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"Who has arrived?" Mulder asked "A great evil that has been imprisoned for many centuries, he ruled this land like a tyrant for many years before until, with the help of two like you, we were able to overthrow him. People are still afraid to utter his name, Cerberus to this day they're afraid that he'll come back. It's a lot of crap if you ask me, fearing a name because of the actions of the person behind it." Angie said as she rolled her eyes. "Fear is a strange disease." Mulder said. "Enough about that, there is one final journey that we have to make, there is an ancient power that has been long hidden away, the elders were afraid that Cerberus would somehow find it, if he were to get a hold of it, the universe could be in serious jeopardy. The reason the elders overthrew Cerberus was that he wanted to destroy the universe in order to start anew, he had it in his mind that the universe was flawed from the beginning & that the beings who inhabited it were failures of creation." "It's always nice to feel the love." Mulder interjected, Angie chuckled. "Now let's go, we don't have much time."
"When you mentioned that we'd be flying, I never expected this." Scully said as they sat on the back of a massive, green dragon that was roughly the size of a seven forty seven. "What did you expect? You have to start thinking outside the box, Miss Scully." Their transportation interjected. "Touché." Mulder said with a grin as he patted the dragon's thick, scaly hide, Scully rolled her eyes but said nothing. "It would have taken us a hell of a long time on foot; Emerald was nice enough to take us." "Not without payment, of course." Emerald said. "Of course, I wouldn't dream of forgetting." Angie said flatly as they began to descend through the clouds. "This is as far as I can take you, from here on is only assessable to travelers on foot." Emerald said as he spread his wings & took flight, Mulder, Scully & Angie shielded their faces from the whirlwind of dust & small pebbles that kicked up after the massive creature. "Don't mind him, he's kind of spiteful." Angie said as they carried on.
They three of them walked for what seemed like ages until Angie, who was leading the excursion, stopped abruptly. "We have arrived." She said dramatically, Mulder looked around him & saw nothing seemingly ordinary-looking foothills. "Not around you, below you." She said as she pointed to a plain cave, carved into the foothills of the mountains by years of water runoff during the rainy season. "You look disappointed, Mulder, what did you expect, a fancy, diamond-laden entryway?" Angie said dryly, Mulder laughed in spite of himself. "Yeah, to tell the truth." He said as they began their decent. "So what's in this place that the entrance must be hidden?" Scully asked. "It's not exactly hidden, that's just the way it was dug out when it was discovered by an alchemist/archeologist by the name of Dominick many, many years ago. There's no point in hiding it, every alchemist knows about it... especially Cerberus. But he can't access the power because even his alchemic powers alone aren't enough to release the spell that keeps them bound. That's why he's let us this far, he needs more power." She replied. "& what makes you think we'll be enough?" Scully interjected. "I don't, but it's worth a shot." Angie said as they came upon a stalagmite that was made of pure quartz crystal, taller then the Witches' Finger in Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico. "What now?" Mulder said. "All you have to do is get close to it; if you're not the one, it'll let you know, trust me." Angie said as Mulder approached the towering stalagmite cautiously. He didn't even get within three feet of the structure before he was thrown back against the walls of the cave. "Told you." Angie said, Scully rushed over to him but as she passed the quartz stalagmite, it lit up so brightly that they all had to shield their eyes. "So… she's the one." Angie said excitedly.