Journey of the soul chapter 10

Can't do the intro! To busy celebrating!

Hunter: (sigh) Cross just hit the 300 view mark for his story.

300 HECK YEAH!

Hunter:…I wonder what he'll do once he hits the 1000 mark…

I'll share your dark past

Hunter: really?!

NOPE! I don't own fossil fighters! Enjoy!

(300!)

Dark. Very dark. Absolute darkness. Was he blind? Or was this just the lighting? Hunter rubbed his eyes. Nope, he wasn't blind, but he couldn't see very well. He saw a vague outline of the room and…something looming over him…

"Rawr!" Hunter did his best to turn his scream into a yell. He ended up sounding like a dinosaur. To his surprise. The…thing that was trying to attack him was laughing.

"That was just about the funniest thing I've heard all day," the voice that was laughing was clearly a woman. Hunter rubbed his eyes and his vision cleared. Standing over him was a woman who appeared to be in their twenties. They wore a white t-shirt and light blue pants, but the thing that startled him the most was her fiery red hair that ended in a ponytail. Realization hit Hunter like a train.

"Wait, are you the fighter that sent?" She nodded.

"Sure am. The name is Nevada. Nevada Montecarlo."

"Nice to meet ya. I'm-"

"My psychic abilities tell me that your name is Hunter and you're a level 2 fighter. Am I right?" Hunter just stood in shock. Nevada laughed, "just kidding! You dropped your license in the fall. Here." She handed him a small card. He couldn't see its details, but the picture on the front told him that this was indeed his fighter's license. Surprised that spinax hasn't made one idiotic or snarky comment, Hunter continued the conversation.

"So, any idea of a way out of here?" Nevada wobbled her hand in a "sort of" gesture.

"The BB bandits aren't the brightest bunch of crooks. There's a locked door that I'm pretty sure leads out. Only problem is, I don't have a key." So long nose and the dog are part of a group called the BB bandits, good to know. Hunter asked where the door was and Nevada showed him. It wasn't a door at all, it was the entire back wall! The keyhole was so wide that Hunter could fit his head in it. He could see the turning mechanism on the inside. It was old fashioned and he may be able to substitute his arm for the key. But if things went wrong, he would lose his arm and a good amount of self-esteem.

"Seriously?! No reply?" Spinax was either giving him the silent treatment or had lost his vocal cords in the fall. While either way it would be an improvement, Hunter would miss the commentary.

"Zzzzzzzz." Nope, The idiot had fallen asleep. Greeeeeeaaaaaaat. The last thing he needed right now was a sleeping vivosaur in a pyramid full of bandits.

Hunter turned to Nevada, "is there another way out?" She shook her head.

"Modern building regulations don't apply. One way in, one way out." Hunter stared at the hole in the ceiling. It was already sealed up, but a faint ring of light was visible around it. So, he was stuck in a hole with very little food and water. If he did get out, he'd have one less vivosaur to fight the bandits with. To top it all off, he was getting a roommate tomorrow! Could things get any worse.

"Never say that!" A familiar voice rang out, "something bad's gonna happen now! You jinxed us…again!" Hunter was pretty sure spinax waking up was the bad thing that happened. Wait…of course!

"Stand back!" Hunter pulled a dino medal off his holder, "Delta! Go!" The blue dromeosaur appeared in a flash of light. It stared at Hunter with sharp yellow eyes.

"Delta, this door refuses to open. Could you give it some (ahem) motivation?" Delta made a noise that was similar to an evil laugh. It faced the door/wall and began to charge.

"I don't know what you put in your sprite, but that's never gonna work," spinax muttered.

"Have a little faith," Hunter replied nonchalantly, "if delta's Head is half as thick as yours then it'll smash through the side of the pyramid." Before spinax could protest. Delta crashed into the wall. It didn't break, but Hunter heard a clicking noise that signifies that the door had unlocked. He didn't know why, but he felt a sudden rush of air behind him along with his excitement. Nevada laughed.

"Well. It's not what I expected, but that'll work," She was pointing behind hunter. He turned around and saw…a ladder, "let's get moving!" Hunter just stood there while Nevada climbed the ladder. The door opens…a ladder?!

"I'm just surprised you didn't get hit on the head," spinax mused. Hunter ignored him and began climbing the ladder. The hole at the top had opened up again and they were soon in the same hall they fell in the trap. No bandits in sight. No hooded jerks for him to punch in the face.

