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PART 3

?????, followed by Vicks and Wedge, enter the dark mine shaft.

Vicks: A... A.... Aaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh-CHOOOOOOOOO!!!

?????: Bless you.

Vicks: Thanks!

Vicks: Wait a minute!!!

Wedge: Hehehehe!

(for all of you who don't what the slave does... Wedge controlled ????? and made her say
"Bless you" to Vicks)

Vicks: ...

Wedge: Come on! Stop wasting time and let's go...

????? leads them farther into the mine shaft.

Interrupted b the occasional Mine Monster, the three go farther into the mine.

Vicks: OOF!

Wedge: Eh? What happened?

Vicks: ?!? Oh? Oh... There's a gate here...

Wedge: What do we do now?

Vicks: I'll handle this. Stand back!

????? and Wedge back away from the gate.

Vicks: ... Hiiiii-yaaaaaa!

Vicks smashes the gate apart.

Wedge: Good smash.. Come on, let's go. I'm getting tired of all this dust.

The three once again press forward. Suddenly, a guard shoves them back.

Guard: We won't hand over the Esper!!!

The guard runs away.

Guard: Whelk! Get them!

A huge snail-like monster attacks them...

Vicks: Hold it! Think back to our briefding...

Wedge: What about it?!

Vicks: Do you recall hearing about a monster that eats lightning...

Wedge: ...and stores the energy in its shell!

Vicks: Right. So whatever you do, do't attack the shell!

Wedge: Alright already!

Vicks and Wedge hit the Whelk with fire. ????? gets the snail with TekMissile.

Whelk: Gruu...

The Whelk goes inside of its shell.

Vicks and Wedge and ????? heal each other.

Whelk: Gruu...

The Whelk comes out again.

????? Vicks and Wedge hit the Whelk again.

Whelk: Gruu! Grruuuuuuuuuuuu....

The Whelk explodes.

Vicks: Huh! That was easy!

The three walk North more. Suddenly, they find some stairs.

Wedge: GASP!

Vicks: What is it?!?

Wedge: Look... Up there...

Vicks: GASP! THE ESPER!!!

Vicks and Wedge walk up the stairs.

Suddenly, 75 rats come out of a hole.

RAT LEADER: ATTACK THEM!!!

Vicks and Wedge, mesmerised, freeze the rats. Then ????? hits them with a TekMissile. They
explode.

Vicks: This is the frozen Esper...

The Esper, Tritoch, attacks them.

Wedge: Hey! What's the matter? Do you know something we don't?

Girl/?????: ...

The girl walks towards Tritoch the Esper.

The frozen creature begins emitting an eerie light...

Wedge: Where's that light coming from?! Vwaaaaaaaa!!!!

Wedge disintegrates. His body molecules explode and disappear.

Vicks: Hey!
Wedge... where are you?
W......what's happening?! Vwaaaaaaaa!!!!

Girl: ...

The girl backs away. Electricity flows between the two. Explosions occur on the girls body.

More blue, eerie light comes from Tritoch.

The girl blacks out...








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Next up: ????? true name revealed! Vicks and Wedge dead, the girl finds herself beeing
hunted down by the Empire.