Disclaimer: I own Klim, and Klim only.
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After listening to Kit Kat talk for a few minutes, I decided to speak up.
"So, you're telling me there are three other versions of you running amok in this world somewhere?" I asked.
"No," he replied, "they're in another dimension. I'll deal with them myself later."
"When this is all over... be careful, OK?" I said to him.
"Thanks," Kit Kat replied.
"Well, we should hurry. We have to stop others from entering this world!" I shouted.
"Right! Let's go!" Kit Kat yelled eagerly.
We walked for about two hours before we finally got out of the desert. At some points I didn't know if we would make it or not. After every sand dune seemed another sand dune, and there just didn't seem to be an end to it. However, we got through it, and now we were staring at a mountain in front of us.
"Rage Mountain?" I asked Lynx. He nodded.
"Where is the next emerald after this? I'm just curious," Kit Kat asked.
Lynx looked at his map for a second. "It's on an island just east of here."
"How are we supposed to get to the island?!" Kit Kat shouted. I guess he didn't like water.
"Don't you have a raft in one of your pockets? Or how about we float over on those air mattresses?" I joked.
"Enough," Lynx said. "We'll find a way over there. Let's cross that bridge when we come to it."
Bridge? Did he just try to make a joke?
"All right," I said as we continued onward towards the mountain.
We reached it in no time. Surprisingly enough, there was a dirt trail leading up and around the mountain. We wouldn't have to climb it.
"How convenient," I said out loud as I started up the path.
"Wait!" Lynx shouted at me.
"What?" I asked as I turned around.
"Doesn't this trail seem a little...strange? Why would there be one here?" Lynx asked as he knelt down and looked at the dirt. "It looks like something cut through here."
"Like what?" I said with a laugh. "We are by a mountain in the middle of nowhere! What could possibly be here?"
I walked up the path again, Lynx and Kit Kat following me, although hesitantly.
About ten minutes later we were halfway up the mountain. The ground below us seemed so far away... The trees looked hardly larger than quarters. I tried to keep my eyes on the path as I climbed. I hated heights. The path was gradually getting narrower and narrower, and we had to walk in a line instead of side by side. I took the lead, with Lynx right behind me and Kit Kat taking up the rear.
"Hey, do you hear something?" Lynx asked me. I strained my ears and managed to make out a faint rumbling noise from above us. It got louder and louder until I finally saw what it was. It was a large boulder, moving at an insane speed towards us down the path.
I flung myself over the edge of the cliff, spun around, and grabbed onto the edge with my hands. Lynx managed to keep a steady hover by my side, while Kit Kat lassoed a rock with his yo-yo and held on for dear life.
The rock flew past us, almost crushing my hands. I climbed back up and helped Kit Kat back onto the trail. Lynx hovered up and got back on his own.
"That was close!" Kit Kat replied as I helped him up. "Thanks."
"No problem. Now let's hurry and get up this stupid mountain before another boulder comes!" I commanded.
We ran up the mountain much faster than we went before. Soon we were at the top.
"I wasn't expecting this... I was hoping a shrine would be up here, but this?" Lynx said as he looked down.
"This is going to be tougher than I thought," I stated as I looked down also. You guessed it. Rage Mountain is a volcano.
"Hey, look! Another path leads down!" Kit Kat shouted as he pointed off to the side. He was right. A small path wove around inside of the volcano. I couldn't see the bottom of the path, since everything down there was a bright red color. I could feel the heat coming up from the depths of the hole.
"That emerald better be down there," I said to Lynx. He nodded.
"It is."
"I don't know..." I said with doubt.
"Let's go!" Lynx suddenly shouted and he ran down the path. Kit Kat and I hurried to catch him.
We were nearing the bottom of the volcano. The path suddenly evened out and I could lean over and touch the lava, not that I would want to. It was as hot as an oven in this place.
"Look, over there!" Lynx suddenly shouted. I looked where he was pointing and saw a shrine.
"All right! Let's get the emerald and get the heck out of here!" I shouted as I ran towards it. Suddenly I went flying backwards as though I hit a barrier of some sort.
"FOOLS!" A voice sounded. A reddish creature appeared in front of me. He carried a fork and had horns on his head.
"A...devil!?" I shouted in disbelief.
"NO ONE CAN TOUCH THE CHAOS EMERALD! YOU WILL DIE!" he boomed as he stabbed forward at me. I blocked the stab with my own spear and countered it with a quick thrust to the creature's torso. The demon swayed back, dodging the blow, and came back with a jumping pierce. I dodged it by jumping to the side, and Lynx came in with a slice to the creature's leg. It howled in anger and stabbed back at Lynx. He had little time to react and was almost impaled by the attack... but I jumped in and managed to block it.
"Thanks!" he shouted at me.
"No time for talking! Let's finish this thing!" I shouted.
Suddenly I saw a yo-yo fly over my head. Kit Kat had missed by a mile.
"Why won't it work!?" I heard him yell in frustration.
