Alright, this was actually requested by Kaede from Vilya n Company, so
here we go.
Isaac: ::holds up a sign that says "YAY!"::
That's right, I'm finally going to get Isaac a dry-erase board. More
economical, a lot easier on him, and the typing.
Isaac: ::holds up another sign that says "Are we going to the store
now?"::
::grabs her car keys (I drive a Passat!):: Alright, let's do this. But
first, the next chapter.
Chapter 9: The Light at the End of the Tunnel
The stair case lasted forever, but when they got to the bottom it
was obvious that the dark, stone hallway they were in was very far below
ground. The walls were dripping, everything was very cold, and a draft
from the stair case kept on threatening to blow out not only their
candles, but the torches that lined the walls.
"I hate spooky dungeons," Mia muttered as they trudged along the
passageway. "They're cold, dripping, and there is absolutely NO thought
put into them. Don't you agree, Jenna?"
"I'm scared," was all the Mars Adept could say. Luckily, she had
a death grip on Alex's arm rather than his neck.
He, however, failed to see how this could be a good change.
"Jenna...my arm's going to sleep."
"What would you rather have fall asleep, you arm or your head?"
Ivan asked.
"Good point. Nevermind, Jenna."
"Y'know, Mia has a good point, too," Garet shivered. "I hate
these places."
"That's 'cause you're a Mars Adept and it's too cold for you,"
Isaac teased.
"Guys, this is serious," Ivan glared at them all. "We're walking
down a dark passage way probably MILES beneath the surface of the earth
and quite frankly, we're probably all going to DIE so if you wouldn't
mind-"
"What, do you want us to be all gloom and doom about it?" Isaac
asked.
Garet took the cue marvelously, falling to his knees and moaning
in mock despair. "I don't want to die! This place is so fowl and evil,
please, I just want one more breath of fresh air, to feel the sun again
and maybe kill a few things while I'm at it! Please, God, save me from
this cruel fate..."
"I get the point already!" Ivan fumed. "Go back to cracking
jokes about our fate!"
"Good, we knew you'd see it our way eventually," Garet got to his
feet, brushing slime and muck off of the knees of his pants, feeling very
glad that he was wearing gloves. "Alright, where were we?"
"I just said that it was too cold for you because you're a Mars
Adept," Isaac infromed him.
"Oh, right then," Garet nodded. "Well, if YOU were a Mars Adept
YOU wouldn't be feeling to great about this entire situation, either."
"Well, I'm not, so cry a river, build a bridge, and jump off of
it," Isaac said cheerfully.
"Oh, very witty, Isaac," Mia glared icily at him. "Did you come
up with that all by yourself, or did you have some help from Picard?"
"You always did ruin our fun," Garet didn't even bother glaring
at Mia. "Why don't you take yourself and your PMSing somewhere else,
hmm?"
"Fine, I will," Mia strode forward.
"Ah, c'mon Mia, he was just kidding," Alex put in a good word for
Garet. But Mia didn't hear it, a hoel opened up beneath her feet and she
fell in, screaming.
"MIA!"
They all ran forward, but it was too late. With the grating of
stone the hole was re-covered.
"I'm not even going to waste my time worrying about her," Ivan
said.
"Yeah, I'm more worried about who's trying t capture her," Isaac
agreed, nodding.
"I hope that doesn't happen to me," Jenna looked where the hole
had been. "This place is too small as it is."
**************
"LET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!"
"Hm...we seemed to have made a mistake," the voice of pure evil
commented.
"AAAAAAAAAGH!!!!"
"There goes the creepy rhyming guy," another voice, not quite
pure evil but very close noted, as if it was talking about the weather.
"Well, this WILL scare the others, won't it?" the voice of pure
evil asked.
The other voice was silent for a moment. "Actually, they're
probably relieved..."
*********
The second voice was not far off. Now that Mia was gone, the
group could talk freely without wondering if they were going to be
killed. Jenna even loosened her grip on Alex's arm...a little bit.
"Hey, look, a light!" Isaac pointed ahead.
"At the end of a tunnel!" Ivan added.
Garet wasn't so enthused. "Hm...the light at the end of the
tunnel usually means that you're DEAD."
"I thought you guys weren't going for the whole 'doom and gloom'
bit," Alex said dryly.
"Yeah, I thought we were done with that," Isaac gave Garet a
quizzical look.
"Sorry," Garet shrugged, but somehow he couldn't shake off the
feeling of forboding that had been creeping up the farther they got down
the tunnel.
In a matter of minutes they left the tunnel and entered a
brightly lit room. The wall slid closed behind them, but no one was
really surprised, they had been expecting something of the sort to
happen.
"GUYS!" Felix yelled from where he was strapped to a table. "You
made it!"
"FELIX!" Jenna yelled, abandoning Alex to run to her brother and
squeeze him around the neck. Poor Felix made choking noises.
"Where are we?" Ivan looked around.
"You're in the Chamber of Ultimate Torture!" the voice of pure
evil announced.
Alrighty...I think that chapter was bigger than the last three combined.
Isaac: ::writing on his new dry erase board "But it was fun!"::
Yeah...anywho, you read, you review.
Isaac: ::begins to write on his dry erase board, but Akiko hits him with
it::
Oh, and Evil Neptune, thanks for the spelling lesson. Normally I catch
things like that but I was in a hurry to get that chapter out.
Isaac: @_@
Oh, and someone commented on my "Ich bin der Kase Gott". It means "I am
the Cheese God" in German. I hope that person's reading this story, I
can't even remember where I said that.
