Synan and Zoe continue falling into the

endless expanse. Somebody catches them and

brings them into one of the rooms. Synan and

Zoe look at their rescuer, and aren’t too

delighted with what they see--a dead person.

Synan and Zoe scream and almost fall

back down the tunnel, but the thing pulls them

back. It is wearing dark purple, torn up clothes.

It’s arms look like a dead person’s. Under it’s

hood in the darkness glows two red eyes. It

is holding a dimly lit lantern.

“H-h-hi...” Synan says, frightened of

the thing.

“Hello, I am Unamed. I have been dead

here now for fifty seven years, fourteen months,

and twenty-two days. Oh, and as of right...now,

three hours, forty-six minutes and thirty seconds.”

Zoe and Synan have a look of dread on

their faces.

“So anyway, did Melissa send you?”

“Melissa? Who’s that?” Synan asks.

“Duh! She’s the book writer from

The Land of No Return!”

“Uhh, I believe that would be Sarah.” Zoe

says.

“Oh, that’s right. Melissa was the book

writer from the good old golden days. Why when

I was your age...”

“Please. We don’t need another old timer

story. Just guide us to the other side.” Zoe says.

“No, no, no. You have to hear my story.”

Synan and Zoe have an evil look in their

faces.

“I had to walk twenty miles to school

through ten feet of snow up hill both ways.”

“Yes, yes, yes. We heard ALL the stories

of the ancient Aztecs.”

“Fine. Be rude. You can find your own

way to the other side.”

“No! We were just kidding!” Zoe says.

“Oh, alright. I’ll get you to the other side.”

“Yea!”

Unamed guides them through millions of

winding tunnels.

“Where are all those squid things at?” Zoe

asks.

“Squids? Oh, I know what you’re talking

about. Well, I’ve been here a number of times. I

know their normal patrolling pattern. You shouldn’t

have to worry about them.”

“Okay, good.”

They continue down more tunnels. The

guide turns them down one tunnel and a large squid

monster is there to greet them.

“Uh-oh.” Synan says.

“Let me fight this thing!!” Zoe throws an ideya

marble.

“No, don’t!” The guide yells.

Clawz appears out of the marble and does

a flame-thrower attack on the beast.

“What?” Zoe says.

“In each one of those tails is a powerful poison.

The poison contains every single disease and virus known

to your dimension and Jackal’s dimension!”

“Jackal’s?” Synan asks.

“Yes. The other dimension has been taken over

by Jackal.”

Synan is silent.

“Who is Jackal?” Zoe asks.

“I don’t know. He’s more powerful than the monster

you know as Deity.”

“Really?!” Synan says.

“Yes. This squid here is more powerful than Deity.

This squid has a power level of 9,999,999.”

“Wow!” Zoe says.

“It’s elemental types are, from main power to least

power, Water, Psychic, Earth, and Fire.”

“Wicked!” Synan says.

“So, anyway. I don’t think this thing here is going

to kill us. Let’s move on.”

As Unamed is about to move, the squid whips

a tail forward and pierces him. The other five tails follow.

Zoe covers her eyes. One tail stops and stabs

Clawz. After Unamed is assumedly dead, the monster

stabs Clawz over and over.

Clawz drops to the ground, lifeless. Zoe opens her

eyes.

“Noooooo!!!!!!!”

The squid seems quite satisfied and moves on.

Unamed gets back up. Clawz slips down into

the spinning tunnel in the floor. Zoe watches in

horror as her first monster ever plummets deeper

and deeper in this eternal abyss.

Zoe turns to Synan and mourns for the

dead Clawz. Unamed looks down the spinning

tunnel at the lifeless corpse of Clawz.

“We have to go, Synan and Zoe.” Unamed

says.

“Okay.” Synan answers. “Zoe?”

Zoe is asleep.

“Alright, Zoe. I figured out when Elsie was

faking it. It’s not going to work for you!”

“Synan... she really is asleep.”

Synan sighs. Unamed begins walking. Synan

ends up carrying Zoe like he did Elsie in Illusion

Cave.

“The portal to the other side should be right

ahead.” Unamed says.
