《The Land of the Unknown》Episode 2 (Part 3)
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Tommy and Antonio chased after the shadow and came across the control lab, where the shadowy figure stopped.
“Hey, you!” Tommy exclaimed to get the character’s attention. “What do you think you’re doing?”
The figure turned around to face the two boys. The headlamps shone down on the person, who turned out to be a female with long black hair.
“Why do you even care?” She retorted back at them.
“That’s my uncle’s stuff you’re messing with!” Antonio mentioned, clasping his hands together.
“Yeah, so what?”
“If you keep at it, you’ll ruin—”
“You don’t get it, do you?”
“Huh?”
“I do not intend to break it; I’m trying to fix it faster! Now stay out of my way if you know what’s good for the both of you...” She warned them coldly and turned back to the control pad.
Antonio leaned over and whispered to his friend. “Is she serious? Do you think she means it?”
“Beats me.” Tommy shrugged, whispering back.
Antonio soon drew his attention back to the girl, who continued to work. “But, wait, why are you trying to help with—?”
“Oh my god, will you be quiet already?” The black-haired girl interrupted.
“Hey, don’t you dare talk to my friend like that!” Tommy snapped.
“I need to have some concentration on this,” She said, trying to calm down the situation. “Some silence if you will...”
“Oh?” Tommy scowled at her remark, taking a step closer. “So answer me this then. You broke in here, under dangerous circumstances, locked the people working on this outside, and are messing around in this lab, and you expect us to be quiet for you?”
“Uh, Tommy?” Antonio whispered to him, trying to get his attention.
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“Man, you’re irritating...” The female muttered through her teeth.
“Is that so?” Tommy continued. “And why is that? I’m just pointing out how—”
“Just shut up! You know nothing!”
“What are you talking about?”
Antonio nudged his friend to get his attention and whispered to him again. “Tommy please, you shouldn’t—”
“I...” The black-haired girl muttered, her head lowered. “I want to change this world myself!” She shouted with her head held high, and her fists clenched. She slammed them onto the keyboards, causing electricity to spark out. “Uh-oh, that doesn’t look good...”
“You call that helping?” Antonio asked in a panic.
“That does it; I'll step in!” Tommy exclaimed as he rushed over to the control pad.
“No, don’t! You might make things worse!” Antonio cried out.
“Hey, what’s going on in there?” Sam’s voice and the banging of metallic doors near the exit got Antonio’s attention.
“It’s hard to explain!” He shouted back.
“Move!” The girl exclaimed as she pushed Tommy away, causing him to hit an activation button on the wall.
The ground shook, the trio held on to nearby objects, trying to keep their balance. The machines around the three came to life and went into a haywire mode, until a bright glowing light appeared, covering a good chunk of the lab area.
“What’s going on? What’s happening? And what is that!?” Antonio asked, pointing at the beam of light.
“How should I know?” Tommy questioned.
“No way...” The black-haired girl murmured. She stood up and stared at the beam of light. “It worked, it worked!” She yelled out. Tears streamed down her face as she spread her arms wide, and ran toward the light, disappearing from their sights.
“Wait!” Tommy cried out, extending his arm to try to stop her, but Antonio grabbed and pulled him away.
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A force of wind and gravity rushed to face the light. The two boys tried to hold on for dear life and avoid getting sucked in. They both lost their grip and flew toward the light as they screamed at the top of their lungs.
Sam and Mandy forcefully opened the big metallic doors and ended up breaking them. The two rushed over to find the light getting smaller and smaller until it faded away.
“Tommy? Antonio?” Sam called out to them, looking around the messy and abandoned lab.
“That light, you don’t suppose...?” Mandy brought up.
“No way. Did we just see the portal appear right before our eyes?
"I don’t believe it either, but it’s likely possible...”
“Wait, we don’t have time to think about this; we got to find out where they winded up!”
"Oh, right!" How did they do that, though?
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