Dungeons and Teachers (Which are fiercer than Dragons)
Plot Progression, really long chapter
***Jessica***
Jessica couldn't believe her luck, she just ran right into a room filled with bookies.
"Damn," she thought. Suddenly, a bookie ran towards her, without thinking she launched her hand out and knocked the bookie off balance. With a sweeping leg move the bookie was down and out. With a look of wide-eyed surprise Jessica looked down at her fists, then a look of realization sank in and her eyes twinkled with a faraway power.
"I know Kung Fu," Jessica exclaimed. The bookies parted to show interesting creature, sort of a pencil golem, much more humanoid than the bookies.
"Show me" The creature said. There was an odd stillness as the opposing enemies took fighting stances.
***Liz***
The thing was following her, Liz knew that now, she also new it wasn't far behind. As she ran the corridor seemed to lighten somewhat, but she hardly noticed she just knew that she had to get away; gladly she noticed figures up ahead.
***Melody and Mack***
The corridor was increasingly darkening, like an evil sunset; dark becoming darker. "Something isn't right," Mack thought to himself as the corridors illumination worsened. He stood for a second and was sure of his theory.
"Melody. . ." he called as she got a ways ahead of him. Just then a figure appeared in the darkness, panting and very worn.
"Liz," Melody recognized her friend, "are you ok"
"We must hurry away from here," Liz said wide-eyed, "but I'm glad you guys are here."
"Wait, what are we running from," Melody asked.
"The shadows," Mack answered, and indicated to the walls, "you see the corridor isn't becoming darker, the darkness is coming from down the corridor. You can feel the evil presence seeping into your soul from. . ."
"Shut it," Liz said terrified as she had already been terrified enough
The children looked down the corridor and heard a weird hiss a ways off. The students gave each other a frightful look.
"We have to run," Liz said, but as she ran she stumbled in her exhaustion.
"Come on," Mack called as both he and Melody half carried half dragged the exhausted Liz as quickly as they could, with Melody in front. They came out of the corridor and into the room where the battle was fought and despite the torches the room was steadily darkening.
"Aiyah" Melody said with frustration they came on the corridor with a T-crossing.
"Which way to go," She yelled.
"Um…" Mack said somewhat panicked as they just stood there.
"Well," Mack said hurriedly, "Mrs. Rayne went that way," he pointed left, "so lets go right," They turned the corner and went running along gasping slightly. Carrying Liz must be hefty work.
"Hey, I heard that, stupid narrator," Liz uttered. ^ ^* Whoops, wait did you just call me stupid, errrrr. As they flew down the corridor they came to the big open room with the bottomless gorge. Melody gave Mack a dirty look as if to say "lets go right, huh".
***Natasia, Edward, and Kara***
The techno Tetris faded as the dust from chess piece settled.
"Holy shoot," Edward screamed, as he stared aghast at the crumbling knight. Large chunks of white marble flew off the knight as the monster hammered at the head.
"Fwoosh," A flaming pick flew from Edwards hand as he tried to make his way upward. Edward held on to his flame-sword tightly as debris flew from top of the knight. With a freaky anime eye-pop, Edward watched a dusty chunk of marble come flying down at him. Swinging from his axe, Edward tried to get out of it's path. With a dust trail and a lot of luck the rock missed him.
"Phew," Edward thought aloud, "well at least now I'm safe"
"Thwack," a small rock landed on his head with a load thunk; imagine Edward anime, with the big head and fake looking tears in the eyes. Natasia and Kara looked on anxiously looking for a way to help him. Edward's piece moved closer to the black pawn line. Kara saw it first.
"Edward, pawn jump!" Kara screamed in thoughtspeech. Edward looked and saw it too. There was no way he could get up the knight but he was right by a black pawn, which was shorter by several feet. The pawn was the only piece close enough to jump to, at the moment. Edward looked frustrated at it, but began to swing his feet; the pawn moved as Edward let go, below his feet he watched the view of study marble get replaced with burning lava.
"Not good," Edward thought as he fell quicker, actually 9.45 m/s/s. Suddenly, his fall stalled and he swerved violently, landing on the pawn. Puzzled, Edward looked around and saw Kara, her hand extended and looking tired.
"Thanks," Edward thought to Kara
"No problem, big spender," she said with a wink.
"Ok," Edward said with a slight smile, "time to get the powers out"
Edward pulled out a bundle of TNT with a huge flaming fuse and a maniacal grin.
