Chapter 5
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Genki and the rest could not have picked a worse day to go out it seemed. The ground was hot and sandy while the air was dry and sweltering as well.
"*pant* *pant*...999, 1000!" Genki said as he fell to the ground. "It's TOO HOT!" Moochi fell next to him.
"Moochi tired chi." Suezo squinted and saw what looked to him as a refreshing draft.
"Nothing beats a nice wind in this weather..." Suezo said as he closed his eye. The "draft" hit the party and knocked Suezo over. "AHH!" Tiger braced himself while Genki and Moochi shielded their faces as Suezo flew by them.
"Sandstorm!" Tiger yelled. After a minute or so, the storm subsided, and the temperature dropped sharply. Suezo spit out mouthfulls of sand out and dug himself out of a sand mound.
"I don't get it!" Suezo screamed. "First, we go to a town where the air was cool and nice. We step out of it for a second and it's hotter than anything. Now I'm freezing!" The ground turned blue as it froze. "What the-" Genki covered Moochi's ears while Suezo went into a frenzic rage of profainity. "-**&%*&#*&%@*&!*&%%*@&%#!-"
*Five minutes later*
"-*$*##!" Genki and Tiger sighed as Suezo finished his little speech. Moochi didn't understand a thing Suezo had said. Genki stood up, brushed the sand off himself, and then said, "C'mon, let's get going.", and resumed counting paces. The rest agreed and they set off again. "4000 paces isn't that far!" Genki said as he resumed his position of rushing ahead of the group once again.
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Holly and Hare finaly reached Golem. They still had a part of a chain to thier legs. Golem was bound by several chains to the ceiling, held by wooden posts. Very near under the giant was a stream of water, that came out of the ceiling and into a larger grate. Golem did not seem to like his position.
"Golem!" Holly delightedly yelled. Holly was glad to see another member of the team together. Golem snapped out of his trance.
"Holly." Golem said, also happy. Hare wasted no time in jumping up to the posts. He grinned and started hiting the posts, one by one. Each one snapped and Golem soon fell through the remaining ones into the water. "Ahhhh." Golem said, casually as he scrambled out of the water. Soon he calmed down, and said, "Thank you Hare."
"Aw, it was nothing a little elbow grease and, cough, a lot of brains and wit couldn't do." Hare smirked while he said this.
"Let me help you." As Golem said this he snapped the chains on both of thier legs.
"Thanks Golem!" Holly said. "We need to find te rest of the group." She pointed to the faint cage that had Suezo in it. Golem and Hare both nodded and they set off. Golem soon picked up Hare and Holly and placed them gently on his shoulder. "...nice to have you back..."
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Once Genki and crew got to pace 2000, the air got soggy and the ground got unstable. Genki noticed that his feet would get sucked into the ground every so often.
"Moochi doesn't like this." Moochi said. Genki picked up Moochi and started to walk a little faster.
"The weather changes every thousand paces. I wonder why..." Genki thought out loud.
"It's because someone has a sick sense of humor!" Suezo said. Tiger tried to remain silent through the times of complaining. 'Someone has to.' Tiger thought.
"I can see it!" Suezo yelled, relieved.
"I don't." Genki said, setting Moochi down.
"Remember, I'm the one with the sharpest eye around here." Suezo started to strut as best he could with one leg.
"Let's get going chi!" Moochi said gleefully as he began to run.
*several minutes later*
No one had kept count of paces when Suezo sighted the cave. At some point in time, the air got dense. Everyone had begun to have trouble breathing. Genki grabbed his head with both arms and fell.
" '4000 paces isn't that far.' " Suezo mocked as he gasped for air.
"My head hurts." Genki through clenched teeth. Moochi ran to his side and Genki got back to his feet. "Let's hurry." Tiger too, had begun to grow weary. He had also noticed that everyone had began to sway left and right when they walked. The cave became closer and closer to the group until they finaly reached it and took shelter inside. The air was cool and calm inside. Everyone panted as they reached the inner sanctuary. Genki fell to his knees and started kissing the fresh earth. Soon after he spit it out. He tried to think of something comical Hare would had said in his position.
