Disclaimer: I own Klim, nothing more, nothing less.
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I flew through the darkness, waiting to meet my doom as soon as I waited to hit the bottom. However, luck seemed to be on my side, and I landed on a soft sloped surface. I rolled down the slope and as soon as I got to the bottom I could hardly stand. I felt like passing out. I snapped out of it and looked around me. It was pitch black. Where the heck was I?
Suddenly I heard a thud behind me and Lynx rolled to my side. He looked as dizzy as I was when I got done rolling. I gave him a smack on the back to snap him out of it.
"Glad you could make it," I joked.
"Where the heck are we?" he asked.
"The world down under," I joked again.
"Stop screwing around! How the heck are we supposed to get out of here?" Lynx said as he pounded a wall.
"Well, I can't see a thing, so I have no clue what to do," I said as I squinted through the darkness.
There was silence for a second. "What's the matter, Lynx?"
"Oh...nothing," he said as a bright green flash erupted from him.
"Damn, not so bright!" I shouted as I covered my eyes.
"Never satisfied, are you?" Lynx said as he dimmed the light.
"Man, you're getting good with that thing," I said as I gestured towards the emerald. He nodded.
I looked around the room we were in. It was nothing more than three walls, a ceiling, and a floor of dirt. There was nothing of interest anywhere.
"So, I must repeat myself. How do we get out?" he asked.
"Can't you fly?" I asked as I gestured towards his tails.
"Are you crazy?! I can hardly hover! It probably took Tails a few years to learn how to fly!" Lynx yelled at me.
'I need to stop pressing his buttons,' I thought to myself as I looked up where we had fallen from. There was no way we could climb it. It was just a smooth vertical tunnel. But why was it here?
"Do you think this is a trap?" I asked Lynx.
Lynx gave me one of those looks. "What do you think? A conveniently covered hole in the middle of the desert...hmm...sounds like a trap to me!"
"OK! OK! Sheesh!" I shouted.
Suddenly I heard a roar and the whole room began to shake.
"What's going on!?" Lynx yelled as he struggled to stay standing.
"I thought you had all the answers!" I shouted back as I leaned against a wall for support.
The back wall suddenly caved inwards and out came... a giant worm.
"What the...!?" I shouted as it let loose an ear-shattering roar.
"We just left this party!" Lynx shouted as took out his sword. I fumbled for my spear and took it out as Lynx struck a blow on the worm's head. It roared again and tried to bite Lynx.
"Whoa! It's got teeth!" Lynx yelled as he jumped out of the way.
While the worm was busy with Lynx, I charged it and jabbed my spear forward as hard as I could. The blow caught the worm in the neck and it roared again.
"Time to finish this!" Lynx shouted as he jumped upwards and sliced the worm's head right off.
But the worm wasn't done yet. Like a real worm, it was still alive. Its body began to thrash against the walls of the room and the ceiling began to cave in.
"Shoot! Lynx, hurry!" I shouted as I jumped onto the worm's back and ran along it. Its body gradually sloped upwards, and it became very difficult to run because it was so slippery.
Lynx caught up to me and asked, "Do you think this will lead to the surface?"
"I hope so," I replied. "Look out!"
The worm had thrashed against the ceiling, almost squishing us. We barely ran out of the way, and we decided to save the chit chat for later. We ran as fast as we could along the back of the worm, until we saw...
"Sunlight! Hurry!" Lynx shouted as he sped ahead of me.
'Cripe, how fast can that guy go?' I thought to myself as I struggled to keep up.
We exited the tunnel and were once more were out in the desert.
"I do NOT want to do that again," Lynx said as he collapsed onto the ground. The wind once more blew sand into my eyes and I fell to the ground also. The body of the worm was still shaking around behind us.
"Hey, isn't that the shrine?" I asked as I looked up.
Ahead of us was a gray stone building, with columns supported the ceiling.
"Yeah, that's it. But, I can't be absolutely positive. My sense of direction got messed up when I fell into that hole," Lynx replied.
I got up and walked over to it. It was no mirage. A couple more seconds and I was inside of it. A strange statue was inside, and I pulled out a yellow gem from the stomach of it.
"Got it!" I shouted to Lynx as he entered the building. I pocketed the gem and we walked outside.
"So, what's next?" I asked as I walked ahead of Lynx.
"Hmm, next is Rage Mountain. It should be just north of here."
Suddenly the ground opened up all around us and four new worms emerged from the ground.
"Let's get out of here!" I shouted as I ran off. Lynx was right beside me, and then he pulled ahead of me. Curse those tails of his. He was using a few of them to propel himself along. I must have jinxed him right then, because one of his tails suddenly flew out of formation and tripped his own legs.
"Whoa!" he shouted as he fell down. The worms were burrowing through the ground towards him. Another minute and...
"NO!" I shouted as I stopped. A golden light came from around me and I took out the yellow Chaos Emerald.
"Can I do this?" I asked as I looked at the emerald. I almost laughed. I did exactly what Sonic did in Sonic Adventure 2 when he was about to get blown up.
I suddenly held the emerald up to the sky, and bolts of lightning shot out of it and struck the worms as they stuck their heads out of the ground. I kept the lightning there and slowly felt myself getting more and more tired.
Lynx suddenly got up off the ground and sliced through one of the worms. That was one down. I held my concentration as he took out another. Two left. I gritted my teeth and began to sweat as he cut through a third. With my last burst of energy I eliminated the fourth one myself and I fell to the ground, exhausted.
"Whoa, are you all right?!" Lynx yelled as he ran over to me.
"I'll be fine... But I think I better take a breather," I said as I closed my eyes.
