"Kim, listen to me. We're going to be okay, okay? It was just a nightmare. Right now, we need to focus on fixing... whatever this is." Ron said, his hands directly on her shoulders. I've never seen her this shaken up, He thought. He hated seeing that worry in her eyes—only except this wasn't worry. It was straight fear.
"Ron this is how it starts! We try to fix this, but instead we begin the end of the world!... the end of my world..." She said quietly, directly referring to seeing the dying Ron she saw right before her eyes in her nightmare. "KP, look at me... I believe you." Ron said, instantly bringing shock to her. "If this really is what you say it is.. then maybe there's another way to stop it. But the only way to do that, is if we go inside, okay?"
She looked directly into his gorgeous eyes, reading his soul. She knew he believed her, and that he had faith in her. "Whatever happens in there, I'm with you one hundred percent of the way." There he was again, with that infectious smile. She took a deep breath and nodded. He pulled her in, and pecked a kiss on her forehead. He then grabbed her hand, as they proceeded towards the glowing and shaking temple— Wait, shaking?
The teens felt the ground before them shaking, as they looked down. The ground was beginning to crack beneath their feet. Their gazes went to each other—back to the ground— back to each other.
"Run?"
"Totes."
They both then took off, booking it as fast as they could. The ground below them nearly catching up to them as their running feet picked up. As they approached the temple, they saw a stone opening. There was no door of any kind, or any block closing it off to the world. Once they got close enough, they felt their feet start to rip under them. "Shit!" Kim yelled, as her foot began to fall through the fast moving crack. Ron grabbed her wrist, and threw her inside the entrance like a rag doll.
She hit the ground hard, as she began to roll further inside. Ron—not far behind— leaped right in, barely making it inside by a millisecond. They both laid next to each other, facing the ceiling with wide eyes.
"Not gonna lie.. didn't think that was gonna work." Ron said, followed by a smack to the chest by Kim.
The both painfully sat up, and looked around the dark temple. Kim looked to her left passed Ron, and noticed a hallway. It had spots for torches, but not of them lit. "Hand me the laser lipstick." She then ordered at Ron. Ron proceeded to reach in his bag, then stopped to look at her. "You still have that?" He asked curiously. She just gave him a shrug with a slightly annoyed look. Ron reached in the bag and took it out anyway.
Kim took it out of his hand, and stood up. She walked towards the hallway of torches, and picked one up and lifted it out of its hold. She pressed the button on the lipstick, beginning to smoke the top of the torch. As the smoke got darker, the torch began to light. Soon enough, it was burning bright with a controlled flame. "Here." She said to Ron. He got up, and walked towards her while dusting his pants off.
She picked another one up, and lit it with the current torch. She handed the other one to Ron, as they both looked down the hallway. "After you." A frightened Ron said with a fake smile. Kim rolled her eyes, as Ron followed close behind.
The long hallway was empty, which made them feel uneasy. All the saw were spiderwebs, dead bugs and some bones. The stopped to see two hallways, both going different directions. "This temple is huge, how do we know when we found... something?" Kim asked. "I guess look for something out of the ordinary?" Ron suggested.
Then, they saw the glowing green light, begin to light through the cracks once again. It started glowing from the left hallway, and spread all the way down the right hallway. "Like that?" Kim said with a smirk, and peaked around the corner. "I'm guessing we're gonna have to go that way..." Ron sighed in defeat. Kim patted hit on the back, as they made their way down the glowing hallway.
The heat once again burning up the two. "God, I can't believe I'm saying this but I'm starting to miss the snow." Kim said, wiping sweat off her arm. "Wow, that is really bright." Ron responded, putting his forearm in front of his face. Kim did the same, as they noticed the end of the hallway, lead into some kind of chamber. And it only got brighter and warmer the closer they got. "It's so hot... I'm gonna melt.." Ron complained, as they reached the end of the hallway.
"Kimberly Possible."
"Ronald Stoppable."
"You should not be here."
The two teens froze, only inches away from entering the chamber. The deep voice echoed through the entire temple, sending chills up their spines.
"You know us?" Kim asked, breaking out of her fear.
"Turn back now."
A different voice spike.
That's when Kim's full fear took over. Not over the voice. But over the situation.
She'd seen it all before.
"Why are we here? What are you hiding?" Ron asked, still filled with terror but not showing it.
"The reign is already upon us, Boy. He cannot be stopped. He will not be stopped. The ancient one will prevail... and nothing can stop him now." The second voice said more calmly, almost as if he was worried?
"The Reaver." He finally heard KP answer. He looked at her in surprise, still no idea what was happening. Then, out of the wall, stuck a glowing—bone arm. It wasn't sticking through the brick, it was like it was phasing through. Like a ghost?
Then another arm. Both arms pulled a skeleton body clean through. It's head was a skull, with only pieces of skin hanging off. It has thick, white facial hair, like a Santa beard.
How does a plain skull grow hair? Ron thought to himself, completely thinking off topic of the fact that an actual Skelton ghost was right in front of them.
"Yes... The Reaver has awaken. Nobody has stopped the Reaver in the many years of its existence." The skeleton spoke again, now floating in front of them. Ron watched Kim stare at it, with the exact same face he had.
"Okay uh... before I get to a new level of terror, can I just ask... what the hell is going on?
Who—what are you? Why does Kim know anything about this?" Ron spat out questions quicker than Rufus devoured part of his Naco.
The skull looked at him, then back to Kim. "Child... you were delivered a message. And to my knowledge, it appears you have received it. A warning." The Skelton hovered in front of Kim, illuminating green light on her skin.
"The nightmare?" Ron questioned. "Precisely." The specter acknowledged him.
"Come. All will be revealed." He said, and lead them into the chamber. They both looked at one another, and followed behind. The specter closed his bony hands together, then spread them as wide as possible. With that, all the torches in the chamber lit up.
"In the beginning of mankind, human life saw nothing but light. But to every light, there is still darkness." He said, leading them around the chamber, as they both looked at some of the ancient texts and art on the walls. Then he stopped in front of a large, stone mural carved into the wall. It shows two figures, one with fire for its long hair.
"The one who bares the head of fire... you have been predicted to be the first of many, to destroy the Reaver, and put all of our lost souls to rest." The creepy voiced ghost said, as it turned to look at Kim.
"Head of fire? What?"
"Red hair. He means my red hair, Ron."
"Oh.. right. Pff I caught that."
"That what does this temple have to do with the Reaver? Why was I shown this place?" Kim asked.
"This chamber, was what sealed the beast inside for millennia. Until now." He said, pointing to his left. Their eyes followed his finger, and saw a black hole burnt into the wall.
But it was just an ordinary burn mark. It had solid black flames, still burning on the brick, like it could never extinguish. "You must find it. If you do not end its reign of tyranny, the world as you know it, will cease to exist. And the light will be extinguished." It spoke again.
"This... this is how the world will end, Kimberly Possible."