"What's this?!?" Genki swung his head to see Tiger standing next to 2 different holes.
"Looks like key hole chi!" Moochi said.
"Hmmmm, not a keyhole." Genki looked at them both under closer inspection. One hole was slightly larger than the other, and both were diamond shaped. He thrusted the dirk into the bigger of the holes. Tiger strangely looked at Genki. The dirk fit perfectly into the slot.
"So wonderful to be on solid ground!" Suezo started dancing around the room. "No sudden suprises. No mysterious sand pits. No random-" Suezo was cut off by the ground beneath him falling. Tiger and Moochi ran to the hole that had been newly created.
"Suezo chi!" the pink monster shouted down the hole. Cracks began to surround Moochi and Tiger. Tiger quickly noticed them and made sure everyone else did.
"Moochi WATCH OUT!" Tiger jumped back out of harms way as. Fear engulfed Moochi's eyes as he too slipped in.
"No!" Genki said as he jumped in after his companion, not caring his fate. Tiger sighed as he looked around to no one.
"Hmph. What's one more hole?" he questioned to himself and jumped in after.
***
Hare, Holly, and Golem met up one by one with the rest of their party. All of them were found encaged, with no chains. Holly wondered how they would ever get out of such an intricate structure. Suddenly, Tascillios started to jump out of various grates in the floor. More were popping out than even Hare could manipulate. Holly franticly looked for an escape plan, but failed to come up with one.
"Hare!... plan!" Holly said as the rest of the group backed up to each other. The Tascillios moved in closer and closer to the party. A few pebbles from the ceiling fell to the ground in front of Hare. He noticed and looked up to find more rocks falling.
"Watch out!" Hare covered his head as more debris fell until finaly the ceiling gave way. Suezo, Genki, Moochi, and Tiger fell onto Holly, Hare, Golem, Suezo, Genki, Moochi, and Tiger...
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Well, that's all for today. I would also like to ask of my readers to reply to this question: should this be a long, big story, or a shorter, simpler story? Reply in.
-kevskove
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Genki and the rest could not have picked a worse day to go out it seemed. The ground was hot and sandy while the air was dry and sweltering as well.
"*pant* *pant*...999, 1000!" Genki said as he fell to the ground. "It's TOO HOT!" Moochi fell next to him.
"Moochi tired chi." Suezo squinted and saw what looked to him as a refreshing draft.
"Nothing beats a nice wind in this weather..." Suezo said as he closed his eye. The "draft" hit the party and knocked Suezo over. "AHH!" Tiger braced himself while Genki and Moochi shielded their faces as Suezo flew by them.
"Sandstorm!" Tiger yelled. After a minute or so, the storm subsided, and the temperature dropped sharply. Suezo spit out mouthfulls of sand out and dug himself out of a sand mound.
"I don't get it!" Suezo screamed. "First, we go to a town where the air was cool and nice. We step out of it for a second and it's hotter than anything. Now I'm freezing!" The ground turned blue as it froze. "What the-" Genki covered Moochi's ears while Suezo went into a frenzic rage of profainity. "-**&%*&#*&%@*&!*&%%*@&%#!-"
*Five minutes later*
"-*$*##!" Genki and Tiger sighed as Suezo finished his little speech. Moochi didn't understand a thing Suezo had said. Genki stood up, brushed the sand off himself, and then said, "C'mon, let's get going.", and resumed counting paces. The rest agreed and they set off again. "4000 paces isn't that far!" Genki said as he resumed his position of rushing ahead of the group once again.
***
Holly and Hare finaly reached Golem. They still had a part of a chain to thier legs. Golem was bound by several chains to the ceiling, held by wooden posts. Very near under the giant was a stream of water, that came out of the ceiling and into a larger grate. Golem did not seem to like his position.
"Golem!" Holly delightedly yelled. Holly was glad to see another member of the team together. Golem snapped out of his trance.
"Holly." Golem said, also happy. Hare wasted no time in jumping up to the posts. He grinned and started hiting the posts, one by one. Each one snapped and Golem soon fell through the remaining ones into the water. "Ahhhh." Golem said, casually as he scrambled out of the water. Soon he calmed down, and said, "Thank you Hare."
