Clash Of The Worlds: The Anomaly

Chapter 3

A bird-man appears out of the fog, opens a door, and lifts Colin into the air. "Give it back, or I'll tear you to pieces!" Garuda yelled. "Let me go! I'm not giving you the coin!" Garuda put Colin down and left, mumbling to himself. "There's a note!" It says, "Garuda traded his soul for gold. And you soon will do the same. Gather as many coins as you can. Because the two with the fewest coins at the end will be forced into the final challenge." "I'm gonna start looking, 'cause I don't wanna be the one with the least coins." Everybody always just wants to dive into every situation without thinking about it. They walk outside, and there are jewels everywhere.

As they start looking for clues, Colleen calls the group over. "You guys, there's a scroll! Come here!" "The waters of Garuda are tainted with the blood of his victims. You must find a way to cleanse it by connecting the water to a source of pure light." "We need to connect water to a source of pure light... So let's use these lamps!" Mark told. "So we just hold hands and then reach for the water?" Tyler asked. "Exactly. Come on, let's do it!" Mark beamed. He set up each of the guests starting with Jimmy from the lamp and ending with Tareq at the fountain. Tareq touched the water, and it was now cleansed. 

"See, this is why Mark Rober is here. He's so helpful!"  "What's up there? Does that say something?" Matthew inquired. "Pay the one who never forgets." "Like an elephant! An elephant never forgets," Safiya replied.  Colin pays the coin to the elephant and coins start raining from the heavens. It is every man and woman for themselves. Everyone scrambles to find some coins, and after a few mins, all the coins have been picked up. The SAE members distribute their coins to the guests. "Guys, there's a trunk with another note on it," Justine declared. It says, "Sacrifice two coins by tossing them in the fountain to open. Decide carefully. Those with the fewest coins left at the end will be forced into the final challenge."

Number Of Coins

Joey - 21

Michael - 20

Tareq - 16

Mark Rober - 27

CJ - 18

Alex - 13

Jimmy - 22

JC - 34

Tyler - 19

Rosanna - 24

Andrea - 17

Colleen - 28

The note says, "Garuda guards the next key. And the only way to kill him is with his own blades. One is in heaven, one is in hell. Be careful, if Garuda catches you, he'll take half your coins." Mortimer takes CJ, Joey, Colleen, Ro, Andrea, and Alex to the shrine of Vishnu. "Vishnu is the guardian of the heavens, and beneath his feet lies a secret. Prove your worthiness by completing Vishnu's trials." Trial number one, carrying the holy water. The weakest among you must carry my blessed burden to Shiva, and back. If you cannot do it, you must toss two coins over the edge." Everyone looks at Ro. "Does this look like the weakest to you? Boom!" Ro flexes her arms. The group laughs. 

"Okay, you got this Rosanna!" Ro picks up the pails, puts them on her back, and starts walking to and from the statue. "Years of being a gymnast paid off!" The group cheered as Ro made it back. Meanwhile, JC, Jimmy, Michael, Tyler, Tareq, Mark Rober, and the SAE go inside. There is a statue of the Hindu goddess Kali. "Place one coin at my feet and chant my name five times." "Who has the most?" Mark asked. "I do. I'll pay," JC told. JC placed one coin at the feet of the statue. Then, the group summoned Kali. Kali appears out of the smoke. She has a skirt made of dead body parts. "Someone is going to die tonight. Or maybe all of you," Kali declared. "Can you help us?" "What can a lonely demon do to help with your depraved cause?" "We need a blade! How do we get that?" "You want me to give you the mightiest weapons of India?!" "Well, yeah... We have to kill Garuda, this big bird thing," Tareq said as he imitated Garuda.