Chapter 19
The huge lizard, called a scalataur backed Link and Lauren up against a wall.
"Go into the hallway..."Link whispered. Lauren nodded and dashed into the hall, peeking around the corner. The scalataur seemed to disregard Lauren and kept its attention on link. It opened its huge mouth and spit a fire ball at Link. Link held up his shield, the fire ball hitting the shield and dispersing to the sides. It spat another fireball as Link jumped to the side, dodging again. It then shot a continuous spray of fire at Link. Link ran around the edges of the room as the line of fire followed him. Link reached the scalataur's tail and ran up it. He jumped up on its back and brought his sword down into the scalataur's back. However, the scalataur's were extremely hard, giving its hide armor like quality. The sword bounced out of Links hands and clamored onto the floor. The scalataur then threw Link of his back and onto the floor. It opened its mouth and lunged at Link, who did a sideflip to get away. The scalataur lunged again and Link once again dodged. Link backed up and bumped into the wall. The scalataur thrusted his claw forward and held Link against the wall. Link groaned as the Scalataur pushed him against the wall. It let out a hissy laugh as it opened its mouth.
"Oh...I can't watch...!" Lauren sobbed as she turned around and covered her eyes.
Jared and Justin crawled out of the hole where the body of water once was. They were no longer at Ikawaii Lake.
"Where are we?" Justin mumbled as he looked around.
"Look!" Jared shouted as he pointed to something off of the lakes shore. Another black tower stood about 30 feet away from them.
"Great, but how are we supposed to destroy it?" Justin asked. "We don't have any bombs.
Suddenly the sky lit up as a huge bolt of lightning flew down from the clouds and struck the tower, causing an energy surge which disabled the entire thing.
"Well that solves our problem. Guess Gondar never took the weather into consideration..." Jared said. They left the area and started walking. They eventually came to the river.
"Great, if we follow the river we should eventually find out where we are." Justin said. They walked along the river for a few miles. Suddenly something came into view.
"Whoa...what is that?" Jared said, trying to make it out through the darkness.
"It looks like some kind of castle..." Justin said. They walked closer to the castle.
"Look up there." Jared whispered, pointing to the top. Various creatures stood on the top of the walls, guarding it.
"This must be something of Gondar's...but it can't be his castle, it's too small." Justin said.
"Let's try to find a way in..." Jared said as they snuck around to the back.
Link stood against the wall, trapped by the Scalataur's grasp. It opened its mouth and prepared to take a bite out of him. Its open drooling mouth lurched towards Link. Right when it was about to bite down, Link pulled up a bone from the floor and stuck it between its jaws. The scalataur, surprised by this, lifted its claw off Link and clawed at the bone. Link took this opportunity to run over and grab his sword. He jumped up on the scalataur's head and looked it in the eye.
"Hiya!" he said waving. He then drove his sword into the creature's eye. The scalataur let out a tremendous howl as it flailed wildly, lifting up on its hind legs and scratching at its eye. Link jumped down to the floor and drove his sword deep into the soft underbelly of the scalataur. It howled again as it fell on its back and died. Lauren ran over to Link and grasped onto him, knocking him to the ground.
"You didn't die! I'm so happy!" she said, snuggling up against him.
"Um...yeah, can you...let me up now?" he mumbled. Lauren let him up, but still hugging him. "We need to get going..." Link said, taking her hands from around his waist.
~end chapter 19~
chapter 20. Fort Mystic river
Jared and Justin snuck around the sides of the building, carefully walking in the shadows so they would not be seen. They found a spot on the top wall that was not being guarded.
"We can probably scale the wall here..." Jared mumbled. "But how to do it..." he ran a hand over the smooth stone-makeup of the wall."Nothing to grip..."
"Leave it to me." Justin said, taking out a rope and an arrow. He tied one end of the rope to the end of the arrow. Making sure the knot was secure; he got out his bow and put the arrow on the string. He drew the string back and aimed carefully, then let the arrow fly. The arrow soared up and fell back down over the other side of the wall, sticking into something.
"I hope no one noticed that..." Jared mumbled. Justin gave a few quick tugs to make sure the rope was secure then he jumped up onto it.
"Come on, its fine." Justin said as he scaled the wall.
"Whatever you say..." Jared said doubtfully as he gripped the rope and climbed up after Justin. When they reached the top, Jared sat on the wall and pulled up the rope. He looked down at the ground to check if the coast was clear. He tied the end of the rope onto a brick sticking up and tugged it to make sure it was secure.