I decided to try something different. I felt some strange sort of energy moving through me, and I felt a sudden urge to stab my spear into the ground. I did so, and was amazed that the end of it came up underneath the demon.
"YOU...YOU WILL PAY FOR THIS!" he shouted as he suddenly disappeared.
"All right!" I shouted as I rushed forward into the shrine. I grabbed the Chaos Emerald, a red one, out of the statue. The moment I did so, however, I knew I made a mistake. The whole place began to shake and I could barely stay standing. I ran out of the shrine to see Lynx catch Kit Kat just before he fell into the lava.
"What the heck is this!?" Kit Kat yelled as he ran up the path. Lynx and I quickly followed him. We looked behind us to see the lava rising.
"Shoot! It's going to blow!" I shouted.
"....Grab on," Lynx said as he ran in front of me.
I just looked at him. "You can't be serious..."
"What other choice do we have?! Hurry!" he shouted.
I grabbed one of his hands while he grabbed Kit Kat with his other. Soon he was spinning his tails, and started to... FLY!?
"No way! You...you're actually doing it! Awesome! Keep it up!" I shouted as we soared out of the volcano. Lynx propelled us forward and in only a matter of seconds we were on the ground away from the volcano. We watched as the volcano erupted violently in dazzling colors of red and orange. The lava didn't flow too far however, and we noticed it was heading towards the ocean. We watched for the next several minutes as the lava hit the cool water and hardened, making a complete bridge to the island.
"It must be fate," I said as I laughed.
"Must be," Lynx replied.
Kit Kat, on the other hand, was looking rather down.
"What's the matter, Kit Kat?" I asked.
"I...couldn't do anything to help you guys out with that demon. I tried and...I just couldn't do it," he replied.
"Hey, it's not your fault," Lynx said. "Just wait until you're back to normal, then you'll be fine!"
Kit Kat smiled. "Thanks," he said.
"Oh, take this," I said as I handed him the red Chaos Emerald. He looked at it for a couple seconds.
"What do I do with it?" he asked.
"Just hold onto it. When the time comes, I'm sure you'll be able to control it's powers. THEN you'll be able to do some damage," Lynx stated. I nodded in agreement.
"All right," Kit Kat replied. "Thanks guys. I owe you one."
"No sweat, Kit Kat," I replied. "Now let's go get those Chaos Emeralds!"
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Next chapter will be coming...but I don't know when. Got a major workload now... Ugh.
NOTE: I had to change this chapter a bit... Kit Kat didn't like it the first time. Oh well.
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After listening to Kit Kat talk for a few minutes, I decided to speak up.
"So, you're telling me there are three other versions of you running amok in this world somewhere?" I asked.
"No," he replied, "they're in another dimension. I'll deal with them myself later."
"When this is all over... be careful, OK?" I said to him.
"Thanks," Kit Kat replied.
"Well, we should hurry. We have to stop others from entering this world!" I shouted.
"Right! Let's go!" Kit Kat yelled eagerly.
We walked for about two hours before we finally got out of the desert. At some points I didn't know if we would make it or not. After every sand dune seemed another sand dune, and there just didn't seem to be an end to it. However, we got through it, and now we were staring at a mountain in front of us.
"Rage Mountain?" I asked Lynx. He nodded.
"Where is the next emerald after this? I'm just curious," Kit Kat asked.
Lynx looked at his map for a second. "It's on an island just east of here."
"How are we supposed to get to the island?!" Kit Kat shouted. I guess he didn't like water.
"Don't you have a raft in one of your pockets? Or how about we float over on those air mattresses?" I joked.
"Enough," Lynx said. "We'll find a way over there. Let's cross that bridge when we come to it."
Bridge? Did he just try to make a joke?
"All right," I said as we continued onward towards the mountain.
We reached it in no time. Surprisingly enough, there was a dirt trail leading up and around the mountain. We wouldn't have to climb it.
"How convenient," I said out loud as I started up the path.
"Wait!" Lynx shouted at me.
"What?" I asked as I turned around.
"Doesn't this trail seem a little...strange? Why would there be one here?" Lynx asked as he knelt down and looked at the dirt. "It looks like something cut through here."
"Like what?" I said with a laugh. "We are by a mountain in the middle of nowhere! What could possibly be here?"
I walked up the path again, Lynx and Kit Kat following me, although hesitantly.
About ten minutes later we were halfway up the mountain. The ground below us seemed so far away... The trees looked hardly larger than quarters. I tried to keep my eyes on the path as I climbed. I hated heights. The path was gradually getting narrower and narrower, and we had to walk in a line instead of side by side. I took the lead, with Lynx right behind me and Kit Kat taking up the rear.
"Hey, do you hear something?" Lynx asked me. I strained my ears and managed to make out a faint rumbling noise from above us. It got louder and louder until I finally saw what it was. It was a large boulder, moving at an insane speed towards us down the path.
