The night was even more frightening and frigid than the daytime, the
winds picked up even more, and the snow fell even heavier upon the
mountain. The sound of emergency patrols going up and down the streets
could be heard, their sirens blaring, warning everyone to stay indoors, and
find warmth through this arctic storm. The storm got even worse, as a
patrol car was eventually caught in a blast of wind, and sent careening
down the side of the mountain, tumbling to an untimely end.
The patrol cars themselves were eventually called from the streets to seek shelter, and thus, leaving none to help the poor two, who were stuck, buried beneath the dunes of snow.
"Linda, wake up." Slash insisted to Linda, shaking her, but she wouldn't awaken, perhaps the fall had taken more out of her then Slash thought, or perhaps it was the cold restricting her, whatever the case, Slash would not feel right the rest of that night unless he knew if she was truly alright or not. Linda lay upon the snow, still unconscious and unmoving, she still breathed, though barely, and her skin was very cold, much of it had turned a light blue from the immense cold. Slash shivered, he himself feeling the chill of the elements about him.
"Brrrrr." Slash thought to himself, while rubbing his arms to keep himself warm, "At least we have a fire going, so that's good, but how are we exactly going to make it out of this mess? If I move that piece of wood, we'll get buried in snow, and if we stay here, we'll freeze." Slash began thinking hard, it stressed him out greatly, as he was quite worried for both his and Linda's life. He leaned back on the rocky ledge that made up the chasm side, and he felt something shift.
"Oomph." Slash said as he fell backwards from a fake wall, it appeared part of the wall was made of some plaster material, and as he leaned on it, it gave way. "Well, it seems at least there's something to this place than just shelter." Slash continued, looking a bit deeper into the tunnel that had been revealed by the false wall. He saw what seemed to be a moderate-sized lounge room, with hotel-style chairs, as well as mounted and lit braziers that illuminated and lightened the room; Slash picked up Linda and brought her inside, where they felt it was a lot warmer.
"What a place, and covered by such a strange wall." Slash said to himself, he laid Linda upon a chair, and covered her with his coat again. He slowly walked about the room, the room yawned in a large Y-Shape about them, ending towards the very end with a large, steel-clad door being the only visible exit, besides the hole that Slash had opened.
A voice rang out, coming from the direction of the door, "Who is it, that comes so very close to the domain of the Mountain's Grace.?" it asked in a booming voice, Slash jumped in fear, quite shaky from the echoing voice. "I.I am Slash, Slash Kamei." Slash replied. The voice continued to speak, "Who is this, also, that accompanies you.?" it asked. "It, it is Linda Maltinie, a friend of mine." Slash replied, still a bit shaken from the voice's booming entrance.
"You are welcome within this realm, Slash Kamei and Linda Maltinie." the voice spoke, "Your timing is early, thus you must await your colleagues to join you." "You mean we have to wait for the others before we look for the board?" Slash asked. "That is right, for you will need them all to enter the Catacombs." the voice answered.
Linda began to awaken, as she did, she clutched her head in pain, still feeling the aftershock from the impact of her fall. "Ugh, I can barely think." Linda grumbled, rubbing her temples as she sat up. "LINDA!" Slash yelled, a lot happier to see her awake, "Thank goodness you're awake, I thought you were going to freeze."
Linda shook her head, still trying to fully recover, "Where are we first? And secondly, why are we here?" Linda asked Slash, before Slash could answer, the voice answered for him. "You are here, for you seek the Viper Board, a board of untold energy and incredible performance. You are here on a journey, to find your way to the catacombs of the Mountain's Grace, and you have found them. You will wait here, for your colleagues to regroup with you, for only with them can you succeed on the path ahead. Your friends will be here shortly, for they will be summoned here, if they are late."
Slash and Linda decided that if they couldn't leave to find their friends for now, they may as well attempt to get some sleep while they wait for them. Thusly, Slash and Linda each took a chair and slowly fell asleep with hopes in their minds of one day possessing the Viper Board.
In the early morning, Jam, Nancy, and Wendy had already set out to find their friends, they quickly found Tommy, who had just left the old man's shop, and had also fixed the old man's shop up as well, in return for the old man's hospitality. They boarded down the mountain further and further, finding finally the slope that Linda and Slash had sped off of, they all looked down, seeing nothing, they began to think.