***Mack, Melody, and Liz***
"Quick," Melody called, "you got another pencil, the old one must have shrunk away a while ago"
"Yup," said Mack as he passed it to her. Melody went up to the pit, while Mack supported Liz. In the gathering darkness all they could see was Melody's outline as green energy pulsed around her.
"Ok," Melody said as the trio heard to clunks, from the pencil across the gap, Melody exhausted signaled for them to come across.
"You guys go first," Mack said.
"But I'm not sure how long it'll hold," Melody said, "I could put as much energy into it."
"Don't worry," Mack reassured them, "I'll be right behind you," Wearily the girls went across the bridge; Mack took off his blue-tinted glasses, and stood at the edge peering into the darkness. His eyes seemed to get used to the darkness, "but I'm still pretty blind" he thought to himself as he slipped his glasses in a pocket on the front of his leather armor. The girls were almost across he saw, so he decided to make his way across too. Dark abyss dropped off on either side of the pencil, Mack looked over the edge cautiously, taking great care to mind his step. About halfway he could see the two exhausted girls lying upon the stone floor, and thought "Good, we all made it across." When suddenly he heard an unholy hiss come from the other side of the pencil. He put his back to Liz and Melody, and took some step forward to confront the beast. With a faint flicker of his hand he was illuminated with a dull glow, which was accompanied by an unearthly screech. The girls sat on the other side, barely able to move, watching anxiously. The room was a twilight macabre, lighted torches filled the room but their glow was extinguished, all that could be seen was Mack and his pale outlined glow. Mack drew his rapier in a long sweeping movement, light seemed to glitter in its path, and held it point forward at the monster which had mounted the pencil, its tendrils merged into ghastly feet to tread upon it. The monster took a step towards the point of the rapier and made some inaudible sounds.
"Demon spawned of blood and shadow, you shall not pass," Mack cried purposefully. The monster just roared at him and took a step closer. Mack shook his head, and his sword took to life. From the rapier a shimmering light shone with an unbelievable light. Melody looked up shielding her eyes from the light burst forth from the ghostly siloette of a hilt, tightly gripped in Mack's hands. In the light the demon seemed to shrink away and Mack grew larger and formal.
"Begone" Mack yelled and sprang forth towards the demon plunging the light into the demon and ramming him with his shoulder. With a powerful shove Mack threw the demon off the pencil with a slice and stumble.
"Rhhorrgh," the Demon yelled as it fell. With a relieved look Mack watched the monster drop back into the abyss; Melody and Liz sighed a sigh of relief but were barely conscious. Suddenly, a black tendril whipped out of the darkness and wrapped around his ankle.
"Ahh" Mack yelled, his face contorted with fear as he dropped and caught the pencil with a leg and an arm. He looked like he was about to say something when a better thought came into his mind. With a quick jerk of his rapier he cut the tendril loose. He watched the pieces fall away very annoyed but managed to get himself back up with slight smile. The lights in cavern started to take up flame.
Mack started wearily making his way back to the girls, when he caught their looks. His smile left him as he looked at the pencil began to glow and hop around on the ledge. Eyes wide Mack ran for it; Liz and Melody ran to the side yelling, "Quick . . ." as the pencil began to shrink away he leapt for the side. The pencil dropped as Mack flew threw the air in slow motion grasping for Melody and Liz's outstretched hands.
***Jessica**
"Keeyaaa" Jessica gave out a yell and flew into a jump kick. Knocking the head off a bookie in mid-air she followed through and brought herself about with a hand slash knocked another bookie down. The golems took up to attack her when the pencil golem gave a signal, quickly but reluctantly the bookies flooded out of the narrow room. Jessica looked the monster over with distaste.
"Lets go," the monster yelled, and started rushing across the room; Jessica leapt into a wall walk to meet it. Jessica and the beast met at the center of the room. Jessica shot off the wall with a powerful kick. The golem flipped up its thick arm to catch the blow. Jessica's hit glanced off the arm and she caught one of her own as the pencil golem brought around its other arm. "Oooff" she held her stomach as she fell to the ground her legs curled underneath her. A shine seemed come from her eyes as she managed herself up; she thought to herself, "fight or run". Jessica took a look at the door and then back at the pencil golem.
"She's starting to believe" the narrator said to no one in particular. The monster and Jessica looked around puzzled for the disembodied voice. Jessica furrowed her brow and then looked relieved. Spinning around, Jessica flew for the open door.
***Natasia, Edward, and Kara***
"Kirreck" The student trio watched the knight shudder and beging to sink into the lava.
