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Chapter 3

Upon reaching Fiere, Otto, Gibson, and Frus landed in a huge open area. It was clearly unnatural, and in fact, it was as if a powerful bomb had gone off. The three of them got out of their craft and Otto and Frus looked around while Gibson looked at the screen of a small computer.

"Judging by Skeleton King's description, there should be a golden temple near here," said Gibson.

"Uh, Gibson? Look," said Otto, pointing. In front of them was a huge structure that was made of shining gold. Frus was staring at it; it was an amazing sight.

"Come on, we have work to do," said Gibson, walking towards the entrance of the temple. The others followed. As soon as they were inside, Otto activated his saws and Frus held up his massive mystical sword, Gaia, in case of danger. Gibson recorded his observations on his mini computer.

After a while, Gibson told the other two what he had found. "As I thought, the crystal was the prison, and the golden temple helped to focus its energy and keep its prisoner bound. There are more temples around the planet, all linked back to this one. However, the system was pushed to its limit with this task alone, making it far to easy to overload by adding outside pressure. And, unfortunately, we have no information on how this thing was trapped here in the first place, or anything else that will help us defeat it."

"What do we do now? You guys figured most of that out before we left," said Otto.

"I'm afraid that I don't know," said Gibson.

"What if we go ask someone?" suggested Frus. "I might be able to understand the language of this planet a little, and there's bound to be a legend that has to do with something like this, at the very least." Gibson and Otto agreed that this was the best that they could do at the moment.

The three of them left the temple and walked towards where the clearing ended and the trees began. They saw no reason to move the rocket from where it was parked. They reached the forest, which was very dense and difficult to walk through. That's why they took the trees, jumping from branch to branch in the relatively open canopy.

After traveling for a while they reached a new clearing. This one, however, had a town in it. The three lowered themselves to the ground and cautiously entered. After a moment, Frus tried to greet a nearby creature. He was like a big hamster, and wore a gold colored tunic. Frus was right-he cold understand and speak the planet's language enough to get his message across. The hamster gave him directions to the temple told him and talk to the guards, and that the guards could be identified by their armor, which was golden with a turquoise circle on the chest. Frus thanked him and translated for Otto and Gibson.

When they got near the temple, they saw its guardians trying to fight off some sort of giant mist creature emerging from the doorway. Otto, Frus, and Gibson ran to help fight it off, but the beast broke free before they had gotten more than a few steps. It immediately began randomly attacking everything. It stuck at a large building, crushing a big section of it. The monkeys began to attack it, but when Frus started to attack he heard a faint cry coming from the collapsing building. A small creature was trying to escape the building, and Frus could see that it wasn't fast enough. He rushed over, grabbed it up, and got out just as the rest of the building came down. The creature called out, the voice revealing that she was a she. She was calling to her parents, who must have still been inside. Frus gently set her down, then created tools with his powers and began digging frantically. And when he finally reached the girl's parents…he almost wished that he hadn't. He stepped back and said a silent prayer.

A roar and a grunt of pain brought Frus back to reality. Otto and Gibson were having trouble fighting the creature, who took only minimal damage regardless of how accurate their attacks were or where they hit it. Frus walked over, his power growing with his rage at the creature. First, he grabbed both Otto and Gibson and pulled them back. Then he put his hand in the air, and his sword floated to it. Catching on, Otto and Gibson grabbed the sword, too. The three of them focused, and Frus released their energy, amplified through the sword, in an attack using his abilities. Superheated metal began to splash onto the creature, as if it were raining from the clouds. Soon, it was encased in a cocoon of steel. The three of them let go and Gaia began to hover once again.

Frus had used a lot of energy on a single attack, but he immediately went over to the little girl from before, who was now crying over her parents. Frus knelt down next to her. She heard him and turned, then hugged him, still crying. "I'm all alone, now!" she choked.

"Don't worry," said Frus. "I'll take care of you."

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