Part 3 of 5 of the Totem arc. I don't own any of this game.

Chapter 30: Book of Prophecy Part 3: Sense and Rain

The only option Holden could think of is to go back to see Gwen and ask her what to do. At least his trip back to the Pimple Back Mountains is going to be shorter due to the fact that the skyway minions are more agreeable about taking him places now. So after a half hour S.C.A.M.P.E.R ride to the Mount Blackhead and an hour trip from the skyway guys, he arrives at the camp.

Gwen looks up as she hears Holden approaching and responds, "Holden, why the sour look? You should be at Hani-Baba temple now, if Billy gave you the correct location."

Holden frowns and responds in a defeated voice, "Gwen we have a problem. Billy stole the power to activate the Totems only because my nano Deedee appeared for some reason and pressed a button she wasn't supposed to."

Gwen frowns and summons the nano, who is still crying. Gwen then says in a soothing voice, "Deedee did Holden yell at you?"

The nano shakes its head and responds, "I broke my promise. That's why I'm crying."

Gwen hugs the nano and says, "It's alright. Just try harder next time alright?"

The nano nods happily and disappears.

Gwen looks back at Holden and responds, "I can sense a bit of that magic still in you. Go to the Temple infected zone to see if you can still active the Totem. If you can't, then I suggest you go see Mandy, since she knows Billy best. She might have an idea on what to do."

Holden nods but responds, "Gwen, can you at least give me directions to the temple. I really don't want to get lost."

Gwen gives a small laughs, nods and responds, "Take the skyway to Devil's Bluff. The temple is northwest of the canyon. Mandy should be at Devil's Bluff if you run into the worst case scenario."

Holden nods and walks back up the hill and to the skyway minions and leaves for Devil's Bluff.

Holden arrives in Devil's Bluff and looks around to see who was around. There is no sign of Mandy, but there are three other people around besides the Candy Pirates. One is a man painted to look like he is a skeleton. Holden knew this is Hex. Next to him, is his niece Charmcaster. The third person Holden didn't recognize but he has an eye patch and a gun on the end of his arm.

The man walks over to Holden and says sarcastically, "I'm Hoss Delgado paranormal exterminator. You seem like a brave soul if you're out here."

Holden rolls his eyes and says, "Do you know where Mandy is? I might need to talk to her."

Hoss' eye opens wide and responds in horror, "Good God man! Why do you wan to talk to her? She pure evil."

Holden then says in a nonchalant tone, "I don't need to talk to her yet. Do you have any idea where she is?"

Hoss frowns, while scratching his face and says, "Last time I saw here, she was talking about some Mantises acting all weird near Hani-Baba and had someone go investigate." , "Thanks Hoss." Holden replies, quickly leaving the small base and heads north out of the canyon and into the jungle.

After a walk of thirty minutes, Holden finally reaches the temple infected zone and enters. Inside the temple entry, Holden spies the Totem on the third level of the step temple. Holden uses the nearby zip line and lands on what used to be part of the entry walkway into the temple. Above Holden, on the steps leading up to the temple, were two Timber Hulks.

Holden summons his Megas nano and uses it stealth mode to slip past the guards. There is a jump pad nearby, which Holden uses and he lands on the same level the Totem is on. He runs over to it and places his hand on it. There is no indication that it has activated like the last few had done.

"So it is true. You do have the Power of Destiny." Holden looks over his shoulder to see Charmcaster standing there.

Holden snorts and responds coldly, "What do you want Charmcaster?"

She laughs shrilly and says, "It's not what I want. It's more like my uncle wants. There is a monument that he wants you to investigate."

Holden scowls, gives her a skeptical look and responds, "The catch is once I touch this monument it will transfer the Power of Destiny to your Uncle Hex right?"

Charmcaster's mouth drops open and stammers, "H-h-how did you know that was our plan?"

Holden smiles and counters with, "Gwen told me that you and your uncle are obsessed with mystical powers and objects. Nice try in trying to trick me thought."

Charmcaster glowers and leaves in a furious rage.

Holden heaves a sigh of relief. His bluff probably saved Billy, but now he has to find Mandy. It takes several minutes for Holden to find his back to where he entered the temple, but he eventually makes it out.

When Holden arrives outside the temple infected zone, he spies a person in a light pink dress near the trees talking to Butch. Holden couldn't make out who the person was, but he spots them kiss for a brief moment before Butch flies away. The person leaves the cover of the trees and it just happens to be Mandy, who has a small smile on her face.

As Mandy passes by, she spots Holden above her on the telepad.

Her smile vanishes quickly and then she says in her deadpan tone, "Did you want something Holden?"

Holden nods and says quickly, "Yes, I do need something Mandy. Billy stole something from me called the Power of Destiny and I could use some help getting it back. It vital to protecting the world against Fuse."

Mandy eyes brighten and she takes a pillow from her com and hands it to Holden and then comments, "This is a Pillow of Common Sense. Once you hit Billy with it, that power will be stored inside of it. Once that's done come back to see me."

Mandy takes from her com a weird looking relic that she had stolen from Grim's chest that is still locked in Billy's basement. A green portal appears behind Holden and Mandy pushes him through it. Holden appears in Endsville, right out front of Billy's house. Holden takes the pillow from his com and walks over to Billy, who was still playing with Runty.

He hits Billy with the pillow and Billy looks at Holden and says with confusion, "Why did you hit me with that soft fluffy pillow? And why did I take your Power of Destiny? That made no sense."

Holden feels the pillow become momentarily warm then cool down as the power automatically transfers from Billy to it. Holden turns around to see that the portal that he had been pushed through is gone.

An hour and half later, Holden arrives back in Devil's Bluff. Mandy just happens to be waiting for him when he lands at the skyway drop off point. Mandy grabs the pillow from Holden and aims the end of it at him. A blue white light comes shooting out of the end of the pillow and hits Holden. He felt a warm sensation for a few moments before it's subsided.

Mandy doesn't smile but says, "I could have kept the power for myself but, I don't need them since I have common sense. I would have thought you of all people would have had some common sense."

Holden frowns at her comment and responds, "Well, thanks for the help Mandy."

Mandy scowls and replies, "When you're done at the temple, go talk to Hoss. He knows the location of your next target."

Holden nods and then starts to leave, when Mandy says in a nervous tone, "Can you please not tell any one about me and Butch. We're both not ready to let people know about us being together." Her face was red from embracement.

Holden chuckles and replies with a tone of fake ignorance, "I don't know what you're talking about Mandy."

And with that, Holden leaves Devil's Bluff and returns to Hani-Baba Temple.

By the time Holden returns to the temple, the sun is already setting, but dark storm clouds are gathering to north. Inside the infected zone, Holden again uses the Megas nano to creep past the fusion monsters and up to the Totem. This time when he touches the Totem, he receives a warm sensation. The Totem is active and Holden smiles knowing that nothing could impede his progress expect sleep.

After twenty minutes, Holden leaves the temple, but then it starts to rain. Holden runs as fast as he can towards Devil's Bluff, but the rain starts to come down heavier and it starts thundering. Holden manages to get inside a hallowed out tree, which is dry inside. There are fallen branches inside the hallow that he uses to make a small fire.

He takes out his Nancom from his pocket to see if could get in contact with anyone. There is no signal, because of the rain and he couldn't even send an email or summon nanos. It is now eight in the evening and someone has to be getting worried about him. Holden decides the best thing he could do is go to sleep.

The MandyxButch seemed to me to be a good idea. Psychologically speaking i think its a good match.