"Well at least we're down a gargoyle," Edward said, but then watched as the gargoyle-like creature, stress on like since it really isn't a gargoyle.
"Whatever," Edward replied to the narrator, "not like it matters,"
"Hah hah hah," the narrator laughed, "Caterpillar,"
"yEaHAHaHA," Edward screamed and fell to the flat of the pawn in a fetal position. Well, as Edward recovered, err unconscious on the ground, Kara and Natasia watched the gargoyle make a flying jump to a nearby pawn. Just then, Kara remembered the stick of dynamite with the long extravagant fuse mentioned a long while ago. "Shoot," she cried, "EDWARD!!" Kara's eyes turned to bright pink glowing orbs, and weird light began to flick about her. Natasia stood in watch focused on the gargoyle as her piece began to move; as Natasia was oblivious, around Kara a black and pink Amazon outfit shimmered into and then out of being, leaving her in her school outfit, but with a silent aura of power. She lifted her hand and Edward awoke. Kara felt a power of control over Edward, and his eyes flitted opened and went the same pink color as Kara's.
"Eddy," she called nearly in a daze, "throw it now," Edward quirkily managed to pick up the dynamite and Kara pulled her arm back and Edward mimicked, and then let the bundle fly. It soared through the air and landed in the lava near a black bishop. It detonated with a fantastic explosion taking out a huge chunk of the mighty piece. Kara's eyes dulled as the seemingly complete mind control began to where off, Edward stood too and regained his senses; yet to him it seemed as though nothing had happened. "Hrm" Kara thought to herself and a slightly evil smile flitted across her face for a second.
***Mack, Melody, and Liz***
"Just a little further," Mack thought as he flew threw the air, but even then he could feel himself dropping. Just as he was about to fall Melody caught him with an enlarged hand. With a crash Mack crashed into the wall Melody hanging on to his hand tightly. Though Melody had caught him she was still too fatigued to pull him up. Mack watched crestfallen as a daze came over her face, and he made up his mind. Liz reached for his other hand but he shook his head and gave his body a quick jerk and fell out of Melodies grasp.
"Noooo", the girls cried. Melody brought her hand back around to steady herself in consciousness, and the illusion fell away. Mack began to fall now really out of Melodies alone into the darkness of the pit.
"Till our paths cross again," Mack called, "and find the rest of our friends." With that Mack left them and the girls, though distressed, fell into a fitful unconscious.
***Jessica**
The doorway flew by her as she ran, the stars and moons on her forehead jingled in tune with each step she took. The running wasn't so hard on her; she felt . . . she knew that she was out running the pencil monster. After a while she was pretty sure she had lost him for good.
"Now I just need to find a way out of this stupid . . ." Jessica's thoughts trailed off as she came into a fancifully engraved door, covered in peculiar runes. Jessica took little heed of it and quickly opened it. Inside she found a huge room; a room relatively bare excepting for a small stair leading downwards that was in the center of it. Not taking much notice of this oddity (just wanting to get out of there) Jessica began to nimbly jump down the stairs.
***Natasia, Edward, and Kara***
"Ok," Edward said, "the quickest way out of here obviously can't be to play, and win the game. I think we should just jump pieces till we get to the other side, and in the process destroy as many black pieces as possible."
"Agreed," the girls said together worried about their friend Liz who probably should have been rescued by them a few chapters ago. Natasia started the jumping, she leapt from the recently drawn out white queen onto an empty black rook. Her flower armor, which she was wearing though I cant possibly keep track of where she put it on but she had it on so staying on the piece would be easier, receded into her arm and rearranged itself creating a super gauntlet. Bringing her arm back, Natasia prepared for a blasting attack.
"Fwoosh. . . kirreccck," Natasia let her fist come crashing down upon the piece, cracks ran their way from her fist to all over the piece; it promptly started to sink into the lava. She ran to the side of the rook and made a leap and caught the side of a nearby white pawn with her huge gauntlet and swung herself upon it. The pawn made and advance and Natasia made herself nearer to the other side.
"Kert. . .sissssssssss," Edward let loose another explosive, he stood poised watching for the right strategy to play across the board. Quickly, he saw it, "black knight to D4," he muttered to himself and created some hand spikes and foot spikes, on his feet and hands as the knight flew across the board. The knight landed right next to him, Edward planted the explosives and leapt to the side of the knight. Surveying the board he saw that he'd be here for a while, and tried to secure his hold as he watched the girls.
