The first room of the temple was large and in the shape of a semi-circle. There were two torches on the upper sides of the entrance wall, and four other torches that were evenly spaced on the round side of the room to the flat side. A white rug with golden borders led from the rounded entrance to the flat opposite side of the room. On the flat side of the room, there was a large, dark red curtain that covered the whole wall, and there was an extra step up to a stand that stood near the curtained wall. The stand had a round bronze base, with a thick center stick that was made of gold and silver in upward bands, and a flat, square, platinum top that was held up by the center stick. The rest of the room, like the walls, floor, and ceiling, was made of gray stone.

After quickly looking around the room, Lloyd and Raven noticed that Akemi and Meir were following a young man behind the red curtain, through a secret door. They flew through the wall to see where they were going, and they ended up in the secret other half of the room. This room had a stairway on the round side of walls that spiraled upward to another floor. Besides the stairs, most of the room was empty, besides on torch on the flat wall, and it was made of all gray stone.

Then Lloyd and Raven noticed that the young man, who had short, light brown hair, wore a white robe with black pants and shoes, and he had a scar just above his eyebrow that went upward on his head and lost in his hair. He grabbed the torch that was on the flat wall, and he kicked the center ground near the flat wall in a rhythmical matter. After a few seconds, a rectangular section of the ground flipped up to reveal a young lady, who wore similar clothes to the young man. Her hair was jet-black and reached her waist, and her bangs reached close to her eyes, while the hair near the ending sides of her bangs reached just passed her shoulders.

"You knocked, Garen?" The young lady asked, in a soft voice.

"Yes, Jetta. I need to bring Meir and Akemi to the Platinum Orb," Garen replied, and the young lady, Jetta, nodded.

She climbed out of the secret floor entrance, and there were stairs that led downward.

"Go straight in. I will send a warning just in case I hear anyone come here," Jetta said, and Garen nodded.

Garen walked down the stairs first, and then Akemi and Meir followed. Afterward, Jetta walked down the stairs, looked around, and then she flipped the ground back to normal.

Lloyd and Raven followed the trio down the dark stair way and corridors. The trio met a few of the temple guards, as they stood around their post, just in case if they had to send a message to each other through the halls and stairways.

"We were told by Elder Vidur to stay hidden down here until the trouble above is settled down or resolved. It's been tough for us though, but we've been getting by this past week," Garen said, as they descended another stairway, and were walking down a longer corridor.

"I've heard it's been rough around the temple, but after seeing how it was outside, it's worse than I thought," Meir said.

"Yeah, it's been getting worse. I'm the only one who's allowed to walk around the upper-level of the temple. The other guards have to stay down here, hidden for their safety if anything happens," Garen said.

"You guys shouldn't have to go through this," Akemi said.

"It's unfortunate, but it's our duty as the Temple Guards to protect this temple and the Platinum Orb. We do what we must," Garen said, and signed.

"What's the matter?" Meir asked, hearing contemplation in Garen's sign.

"Meir... Akemi... if they break in and find the orb, it may be the end of Aeroplane," Garen said, without turning to look at them.

Meir and Akemi's eyes widened in surprise, and Garen continued,

"You see, after the Platinum orb had risen the land of Aeroplane above the ground, the people decided to build the temple to protect the orb, since they thought that if the orb was damaged then Aeroplane would fall to the ground. However, it was discovered about thirty years ago that the Platinum Orb has been dormant ever since it rose Aeroplane above the ground. This means that, even if the orb is damaged or broken, Aeroplane would still stay afloat... but the Platinum orb still has power. Power that we know nothing about or what would happen if it fell into the wrong hands... so... what I'm trying to say is... if our corrupted comrades end up coming down here..."

Garen took a moment longer to think, and then he asked,

"Will you two break the Platinum orb?"

Meir and Akemi gasped, as they looked towards one another.

"I'm sorry for asking you two this, but your the only ones I can trust with such a task, considering that the other Temple Guards may reconsider since our jobs are to protect the temple and the orb. But the orb cannot fall into the wrong hands, especially since we don't know what could happen," Garen said.

