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266 lines
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“Welcome to The Land of No Return, Synan.”
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The dark guard says.
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“The Land of No Return?” Synan answers.
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The guard ignores his question.
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“Please remove any mirrors or throwable
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objects.”
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“What for?”
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“You’ll see. The monsters here HATE to
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look at themselves, and the throwable objects
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can be thrown at their large eyes.”
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“I don’t have anything.”
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“Good.” The guard opens the gates. Synan
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walks through. “Hey, kid. Never look back, or
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you shall join the monsters.” The guard warns.
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“Okay, but how?”
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The guard ignores Synan and closes the
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gate. Synan stands on a three-way intersection.
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The pathway on the dark purple island are light
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purple. To the left is a large river of lava between
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a small pillar of mountains on the edge of the island
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and a large volcanic mountain, to which the entrance
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is in front of Synan. And to the right, Synan sees a
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small circular structure and a large forest a little
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further.
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Synan decides to go to the right, toward
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the forest. A voice behind him says, “Synan! Is
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that you?”
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Synan turns around and sees someone
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from school. One of his worse enemies: Syrus.
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Synan thinks Syrus is a poser wannabe. Synan’s
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hair is dark and slightly messed up, mostly combed
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forward, but Syrus has blond hair, messed up like
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Synan’s.
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Syrus looks at Synan. “I see you have
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some of those ‘Warp Marbles’ as well. We
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both have ten open marbles now. Let’s have
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a contest. Let’s see who can capture more monsters.
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Our meeting place will be at the castle on the
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other side.”
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“I’ll take the right.” Synan says.
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“I don’t think so, Synan. You’re taking
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the left side, near Hell’s River.”
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“No fair!”
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“You want to make something of it?”
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Synan sighs, “Left it is.”
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“Good. I thought you’d see it my
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way.”
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Syrus begins walking down the
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path on the right, toward the forest. Synan
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thinks, ‘..or maybe I can cut right through
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the island!’ Synan walks up to the red doors
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of the volcanic mountain in front of him. They
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are locked. Synan cuts through the field toward
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the left path, so as to not look back toward the
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monster following him.
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Shortly after, Synan comes to the
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river of lava. Crossing the lava is a long narrow
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board that is nailed to another about halfway.
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When Synan steps on it, it sags toward the lava.
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Synan tries to take it slow going across.
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Half way out there, Synan hears a
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crack. He speeds up, hearing much more,
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louder cracking. He’s about five feet away
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from the other side when the entire bridge
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collapses. Hanging from the left side of the
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river, Synan is surely doomed, for there is
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nothing within reach that Synan can hang on to.
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A hand at the top grabs Synan’s
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wrist. Another hand grabs the other one.
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They feel like human hands. Synan is pulled
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up the side of the river canyon. Synan turns
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to look at his rescuer. It’s a girl Synan’s age.
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It was Zoe.
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“Zoe?” Synan says.
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“Yes?”
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“Uhh...Thank you.”
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“No problem.”
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“So how did you get here?” Synan
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asks.
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“Some ‘Ico’ monster said I was
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chosen to go to The Land of No Return.
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I’ve only been walking around here a day
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now. Haven’t gone too far, though.”
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A voice comes from the distance,
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“Who goes there?”
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Synan and Zoe stand and look in
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the direction the voice came from.
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“Show yourself!” Synan yells.
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A figure walks out of the shadows
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by the volcanic mountain. He looks like
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a half-monster half-human. He has a yellow
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helmet with a red diamond-shaped ruby.
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His head underneath is short, with long,
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demonic eyes stretched across it.
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The rest of his body seems normal.
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“So. I see you two made it across
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the Hell’s River, eh?” He says.
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“Who are you?” Zoe asks.
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“My name is James. And you must
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be Zoe, here with Synan.”
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“How do you know our names?”
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Zoe asks.
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“Everyone here does. We get
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our sources from Veronica. She knows
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everything.”
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“Veronica?” Synan asks.
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“That’s what I said. But you
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won’t ever meet her, because I’m here
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to stop you two!”
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Synan and Zoe prepare for
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battle. James screams a while and then
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a golden flame-like power field appears
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around him, like his whole body is just
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a flame.
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“You’re outnumbered, James!”
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Zoe yells.
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“But I have more power than
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fifty men. I am a mega-monster!”
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“A mega-mo--?” Synan is
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interrupted when James suddenly
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attacks him. Synan is launched into
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the side of the volcano. Zoe gets hit,
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too, and thrown into the volcano.
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“Ha. You kids are no challenge
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at all to me.” James says. James is
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about twelve, a year older than Synan
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and Zoe. James flies over the volcano,
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cutting through the middle of the island.
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“Come on, Synan.” Zoe says
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wearily, “I have a camp set up ahead.”
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They go to a campground with
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some other survivors, and sent to a small
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medical lab.
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