***Liz and Melody***
Slowly, Liz rolled over and gave out a sigh. She refused to open her eyes and take in the reality of it all. Finally she rolled over and looked about her. The room was the same; she and Melody had passed out on the edge of their side of the room. She managed to pull herself up, no light could enter through the deep dungeon walls; yet Liz could feel a new dawn breaking. She tried to recall about how long she had been in this weird castle, but her she couldn't seem to recall a time length from the beginning of this adventure. Before Liz could look too much into this foreshadowing hint Melody awoke. She sat up quietly and crawled over to the edge and looked into the dark abyss, half expecting Mack to appear. For a while the both of them just sat there together, each lost in their own thoughts. Liz let out a gentle sob but caught herself somewhat. She stood herself up and walked over to Melody and the edge; Melody stood up with her. Together they dropped some tears as they took a last look at that infernal cliff. Drawing themselves together they silently began to navigate through the room, and, choosing a promising corridor, they took their leave.
***Natasia, Edward, and Kara***
With another loud crash Natasia destroyed another piece, and leapt to another; Edward spectated still waiting to get off his piece. Kara, though she had no power to destroy the pieces managed to glide from piece to piece. Edwards body was getting really sore when another piece came close enough to jump to, but unfortunately, Edward saw, it was occupied by a gargoyle-mutant.
"You know what," Edward thought angrily, "screw this and those stupid gargoyles (glares at narrator); I know what I thought" Edward planted an explosive and leapt at the monster. Before it had even realized Edward it had a flaming spear shishka-bobing it from right to left. Edward could not hide his smirk as his feet floated slightly above the piece as he held onto the spear. His smirk vanished as the goliath turned it's head to glare at him. Quickly, Edward dropped to the piece and rammed a flaming long sword into it. The monster only stared at him as it brought it's claw up over it's head. The monsters claw came crashing down, but Edward narrowly dodged it and rolled behind the gargoyle mutant. While the monster was trying to turn around Edward shoved a flaming dagger, kukri, trident, glaive, ranseur, shank, and pencil into his ever growing pin cushion. The monster, now inconvenienced a little bit turned around to face a slightly out of breath Edward. He gave it an angry look and then smiled slightly.
"Survive this," he said and placed a piece of flaming box on the monsters chest. On it were red numbers, 03 . . . 02 . . . 01. Edward leapt into the air and caught a nearby piece with a flaming hook; . . . 00. The timer ran out and a huge explosion rocked the room, flaming weapons and random monster parts flew across the room. From his perch Edward looked upon the sinking crater of a piece with a distinct look of satisfaction. In the meantime, Kara had made slowly but surly made her way without event towards the dark side, err Black side. Natasia began to put herself in the lead toward this race to escape this infernal impediment.
"Oh my god, this is taking way to long," she thought to herself. With a little fast-forwarding from the narrator, the Natasia and Kara managed to get on the back row of pieces near the edge leading to freedom, well freedom from this stupid chessboard. Edward managed to hook an attacking white piece going his way, which managed to destroy a gargoyle piece with out mishap, and managed to get within sight of freedom; again freedom from this stupid chessboard. Natasia was the first one to jump off her piece; she landed nimbly, catching herself with her flora-tronic arm. As she landed, unbeknownst to the kids, the last gargoyle-monster turned around with an angry glance, it had been on the queen the entire time and was halfway across the board. Kara came next, seemingly to have become more skilled in using her power glided with less exertion to the ground by her piece; the monster seemingly enraged gave a powerful push with its leg and began to leap from piece to piece. Edward seemed to have little trouble getting to the ground and took his time, while the gargoyle quickly gained ground.
"Well, good thing that's over," Edward said as he crept down from his place.
"Quick," Natasia cried, "we have to go get Liz."
"Yea, yea," Edward said, but then as the kids turned their backs there was a horrible crash; the mouth-less gargoyle monster thing cracked the stone under it's feet. It reared up from it's place on the edge and made several hideous sounds, some kinda roar.
"This one a lot," Edward gulped, "bigger" Both Edward and Natasia readied their weapons.
"Oh paaleeaasse," Kara said with a roll of her eyes, she extended her hand and gave it a flick. The monster tottered back as if hit by some blow, on the edge of the lava it waved it arms as it began to fall backwards. Together all three students, cartoonishly, blew a gust at it as it teetered, and with a hideous gurgle it fell into the pool of lava. The girls wheeled back around to avoid the sight, while Edward jumped right to the edge to watch the writhing corpse sink into flame.
"Ok lets get out of here!" Kara exclaimed. The kids agreed and went through the corridor on the side of the room.
