The Crew stands looking at the Temple that started emitting light from inside the temple halls, Janice and Ralph make it back to the group safe

Jeremy and Allen Wake up from the commotion “ whats happening?” A confused half dressed Jeremy runs up questioning the crew Allen carrying a M24 following Jeremy stops Running at the sight of the Light coming from inside the temple and starts looking, aiming down the sights of the M24 Rifle towards the Temple “ IS Everyone OK?” Allen quickly looks to see if everyone is there and ok. “ I touched a Symbol on the Wall and the Lights turned on” Janice says by way of explanation looking back at the Temple entrance.

“Just like how they looked in my Dream.” Loriane says aloud “mine Too!” Travis Quick to Agree with Loriane. “ Did you touch the Levers again?” Loriane asks Janice and Ralph “ No we were Examining the right side interior walls and Janice Pressed a unusual symbol.” Loriane looking back to the temple and back at Janice and Ralph “show us where you found the symbol.” Catie shakes her head “ I don’t think you should be going back in there.” Travis agrees with Catie to stay back, “ We have no Clue What's going on in there. I’m Not going.” Allen says “I will go With loriane and Ralph anyone else wanna join, Can come with us if not stay back with Catie and Travis.” Kevin pulls out a Shotgun and ammo belt for him and Loriane. “I’m In Lets Go!”

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As The four Near the Temple Loriane Starts Loading the shotgun and so does Kevin,”So what wall exactly?” Allen asks Ralph who is sweating from the situation of the temple. “ Just down the Steps To the Lever Room on the Right side wall.”

“Wait hold up, you feel that?” Loriane stops mid step

“Feel What?” Allen stops “shhh!” Loriane holds her hand out “you feel that…... there’s Air current.” Allen and Kevin, Ralph all hold their hand out. “Ohh yeah. What is that coming from?” Allen asks

“ I don't know But it feels Cold?” Ralph felt the inner of his palm with his fingers.

“An Air condition System? Just how Advanced were they?” Loriane says while she stands with the three others at the top temple steps taking in all the temples Glow from the down stairs temple interior lever room.

They Walk down The Temple Steps cautious and steady. At the bottom of the stairs they start to crouch to see if anyone is in the room. “You See anyone?” Allen pops his head back up and looks at Loriane and Kevin holding shotguns while Ralph is standing behind the two.

“No..nothing at all just the Symbols lighting up the room.” Loriane enters

“Yup the geometric shapes are just like the Dream, Well I should say vision? I really don't know but this proves that we did see something caused by the Crystal pyramid.”Loriane looking at the walls Designs. “Dreams Visions, What are you talking about?” Allen confused and now looking at the many symbols. “Sorry Allen, I will fill you in about the Dream After when we're back to camp.” Loriane replies and follows Ralph To where Janice Pushed the Button “Right here Is where Janice pushed the Button. Woah We Didn't See This Before?” Ralph pushes one of the symbols, Click and out of one of the walls Came rolling out a Metal rolling Sphere which transforms into a Large Humanoid metal Robot that had an External Blue Energy Pulsating from the machines Metal Chest, Starts Stepping Towards the four who are standing there speechless.

The Metallic Bot Grabs Allen By the Chest Lifts him in the Air “Aaaaaahhhhhh!!!!!” Allen Screams out Dropping his M24 To the Ground as the Bots Metal Arm raises him to the air Throwing him across the room Breaking his spine Cracking all his ribs . “NOOOooo!” Ralph Screams. Loriane and Kevin are Shocked but Kevin Starts Shooting his shotgun at the Bot who is Now running to an unconscious Allen when the machine reaches him across the room the machine starts stomping Crushing Allen's head then body, Kevin Shoots the Robot but the shotgun is barely doing any damage The Bot doesn't stop. Ignoring the Shotgun like its feeling nothing till Allen is nothing more than bits of bone and Blood and Kevin takes his last shot. “Loriane SHoot!” Kevin Cries out as the Bot Sprints its way towards Ralph Loriane shoots missing the Robot because it was so Fast it tears Ralphs Arms Clean off Screaming for his life as Blood Sprayed out the ripped appendages the Screams were cut out as the Bot Smashed him to Death with His Arms The Sounds of the bot hitting the ground was enough to make Loriane Forget she Ran out of Rounds Pumping and firing an Empty Shotgun.

Then the Bot Starts Getting Knocked Off Balance by Kevin shooting a picked up M24 Rifle With the Armour Piercing Rounds Hitting the machine in the Chest Exposing its Pulsing Energy As he ran out of Armour rounds Kevin switches to the Stun Rounds Blasting the Machine in the Chest Sending the bot into a frenzy it crashes into the far left wall in an in a sort of malfunctioning matter flailing its arms into air. Kevin finds one magazine on the ground that hasn’t been stomped that was still in good condition, Kevin throws it in then pulls the reload lever that makes a sound that sends reassurance, that the first round was in the chamber and Kevin fires at the leg of the machine ripping it in half, Kevin Runs up and starts putting the rest into the chest of the Machine that is now on the ground flailing. Loriane calls out “ Kevin get Away From it!” The last round makes the core of the machine explode sending a metal shard right through Kevin's Face. He Falls To the Ground dead Instantly “ KEVIN!!!” “WHY!”

