Trust in the Shadows

Mazes & Mutants: Part 2

Alyssa's POV:

Mikey: "If this is a dungeon maze, it's probably loaded with traps, so watch your step. I never wanna see you get hurt, +1 Ring of Awesome. So shiny and beautiful. My magical source of power. My Awesome."

Raph hits Mikey in the back of the head with his helmet.

Raph: "I'll give you a magical headache."

Mikey: *hisses*

Finally, a vision of Malachi appears before us.

Malachi: "Wanderers, mine congratulations on solving the first puzzle. And now, for thy second riddle. A maze is like a brain; a dungeon is a mind. Make one slip, and you'll be forever left behind."

Mikey: "Can this get any weirder?"

Suddenly, the floor tiles we're standing on fall through to reveal a giant pit of molten lava.

Raph: "Guess so."

We pull ourselves back up as the answer to the riddle hits us.

Donnie: "I think all those tiles are trap doors."

Leo: "You heard him, team, ninja stealth."

We lightly hop from one tile to another, avoiding falling through them, but Mikey loses one of his weapons.

Mikey: "My Dagger of Limitless Skill! Eh, it wasn't all that."

Luckily, the rest of the path is on solid ground.

Donnie: "Whew! That was too close."

Me: "What is going on here?"

Mikey: "I'm gonna tell you what's going on, Ally. This is all magic."

Raph: "There's no such thing as magic!"

Mikey: "It's the power of the ancient elves, dude."

Raph: "Why am I having this conversation? I just wanna hit Sir Nerd-achi so hard he turns back into an egg. I wanna clobber his feathery face into a pillow! I wanna-"

Suddenly, the floor tilted forward to drop us into another tunnel below the original one.

Malachi: "Sir Raphael, you challenge my power, the power of the Gray Highland wizards of the north?"

Raph: "You must be eating some really crazy birdseed."

Malachi: "That does-eth it. Zinza makooloo carookoo chookoo!"

Malachi zaps his scepter at Raph, causing him to don a turkey's head.

Raph: "Bring it on! Yeah, give me your best shot! Let me see what you can really do."

I snicker as Donnie speaks up.

Donnie: "Raph, you, um, you have the head of a turkey."

Mikey: *laughs* "Dude, that is so awesome! Gobble, gobble, son! Like a turkey do!"

Malachi: "That's right! You're playing by my rules now! Anyone who forfeits the game next turns into a squirrel!-*Mikey screams*-And now, for the next riddle. Where you think-eth you are, trouble if you boast. If thou take-eth too long, you shall be-eth toast."