Kail finally gets slit with one of

Jackal’s cards.

“I’ve had enough of you humans!

Prepare to suffer!” Jackal yells.

The entire terrain gets a bluish tint

to it. Veronica warps away, and everyone

begins to float off the ground. Synan looks

up and sees a faint shimmering glow from

above. They are underwater. Zoe, Synan,

and Kail swim upward toward to the surface.

The surface only gets further and further away

from them.

Synan finally runs out of air. He

soon realizes that he can breathe under the

water. Zoe and Kail soon realize too. They

can also speak perfectly under the water.

“Let’s get to the exit!” Zoe yells.

“This way!” Synan says. Zoe, Synan,

and Kail swim along the dark path under the

water. The path just comes to an end, nothing

ahead but more odd-shaped mountains.

“The exit isn’t here!” Zoe yells. Kail

swims over to Synan.

“Synan. I know how to use the Dark

Stone. Since we both have one, we should

stand a pretty good chance against Jackal.”

“How do you use it?”

Kail touches Synan’s forehead. Synan

soon gets a golden flame around him.

“Wow... how did you do that?”

“I made you power up to a mega-monster.”

“How?”

“You are not meant to learn how to do

it yourself yet.”

“How do you know that?” Synan asks.

Kail powers up and flies through the

water back toward Jackal. Synan follows.

“Okay, then I guess I’ll wait here then...”

Zoe says.

Synan and Kail begin fighting Jackal.

Synan notices that Kail has the same fighting pattern

as him.

A portal opens up behind Zoe. Two hands

pull her through. A dark flash flies out of the portal

and abducts Synan and Kail. The portal closes.

Veronica stands with Zoe, Synan, and

Kail.

“Great job you little jerks! You just

pissed off Jackal!” Veronica says.

“Is that a bad thing?” Zoe says.

“You bet it is! Listen, I don’t want any

of you to get hurt. Kail: Go back to the future.

You were not meant to be here. Synan and

Zoe: Go back to your own dimension.”

“But we need the Star Stone! We

cannot go back untill we have it under our

posession!” Synan says.

“Screw the Star Stone!”

Synan and Zoe float up into the air and

soon vanish. They appear in the Warp Room.

“She can’t do that to us!” Synan yells.

“The book! We can get back!” Zoe says.

Zoe runs to the book pedestal. Nothing is there.

The cave begins to rumble. Small drops

of lava drip down the small hole in the ceiling.

“We have no choice, Zoe. We have to

go through the portal.”

The silvery vortex flickers on and off

for a while and then stays on for a little longer.

“The portal is closing. We have to go

now!” Synan yells.

Zoe and Synan jump into the portal

just before it shuts down for good. They soon

arrive back in the Gap.

Unamed is here waiting for them.

“Unamed! I’m glad to see you!” Zoe

says.

“You better be. I haven’t seen any of

you at all.”

“What do you mean? You guided us

yesterday.” Zoe says.

“Oh, no. That must’ve been another

Unamed.”

“So, will you guide us back?” Synan

says.

“Ahem...”

Synan and Zoe are silent.

“I will be the guide on your way,

But coming back, I won’t play.

If to the other side you wish to go,

Then follow me and don’t be slow!”

Unamed begins to hover away from

them. Zoe and Synan follow closely. As they

walk down one twisting tunnel, Zoe looks back

and sees the squid-like monster. Probably the

same one that annihilated Clawz.

“Synan...” Zoe tugs on his shirt.

“What?”

The monster flies past them and stabs

Zoe, then continues flying.

“Ahhhhh!!!” Zoe screams in pain. She

was stabbed in the left shoulder. Unamed just

continues flying forward.

“We have to get going before we get

lost!” Synan yells. Zoe slides down the side

of the tunnel.

“I can’t get up. I’m paralyzed.”

Synan picks up Zoe and runs to

catch up with Unamed. They soon reach the

other side of the Gap.

Sarah greets them in the Warp Room.

“Welcome back! Veronica told me

you were returning.” Sarah says. James stands

in a cold shadowy corner and watches.

“Zoe got stabbed by a squid!” Synan

says.

“Oh... the squid... It’s name is Snip.”

“Yeah, I bet. We have to help her

immediately!”

“This way!” Sarah takes Zoe and

warps through the book. Synan watches as

James vanishes into a cloud of dust. Synan

follows them through the book.

“Will she be okay?” Synan asks.

“I cannot be sure...” Sarah replies.
