Meanwhile back on the river, Jorge, Ivan, Kantrop and the other animals had been on their way to the temple.
"Are we getting any closer, guys?" asked Ivan "It's almost sundown"
"I think so" said Kantrop "Red! You fly up and see if the temple is near"
"Caw!" Red said as he flew up into the air and went for a birds eye view.
Red then flew back to his owner and landed on his shoulder.
"Did you see anything, Red?" asked Jorge "Are we near the temple?"
"Uh, guys?" Ivan tapped on Jorge's shoulder as he saw something in front of them.
"Not now, Ivan" said Jorge "Did you see if we closer to the temple?"
Red nodded and pointed to right to the edge of the river, where the temple was.
"Well looks like we're closer than we think" Kantrop remarked "Come on, let's go!"
The five got off the boat and started to walk to the temple. Little did they know that they were being watched from behind bushes.
Meanwhile back in DuBois' secret underground lair, Jasper was still looking for a way to find Gadget and Mantis.
"I've gotta find a way to get to the cell" he thought as he hid behind a corner "But I've gotta get past those guards first"
Jasper thought for a moment and used his claws to climb up the walls and sneak past the guards. He then saw the security cameras, licked himself and then coughed up a hairball, which he used to cover up the lens. Jasper continued to climb on the wall and try to sneak past the guards. Finally, he made it to a door leading right underneath the lair.
"That must be where Mantis and that cyborg guy must be" Jasper thought "I'd better get down there and save them!"
Jasper leaped off the walls and climbed downstairs to the cell, where he saw two guards with spears.
"Back off you fur ball!" one of the guards ordered as he showed his taser-spear.
"Step aside before we zap you to death!" the other guard snarled.
Meanwhile, Gadget and Mantis were fighting in their cell when all of a sudden, they saw Jasper being confronted by the guards.
"Wowsers!" Gadget exclaimed "Mantis! Isn't that your panther?"
Mantis peaked through the bars "Oh my God! It is my panther and it looks like he's about to be attacked!"
"No need to worry, Mantis" said Gadget "I can use some of my gadgets to stop those guards"
"Forget it, Gadget! You've done enough damage" Mantis stopped him "Besides, that sexy lady disabled your gizmos and doohickeys, remember? Jasper! Attack!"
Jasper growled and attacked the guards. He grabbed the spears from the guard's hands and zapped them, knocking them out cold. He leaped off of the guards and went to the cell where our protagonists were.
"Okay Jasper, hand us the keys" said Mantis.
Gadget looked to the right of the cell door "There is no key lock. It's some sort of keypad"
"Well maybe Jasper can break it" suggested Mantis.
"That's impossible" said Gadget "I literally have hands of steel, so I can punch it. That is if I could extend my arm"
Jasper went to the keypad and used his power packed panther paws to punch that pesky pad, thereby pummeling the protagonists out of that palatial prison.
"Good boy, Japser" Mantis said as he pet the panther's head "Now lets get out of here"
"Help! Help!" someone called out from across the prison.
"Wowsers" Gadget exclaimed "I hear someone! Let's go!"
Gadget, Mantis and Jasper then ran across the prison to find out which cell the cry for help had come from.
Meanwhile, Jorge, Ivan, Kantrop, Red and Elton were still walking to the temple. At that same time, DuBois' henchmen had been watching them from the bushes.
"There they come" said the head soldier "Quick! Hide!"
"But why hide, general?" asked the other soldier "Why not attack them and go after the case right away?"
"Don't you watch Jonny Quest? Every temple is filled with traps! So, Inspector Gadget's cronies will be like mice; they'll walk into the traps and they'll get caught and then we get the cheese" said the general.
"There's cheese?" asked one of the henchmen.
"Just shut up and hide behind the bush, stupid" said the general.
The henchmen hid behind the bush just in time as the trio arrived at the front of the temple.
"Here we are; the Ancient Temple" said Kantrop.
"Well then we'd better get in and stop those thieves!" Jorge proclaimed.
"Wait!" Kantrop called after Jorge.
Just then, Jorge stepped on a tile and a spear shot right out of the other side of the temple, which the cop quickly dodged by ducking.
"Oh my God, that was a close one" he remarked.
"Jorge, that's what I've been trying to tell you" said Kantrop "This place is filled with traps, so we'd better be careful"
"Okay, then lead the way, Kantrop" Jorge told him.
"Oh no, Jorge, outsiders before brawn" Kantrop tried to push Jorge in the temple.
"No I insist, it's your island" Jorge tried to push Kantrop "You go in"
"No, you do" Kantrop grinned sheepishly.
"No, you do" Jorge said nervously.
"Oh for God's sake, I'll do it" Ivan said as he started to walk into the temple "For some brave heroes, y'all sure are acting like fraidy cats"
"Wow, I guess Ivan has a backbone after all" Jorge remarked.
"It's amazing that we've gotten this far with all this blathering and sarcasm" Ivan said as he walked past the traps, which he unknowingly dodged when they got triggered "And here's something else; don't we stop thinking about ourselves and think about what's going on? Nobody ever listens to me! Nobody ever asks 'Ivan, what academy did you study at?' 'Ivan, what do you think about politics?' 'Ivan, do you have kids?' Because no! I don't have any kids, just my niece and nephew, whom I often babysit for my sister every so often. But if I hear one more wisecrack towards me, I am so out of here. Because quite frankly, the wrong words can be crushing"
All of a sudden, a large boulder fell right on Ivan and the remaining two heroes screamed. Just then, the Asian-American cop appeared from behind and briefly looked up at the ceiling.
"Let's go" he said.
Jorge, Kantrop, Elton and Red then followed Ivan into the temple. Little did they know that they were secretly being followed by DuBois' goons.
Author's Note:
It looks like Japser has broken Gadget and Mantis out of the prison, but who could be in the other cell? And will the others find the sarcophagus? I'm pretty sure they will and I'm pretty sure they will learn more about the Dark Entity real soon.