Plot Progression, really long chapter
***Jessica***
Jessica couldn't believe her luck, she just ran right into a room filled with bookies.
"Damn," she thought. Suddenly, a bookie ran towards her, without thinking she launched her hand out and knocked the bookie off balance. With a sweeping leg move the bookie was down and out. With a look of wide-eyed surprise Jessica looked down at her fists, then a look of realization sank in and her eyes twinkled with a faraway power.
"I know Kung Fu," Jessica exclaimed. The bookies parted to show interesting creature, sort of a pencil golem, much more humanoid than the bookies.
"Show me" The creature said. There was an odd stillness as the opposing enemies took fighting stances.
***Liz***
The thing was following her, Liz knew that now, she also new it wasn't far behind. As she ran the corridor seemed to lighten somewhat, but she hardly noticed she just knew that she had to get away; gladly she noticed figures up ahead.
***Melody and Mack***
The corridor was increasingly darkening, like an evil sunset; dark becoming darker. "Something isn't right," Mack thought to himself as the corridors illumination worsened. He stood for a second and was sure of his theory.
"Melody. . ." he called as she got a ways ahead of him. Just then a figure appeared in the darkness, panting and very worn.
"Liz," Melody recognized her friend, "are you ok"
"We must hurry away from here," Liz said wide-eyed, "but I'm glad you guys are here."
"Wait, what are we running from," Melody asked.
"The shadows," Mack answered, and indicated to the walls, "you see the corridor isn't becoming darker, the darkness is coming from down the corridor. You can feel the evil presence seeping into your soul from. . ."
"Shut it," Liz said terrified as she had already been terrified enough
The children looked down the corridor and heard a weird hiss a ways off. The students gave each other a frightful look.
"We have to run," Liz said, but as she ran she stumbled in her exhaustion.
"Come on," Mack called as both he and Melody half carried half dragged the exhausted Liz as quickly as they could, with Melody in front. They came out of the corridor and into the room where the battle was fought and despite the torches the room was steadily darkening.
"Aiyah" Melody said with frustration they came on the corridor with a T-crossing.
"Which way to go," She yelled.
"Um…" Mack said somewhat panicked as they just stood there.
"Well," Mack said hurriedly, "Mrs. Rayne went that way," he pointed left, "so lets go right," They turned the corner and went running along gasping slightly. Carrying Liz must be hefty work.
"Hey, I heard that, stupid narrator," Liz uttered. ^ ^* Whoops, wait did you just call me stupid, errrrr. As they flew down the corridor they came to the big open room with the bottomless gorge. Melody gave Mack a dirty look as if to say "lets go right, huh".
***Natasia, Edward, and Kara***
The techno Tetris faded as the dust from chess piece settled.
"Holy shoot," Edward screamed, as he stared aghast at the crumbling knight. Large chunks of white marble flew off the knight as the monster hammered at the head.
"Fwoosh," A flaming pick flew from Edwards hand as he tried to make his way upward. Edward held on to his flame-sword tightly as debris flew from top of the knight. With a freaky anime eye-pop, Edward watched a dusty chunk of marble come flying down at him. Swinging from his axe, Edward tried to get out of it's path. With a dust trail and a lot of luck the rock missed him.
"Phew," Edward thought aloud, "well at least now I'm safe"
"Thwack," a small rock landed on his head with a load thunk; imagine Edward anime, with the big head and fake looking tears in the eyes. Natasia and Kara looked on anxiously looking for a way to help him. Edward's piece moved closer to the black pawn line. Kara saw it first.
"Edward, pawn jump!" Kara screamed in thoughtspeech. Edward looked and saw it too. There was no way he could get up the knight but he was right by a black pawn, which was shorter by several feet. The pawn was the only piece close enough to jump to, at the moment. Edward looked frustrated at it, but began to swing his feet; the pawn moved as Edward let go, below his feet he watched the view of study marble get replaced with burning lava.
"Not good," Edward thought as he fell quicker, actually 9.45 m/s/s. Suddenly, his fall stalled and he swerved violently, landing on the pawn. Puzzled, Edward looked around and saw Kara, her hand extended and looking tired.
"Thanks," Edward thought to Kara
"No problem, big spender," she said with a wink.
"Ok," Edward said with a slight smile, "time to get the powers out"
Edward pulled out a bundle of TNT with a huge flaming fuse and a maniacal grin.
