Indy and Luz found themselves in an area filled with black ooze and cube like things that glow a vast amount of colors. They both stared in amazement, with Indy not believing what he was seeing. Indy's mind was trying to think of a possibility of all this, but he simply couldn't. While observing the area they were in, Indy noticed a figure walking from cube to cube, picking up stuff.
The figure looked a bit older with long hair, but that is all that Indy could see. Before Indy or Luz could say anything, they were dragged out of the room by an outside force. The area they were in all became a blur as they were dragged out into what seems to be a forest of some sort.
"It almost felt like you two were stuck at the human realm," Jack said, "Are you guys good?"
"Yeah…we are. By any chance, did you guys see something as you were passing through?" Indy asked.
"No, why?" Jack asked.
"No reason," Indy said, brushing what he saw off.
Indy then examined the area they were in. The forest seemed normal, although the soil is a bit reddish and the sky a different color, this world doesn't seem as different as Earth. The trees look like what any normal Earth tree will look like, while the grass and flowers look about the same.
"So this is the Demon Realm," Indy said to himself.
"Yeah, welcome to the Boiling Isles," Amity said.
"So, what is the plan to stop Belos?" Tina asked.
"Don't know, but it seems that those goons already have a head start," Indy said.
"Well, what are we waiting for, let's go," Hunter said as he started walking off in a briskly fashion.
"Wait kid, we don't even know where we are going," Indy said, chasing after him.
The group ran after Indy and Hunter as the two ran towards a clearing. Hunter stopped in his tracks, shocked at what he was seeing. Indy caught up to him, and as he was about to scold Hunter from leaving the group he noticed that the kid was staring in horror. Looking at what the kid saw, Indy's eye grew in horror as he saw what seems to be gigantic skeletal remains of a being.
"What the hell is that?" Indy asked, horrified at what he was seeing.
The rest of the group caught up to them as the kids all gasped with fear. Jack and Tina stood there, frightened at the gigantic skeletal remains. The kids, though, were staring at something else. Something at the top of the sky. Something that is from a twisted fairy tale.
"Kids, please tell me that skeleton is normal?" Indy asked.
"Those remains are normal," Amity answered, "But not that."
Amity pointed at the floating fortress in the sky. Indy, Jack, and Tina saw what the kids were looking at and felt a heavy stone weighing on them. Being in this realm is going to take some time getting used to, but both Indy and Shannon know that things have changed here for the worse.
Something that Indy notices, standing on top of the hill overlooking the Boiling Isles is how the weather is surprisingly chilly. As the wind bit at his neck, Indy adjusted his jacket, warming himself up. As the group continued to stare at the fortress for a bit more, Indiana had a terrifying thought. If that fortress houses the Collector, what other terrifying things would it house.
After a while, the group continued to move as they walked North, towards the fortress. As they walked through the dense forest, Willow found some of her favorite flowers. Using her powers, she managed to grow the plants around her, surrounding her like pets. She gave them a huge hug. Gus walked by, using his powers of illusion to give Willow's plants life.
"Oh I miss you guys so much!" Willow squealed happily.
"We miss you too, Willow!" the plants replied.
Indy and Jack saw this and a smile formed on their face. They never realized how powerful these kids truly are. Indy noticed Amity walking towards what seems to big a pool of some purple ooze. She manipulated the material, forming what seems to be boxing gloves on her hands. Amity was happy to be able to control the ooze again.
"Oh I miss you abomination clay so much," Amity said relieved.
"Luz, kids, I never realized how much you guys were holding back in the human realm," Indy said, chuckling at the irony.
"Well, Dr. Jones, if it makes you feel better, we were not our most powerful people in the human realm," Willow said, "Our realm is very different compared to yours. Our magic is all based off of the Titan that we live upon. Entering into your world, we felt no titan magic, so the only magic we are able to do is what you have seen."
"The body of the Titan is what gives you guys the magical abilities you use. To me, it sounds a bit like some of those mythologies where the world was built on the remains of a god or any celestial being and how some parts of the bodies were the gifts that were given to the humans," Indy said in surprise.
