but you have to get permision from your pearents. And Twist, you better get your backpack ready if you wish to leave with us tomorrow." The young mouse smiled and huged her.
"You won't regret this Dash. See ya later!" he turned around and ran between two figures who were walking up to the table with dash and Skipper.
"Hey kid watch the speed limit will ya!" Fang yelled after the boy. They came up to the table and smiled
"Why was he so happy today?" asked Ajax
"He's coming with us to the temple" Skipper answered.
"The kid better watch himself then. He will wake the dead if he's not careful" grinned Fang
"Are you sure it's wise to bring a kid along? I mean, this is going to be dangerious."
"This is a great way for a sixteen year old boy to brush up on his fighting skills. And becides, he's only alowed to come if his pearents say so."
"Well alright. And I'll even make sure that he is looked after along the way." Dash smiled at him.
"Who else will be going?" asked a voice. They turned to see the group of newcommers who will be going and Lead and Stele.
"I just figured that out" Dash placed her fingers in her mouth and let out a loud whistle.. "Everyone this is Sassy. She is the mapps expert and will be guiding us to the tample." She said as she pointed to a silver female wolf as she walked over.
"I hope that who you bring with us are the best there is" Skipper smiled slightly
"All of the Jedi's are the best there is" corrected Dash. The jedi's who had heard that smiled proudly.
"And I take your word for it"
"You better, these Jedi's are the ones who will be protecting you and your group. Who have you decided to come along with us?"
"Alex, Brain,Gizmo, and Amber."
"Good, I'm glad you have decided on who's going" she turned to the rest of the group "The rest of you get your bags packed, and the horses saddled up, we leave in two hours." And with that they all walked off.
***
Young Twist was very excited about going along with the other jedi's. His friends had become jealous and they too asked Dash if they could go. Dash had said no because the group would become too big and it is hard to hide a large group incase danger comes along.
"I still don't believe he gets to go and we have to stay here" whined one of the teenage boys.
Ajax chuckled "first in first sereved boys. You will get your chance one day."
"No we won't. If you guys find the way back to the outside we will be all going home. That way we wont get a chance." Ollie crossed his arms angerly and pouted.
"Ah yes, home. I can't wait to see that again"
"But if we go back, where is Dash gonna stay? She has no known family on the outside" asked a teenage girl.
Ajax put his hand up to his chin and thought.
"Hmmm…that's a good point. She will probly join the army or soemthing. And join in the fighting, like most of us will do."
"Yeah maybe, But it sill isn't fair that we can't go"
"Cool down kid, when we get to the outside you will have plenty of adventures. And fighting aginst those Plutarkian things we have heard about so much,"
Stele walked up to him and Ajax turned around.
"Were leaving, come on we go now" Stele said and walked off.
"Well kids wish us luck" he smiled and walked off. The teenagers watched his back as he left.
"Good luck" they all said.
Ajax walked up to his horse, he placed his back on his back and mounted. He saw Twist mount on the back of Flame's horse. And the other mounted their rides. Dash mounted her horse, Flame.
"Everyone" she said "I leave Phil in charge until we get back." The jedi's whined as Phil stood proud. Dash rode her horse over to Phil's side and bent down to his ear.
"Don't over do it Phill." She whispered.
"Don't worry about anything Dash, you just look after yourslef." He smiled. She returned the smile and turned her head to see the others walking off towards the temple. "Phil, look after everyone." She said and she too wen't after the others.
Phil watched her back and nodded.
***
Hours later a servent of King Jeffory cam running into his chambers.
"Excuse me sire, but Dash and some of her troops have been spotted going towards Mt Dragaunus . They look as if they are going to be away for a while." The servent panted to the back of King Jeffory.
"Do you think it is possible that she is going to free her old teacher from the temple?" asked the king
"Yes, it is possible. But we are not so sure."
The king turned around and walked to the survent, his hands behind his back. "Where are they now?"
"In the Centor's plains, about one hour outside of the forest." The servent answered
"Centor's plains, huh? Hmmm… From memory, the Griffin lives there. Am I right?"
"Yes sire, he battles against the king of the Centors." The evil king thinks for a moment. He walks out of the room and down the hall. The serevtn walks to the door an looks after him.
"Sire what do you propose to do?" he asked him.
"I'm going to have a little talk with maddam Roseavelt." He ansered. He walked to the staircase that lead up to the tower. He knocked on the door and it slowly opened. He looked inside and saw a dusty, dirty room. Filled with books,a cauldren and many potions in bottles. The cauldren had a fire going undernigh it and a strong sick sent filled the room. It almost made the king throw up. An old female mouse stood at the cauldren stiring it with a giant wodden spoon. The room was a mess. There was dust, cobwebs, and lots of old stuff in the room.
