Energy, once again, engulfs Chen, only to (as he perceives it) go away after one second, revealing to him that his surroundings have changed.
Although he knows he was being teleported, it is still something he has not gotten used to.
He shakes his head, and looks around him.
Tall trees surround him. Odd, he thinks to himself. He thought he was being transported to where these powerful wizards are. Shouldn't he be near a castle? Did Alpha type in the wrong coordinates?
"Alpha, are you sure this is it?" he asks.
A voice in his ear-piece replies. "This is as close to the location that I could bring you, without them detecting you."
A sigh escapes his lips. This means he will have to find his way by himself.
Past the trees, he can see a mountain. That is his best bet, he reasons with himself. If he could climb on top, he could get his bearings of the area, and find his way to the right place.
As fast as he could, without making too much noise, he moves through the forest.
A few meters away from the edge of the forest, and he can see the foot of the mountain. But even at this distance, he can see something move.
Avoiding detection, he jumps behind a tree. From there, he tries to get a good look at what moved.
Two men are pacing up and down, in front of an entrance to a cave. They are wearing white robes, and carrying spears.
Why would people like this be guarding a cave? What could possibly be in there that needed guards?
That's when a thought struck him. Not what. Who! This must be where these wizards are hiding.
Not exactly a place where powerful rulers would want to be seen, but that is exactly why nobody would be looking for them there. It is the best hiding place.
But even with this figured out, that still does not get him past the guards. How shall he do this?

A thud sounds, like a rock hitting dry mud. The white-robed guards turn their heads.
There is nothing to see.
The two exchange a glance. They shrug. It must have been a rabbit, or some other animal. They continue their pacing.
A few seconds later, another thud is heard, this time sounding like something hitting the bushes.
Both turn to look, this time at exactly the same bush.
"You heard it too, didn't you?"
The other one nodded. He raises his spear, and the first one follows his example.
"Come on out, or there'll be trouble!"
No reaction.
The left guard motions to the right one to close in, slowly. The other nods.
Slowly, they approach the bush, their eyes never leaving the plant in question.
"Ouch!" the left guard feels something cutting him.
He looks at his hands, and finds his spear missing. He only sees one cut on each of his hands. This helps him realize what must have happened. He was too focused on what was in front of him, he did not realize someone was pulling his spear out of his hand, and the sharp end must have cut him. But if someone can do that, it means someone must be behind him.
Barely had the guard turned to look, and the first thing he sees is the blunt end of his spear, hitting him in the face.
With the left guard down, the right one starts poking at the assailant with his spear. But the latter drops his own spear, grabs hold of the other spear's sharp end, chops it off with his bare hand, and stabs it into the guard's eye.
With this one down, the first guard starts to regain consciousness. His eyes in a squint, he can see a foot kicking his head. He can only just feel a snap somewhere underneath his skull, just before the lights go out. Permanently.

Back in the TARDIS, Mary was able to watch all this.
"These guards were a little too easy," she says. "Don't you think?"
"There's a reason why they were," Chen explains. "Usually, the weakest warriors are at the entrance. The closer I get to our target, the stronger the guards will be."
Mary nods. "Good thing you didn't overdo it here, then."
"For now," Chen adds.
Through his eyes, Mary can see him turning to look at the cave, and charging toward it.