"That is actually a good observation, Indy. What I was taught is that the Titan does spread magic throughout the world. That is how I learned about using glyphs," Luz explained.
"Glyphs?" Indy asked.
"Yeah, supposedly it is an old form of magic where each symbol represents an element," Luz explains, pulling out a notepad, "Like so."
She drew a symbol that represented light. After touching the symbol, the paper crumpled up to a glowing orb, floating away. Indy and Jack stood in wonder, seeing someone like Luz able to conjure that up.
"That symbol represents light, another represents ice, so on and so forth," Luz explained.
"In a way though, magic always seems alive," Amity said, "I don't know how to explain, but if you just close your eyes, you can hear the Titan talking to you."
"So if this Titan is what you guys worshiped, how does the Collector come to all of this?" Jack asked.
"That we do not know," Willow answered.
"What we know is that King's ancestors trapped him for a long time," Luz explained.
"King?" Indy asked.
"He is a friend and…a brother of mine, who I lived with during my stay here. He himself is a Titan, but not at the size of that corpse we saw," Luz explained.
"Let me guess, this King is with the Collector?" Indy asked.
"Yup," Luz said.
"Of course," Indy said.
As the group continued to walk, they heard some talking a few yards aways. Quietly stopping, the group crept up to a bush, hiding behind it. Peering through shrubbery, Indy saw that some of the Nazis and some Cult members were using a house as a makeshift base. While spying on them, Luz's eyes grew in shock and anger as she cursed behind her breath.
"How dare they," Luz said in anger, "How dare they take over the Owl House."
Before anyone noticed her gone, Luz used an invisibility glyph to sneak over where a truck was. There she reappeared and grabbed a pipe from the passenger seat as a weapon. Indy saw Luz next to the truck, taking a double look to see if his eyes did not deceive him. It did not as Indy cursed under his breath, wondering what the kid was about to do.
"Shit," Indy cursed.
"What happened?" Jack asked.
"Look," Indy pointed at Luz.
Jack saw her and said, "Shit."
Taking out his revolver, Indy cocked it back. "Jack, go that way, I go this way. We meet in the center. Kids, stay here, I don't want any of you to get hurt," Indy ordered.
"But…." Hunter was about to say but was interrupted.
"No buts," Indy said as he crept away to where he was heading.
Sneaking into a corner of the house, Indy managed to avoid some of the guards. Waiting for the perfect moment, Indy moved to another wall, hugging for cover. As he was about to check if anyone was there, he heard Luz screaming and a loud thump. Indy, hoping that the young girl was alright, got out of cover and aimed his pistol towards a guard who he saw was holding Luz.
"Let her go!" Indy shouted.
The guard just laughed as he was about to pull the trigger on Luz. Before he could, Luz reach for the gun and try to wrestle it from the Cult Member. Luz managed to throw a mean left hook, making the Cult Member stagger a bit. Grabbing a branch off the ground, Luz started hitting the guard into a bloody pulp. Emotions fell through her as she felt anger against the Cult Members and the Nazis taking over a place she knew all too well.
Indy ran over to her, trying to get the branch off of her hand. "Stop kid, I think he had enough," Indy said, trying to wrestle the branch away from Luz's hands.
"No! They took my home. They took my…." Luz cried out as tears were flowing down her face.
Indy took Luz's hand and went into cover as the rest of the Nazis and the Cult Members were firing upon them. Indy managed to fire a few good hits at the Nazis, killing them instantly. Jack managed to reach his spot as he began to fire upon the enemies. The firefight was long as Indy used up two of his circular revolver ammo. All the while, Luz just stood there numb in emotion, as thoughts of what was happening rushed past her. Indy was trying to talk to Luz, but noticed she wasn't responding. Seeing she was in shock, Indy took Luz's hand and led her back to where her friends are.
"Amity, I need you to look after your friend, please!" Indy ordered.
