As they went into the cave, they found webs of all sorts. Robert was scared shitless in the pitch-black cave.
"I can't see anything," Tim complained.
Caroline made a ball of light and, with a snap of her fingers, the ball scattered and lit up the ancient torches.
"Wow, how'd you know there would be torches in here?" Memo asked.
"Usually temples have torches," Caroline answered simply.
They began making their way through a long hallway where they were surrounded by crystals of many colors.
"This is just like the Water temple," Robert noted. "Except without the waterfalls."
As they went on, they found themselves in a large room. Caroline felt something wrong.
"What's going on Caroline?" Tim asked.
"I don't know," replied the girl. "But I really don't like it."
Memo looked and found a door.
"Hey guys," he exclaimed, pointing to it. "There's a door to another room. I'll go check it out."
Everyone agreed. When Memo went in, he found the earth gem on a mantle.
"OK, now we can get of…Uh-oh," Memo uttered and dashed off toward the others. "GUYS, SOMETHING'S CHASING ME AND IT DOESN'T LOOK HAPPY!!!"
It was a Rabid Horseman, a half-man half-horse guardian of the Earth temple.
"Who dares try to take the sacred gem of the Earth!!" roared the creature.
Everyone pointed at Memo.
"Oh thanks guys," he exasperated in disappointment.
The Rabid Horseman grew furious and went to attack everyone. They scattered except for Robert, who was still in Caroline's bubble prison. Memo tried to attack the monster head-on but the monster was too strong. Caroline used spells but unfortunately they didn't work. Tim's arrows came in handy at a point until something came out of the hole above. It was a monster so fucking scary, hell I'd be running too. (Just in case you want to know, "It" is a giant, hairy, brown, spider.)
"WHO DARES DISTURB MY SLUMBER!!!" it growled.
The Horseman stopped attacking.
"Please master, forgive me," the Horseman apologized. "There were intruders in here and I thought—"
The spider monster grew angry.
"I'VE GIVEN YOU ENOUGH CHANCES!" it roared. "NOW YOU DIE!!!"
"No master please, I'll be good! I'll be good!"
The Horseman cowered and tried to run but a web came down from the ceiling and took him up. In less than ten minutes, his bones and weapons came crashing down to the ground.
"I have dibs on the axe," said Memo.
"How could you be thinking of that at a time like this?!" demanded Caroline.
"Because it's shiny," replied Memo with a gleaming smile.
"Point taken," added Robert.
The giant monster came down from the ceiling and introduced itself.
"I AM JIRAI GUMO, THE GIANT SPIDER!" it growled. "WHAT DO YOU ALL WANT?!"
Robert was soooo scared. All he did was look at the spider and scream like a little schoolgirl. (Hey, I'd be doing the same if I saw a giant spider.)
"We're here to take the earth gem and—" Caroline spoke.
"I DON'T THINK SO LITTLE MISSY!" Jirai Gumo interrupted her with a laugh.
Soon after he spoke, little spiders came out of the egg sacks from the walls and webbed the exit. "Sorry, but my babies are so very hungry and we'd love for you to stay for dinner."
Jirai Gumo laughed hysterically and said, "GO MY DARLINGS! FEED!"
Caroline tried to hold them off with one of her spells.
"MIRROR WALL!!"
A crystal wall appeared before the group, shielding them from the oncoming spiders.
"Hey, Caroline, how long do you think we'll be safe for?" Memo asked her.
"Um, I don't know," Caroline replied nervously. "I haven't used this spell before."
"I WANT MY MOMMY!!!" Robert screamed.
Jirai Gumo continued to laugh. "IT'S NO USE YOU SILLY GIRL! THAT WALL WON'T HOLD OUT FOR LONG! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!"
Caroline was devastated.
"Hey, where's Tim?" she wondered out loud.
Tim had climbed onto a ledge unnoticed. (Cue heroic music.) He aimed and fired at the giant spider. Jirai Gumo was pissed.
"HEY, WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!" he roared. "MY BABIES, KILL HIM NOW!!!"
Tim kept firing the arrows like a submachine gun and shot down the support webs holding up Jirai Gumo.
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!" Jirai Gumo screamed as he fell.
When the Mirror Wall vanished, Caroline cast a spell and killed all the baby spiders before they got to Tim. Everyone was pretty much okay. Robert was released from his bubble prison and fell on his back.
"OW!" he exclaimed. "Okay, can I have to earth gem?"
"Here you go Robert." Memo said as he handed Robert the gem.
"HA FOOLISH HUMANS, YOU THINK YOU'VE WON BUT YOU HAVEN'T!" Jirai Gumo tried to attack with his sharp legs but instead it made the cave start to crumble. Just then, a boulder came out of nowhere and smashed the giant spider.
"AAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!" he screamed out in pain and surprise.
The walls started to crumble and fall. Everyone except Robert headed for the giant hole, which led to the surface.
"I have to find that symbol," he said to them. Then he found what he was looking for. "There it is."
Dodging the falling rocks, he found the yinyang symbol of the gem. The Horseman was wearing it as a necklace.
"Got it," Robert exclaimed as he grabbed it.
He then ran up the stone ramp to the surface. He barely made it through as the stones caved into the rest of the room. Robert was lying down on the grass breathing heavily.
"Robert, you okay?" asked Caroline.
Robert looked at the girl and replied, "I just saw a huge ass spider and you think I'm okay?!"
Silence. Then he blurted, "Yeah, I'm ok."
"Wow Tim," Memo spoke up, turning to the white guy. "I never knew you could fire like that. How'd you learn to do that?"
"Eh…the Internet," replied Tim confidently.
Tracy and Lawrence came running towards Memo, Caroline and Robert.
"Hey, you guys," Lawrence greeted them. "What happened?"
"We'll tell you when we get to Robert's house," Caroline replied. "Man, am I tired."
They arrived at Robert's place where Lesser Dragon was extremely happy to see Robert in one piece. Robert went downstairs to his room and displayed the gem next to the water one on his shelf. He then jumped on his bed and fell asleep. Caroline came in and saw him sleeping so she left him alone.