The only illumination in the cave comes from torches. It may not be much, but it is enough for Chen to find his way through.
The cave seems to be very straight-forward. Aside from a few curves and bents, there is only one way in which it is going. This looks easy.
An echo sounds through the cave, making Chen stop abruptly. Was that a growl?
"You heard it too?" he hears Mary ask him through his ear-piece, telling him that he did not imagine it.
He nods his head, which he thinks should show on that viewing globe as the image is going up and down.
Taking small and quiet steps, Chen moves closer.
A slight gush of wind can be heard, thus he ducks.
The sound of metal chopping through rock goes over his head.
Chen rolls forward, and rises up again.
He turns to look at who attacked him.
A sword is stuck in the cave wall. And an oddly shaped one at that, since its pointed end is bent.
At the hilt of the sword, he can see a man trying to pull it out.
This man looks to be the same height as Chen, but twice as broad. He has pitch black skin, sharp teeth, and pointed ears. His appearance is reminiscent of a fairy, except this looks to be a more evil version of it.
This Dark Fairy (for Chen doesn't know what else to call him) finally manages to pull his sword out, though doing so seems to give him a headache.
The Dark Fairy turns his attention back to Chen, who tries a spin-kick on the Fairy.
Though his head moves upon impact, the Dark Fairy is still standing, as though he barely felt the kick.
A swing from his sword, forces Chen backward. He whistles relief, as the sword was one millimeter away from cutting him.
The Dark Fairy groans, as if in pain. But he recovers quickly, and throws a punch at Chen.
The latter ducks, and the Fairy only hits the cave wall behind Chen.
Several small boulders crash down because of this. But as rocks hit other rocks, the Dark Fairy covers his ears, groaning louder and louder.
Witnessing this, Chen realizes what is going on. This Dark Fairy cannot handle loud noises. He grins, as he now knows how to use this to his advantage.
Chen opens his mouth, cries out a loud "YAAAAH".
Unable to bear it, the Dark Fairy drops his sword, covering his ears, groaning even louder than before.
Giving him no time to recover, Chen ducks down to the Dark Fairy's sword, picks it up, slices at the Fairy's belly, forcing him down, allowing Chen to slice the Fairy's head off.
The head falls to the ground, rolls a little, until it is lying upside down, but his face is directed at Chen, with that same look of pain that he's had throughout much of the battle.
That was a close call, Chen realizes to himself. This one might have been physically strong, but clearly not made for battle inside a cave, where loud noises don't move away. Somebody forgot to take that into account.
With this behind him, Chen keeps the Dark Fairy's sword, and moves on.

As Mary is watching the screen, she notices it is slowly fading away.
"Chen, what is going on?"
The only response she gets is white noise.
She looks at the screen again, and sees only static.
"What's going on?"
"He must be past the force field now," Zordon explains. "We cannot reach him anymore."
Panicking, Mary turns to Alpha. "You must do something! Can't you boost the signals?"
"It's already at its max," Alpha replies. "Sorry, Mary. There isn't any more we can do."
Mary feels the need to sit down, but remembering that there is no chair for her to sit on, she only grows more frustrated, and kicks the TARDIS console, ignoring Zordon or Alpha's comments about her doing this.

Chen talks, but hears nothing from his ear-piece. He taps it, but still receives nothing. Could he be so deep inside the cave that his signals can no longer reach Zordon?
A light passes him by, and explodes as it hits the wall. The shock forces Chen to fall down.
While trying to pick himself up again, heavy footsteps are thudding toward him.
Chen looks up. Standing over him is a man. Twice his own size, and heavily armored. His mask, which is almost lion-shaped, has blue lights, which Chen can only assume are his eyes.
The tall man raises his right hand. On a device that is mounted around his wrist, a small light starts to glisten. The same sort of light he saw passing him by before. Chen roles around. Just in time as well, as he hears the same explosion from before hitting the ground.
As swift as he can, he rises up, raises the Dark Fairy's sword, and plunges it down on the tall man.
The armored man raises his wrist to stop the attack.
The sword bounces off the wrist, upon which the armored being grabs Chen by the throat.
Struggling to breath, Chen is picked off the ground.
Using both of his hands, Chen tries to pry the hand off his neck.
It is no use. The more he struggles, the more then hand seems to tighten. If he is to survive this at all, he will need a different strategy.
He looks at this man. Why is he wearing that mask? Does he need it to breath? Only one way to find out.
Chen tries to kick the man's mask, but the latter is too quick for him. He had a hold of Chen's leg before it can hit anything.
A grin spreads over Chen's face. The armored man now has both his hands full. With one hand now held fast, Chen still has the other to use.
He kicks the mask off the man.
It was only a split-second, but it was enough. The man's real face looks like a skull, with some skin glued on it. Its eyes look dead, making Chen wonder how he is able to see with it.
Within the aforementioned split-second, the now unmasked man let go of Chen, who still had a hold on the armored man's wrist-device. As he's let go, Chen pulls off the device, quickly puts it on his own wrist, and shoots the man in the face.
The face pulverizes, after which the body falls backward.
A laugh creeps up on Chen's face, but it fades away just as quickly. He did not pay attention to how long it took him to take this man down, but does not think it lasted much longer than a minute. On the one hand, that would mean he was able to defeat his enemy very quickly. On the other, the enemy was very swift with his actions. No hesitation, no need to prepare himself, no need to show off. This tall armored man just fired his shots, threw his punches, and left little to no time for anyone to breath (literally). If Chen was not so quick-witted, he would not have lasted very long.
Chen shakes his head. The battle was quick, but that does not mean it was easy. That is one thing he should not underestimate.
Still wearing the wrist-device, and picking up the Dark Fairy's sword, Chen presses on.

