Chapter 6: The Tunnel, the Dragon Serpent, and the Lava Train

Setting: 3/4 a way up the mountain at the end of the river on Deathly Silent Lake.

Giraffe Kid: "I can just feel the pressure! This is so much fun!"

Carrot Man: "Wait Giraffe… It's too quiet…"

Giraffe Kid: "You're right…"

Carrot Man: "Wait; is that a cave or something?"

Giraffe Kid: "Yeah… Yeah! You're right!"

Giraffe Kid and Carrot Man headed over to the cave and looked inside.

Giraffe Kid: "This is a tunnel."

Carrot Man: "How can you tell?"

Giraffe Kid: "There isn't any way out of this place and this cave is the only option, so it probably leads to the other side."

Carrot Man: "Yeah, you're right."

Giraffe Kid and Carrot Man went into the tunnel and kept walking. Darkness was everywhere and they couldn't see anything, but all they knew was that the tunnel kept going straight, no turns, hills, or dead ends, it just went straight.

Giraffe Kid: "I wish Flores wouldn't have broken the flashlight…"

Carrot Man: "I know. That thing would be so useful right now."

They kept walking and the air stayed the same. They didn't lose any air and that is why they knew it was leading somewhere. The air was coming from some place and if they were in a cave they would have died from lack of air already. Carrot Man was brave and kept going on, Giraffe Kid was afraid of what was behind the dark veil, but he never lost hope. The thing they started to notice was that the farther down the path they went the hotter it got. Giraffe Kid and Carrot Man were sweating and they wanted to get out of there. A light started to peak out around a corner that Giraffe Kid bashed into. They headed towards the light and hoped the end was near, but the adventure was far from over. Carrot Man was the first to see it. The tunnel leads into a huge underground volcano. Lava was all over the ground and they had to jump across rocks to get to the other side. Giraffe Kid almost fell in a couple times, but Carrot Man was always there to give him hope to keep going on. Giraffe Kid was lucky to have a friend like him. He might be mean and grouchy, but when it comes down to it, Carrot Man was the nicest person you could meet. He would spare his life for yours. Giraffe Kid was grateful for that.

Carrot Man: "Hey, look at this huge open area."

They stepped onto a huge rock and they could see another tunnel, possibly leading out of the cave. They headed to it and the door lighted on fire. The fire came from a huge dragon snake. A dragon snake has red eyes, sharp teeth, huge bat-like wings, but no arms or legs. If one bites you, you will die instantly. The door out of the tunnel had melted shut, but luckily there was an escape route near the top of the lava pit. Carrot Man grabbed a sword and shield from a skeleton on the ground and lunged at the dragon snake. The dragon snake dodged him and bit Carrot Man's shirt and threw him to the ground.

Carrot Man: "Giraffe get out of here! Go up the stairs! I'll catch up with you, I promise!"

Giraffe Kid nodded, but couldn't shake the feeling that something bad would happen. Giraffe Kid made it to the exit and he saw a huge fireball flying at him. Giraffe Kid jumped the ledge and the fireball destroyed the stair case. Giraffe Kid had to be strong, because Carrot Man couldn't help him this time. Giraffe Kid slowly pulled himself up and looked down. Three dragon snakes were circling around Carrot Man. Carrot Man just stabbed a sword in one of the dragon snake's head, so there was only two left. Carrot Man dodged a fireball from one dragon snake and the other snuck up behind him. Carrot Man swung his sword at the one behind him and killed it. He charged at the last dragon snake and stabbed it in its stomach. It fell on the ground, but it bit Carrot Man's leg. Carrot Man just dropped onto the ground right away.

Giraffe Kid: "Carrot Man!!"

Giraffe Kid was crying and he wanted to help, but if he jumped he couldn't climb back up. Giraffe Kid had to keep going so he could fulfill their goal to find Stuff Man. Giraffe Kid hadn't lost hope yet. A train was in the middle of the next room he entered. He stepped inside and walked to where the driver would sit, but the driver was gone, and there was a huge wall of lava in front of him. Giraffe Kid jumped at the site of it and tripped backwards over a switch the train flew into the wall of lava, but it was able to withstand it. Giraffe Kid watched the lava go by and thought it was the most beautiful thing he ever saw, he only wished Carrot Man could see this. After an hour the train stopped in the middle of the lava and a crashing noise was heard from the back of the train. Giraffe Kid went back to the third train car and the forth was the last car. The noise had come from in there. Giraffe Kid wasn't stupid, but if he waited the thing inside would attack him anyway, so what was the point of waiting. Right when he turned the handle the lights went out and the windows shut. It was pitch black when he opened the door. Giraffe Kid thought he heard footsteps and was punched in the face. He went flying into the third car, which was a dining car, and flew into a table. Giraffe Kid was stunned. How could he fight an enemy he couldn't see? His opponent didn't know where Giraffe Kid had landed so Giraffe Kid heard noises from a couple tables down. He sat as still as he could and when the footsteps reached his table Giraffe Kid swung his fist and it nailed the enemy into the window. All the windows opened back up and he saw the medicine man.

Giraffe Kid: "Medicine Man?"

The medicine man yelled and attacked Giraffe Kid. Giraffe Kid was getting beat up, and so was the medicine man. The medicine man transformed into a beast that looked like Flores, but was the same size as Giraffe Kid. Giraffe Kid knew what to do. He ran up to the second car and ran up the stairs. He wanted to open the hatch for more light, but he was afraid of the lava. Giraffe Kid opened it and nothing came in. He stepped up and the lava went around the train like the whole train had a shield around it. The medicine man came up and charged at Giraffe Kid, Giraffe Kid thought the medicine man would die from the light, so Giraffe Kid was tackled to the ground and they slid to the edge.

Giraffe Kid: "Why do want to kill me?"

Medicine Man: "You left me behind, and now I'm dead!"

Giraffe Kid was pushed farther and his hair started to burn, because it was out of the shield. Giraffe Kid grabbed the medicine man's face and threw him on his back. Giraffe Kid got up and kicked the medicine man into the lava. He watched him go falling down into the lava and the medicine man's face was melting off. Giraffe Kid didn't look anymore. He was scared and he had to get the train started. He went into the train and the doors opened. He stepped outside and the lava went around him as an arch. It was like a tunnel, but the walls were lava. Giraffe Kid went down the road of destiny.

Will Giraffe Kid survive if Carrot Man is dead, or will Giraffe Kid make it to Stuff Man? Find out in the next chapter of Stuff: Quest to Stuff Man!