Chapter Nineteen
One
"Come on Kurt is waiting for you!" One yelled to Jim.
"One you don't need to rush people around," Kurt commented, having walked around the corner. "Jim Prosne. I am Kurt50Alien, but you can just call me Kurt." He stuck his hand out to Jim.
"And you can just call me Jim," Jim responded accepting his hand. "Osen- I mean One- has been explaining to me the rules of this place. I know that you are immortal and that 5 of your most dangerous enemies have teamed up to become the Horsemen of the Apocalypse and the Apocalypse itself."
"That is the gist of it," Kurt responded nodding his head. "Ah and if it isn't Tac," Kurt commented seeing Tac rounding the corner.
"Now I am confused," Jim stated. "She looks just like the girl that was there to collect me."
"She is from the reverse world Dad," One stated.
"Right," Jim responded. "Reverse color pallet."
"Hello Mr. Prosne. I am Tac, One's girlfriend," Tac introduced herself.
"One you didn't say you now had a girlfriend," Jim teased.
"Follow me to meet some of the other people who you will see here pretty often," Kurt requested. While they walked Kurt started to hum.
"I recognize the tune of what you are humming, but I can't quite name it," Jim stated.
"'Pure Imagination' from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," Kurt responded. "I find that it perfectly encapsulates the dojo. Of course I don't have a chocolate waterfall, but I do have magic that would normally be thought to be pure imagination."
"I see," Jim stated. They kept on walking to the room where everyone was waiting.
"So our gracious host has finally returned," Ms. Cathwo commented. "With the girl who will confuse the heck out of me no doubt."
"Honestly Kimberly, do you have anything nice to say?" Doyle asked, Ms. Cathwo having given her name to them recently. This caused Kimberly to scowl at Doyle.
"Knock it off you two," Cathy sighed. She then looked up at Kurt saying, "These two have been at each others' throats since you left here."
"Oh well," Kurt sighed. "They will have to get used to each others company. Until I have all of you proficiently trained, you won't really be able to leave the dojo."
"Why not?"Margaret asked.
"Now that you are here you are even more prime targets," One explained.
"So we were moved from in danger without protection to in even greater danger with protection," Kimberly stated.
"Yes," Kurt agreed. "Now if you notice that door on your left, there are rooms set up for each of you with your names on them. Margaret, Doyle don't worry about not having a room set up for you. The dojo is sentient so it added rooms for you. Don't worry about any ruckas you hear outside of your rooms. It is most likely just some of the other people who watched over some of the others. I wish you all a goodnight because I won't be back here later." With that he walked out.
"So you two got any good stories to tell?" Doyle asked Tac and One. All the others except for Kimberly nodded in agreement that they wanted a story. Tac and One then launched into the story about their adventure through the Labyrinth.