Finally, Chen reaches a wide open space, that looks like a hall.
Here, there are three men. One in heavy, medieval-looking armor, and carrying a large sword. On his right hand, worn over the huge armor-glove, there is a ring, which seems to have a strange sort of glow about it.
Another man is in robes, almost priest-like. But unlike most priests Chen has seen, this one is wearing large bracelets around his wrists.
The third man, if indeed it is a man, looks like a ghost wearing a black robe and a hood.
"You dare interrupt Anubis' great alliance?" the robed ghost points at Chen as it speaks, with a distorted voice.
The armored one turns to the ghost. "We have not yet decided if we want to ally with you."
"Why don't you just admit you don't want me to take your power, Sauron!" the one with braces laughs.
Chen grins. Now he knows that the ghost is called Anubis, the one in armor is Sauron, and thus the last one must be the Lord Ruler.
"I am impressed," speaks Anubis. "Taking down those two men, a child could do that. The Orc, while exceptionally strong, is still pitiful. To take down my Kull Warrior..."
"Pitiful?" Sauron interrupts Anubis. "You dare mock a member of my army?"
Sensing an opportunity, Chen fires a shot from his wrist-device.
A small orb of light flies toward the three.
Sauron is hit on the back, but does not react. Did he even feel it.
"Is that the best you got?" the Lord Ruler clearly saw this.
He bends down to the ground, picks up a rock and throws it at Chen.
Throwing a rock, Chen thinks to himself. Is he serious?
The rock flies across the hall, but mid-flight, its velocity increases. Instantly, the rock shoots through the air, hitting Chen in the shoulder.
The impact causes Chen to spin around, losing his balance, and falling to the floor.
A laugh from the Lord Ruler, makes Chen turn his head toward him.
He witnesses the Ruler picking up a few more rocks, but Sauron lays his hand on the Ruler's shoulder, signaling him to stop.
"I will take care of him," his voice is more a growl than it is anything else.
Marching toward Chen, Sauron raises his sword.
Chen, realizing what is about to happen, waits before he can strike.
The sword whizzes down, but once it is within reach, Chen tightens his grip on the Dark Fairy's sword, swings it up, and cuts through Sauron's right arm.
A cry resonates from Sauron. But it's an odd one, as it slowly changes into a more crackling sound, as if his voice is on fire.
Slowly, Sauron's armor crashes into itself, forcing Chen to roll away.
Getting up, he sees black ash seeping out through every crevice of Sauron's armor, until it just collapses. As if whoever, or whatever was in there had just burned up in a matter of seconds.
"One arm chopped off, and he is dust," Anubis says. "To think I was considering allying myself with him."
Chen's eyes fall on something else.
Underneath the armor, among the ash, something is glistening. Could it be a weapon he can use against the other two?
The Lord Ruler notices Chen's gaze, and follows it. He notices the glistening thing as well. He points his hand to the rock he threw before, and with one swing of his arm, he makes it fly toward Chen, pushing him toward himself.
Feeling himself being pushed, Chen searches for what is doing this. He finds the rock. How is this possible, he asks himself. How can this rock move or fly on its own?
Chen shakes his head, and places his hands on the rock, pushing it away from himself.
To his surprise, a hand grabs hold of Chen's arm, and pulls him away.
As a reflex, Chen spins backward, trying to punch his elbow into his assailant's face.
His elbow hit... nothing? He feels with his elbow, but finds nothing at all. He turns his head.
This is the first time he sees Anubis this close. Underneath his hood, there is nothing at all. Safe for something that looks like mist. Who, or what, is this Anubis?
"Do not interfere!" the Lord Ruler exclaims.
He raises his hands to Anubis. The latter raises his one free hand, to cover his head-area.
Nothing happens.
Anubis lowers his hand. "What makes you think your powers can compare to that of your one true god Anubis?"
A snarl escapes the Lord Ruler's mouth. "Your suit may be made of materials I cannot bend to my will..."
He pauses, as he pushes his bracelets further up his sleeves. "But can it withstand this?"
The Lord Ruler stretches his arms at his sides. As he does so, Chen senses a slight tremor at his feet. As the Lord Ruler raises his arms, the tremors increase. Even Anubis shifts his head from one side to another, confused about what is going on.
A confusion that Chen can use to his advantage, as he can pull free from Anubis his grasp.
