240 lines
4.3 KiB
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240 lines
4.3 KiB
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Syrus stares as Koda flies away. A
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dark shadow suddenly covers the rock beneath
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Syrus’s feet. Syrus looks up and sees an island
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hovering by itself, much like The Land of No
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Return.
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“That island has to have some kind of
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rare monster on it!”
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Syrus throws an Ideya at the floor,
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releasing Mr. I.
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“Mr. I, fly me up to that island!”
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Mr. I takes flight. Syrus grabs his
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feet and Mr. I flied him up to the island.
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As they fly out of the volcano, Syrus
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looks back down. He is at a dangerous height.
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He sees Synan and Zoe being led by the
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bottom half of an Emerald.
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“Hey, that Emerald is only the bottom
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half! What’s up with that?”
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“Emerald is made up of Prisem and
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Crystal. That monster is Prisem.” Mr. I answers.
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“Oh.”
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Soon, the heated fog from the volcano
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covers Syrus’s view of them.
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Mr. I drops Syrus onto the island. Syrus
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is disappointed. All that was on the island was
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a small temple. Syrus decides to go in and
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have a look. When Syrus tries to open the
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yellow doors, he fails.
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“The doors are locked!” Syrus yells.
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“They would be. You need the Lightning
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Key. The Skybers might have it.”
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“Skyber?”
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“Yeah. Their fortress is right over there.”
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Syrus goes to look. On top of the volcano,
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next to the mouth, are lots of tall, narrow towers.
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There are lots of birds flying around.
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“Skyber,” Mr. I says, “is a lightning bird.
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If you ever enter Illusion Cave over there, you’ll
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need a lightning monster. That cave is so dark,
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you can’t see a lit match even if it’s touching you
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face. Only lightning is bright enough to light the
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way, although it would still be pretty dark and
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gloomy.”
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“Oh. I should get one.” Syrus says. Mr. I
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flies up into the air. Syrus grabs onto Mr. I’s feet
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and they fly down to one of the towers.
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They land, and Syrus looks around
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at the monsters. They look a lot like small
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wood ducks. But, the Skybers have a
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black diamond on their heads.
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“This is awesome!” Syrus throws
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up an Ideya Capture and hits one of the
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Skybers. The bird is captured and the
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marble falls to the ground. The bright
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glow still hasn’t faded. The bird then
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escapes from the marble.
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“Koda was right.”
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Mr. I comments, “You may
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have to fight the Skyber to weaken it.”
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Mr. I does a fireball attack
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and hits the Skyber. The bird falls down,
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injured. Syrus tries capturing it again,
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and this time he’s successful.
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“Yes! I have a Skyber!”
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Syrus wanders around the fortress.
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All these towers are connected by bridges.
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Syrus gets to the center. The building on this
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tower looks more significant than the rest.
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Syrus enters.
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Inside are a few Skybers, and
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in the center is another one wearing a
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golden crown.
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“Hello there, stranger! I am the
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king of the Skybers!”
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“Oh, hi. Have you seen the
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Lightning Key?”
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“Lightning Key? No, I think I
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misplaced it somewhere.”
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“Oh, okay.” Syrus says, disappointed.
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Syrus and Mr. I leave. Syrus looks at the
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volcano.
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“Hey, look!” Syrus sees James
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fly into the mouth of the volcano. Ico is
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following him.
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Mr. I walks over to Syrus. “Looks
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like James has someone to take out down
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there. I guess Ico wanted to help.”
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“How do you know?”
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“I was watching over the island just
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a while before you found me. I saw two kids,
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Synan and Zoe. I noticed them enter the volcano
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as we were leaving, so I’m assuming James is
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after them.”
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“Ha! Synan gets to meet James!”
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“No, Syrus. He met James earlier.
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He and Zoe were fighting James just after they
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crossed Hell’s River.”
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“Yeah, okay. Hey, look!” Syrus runs
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to the other side of the tower. He notices a small
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group of humans walking into a cave with Green
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Doors.
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“Yeah, I know them. The little girl is
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Elsie. The other two are her parents, Logan and
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Alisha.”
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The green doors close behind them, and
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they disappear into the darkness inside.
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“And that is the Earth Barrier,” Mr. I says,
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“but I don’t know how they got it opened. Sarah
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has the key.”
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“Who’s Sarah?”
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“She stays in the Book Temple down there.”
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“Oh, yeah. I saw her when I followed Zoe
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through that Linking Book.”
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“Yep. That’s her.”
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“Oh.”
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“Hey, Syrus. You’ve seen the Linking Books,
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but have you ever seen a Mystery Book?”
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Syrus walks closer to Mr. I, who is holding
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what looks like a linking book.
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“No...”
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