"What if they're dead.?" asked Jam. "What if they're frozen solid?" said Nancy, "What if they're both trapped in a frozen lake down there?" predicted Wendy, "What if they're alright?" said Tommy, looking at the kids, "Well, you DO realize that they could have survived the storm in a lot of ways, right?" Tommy continued.
The kids took the long way down the mountain, coming to where Linda and Slash had crashed into the snow, seeing only two small dips in the snow of where they once were. "They're gone, and I can't tell where they've gone to!" Jam said, panicking. "Hold up Jam." Wendy said, holding a small hand- held machine in her hand. "I am detecting a bit of heat from under the snow, there could be something down there." "Really?!" said Jam in a burst of hope, and without any other word, Jam plowed himself into the snow and begin to dig like crazy, to come up to a large piece of tree bark. "Aha!" Jam said, "I knew it! Slash DID use those tricks that we learned at school, on how to get through a blizzard, you know, from those safety classes?"
The rest of the kids nodded, and helped Jam pull it aside, to reveal the crevice that made up the chasm and the Y-Shaped room; they all slowly crawled in to find a deep-sleeping Linda, and a very sleepy Slash. "SLASH!" the kids cried out, snapping Slash out of dreamland. "Wha?!" Slash said as he struggled to his feet, getting up and seeing the kids, he ran over to them and began to talk with them. "Oh my, I thought you were dead Slash." Jam said, giving Slash a playful punch on the shoulder, "You scared me half to death!" Nancy added, "Well, it's good this little gizmo came in handy." Wendy boasted as she flipped her hand-held device in her hand and closed it.
"Linda's here too." Slash began, "She did almost die, my goodness was I scared, she had been turning a pale blue from all the cold, even I was cold until we found this place inside a fake wall."
The kids blinked, asking Slash about the fake wall and the odd room, Slash quickly gave the kids the details of the fake wall collapse, the Y- Shape room, and the strange voice that boomed inside the room. Linda got up from her own chair, waking up, and saw the kids speaking, this made her a little jealous for attention, but she swallowed her pride and walked up to the group. "Everyone." Linda started, "I would like to thank you all for finding us, and this was one of the scariest moments I've ever been in."
"If you think that is scary, Linda, then you will never find the Viper Board." the voice once again boomed in the room, startling all but Slash and Linda, who were now a bit accustomed to the voice. "Welcome, all of you, to the Mountain's Grace."
- What would the voice have in store for our kids? You shall know soon enough, in Chapter 4: The Journey Unfolds
The patrol cars themselves were eventually called from the streets to seek shelter, and thus, leaving none to help the poor two, who were stuck, buried beneath the dunes of snow.
"Linda, wake up." Slash insisted to Linda, shaking her, but she wouldn't awaken, perhaps the fall had taken more out of her then Slash thought, or perhaps it was the cold restricting her, whatever the case, Slash would not feel right the rest of that night unless he knew if she was truly alright or not. Linda lay upon the snow, still unconscious and unmoving, she still breathed, though barely, and her skin was very cold, much of it had turned a light blue from the immense cold. Slash shivered, he himself feeling the chill of the elements about him.
"Brrrrr." Slash thought to himself, while rubbing his arms to keep himself warm, "At least we have a fire going, so that's good, but how are we exactly going to make it out of this mess? If I move that piece of wood, we'll get buried in snow, and if we stay here, we'll freeze." Slash began thinking hard, it stressed him out greatly, as he was quite worried for both his and Linda's life. He leaned back on the rocky ledge that made up the chasm side, and he felt something shift.
"Oomph." Slash said as he fell backwards from a fake wall, it appeared part of the wall was made of some plaster material, and as he leaned on it, it gave way. "Well, it seems at least there's something to this place than just shelter." Slash continued, looking a bit deeper into the tunnel that had been revealed by the false wall. He saw what seemed to be a moderate-sized lounge room, with hotel-style chairs, as well as mounted and lit braziers that illuminated and lightened the room; Slash picked up Linda and brought her inside, where they felt it was a lot warmer.
"What a place, and covered by such a strange wall." Slash said to himself, he laid Linda upon a chair, and covered her with his coat again. He slowly walked about the room, the room yawned in a large Y-Shape about them, ending towards the very end with a large, steel-clad door being the only visible exit, besides the hole that Slash had opened.