Free at last, Chen does some quick thinking. The Lord Ruler pushes his bracelets up before doing what he is doing. Why would he do that? Are they somehow important to what he is doing?
As fast as he can, Chen runs to the Lord Ruler. What with him being preoccupied making the cave quake, he does not stop Chen when he takes one bracelet and pulls it off his arm. Once that is off, then the Lord Ruler responds. He lowers his arms, ready to punch Chen, but this only allows the latter easy access to his other bracelet, which he pulls off as well.
"NO!" the Lord Ruler cries. "Give them ba..."
As he spoke, his voice sounded more tired. And even before he could finish his sentence, wrinkles had already started to appear, and worsen with every fraction of a second. His hair loses its color, and starts falling down. His hands are becoming thinner, until all the flesh is gone. Before Chen fully realizes what is happening before him, the Lord Ruler has already become a skeleton in robes, that falls down, breaking apart with the impact.
"Well done," Anubis says.
Chen turns to the only remaining opponent in the room.
"I was hoping to form an alliance with these two so I can control their armies," Anubis further explains. "But now that they are neutralized, I can simply claim their armies as my own."
Chen makes his stance, where he holds his hand in front of him, wagging it while shaking his head.
"Juvenile," Anubis says, as he moves toward Sauron's remains. "Not to worry. I can help you be rid of that."
Chen notices where Anubis is heading. A thought crosses his mind because of it. He saw something glisten in Sauron's ashes, and when he tried to reach for it, the Lord Ruler stopped him. Now Anubis is heading toward the ashes himself. What is so important about Sauron's remains that they are both interested in it? Whatever it is, Chen realizes, it cannot be good.
Wanting to stop Anubis to find what he's looking for, Chen runs toward the robed figure, takes a leap, and raises his legs for a kick.
But Anubis, who was not even paying attention to Chen, bends down to pick something up, thus Chen flies over him.
Realizing just in time that he missed, Chen tries finding his footing, and though he stumbles a little, he manages to land on his two feet.
A quick spin, and he witnesses Anubis rising up again, holding something in his hand.
Sauron's ring. It had a strange glow when he was wearing it, and it still does. Thinking about it, Chen remembers that he chopped off Sauron's arm, and that was when he turned to ash. Was it the arm that wore the ring? And did he die because he chopped it off? Much like what happened to the Lord Ruler when Chen pulled off his bracelets? If so, why is Anubis only interested in Sauron's ring, but not in the Lord Ruler's bracelets?
Whatever the case, Chen cannot let Anubis have this ring.
Once again, he charges toward Anubis, throws a punch. And though it lands on Anubis' head, the latter does not react. Chen tries kicking him. And though it hit Anubis' legs, he again gives no reaction.
"Physical attacks will only serve to damage my suit," Anubis explains. "But will not harm me."
What can he mean by that, Chen wonders. That he's weak without the suit?
As he contemplates his next move, Anubis puts the ring on his right-hand finger.
"Ah, yes..." Anubis sounds exhilarated. "I can feel its power... flowing through me... making me... more..."
He stops then. His suit convulses, as if he is having an epileptic fit.
"What... is... happening..." he can barely bring himself to say the words.
Chen witnesses as Anubis is trying to pull the ring off his hand, but is unable to.
"NO! NO NO NO!"
The mist that can be seen underneath Anubis' hood begins to crackle, as if there is electricity in there. With every next second, the electricity only intensifies.
Chen may not fully understand what is happening before him, but he knows enough to realize he'd better get as much distance between himself and Anubis right now.
He turns to the exit and runs as fast as he can.
Behind him, he can hear Anubis, crying out in what sounds like agony, followed immediately by an explosion. One that is strong enough to force Chen to the ground.

"Chen?" an all too familiar voice calls into his ear. "Chen, can you hear me?"
Pushing himself up, and shaking his head, Chen waits to reply.
"Chen, answer me, damn it!"
"Mary!"
Both are relieved to hear each others' voice.
"Are you all right?" she asks him. "We detected an explosion, just before the shield went down."
Chen takes a look at his body. There are a few new cuts from the rock he fell onto, and with the explosion he felt, he may have some wounds on his back, even if he doesn't feel it. But he cannot see what is on his back. So he is not lying when he replies.
"I think so."
"Ready to be teleported out?"
"Please do."