Slash and Jam proceeded north, as they went deeper down the tunnel,
things began to warm up, and the mud that had previously slowed the kids
down had begun to solidify into solid dirt, allowing the kids to finally
walk straight, rather than wade in a large pool of mud. Jam stopped for a
moment, smacking the mud off his pants and boots as he got on the dry
floor. "At least it's only mud." Said Jam, "It shouldn't stain or anything,
which I'm more worried about."
They finally approached something that truly caught their attention, for the tunnel ended a few moments later, and what laid before them both amazed and frightened them.
A large, lengthily snowboarding hill, created out of what seemed to be volcanic ash, stretched before them, they looked over the entire course, finding in certain portions to be streams of lava and even fissures in the course. The heat in the room was intense, the kids were sweltering in their winter gear, but that did not at all stop them. "Whoa, that's one heck of a course." Slash said, his eyes studying every nook and cranny of the course from the top to the bottom. "If we're going to make this, we're going to have to go quick, it's hot in here, and boarding takes a toll on your legs, if we're not careful, I got a feeling we'll lose it and end up falling for one of those obstacles." Jam agreed, already getting on his board and approaching the side of the hill.
"Heheh, this should be fun." Jam said with some enthusiasm, he seemed very excited to be boarding down a new hill. "The only thing I don't like about it here has to be the heat, other than that, give this place some snow and ice, and this place would be great!" "Yeah, but how about we think about getting down the hill first, before we think more about how this place 'should' be?" Slash suggested. "You're right." Replied Jam, "Finally though, a new hill to tear up!" Jam cheered, jumping and grabbing the side of his board, then landing perfectly. He began to head down the course, leaving Slash a bit behind. "Hey! Wait up!" said Slash, kicking his board up and heading down the hill along with Jam.
The course was a bit rocky, especially with no snow or grass to keep the traction, instead, the ash would almost tear and scratch the bottom of their boards, Jam sighed a bit, knowing that after this, he'd need to probably either switch boards, or repair his own board. Jam approached a jump, performing a 360 off of it, then landing perfectly yet again, he quickly jumped while pushing his force forward, gaining more speed, he felt very confident on the course.
Slash on the other hand, was playing it careful, he was going slower than normal, weaving around the rougher parts of ash and keeping his board in one piece, he approached the jump, but instead of performing a dazzling trick, he did a simple tail grab and landed softly. Jam took a look behind him, seeing Slash pulling away behind him, he shrugged to himself, turning around again, and continuing to focus down the hill.
Jam approached a large group of bumps and hills, Jam grinned at the challenge, performing various side, tail, and nose grabs off of the hills, he even pulled off a flip off one of the hills, even impressing himself. "Dang, this place is great!" Jam said, letting out a shout of excitement, he began even bobbing his head to a song he began to hum to himself in his head. It was at this point where disaster struck.
Jam saw a lava flow coming up ahead, he looked to it, still quite excited, and easily jumped over it, but as he landed, his happiness turned into a shriek of horror as he saw the lava behind him gush upwards, narrowly missing his board, but startling him so much he lost his balance as he landed, collapsing to the ground. "Oh man, that hurt." Jam said, rubbing his scratched up face from the heavy impact. Lava came splashing down from the sudden burst, burning part of Jam's board. "Ugh, now I'm going to have to get that thing fixed." Jam remarked as he examined the char marks.
Slash easily made the jump, no lava gushing up at him, and continued on, Jam followed, though a little bit shaken from the turn of events. Slash also was beginning to have problems, as he approached a strange field of craters, he began to lose his balance from the sharp jumps and landings, he eventually toppled over, getting into a face-first wipeout. Jam quickly leaped over him, still having a hang on control. They approached to what seemed the finish line, when they began to notice, it was getting very, VERY hot.
The two looked behind themselves to see something that brought them both to the very brink of panic; the lava from the lava flow arose behind them, and had begun flowing down the same path they were going now! The lava was flowing quickly, already getting close to Jam, Jam used a nearby rock to cut a jump and ended up leaping further ahead of the lava flow, Slash, on the other hand, was in a very close race with the lava, it even began to start getting close to his board. The back of his board slowly began to open, as it normally would with a bomb, but this time, it grabbed a glob of the lava, and started to use the lava as a bomb, allowing Slash a much faster speed.
Slash and Jam noticed a small crevice up ahead; they both leaped over it, and quickly stopped their boards as they made it to the finishing pad, the lava behind them caught inside the crevice, flowing down into places unknown. The kids both wiped their brows and began to laugh, they had basically cheated death.
"Hey Slash, not bad, we did ourselves good, and I won one." Jam said, "Yeah, but it wasn't really a race, though it was fun, and scary at the same time." Slash replied. They both then walked over to a door that awaited them, they entered the doorway to encounter another waiting room.
