Zoe and Synan continue eavesdropping on

Wizeman’s meeting. Wizeman speaks.

“Sarah. You’ve been to all the briefings. I

specifically told all of you to destroy Synan, Zoe, and

Syrus. Yet, they somehow escaped. At least James

put in an effort to follow his orders. You, on the other

hand, gave them access to your books.”

“Yeah, Sarah!” James comments.

“Seal it, James!”

“Sir.”

“So anyway, Sarah. Your misdeeds will not

go unpunished!”

“Yes sir.” Sarah replies.

“We are going to link you into the Cage of Doom.

You know, the black cage dangling over the lava in the

volcano.”

Sarah is silent.

Zoe notices a book fell from its pedestal next

to the door. Zoe opens it. It shows a black cage over

the lava. Zoe hides the book and puts a different book

in its place.

Wizeman comes over to the book. Synan

and Zoe scrunch against the wall. Wizeman picks up

the book and walks back to the table.

“Now, Sarah, Link into the book.”

Sarah notices its a different book. Sarah warps.

She warped to the Book Temple. She knows it was

Synan and Zoe that helped her.

The meeting is soon over. Everyone walks to

the door. Synan and Zoe put one of their hands together.

Between the other hands, they have an ideya marble.

They but their other hands together and get warped

inside. Soon, they hear the silence in the halls. They

decide to return.

They warp back, Zoe sitting on Synan.

Zoe thinks for a second.

“Ewe!!” Zoe jumps off Synan.

Synan is clueless. Wizeman heard Zoe scream.

Wizeman pulls the door open. Synan is against one wall

and Zoe on the other, still appearing to be disgusted.

It was obvious that Zoe was faking her disgustedness, but

Synan was silent.

Wizeman pulls the two into the Keep.

“So. You two are the ones I was trying to annihilate,

huh?” Wizeman is a combination of a few of the monsters.

His head looks like an upside-down Monk head,

with the wings and horn of Mr. I. Under Monk’s

head is the top half of Prisem, upside-down though.

The lightning beam from Prisem is connecting to

Crystal, and lining the beam are four eyeballs with

spikes on each side like an X-Y axis. They are the

defense of Spyke. There is a purple stone with a

black star on Wizeman’s forehead.

“So, it looks like I’ll have to finish you two

off.”

Wizeman prepares for battle. A dark blur

flies out of Wizeman’s purple stone. The black

star is now gone, and in another place getting

larger. It soon takes the form of a monster.

It’s head is rounded and its body is like

a human’s, with claws on its hands and feet. It

has a thick, lizard-like tail.

The blackness of this monster turns into

a thirteen-year-old girl. She has dark hair and

a purple T-shirt and shorts.

“Wizeman! You have no time to battle

these weaklings!”

“What do you mean, Veronica?”

Zoe and Synan remember reading that

Veronica was the third most powerful being in

the universe.

“Sage is ready. Give him the command

to destroy Earth, or he’ll get restless and destroy

the entire universe!”

“Synan,” Zoe whispers, “remember, Sage

can turn into Deity, with a power level of one

million!”

“I know.” Synan whispers back.

“So, Wizeman. Give Sage his orders quickly.”

“But I have to fight these kids first!”

“I hope you know what you’re doing, Wizeman.”

“You better. I know what I’m doing.”

Veronica turns into a shadow again and sinks

through the floor.

“So, kids. You want to die now, or get your

planet blown up?”

“Uhh....” Synan is speechless.

“Too bad! You’re gonna die now!”

Wizeman is about to attack and then the castle

starts to rumble. Wizeman steps back. The floor under

Wizeman cracks, and a large beam flies out of the

floor, defeating Wizeman. The beam goes through the ceiling.

“Synan! We better get out of here!”

“Let’s go!”

Synan and Zoe run down the crackling staircase.

The stairs shatter and they fall down to the staircase below

them. They finally escape the collapsing castle.

Up in the air is a kid, about fifteen years old. The

sky is dark.

Veronica, in the human form, appears next to Synan.

“Looks like Wizeman made the wrong decision. Our

universe is at stake now.” Veronica says.

“I’m assuming that is not a good thing.” Zoe says.

“No. Sage will morph into Deity and destroy the

entire universe.”

Synan and Zoe are silent.

Sage is wearing a long red cape, covering his

body to his feet. His hair is brown. His clothes underneath

the cape are black.

Sage begins the transformation process.

“This looks like the end.” Zoe says.

“It’s been real nice knowing you this well, Zoe.”

Synan says.

Zoe looks at Synan. “What?” Zoe replies.

Synan is silent as he watches Sage transform.