***Mack, Melody, and Liz***
"Quick," Melody called, "you got another pencil, the old one must have shrunk away a while ago"
"Yup," said Mack as he passed it to her. Melody went up to the pit, while Mack supported Liz. In the gathering darkness all they could see was Melody's outline as green energy pulsed around her.
"Ok," Melody said as the trio heard to clunks, from the pencil across the gap, Melody exhausted signaled for them to come across.
"You guys go first," Mack said.
"But I'm not sure how long it'll hold," Melody said, "I could put as much energy into it."
"Don't worry," Mack reassured them, "I'll be right behind you," Wearily the girls went across the bridge; Mack took off his blue-tinted glasses, and stood at the edge peering into the darkness. His eyes seemed to get used to the darkness, "but I'm still pretty blind" he thought to himself as he slipped his glasses in a pocket on the front of his leather armor. The girls were almost across he saw, so he decided to make his way across too. Dark abyss dropped off on either side of the pencil, Mack looked over the edge cautiously, taking great care to mind his step. About halfway he could see the two exhausted girls lying upon the stone floor, and thought "Good, we all made it across." When suddenly he heard an unholy hiss come from the other side of the pencil. He put his back to Liz and Melody, and took some step forward to confront the beast. With a faint flicker of his hand he was illuminated with a dull glow, which was accompanied by an unearthly screech. The girls sat on the other side, barely able to move, watching anxiously. The room was a twilight macabre, lighted torches filled the room but their glow was extinguished, all that could be seen was Mack and his pale outlined glow. Mack drew his rapier in a long sweeping movement, light seemed to glitter in its path, and held it point forward at the monster which had mounted the pencil, its tendrils merged into ghastly feet to tread upon it. The monster took a step towards the point of the rapier and made some inaudible sounds.
"Demon spawned of blood and shadow, you shall not pass," Mack cried purposefully. The monster just roared at him and took a step closer. Mack shook his head, and his sword took to life. From the rapier a shimmering light shone with an unbelievable light. Melody looked up shielding her eyes from the light burst forth from the ghostly siloette of a hilt, tightly gripped in Mack's hands. In the light the demon seemed to shrink away and Mack grew larger and formal.
"Begone" Mack yelled and sprang forth towards the demon plunging the light into the demon and ramming him with his shoulder. With a powerful shove Mack threw the demon off the pencil with a slice and stumble.
"Rhhorrgh," the Demon yelled as it fell. With a relieved look Mack watched the monster drop back into the abyss; Melody and Liz sighed a sigh of relief but were barely conscious. Suddenly, a black tendril whipped out of the darkness and wrapped around his ankle.
"Ahh" Mack yelled, his face contorted with fear as he dropped and caught the pencil with a leg and an arm. He looked like he was about to say something when a better thought came into his mind. With a quick jerk of his rapier he cut the tendril loose. He watched the pieces fall away very annoyed but managed to get himself back up with slight smile. The lights in cavern started to take up flame.
Mack started wearily making his way back to the girls, when he caught their looks. His smile left him as he looked at the pencil began to glow and hop around on the ledge. Eyes wide Mack ran for it; Liz and Melody ran to the side yelling, "Quick . . ." as the pencil began to shrink away he leapt for the side. The pencil dropped as Mack flew threw the air in slow motion grasping for Melody and Liz's outstretched hands.
***Jessica**
"Keeyaaa" Jessica gave out a yell and flew into a jump kick. Knocking the head off a bookie in mid-air she followed through and brought herself about with a hand slash knocked another bookie down. The golems took up to attack her when the pencil golem gave a signal, quickly but reluctantly the bookies flooded out of the narrow room. Jessica looked the monster over with distaste.
"Lets go," the monster yelled, and started rushing across the room; Jessica leapt into a wall walk to meet it. Jessica and the beast met at the center of the room. Jessica shot off the wall with a powerful kick. The golem flipped up its thick arm to catch the blow. Jessica's hit glanced off the arm and she caught one of her own as the pencil golem brought around its other arm. "Oooff" she held her stomach as she fell to the ground her legs curled underneath her. A shine seemed come from her eyes as she managed herself up; she thought to herself, "fight or run". Jessica took a look at the door and then back at the pencil golem.
"She's starting to believe" the narrator said to no one in particular. The monster and Jessica looked around puzzled for the disembodied voice. Jessica furrowed her brow and then looked relieved. Spinning around, Jessica flew for the open door.
***Natasia, Edward, and Kara***
"Kirreck" The student trio watched the knight shudder and beging to sink into the lava.