"Alright, let's go..." he whispered, grabbing the rope and gliding down the other side of the wall. Jared landed on the ground and motioned for Justin to follow. Justin slid down the rope too fast and landed on Jared.
"Ow! You idiot!" Jared shouted quietly, pushing Justin off of him.
"Ouch...rope burn...It's not my fault the rain made the rope slick..." Justin hissed, waving his smoking hands. Jared sighed as he walked toward the inner building. He found a door and put his ear against it.
"What are you doing?" Justin whispered.
"Listening for anything that might be inside..." he responded. He confirmed that there was nothing inside and he gripped the handle. He slowly turned it and opened the door. He winced slightly as the door creaked. Jared waved a hand for Justin to follow and they dissapeared inside.
Link walked through the corridor lit by the small candle, followed by Lauren.
"Geez, how big is this place anyway..." Link mumbled as he walked through the hall. They then came to a large room.
"I hope there aren't any scary monsters in here..." Lauren said, gripping Link's arm. The next black tower was situated in the middle.
"Hey, alright. The next tower." Link said, but then paused. "...It can't be this easy...." Cautiously, he got out a bomb from his pack and set it next to the tower. He ducked into the hall with Lauren. After a few seconds the bomb exploded.
"Hmm...I guess it is this easy..." he turned and saw that the tower was in fact destroyed. "This is weird....I guess that scalataur thing was the guardian..." he mumbled. Link and Lauren walked through a door and out of the room.
Jared and Justin crept through the halls, ducking into rooms whenever they would hear something coming.
"Jeez, can't we just kill these things?" Justin mumbled.
"No, do you want a bunch of monsters to find out where we are?" Jared turned his head toward Justin.
"All for the better. I'd prefer a straight fight to all this sneaking around." Justin retorted. Jared sighed.
"Well we don't know how many creatures are here. We could be totally outnumbered..."
Jared and Justin continued down the hall. They heard another creature thundering down the hall as Jared pulled Justin into another side room. As Jared closed the door behind him, he turned, his jaw dropping to the floor. About a hundred creatures stopped and looked at the two.
"Hmm....'Minion training room'..."Justin read a small sign next to them. "Great job Jared..." the creatures began to snarl as they crept toward the two.
~end chapter 20~
The huge lizard, called a scalataur backed Link and Lauren up against a wall.
"Go into the hallway..."Link whispered. Lauren nodded and dashed into the hall, peeking around the corner. The scalataur seemed to disregard Lauren and kept its attention on link. It opened its huge mouth and spit a fire ball at Link. Link held up his shield, the fire ball hitting the shield and dispersing to the sides. It spat another fireball as Link jumped to the side, dodging again. It then shot a continuous spray of fire at Link. Link ran around the edges of the room as the line of fire followed him. Link reached the scalataur's tail and ran up it. He jumped up on its back and brought his sword down into the scalataur's back. However, the scalataur's were extremely hard, giving its hide armor like quality. The sword bounced out of Links hands and clamored onto the floor. The scalataur then threw Link of his back and onto the floor. It opened its mouth and lunged at Link, who did a sideflip to get away. The scalataur lunged again and Link once again dodged. Link backed up and bumped into the wall. The scalataur thrusted his claw forward and held Link against the wall. Link groaned as the Scalataur pushed him against the wall. It let out a hissy laugh as it opened its mouth.
"Oh...I can't watch...!" Lauren sobbed as she turned around and covered her eyes.
Jared and Justin crawled out of the hole where the body of water once was. They were no longer at Ikawaii Lake.
"Where are we?" Justin mumbled as he looked around.
"Look!" Jared shouted as he pointed to something off of the lakes shore. Another black tower stood about 30 feet away from them.
"Great, but how are we supposed to destroy it?" Justin asked. "We don't have any bombs.
Suddenly the sky lit up as a huge bolt of lightning flew down from the clouds and struck the tower, causing an energy surge which disabled the entire thing.
"Well that solves our problem. Guess Gondar never took the weather into consideration..." Jared said. They left the area and started walking. They eventually came to the river.
"Great, if we follow the river we should eventually find out where we are." Justin said. They walked along the river for a few miles. Suddenly something came into view.
"Whoa...what is that?" Jared said, trying to make it out through the darkness.
"It looks like some kind of castle..." Justin said. They walked closer to the castle.
"Look up there." Jared whispered, pointing to the top. Various creatures stood on the top of the walls, guarding it.
"This must be something of Gondar's...but it can't be his castle, it's too small." Justin said.
