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