"Aw, it was nothing a little elbow grease and, cough, a lot of brains and wit couldn't do." Hare smirked while he said this.
"Let me help you." As Golem said this he snapped the chains on both of thier legs.
"Thanks Golem!" Holly said. "We need to find te rest of the group." She pointed to the faint cage that had Suezo in it. Golem and Hare both nodded and they set off. Golem soon picked up Hare and Holly and placed them gently on his shoulder. "...nice to have you back..."
***
Once Genki and crew got to pace 2000, the air got soggy and the ground got unstable. Genki noticed that his feet would get sucked into the ground every so often.
"Moochi doesn't like this." Moochi said. Genki picked up Moochi and started to walk a little faster.
"The weather changes every thousand paces. I wonder why..." Genki thought out loud.
"It's because someone has a sick sense of humor!" Suezo said. Tiger tried to remain silent through the times of complaining. 'Someone has to.' Tiger thought.
"I can see it!" Suezo yelled, relieved.
"I don't." Genki said, setting Moochi down.
"Remember, I'm the one with the sharpest eye around here." Suezo started to strut as best he could with one leg.
"Let's get going chi!" Moochi said gleefully as he began to run.
*several minutes later*
No one had kept count of paces when Suezo sighted the cave. At some point in time, the air got dense. Everyone had begun to have trouble breathing. Genki grabbed his head with both arms and fell.
" '4000 paces isn't that far.' " Suezo mocked as he gasped for air.
"My head hurts." Genki through clenched teeth. Moochi ran to his side and Genki got back to his feet. "Let's hurry." Tiger too, had begun to grow weary. He had also noticed that everyone had began to sway left and right when they walked. The cave became closer and closer to the group until they finaly reached it and took shelter inside. The air was cool and calm inside. Everyone panted as they reached the inner sanctuary. Genki fell to his knees and started kissing the fresh earth. Soon after he spit it out. He tried to think of something comical Hare would had said in his position.
"What's this?!?" Genki swung his head to see Tiger standing next to 2 different holes.
"Looks like key hole chi!" Moochi said.
"Hmmmm, not a keyhole." Genki looked at them both under closer inspection. One hole was slightly larger than the other, and both were diamond shaped. He thrusted the dirk into the bigger of the holes. Tiger strangely looked at Genki. The dirk fit perfectly into the slot.
"So wonderful to be on solid ground!" Suezo started dancing around the room. "No sudden suprises. No mysterious sand pits. No random-" Suezo was cut off by the ground beneath him falling. Tiger and Moochi ran to the hole that had been newly created.
"Suezo chi!" the pink monster shouted down the hole. Cracks began to surround Moochi and Tiger. Tiger quickly noticed them and made sure everyone else did.
"Moochi WATCH OUT!" Tiger jumped back out of harms way as. Fear engulfed Moochi's eyes as he too slipped in.
"No!" Genki said as he jumped in after his companion, not caring his fate. Tiger sighed as he looked around to no one.
"Hmph. What's one more hole?" he questioned to himself and jumped in after.
***
Hare, Holly, and Golem met up one by one with the rest of their party. All of them were found encaged, with no chains. Holly wondered how they would ever get out of such an intricate structure. Suddenly, Tascillios started to jump out of various grates in the floor. More were popping out than even Hare could manipulate. Holly franticly looked for an escape plan, but failed to come up with one.
"Hare!... plan!" Holly said as the rest of the group backed up to each other. The Tascillios moved in closer and closer to the party. A few pebbles from the ceiling fell to the ground in front of Hare. He noticed and looked up to find more rocks falling.
"Watch out!" Hare covered his head as more debris fell until finaly the ceiling gave way. Suezo, Genki, Moochi, and Tiger fell onto Holly, Hare, Golem, Suezo, Genki, Moochi, and Tiger...
***
Well, that's all for today. I would also like to ask of my readers to reply to this question: should this be a long, big story, or a shorter, simpler story? Reply in.
-kevskove