Chapter 15 and we're searching for the second piece. But where is it?

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RACHEL

We had been flying for a few hours now since leaving Africa and I don't think we were closer to the second piece than the Visser being near us. Oh well, I'll live with it…for now. But the longer we continued flying, the colder I noticed the ship getting. And I had my children sleeping on me. Tobias was in his human morph and was cuddling up to me. Life couldn't be better really. Until now…

(Prince Jake, what is this place?)

I bolted up, waking up Adam and Leah and knocking Tobias out of his staring slumber. Jake, Marco and I went into the cockpit. Up ahead, I could lots of snowy mountains. There was only one place that I knew of that had an 8850m mountain. This was the Himalayans

"Ax, land us out of sight," ordered Jake

(Yes Prince Jake)

Ax took the fighter down and landed us out of sight of the villagers. I went over to the children and took some clothes out of their packs, before facing them

"Alright, you two are getting rugged up"

"But we want to stay here"

"Not if I have anything to say about it"

Tobias had demorphed and remorphed, before helping me dress the children in warmer clothes. Once we had rugged up, Ax opened the hatch and we stepped out, into the cold weather. Jake and Marco led the way into the village, where we got some supplies and mountaineering equipment.

Some time later, we were heading up the mountains, though thankfully, not up Everest. There were several other mountains that were smaller and not as cold

"So, Jake, which mountain are we going up?" asked Marco

Jake held up the first piece. It was glowing brightly. I have to say, it was brighter than usual. A lot brighter. Jake looked at it, before looking at the mountains

"I'd say…that one"

He was pointing at a huge mountain. Not as big as Everest, but still big enough

"You want us, to go up there?" I asked

"Well, to find the second piece, yeah"

"Jake, we cannot and so will not, take the children up there"

"Rachel, I understand. So, how about this? We set up camp, while Marco, Tobias and I got up the mountain," said Jake, "and Ax can watch over you guys"

"Fine, you do that," I said, as I went over to Tobias

I took his hand, before giving him a kiss on the lips

"Be careful," I whispered

"I shall"

"Eww, Mom and Dad are kissing again," said Adam

Tobias ruffled his hair

"You'll live"

I watched as the guys left the camp and continued up the mountain

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JAKE

I had the first piece in my hand when we decided to morph. The morph we were using, would be used to the cold. Polar bear. Although there was a problem. First problem was the piece, second were the packs. Tobias had demorphed, before morphing to polar bear, while Marco and I stripped down to our morphing suits

"Oh man, so cold"

"The sooner we morph, the better"

"So fricking cold"

White fur slowly appeared on my body, as I grew taller. Well, the white fur was actually hollow hair stands that looked white. Huge black claws, grew from my fingers, as my hands and feet became dinner plate like paws. My vision became blurry, which I wasn't worried about, as I could see much with my human eyes. So, I had to rely on my sense of smell. And when I was done morphing, I could two other polar bears nearby, several humans down the track and a strange smell. Ax, of course

(Alright, ladies, let's hit the road) said Marco

(What about the piece?) asked Tobias

I looked around and could a faint, bright colour in the snow. I picked up the first piece in my mouth and showed the others

(Must have dropped it)

(Well, duh. Now, about our packs)

I looked at the large, misshapen objects lying on the ground

(We can leave them here. We'll collect them on the way back)

(Let's go)

(I can't wait to go on the road again; oh I can't wait to go back on the road again)

(Marco, what is it with the songs?)

(It's not my fault I saw some movies on the weekend. Before all this)

Climbing up the mountain wasn't really easy. It was cold still, but not as much, we had to navigate about the rocks on the side near the top, before we finally stopped

(All right, we need to demorph and remorph) I said

(What about that cave?)

Looking around, I could see the cave Tobias was looking at. We went inside, before demorphing. I sat down, out of the snow blowing in

(Reckon we're near the top?)

"Not sure. Can't see far with polar bear eyes," I said

"Hey, check this out"

Tobias flew up onto my shoulder, as I went over to Marco. And I could see what he was pointing at. A tunnel leading into further into the cave

"Let's check it out"

(The best solution would be as bats)

"Bats it is, but only for five minutes," I said

Then, I looked down at the piece in my hand. It was glowing like crazy

"Hey Jake, does that mean we're close?"

"Only one way to find out. Let's go"

We morphed to bats and flew into the tunnel. Tobias and I were carrying the piece, while Marco was leading the way. Soon, we reached a room. Setting the piece, I demorphed. And the first thing I saw when I got my human eyes back, was a blue piece of stone, sitting on a stone pedestal. This piece of stone was glowing blue. I looked at the first piece. The light coming from it could light up a huge hall. We had found the second piece of the Lasterol Stone

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And there is the finding of the second piece of the Lasterol Stone. All joy. Now, we just have to find the third piece. And what will happen they do find it?