The 10 Gateways

Growing Sweet Tooth

January 22nd, 2008

I woke up. I was laid out on some soft grass that was..pink?

"Where... where am I?" I asked out in the open.

No one answered... I got up and saw that it was night time. It was a strange land.

Or an island perhaps... Dang, I don't remember much.

"Guys?" I asked.

I stood up, with my legs feeling like jelly.

I saw lumps on the ground. Everyone else...

Apparently, I was the only one awake.

Well, not much to do. No trouble. No evil at the moment. I laid back down.

It was nice being able to relax, but lately, it's been a lot of stuff to take in.

And from there I fell asleep.

"Huh?" Joe said, confused. "Where am I?"

It was incredibly dark and he couldn't see anything except for a dim light near him. And that light came from a screen that was attached to something behind him.

"What...?" He said.

The screen said a time on it.

11:34 and still counting... down

"Ooh, A backwards clock," Joe said.

January 23rd, 2008

I jerked awake.

"Huh." I groaned out.

Some dirt was on me and it was really bright. Someone helped me up and I stood up seeing where we really were.

It was a candy island of cakes, chocolate, gummies, cotton candy and syrup.

And Dr. Roberto was the one who helped me up.

"Thanks," I responded.

"No problem," He said back.

Mrs. Fudge was behind a stand looking like she was cooking.

Everyone else was either looking around or looking at me.

"Sweets..." I said quietly.

"Yeah. We were wondering what we were going to do." Victor said, coming up behind Dr. Roberto.

"I don't know. I worry about Joe." I said.

"I have a feeling that he would either be killed or manipulated into something." Dr. Roberto announced.

"Hmm..." I said, thinking. "Knowing Christina, I have no idea what she would do."

"Yeah..." Victor said and walked away.

"Well I am going to look around," I said to Dr. Roberto.

"Ok." He said.

I went off to a side of the island, where it was quiet. I saw Jenny and Henry behind a tree in this one area that had a lot of candy trees.

And then I heard a faint ticking seeming to come from underneath me.

"What the..." I say to myself, and I call Dr. Roberto over.

"What is it?" He asked.

"I hear ticking coming from under this spot," I explain.

"I hear it..." Dr. Roberto said. "Sounds like an average tick system... For a giant bomb."

"What?" I questioned. "A whole bomb?"

"Yeah." He said.

And then Sharkky came by.

"I feel that Joe is under that spot you speak of."

"So Joe is strapped to that bomb..." I said.

After that we were quiet. Just thinking...

How are we supposed to get Joe off a giant bomb that could blow at any second?

We thought and thought and thought. We didn't know what to do. If we dig down to get him, the bomb could explode and we would die with Joe. If we run away, Joe would die which... I guess would be better but we want to try to save him!

"I have no idea what to do..." Dr. Roberto said.

We had told everyone else and everyone had been suggesting ideas and thinking, but now it was just thinking and a random comment now and then.

"We have to save Joe somehow!" Elesa exclaimed.

"How about we just dig." For all we know, it could be a bunch of minutes until it explodes!" I exclaimed.

"Ok..." Everyone said at different times.

The bomb timer read 4:56

"Hmm... This backwards clock is getting low." Joe said.

He tried to get off the bomb but he was tied tightly and he was starving.

"Ugh. I need food." He complained.

All of a sudden the earth above started shaking a little and bits of purple dirt were falling.

"Is that food...?" Joe wondered.