"My loard, how may I help you?" asked the womman. Her hair was in a matted mess and her fur was now gray instead of silver.
"The jedi's have been sighted near Centor's plains. I wish to get a message to the griffen to distroy them, and bring Dash to me…alive" answered the king. The old womman took the spoon and poured some of the liquid from the culdrin onto a plate. She then walked over to a table and placed the plate on top. She took out a jar with the lable 'saborsquid eye's" and placed two in the dirty green liquid. The king looked ill at the sight of two staring eyes looking up at him. The womman that grabed another jar, 'rat's seamon' was the lable. The King turned away, turring green under his fur. She placed that into the liquid as well. The womman stired the liquid and poured it into a glass, and handed it to the king.
"Drink" she said. The king looked at her eyes wide. "If you drink then your message will be taken to the griffin, imedently." The king took the glass and studied it. The two eye balls floated in the green liquid. He grabed another glass and topped it with water. Then he drank the stuff the witch had given him. It tasted alful. Kinda like gym scocks, bad rootbeer and rotten eggs mixed well together. He quickly finished and grabbed the glass of water and guzzled it all down. Then quickly left, hoping the message got though and that the bad taste in his mouth would go away.
***
"….The highway patrol's got his eye on me.
Know what he's thinkin and it ain't no good.
Moving so fast he can barely see me.
Gonna lose that man I know I should.
I got to kick in the pedal,
Make the car move a little bit faster.
Can't stop, and I can't stop,
Gotta keep movin or I'll loose my mind…" four happy riders sang there song to entertain the other riders.
"Oh god, please can I kill them?" asked a very irratated Stele to his leader. As the four still contunued to sing in loud, strong voices…
"…Oh, rockin' down the highway
Oh, rockin' down the highway
Oh, rockin' down the highway
2.1.2 Oh, rockin' down the highway."
"STOP!!" growled Sassy from the front of the line. "I can't concentrate."
"Awww sweetheart, don't you love our singing?" asked Gizmo smiling sweetly.
"Your singing could wake the dead! Now please stop! Remember I'm trying to find the way to the temple." The four wanna-be singers became silent and began talking amongst themselves.
"Dash where are we?" asked Skipper as he pulled his horse up to Dash's side.
"The Centaur's plains, but not to worry they are good friends."
"Is there any danger we should know about?"
"There is a creature called a griffin, it is half lion half egal. It terrorizes the Centaur's and has a habit of hunting wondering travelers such as ourselves." The Skipper turned to her with a worried look. Dash saw this out of the corner of her eye and gave him a small grin.
"Stay calm, we have fought him before It should be easy."
"Should?"
"Yeah we havn't faught him for a while. Don't know if he has new fighting skills or not."
"I doubt it. He's too stupid to make any new attacks" Lead interupted.
"Ah too true bro." Agreed Fang.
"So Dash what exactly happened when you arived on Atlantis?" asked Skipper. The Jedi's frowned as they knew what happened to her. It was a painful memory for Dash, and they didn't think she would like to talk about it. Dash closed her eyes and sighed, then looked back at him.
"Well it all started when I was five years old……" All of the people listening to the story imagine a siling ship riding through the ocean.
"…… My pearents, their crew and myself were all traveling across this ocean. You see my pearents were the head of a shipping company. They traveled all over Mars. Well anyway we were about 65 miles north of here when we were suddently in the fierce storm that surrounds this island. After we laned on the island we lived together. We created a small village, simular to the Jedi village. We lived their for a while and after a few weeks king jeffory came in the midle of the night and killed them all. I managed to escape and I ran into the jungle where I was found by the Centor leader 'Rodolphe' who took me to my Jedi teacher 'Mack'. Mack taught me how to fight and also taught me all about the island, of it's dangers. I met Flame here
looks down at her horse "a few years later, he then was just a foal of course, and I learned to ride. That was also when Mack was trapped in the temple. I tried my best to free him but it was impossible. When I became ten the first ship since my pearent's ship came through the storm. It was then I became the leader of the Jedi's."
Dash looks back at her Jedi friends and smiled.
"That's when I met half of the Jedi's including those here now." The Jedi's smile.
"So no one has been able to free Mack, huh?" Dash shakes her head 'no'.
"Do you think it is possible fo us to succeed in freeing him?" asked Skipper.
Dash shrugs.
"I suppose it could be possible, some of the other tribes have also tried. Some of them dieing in the process." The sailors gulps.
