Chapter 8: Cloaked Mayan
"Nice try," said his deep voice. He got off his throne.
As he stood up, the earth shook, making Jake and Miley fall. In a blink of an eye, he had made it over to them and pulled Miley up by her wrist using only one hand. He snapped his fingers of his free hand and a skeleton came over. The skeleton had a long piece of rope. The cloaked man tied Miley's wrist together and threw the remainder of the rope over a pipe that was built in sideways near the ceiling. He easily pulled the rope so Miley was about four feet in the air.
"Ahh!" she screamed.
"Hey!" Jake yelled angrily at the cloaked man.
"Do you even know who you're talking to?" the man asked in a superior voice.
"No," Jake stated.
"I am a Mayan," he said.
"Huh?" Jake asked confused.
"The Mayans are an ancient civilization," Miley said to Jake as she dangled in the air. "But that doesn't make sense because the Mayan civilization has been extinct for hundreds of years."
"That's were the prophecy comes in," the man said. "The Mayans predicted when the world would end and I've here to make sure it happens soon."
"May I ask, WHY I am I tied up here?!" Miley asked.
"You two are supposed to save the world. You're getting in the way of the Apocalypse, so you die."
"You're going to kill me?" Miley asked.
"No," the man said and pointed to Jake. "He is."
"W-what?" Miley stutters.
"Here," the Mayan said, ignoring Miley's question and handing Jake his sword.
The man turned around leaving, when Jake came up to him and slashed him with the sword. The man didn't even turn around; he just said, "You can't kill what's already dead." He snapped his fingers and left.
When hearing the man's fingers snap, the dusty bones that covered the ground, reformed into skeletons. They all grabbed their swords and surround Jake and Miley, waiting for Jake to kill Miley, who was tied by her wrist and hanging in the air. Jake held up his sword and Miley closed her eyes. Jake jumped up and slashed with his sword. The rope cut and Miley fell to the ground. Jake started making his way through, fighting the skeletons yet again. Miley undid the rope on her wrist and picked up a sword near a pile of bones and helped Jake. When all the skeletons were bones again. Jake and Miley ran out of the building and keep running until the building wasn't in sight. The area was grassy; there were a few cracks in the ground from the earthquake. The sky was as dark as earlier. They both collapsed on the ground, panting.
"Did you seriously think that I was gonna kill you back there?" Jake asked.
"No, good acting though, right?" said Miley.
"Yeah…" Jake said.
"Can I see the map?" Miley asked, changing the subject.
"Sure," Jake said and pulled it out of his pocket. "But it's only of the United States."
Miley took it and unfolded it. "Uh, Jake, this is from Pangea!"
"Huh?"
"When the land on earth was all one piece."
"How can someone make a map during then?" asked Jake.
"I don't know… prophecy?" Miley replied.
"Probably," said Jake.
"Hey what's this?" Miley asks Jake showing him the back of the map. There was some writing on it.
"I don't know…" he says, looking at the writing.
Black Spot Vacuum
Proven on April 24, 1578
Dig 5 feet under X on the map. You need a hand full of this dirt. When the Apocalypse rain comes, make sure that the dirt gets wet. The rest will happen on its own.
"I'm starting to think that the Apocalypse almost happened before," Miley says.
