Dino Storm: Search For The Sages
Wrath of Air
"Drive away and try to keep smiling. Get a little rock and roll on the radio and go toward all the life there is with all the courage you can find and all the belief you can muster. Be true, be brave, stand.
All the rest is darkness"
-Stephen King's It
Note: I do not own Conner McKnight, Hunter Bradley or Shane Clarke. I do own the idea for this story.
Timeline: Right after 'Scroll of Sages' (A/U)
Rating: PG13 (Extreme violence and gore)
Once the blinding flash of light died down Conner McKnight blinked hard. There was a groan beside him as he, Shane Clarke and Hunter Bradley began to get out of the pile they had landed in.
"Where are we?" Conner asked, Shane stood and glanced around, a jungle surrounded them.
"At a glance, I'd say jungle," he stated with a small grin.
"Nice work Sherlock," Hunter snapped, clearly annoyed.
"Sorry, just trying to help," Shane muttered and glanced to Conner who spoke next.
"Where to now?" All three glanced around seeing nothing but the lush trees around them.
"Since we're on the search for a temple-" Conner began, Shane filled in.
"Air."
"Yes, the Air Temple, we should look for it," Conner finished. Hunter's eyes scanned to the sky as a large shadow fell over them.
"Uh, guys, look up," he stated, pointing above them. Both Shane and Conner's eyes rolled up and they groaned. High above them in the sky, was the temple.
"Oh great, how are we going to get up there?" Conner asked, Shane stepped forward.
"Allow me," he said, he made a symbol with his hands and slammed his feet into the ground, launching himself into the air. "Conner, newbie's first!"
"I am not a newbie!" the once Red Dino Ranger insisted. Shane shrugged and brought him up to the entrance of the temple, then got Hunter up.
"Ok, we are at the temple. Now we find the Sage," Shane said, Hunter stared at him and blinked.
"Duh, Captain Obvious. Are you two going to be doing this the whole time?" Both Shane and Conner laughed as they headed in. The temple was large and the presence of danger and dread hung heavily in the air.
"Do you guys feel that?" Conner asked, the other two nodded. Just as he said that the tiling beneath his feet gave way. Conner felt himself began to fall, plummeting back towards the ground below.
"Conner!" Hunter shouted and snared him by the back of his shirt. Shane grabbed onto him and pulled them both back into the temple.
"Oh crap. I thought it was done there for a minute," Conner gasped, Hunter let out a shaky, nervous laugh.
"Nah, my reflexes are too quick for that," he assured Conner.
"Thanks," Conner gasped out, still trying to cope with what just happened.
"You ok enough to move on?" Shane asked, Conner nodded and the three began move again.
All on guard, they headed to the center of the temple. Looking around in the large, open space, they saw nothing. The sense of evil was still stronger than before. Just as they paused in the middle of the room, something dropped from the ceiling. All three jumped and got into a fighting stance. The creature was draped in ragged robes, as it hovered above the floor. Its face was hidden and its arms and legs were not visible.
"You've come to find the Sage but you will fail," it hissed, its voice was not one but hundreds of black voices merged into one.
"That's what you think Mr. Creepy Skeleton guy," Conner said, causing the other two to shoot him weird looks.
"What?" he insisted, "He's creepy looking!"
With that the creature advanced on them, skeletal hands appearing at its side. Hunter leapt up and kicked, but within a blink of an eye he was thrown across the room. He smashed into the wall and a loud crack could be heard.
"Hunter!" Shane yelled, as Hunter's eyes went wide. Blood coursed from the back of his head, soaking the wall behind him and he slumped forward. His eyes glazed over as he smashed into the floor, ceasing to breathe.
Enraged Conner started for it but before he could even attack, the creature grabbed him. Shane watched as it placed its hands on either side of Conner's head. Applying a small force of its power, it crushed his skull open.
It dropped Conner's body in a heap beneath it and turned to Shane. Without warning it flew at Shane, it ripped through his body and then there was nothing.
The next thing that happened, Shane was in an illuminated chamber. Where am I? Am I dead? Where's Hunter and Conner? He asked and was shocked when he got an answer.
"You, Shane, are in the Chamber of Sages," came a peaceful voice from behind him. Shane turned to see an anchient man in white behind him.
"Chamber of Sages?"
"Yes, I am Cicero and this is my Chamber. I have been watching you since the moment of your birth on Earth. Before that, you were here with me," the man explained.
"That would explain why you seem familiar," Shane muttered then added. "What happened? My friends? The world? Why is this happening?" The Elder Sage gave a small smile and motioned for Shane to walk beside him as the light dimmed and changed into a meadow.
"Your friends are waiting in the Chamber of Spirits to return. What is happening to the world is simply a test."
"But I failed," Shane said, Cicero shook his head.
"The opposite, just the opposite. Each one of you are going through a trial. Death is not the end, it's a beginning."
"What happens now?" Shane asked, Cicero smiled at him again.
"You are reborn with the Powers you once held here."
"Uh, what do you mean?" Shane asked, the Elder Sage laughed.
"When you return to Earth, you will be as you once were and now are. A Sage, the Sage of Air."
Up Next:
III- Compassion of Water
The Blue Team almost lose the Fight for the Water Temple