"Let's try to find a way in..." Jared said as they snuck around to the back.
Link stood against the wall, trapped by the Scalataur's grasp. It opened its mouth and prepared to take a bite out of him. Its open drooling mouth lurched towards Link. Right when it was about to bite down, Link pulled up a bone from the floor and stuck it between its jaws. The scalataur, surprised by this, lifted its claw off Link and clawed at the bone. Link took this opportunity to run over and grab his sword. He jumped up on the scalataur's head and looked it in the eye.
"Hiya!" he said waving. He then drove his sword into the creature's eye. The scalataur let out a tremendous howl as it flailed wildly, lifting up on its hind legs and scratching at its eye. Link jumped down to the floor and drove his sword deep into the soft underbelly of the scalataur. It howled again as it fell on its back and died. Lauren ran over to Link and grasped onto him, knocking him to the ground.
"You didn't die! I'm so happy!" she said, snuggling up against him.
"Um...yeah, can you...let me up now?" he mumbled. Lauren let him up, but still hugging him. "We need to get going..." Link said, taking her hands from around his waist.
~end chapter 19~
chapter 20. Fort Mystic river
Jared and Justin snuck around the sides of the building, carefully walking in the shadows so they would not be seen. They found a spot on the top wall that was not being guarded.
"We can probably scale the wall here..." Jared mumbled. "But how to do it..." he ran a hand over the smooth stone-makeup of the wall."Nothing to grip..."
"Leave it to me." Justin said, taking out a rope and an arrow. He tied one end of the rope to the end of the arrow. Making sure the knot was secure; he got out his bow and put the arrow on the string. He drew the string back and aimed carefully, then let the arrow fly. The arrow soared up and fell back down over the other side of the wall, sticking into something.
"I hope no one noticed that..." Jared mumbled. Justin gave a few quick tugs to make sure the rope was secure then he jumped up onto it.
"Come on, its fine." Justin said as he scaled the wall.
"Whatever you say..." Jared said doubtfully as he gripped the rope and climbed up after Justin. When they reached the top, Jared sat on the wall and pulled up the rope. He looked down at the ground to check if the coast was clear. He tied the end of the rope onto a brick sticking up and tugged it to make sure it was secure.
"Alright, let's go..." he whispered, grabbing the rope and gliding down the other side of the wall. Jared landed on the ground and motioned for Justin to follow. Justin slid down the rope too fast and landed on Jared.
"Ow! You idiot!" Jared shouted quietly, pushing Justin off of him.
"Ouch...rope burn...It's not my fault the rain made the rope slick..." Justin hissed, waving his smoking hands. Jared sighed as he walked toward the inner building. He found a door and put his ear against it.
"What are you doing?" Justin whispered.
"Listening for anything that might be inside..." he responded. He confirmed that there was nothing inside and he gripped the handle. He slowly turned it and opened the door. He winced slightly as the door creaked. Jared waved a hand for Justin to follow and they dissapeared inside.
Link walked through the corridor lit by the small candle, followed by Lauren.
"Geez, how big is this place anyway..." Link mumbled as he walked through the hall. They then came to a large room.
"I hope there aren't any scary monsters in here..." Lauren said, gripping Link's arm. The next black tower was situated in the middle.
"Hey, alright. The next tower." Link said, but then paused. "...It can't be this easy...." Cautiously, he got out a bomb from his pack and set it next to the tower. He ducked into the hall with Lauren. After a few seconds the bomb exploded.
"Hmm...I guess it is this easy..." he turned and saw that the tower was in fact destroyed. "This is weird....I guess that scalataur thing was the guardian..." he mumbled. Link and Lauren walked through a door and out of the room.
Jared and Justin crept through the halls, ducking into rooms whenever they would hear something coming.
"Jeez, can't we just kill these things?" Justin mumbled.
"No, do you want a bunch of monsters to find out where we are?" Jared turned his head toward Justin.
"All for the better. I'd prefer a straight fight to all this sneaking around." Justin retorted. Jared sighed.
"Well we don't know how many creatures are here. We could be totally outnumbered..."
Jared and Justin continued down the hall. They heard another creature thundering down the hall as Jared pulled Justin into another side room. As Jared closed the door behind him, he turned, his jaw dropping to the floor. About a hundred creatures stopped and looked at the two.
"Hmm....'Minion training room'..."Justin read a small sign next to them. "Great job Jared..." the creatures began to snarl as they crept toward the two.
~end chapter 20~