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MARCO
All I had to say was ouch. Tobias had landed inside the Bug fighter, daughter in arms. I felt the thud, before I heard him cry out in pain. As we sped away, Jake and I left the turrets and entered the cargo. Tobias was in the process of demorphing from Andalite
"So, Tobias, decided to drop in, hey?"
(Very funny Marco. You try jumping from one ship to the next, with a child in your arms)
"Well, when that happens, I'll let you know about it"
I looked out the window and got confused
"Ax, why are we heading back to the Himalayans?"
(Because I have to work out where to go from there)
"For what? To find the third piece, I presume?" asked Jake
(It's all coming back to me)
(What?)
(When I was at school, I was told about the Lasterol Stone…)
"And for once, you were paying attention?"
(Yes Rachel. I know how to find the first, second, third and fourth pieces)
"And isn't there five?" I asked
(Yes, but I am unsure of how to find it)
"And how do we find the third piece?" asked Jake
(After we find the second piece, we were to fly southeast until the same as before, the first and second piece glow brighter than usual)
"My guess is Antarctica," I said
"I doubt it. It probably would be in New Zealand," said Rachel
"The only way we're gonna find out is to fly southeast," said Tobias
After returning to the Himalayans, Ax took a while, before he figured out which direction he should fly in. Then we were off, flying southeast in search of the third piece. When we shall find it, I won't know
After a few hours, I had gotten bored, so I took to playing paper, scissors, and rock with the kids. Tobias had demorphed and remorphed and was with Rachel in the corner. I seriously need to get a girl. But that day will come. Some day. I hope for it. Its not like I'm not good looking or anything, I just don't seem that successful.
Jake and Cassie weren't far away either. I guess they were bored too. Everyone was bored. Hell, maybe Ax could be bored too, after flying this fighter for a few days. But I could not disagree on how much fun I've had. Even though we've had some close calls (Rachel's tent being on fire and Leah's capture), I have to say how much fun I was having. Lots of action, though I'm not like Rachel, who just jumps in with guns blazing sometimes. Xena just wants to break out and is breaking out now, with this new adventure we're on. But, like now, it can get boring. Who ever knew that flying on an alien fighter ship for days would be so boring?
(Guys, we're coming up onto land)
We all got up and went to the windows. And I didn't really like what I was seeing. Desert sand, everywhere, dry ground and spinifex
"Oh great, we're in the outback"
"From the looks of this map, we're in the Australian outback," said Jake
"Is this the place where we get to see Skippy?"
"Probably, who knows? But we're here on a search"
Jake went to his pack and pulled out the two pieces of the Stone. Both of them were glowing brightly
"Ax, we're landing here"
We landed and the hatch opened. We all got out
"We don't need our packs, do we?" I asked
"Nah, not really. We won't be here for long"
We started walking and I could see a huge rock in the distance. No jokes, this rock was huge. Note the emphasis I placed on huge. When we reached it, the rock towered over us spectacularly
"This is Ayers Rock, the largest monolith in the world," explained Cassie, "it was returned to the Australian Aborigines in 1985, who then leased the area to the Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service"
"Okay, that was a nice little piece of information," I said, "let's just say that this is a huge rock"
(I believe that the third piece is inside this rock) said Ax
"How is that possible?"
(The race that placed the pieces around Earth, one of them was placed inside a huge rock. They dug a hole and after placing it, filled it up again)
"But that would take days," I said
(They were an advanced race. I don't know what race, but I knew they were advanced)
"Well, the only way to find out, is to dig," said Jake
"Ax and I have the perfect morph," said Tobias
"Oh great, Taxxon," I complained
"Marco, do you have to complain about everything?"
"You haven't seen me complain about this…yet"
"Guys, we need to focus"
"Yes, fearless leader"
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JAKE
"Ax, you can dig first, then Tobias," I ordered
(Yes Prince Jake)
"Sam, dear, look away," said Cassie
She covered his eyes, as Rachel turned her kids around, so they couldn't see Ax morph into Taxxon. And just in case, I morphed into the tiger
(Alright Ax, go for it)
He lumbered over to Ayers Rock and bit into it. Bite after bite, rock and dirt went down his throat and came out the other end
"Oh man, that's terrible"
We all moved back from Ax, as the smell got worse
"That's it, I'm not morphing Taxxon," said Tobias
(You might not have to. Ax could get us to the third piece)
Ax disappeared into the Taxxon-size hole. I began to demorph
"Well, we can say that Visser Three won't get us here," said Marco
"He's probably fixing his ship up again," smiled Tobias
"Why?" I asked
"Last time, he fixed it in the jungle, so it was easy to down it"
"Clever, you probably gave us half a day"
An hour and a half later and no word from Ax. Tobias had demorphed and was now sitting on Rachel's shoulder
"Someone should go and get him," I said
"You can"
"Fine"
I morphed to tiger and went into the hole. The tiger has an excellent sight. It also has an excellent sense of smell
(Ax, next time, try and keep it to yourself)
I managed to crawl all the way up to a huge, bulky mass
(Ax, is that you? Please say its you)
(It's me, Prince Jake)
(Reckon you can demorph?)
(I believe so. Because I think I've found a chamber)
Ax demorphed and moved out of sight. I kept going, before I came out into a large room and began to demorph. And right in the middle of the room, was a glowing piece of stone
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There is the third piece. And what about the fourth? Where is that?