Tommy approached the doorway, a blue light guiding him to the door.
He slowly pushed it open, the blue light on the other side of the door
turned off, sort of startling the occupants on the other side.
It was Jam and Slash...
"TOMMY!" Slash and Jam hollered happily as they ran to greet their friend, "Dang are we glad to see you!" Tommy caught his breath a bit, his face still horror-struck by the events that happened to him before. "It's awful, it's just, it can't be true..." Tommy said, stuttering between his words, "She's, she's gone, she's GONE!!!"
"You mean, Nancy?" Jam asked, "What do you mean, she's gone...?" added Slash. Tommy, not able to hold his feelings anymore, burst into tears, sobbing what seemed a storm all over the room. Slash and Jam attempted to calm him down, and finally, Tommy stopped crying, though his face was now a bright red.
"Okay, I, I'll tell you what happened..." Tommy stuttered again, still biting back his tears, "We were coming down the slope, it was a crazy course, it was nothing but ice, and I could hardly steer. The next thing I know, I end up at the finish, to turn around and see Nancy careen down into an icy pond. I tried to find her, and save her, but I couldn't find her..." Tommy again went back to sobbing; Slash and Jam gave a worried look to each other. "If Nancy's gone, what does that mean? We'll never see her again?" Jam asked. Just then, a familiar voice broke the silence...
"You accepted your fates when you stepped through the door, you accepted all risks, and must now live with them, regardless of what happens to your friends." The voice was none other than the same voice that they had encountered before at the door. The voice continued to speak, "You three so far have already come quite far to be in the Ice Grotto of the Catacombs, and from here, you all work together, that is, if you do not squabble whilst continuing..." the voice chuckled coldly.
"What happens to Nancy then?" Jam asked, hoping the voice would say something different. "If your friend truly did careen to certain doom, then she will have to live with what has befallen her, just as you all will continue with what awaits you." The voice replied back. Jam's eyes widened, almost not believing what he was hearing. "Nancy, gone...?" he said to himself, looking down. "That's impossible, no, she can't be gone!" Slash as well had begun to get upset from the words, he went to a bench and began pounding his head and fists into it to try and bite back the pain he was feeling from all of what he heard. "I came to find another board, and instead I'm getting my friends hurt, if not, lost, and if not that. . ." Slash's face began to go red with anger, continuing to take his frustration out on the bench.
Back within the icy covers of the Icicle Course, a few bubbles came up from the water, two pink bunny ears poked from the water and rose up. It was Nancy, though she was unbearably cold, she chattered her teeth and rubbed her arms feverously as she attempted to warm herself from the bone-chilling water she finally came out of.
Nancy looked around, hoping to see Tommy waiting for her, but sadly, saw nothing but a newly frozen-over door that blocked her way. Nancy examined the door, hoping the ice was thin, but much to her dismay, the ice was even thicker then Tommy's belly was round. (Had to say that.)
Nancy took her snowboard and attempted to chop at the ice with it, but it didn't even scratch or chip a little bit, it seemed the board took the majority of the damage, as now there were nicks in her board. Nancy sighed, a breath of frosted air materializing from her mouth as she exhaled. She picked her board up once again and began to search around the frozen area for any way she could escape this icy prison she seemed to be trapped in.
Luck smiled upon her, as she found a dune of snow that went down the side of a hill to what seemed to be a complex design of tunnels and paths, though she did not exactly like the idea of having to search through all of them herself, she thought it better than freezing to death, and thusly got atop her board and quickly slid down the dune to the tunnels.
It was Jam and Slash...
"TOMMY!" Slash and Jam hollered happily as they ran to greet their friend, "Dang are we glad to see you!" Tommy caught his breath a bit, his face still horror-struck by the events that happened to him before. "It's awful, it's just, it can't be true..." Tommy said, stuttering between his words, "She's, she's gone, she's GONE!!!"
"You mean, Nancy?" Jam asked, "What do you mean, she's gone...?" added Slash. Tommy, not able to hold his feelings anymore, burst into tears, sobbing what seemed a storm all over the room. Slash and Jam attempted to calm him down, and finally, Tommy stopped crying, though his face was now a bright red.
"Okay, I, I'll tell you what happened..." Tommy stuttered again, still biting back his tears, "We were coming down the slope, it was a crazy course, it was nothing but ice, and I could hardly steer. The next thing I know, I end up at the finish, to turn around and see Nancy careen down into an icy pond. I tried to find her, and save her, but I couldn't find her..." Tommy again went back to sobbing; Slash and Jam gave a worried look to each other. "If Nancy's gone, what does that mean? We'll never see her again?" Jam asked. Just then, a familiar voice broke the silence...
"You accepted your fates when you stepped through the door, you accepted all risks, and must now live with them, regardless of what happens to your friends." The voice was none other than the same voice that they had encountered before at the door. The voice continued to speak, "You three so far have already come quite far to be in the Ice Grotto of the Catacombs, and from here, you all work together, that is, if you do not squabble whilst continuing..." the voice chuckled coldly.
"What happens to Nancy then?" Jam asked, hoping the voice would say something different. "If your friend truly did careen to certain doom, then she will have to live with what has befallen her, just as you all will continue with what awaits you." The voice replied back. Jam's eyes widened, almost not believing what he was hearing. "Nancy, gone...?" he said to himself, looking down. "That's impossible, no, she can't be gone!" Slash as well had begun to get upset from the words, he went to a bench and began pounding his head and fists into it to try and bite back the pain he was feeling from all of what he heard. "I came to find another board, and instead I'm getting my friends hurt, if not, lost, and if not that. . ." Slash's face began to go red with anger, continuing to take his frustration out on the bench.
Back within the icy covers of the Icicle Course, a few bubbles came up from the water, two pink bunny ears poked from the water and rose up. It was Nancy, though she was unbearably cold, she chattered her teeth and rubbed her arms feverously as she attempted to warm herself from the bone-chilling water she finally came out of.
Nancy looked around, hoping to see Tommy waiting for her, but sadly, saw nothing but a newly frozen-over door that blocked her way. Nancy examined the door, hoping the ice was thin, but much to her dismay, the ice was even thicker then Tommy's belly was round. (Had to say that.)
Nancy took her snowboard and attempted to chop at the ice with it, but it didn't even scratch or chip a little bit, it seemed the board took the majority of the damage, as now there were nicks in her board. Nancy sighed, a breath of frosted air materializing from her mouth as she exhaled. She picked her board up once again and began to search around the frozen area for any way she could escape this icy prison she seemed to be trapped in.
Luck smiled upon her, as she found a dune of snow that went down the side of a hill to what seemed to be a complex design of tunnels and paths, though she did not exactly like the idea of having to search through all of them herself, she thought it better than freezing to death, and thusly got atop her board and quickly slid down the dune to the tunnels.