"Well, I guess we wait here until the others find us." Slash said, plopping on the nearby sofa. Jam looked around the room to find 3 other doors in the room, one had a blue symbol above it, another had a yellow symbol above it, and the last had a statue of a Viper above it.
They finally approached something that truly caught their attention, for the tunnel ended a few moments later, and what laid before them both amazed and frightened them.
A large, lengthily snowboarding hill, created out of what seemed to be volcanic ash, stretched before them, they looked over the entire course, finding in certain portions to be streams of lava and even fissures in the course. The heat in the room was intense, the kids were sweltering in their winter gear, but that did not at all stop them. "Whoa, that's one heck of a course." Slash said, his eyes studying every nook and cranny of the course from the top to the bottom. "If we're going to make this, we're going to have to go quick, it's hot in here, and boarding takes a toll on your legs, if we're not careful, I got a feeling we'll lose it and end up falling for one of those obstacles." Jam agreed, already getting on his board and approaching the side of the hill.
"Heheh, this should be fun." Jam said with some enthusiasm, he seemed very excited to be boarding down a new hill. "The only thing I don't like about it here has to be the heat, other than that, give this place some snow and ice, and this place would be great!" "Yeah, but how about we think about getting down the hill first, before we think more about how this place 'should' be?" Slash suggested. "You're right." Replied Jam, "Finally though, a new hill to tear up!" Jam cheered, jumping and grabbing the side of his board, then landing perfectly. He began to head down the course, leaving Slash a bit behind. "Hey! Wait up!" said Slash, kicking his board up and heading down the hill along with Jam.
The course was a bit rocky, especially with no snow or grass to keep the traction, instead, the ash would almost tear and scratch the bottom of their boards, Jam sighed a bit, knowing that after this, he'd need to probably either switch boards, or repair his own board. Jam approached a jump, performing a 360 off of it, then landing perfectly yet again, he quickly jumped while pushing his force forward, gaining more speed, he felt very confident on the course.
Slash on the other hand, was playing it careful, he was going slower than normal, weaving around the rougher parts of ash and keeping his board in one piece, he approached the jump, but instead of performing a dazzling trick, he did a simple tail grab and landed softly. Jam took a look behind him, seeing Slash pulling away behind him, he shrugged to himself, turning around again, and continuing to focus down the hill.
Jam approached a large group of bumps and hills, Jam grinned at the challenge, performing various side, tail, and nose grabs off of the hills, he even pulled off a flip off one of the hills, even impressing himself. "Dang, this place is great!" Jam said, letting out a shout of excitement, he began even bobbing his head to a song he began to hum to himself in his head. It was at this point where disaster struck.
Jam saw a lava flow coming up ahead, he looked to it, still quite excited, and easily jumped over it, but as he landed, his happiness turned into a shriek of horror as he saw the lava behind him gush upwards, narrowly missing his board, but startling him so much he lost his balance as he landed, collapsing to the ground. "Oh man, that hurt." Jam said, rubbing his scratched up face from the heavy impact. Lava came splashing down from the sudden burst, burning part of Jam's board. "Ugh, now I'm going to have to get that thing fixed." Jam remarked as he examined the char marks.
Slash easily made the jump, no lava gushing up at him, and continued on, Jam followed, though a little bit shaken from the turn of events. Slash also was beginning to have problems, as he approached a strange field of craters, he began to lose his balance from the sharp jumps and landings, he eventually toppled over, getting into a face-first wipeout. Jam quickly leaped over him, still having a hang on control. They approached to what seemed the finish line, when they began to notice, it was getting very, VERY hot.
The two looked behind themselves to see something that brought them both to the very brink of panic; the lava from the lava flow arose behind them, and had begun flowing down the same path they were going now! The lava was flowing quickly, already getting close to Jam, Jam used a nearby rock to cut a jump and ended up leaping further ahead of the lava flow, Slash, on the other hand, was in a very close race with the lava, it even began to start getting close to his board. The back of his board slowly began to open, as it normally would with a bomb, but this time, it grabbed a glob of the lava, and started to use the lava as a bomb, allowing Slash a much faster speed.
Slash and Jam noticed a small crevice up ahead; they both leaped over it, and quickly stopped their boards as they made it to the finishing pad, the lava behind them caught inside the crevice, flowing down into places unknown. The kids both wiped their brows and began to laugh, they had basically cheated death.
"Hey Slash, not bad, we did ourselves good, and I won one." Jam said, "Yeah, but it wasn't really a race, though it was fun, and scary at the same time." Slash replied. They both then walked over to a door that awaited them, they entered the doorway to encounter another waiting room.
"Well, I guess we wait here until the others find us." Slash said, plopping on the nearby sofa. Jam looked around the room to find 3 other doors in the room, one had a blue symbol above it, another had a yellow symbol above it, and the last had a statue of a Viper above it.