𝐙𝐚𝐤 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦 - 𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝟐

《22 ~ Behind the gate...》

Sora Storm:
I put my feet down on the floor when parts of a skeleton suddenly fell on my head. "I don't even want to know if it was Calico or Clovis...", I said angrily and looked at the others. "Better we hurry, otherwise the skeletons are more likely to be here, before we can say 'Boneheads'," Cece said and we started walking.

"What? Don't you have the guts to fight them?", Calabrass asked. "Yes. But as sooner we are at the goal, the more time we have for what's behind it!" We crossed the corridor, where the gate was on the other side. And I immediately noticed a difference from the last time.

In contrast, the symbols of Sino and Beru glowed now, as they didn't at the last time. So opening the waypoints was the answer to the puzzle! The light of the six symbols flowed into the center, the symbol of Vapir, where the slot was. I took Calabrass and straightened the blade in front of it. "Please let it work," I prayed, putting Calabrass in the lock.

A rumble appeared and the wall moved to the side. My eyes flash with joy. "Yes it worked!!". "Have you ever doubted it?" "Oh, be quiet, Brassi," I said, looking at him. Suddenly we heard gunfire and skeletons appeared on the other side, including bones.

"Go! We'll stop them and give you a head start!" Gamble called, drawing his sword. "But-". "We can do it, Sora," Zephyra said and stood next to Alan. Cece put a hand on my shoulder. "They are right. Let us not waste time!" I nodded and we ran.

Hold on Zak... We are coming!

The passage was longer now and it resembled the one before. When I saw a light ahead, I accelerated my pace. But that was almost what would have brought down when a large gorge full of lava opened up in front of us and I almost stumbled into it if my friend from Atlantis hadn't grabbed my arm in time. "Thank you...". "Next time you better watch where you step". "Haha very funny...".

I looked at the thin rock bridge that spanned the gorge and looked at Caramba, Cece and Crogar. This nodded to me and we all slowly walked across the path. "Crogar won't look down," it came from him, but I did and this gorge went really deep. So a wrong step and you were a grilled salmon.

"Ahh ... I can't," said Caramba, and I was holding one of his robotic arms. "You have mastered so much, so far, Caramba. So you can do it," I encouraged him and we reached the other side together. "Thank you, Sora". "No problem, that's what friends are here for". I looked at the others with a smile and then we continued on our way.

It got a little darker and I noticed a row of crystals on the floor that glowed. Then I remembered the dream I had with Zak. Where he was in a place that was slightly illuminated by something ...

At the end of the way we arrived in a cave that was exactly like in my dreams. There was also a gorge here, a bridge that led to the center where all of our eyes flashed.

A large crystal that was made of ice just stood there, like a valuable artifact. But both my friends and I knew that this was not a valuable item. Well valuable, but not an item...

We ran across the bridge to the crystal and I looked inside. A person was frozen in it, whose face was difficult to see through the ice. But Cece, Crogar, Caramba and I knew exactly who that was.

"Zak..."