***
Later that day they were all now in a giant meddow, only a few trees were around. Young Twist, Ajax, Gizmo and Brain were racing eachother, ahead of the other members of the group.
"Hmuph…children" mumbled Sassy as she watched them. Dash smiled and shock her head as she watched.
"They souldn't be having fun, this is an important mission"
"Sassy just because it's a mission doesn't mean we can't have a little fun along the way. Just remember these days before we rescue the dude in the temple were going back home" smiles Fang.
Dash suddently frowned. She thought of how lownly it will become when they leave. She didn't know if she was going to stay in the village. Actually no point in staying there. She might go to some of the villages and kingdoms and organise an army to go against Jeffory and get rid of him, once and for all.
Alex saw Dash's face, she didn't look excited and he wondered why? He also wondered how she had managed to be the leader of all these people. Hell she became leader at the age of 10! That's amazing!
'She's amazing' he thought ' and beautiful too.' Ever since he first saw her he fell for her deeply. She wasn't like most girls. Something was very different about her, something he couldn't quite put his finger on. He now wasn't sorry he kissed her. Actually he wanted to do it again but he knew she wouldn't want a guy like him. He sighed and looked at the road ahead.
Suddently!!!
A loud lion-like roar filled the air followed by a suddon gush of wind. The party looked up to see a half egal half lion creature flying over head.
"GRIFFIN!!!!" yelled Lead. The griffin swooped at them causing Skippers horse to fall over. He yelled in pain as the horse landed on his leg and struggled to get up. Dash and the other Jedi's broagut out their swords and began slashing at the Griffin as it swooped at them again.
Hearing the attack from afar Gizmo, Ajax, Brain and Twister came running at the Griffin. Them too slashing their swords.
Sassy, Lead and Stele brought out their bows_and_arrows and began firing at the creature. Hitting several times along the legs and back. But they did not seam to be effecting it.
The griffin had the head of an egal and the body of a lion. It had two front egal-like claws at the front and lion-like paws at the back. It had two giant egal wings and a lions tail.
Dash dropped down from her horse and helped Skipper up. His foot had been brocken by the horse. Dash held him up and looked to the east. There she saw about 15 more griffin's flying towards them roaring like lions.
"Heads up!!! We got more a coming!!!" she yelled to her friends.
"We must retret Dash, we can't stand up to that many griffins by ourselves!!" yelled Ajax as he dodged the griffin's claws. Dash was about to call for a retret when they heard many war-cry's. They looked over to the hill and saw about 23 centors galoping towards them, slashing their swords in the air.
"Who are they?" asked Amber
"I don't know but I hope there here to help out" Gizmo answered.
The centors (both male and female) ran over and began attacking the griffins. The Jedi's and sailors helped out as well. A big white centor with the body of a normal earth fox and the torco of a martian fox galloped up to Dash and Skipper. He was much older than Dash. About 63 years old but his age didn't show.
"Radolph! Man I'm glad to see you bro" smiled Dash
"Good to be seeing you to Dash. You seam to have a bird problem" he chuckled.
"Yeah the scarecrows just don't seam to be working" she snickered
"No problem, we'll help pluck the feathers out of these oversized turkeys." They turned at a sudden roar from one of the griffins. It had a sword cut deep in it's chest and fell to the ground in a bloddy heap. The other griffins saw the death of the leader and flaped off. Feathers falling behind them. The Centors, jedi's and sailors yelled in victory and they all greeted eachother.
"Skipper, this is Radolph. Radolph this is Skipper, he is captian of the ship that came though a few days ago." Dash introduced. Skipper and Radolph shock hands.
"Ah yes the outsiders. You were unfortunate to run into Jeffery I have heard"
"yes but the Jedi's came and got us out just in time."
Radolph smiled at Dash.
"Yet another mission gone successful. You are becoming quite a worrior in the past few years. And you have grown up a lot since the last time we met."
"Well time changes people Rad, I have learned a lot."
"So I have noticed. Listen it is getting near dusk soon, and your friends need somewhere safe to sleep the night. Come back to the village and stay the night. It will be like old times."
Dash looked around at the other jedi's and sailors who nodded. Indeed they were tired and the centor village is a safe place. Also they will have medical equipment for Skippers foot.
"Alright" she turns to the sailors and Jedi's once more "but none of you are drinking alachol. I don't need worriors with hang-overs tomorrow." They whined. Some of the Centors chuckled and snickered.
They all then began walking to the Centor village.