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Next chapter coming soon.
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I flew through the darkness, waiting to meet my doom as soon as I waited to hit the bottom. However, luck seemed to be on my side, and I landed on a soft sloped surface. I rolled down the slope and as soon as I got to the bottom I could hardly stand. I felt like passing out. I snapped out of it and looked around me. It was pitch black. Where the heck was I?
Suddenly I heard a thud behind me and Lynx rolled to my side. He looked as dizzy as I was when I got done rolling. I gave him a smack on the back to snap him out of it.
"Glad you could make it," I joked.
"Where the heck are we?" he asked.
"The world down under," I joked again.
"Stop screwing around! How the heck are we supposed to get out of here?" Lynx said as he pounded a wall.
"Well, I can't see a thing, so I have no clue what to do," I said as I squinted through the darkness.
There was silence for a second. "What's the matter, Lynx?"
"Oh...nothing," he said as a bright green flash erupted from him.
"Damn, not so bright!" I shouted as I covered my eyes.
"Never satisfied, are you?" Lynx said as he dimmed the light.
"Man, you're getting good with that thing," I said as I gestured towards the emerald. He nodded.
I looked around the room we were in. It was nothing more than three walls, a ceiling, and a floor of dirt. There was nothing of interest anywhere.
"So, I must repeat myself. How do we get out?" he asked.
"Can't you fly?" I asked as I gestured towards his tails.
"Are you crazy?! I can hardly hover! It probably took Tails a few years to learn how to fly!" Lynx yelled at me.
'I need to stop pressing his buttons,' I thought to myself as I looked up where we had fallen from. There was no way we could climb it. It was just a smooth vertical tunnel. But why was it here?
"Do you think this is a trap?" I asked Lynx.
Lynx gave me one of those looks. "What do you think? A conveniently covered hole in the middle of the desert...hmm...sounds like a trap to me!"
"OK! OK! Sheesh!" I shouted.
Suddenly I heard a roar and the whole room began to shake.
"What's going on!?" Lynx yelled as he struggled to stay standing.
"I thought you had all the answers!" I shouted back as I leaned against a wall for support.
The back wall suddenly caved inwards and out came... a giant worm.
"What the...!?" I shouted as it let loose an ear-shattering roar.
"We just left this party!" Lynx shouted as took out his sword. I fumbled for my spear and took it out as Lynx struck a blow on the worm's head. It roared again and tried to bite Lynx.
"Whoa! It's got teeth!" Lynx yelled as he jumped out of the way.
While the worm was busy with Lynx, I charged it and jabbed my spear forward as hard as I could. The blow caught the worm in the neck and it roared again.
"Time to finish this!" Lynx shouted as he jumped upwards and sliced the worm's head right off.
But the worm wasn't done yet. Like a real worm, it was still alive. Its body began to thrash against the walls of the room and the ceiling began to cave in.
"Shoot! Lynx, hurry!" I shouted as I jumped onto the worm's back and ran along it. Its body gradually sloped upwards, and it became very difficult to run because it was so slippery.
Lynx caught up to me and asked, "Do you think this will lead to the surface?"
"I hope so," I replied. "Look out!"
The worm had thrashed against the ceiling, almost squishing us. We barely ran out of the way, and we decided to save the chit chat for later. We ran as fast as we could along the back of the worm, until we saw...
"Sunlight! Hurry!" Lynx shouted as he sped ahead of me.
'Cripe, how fast can that guy go?' I thought to myself as I struggled to keep up.
We exited the tunnel and were once more were out in the desert.
"I do NOT want to do that again," Lynx said as he collapsed onto the ground. The wind once more blew sand into my eyes and I fell to the ground also. The body of the worm was still shaking around behind us.
"Hey, isn't that the shrine?" I asked as I looked up.
Ahead of us was a gray stone building, with columns supported the ceiling.
"Yeah, that's it. But, I can't be absolutely positive. My sense of direction got messed up when I fell into that hole," Lynx replied.
I got up and walked over to it. It was no mirage. A couple more seconds and I was inside of it. A strange statue was inside, and I pulled out a yellow gem from the stomach of it.
"Got it!" I shouted to Lynx as he entered the building. I pocketed the gem and we walked outside.
"So, what's next?" I asked as I walked ahead of Lynx.
"Hmm, next is Rage Mountain. It should be just north of here."
Suddenly the ground opened up all around us and four new worms emerged from the ground.
"Let's get out of here!" I shouted as I ran off. Lynx was right beside me, and then he pulled ahead of me. Curse those tails of his. He was using a few of them to propel himself along. I must have jinxed him right then, because one of his tails suddenly flew out of formation and tripped his own legs.
"Whoa!" he shouted as he fell down. The worms were burrowing through the ground towards him. Another minute and...
"NO!" I shouted as I stopped. A golden light came from around me and I took out the yellow Chaos Emerald.
"Can I do this?" I asked as I looked at the emerald. I almost laughed. I did exactly what Sonic did in Sonic Adventure 2 when he was about to get blown up.
I suddenly held the emerald up to the sky, and bolts of lightning shot out of it and struck the worms as they stuck their heads out of the ground. I kept the lightning there and slowly felt myself getting more and more tired.
Lynx suddenly got up off the ground and sliced through one of the worms. That was one down. I held my concentration as he took out another. Two left. I gritted my teeth and began to sweat as he cut through a third. With my last burst of energy I eliminated the fourth one myself and I fell to the ground, exhausted.
"Whoa, are you all right?!" Lynx yelled as he ran over to me.
"I'll be fine... But I think I better take a breather," I said as I closed my eyes.
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Next chapter coming soon.