I flung myself over the edge of the cliff, spun around, and grabbed onto the edge with my hands. Lynx managed to keep a steady hover by my side, while Kit Kat lassoed a rock with his yo-yo and held on for dear life.
The rock flew past us, almost crushing my hands. I climbed back up and helped Kit Kat back onto the trail. Lynx hovered up and got back on his own.
"That was close!" Kit Kat replied as I helped him up. "Thanks."
"No problem. Now let's hurry and get up this stupid mountain before another boulder comes!" I commanded.
We ran up the mountain much faster than we went before. Soon we were at the top.
"I wasn't expecting this... I was hoping a shrine would be up here, but this?" Lynx said as he looked down.
"This is going to be tougher than I thought," I stated as I looked down also. You guessed it. Rage Mountain is a volcano.
"Hey, look! Another path leads down!" Kit Kat shouted as he pointed off to the side. He was right. A small path wove around inside of the volcano. I couldn't see the bottom of the path, since everything down there was a bright red color. I could feel the heat coming up from the depths of the hole.
"That emerald better be down there," I said to Lynx. He nodded.
"It is."
"I don't know..." I said with doubt.
"Let's go!" Lynx suddenly shouted and he ran down the path. Kit Kat and I hurried to catch him.
We were nearing the bottom of the volcano. The path suddenly evened out and I could lean over and touch the lava, not that I would want to. It was as hot as an oven in this place.
"Look, over there!" Lynx suddenly shouted. I looked where he was pointing and saw a shrine.
"All right! Let's get the emerald and get the heck out of here!" I shouted as I ran towards it. Suddenly I went flying backwards as though I hit a barrier of some sort.
"FOOLS!" A voice sounded. A reddish creature appeared in front of me. He carried a fork and had horns on his head.
"A...devil!?" I shouted in disbelief.
"NO ONE CAN TOUCH THE CHAOS EMERALD! YOU WILL DIE!" he boomed as he stabbed forward at me. I blocked the stab with my own spear and countered it with a quick thrust to the creature's torso. The demon swayed back, dodging the blow, and came back with a jumping pierce. I dodged it by jumping to the side, and Lynx came in with a slice to the creature's leg. It howled in anger and stabbed back at Lynx. He had little time to react and was almost impaled by the attack... but I jumped in and managed to block it.
"Thanks!" he shouted at me.
"No time for talking! Let's finish this thing!" I shouted.
Suddenly I saw a yo-yo fly over my head. Kit Kat had missed by a mile.
"Why won't it work!?" I heard him yell in frustration.
I decided to try something different. I felt some strange sort of energy moving through me, and I felt a sudden urge to stab my spear into the ground. I did so, and was amazed that the end of it came up underneath the demon.
"YOU...YOU WILL PAY FOR THIS!" he shouted as he suddenly disappeared.
"All right!" I shouted as I rushed forward into the shrine. I grabbed the Chaos Emerald, a red one, out of the statue. The moment I did so, however, I knew I made a mistake. The whole place began to shake and I could barely stay standing. I ran out of the shrine to see Lynx catch Kit Kat just before he fell into the lava.
"What the heck is this!?" Kit Kat yelled as he ran up the path. Lynx and I quickly followed him. We looked behind us to see the lava rising.
"Shoot! It's going to blow!" I shouted.
"....Grab on," Lynx said as he ran in front of me.
I just looked at him. "You can't be serious..."
"What other choice do we have?! Hurry!" he shouted.
I grabbed one of his hands while he grabbed Kit Kat with his other. Soon he was spinning his tails, and started to... FLY!?
"No way! You...you're actually doing it! Awesome! Keep it up!" I shouted as we soared out of the volcano. Lynx propelled us forward and in only a matter of seconds we were on the ground away from the volcano. We watched as the volcano erupted violently in dazzling colors of red and orange. The lava didn't flow too far however, and we noticed it was heading towards the ocean. We watched for the next several minutes as the lava hit the cool water and hardened, making a complete bridge to the island.
"It must be fate," I said as I laughed.
"Must be," Lynx replied.
Kit Kat, on the other hand, was looking rather down.
"What's the matter, Kit Kat?" I asked.
"I...couldn't do anything to help you guys out with that demon. I tried and...I just couldn't do it," he replied.
"Hey, it's not your fault," Lynx said. "Just wait until you're back to normal, then you'll be fine!"
Kit Kat smiled. "Thanks," he said.
"Oh, take this," I said as I handed him the red Chaos Emerald. He looked at it for a couple seconds.
"What do I do with it?" he asked.
"Just hold onto it. When the time comes, I'm sure you'll be able to control it's powers. THEN you'll be able to do some damage," Lynx stated. I nodded in agreement.
"All right," Kit Kat replied. "Thanks guys. I owe you one."
"No sweat, Kit Kat," I replied. "Now let's go get those Chaos Emeralds!"
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Next chapter will be coming...but I don't know when. Got a major workload now... Ugh.
NOTE: I had to change this chapter a bit... Kit Kat didn't like it the first time. Oh well.