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Synan and Zoe continue falling into the
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endless expanse. Somebody catches them and
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brings them into one of the rooms. Synan and
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Zoe look at their rescuer, and aren’t too
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delighted with what they see--a dead person.
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Synan and Zoe scream and almost fall
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back down the tunnel, but the thing pulls them
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back. It is wearing dark purple, torn up clothes.
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It’s arms look like a dead person’s. Under it’s
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hood in the darkness glows two red eyes. It
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is holding a dimly lit lantern.
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“H-h-hi...” Synan says, frightened of
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the thing.
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“Hello, I am Unamed. I have been dead
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here now for fifty seven years, fourteen months,
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and twenty-two days. Oh, and as of right...now,
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three hours, forty-six minutes and thirty seconds.”
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Zoe and Synan have a look of dread on
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their faces.
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“So anyway, did Melissa send you?”
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“Melissa? Who’s that?” Synan asks.
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“Duh! She’s the book writer from
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The Land of No Return!”
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“Uhh, I believe that would be Sarah.” Zoe
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says.
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“Oh, that’s right. Melissa was the book
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writer from the good old golden days. Why when
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I was your age...”
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“Please. We don’t need another old timer
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story. Just guide us to the other side.” Zoe says.
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“No, no, no. You have to hear my story.”
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Synan and Zoe have an evil look in their
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faces.
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“I had to walk twenty miles to school
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through ten feet of snow up hill both ways.”
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“Yes, yes, yes. We heard ALL the stories
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of the ancient Aztecs.”
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“Fine. Be rude. You can find your own
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way to the other side.”
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“No! We were just kidding!” Zoe says.
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“Oh, alright. I’ll get you to the other side.”
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“Yea!”
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Unamed guides them through millions of
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winding tunnels.
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“Where are all those squid things at?” Zoe
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asks.
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“Squids? Oh, I know what you’re talking
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about. Well, I’ve been here a number of times. I
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know their normal patrolling pattern. You shouldn’t
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have to worry about them.”
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“Okay, good.”
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They continue down more tunnels. The
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guide turns them down one tunnel and a large squid
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monster is there to greet them.
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“Uh-oh.” Synan says.
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“Let me fight this thing!!” Zoe throws an ideya
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marble.
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“No, don’t!” The guide yells.
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Clawz appears out of the marble and does
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a flame-thrower attack on the beast.
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“What?” Zoe says.
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“In each one of those tails is a powerful poison.
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The poison contains every single disease and virus known
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to your dimension and Jackal’s dimension!”
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“Jackal’s?” Synan asks.
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“Yes. The other dimension has been taken over
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by Jackal.”
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Synan is silent.
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“Who is Jackal?” Zoe asks.
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“I don’t know. He’s more powerful than the monster
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you know as Deity.”
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“Really?!” Synan says.
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“Yes. This squid here is more powerful than Deity.
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This squid has a power level of 9,999,999.”
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“Wow!” Zoe says.
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“It’s elemental types are, from main power to least
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power, Water, Psychic, Earth, and Fire.”
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“Wicked!” Synan says.
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“So, anyway. I don’t think this thing here is going
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to kill us. Let’s move on.”
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As Unamed is about to move, the squid whips
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a tail forward and pierces him. The other five tails follow.
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Zoe covers her eyes. One tail stops and stabs
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Clawz. After Unamed is assumedly dead, the monster
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stabs Clawz over and over.
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Clawz drops to the ground, lifeless. Zoe opens her
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eyes.
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“Noooooo!!!!!!!”
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The squid seems quite satisfied and moves on.
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Unamed gets back up. Clawz slips down into
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the spinning tunnel in the floor. Zoe watches in
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horror as her first monster ever plummets deeper
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and deeper in this eternal abyss.
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Zoe turns to Synan and mourns for the
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dead Clawz. Unamed looks down the spinning
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tunnel at the lifeless corpse of Clawz.
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“We have to go, Synan and Zoe.” Unamed
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says.
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“Okay.” Synan answers. “Zoe?”
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Zoe is asleep.
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“Alright, Zoe. I figured out when Elsie was
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faking it. It’s not going to work for you!”
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“Synan... she really is asleep.”
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Synan sighs. Unamed begins walking. Synan
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ends up carrying Zoe like he did Elsie in Illusion
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Cave.
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“The portal to the other side should be right
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ahead.” Unamed says.
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