Chapter 62: Jack and the Swamp Wizard:
Jack's POV:
Jill and Peter are with the Justice Friends. I am in a swamp. There is a wizard that could help me. I then found the hermit's house.
"Excuse me," I said.
"What do you want," asks the wizard.
"Are you the Swamp Wizard I seek," I asked.
"Who wants to know," asks the Wizard.
"I am call Jack and I need a way so my friends and I may return to our time," I said.
"Is that a fact," asks the wizard, "there is only one way!"
. . .
"This is a special hot sauce. I call it #$%! and if you can handle it... then I will help you."
He dipped some on a tooth pick and handed it to me. I then tasted it. "Delicious," I said.
"Really," asks the wizard, "I guess I can help you. Just give me a minute."
Truth is, I actually tasted the end without the hot sauce. I know that is cheating, but I needed his help. I then heard him screaming in pain. He tasted the sauce.
. . .
"Allow me to show you," says the Wizard. He then showed me an image. "Are you familiar with Cronus?"
"Yes, the God of Time..."
"SHUT IT! Long before Aku and the Ancient Gods, Cronus, the King of the Titans understood the secrets of Time and space. So, he created the Gems of Cronus for control over his fellow Titans. However, as he grew stronger, he became more fearful of losing his power to his children. So, Cronus began devouring all of his offspring. His son Zeus eventually defeated Cronus, freed his siblings, dethroned the titan, and imprisoned him beyond the cosmos. Zeus eventually scattered these gems across the world in hope that they would be forever lost. I suggest that we go hunt down the treasures and tell your friends to meet with us when we do."
. . .
We started rowing a raft in the swamp. The Hermit then summons an aligator and it carries us towards a Mayan-like pyramid.
. . .
I entered the pyramid and I found the Eye of Cronus. When I grabbed it, the room willed with water. As I struggled to get out, a large reptillian bird grabbed me. It was under the command of the Hermit.
. . .
The Hermit and I then arrived at the mountain where the Fist of Ability is being held on lightweight rocks, which are being suspended in the air by wind currents coming from a ravine. I then used my gi as a parachute and, after some trial and error, I manage to retrive the gauntlet.
. . .
Night falls and we find the glass dome where the Fist of Might is. It can only open at the crack of dawn. I then climb down the rope and it falls and I fall. The Hermit was supposed to hold on. I then look at the skeletons. I then find the fist.
"You must leave before the Sun comes," says the Hermit.
The Skeletons then rise up.
Skeletons: Not for lack of a gentle mother
I do lack a mental cover
It keeps on pounding my head
World order, water torture, exhausted economics
Everyday just more comics
In a pissing contest
That started out with atomic
Bombs, mom will they drop the bomb
Will they think about their children's children
Being born with limbs missing
There's no one to call
You can't make 'em stall
I want to feed them to each other
'Cause I'm sick of them all
How can't you see something's missing
Is anyone listening
We're shooting up flares
Does anyone care
They've got this world locked down bound and gagged
From the rez in Pine Ridge to that land in Baghdad
When did our leaders
Become bottom feeders
We're shooting up flares
Does anyone care
They got this world locked down bound and gagged
With constant fear and paranoia, toxins in our head
It's just something they know how to do
(Chorus: How to make everyone feel uncalm)
The masses just take it while they turn the screws
(Chorus: Bring to a boil, add oil, then bomb)
It's just something that we gotta fight
(Chorus: How to make everyone feel uncalm)
Keep us distracted with fuel to ignite
(Chorus: Bring to a boil)
Creepy shows, MTV jerks, and on the radio
It's the same flipping song
That's just the way it goes
Cultures referral to democracy's girls
Learn the rules of engagement sweetheart
This is the world
How can so many sit silent
Numb to the violence
We're shooting up flares
Does anyone care
They got this world locked down bound and gagged
The Botoxed Barbie dolls in stupid magazine ads
It's just something they know how to do
(Chorus: How to make everyone feel uncalm)
The masses just take it while they turn the screws
(Chorus: Bring to a boil, add oil, then bomb)
Embodying all that we know to be wrong
(Chorus: How to make everyone feel uncalm)
When a war chant becomes the popular song!
(Chorus: Bring to a boil!)
The Skeletons then fall to the ground. As it turns out, the glass dome is a giant magnifying glass and if sunlight gets to it... I had to get out! The sunrays then came and I was almost too late, but I used the fist to deflect them onto the dome, allowing myself to escape!
. . .
Jill and Peter meet with us as the Hermit is assembling the items.
"These will help us," asks Peter.
"SHUT IT!" The Hermit then begins the ritual and Cosmic matter descends into the objects and an explosion destroys his lair, revealing the revived Cronus!
"What is this," asks Jill.
"Your destruction," says the Hermit, "Cronus, destroy them!"
Cronus then attacks us. We used our weapons, but they were no match for Cronus.
"It seems you have won... Aku," I said as I revealed I took the Eye of Cronus!
Cronus then dissolves.
Aku then turns back to his true form and we fight. Jill and Peter's weapons helped fight him. Aku then goes for the gems. "I will have to use them myself," says Aku.
I then destroy them. Aku then turns to a frog and leaves.
"How did you know it was Aku," asks Jill.
"I have learned from the Ikra adventure," I said, "and Aku's destruction is just a matter of time." I still had the Eye of Cronus.
LXII
In the next chapter, Jack, Jill, and Peter run into a secret order.