"Seriously, what did we do to make them hate us so much?" Spinax moaned, "it's not like you killed their friend or anything." Hunter was silent as they continued walking through the pyramid, "oh my revival machine you did, didn't you."

"It's…possible I guess," Hunter remained monotone. He clearly didn't want to talk about his past. Even spinax could take a hint. They remained silent and continued to follow Nevada. She seemed to know where she was going. They soon came to a square room with a large ammonite shell in the back. Three people had their backs to them and were conspiring.

"Did anyone stick their nose where it doesn't belong?" The woman in the middle asked. She had long greasy turquoise hair that made Hunter want to puke. As she continued to talk about the fate of "those who dare cross the BB bandits", Hunter realized that he wasn't the only one who wanted to puke.

"I feel a hurricane hurl coming." Spinax whispered, clearly trying to keep his mouth shut. Hunter shrugged and walked up to the bandits.

"No one's getting past our amazing trap!" Long nose laughed, "there's no way!" The stupid dog barked in agreement.

"Wanna bet?" Nevada And Hunter said in unison. All three turned around in shock. The woman in the middle was the first to recover.

"Well well Well. It seems that diggins sent a child to rescue his pet. How adorable is that?" Spinax didn't get it, but Hunter did and he didn't like what he heard.

"About as adorable as the fact that your friends over here couldn't keep a kid under lock and key for more than a few minutes." Hunter replied with a smirk.

"Perhaps you should fire the person who commands them." Nevada added, cracking a whip menacingly, "oh wait. That's you isn't it?" The woman scoffed.

"Well, since you came all this way, I suppose introductions are in order." She gestured towards the growling dog. Hunter growled back, "man's best friend here is rex. If you have any idea where he's from, please let me know," Hunter opened his mouth, perhaps to say where he thought rex came from, but the woman cut him off.

"The gent with the long nose is snivels, and that nose isn't just for show. He can smell better than rex." Snivels did a long, disgusting sniff.

"I can smell the kind of gum in your pocket…it's strawberry."

"I thought we had mint gum," Spinax asked, "how dare you deceive me!" Hunter sighed about the fact that spinax had taken the word of a criminal over his own. To prove his case, Hunter took out a piece of his MINT gum and tossed it in his mouth while the woman continued talking.

"And I'm the person stuck leading this sorry bunch. Name's Vivian, but you can call me "archenemy"."

"Cool, my name is Sora and I'm a master assassin," Hunter pulled out his pickax menacingly, "you went through the trouble of telling me your names so now I can file a more accurate police report," Nevada was holding down a laugh as the bandits eye's widened with shock. Spinax didn't even bother to hold it back, "since you helped me out, I'll let you pick who gets to go first." He slung his pickax over his shoulder and did a baseball swing, "anyone feelin' lucky?"

"Yes well," Hunter couldn't help but snicker at Vivian's expression, "you'll certainly have a lot of time to dig with that pickax after we trap you in here!" Hunter saw it coming from a mile away. Even as the BB bandits ran past and an in visible wall appeared out of nowhere, he was so used to traps at this point he didn't care any more. Vivian said something about him being a fossil himself soon, he didn't care. Hunter was going to be completely calm.

"Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" Five minutes later, Hunter was bouncing off the walls. While Nevada was trying to decipher an ancient message, he was hack and slashing every inch of the room with his pickax. Hunter thought about all the crap he's been through. Thieves, traps, a literal rolling stone, stupid dogs, snarky vivosaurs, and worst of all, idiots who won't take their hoods off and face him like a man. Hunter drove his pickax between two piles of bones, imagining a laser trigger because he was probably losing his marbles at this point.

Spinax said nothing. He didn't say that Hunter needed to calm down. He didn't say that they would find a way out. He didn't say that he had already figured out the code Nevada was trying to decipher. He didn't say the the code said to dig between to piles of bones. He didn't say that there would be a passage leading back to the entrance. What he did say was, "took you long enough,"

For the second time today, a voice rang out in the digadigamid, "SHUUUUT UUUUUP!" Hunter was falling fast. Falling falling falling, THUMP. With a rather rough landing, Hunter got up and rubbed his sore butt.

"I hate you," Hunter said as soon as he got his thinking straight.