Loriane Runs up to The lifeless Kevin on the ground.She drops the shotgun, falls to her knees beside Kevin and starts Crying “I’m Sorry… I’m Sorry..” Loriane Sits in the Temple Blaming herself for what happened to Allen, Ralph And Kevin who is now dead laying on the temple floor bleeding out with a metal shard sticking out of his head. “Loriane! OH MY WHAT THE FUCK!” Catie Running up and gets down to hug a crying Loriane, Looking at Kevin “I seen everyone's Vitals Flatlining, You're alive at least one of you survived, what happened to the guys Loriane?.” Catie Starts to Help Loriane Up “ let’s get out of here.” and they make their Way out of the Temple leaving behind two bloody messes with a lifeless Kevin. Loriane Cries the whole way up the steps Once outside the Temple, Travis and Robbie were waiting; they ran to the girls and helped carry Loriane back to Camp,Tina Sees Loriane Brought Back to camp Covered in blood

“Loriane What Happened?” Loriane is set down and Catie Says “The others are dead ” Loriane stops Catie and speaks.

“They were Crushed like they were nothing.” with a pale face she continues “Kevin Killed the Machine that killed Allen and Ralph.” Loriane Starts to Cry “ I.. Tried I..Tried to shoot it But my shotgun didn't stop it From Killing Ralph…”

Horrified by the news Janice and Tina Start to tear up.

“Not kevin.” Robbie looks to the ground. Travis looks at the Temple and back at Loriane “If Kevin killed the Machine how did he die?” Loriane looks to Travis with bloodshot eyes tears rolling down her face “ It FUCKING EXPLODED AND KILLED HIM!” Loriane gets up and walks to her tent, Loriane shuts the door behind her and lays down in her bunk.

Catie and Robbie, Jules, Travis, Tina, Jeremy, and Janice, Sit around the Fire and mourn their lost Friends as the jungle evening approaches. The Storm Clouds Roll in and thunder is heard in the distance. Rain starts To hit the Tent Top Creating a Pattering pattern that finally drowns out Lorianes thoughts. She Drifts to Sleep.

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Loriane wakes up Standing Infront of the Temple Its raining heavy as a tall Man Approaches her From the inside he has on a HeadDress that has feathers going down his back to the ground the man stands in front of her, Loriane can’t make out who it is cause the temple starts to light up even more as he gets closer to Loriane without moving his mouth he Speaks

“Loriane I know Who you ARE!”

Loriane Stands looking at the man “Who are you?”

“You Are All in Danger.” Then the Man Turns and walks back into the Temple, When he walks away, Loriane starts to Levitate upwards towards the sky. As she Approaches the Dark Storm Clouds she makes her way through to see a Meteor coming from the Reaches of Space then the floating disappears and Loriane starts to Fall towards the ground seeing the clouds and temple then ground she Wakes up in her bunk Sweating.” AAAAAHHHH!” Loriane Sits up in her bunk .Jeremy Runs up and asks from outside in the rain “Loriane Everything ok?” “Yeah I'm fine Jeremy, I just had a Terrible Dream.” Jeremy walks back to center camp to keep watch meanwhile, Loriane gets out of her bedding still dressed in her clothes from yesterday she grabs the dried ones out of her bag she had from the Line “ I think it might have been Allen who put these back in here. I think that's what he said by the fire.” “Thanks allen she holds back some tears and gets undressed the cold makes itself fully aware by hardening her nipples and sending goosebumps down her skin the Change of clothes sure made things feel better in terms of her body's wellbeing but Loriane Felt bad for What happened to the guys. She throws on her raincoat and walks out the tent to place her clothes to be rain washed on the line. When Loriane got back in her Tent Loriane wiped the rain drops off her face and pulled off her raincoat and place it on her foldable chair then sat down, she had a thought come to mind from this morning of Allen handing her the canteen. “He was sitting in this very folding chair…” she stops herself from breaking down in tears again. Loriane Turns to reach for her log and Pen out of her Dry bag. Loriane begins to write in her journal.

May 13 2031 2:00am

Yesterday May 12 2031 was the worst day We had on the Expedition we Lost three crew members Kevin, ralph, and Allen and the Day prior May 11 2031 Me And Travis Were Levitated by a Crystal pyramid in The Temple upon the Triggering of two levers that lifted a pyramid into the middle of the temples room causing me and Travis To Levitate from its generated power. I Was woken up by a Dream tonight of a Man with a headdress who wants me to follow him into the temple but I Levitated to the sky Through the Storm Clouds to see a Meteorite then I fell to the Ground. I Think I must have to activate the Temple again to figure this out.

