Author's Note: I am so sorry that it took me this long to get back to this! I am going to continue this and I will give it the proper ending that it deserves, it may just take me a while to do so. However, after this next week I will have more time to write, that is if you want me to! Please forgive the crappy-ness of this chapter; I need to get my mojo working.
Chapter 11: Carlos' Wing
Carlos POV
Once we got off the airship it flew away, leaving blue skies in its absence. Tim nervously stared over the edge of the 'ground' we were standing on. Because this Raypoint was located high in the sky meant that either one of us could trip and fall to our deaths. I shook the thought from my head, trying to focus on the maze before me.
"Are you ready Carlos? This is a tricky area." Tim said giving me a pleasant smile, while I nodded and walked forward. We walked along the path, making sure not to lose our footing. I kept asking questions that popped into my head, not caring what they were about.
"Do you and Ashley have something going on between you?" After noticing what happened between them I couldn't help but ask. He stuttered a while before answering me, while we continued along this never ending path.
"Yeah, I guess. I could just be imagining it, but every time he looks at me I notice that he gets nervous or embarrassed. I just assumed that it was all in my head, that he didn't act any differently around me." He said, sounding sad. Suddenly the path split into five directions; north, north-east, north-west, south-east and south-west. Tim immediately began walking toward the south-east path, and I followed him. He had been here before so I knew he could remember how to figure it out.
"There are four 'gates,' Cloud, Moon, Sun, Star. In order to open the door to the north we have to open these gates in a specific order. So we are headed toward the Cloud Gate." I nodded and followed along, making sure to pay attention to where I stepped.
Cloud Gate
The path ended and there was a small building, with a door and nothing else. Tim entered like this was a normal occurrence and I entered right after him. The room looked bigger on the inside then it did on the outside, I just accepted it and started to stare at the odd layout of the room.
Six wooden pillars stood in the middle of the room with a set of stairs leading up to the top of the first pillar. I could easily jump the gap between the pillars but I didn't want to fall from 10 feet off the ground. Tim had already made it to the middle pillar before I noticed he moved.
"What are you doing? How did you get up there?" I called from the floor, watching in amazement when he vanished and reappeared on the next pillar. I didn't keep my eyes off of him but I couldn't figure out how he did that.
"It's called a Mist Cloak. I can use it to teleport by using a fine mist to pass through objects or move across gaps. When he disappeared for the second time I noticed a fine white mist where he previously stood, and when he appeared again.
He made it to the switch and the light came on, casting a cloud shaped shadow on the wall behind me, where the door was. Tim teleported to the ground floor and we made our exit.
Star Gate
After returning to the area where the path split, Tim and I took the north-west path to the Star Gate. When we entered the room the first thing that I noticed was the lack of any floor. Instead of the grass covered rock that I had grown accustomed to, there was only a two foot area of land before it stopped, leaving nothing.
"I can't do this one. Only Yuffie could do this, I wasn't able to jump or run to her caliber. You might be able to do this; after all, you both shared the same class." Tim explained, moving out of my way. I knew what he meant; across the room was the switch. The main problem that challenged Tim was the lack of ground and the fact that the switch happened to be located on the ceiling of the room.
I stabbed my shuriken into the wall, giving me a launching point. If I could run on tree branches then I can run on walls. So I ran. I managed to get to the northern wall and jumped, missing the switch but landing on the south wall. I ran along the south wall until I made it to the west wall and jumped again, missing again. This time I ran straight up the east wall until I could reach the switch before jumping and activating it! Falling to the newly formed star shaped ground I landed on my feet before hopping over to Tim.
Moon Gate
For some reason the Moon Gate looked really simple. A line of floating bricks led the way to the switch. I immediately jumped from brick to brick and hit the switch. Except I was stuck, the bricks had vanished and I couldn't jump the huge gap.
"Carlos. Don't panic. You're supposed to fall into that trap. Wait a few more seconds." And Tim was right. After half a minute a crescent moon appeared beneath me and teleported me back to the entrance.
Sun Gate
After the simple Moon Gate I expected the Sun Gate to be easier, but I was proven wrong. Two paths, blocked by multiple statues stood in front of us and the switch. I took the right while Tim took the left. Before we started Tim warned me that once we got started we had to finish or one of us would die.
I walked forward until the statue blocked me, that's when the real test began. At the beginning of our path a statue appeared, with a spike and began moving toward us. Tim hit a switch on his side removing the blocking statue from my way.
This process repeated until I was still trapped and the spiked statue kept crawling closer. Tim had hit the final switch and thankfully the statue stopped, mere inches from my face. A bright light appeared and teleported us into the north room, the room we saved for last.
North Room
Inside the room hovered a green gem, surrounded by a tornado. We walked forward before a voice rang through the open air.
'Carlos! Constantly being in danger and doing reckless stunts are really a cover for something. Tell me, why do you always act before you think?' I didn't think that it would ask something so simple.
"I act like a fool to get Logan's attention. He always is there, waiting with his first aid kit, ready to patch me up. Logan's attention is worth all the danger!" I called out to the invisible voice, hoping that would suffice.
'Good. Now prove yourself against the beast!' A huge floor that looked like a field of grass appeared beneath our feet. And unfortunately there had to be a monster. Calling this mutant a 'dragon' wouldn't be enough to describe it. This beast had three heads and started breathing fire at us.
"Shiva! Dan Dairam! Phoenix!" Tim called, a bright flash of multi colored light blocked the fire and I noticed the three other creatures. A blue female with a dress of ice, a cat crossed with a human winding a pocket watch and a flying bird with its wings ablaze.
Dan Dairam stopped the attack, and reversed time so that the beast didn't attack yet. I soon noticed that the beast stopped moving, and so did the cat person. Ah, this was the power of the guardians, simply amazing. Shiva, the frozen girl, encased the three headed dragon in ice, before Phoenix shattered the ice with a fire ball.
Tim cheered before dismissing his guardians; we thought we had won, except we remained in the field. A single head still twitched and moved so I stabbed it with a blade. We were returned to the gem and noticed a lot had changed. The tornado had stopped, the gem glowed a green light and the winds surrounding the area had died down. We had done it!
A/N: Again sorry if this totally sucked! I do apologize for that! I hope you review and have a nice day! ~RAY~