A Tale of Many an Adventurer- Joe's Story
Chapter 14
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"I don't see what we can do," Chris said with uncertinty, " The water level will be higher soon, but you can bet the lava will heat it." The rest of the team agreed. It would be to hard to climb up a cliff icy as that. There was no way they could last under-water for more than three minutes, so it was impossible to work their way to the fire cave which was about that far away. They could do nothing. They were stuck.
" Amit, Jude, why don't you use your levitating power to bring us to the top?" Joe asked. " Because," Amit said, " We can't use them out of the water." " Guys," Chet said, " A little help..." Chet was drowning under the weight of his axe. He was trying to claw the wall to stay up. The other four swam to him and started holding him up. It was getting warmer every secound. " Oh Hell," Jude said, looking up. Everyone else looked. Ice was falling off the top of the cavern in thick chunks. " Go!" Amit yelled. The team went down into the warm water, leaving go of Chet.
They had swum a little ways when the ice hit. It splashed with extreme power. A current started, then the team started speeding farther into the middle of the cave. Chet saw it before anyone else. The water ended in steam. That was how hot the fire cave must of been. No one would know. As the team sped through the cavern, it got warmer. But when they came to the once end of the fire tunnel, they found where the water was going.
The stand where the Dukito spear had laid was gone, and where it had been a ditch had formed. " Wha- happen?" Chris asked through a mouth of rushing water. Nobody knew. All that they knew was that one second they had been floating and the next they were shooting downward. It was like a waterfall. The warm water rushed the team down a new path. Almost at once, or so it seemed, they were falling into an underground lake. Chris and Chet had fainted, Joe was praying, and Amit and Jude were trying to find a good posistion to dive in. Water was still rushing all around them. They splashed into the water like five speeding bulets, but the impact felt like dynamite. Amit, Jude, and Joe all fainted.
Joe's eyes opened on a beach. He looked around and found he was still wet. The cave ceiling was still above him, and he saw that the rest of the team was just waking. Then they all got up " Where are we?" Chris asked groggily. " I know," Amit said, " And it's not good. This is what used to be Neasmil, I can tell." Joe looked at him disbelieving. " What do you mean, used to be?" He asked. " I'll tell you," Amit answered, " Now let me start. Neasmil was normal. Not all of what it is now. It was the main port town with normal people. But one day about two years ago, or so I heard, there was a massave earthquake. One that brought Neasmil into ruins. The day after the earthquake, the town was fixed and all of the dead were back. Nobody knew how. People have said Neasmil sunk into the ground, that day. It sort of did, but no human has seen it. I heard they call this place Mythinea. Nobody knew it exsisted. Until now."
Now that Joe knew were he was, he took his surroundings in again. It was exactly like Neasmil was after the purple mist. It was destroyed. " Amit," Joe said, " This wasn't an earthquake. I know it wasn't." Joe said. " It must've been-" " Don't jump to conclusions. It may have been, although I don't want you handing out false ideas. The people here in Mythinea are different-" " People?" The whole team asked. " Yes, people," Amit said, " People who live under a ruler... magraf, I think his name was." Joe looked stunned. " Amit," he said, " I know just who the leader is. The thing is, he's to strong for us. C'mon, let's swim out of here." He turned around to leave, then remembered they were in an underground cavern. " Great... Just great..." He turned around and led the team into Mythinea. The people there seemed normal to the team. Or, at least, normal for a town of people living underground.
As they walked people stared at them, people who seemed familiar, although acted much differently. The people were the same people as the ones in Neasmil. The difference was that these people weren't happy like their conterparts. These people were sad. Joe scanned the town. He saw things that were different, even more different than the people. The houses were broken down and the stone street was dirty. But what caught Joe's eye was what was walking up the street. People were bowing to him. He stared onward. " Who is-" Jude started. " Shut up," Joe said, " Hide, I don't want you here." " Don't you dare tell me to shut up!" Jude yelled. Naraf had stopped in front of the team, still staring ahead. " Nice move," Chris said sarcastically.
Naraf turned and looked directly at Joe, who stepped from the back of the group. " You..." Naraf said, " You!" Joe just provided a forced smirk. " Oh, excuse me," he said, " What is it? I think I'm being watched," He caught Naraf's eye and smiled. " 'Ah well." Joe finished. Naraf was taken aback by the impact of the insult. " Ah," he said, regaining his normal evilness, " So, you are afraid, is that it?" Joe froze. Truth is, he was. Joe was so scared of Naraf, being that he was a 5' foor 4" twelve-year-old and Naraf was about 6' foot 1" and was about 24. " Listen," he said. " Yes," Joe said as though he had just been interupted.
Naraf looked at the ground sympathetically. " I'm sorry," he said. Joe stepped back into Amit. " For what?" Joe asked. " For not killing you and your team before!" Naraf shot up into the air useing the power of his wings. " Forgot about this, didn't you!" he yelled at the team.
