Yay they found the first gate!

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Aontaithe Church, Planet um Shaoráil

January 25, 2001

9:54 PM

They stood there. Gawking. Wide-eyed. Amazed! The gates where spectacular. It really did look like they were crafted from angels themselves. The Gates glowed brightly enough for the monkeys to put away their head lamps.

"H-how do we get in again?" Nova asked still looking at the beautiful heavenly gates.

"There is a chant in Czech that must be recited in order to open the gates." Savanna said. Gibson reached behind him and got the journal from his jet pack with shaky hands. He fumbled through the pages and found the chant to open the gates. Before he could say anything he felt something cold press against his neck. Someone spoke from behind him in a low husky voice.

"Give me the journal Hal Gibson and no one gets hurt." The teams looked in the direction the voice came from and saw Mandarin next to Gibson with his saber at his throat.

"Give him the journal, Gibson." Antauri said. "It's not worth your life."

"But the stones are." Gibson growled and refused to give up the journal.

"Remember what happened last time?" Mandarin asked pushing the blade harder against his throat. Without a warning Gibson slammed the back of his hand into Mandarin's gut. The orange monkey gasped and crumpled to the floor. Antauri then jumped on top of him and both started to slash at each other. Antauri got pinned to the ground. Antauri choked out.

"I'll keep Mandarin busy. You find the stone." Adrassi pushed Mandarin off of Antauri using her wind powers.

"I'll stay too. The rest of you go now!" The three simians fought and didn't even realizes it but were slowly drifting back into the hall. Gibson read out loud from the journal.

"Poslechněte si naše plakat! Open Golden Gate pro budoucnost a životy závisejí na to! Open takže můžeme vstoupit. Open kvůli vesmíru! Open ve jménu Páně!" (Hear our cry! Golden Gate open, for the future and lives depend on it! Open so we can enter. Open for the sake of the universe! Open in the name of the Lord!) The gates then swung open. The sound of thunder rung the teams ears. The gates became ten times brighter than they usually were. The monkeys shielded their eyes from the sudden flash. Ever so slowly the brightness faded into what it was before. Gibson looked at the teams unsure if they should really go through.

"I'll go first," Gabriel stepped up and walked past Gibson. "You guys followed after." Savanna cocked a brow but nodded. Gabriel took a breath before boldly stepping beyond the gate. But once he stepped over he disappeared. Chiro gasped.

"Wha-?" He shivered. "He's gone." Gibson once again took out his analyze and scanned the gate. It didn't pick up anything.

"These gates are not of scientific comprehension. I'm afraid these gates and everything beyond them is in the realm of the supernatural. The gate might be a portal to the supernatural world." Chiro nodded.

"Good thing we dealt with things like this before. C'mon let's go through." Chiro ran through without a warning or a second thought. Then one by one each simian entered and passed the gate. Everyone disappeared and found themselves, not in a chamber underneath a church, but in a different world. Chiro looked at the scene. They appeared to be in a forest. Trees high in the sky and the sky it self was clouded over. It must have just rained because the earth beneath them was wet and moist. And then it smelled of mud and evergreens. Savanna shivered.

"It's colder here than in the chamber." She sat down on a nearby rock cuddling into Chiro's jacket for warmth. Chiro looked where they came out of. It was the same gates they saw in the chamber.

"We should mark this spot so we can find it again when we have the jasper. Gibson why don't you put a tracking device here." Gibson nodded and activated his drills and shot the ground with a tracker. Savanna moaned.

"I don't think I can stay here." she whispered. Gibson put a hand on her shoulder.

"What's wrong, love?"

"A drop in temperature can kill me."

"Then you should go back." Nova said. "I'm sure none of us want you dead."

"Yes. I'm sure none of us want you dead." a strange female voice said. Gibson whirled around to see a short figure right before him. A woman who wore a old tattered black veil over her face, so her identity was hidden, and also sported a faded gray dress also torn. She reached out with a boney, wrinkly grayish-pale hand and tickled the blue male under his chin. "Pretty fellow, aren't ya'?" Gibson backed off far from her, shuddering. She was shaking like mad. Chiro tilted his head.

"Erm. Are you alright?"

"Am I alright? Am I alright? Am I alright for you tonight?" She giggled queerly. Chiro backed off from her.

"Um. 'Kay. Do you think you can help us?" he asked. She reached her hand out again and traced his face. Chiro wrinkled his nose for she smelled of rotting flesh. 'Maybe she has scurvy.' He thought.

"What do you need help with, my pretty?" Chiro's eyes widened and stammered.

"Well, uh, you see, I, we, G-Gabriel why don't you take this one?" Chiro ran behind Gibson who tried running behind Chiro again. Gabriel was struck dumb for a moment.