"What happened to her?" Amity asked loudly over the gunfire.
"She is in shock. Try to comfort her while Jack and I find a way to enter the house," Indy said. He ran back to the house, shooting his gun and dodging through the bullets.
As the archeologist and his friend were trying to take back the house, Luz's friends were trying to calm Luz down as she was talking to herself.
"This is all my fault, if I didn't teach Belos how to summon the Collector, none of this would have happened. Everyone will still be alive, King and Eda will be safe, and the Owl House wouldn't be use as this," Luz said to herself, "But no, because Belos was able to summon the Collector, he managed to succeed in his plans."
"Luz," Amity said, in a calm, almost angelic tone.
"I just wish I never made it into the portal. I wish I did went to that camp so I didn't have to give my mama any more pain. I wish…," Luz continued, but was interrupted.
"Luz, listen, you did nothing wrong. All of this is not your doing, it is Belos' doing," Amity said, holding onto her girlfriend's hand.
"But, I was the one who lead him to summon the Collector. I was the one who showed him how to do the draining spell," Luz cried out, tears falling down on her face in streaks.
"Luz, look, if it wasn't for you, I wouldn't be able to stand up to my mother. I wouldn't be able to reconcile my friendship with Willow," Amity said, smiling.
"If it wasn't for you, I would still be the Emperor's Coven, being fed lies," Hunter said.
"If it wasn't for you, I would still be locked up in the cage," Tina said.
"You see Luz, you all gave us something to live for. Help us all out. You are not Belos, you are Luz Noceda, fighter of peace and justice," Amity said.
Luz smiled, as she wiped her tears from her face. Observing the losing battle that Indy and Jack have gotten themselves into, she notice there was no way out. Unless they had some help of course. While looking for an opening, Tina heard some rustling behind her. Turning around, she saw that the bushes were moving, as if a creature was there. Carefully walking towards it, she peered behind the bushes and saw some animals were looking at her. These animals look familiar, as if they were from Earth. There stood a white cat, a chameleon, a bee, and a red cardinal.
"Um, guys," Tina called out.
The rest of the kids turned and saw that Tina was staring at something. Walking towards her, the kids saw what Tina was looking at. A smile crept on their faces as they were familiar with what type of animals they were. Especially since most of them were connected to these animals.
Amity knelt down and put her finger in front of her, hoping that one of the animals recognize her. The white cat slowly crept towards her, sniffing her fingers in curiosity. The cat purred softly as she allowed Amity to pet her. The rest of the animals join in, jumping into their respectful owners' arms.
"Ghost, do I miss you so much," Amity said, happily as she hugged her palisman.
The red cardinal perched on top of Hunter's head, whistling a happy tune. The witches grabbed a piece of stick from their pockets as each animal landed on top of it, connecting itself to the staff. The witches felt the connection between them and their palisman flow through their bodies, surging through them. Luz smiled, seeing her friends happy that they are finally reunited with their palismans. This smile however faded as memories of her own Palisman flooded through Luz's mind.
"Hey guys, I think I might have an idea," Luz said, as she grabbed a stick and started drawing in the dirt. Everyone huddled around her.
Indy checked his pockets to see if he had any more rounds. Empty. After firing the last bullet towards another Cult Member, Indy holstered his revolver and reached for his whip. He used the whip as if it was a snake, with each hit biting at the cult members.
While using his whip, Indy managed to hook onto one of the cult member's rifles, pulling it towards him. Checking if it still had ammo, Indy cocked it forward, firing at it towards the rest of the robed figures. While firing, Indy managed to back up where Jack, who was also having trouble fending off against the hooded assailants.
"I guess this is it, Indy. I guess this is where we make our last stand," Jack said, as he reloaded his weapon with the last clip of ammo he had.
"Don't think like that Jack, we can get out of this," Indy said, firing the rifle.
"Indy, this is the last clip of ammo I have and there are still some more of those damn cult members!" Jack shouted over the gunfire, "Unless you have a plan of some kind, I see the end here."
