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Their attention was caught as they heard shouting coming from within the jungle trees. Drawing their weapons from their holsters, they both rushed towards the voices. As they came out to a clearing, Mal pulled Natara behind a small stone wall for cover. As they both peered over wall, they saw a group of armed men huddled around multiple jeeps. Mal leaned closer to Natara as his voice dropped to a harsh whisper.

Mal:" Who the hell are these guys?"

Natara:" I don't know but they've got Kai!"

Mal:" Ah hell!"

Natara:" So…got a plan?"

Mal:" I'm working on it!"

Mal quickly looked around at the men that surrounded Kai, before turning back to Natara.

Mal:" Okay if you can make it down there without being seen, I'll take out those guys while you grab Kai."

Natara:" Gotcha!"

Mal watched and waited until Natara was safely down the hill and hidden out of sight as she crouched behind an unattended jeep, she nodded to him as he ran down the hill with great speed making as much noise as he could to grab the attention of the armed men.

Dodging the bullets as they pinged against the metal of the jeeps, Mal ducked as he shot back easily taking out three men. Natara ran from her cover as she punched the man holding Kai with a hard right hook, and then quickly grabbed Kai before the two of them ran back for cover.

As the gunfire ceased, Mal slid his gun back into his holster as he joined Natara and Kai as they stood from their cover.

Kai:" Jeez you two took your time!"

Mal:" Seriously?! We just saved your life; you could be a little more grateful!"

Kai:" Right sorry must still be a little shaken, having almost died and everything!"

Natara rolled her eyes as she stood between the two to stop them arguing.

Natara:" Just stop both of you! All this arguing isn't helping anything!"

Mal sighed in defeat as he sat down on a nearby rock.

Mal:" She's right. Look what exactly is going on here? Who are these guys?"

Kai:" Got me, I was just minding my own business and they appeared out of nowhere."

Mal glanced around before looking back up at Natara and Kai.

Mal:" Well I don't know about you guys but this place is giving me the creeps! I mean the plane mysteriously shutting down for no reason… and what are these guys guarding? There's nothing here… at least I don't think so."

Natara:" Well why don't we find out?"

Natara turned and started walking up a dirt road before Mal quickly jumped to his feet and stood in her path.

Mal:" Errr hold on a second! Where are you going?"

Natara:" Oh come on, you're not telling you're not slightest bit curious about what's going on here?"

Mal:" Actually no! I don't know and I don't care, I just want to get the hell out of here!"

Natara:" Alright then well those guys must have transportation in order to get in and off the island; we just have to find it and quietly, they obviously aren't shy about using those firearms on us."

Mal:" So what's your plan?"

Natara:" We find their base camp."

Mal:" So we find our way to the base camp, snag a plane and get the hell outta here. Sounds easy enough."

Kai:" Ha! Easy?! I wouldn't underestimate those guys Mal, they're not messing around. Whatever they're here for it's nothing good."

Mal stood with folded arms as he glanced back at Kai with look of deep skepticism in his eyes.

Mal:" So what, you're just suggesting we stand here and do nothing?"

Kai:" I'm telling you Mal, there's some serious voodoo going on here! I swear this place is cursed!"

Natara:" Oh don't be ridiculous Kai!"

Kai:" I'm telling you!"

Mal:" Well Natara and I are going to find this base camp, so you can either come with us or stay here. The choice is yours."

Kai:" Nope going to that base camp will only end badly I can feel it! No thanks I'll stay right here!"

Kai sat on the ground with crossed legs and arms as he sat with his back facing Mal and Natara. Mal glanced back at Natara who just smirked and rolled her eyes.

Mal:" Alright suit yourself."

Natara:" Yeah Kai just watch out for the rats and the lizards and…"

Kai:" Okay I changed my mind, could use a walk anyway!"

Mal and Natara both laughed as they continued walking down the dirt with Kai following close behind.

As the scorching sun burned the daylight away, Natara paused stopping Mal and Kai in their tracks as they glanced in the same direction as her.

Natara:" Mal, take a look at this."

Mal quickly followed Natara as she climbed over the trees and vines bringing them out to more ruins.

Mal:" It looks just like the gateway ruins we saw back near the beach."

Natara:" Hmmmm."

Natara kneeled as she picked up a stray piece of paper left on the ground, Mal and Kai watched with anticipation as she read the messy handwriting.

Kai:" Ohh what is it? Some kind of ancient scroll from hundreds of years ago?! I bet it's worth millions!"

Natara:" Actually Kai, it's a page from a log book. Looks as if it's been here for about two days."

Kai:" Oh I knew that!"

Mal let out a small chuckle as he glanced over Natara's shoulder to read the page.

Mal:" What does it say?"

Natara:" It looks like someone has translated the inscription; A thousand entrances…the path protected by the dead."

Kai:" Eeep!"

Mal:" Hmmm…what do you think it means?"

Natara:" I'm not sure, but I want to find whoever translated this inscription. Let's find our way back to the dirt road."

Natara folded the piece of paper and placed it in her pocket before following Mal back through the jungle. Mal stopped abruptly as he pulled both Kai and Natara behind a fallen tree.

Natara:" Mal what the?!"

Mal:" Shhh listen…"

"Have you found them yet?"

"No they've disappeared!"

"Well keep an eye out, the boss wants them taken care of!"

Mal:" Damn, these guys just don't quit, do they?"

Natara:" What do we do?"

Mal:" There's too many of them, keep close and follow me. And don't make a sound."

After sneaking passed the armed men, Mal let out a sigh of relief as he turned back to Natara as she quickly caught up with him.

Natara:" Okay that was too close. We have to keep moving if we want to make it to that base camp before nightfall."

Kai:" Guys…"

Mal:" Well there's one problem; we have no idea where we're going!"

Kai:" Guys…"

Natara:" I know, but we can't just stay here and do nothing!"

Kai:" Guys…"

Mal:" I suppose we could-"

Kai:" Guys!"

Mal:" What?!"

Kai:" It's just a guess but maybe it's over there, you know with the giants tents and the armed guards and the all the equipment!"

Mal and Natara turned to look where Kai was pointing, to see the base camp crawling with armed guards at the bottom of the hill. Mal smiled as he patted Kai on the shoulder.

Mal:" Heh good work Kai, let's get going!"

Kai:" I got a bad feeling about this!"

Kai hesitated as he sighed nervously before following Mal and Natara down the steep hill that lead them further into the jungle.

I hope you enjoyed this chapter, please review! Jade xx