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"People of the Heavens!" called Anubis from the stage of the Mackay (pronounced Ma-kie) Theatre. "In light of the recent earthquakes, red lights and disappearances, we jackals have made a decision that demands to be put into effect immediately."

He spoke the last part with emphasis. The gods could tell he meant it.

"The source of these mysterious activities is unknown," continued Anput, "but we will try to figure it out as soon as we can."

"We'll help Grandma!" Nisha suddenly piped up from the audience.

"Oh no you won't!" answered Rex, sternly, wagging his finger. "It is not safe for you children. That is the point of this announcement. We have decided to send you away."

"Send us away?" gasped Zara. "You can't! I'll miss you all! We'll miss you all!"

"We don't want to send you away," replied Kebechet sadly, "but we have no choice." Tears welled up in her acid green snakes' eyes.

"We are going to send you to the Lost Sie-Jed Mountains in the Gobi Desert," Max explained.

"You mean where the Many Personality Mountain Mushroom grows?" asked Matthew.

His dad nodded. "It is the only place that is good enough to support you guys forever."

"Forever?" repeated Keith. "You're not going . . . to . . ."

"It is most unlikely that we will be apart forever," Anubis spoke up again, "but it is still not quite impossible, so it is why we have chosen to send you there until we have found out more about these mysterious happenings and stopped them."

"But it is likely that we will never figure it out," Anput added, sadly, "so that is why we have decided to send you away."

"It is hard, we know," Rex continued, "but we will all do the best we can." He climbed down and kissed the foreheads of each of his three children.

"We must do it," said Max. "These misfortunes have already lost us our cook and my wife." He also got down and nuzzled Iago, Zara and Matthew. "Now, let's all go to the Teleportation Room."

Later in the Teleportation Room, the eight children stood on the massive glowing warp panel in the middle.

"Preparing to warp," announced Danny, who was jabbing buttons on a huge computer next to the panel with his snout and paws.

"You ready?" Max asked.

"We're ready," Iago, Zara, Matthew, Keith, Jasmine, Nisha, Cassie and Draco replied in unison.

"On three," Kebechet told Danny. "One – two – three!"

Danny whacked the big black button that said WARP on it with his paw. "WARPED!" he shouted, with satisfaction and a hint of sadness in his voice.

There was a flash of metallic blue, and the children, who had previously been standing on the warp panel, were gone in an instant.

Max's head dropped in sorrow. Rex placed his hand on his shoulder. "I'm sorry Max," he whispered.

That's all I have for this chapter. The next chapter will be a songfic-based chapter and will contain a lot of emotion. Well, until then . . .

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