Loriane closes her Journal and returns to her bed to try to sleep the rest of the rainy night away.

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“Loriane you awake?” Travis Calls from outside the tent. “Jules made some of the coffee if you want . We got it made for you?”

Travis steps back as Loriane enters from out of her tent.

“Morning Everyone.” Loriane calmly makes her way to the center of camp standing by the fire. “We Lost three of our core members. In An Accident that no one saw coming. And I know at this time you all probably want to pack up and leave this place.. I would, But if we do we sacrifice all the data they died for, I know this maybe hard to hear but I had a dream last night of a Man that tried to lead me into the temple he was trying to show me something but then I levitated up into into the storm clouds past them I seen in the distant orbit a meteorite on its way to our planet but then I fell back to the ground an awoke before I could hit the ground, So what I'm getting at is I'm Going back into the temple to finally figure out this temples mystery Once and for all.” Robbie Stands up in anger almost hurt at what he just heard come out of the Loriane’s mouth Robbie Protest’s “With all thats happened are you FUCKING NUTZ!” gesturing to his head then swaying his arms in disapproval “I’m not following you in there and no one should follow you to their deaths ethier.” He walks away to the River path in frustration Tina Goes after Robbie.

Travis stands with Loriane “I will help you figure this out Loriane I didn't come all this way to back out now.”Loriane Hugs Travis “Thankyou Travis you don’t know how much this means to me.” Jules Grabs the other M24 and magazines “I’m Coming along.” Janice sitting down looks at loriane “sorry Loriane But I will not go with you.” Loriane looks at Janice “I understand Janice if we Don’t come back out let them know to go back without us.” Catie Shakes her Head “ Your Crazy.. but someone has to keep watch on you guys so I will go.” Jeremy adds “ I’m Coming Too.” Catie puts her Dry backpack on her back. While Loriane opens a storage box “I’ve Got an Idea.”

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May 13 2031 10:00am

We venture into the Temple Again for what I Fear might be our last Time.

Me, Travis, jeremy, jules, Catie the Five us should be able to get to the bottom of this.

Robbie and Tina and Janice are going to pack up what they can of the camp and if we don’t return they will leave back for civilization with the data we have collected this far.

Dad if you're out there Please I Need you More than Ever. please watch over us.

Loriane Closes her journal and places it

In her Storage Box beside her table Loriane stands up and puts her dry pack on and walks out of the tent to meet the team geared and ready to walk into the temple. Catie hands her Robbies helmet “here’s some new head wear.” Loriane puts the helmet on and turns the Lamp on. “Thanks Catie I must have made an Impact to destroy my last helmet.” Catie cringes from the memory and replies “ It’s What Saved your Life, Well that and the Defibrillator.”

The five stand together outside the Temple entrance Rain and wind Starts to pick up.

“Lets get inside!” Travis then leads the way into the Temple with Jules not far behind him followed by Loriane, Catie and Jermey behind tailing the Group keeping rear guard.

The steps are Slippery from the rain Drops falling from the Roof.

It's a Slow walk down the steps when they get to the bottom, The reminder of the dead crew members still remains on the floor “Kevin!” Jules runs for Kevin's body, the others stand observing the room with its beautiful lights and designs on the walls.

“Don’t Touch anything!” loriane takes her back pack off and pulls out a rope “here she hands the end of the Rope to Jeremy “Here hold this End both of you and don't let go.” and she looks to Travis “And Stand back!” Loriane Ties the other end to her body” When I Levitate up hold me just enough to not fly around the room and pull me down before you pull down the levers got it?” Jeremy and Travis look at each other. “You want us to activate the levers and before we turn it off, pull you down from levitation. I think we got it. The question is are you sure you want to do this?” Travis with a look of concern. “Yes I’m Sure.” And then Loriane walks back towards the area where the Crystal pyramid enters the room, while Travis, Jeremy and Catie stand at the levers with the rope end in Jeremy’s hand “ Jules Get over here so you don’t get sucked into the air.” Catie calls for Jules. Jules stands with Kevin in his arms and walks back to the Group. Loriane looking at the group and the crew looking back at Loriane She tells the crew.

“Levitation ME”

Travis and Jeremy pull the levers down and watch the Temple Activate but this time it turned on different it Rumbled and shook an the pyramid rose from the floor, One foot after the next Loriane started to levitate Jeremy loses grip of the Rope and Loriane starts to levitate around the room spinning while the Crystals energy emitting light energy pouring into Loriane’s soul as she feels the sensation coming over her, Taking control of her body again blood rushing to her head the room fades, Loriane starts to see light..

End Chapter 005 The Temple Light Levitation ME Written by Travis Willier copyright 2021