Alright, one chapter to go! Be prepared for the worst!
here we go.
Isaac: ::holds up a sign that says "YAY!"::
That's right, I'm finally going to get Isaac a dry-erase board. More
economical, a lot easier on him, and the typing.
Isaac: ::holds up another sign that says "Are we going to the store
now?"::
::grabs her car keys (I drive a Passat!):: Alright, let's do this. But
first, the next chapter.
Chapter 9: The Light at the End of the Tunnel
The stair case lasted forever, but when they got to the bottom it
was obvious that the dark, stone hallway they were in was very far below
ground. The walls were dripping, everything was very cold, and a draft
from the stair case kept on threatening to blow out not only their
candles, but the torches that lined the walls.
"I hate spooky dungeons," Mia muttered as they trudged along the
passageway. "They're cold, dripping, and there is absolutely NO thought
put into them. Don't you agree, Jenna?"
"I'm scared," was all the Mars Adept could say. Luckily, she had
a death grip on Alex's arm rather than his neck.
He, however, failed to see how this could be a good change.
"Jenna...my arm's going to sleep."
"What would you rather have fall asleep, you arm or your head?"
Ivan asked.
"Good point. Nevermind, Jenna."
"Y'know, Mia has a good point, too," Garet shivered. "I hate
these places."
"That's 'cause you're a Mars Adept and it's too cold for you,"
Isaac teased.
"Guys, this is serious," Ivan glared at them all. "We're walking
down a dark passage way probably MILES beneath the surface of the earth
and quite frankly, we're probably all going to DIE so if you wouldn't
mind-"
"What, do you want us to be all gloom and doom about it?" Isaac
asked.
Garet took the cue marvelously, falling to his knees and moaning
in mock despair. "I don't want to die! This place is so fowl and evil,
please, I just want one more breath of fresh air, to feel the sun again
and maybe kill a few things while I'm at it! Please, God, save me from
this cruel fate..."
"I get the point already!" Ivan fumed. "Go back to cracking
jokes about our fate!"
"Good, we knew you'd see it our way eventually," Garet got to his
feet, brushing slime and muck off of the knees of his pants, feeling very
glad that he was wearing gloves. "Alright, where were we?"
"I just said that it was too cold for you because you're a Mars
Adept," Isaac infromed him.
"Oh, right then," Garet nodded. "Well, if YOU were a Mars Adept
YOU wouldn't be feeling to great about this entire situation, either."
"Well, I'm not, so cry a river, build a bridge, and jump off of
it," Isaac said cheerfully.
"Oh, very witty, Isaac," Mia glared icily at him. "Did you come
up with that all by yourself, or did you have some help from Picard?"
"You always did ruin our fun," Garet didn't even bother glaring
at Mia. "Why don't you take yourself and your PMSing somewhere else,
hmm?"
"Fine, I will," Mia strode forward.
"Ah, c'mon Mia, he was just kidding," Alex put in a good word for
Garet. But Mia didn't hear it, a hoel opened up beneath her feet and she
fell in, screaming.
"MIA!"
They all ran forward, but it was too late. With the grating of
stone the hole was re-covered.
"I'm not even going to waste my time worrying about her," Ivan
said.
"Yeah, I'm more worried about who's trying t capture her," Isaac
agreed, nodding.
"I hope that doesn't happen to me," Jenna looked where the hole
had been. "This place is too small as it is."
**************
"LET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!"
"Hm...we seemed to have made a mistake," the voice of pure evil
commented.
"AAAAAAAAAGH!!!!"
"There goes the creepy rhyming guy," another voice, not quite
pure evil but very close noted, as if it was talking about the weather.
"Well, this WILL scare the others, won't it?" the voice of pure
evil asked.
The other voice was silent for a moment. "Actually, they're
probably relieved..."
*********
The second voice was not far off. Now that Mia was gone, the
group could talk freely without wondering if they were going to be
killed. Jenna even loosened her grip on Alex's arm...a little bit.
"Hey, look, a light!" Isaac pointed ahead.
"At the end of a tunnel!" Ivan added.
Garet wasn't so enthused. "Hm...the light at the end of the
tunnel usually means that you're DEAD."
"I thought you guys weren't going for the whole 'doom and gloom'
bit," Alex said dryly.
"Yeah, I thought we were done with that," Isaac gave Garet a
quizzical look.
"Sorry," Garet shrugged, but somehow he couldn't shake off the
feeling of forboding that had been creeping up the farther they got down
the tunnel.
In a matter of minutes they left the tunnel and entered a
brightly lit room. The wall slid closed behind them, but no one was
really surprised, they had been expecting something of the sort to
happen.
"GUYS!" Felix yelled from where he was strapped to a table. "You
made it!"
"FELIX!" Jenna yelled, abandoning Alex to run to her brother and
squeeze him around the neck. Poor Felix made choking noises.
"Where are we?" Ivan looked around.
"You're in the Chamber of Ultimate Torture!" the voice of pure
evil announced.
Alrighty...I think that chapter was bigger than the last three combined.
Isaac: ::writing on his new dry erase board "But it was fun!"::
Yeah...anywho, you read, you review.
Isaac: ::begins to write on his dry erase board, but Akiko hits him with
it::
Oh, and Evil Neptune, thanks for the spelling lesson. Normally I catch
things like that but I was in a hurry to get that chapter out.
Isaac: @_@
Oh, and someone commented on my "Ich bin der Kase Gott". It means "I am
the Cheese God" in German. I hope that person's reading this story, I
can't even remember where I said that.
Alright, one chapter to go! Be prepared for the worst!