"Love you too pal," spinax replied nonchalantly, "now let's play the hero and catch a few bandits." Nevada soon came barreling after them.

"You think we cut them off?" She asked.

Hunter looked up the hall and tried to hold back a laugh, "Yeah, I think we beat em." He pointed ahead, the bb bandits were struggling to cary a green idol with a goofy face on it. It looked extremely tacky. He stopped snickering when he saw Vivian pull out two dino medals. His smile turned into a frown when he heard Nevada cry out that she didn't have her dino medals.

"Delta! S-raptor! Spinax!" Vivian's vivosaurs were both fire types. Hunter didn't know their names but he could guess the dinosaur species: deinonychus and lambeosaurus. Hunter's vivowatch told him that they were a nychus and a lambeo. Spinax roared with something similar to anger.

"What's got you riled up?" Hunter tilted his head in confusion, "are those vivosaurs insulting you?"

"No but that dog is," spinax grunted back, "he called me pointy! Can you believe the nerve of that guy?!"

Hunter sighed as spinax vomited on lambeo, "dude, you may be coming down with something,"

"How'd you mean?"

"You just said that a dog spoke to you and being called pointy was an insult. I called you pointy last week!"

"I see your POINT! Haha! Get it?"

"And you accused me of drinking…" Hunter barked out commands to his sane vivosaurs and they were able to knock lambeo off of spinax. Delta began a deadly dance with nychus and S-raptor began to spew fire at lambeo. Spinax was in the corner chasing his tail.

"Can you PLEASE at least try to be serious?!" Hunter moaned, "we're in the middle of a battle!"

"You got it!" Spinax replied, "we'll definitely send them blasting off again!" Yeah, he's completely lost it. Lambeo delivered a flurry of punches to S-raptor, knocking it into spinax. Delta had been poisoned by nychus and was below half health. Hunter ran over to where spinax was and did the only thing he could think of, punching him in his eye.

"GRRRRROOOOAAAAARRRRR!" The roar knocked Hunter off his feet. S-raptor quickly removed itself from the situation, getting off of spinax to avoid being impaled. Delta moved next to S-raptor and the two began to enjoy the show when Hunter said his greatest motivational speech ever.

"Are these guys too strong for you pointy?"

It was a miracle the entire digadigamid wasn't leveled. A flash of light and then a massive tornado was all Hunter saw until he blacked out. When he came too. He immediately noticed the thing standing over him.

"Enjoying your beauty sleep?" Nevada had a way of being intimidating all the time. He was in a teepee in digadigamid village. Hunter was laying down on a bed that almost touched the ground. After Hunter had calmed down enough, Nevada told him what had happened. The BB bandits had escaped, but they didn't get their hands on the tacky idol they wanted. Spinax had blown them away to who knows where.

"No need to thank me," spinax was clearly sick and hormonal, "all in a days work."

"Couldn't have done it without you pointy," Hunter smiled as spinax rampaged in his mind. Nevada left with a smile.

"Thanks for the help kid, I'm sure your girlfriend's proud of ya." Before Hunter could work out what she said, Nevada walked out and Rosie came bursting in. Expecting congratulations, Hunter was given a surprise in the form of a slap in the face.

"You digadimwit! Why digadid you go in that stupid pyramidiga without me?!"

"I see the "blessing" hasn't worn off yet," Hunter mused.

"Yeah," Rosie pouted, "But it only happens when I'm in the village. By the way, the chief gave you a reward." She gestured to the corner. The tacky idol was there.

"Why not. Could make a nice lawn gnome." Hunter smiled as Rosie laughed. Then he went ridged and looked away. This bed really was low to the ground. He could see up her skirt!

"From turtle dove to peeping Tom," spinax sighed, "what a fall from grace." Hunter died on the inside. When Rosie noticed.

Even as the road back was filled with jewel rocks, fossil battles, and running from a pink haired girl screaming "peeper!", one thought never left Hunter's mind. The last thing he saw before he blacked out.

A massive vivosaur in crystal armor.

Done! Sorry for the wait one this one, I hope it was worth it!

Hunter: no it wasn't, you made me a pervert!

I didn't hear you complaining when you saw Rosie's underwear! Leave a review if you feel like it!

Hunter: wait, why was this chapter delayed?

1. I visited my brother

2. E3

Hunter: ohhhhhhhhhh.