CHAPTER 9
Now they were back to where they were shot by Jonathan and the Scepter of Realms, back at the ravine, the small adventure was finally over, but Jonathan wasn't there, Jonathan had completely disappeared.
Ryan had remembered a piece of the cryptic text from the map, apparently, there was an invisible bridge that connected the two parts of the ravine, just like Indiana Jones: The Last Crusade, so Ryan knelt and felt his hand touch something that didn't appear to be there with his naked eyes, he stood up and called to his allies. "Come on you two." Ryan then started walking to the other side, leaving Jack speechless and Max simply followed him across the ravine.
For three billion years, the Scepter of Realms has laid on that podium, for three billion years it has waited for somebody to claim it, for three billion years it has known its purpose only to corrupt anybody who even touched it.
Ryan knew that they had to act fast, he knew that the entire world was in danger from that man, nobody would stop him from killing Jonathan for the good of the world. He saw an opening in the side of the cave and gestured Max and Jack to follow him, much to his dismay, there was an entire battalion waiting for him and his team, he called for Jack to take cover as he was the only one without a gun, him and Max would fend them off while they could find out where Jonathan had gone, thus began the gun battle.
"Piff" A perfect shot.
"Bang" The bullet just barely grazing his shirt.
The shotgun quickly aiming at its target,
"POW" Only one bullet landed as Ryan attempted to dodge but was too late. He felt a searing pain in his left arm and the quick loss of blood was scratching away, leaving him dazed. He could only squeeze one bullet out of his pistol before falling unconscious into a nearby body of water.
He drifted to shore.