Synan and Zoe leave the dungeon and go upstairs. They soon get back to the main lobby. They continue walking. They pass many rooms that’s purpose is unknown. The stairway comes to an end. “What happened?” Zoe asks. “I don’t know. The staircase just ended.” “Hey, look!” In the darkness, a small green glowing object shows in one of the shadows. Synan touches the green light. It presses into the wall. The entire wall opens into the ceiling quickly. Synan and Zoe run through and it slams behind them. Synan and Zoe look forward into the room. It seems to go on forever. All the terrain is red and black, like a checkerboard. There are millions of steep pointy hills everywhere. A pitch black street navigates through the unknown land. They black pathway soon fades into the ungodly ground around it. “What is with this place?” Synan says. “Really. I didn’t think the castle tower was wide enough to hold such a landscape.” “Hey, what’s that?” Synan points toward one of the hills ahead of them. This hill is unlike the rest of them. This hill has a less pointy top, like a plateau. Atop the hill is a golden chair, like the throne of a king. Three floating objects circle the chair. They are like golden pots, but are filled with fire. Blue fire. “Uhh, hello!!” Synan yells. No answer from the mountain. “I don’t think they’re up there...” Zoe says. An evil jester-like laugh echoes through the area. Zoe and Synan glance back and forth, fully alert. “Synan! Up in the air!” Zoe yells. Synan looks up. In the sky above the throne is a head above a cape. The head has a purple face, and a red jester hat with four spikes. Three black stripes stretch down each spike. Golden bells dangle at the ends. The monster drops his cape, but it still hovers around his body. He doesn’t have a body. Purple hands and feet also float around. “Who are you?!?!” Synan yells. “I... am Jackal!” The monster responds. “So, you’re Jackal.” Zoe says. “But, what are you?” Synan asks. “The Evil Trickster from Beyond!” “What the hell?” Synan says. “Oh, I’m sorry. What part of that don’t you understand?” “Uhh...” Synan pauses. “Now, I assume you want a demonstration of my power. I have as much power over this world as a human has over their dreams. If they’re lucky to control it that well, anyway.” Synan is silent. “You’re bluffing!” Zoe yells. “Bluffing, am I? I am the creature that disrupts your games, exposes your schemes, and spoils your dream pleasure.” “Liar!” A voice says, “You just described The Shadow! Not The Trickster!” Synan and Zoe cannot identify where it came from. Jackal holds his hand flat. A clearish rectangle appears in front of it. The translucent object becomes solid and looks like a card. The Ace of Hearts. The card leaves Jackal’s hand and flies over the landscape. Synan and Zoe soon see who it was. He looks like a ten-year-old boy. He is standing on a hilltop. A Dark Stone is around his neck on a leather necklace. A golden flickering flame soon appears around the strange kid. He holds out his hand and catches the razor-sharp card with ease. “Who do you think you are?” Jackal asks. “My name is Kail. I have come from the future.” “Why? Have I really taken that much power over the world?” “No. Sage’s current condition here is fatal.” Zoe whispers to Synan. “Fatal? Jackal must have alot of power after all.” Synan nods. “Sage is also from the future. Forced to the past, he was enslaved by Wizeman. Passed by as a ‘science experiment’.” “There is nothing you can do here, Kail.” Veronica appears in human form next to Kail. “Jackal. This intruder has entered our world from the future. I am sorry I could not terminate him immediately, but his power level surpases mine by twenty-five fold.” “Ahh, so this kid has spunk, eh?” “A little too much if you ask me.” Veronica says. “Let’s take care of him then.” Synan notices something about Kail. Through a rip in Kail’s shirt from a battle before, there is a mark under Kail’s shoulder. “That mark...” Synan says. “What about it?” Zoe asks. Jackal flings four cards at Kail. He deflects each one. Synan lifts up his right sleeve. Zoe sees an identical mark on Synan as the one on Kail. “What’s with the marks?” Zoe asks. “Everyone in my family has the mark. It’s something in the DNA.” “So, what are you suggesting?” “I’m not sure...” Kail finally gets slit with a card. Right across the cheek. “Kail.....” Synan says quietly.