Joe didn't know what to do. None of them could fly. " What's the matter? Are you to stupid to follow me?" Naraf said. " Shut up!" Chris snapped, " Joe's not as stupid as you!" Naraf laughed evilly. " Ha! Fool, you are even more stupid than your leader!" Chris looked around. " What?" he asked. " Wow," Naraf said," you really are dumb. Joe, you fool!" Chris' eyes shifted to Joe. " You didn't tell me!" he said to Joe. No one laughed. " Chris," Joe said, " I am not the leader and you know it." Naraf shook his head. " Why do you lie?" he asked, " You think you are so impeccable. You are surely not! You have made so many flaws and errors!" He looked at Joe with pure loating.
" I guess you're still crying like a baby because of how I burnt your butt, is that it?" Joe asked. " Ha ha, I get it. Now, as I said, you're scared. Why do you whimper in the dark king's presense? You have no reason. So, I will give you one!" Naraf looked up to the stone ceiling. It shattered and started falling toward the team, water, stone, and lave. " Ha!" he said. It had happened so fast. Jude and Amit ran into a building, but the remaining three were in a state of shock. They couldn't move out of harms way. But maybe there was no harm.
" Jude," Amit said, " I don't think they're in much danger. Think about it- What happens when lava cools with water?" Jude screwed up his face in thought. " I don't know," he said. " Me either," Amit answered. The two magic wielders watched in hope. Right then, there was nothing they could do. The team was hopeless. Naraf was still looking up at the place where the lava, water, and rock was coming down. He was laughing maniacly, his eyes not looking behind him.
A white boomerang was flying toward him. He sensed it just in time. When he did, he turned around and grabbed it. " Who threw this?" he asked madly. " I did," someone said from atop a building. It was a blue-haired boy, about five feet eleven inches tall, his eyes were blue, and he was wearing blue armor like that of a soldier. He looked to be in his late teens. " Who are you!" Naraf damanded. " Axel!" The boy yelled. " So, Axel, you think you can hurt me with this... child's toy! I believe not!" Axel grimmiced. " Oh, I believe so. Just look at it." Naraf looked at the boomerang. It had started glowing red. " What do you play me for, you fool!" Naraf said crazily. " An idiot," Axel said. Just then the boomerang exploded. Naraf flew forward and started falling stomach first.
"Where are they?" Zach asked Taylor. " I don't know, but they've been gone for over an hour," Taylor answered. Zach, Taylor, Ben, Joseph, and Jake were sitting on seperate logs at camp. They had givin up their attempt to find Joe only by losing Chet and Chris. Jake, using fireaim, had started a blazing bonfire. It had began to turn dark an hour before, so the fire was their only light. " From what I heard," Jake said mystically, " a city unlike any other lies underground in these mountains. It's surrounded by two elements-" " Yeah," Joseph cut in, " we definatly didn't know it was going to be about elements, huh guys?" " Shut up, you git," Jake snapped. " Oh, " Joseph said with sarcasm, " So, your going all english on us, are you?" Jake stood up from his seat.
" I don't know what's up with you," Jake said, " But, you say one more thing, and-" " And you're going to go crying to your mother, is that it?" Jake reached for his wand, but Joseph was to quick. He had already drawn his sword and swung. " Stop."
" What'd you say?" Jake said with uncertenty, one hand over both his eyes. " Are you God? Am I in heaven, am I dead?"
He with drew his hand. Joseph's sword was being held back by something. Another sword, it seemed. Joseph looked awestruck. " Good, you listened to me- oh, wait, never mind. I did that, didn't I?" Joseph withdrew his sword.
The team looked over to the sorce of the voice. A male with long, dangaling red hair stood with his sword blocking Joseph. He looked to be in his late teens. His eyes were red and he was wearing the kind of red armor that a soldier would wear. Connected to his fire-red armor was a sheath made for a double sided sword. "So, um, what's your name?" Taylor asked warily as he got up from his log seat. " My name?" the teenager asked. " No," Zach cut in sarcastically. " Well, sorry," the tall male said, " I didn't know how much I was intruding. I guess you do not wish to know, then."
He started walking away slowly. " Wait, answer our question," Jake said quickly, " And what do you mean by ' I guess you do not wish to know, then'?" The teenager turned around. " Well, first of all, I'm older than you, so shut up. I don't even think you were in this conversation, were you?" Jake turned a violent shade of red, but he stayed straight. " So, what is your name?" he asked again asked again. " Such a fool. What did I just say!" Jake's mouth managed hade of red, but his face a small smirk, but it dissapeared in less than a second. " You told me to shut up," Jake said simply. " Well, why don't you?" The other four were getting restless. " When are you going to start talking?" Ben asked. The teen let out a sigh. " Fine. I guess I can spare some information."
He cleared his throat and started. " I'm Rauel. I protect and reign the mountains to Kealato with my partener, Axel. I am an Ex-warrior from Gothith kingdom, as you can see from the red armor an sword. Axel I found stranded on a mountain peak with only his boomerang. My age is of no concern. As for you-" he indicated Jake, " I get the feeling I'm not going to like you." Jake started turning red again, but Zach was quick enough to put his hand on Jake's shoulder and calm him down. Rauel looked up to the sky and put his hands behind his back. " The news-" he said as though he was talking to the sky, " is the normal. Water shortage in Farith, Neasmil rebuilt- oh, and your friends are trapped in an underground city with a mad-man."
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