Chapter 3
After we got our bearings, we both went up the different stairs only to find a single circular gem that was red and had a glow to it. "Is this what I think it is?" I asked as I picked up the item and smiled at it. "This is definitely a Thunder Egg if I've ever seen one!" Morrie smiled. "Beauty bottler bonza! We got one!" Ty exclaimed, me groaning at his slang. "Ugh, it's like you're a stereotype of every Australian known to man," I groaned at him. "Yeah, yeah, one down and 16 more to go," Morrie smiled as I simply put the Thunder Egg in my bag that I had on my person.
"This bag was originally supposed to be for me to bring back the head of anyone that was going to go after the talismans that wasn't on Cass's side... now it's going to be a storage bag for Thunder Eggs," I said. "So... you were an assassin of sorts?" Ty asked as we continued forward and we saw some frill lizards. "Never killed anyone, but I said I would kill anyone that messed with Cass's plans... but enough of that, let's deal with these henchmen that work for him," I frowned as I shot one of them in the forehead, knocking him out in an instant while Ty threw his boomerang at the other one and they were both knocked out as his boomerang actually came right back to him. "You've got some skills with that hardware, Ty, I won't deny that," I admitted to him as we went to the nearby waterfall and we saw something shocking. There was a Bilbie creature trapped in a wooden cage!
"This must be Boss Cass's doing! He said something about caging Bilbies to prevent them from getting the Talismans, as they are keepers of the shrine," I said, Ty gasping when I said this. "Yeah? Well big mistake! I'll free ya, mate," Ty smiled as he opened his mouth wide and, shocking me big time, he chomped the wooden bars completely apart and the Bilbie was freed. "Whoopee! Thanks, Ty! Here, I have this for you. There should be one Bilbie in 8 other areas that have Thunder Eggs like this one. And I can also smell that they have portals to them made by Julius as well," the Bilbie said as he handed us a Thunder Egg to us that he had on him. "Thanks, mate. And don't worry, we'll free the rest of you," Ty said to him. "Bonza," the Bilbie smiled as he then hopped up to the top of the waterfall to return to the warp hole we came in, which was still there.
After that happened, we would've gone forward some more had my eyes not seen a single thing that was perched high atop the cliff. It looked like a golden gear that sparkled with the brilliance of a diamond. "What is that? It looks so... shiny! I bet it's worth a lot, so I'm gonna get it," I smiled as I let out my signature feature on my body, that being the membranes that I had on my arms and legs that I could take out at will to help me get aloft. I then jumped high in the air and glided over to the cliff, managing to do so and collect the golden gear with a smile. We then continued on our way to the next area, that being a place that I immediately saw another thunder egg, but it would be difficult to get up there because of there being no way up there unless you could try to use the flying Spy Eggs to get up.
"No worries, I'll get that one right quick," Ty smiled as he then did something amazing. He chained his chomps on each of the Spy Eggs, slowly ascending until he finally reached the top and grabbed the Thunder Egg to toss down to me. "You little ripper, Ty! That looked cool!" I smiled at him with my own Australian drawl. "Ah, it was nothing," Ty smiled as we then climbed up some cliffs into the next area, which held another shiny gear on the side of a cliff and ahead we happened to see that Julius was here as well with another gear on his person.
"G'day, Julius. Care to explain what that thing is you have there and what their value is? They look expensive," I asked him. "Why, these are very rare Golden Cogs. And I have a proposition for the two of you that I know you'll be happy to hear," Julius smiled at us. "Yeah, what's that?" Ty asked. "If you can find these Golden Cogs, I can use 15 at a time to create new boomerangs for the two of you to use, such as new, upgraded Gunnerangs for you, Gia, and special techno boomerangs for you, Ty," Julius said to us. "Struth! That sounds nifty! I wonder what kind of upgrade my Gunnerangs could use," I smiled at that idea. "Well, find 15 of these Golden Cogs and then I may just show you," Julius smiled. "Beauty," Ty smiled as we continued forward and up the hill to see that there was another golden cog atop a giant set of pillars, which I smiled at. "I'll get this cog and see what's on the other side of this cliff. You can go the long way around to try and find your second boomerang, Ty," I said to him. "Good luck," Ty smirked at me.
I then jumped up each of the two pillars and grabbed the cog at the top, only then jumping and using my membranes to fly over to the cliff and into the water, which I loved, since I was able to swim. I noticed that there was a duo of golden cogs in this area, which I quickly nabbed by swimming through the water and getting onto their platforms without so much as making the nearby crocodiles notice my movements. And then I saw a bunch of frill lizards as well as some strange device I hadn't seen before. "Hmm..." I frowned, the lizards immediately seeing me and gasping. "Ah! Gia. What are you doing here? I thought the boss sent youse over to Rainbow Cliffs?" said the one frill lizard, who I recognized as Sneeth. He had a very raspy voice compared to the other frill lizards, as he was a mechanic, which made me confused as to why he was here. "Well, after I found out for myself just what exactly he did to my mother from one of my visions, I saw screw that fat bastard," I frowned at him, the other frills gasping when I said this.
"So... you had a vision of that one instance, did ya? Of your mother disappearing into the dream time?" Sneeth asked, my eyebrows raising when he said that. "You knew?! How long did you know?" I growled at him. "Peh. I just found out about that from Boss Cass before he sent me here. Believe me, had I known before you decided to rebel against him, I would've told youse meself," Sneeth said, the frills looking confused by that statement. "Hmph," I pouted. "Let me tell you something, Sneeth. And you other frills too. I no longer work for Cass. I'm now seeking vengeance for my mother and wish to get her back. If Cass succeeds in this plan, all mammals will cease to exist anywhere but in dreams. So I'm going to find those talismans myself and return them to their original resting places so that nobody can mess with them again," I frowned at the frills as I let out my membranes when I noticed that there was a Thunder Egg at the top of a high platform. "So long, and tell the boss that I quit for good. He deserves a slap across the face and a kick to the groin for what he did to my mum," I frowned as I took off to the skies and grabbed the Thunder Egg from the top of the tower, only then gliding my way off of the waterfall just in time to notice Ty grabbing his second boomerang.
Once he got it, I then noticed a bunch of frills ahead of us that happened to have a shiny Thunder Egg on their person and that they were fighting over it. "Let's take care of these bozos now," I frowned as I then started to fire off the shots at their faces, surprised that my Gunnerangs never needed any refilled ammo and that they could fire a lot of rounds at once, which I used to eliminate all 7 of them and get them knocked out cold, allowing me to take their Thunder Egg for myself. "Now that I've settled that, let's go on," I smiled as we then walked along another cliff and we saw a large gap in the way with a Thunder Egg on the other side. "Hmm..." Ty said as he got a running start and did something that defied all means of physics. He started gliding with his boomerangs acting as the wings!
"Whoa! You just glided with boomerangs?! The only time I've ever heard of anyone doing that was... the ancient Bunyips! You've got the Bunyips on your side, don't you?" I gawked at him. "You've got that right, Gia," Ty smiled at me as I glided over and we got the Thunder Egg in the process. "Sweet, I think we just got everything here. How many Cogs did you find, by the way?" I asked Ty. "Well, I found at least 4. So that means we have a total of 10 so far," Ty smirked. "Great! We only need five more until we can get us some good upgrades to our weapons," I smiled as we then saw the portal that would lead us back to Rainbow Cliffs. "Let's get going," I smiled as we entered the portal and we then appeared on the other side in Rainbow Cliffs, this time, us both getting to land on our feet for a change.