Chapter 35

A bunch of people piled in the diamond vault and grabbed us. They pulled us past the Sphinx and down a stone corridor.

We walked past the obsticle rooms and to the room where Riley and her kids were supposed to be.

"Where's Riley and them?" Asked Narinda.

"You don't have to worry about them. They're going to a special place." Tha Sphinx said behind us.

I gasped as we walked outside and noticed the rocs' dead bodies laid across the ground.

Riley's POV-

My kids cried as the Sphinx and his allies walked into the stone room and grabbed a hold of us.

They took us back to the house where A'isha and Ashton were waiting.

"We'll take care of them." Said Ashton.

They grabbed us and took us to their basement. They dumped us next to everyone else that was "missing".

Elise, Warren, Ulline, Brayden, Zolie, Lana, Sarah, Dragan, and Doren were all sitting on the floor.

"Riley!" Eveyone yelled. Brayden came and embraced me.

"What happened?" I demanded.

"We don't know we woke up here."

"I'm not sure. But I think they've got the Translocator."

"Who?"

"Kendra and them."

"But how'd you get here?"

"The same way they are going to get here."

Minutes later everyone got dumped in here.

Kendra's POV-

The Sphinx took us back to the house and dumped us in the basement. Everyone was there.

"Guys. They took the Trasn—"

Suddenly the door slammed open and Dale, Stefan, and Caroline were dumped in.

"They took the Chronometer, and the Immobilizer." Stefan said. He's learned English.

"What?" I asked horrified.

"But that means that… they have all the artifacts…" Zolie said.

"Zzyzx is going to open." Dale said in a dreary tongue.

"Mankind is going to end…" I said.

"We have to stop them somehow!" Ulline demanded.

"We can't. It's over. Look we've gone through amazing adventures, seen amazing creatures. But, it's over. We can't win this." Tanu said.

The door opened and the Sphinx appeared. "Get out you fools. It's time to leave." You could tell he was trying to hide his ecstasy.

They led us to multiple vans with tinted windows. We each got into a separate car. Sam and I were in the same car, sitting next to each other with two big buff guys on our sides. One that had a tattoo shaped like a heart that said "mom" with a sheath around it, he was bald, had a short beard, and wore a black tank top; he was on my right. The other wore a full short-sleeved shirt, had long caramel-colored hair in the form of a mullet.

Sam and I looked at each other. He took my hand, and I took his. I didn't want this to be our last moment together. And neither did he…

Mr. Lich got in the drivers side, and the Sphinx got in the passengers seat.

"Where are we going?" I asked hesitantly.

"On a little island way northeast of Japan. Can't even be seen by satellite. And do you know what's on that little island I call "Future"?"

"What?" I already knew the answer.

"Zzyzx."

Sam and I gasped. "No one is supposed to know the location of it." Sam said harshly.

"You don't even have to know it. As long as the artifacts unite, the prison will *makes noise of joy* open. Well, it won't, but you know, it could crack open, and the demons would open it a little more until it was open enough for them to come out."

"Then why are we going there?" I asked; scared.

"Because, that's where you're going to die."

"What!?" Sam and I asked in synchronization.

'You heard me."

And the entire ride, car, airplane, boat, whatever we were on/in, Sam and I couldn't help but worry.

I suddenly smelled the same aroma I did when talking to the Fairy Queen.

We were currently on a boat. We've been on it for about an hour so far. Up ahead, an island started to show.

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