Jack was right, Indy knew that. He knew that the longer they stay here, the longer their death is drawn out. Looking back at the rifle, he checked to see how many bullets were still left in the chamber. Nine, nine bullets are left. Seeing no other place to go, Indy knew that this fight is going to be to the death. The only thing he hopes for is that the kids are safe and sound.
"Jack, if this is going to be our last stand, why not make it count," Indy said.
"What do you have in mind?" Jack asked.
"Rush them and try to take as many of them down as we can," Indy explained.
"That sounds like suicide," Jack said.
"Rather that than stay here like a coward," Indy said.
Jack thought for a moment and nodded his head in agreement. The two Americans counted to three together as they got out of cover, running towards the robed cult members and firing their weapons. Bullets whizzed by as Indy and Jack managed to kill a few more of those cult members. When the bullets in their weapons finally diminished, they both turned their guns into clubs as they started hitting the cult members with it. As the robed figures slowly close in, Indy and Jack knew they were about to meet their faith.
However, as they accepted their faith, Indy saw something flying in the air at the corner of his eye. Focusing in on it, Indy saw it was the purple hair kid, Amity was her name flying on what seemed to be a staff of some kind.
Smiling, Indy nudged Jack a bit as they both saw the kids flying at them. Flying close to the ground, Amity, Willow, and Gus flew side by side, like warplanes in formation. The speed they were going at was faster than what Indy or Jack could have imagined. As the kids finally made their approach, Indy noticed some blue smoke appearing out of nowhere, and what he thought was the three were twice that much.
The cult members also noticed as they turned their attention to the kids, firing their guns at them. As each bullet landed on one of the kids, they disappeared like an illusion. The kids were returning fire, with Amity throwing the purple goo at the robed cult members and Willow controlling the vines in the area, taking a hold of them.
Indy and Jack marveled at the sight they saw as they finally understood the powers these children have. Taking advantage of the distraction, Indy grabbed his whip and swung towards one of the remaining cult members, pulling him down. Using the rifle's butt, Indy hit the robed figure constantly, knocking him to the ground. Rifle in one hand and the whip in the other, Indy and Jack charged towards the remaining cult members, taking the rest of them down.
It was chaos as the battle continued, but after a while, it was quiet. No gunfire, no shouting, no screaming, only the sounds of our heroes panting in exhaustion. Indy looked at the death and destruction they had caused. He looked towards the kids, who were landing onto the ground safely,
"I thought I told you guys to stay back," Indy said, as he walked towards the kids.
"I think the word you're looking for is thank you," Hunter said.
"For what, for risking your lives to save me and Jack," Indy said sarcastically.
"You guys needed the saving, it looked like you were about to do a suicide charge," Luz answered, coming from behind the bushes, with Tina following her.
"And what you guys just did wasn't?" Indy asked.
"Look, you guys needed the help, plus, us standing around doing nothing will make us sitting targets," Amity said.
"She is right, Indy. If the Nazis and Cult Members killed us, what would stop them from getting the kids and killing them?" Jack asked, trying to help reason with Indy.
Indy took a deep breath and released it in an exhausted sigh. "Look, I do appreciate the help, it's just… I don't want to see your kids getting hurt or killed. Even though you guys seem more powerful in this realm, that doesn't mean that these goons won't resort to dirty tricks," Indy explained.
"We understand, Indy," Luz said, looking down, "We are sorry."
Indy placed his hands on Luz's chin and lifted it up. "You do not have to be sorry, kid. Just make sure you are careful," he said.
Indy then walked towards the house and examined it. The house stood over the gang as Indy took notice of the size. Although it looked like any cottage he have seen in the European countryside, Indy did took notice of the tower on the side. It seemed to be more of a aesthitic choice than an adaptable one. Luz walked up to Indy, smiling as Indy continued to stare, studying the building.
"Mr. Shannon, Indy, Tina, I would like to welcome you all to the owl house," Luz announced, smiling as she stood in front of them.