"Pretty, pretty, pretty boys." She squealed. Nova cocked a brow and walked up to her confidently.

"Hey. We're looking for something called the Jasper of Agony. Can you help us locate it?"

"Yes. Only for an exchange though." The old, mystery, lady giggled once more.

"What do you want?" Xavier asked.

"I want the pretties?" She pointed at all the present guys. Nova slapped a hand over her mouth.

"Um. You know what? Never mind! W-we can find the gem by ourselves. Okay? Thanks for your time. Let's go guys." They didn't have to be told twice. The teams darted off to get away from the old woman. Savanna looked at the guys and laughed.

"Looks like you guys have a new girlfriend." Nova smiled.

"But that would mean Gibson is cheating on you." Savanna faked a gasp and smacked Gibson lightly.

"Shame on you!" She chuckled. Gibson scowled.

"That wasn't even funny!"

"Fine, whatever. Let's not talk about it then, shall we?" Savanna said.

"So now how do we find the jasper?" Xavier asked. A breathy, wheezy voice then answered him.

"Maybe . . . I could be," the voice wheezed. "of assistance." Another short figure appeared. A man. Bone thin, hunched over with gray skin. Very thin black hair. Only wearing a dirty, brown loincloth around his waist. Sparx rolled his eyes.

"Great another weirdo." he whispered. "Do you know where the Jasper of Agony is?" The man sighed and nodded.

"Yes," he took a breath. "I will take you there," Breath. "If you'd like?" Gabriel shrugged.

"Why not?"

"Come, come. Follow, follow. I will help you through this hollow." The man then turned around and clumsily walked away with a limp in his step.

"Does everyone here like to rhyme?" Xavier asked. "I hope it's not contagious, because that would be outrageous." After minutes of walking the man stopped and turned to the others. He pointed to the side of a mountain at a cave.

"In there. The jasper is in there. In the back of the cave. Just beware of the spiders." Without another word the male turned and ran away.

"Spiders?" Nova asked. Gibson cringed.

"Ugh. Maybe I should wait out here and keep Savanna warm. It might be colder in the cave than out here." Savanna elbowed him.

"What? You scared of tiny little spiders?"

"NO! Besides they could be poisonous."

"Common Brain Strain. Let's get this over with." Sparx walked inside activating his head lamp. Otto followed. Savanna grabbed Gibson's hand and pulled him into the cave too.

"See? No spiders . . . yet." She said walking with her hand intertwined in his own. They proceeded to walk deeper and deeper into the cave.

"Did you guys hear that?" Otto asked. Sparx looked at him.

"What?" They stood in silence. Nothing else was heard.

"Hmm. Must have been my ea-ahh!" Otto was hit the wall tangled in a white web. He struggled.

"Otto! Are you okay?" Nova rushed toward him. Otto groaned but nodded. He activated his energy saws and cut himself down.

"What was that?" Chiro asked. Gibson stood straight with fear his tail erect and eyes wide.

"S-sp-sp-spi . . ." He choked. "SPIDER!" Three huge black widow, spiders descended from the ceiling. Nova growled and awakened her giant robo-fists.

"These defiantly aren't tiny spiders." She lunged at the widow closest to her. "Lady Tomahawk!" She yelled and weakened the spider.

"Firewall!" Savanna yelled scorching the thing. The spider hissed and crawled up the wall.

"Chiro Spearo!" Chiro shouted throwing one of his spears right through the other spiders heads.

"Flash Flood!" Gabriel spun and sprayed the spider before him almost drowning it.

"Gyro Roll!" Sparx shot his magnets at the black widow Gabriel just attacked.

"Flame Fist Fury!"

"Blaze Daze!" Nova and Savanna both torched the same spider.

"Magno-ball Beam Splitter!" Sparx finished off the last of the spiders. The red male smiled and brushed himself off but frowned when he noticed someone was missing. "Where's Blue Boy and Butt Head?"

"I'm over here!" Xavier called. He was crouching in the corner. Sparx chuckled.

"I find it quite funny he answered to that name."

"What's the matter?" Gabriel asked.

"I think Gibson is traumatized." Gabriel looked beyond Xavier and saw Gibson somewhat sobbing.

"Th-those were spiders." he looked up at them with wet cheeks. "Those were REALLY big spiders." Gibson squeaked.

"It's alright now, Gibson they're dead." Savanna held out her hand and helped him up. Gibson shook madly and whimpered.

"All gone?" he asked. Savanna smiled and nodded.

"All gone." she said with insurance.

"C'mon guys! Let's go find the stone!" Chiro ran further into the cave the others followed him.

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