Chapter 3
The Chess Task
Suddenly everything stopped. They looked at the wall, there appeared a recess in the rectangle shape, the same shape had the stone thing which Rico grabbed.
"Good work Rico, place it there" Kowalski said, Rico put the figure in the recess. Something made a noise again and then a part of the wall moved and showed them entry to the next tunnel. The tunnel was darker but shorter, they got to the round room with a strange floor. It looked like a chess game board. In front of them were few sculptures and something was behind them, it was shining.
They walked to the sculptures and when they wanted to pass to that thing, sculptures raised their hands with the swords.
"We can't pass their"
"What do they want?" Private asked. They looked around, but in the room there was nothing else.
"They have the swords, maybe shields?" Kowalski suggested.
"Look at the floor" Skipper said.
"And what?"
"Don't you see? It's like a chess and here're the chess pieces"
"Right, but how to start it?"
They walked through the edge of the game board, there were number of fields like h4, a5 and etc. Kowalski saw a sword in the wall, of course he had to check it, so he pulled out it. The sculptures moved.
"Ops" Kowalski said and placed there the sword again.
"Wait, take it again" Skipper said, Kowalski took the sword again.
"What?"
"Look"
Figures took their positions on the chess board, black on their side and white guarding the shining thing.
"Who's first?"
"White are always first"
One white piece moved. They were playing with the pyramid.
"I think that we have got only one chance" Kowalski said.
"Why?"
"There is written" Kowalski said pointing at the wall. Only one chance and then the balance of the fates will catch you.
"What it means?"
"We are now under the moving ceiling, there's something, if we lose the game, I don't want even to think what will happen"
Behind them something moved, they turned, there was a platform with chess pieces symbols.
"Kowalski, analysis?"
Kowalski went there, something was written.
"If I understand it good, one person must stand here and control the chess pieces, the rest have to take the chess pieces positions"
They looked at Skipper.
"What?"
"I think that you should take the control of the chess pieces, sir" Kowalski said.
"What if I'll make a wrong move?'
"We trust you"
Skipper hesitated for a while.
"Ok. Kowalski, you're the Bishop, Rico you're the Rook and Private the Knight" Skipper ordered. The black chess pieces made a place for them, Kowalski, Private and Rico took their positions.
Meanwhile lemurs and Blowhole went to his lab in Coney Island.
"How we're going to get there?" Maurice asked.
"We can use my invention…"
"I don't trust your inventions" Julien said.
"You even never see them"
"Maybe… ok, this is an argument"
Blowhole gave a mark to the lobsters and they pressed the button. Lemurs and Blowhole were in the big ball, then ball flew and jumped out of the Blowhole's lab.
"How long it'll take?"
"An hour"
They sat down and waited, outside was dark, so it was evening.
Penguins started game.
"Pawn d2 on d4"
The pawn moved to the d3 field. The white pawn e7 made a move to e5, it stopped for awhile and then used the sword and destroyed black pawn.
"So that's how it works" Kowalski said, they gasped, it for the most dangerous game in chess.
"You can't be as a chess pieces, it's too dangerous" Skipper said.
"It's too late, look at the ceiling, if we give up now… it'll nothing change we're trapped here, game must go on" Kowalski said, they looked at each other and nodded.
It the game of the life….
The dangerous chess game (I wanted to put here mysteries more in old style) So what will happen in the game? I hope you understand these, I'm not very good in English and it's hard to describe the game. Give me the reviews please! ;)