***
They had rrived in the Centor village about 3 hours ago. The village was simular to thet of the Jedi's. But it was hidden behind a waterfall in a secret vally. The travelers were all chatting away with eachother and the Centors while in the middle of the circle a spit was turning with griffin meat spinning over an open flame. Skippers foot had been attended to and he was quietly resting in one of the guest bedrooms.
Dash had been explaining everything to Radolph.
"That's going to be hard Dash, you should let some of my men come along with you."
"No I can't take anymore there will be too many people in my party."
"Then just take three of them."
Dash nodded.
"Who would wish to come with us" Dash asked
"My son"
"Your son? I didn't know you had one."
"Yes I have one. He returned to us a few years ago after you left and created the Jedi's. I think he would love to go."
"Your right dad, I would" said a voice.
The two of them turned around and found a centor about 5 years older than Dash. He looked the same as his father, but had a great thick scar going across his chest from one side to the other. His hair was short blonde and went down to his shouldures. Bits of his hair dangled over his face. He wore just a leather vest. And around his waist where the torco and the rest of his body met was a belt. Around it was a sword, a stele bomerang and a small pouch.
"This is my son Garrick, son this is Dash leader of the Jedi's." Garrick took Dash's hand in his and gently kissed the backs of her knuckles and fingers.
"A honor and a pleasure M'lady" he said in a gentle voice. Dash felt her cheeks start to get hot. Was she blushing? She was, that had never happened to her before. She had to admit, for a centor he wasn't half bad looking. She shock all the thoughts out of her head.
"Hello, are you sure you wish to come with us?" she asked
"Of course, it would be my honor to escort a lovely lady such as yourself to the temple." He grinned sweetly.
"You could charm a fish out of water" she chuckled. He shock his head.
"Alredy done. Me and some of the guys went to the lake and a fish jumped straight out of the water and on the ground, right in front of me!"
Dash chuckled "What luck. Well welcome abord. Garrick. You are welcome to bring along two more centors with ya.."
Garrick nodded and kissed her hand once again and trotted off to his friends.
Dash turned to Radolph and smiled. "Nice guy."
Radolph smiled.
*****
Back at Jeffory's castle
Jeffory watched again as Maddan Roseavelt was searching through her coubards.
"Can you tell me the future?" he asked
"Aye that I can. What part do you wish to see?"
"I want to see where Dash and her group will be tomorrow. So I can have another chance at distroying them. The Griffons were defeatedby those damn centors."
"Alright I'll see what I can do for you My Lord." Opening up a jar and walking over to the table she placed some blood into a shallow plate. She then added some snake scales and dog meat. She mixed the ingredents together with a long fingernail while mumbling some incarnations.
The king looked down into the mixture and saw a vision of deaths Vally.
"Excelent! I know exactly how to kill her now!" He hurried out the door, leaving the old womman staring at the door.
He ran down the stairs and ordered that a few of his guards were to be brought before him,. Not long after 4 of his best were neeling infront of him.
"I want you four to go to Deaths Vally. Dash and her group will be there sometime tomorrow. Here's what I want you to do……"
*****
The next morning the travelers left, along with three centors (including Garrick). Skipper and Dash rode side by side. The other's were around them, talking amongst themselves. The centors had gone ahead incase of danger.
"So before we run into some more unwanted danger. Mind telling us what else we have to watch out for?" aked Skipper.
"Well there's Griffins, evil spirits, evil kings and loards, all different creatures, pirates and a whole heep of other people." Dash replied.
"Oh great, and I thought we had been through all the danger."
Dash chuckled "Oh please the icing isn't on the cake yet"
"Did someone say cake?" Gizmo asked, ears perking up. Skipper rolled his eyes and shock his head.
"Dash! Over here!" yelled Garrick in a worried tone. The group rode over to the three Centors. Standing infront of a large bush.
"What is it?"
Garrick and his friends pulled the bushes away to reveal something that would make any normal person gag, and bring up their cookies (or whatever they had for breakfast). There on a large stick was a decomposing martian body. The skin, barely attached, and wrinkled. The eyes were dried up and clouded, and the clothes of this poor martian were shread into many pieces. There were also three smaller poles around it, with martian skulls apon them. With daggers in their forehead. On the floor were bones of the dearly departed. (Authers note: COOL!)
Amber, and Sassy covered their mouths to keep from throwing up. The others looked in shock at it all.
Skipper was the first to break the silence. "What do you make of all this?" He turned to Dash.
"Were at the borders to Deaths Vally. This stuff here is to scare people into going back."
Alex tuned to her "What exactly is Deaths Vally?"