"Well at least we're down a gargoyle," Edward said, but then watched as the gargoyle-like creature, stress on like since it really isn't a gargoyle.
"Whatever," Edward replied to the narrator, "not like it matters,"
"Hah hah hah," the narrator laughed, "Caterpillar,"
"yEaHAHaHA," Edward screamed and fell to the flat of the pawn in a fetal position. Well, as Edward recovered, err unconscious on the ground, Kara and Natasia watched the gargoyle make a flying jump to a nearby pawn. Just then, Kara remembered the stick of dynamite with the long extravagant fuse mentioned a long while ago. "Shoot," she cried, "EDWARD!!" Kara's eyes turned to bright pink glowing orbs, and weird light began to flick about her. Natasia stood in watch focused on the gargoyle as her piece began to move; as Natasia was oblivious, around Kara a black and pink Amazon outfit shimmered into and then out of being, leaving her in her school outfit, but with a silent aura of power. She lifted her hand and Edward awoke. Kara felt a power of control over Edward, and his eyes flitted opened and went the same pink color as Kara's.
"Eddy," she called nearly in a daze, "throw it now," Edward quirkily managed to pick up the dynamite and Kara pulled her arm back and Edward mimicked, and then let the bundle fly. It soared through the air and landed in the lava near a black bishop. It detonated with a fantastic explosion taking out a huge chunk of the mighty piece. Kara's eyes dulled as the seemingly complete mind control began to where off, Edward stood too and regained his senses; yet to him it seemed as though nothing had happened. "Hrm" Kara thought to herself and a slightly evil smile flitted across her face for a second.
***Mack, Melody, and Liz***
"Just a little further," Mack thought as he flew threw the air, but even then he could feel himself dropping. Just as he was about to fall Melody caught him with an enlarged hand. With a crash Mack crashed into the wall Melody hanging on to his hand tightly. Though Melody had caught him she was still too fatigued to pull him up. Mack watched crestfallen as a daze came over her face, and he made up his mind. Liz reached for his other hand but he shook his head and gave his body a quick jerk and fell out of Melodies grasp.
"Noooo", the girls cried. Melody brought her hand back around to steady herself in consciousness, and the illusion fell away. Mack began to fall now really out of Melodies alone into the darkness of the pit.
"Till our paths cross again," Mack called, "and find the rest of our friends." With that Mack left them and the girls, though distressed, fell into a fitful unconscious.
***Jessica**
The doorway flew by her as she ran, the stars and moons on her forehead jingled in tune with each step she took. The running wasn't so hard on her; she felt . . . she knew that she was out running the pencil monster. After a while she was pretty sure she had lost him for good.
"Now I just need to find a way out of this stupid . . ." Jessica's thoughts trailed off as she came into a fancifully engraved door, covered in peculiar runes. Jessica took little heed of it and quickly opened it. Inside she found a huge room; a room relatively bare excepting for a small stair leading downwards that was in the center of it. Not taking much notice of this oddity (just wanting to get out of there) Jessica began to nimbly jump down the stairs.
***Natasia, Edward, and Kara***
"Ok," Edward said, "the quickest way out of here obviously can't be to play, and win the game. I think we should just jump pieces till we get to the other side, and in the process destroy as many black pieces as possible."
"Agreed," the girls said together worried about their friend Liz who probably should have been rescued by them a few chapters ago. Natasia started the jumping, she leapt from the recently drawn out white queen onto an empty black rook. Her flower armor, which she was wearing though I cant possibly keep track of where she put it on but she had it on so staying on the piece would be easier, receded into her arm and rearranged itself creating a super gauntlet. Bringing her arm back, Natasia prepared for a blasting attack.
"Fwoosh. . . kirreccck," Natasia let her fist come crashing down upon the piece, cracks ran their way from her fist to all over the piece; it promptly started to sink into the lava. She ran to the side of the rook and made a leap and caught the side of a nearby white pawn with her huge gauntlet and swung herself upon it. The pawn made and advance and Natasia made herself nearer to the other side.
"Kert. . .sissssssssss," Edward let loose another explosive, he stood poised watching for the right strategy to play across the board. Quickly, he saw it, "black knight to D4," he muttered to himself and created some hand spikes and foot spikes, on his feet and hands as the knight flew across the board. The knight landed right next to him, Edward planted the explosives and leapt to the side of the knight. Surveying the board he saw that he'd be here for a while, and tried to secure his hold as he watched the girls.
