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Chapter 2: It Never Shines In Nevershine Mine
Ace and Thunderfoot groaned and woke up to the scent of poo. "Phew! What a smell!" said Thunderfoot "I think we just found Pigface's bedroom". Ace clambered out of the dumpster, helped Thunderfoot out, and then looked around. This area of the carnival was dark and shrouded in the night sky. There were eerie looking trees that branches that looked like they were clawing out at the Lightning Knights. There were three pathways before the heroes: A pathway built into an icy wall, a darkened pathway leading down a red rocky ravine, and a spooky winding path disappearing into the trees.
"Where are we?" asked Ace. Thunderfoot was already busy tampering with his computer.
"Well, according to this, we are in the most baron and wild area of the Carnival of Doom" said Thunderfoot "This is the home of bandits, cut-throats, saloons and the wild bull". Ace raised an eyebrow.
"What?" asked Ace. "Your in the Cowboy Crossroads you idiot!" said a voice.
Ace and Thunderfoot looked up to see Dirty Rat, hovering above them smirking.
"The Cowboy Crossroads?" said Ace.
"Yes! This horrendous region is full of the greatest gang of western warlords you could imagine!" snickered Dirty Rat.
"Whatever Rat! I know you have a piece of the Amulet! Now hand it over…" said Ace.
"No!" whimpered Dirty Rat and flew into the cave entrance.
"Get him!" shouted Thunderfoot and the two raced into the cave, not noticing the sing beside the entrance: Nevershine Mine.
Dirty Rat was speeding away in a mine cart by the time Ace and Thunderfoot got into the mine.
"Nya-nya-nya-nya-nya! You bumheads can't catch me. But then again, you can catch this" said Dirty Rat and tossed a stick of red dynamite out of the mine cart towards the pursuing heroes.
"Duck" screamed Thunderfoot, leaping to the floor like a frog.
"Where?" said Ace, looking around. He then saw the dynamite flying towards him. He fired lightning bolts at the stick at it exploded. Dirty Rat, however, had got away.
Several minutes, Ace and Thunderfoot were sneaking through the long dark tunnel. There were many broken mine rails and mine carts all over the place. The only sound that could be heard was the sound of dripping water. But then the hammering of metal came into hearing, getting louder and louder.
Ace pulled Thunderfoot behind some crates. Standing beside a stone wall was a bearded zombie miner, smashing his pickaxe into the rock with extreme force. Ace raised his wrists and fired a lightning bolt at the miner. It instantly shot him and he fell over shouting in pain, before disappearing.
"What happened to him?" asked Thunderfoot.
"Whenever I defeat a villain, they automatically return to the Sixth Dimension" explained Ace.
"Oh" said Thunderfoot nodding.
The heroes carried on, until they came to two pathways. Ace examined both of them.
"Okay Thunderfoot, you go that way" he said, pointing down the right path, "I'll go this way!".
"Yes master…" said Thunderfoot and walked away grumbling. Ace walked down his chosen pathway, and immediately got into trouble. Before him was a long pool of lava, several rocks able to be used as stepping stones.
"Maybe I should go with Thunderfoot…" thought Ace. Thunderfoot wasn't having much fun either. In fact, he was fleeing from a giant rolling boulder, down a steep downhill path.
"This isn't funny; I'm going to be flattened!" screamed Thunderfoot.
Ace was balancing dramatically on a tiny rock, only a few steps away from safety. Ace then heard a giant roar. A dark shadow passed over Ace, who turned round and gasped. Right behind Ace was a Rock Monster; a giant made completely out of rocks and hardened lava. The Rock Monster swung its arm, and Ace ducked just in time. Ace swung his fist and punched the Rock Monster. The golem stumbled backwards and then tackled Ace to the ground. Ace had enough time to pull out the Lightning Lance and stab the Rock Monster it the face. The Rock Monster groaned and fell to pieces. Thunderfoot had managed to escape the boulder by using his axe as a spring and jumping up into the air, long enough for the boulder to roll past, right into an army of cowboy zombies.
"Phew! That was the most horrifying experience of my life, since that time I was chased by that headless chicken in Dimension Three" said Thunderfoot.
"Hey Thunderfoot!" called Ace, running around the corner, "Found an exit yet?".
"Sorry Ace…" said Thunderfoot, bowing his head in shame.
"Don't worry my friend" said Ace "We'll find away out of this mine".
Just then a thunderous sound of squeaking, and from behind some rocks came a fleet of small yellow birds packs of dynamite strapped to their sides.
"Oh no! Kamikaze Canaries!" screamed Thunderfoot in alarm. Ace wasn't afraid of these canaries. He charged forward, shouting a cry of war. He led the Kamikaze Canaries away from Thunderfoot and they all exploded into a flurry of flames and feathers.
"Whoa! Last time I eat a bird" laughed Thunderfoot.
The heroes finally came to a large cavern with giant crystal formations fused into the ground. There was a small crack in the back of the cave.
"There is the way out" said Ace. He and Thunderfoot walked towards the exit. The crystal formations suddenly shattered to pieces and gang of skeletons ran at Ace and Thunderfoot.
"Let's trash them!" commanded Ace and he rushed forward and ripped through one of the skeleton's ribs, killing it. Thunderfoot gripped him axe and slashed at the skeletons' legs. The legs dilapidated and the skeletons fell apart. Ace punched another skeleton in the head and it went flying away. Within seconds, the skeletons had been shredded to bones and piled up in a corner.
"That was tough, yet fun" said Thunderfoot.
"I agree, now let's get out of this crazy mine!" said Ace and the two Lightning Knights left the Nevershine Mine forever.
From a dark hole in the roof, came Dirty Rat smirking.
"Hehehehe! You won't stand a chance once I'm done with you, Lightning! Hehehehehe!" said the rat and looked down at the object in his hand: The bottom right-hand corner of the Amulet…