A voice rang out, coming from the direction of the door, "Who is it, that comes so very close to the domain of the Mountain's Grace.?" it asked in a booming voice, Slash jumped in fear, quite shaky from the echoing voice. "I.I am Slash, Slash Kamei." Slash replied. The voice continued to speak, "Who is this, also, that accompanies you.?" it asked. "It, it is Linda Maltinie, a friend of mine." Slash replied, still a bit shaken from the voice's booming entrance.
"You are welcome within this realm, Slash Kamei and Linda Maltinie." the voice spoke, "Your timing is early, thus you must await your colleagues to join you." "You mean we have to wait for the others before we look for the board?" Slash asked. "That is right, for you will need them all to enter the Catacombs." the voice answered.
Linda began to awaken, as she did, she clutched her head in pain, still feeling the aftershock from the impact of her fall. "Ugh, I can barely think." Linda grumbled, rubbing her temples as she sat up. "LINDA!" Slash yelled, a lot happier to see her awake, "Thank goodness you're awake, I thought you were going to freeze."
Linda shook her head, still trying to fully recover, "Where are we first? And secondly, why are we here?" Linda asked Slash, before Slash could answer, the voice answered for him. "You are here, for you seek the Viper Board, a board of untold energy and incredible performance. You are here on a journey, to find your way to the catacombs of the Mountain's Grace, and you have found them. You will wait here, for your colleagues to regroup with you, for only with them can you succeed on the path ahead. Your friends will be here shortly, for they will be summoned here, if they are late."
Slash and Linda decided that if they couldn't leave to find their friends for now, they may as well attempt to get some sleep while they wait for them. Thusly, Slash and Linda each took a chair and slowly fell asleep with hopes in their minds of one day possessing the Viper Board.
In the early morning, Jam, Nancy, and Wendy had already set out to find their friends, they quickly found Tommy, who had just left the old man's shop, and had also fixed the old man's shop up as well, in return for the old man's hospitality. They boarded down the mountain further and further, finding finally the slope that Linda and Slash had sped off of, they all looked down, seeing nothing, they began to think.
"What if they're dead.?" asked Jam. "What if they're frozen solid?" said Nancy, "What if they're both trapped in a frozen lake down there?" predicted Wendy, "What if they're alright?" said Tommy, looking at the kids, "Well, you DO realize that they could have survived the storm in a lot of ways, right?" Tommy continued.
The kids took the long way down the mountain, coming to where Linda and Slash had crashed into the snow, seeing only two small dips in the snow of where they once were. "They're gone, and I can't tell where they've gone to!" Jam said, panicking. "Hold up Jam." Wendy said, holding a small hand- held machine in her hand. "I am detecting a bit of heat from under the snow, there could be something down there." "Really?!" said Jam in a burst of hope, and without any other word, Jam plowed himself into the snow and begin to dig like crazy, to come up to a large piece of tree bark. "Aha!" Jam said, "I knew it! Slash DID use those tricks that we learned at school, on how to get through a blizzard, you know, from those safety classes?"
The rest of the kids nodded, and helped Jam pull it aside, to reveal the crevice that made up the chasm and the Y-Shaped room; they all slowly crawled in to find a deep-sleeping Linda, and a very sleepy Slash. "SLASH!" the kids cried out, snapping Slash out of dreamland. "Wha?!" Slash said as he struggled to his feet, getting up and seeing the kids, he ran over to them and began to talk with them. "Oh my, I thought you were dead Slash." Jam said, giving Slash a playful punch on the shoulder, "You scared me half to death!" Nancy added, "Well, it's good this little gizmo came in handy." Wendy boasted as she flipped her hand-held device in her hand and closed it.
"Linda's here too." Slash began, "She did almost die, my goodness was I scared, she had been turning a pale blue from all the cold, even I was cold until we found this place inside a fake wall."
The kids blinked, asking Slash about the fake wall and the odd room, Slash quickly gave the kids the details of the fake wall collapse, the Y- Shape room, and the strange voice that boomed inside the room. Linda got up from her own chair, waking up, and saw the kids speaking, this made her a little jealous for attention, but she swallowed her pride and walked up to the group. "Everyone." Linda started, "I would like to thank you all for finding us, and this was one of the scariest moments I've ever been in."
"If you think that is scary, Linda, then you will never find the Viper Board." the voice once again boomed in the room, startling all but Slash and Linda, who were now a bit accustomed to the voice. "Welcome, all of you, to the Mountain's Grace."
- What would the voice have in store for our kids? You shall know soon enough, in Chapter 4: The Journey Unfolds