《The Land of the Unknown》Episode 13 (Part 1.5)
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Tommy, Antonio, Maggie, and Ruth got teleported to another location inside the same cavern.
“Ok, what the heck was that all about?” Maggie asked, blinking to get her vision clear.
“I don’t know,” Antonio replied with exasperation. “I think the white crystal has something to do with—”
“Calm down,” Tommy interjected. “Surely, we can get out of this mess like we did the last time...”
Antonio begged to differ. “But, if my calculations are accurate, this crystal I found teleports us at random. Who knows where we’d end up?”
As the three argued about what to do next, Ruth spotted something familiar in the distance.
“Hey, look, the butterflies are back!” He pointed out.
“But how’d they know where we were this time?” Maggie questioned. “And how’d they find us and get here themselves?”
“I’m sure they must’ve heard our distress signal, or their senses tingled that we needed help,” Ruth responded.
The orange and black butterflies fluttered beside the mountain and showed the four of the safest paths they could traverse across.
The roads leading to the bottom were steep with rocky terrain, but the most reliable one seemed to have the least amount of rocks, steps, and cracks to minimize tripping. It was a long way down; the mountain rumbled as if it would erupt or send an avalanche at any minute.
Eventually, the group made it down the mountain safe and sound. The team could see the pylon in the distance. They were almost there, except the gem of this place was yet to be found. The four of them knew that it wouldn’t be a good idea to leave without retrieving it. Otherwise, all that adventure in The Vast Hallows would be a waste of time.
Just then, another bright glow emanated from the corner of their eyes. The butterflies had an aura around them as they unexpectedly trans-morphed into an orange gem. The jewel floated over to Ruth’s paws as the others stood there, awed and confused.
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“That’s strange, the crystal radar wasn’t going off,” Maggie stated, staring at the device. Why was the gem they had at their disposal real or not?
“Maybe it broke?” Tommy guessed. “Is it even—?”
Without warning, the gem moved out of control, pulling away from him as Ruth desperately tried to hold on. Maggie, Tommy, and Antonio grabbed onto the bear to help him stay in place, but it appeared fruitless.
As the jewel lifted the group off the ground, a boulder fell. The gem swerved as it dodged the blocks that came tumbling down. The ground picked itself up and formed a rock avalanche as it chased down the others with the gem still in hand.
The gem lifted them higher into the sky and over the hollow with the small crevice of water running down the cliff when they ended up plunged right into the now open pylon below.
Inside, Tommy, noticing something, still hunted them down, got up and hurried over to the control panel to get themselves out of there. The others stood motionless, still in shock from the recent events.
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