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Chapter 25: Choices
"Karma, what have you done?"
"I caused a power surge in the Greenland Anti-Portal Facility. It just happened to damage many parts in the facility. That thing will be down for weeks, therefore releasing some strain from the link between dimensions. The opening portals will be a simple side effect. The rift will not open any more than it already is, plus, a portal taking the kids home might just happen to open by them, taking them home. If they want to, that is."
Clockwork had stopped fighting to escape the cursed cage days ago. He didn't know how Karma made it, but it suppressed the powers that weren't already broken by the rift. Before he was trapped in the cage, the remains of his time powers were only seeing alternate pasts and futures, but he couldn't travel through time or differentiate which timeline was what. In this cage, he couldn't see through time at all. It was terrifying to him, not knowing the future, not seeing every timeline ever. His purpose as a ghost was to see time, and that purpose was lost. All he could do now was watch Karma ruin the world.
"There is no point in telling you to stop anymore, is there? I only want to protect Earth, but you don't listen. If you won't save the Earth, just help out those kids."
Karma turned to him. "I'm already doing that. Those kids are our best bet."
"But why the kids? Why not Danny Phantom? And why give them such unreliable information about the Hall of Typhon?"
"The world you left for me was boring. Danny would've fixed it, but not in a fun way. They're easier to manipulate anyways, with their young imaginations and all. It's fun to see what they'll get themselves into."
Clockwork still couldn't believe the selfish reasons Karma was giving, but he knew he couldn't do anything to stop it. He sat silently, trying to find any power left in him, even though it was almost hopeless. His lust for his old powers to come back were the only thing keeping him from giving up on escape.
It was a long journey. The trio were almost to the Hall of Typhon.
But then, a big bang and a flash of green light made them notice a portal open. A portal home.
"Alex, Ray, that looks like a portal to me. Wanna check it out, see if it leads home?"
"Well, we could, but who knows when we'll get back? Heck, we don't even know if it leads home at all!" Alex said.
Ray considered it. "We can peek our heads through. We could get home right now, and come back later."
"But who knows when later will be? I want to get this quest over with so Earth and the ghost zone don't explode or whatever."
"Think of how worried our parents are, though. They probably already called the police to find us."
Heather floated up to it. "Well, we can at least see where it goes out to."
She brought them up so they could all stick their heads through. It was a tunnel, pure darkness except for the light the portal was giving off.
"I change my mind. Let's just continue the quest," said Ray.
But before the portal closed, a bright white light came and shined in their faces. Heather hid behind the boys.
The light dimmed to a glow. A person in a black and red suit on some sort of hoverboard stopped to look at them.
"Boys, this portal's getting unstable. Are we leaving or not?" Heather whispered, not wanting to bring attention to herself in fear of being recognized if this actually was somewhere near Amity Park.
The portal started throwing green sparks, as if it couldn't close until they chose which world to stay in.
"Raymond?" The person asked.
Ray recognized the person's voice. "Mom?" He asked.
Heather decided that moment to stay in the ghost zone. The boys yelped in surprise as she pulled them all back down.
"Heather! Why'd you do that? That was my mom! She could've helped us!"
"Yeah, helped us by recognizing me, getting us grounded, telling my dad about me, and then ending up with my dad completing the quest himself."
Alex tried to calm the situation. "We need to finish this quest. There's no stopping now, when we're so close to the Hall. Come on, let's go get that artifact!"
They finally got to the Hall of Typhon. It was unlike what they expected. There were very few monsters around.
And, unlike the book said, the door was quite a bit different than the others. It was twice the size of normal doors and had carvings of monsters on it.
A ghost appeared. A ghost with the body of a normal woman but the tail of a snake. She had grey skin and a bright purple tail and green hair and eyes. She was wearing a bright white toga and wielded two silver swords.
"What business do you have in the Hall of Typhon?" she asked. Her voice had a calm but firm tone.
"We're looking for the artifact that locates the Reality Gauntlet and Reality Gems. We heard it was in here," Heather said.
"For what purpose do you request the Soma Zeto?"
"The ghost zone and human world are colliding and it might destroy both the worlds. We need to use the artifact to find the Reality Gauntlet and fix things."
She flew around the trio, investigating them. "You seem to be telling the truth. I will let you pass, but you must speak to Typhon. If he decides you three are worthy, he will allow the Soma Zeto to be used for the purpose of finding the gauntlet and its gems."
She sheathed her swords and opened the door for them.
They walked into a beautiful, giant hall. The hall wasn't painted in ghostly colors. It was all white stone, with a red carpet going up the middle and the roof painted with paintings of monsters so beautiful it could rival the Sistine Chapel. At the very end, was Typhon.
Typhon was three stories tall. He had many snake tails as legs and dragon-like wings. He was the scariest ghost the kids had seen.
"Alex, Ray, let me do the talking," Heather whispered.
"No problem. I don't have a deathwish like you," Ray joked.
Walking up to him was like walking home from school after detention knowing your parents were about to ground you. He stared at you judgingly, watching your every move. Heather kneeled in his presence, and the boys followed suit. She hoped it would help her get the Soma Zeto.
"Tell me your request. If Echidna let you in, I will listen."
Heather stood. "The ghost zone is in trouble. It is slowly colliding with the human world, and making some sort of rift. Only the reality gauntlet can fix the problem, but we need the Soma Zeto to find it."
"You will not have the Soma Zeto! You are but children, not worthy of its power!"
"I'm sorry sir, but if we don't get the Reality Gauntlet both the human world and the ghost zone will be destroyed!"
"You dare question my judgement!?" he roared.
"No sir, I'm just worried about not dying! I'm not questioning you!"
He growled. "You have the audacity to talk back to the King of Monsters. Brave of you. I suppose you're telling the truth if you dare challenge me like this."
In a bright flash of light, a giant golden staff with a golden ball on top of it appeared in Typhon's hand.
"Tell me, child, do you have a Gem of Reality?"
"Yes, I do, but not with me. It's kept with Frostbite at the Artifact Collection Team."
Typhon shrunk the staff to a size Heather could hold, and hand it to her.
"You may borrow it until you find the complete set of gems and the gauntlet, then you must return it to me. If you break my rules, I will send every one of my monsters after you. And if they don't kill you, they will bring you to me and I will kill you three myself."
"It's a deal. Thank you."
"Hold your reality gem to the ball on top. The ball will open. Drop the gem inside and the staff will point you in the right direction. Now, leave my presence before I change my mind."
They quickly left the hall and went on their way back to the Far Frozen. They had a job to do.
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