A short chapter. But even so, important. I put this in last minute mainly to show the evils of the bad guy and to reveal part of his plans. Read on...

Chapter 7 - A Short but Sinister Interlude

Far, far away, The Shadow watched the Pixele Tree get destroyed. Damn those vandals! That tree had been completely necessary to his plans. He would need to activate Plan B. And Plan B wasn't exactly the exact plan he wanted. Damn those vandals. The Shadow slid away into the darkness. He needed to ponder this.

He would need to destroy the other most important thing that was in the Ubix Valley... The Heart of the World. But how? How on earth could he do this? It wasn't exactly the easiest task in the world. He needed an army but not a huge one. He didn't want to reveal his true plans. Not yet. He would need a powerful army but one that the Ubix Valley wouldn't fear that much. Wouldn't fear that much because they had been defeated before? Yes. That would be it. He looked calmly at his plans. He could go one stage better...

Years ago, Razorbeard's army had attacked and nearly destroyed the entire Rayman universe. Rayman of course had put an end to this extremely quickly and had sent them all galloping into cyberspace. But there had been a second attack. Which only one person knew about. It wasn't Rayman. It wasn't a fairy. It wasn't a Teensie. It was a monster. The guardian, the one. The Guardian of the Cave of Bad Dreams... Jano. He had imprisoned them in that cave and fed them with a Teensie once a month. It was time, to pay Jano a visit...

Jano was bored. Which isn't really an amazing thing. Jano was always bored. Being a guardian of the Cave of Bad Dreams there really wasn't that much of a life. Sitting here, doing nothing. Boring. Boring. Boring. Jano then slumped off the chair and onto the floor. Why him? He would of much preferred a more fun life. He had saved the world two times more than that horrid Rayman had but Rayman got the credit. He didn't. He had grown to hate Rayman.

A flash of lightning and a roll of thunder. Jano got up and went to the entrance of the cave. This was his boundary. He could go no further. How he wished he could experience the rain. How he would love it. And yet he never would. "You can..." A faint whispering echoed around the cave. Jano jumped. Had he imagined it. Was he going crazy from his curse. "You can escape from this cave..."

"Who's speaking?" stuttered Jano, nervously.

"It's your worst nightmare or your favourite dream depending on what you do."

"Where are you?"

"I will free you from your prison if you do one thing for me..."

"I want to escape from here... But I can't..."

"Just give me Razorbeard's Army. That is all and I will set you free."

"I want to be free but I couldn't. It would be too dangerous."

"It will destroy Rayman."

Jano's eyes gleamed. "I hate Rayman," he said.

"All you need to do is let me pass."

"I WILL LET YOU PASS!" Then Jano felt the worst pain in the world, bursting through him. The Shadow laughed, evilly. "In death, you are free." And the shadow disappeared into the depths of the cave. Jano muttered two final words before dying. "Sorry Rayman..."

Can you guess The Shadow's first part of the plan? I bet you can! Well keep reading and reviewing, please. Thank you!