He stopped halfway through the hallway, and turned towards Meir and Akemi, as they all stopped walking.

"Can I trust that, if push comes to shove... will you two do what is necessary to protect everyone?" Garen asked.

Meir and Akemi looked towards one another, and then they looked back at Garen and nodded.

"Garen!" A voice called out from where they were walking from in the corridor.

"Revere? Is that you? What happened?" Garen asked, as he started walking towards the direction of the voice.

As Garen was walking away, Meir and Akemi noticed that the light of the torch that Garen was holding was getting dimmer, but there was another light coming from the opposite side of the corridor.

"Garen! They're here! They're coming! The Corrupted are coming!" Revere yelled out to Garen, as he heard footsteps coming close to the stairway that was behind him.

Garen stopped moving, as his eyes widened, and then he said to Revere, "How? How did they know the orb was down here?!"

Revere replied, "Akeno is leading them!"

Garen gasped, as he thought, 'Akeno…? He's a temple guard too. Of course he would know!'

"Keep them at bay!" Garen yelled out, as Revere nodded and turned around as he ran up the stairs.

Garen turned around and ran down the hall, as he yelled out,

"Akemi! Meir! Run! Go to the Platinum orb! They're here! They're coming!"

"What?! How did they know to come down here?!" Akemi asked, in surprise.

"Your father is leading them!" Garen yelled out, as Akemi grew pale.

"GO! I'll try to hold them off! GO!" Garen said, as he ran back to where Revere was.

Meir and Akemi took a moment to take in the new information. Then Meir said,

"We got to go."

"But..." -Akemi

"We got to go now. We may not have a second chance." -Meir

"But Meir, my dad, he..." -Akemi

"It's not his fault Akemi. He's in a crazy spell right now, he doesn't know what he's doing. Your father is a good man, and I know he wouldn't want to do this willingly." -Meir

"... Okay. Let's go." -Akemi

Meir and Akemi turned and started running down the rest of the corridor towards the glowing, soft green, light. They heard multiple yells and footsteps that were starting to run towards them from the beginning of the corridor. However, they kept running faster and faster, until they entered the next room. They both skidded to a halt when they entered the room and almost ran into a railing.

They stood on a small balcony in the next room, that had a metal, horizontal railing to prevent anyone from falling off. Meir and Akemi looked over the railing, which reached their waist, and their jaws dropped when they looked down. About five stories below them stood a large, glowing orb that was about ten feet wide and tall. It stood near the center of the circular room on the ground, and it was glowing, not very brightly, but the room was lit up vividly.

After taking a moment to admire it's beauty, Meir and Akemi heard noise from a distance behind them, and they knew what they had to do.

Lloyd and Raven examined the Platinum orb from above, and they noticed how it's appearance was similar to the Purple ninja's orb.

Meir and Akemi looked towards the corridor, and then they looked down at the Platinum orb. They locked eyes with one another, as they gave each other a sad smile.

"No matter what happens..." Meir said, and Akemi finished by saying,

"I will love you always."

Meir and Akemi gave each other a quick hug, and then they jumped up on the metal railing. They held hands and took their hoods down from their faces, as they looked down at the Platinum orb.

"Ready?" Akemi asked.

"Of course," Meir replied, as they swung their hands back and forth.

"Hey... Akemi?!" Akeno's voice was heard from the corridor, as Akemi cringed and Meir looked towards her.

"I love you daddy," Akemi said, and then Meir and Akemi jumped forward.

Lloyd and Raven gasped, as they saw the couple falling towards the Platinum orb.

"Akemi! Meir!" Akeno screamed out when he reached over the railing and saw them falling down.

The other corrupted people gathered near the balcony and shockingly looked over. Akemi and Meir closed their eyes, as they came into impact with the Platinum orb. A crash was heard, as Meir and Akemi broke through the top of the Platinum orb and almost disappeared inside of it.

I'm sorry for the cliffhanger.