***Liz and Melody***
Slowly, Liz rolled over and gave out a sigh. She refused to open her eyes and take in the reality of it all. Finally she rolled over and looked about her. The room was the same; she and Melody had passed out on the edge of their side of the room. She managed to pull herself up, no light could enter through the deep dungeon walls; yet Liz could feel a new dawn breaking. She tried to recall about how long she had been in this weird castle, but her she couldn't seem to recall a time length from the beginning of this adventure. Before Liz could look too much into this foreshadowing hint Melody awoke. She sat up quietly and crawled over to the edge and looked into the dark abyss, half expecting Mack to appear. For a while the both of them just sat there together, each lost in their own thoughts. Liz let out a gentle sob but caught herself somewhat. She stood herself up and walked over to Melody and the edge; Melody stood up with her. Together they dropped some tears as they took a last look at that infernal cliff. Drawing themselves together they silently began to navigate through the room, and, choosing a promising corridor, they took their leave.
***Natasia, Edward, and Kara***
With another loud crash Natasia destroyed another piece, and leapt to another; Edward spectated still waiting to get off his piece. Kara, though she had no power to destroy the pieces managed to glide from piece to piece. Edwards body was getting really sore when another piece came close enough to jump to, but unfortunately, Edward saw, it was occupied by a gargoyle-mutant.
"You know what," Edward thought angrily, "screw this and those stupid gargoyles (glares at narrator); I know what I thought" Edward planted an explosive and leapt at the monster. Before it had even realized Edward it had a flaming spear shishka-bobing it from right to left. Edward could not hide his smirk as his feet floated slightly above the piece as he held onto the spear. His smirk vanished as the goliath turned it's head to glare at him. Quickly, Edward dropped to the piece and rammed a flaming long sword into it. The monster only stared at him as it brought it's claw up over it's head. The monsters claw came crashing down, but Edward narrowly dodged it and rolled behind the gargoyle mutant. While the monster was trying to turn around Edward shoved a flaming dagger, kukri, trident, glaive, ranseur, shank, and pencil into his ever growing pin cushion. The monster, now inconvenienced a little bit turned around to face a slightly out of breath Edward. He gave it an angry look and then smiled slightly.
"Survive this," he said and placed a piece of flaming box on the monsters chest. On it were red numbers, 03 . . . 02 . . . 01. Edward leapt into the air and caught a nearby piece with a flaming hook; . . . 00. The timer ran out and a huge explosion rocked the room, flaming weapons and random monster parts flew across the room. From his perch Edward looked upon the sinking crater of a piece with a distinct look of satisfaction. In the meantime, Kara had made slowly but surly made her way without event towards the dark side, err Black side. Natasia began to put herself in the lead toward this race to escape this infernal impediment.
"Oh my god, this is taking way to long," she thought to herself. With a little fast-forwarding from the narrator, the Natasia and Kara managed to get on the back row of pieces near the edge leading to freedom, well freedom from this stupid chessboard. Edward managed to hook an attacking white piece going his way, which managed to destroy a gargoyle piece with out mishap, and managed to get within sight of freedom; again freedom from this stupid chessboard. Natasia was the first one to jump off her piece; she landed nimbly, catching herself with her flora-tronic arm. As she landed, unbeknownst to the kids, the last gargoyle-monster turned around with an angry glance, it had been on the queen the entire time and was halfway across the board. Kara came next, seemingly to have become more skilled in using her power glided with less exertion to the ground by her piece; the monster seemingly enraged gave a powerful push with its leg and began to leap from piece to piece. Edward seemed to have little trouble getting to the ground and took his time, while the gargoyle quickly gained ground.
"Well, good thing that's over," Edward said as he crept down from his place.
"Quick," Natasia cried, "we have to go get Liz."
"Yea, yea," Edward said, but then as the kids turned their backs there was a horrible crash; the mouth-less gargoyle monster thing cracked the stone under it's feet. It reared up from it's place on the edge and made several hideous sounds, some kinda roar.
"This one a lot," Edward gulped, "bigger" Both Edward and Natasia readied their weapons.
"Oh paaleeaasse," Kara said with a roll of her eyes, she extended her hand and gave it a flick. The monster tottered back as if hit by some blow, on the edge of the lava it waved it arms as it began to fall backwards. Together all three students, cartoonishly, blew a gust at it as it teetered, and with a hideous gurgle it fell into the pool of lava. The girls wheeled back around to avoid the sight, while Edward jumped right to the edge to watch the writhing corpse sink into flame.
"Ok lets get out of here!" Kara exclaimed. The kids agreed and went through the corridor on the side of the room.