Sassy answered for her after she got her stomach back. "It's where pirates and other creatures bury their dead. They say that after they have been here for a while the spirits rise and travel the valley until they crossover. There are some spirits in there that take over your body and make you kill yourself. That's why they have this warning." She pointed to the dead bodies.
"Oh what a wonderful place this is, good thing we don't have to cross it" sighed Gizmo.
Dash looked at him seriously "actually…..yes we do have to travel across it." Everyone looked at her.
"WHAT!!"
"There is no way around it. Besides those stories aren't real their just makebelieve. You are all getting worked over nothing." Dash lightly kicked her horse in the ribs and they trotted off past the dead bodies. "Come on you guys the sooner we get across the vally the sooner we get to the temple."
The group hesitated at first but then began to follow the Jedi leader. Not noticing the four figures close behind them.
The vally was a desert, bones of all different sized creatures laid around. Some of them had even been here before the island was isolated from the rest of the planet. As they walked on they came across tar pits which bubbled in the heat. Leaving off the most discusting scent.
"Ugggg! This is sick" comented Gizmo.
"I agree with you there bro" Brain said as he placed his bandanna around his nose.
Dash hushed them as her ears picked up a soft sound what seamed to be off in the distance. But shock the feeling away as nothing was seen. They then came across some skeletons, hung up by rusted poles. Around them were jewls and gold.
"Wow…they are so cool." Twist said as he reached over to touch one of the jewls. A hand came out and stoped his arm instently.
Garrick stood holding onto the boys hand. A warning look on his face.
"Never steal from a dead guy kid. Expessually in Deaths Vally."
Twist looked at him confused. "…..Why not"
"They say that if you steal anything in Deaths Valey, you awaken the worrier spirits."
"What are they?" Skipper thought to ask.
Dash answered for Garrick. "The worrier spirits are ghosts and if they touch you they tke your soal right out of your body and take it to the under world."
Twist grimiced and placed his hand back on his hoses rails and nudged it forward. He didn't want anything like that to happen to him or any of his friends.
"Let go then." The group hurried their horses off, contunuing their journey through the vally.
That night the group were still in the Vally and decided to make camp. They were all sitting snugly around a large campfire. Used for heat, light and to keep the evil spirits away. Twist shivered and leaned on Ajax who patted his shoulder comfertly. None of them liked the idea of spending a night there, but they know it would be safer camoing instead of traveling through the vally at night. At least they had some warmth and light.
Around them they could hear the sounds of the wind whistling through the bones. This made them shiver.
Alex looked up from the fire and couldn't find Dash anywhere. Garrick and his friends were keeping eachother warm while trying to get some sleep, while Sassy and Amber were talking silently amongst themselves. Twist was talking with Ajax, lead, Stele and Fang. Brain, Gizmo and the Skipper were staring at the fire. Gizmo holding a stick and poking the fire from time to time.
He looked behind himself and found Dash standing a fir distance away from the fire. Covered in her cloak. He could easily see themisty fog come out of her mouth as he breathed. She had told them that the vally gets very cold at night because of all the death in it. She said it had something to do with the spirits still roming the land.
Alex got up quietly and walked towards her. Brain followed his movements and smiled as he turned back to the fire.
Dash felt someone come close to her and turned around quickly to find Alex standing there. She let out a relieved sigh and shivered slighty.
"What are you doing away from the fire?" she asked.
"I could ask you the same thing."
Dash looked back over the vally. "Im keeping watch. Just incase anything happens."
"Your cold" he said, indicating to her goosebumps and shivering. He topok off the blanket and wraped it around her.
She smiled at him in thanks.
He smiled back and stook next to her wating out for anything
While they were watching they heard a more ghostly sound from where they came from. They looked towards where the sound came from. They noticed that everyone elce had noticed it also and were looking in the same direction.
They contunued to watch silently. The silence was nearly deafening. Then from out of one of the cave came a loud screeching noise. Their ears picked up as it came louder and louder. They also noticed a bright light coming closer and closer. None of them could make it out, but Dash did. Her eyes grew wide as she saw the 6 images on horseback.
"RUN FOR IT!!!! IT'S THE WORRIER SPIRITS!!!"
End of Part 2
What is Jeffory's plan?
Are they ever going to get out of Deaths Vally?
Are the Worrier Spirits going to take their soals and take them to the underworld?
Will Dash and Alex ever get to second base?
Will they ever get to first base?
Stuff those two questions will they ever get together PERIOD?!!
Will the writer make a bondage sene in the next episode?
(Depends on what my little mind comes up with)
Watch out for the next part of Atlantis: Danger Has Many Faces.
CLIFFHANGER! AHHHH!!
….your wierd