the trees, searching and peering for an intruder. One by
one, they leapt over one another like acrobats in a circus.
Flying into the marsh area, there was no place for Sam or
the others to run, so they had to fight. Out jumped
Samantha with her sword, fight, followed by Jane and Sam.
The three were nervous and scared, but they knew that
the show must go on, and so it did. The foot soldiers began
to fight and tumble with Samantha and the others, but it
was not as easy as they had thought. Samantha was a skilled
fighter, using her ninja skills she fought with the foot
soldiers, giving them a long drawn out fight while she
instructed Sam and Jane to go and get help.
Sam did not want to leave Samantha alone, but he saw
that she was doing fine; so both Jane and Sam took off
through the temple grounds, looking for any survivors. Meanwhile, foot soldiers were on their heels; the faster
Jane and Sam ran, the foot soldiers ran even faster.
As Samantha fought, slashing the soldiers with her
sword, Jane broke away from her husband and went in another
direction, and so did the soldiers; half followed Jane and
the other half followed Sam. This was a strategy of divide
and conquer; the foot soldiers cornered Jane in a dead end.
She had nothing to fight with, just her gift of growing.
"Ha, ha, ha, what are you going to do now, little
lady?" said one of the soldiers.
Jane quickly touched the tree that she was leaning on,
and it immediately came alive and recognized Jane as its
healer. With a loud roar, the tree picked Jane up and sat
her on a branch, and then went after the foot soldiers. One
by one, it kicked and threw them with its branches and
limbs. The foot soldiers tried to scatter like household
mice, but were caught by their garments, picked up, and
tossed through the air by the tree.
Jane kissed and rubbed the tree, thanking it for
saving her. Now it was time to save her friends. Jane told
the tree to follow the foot soldiers that were chasing her
husband. The tree snapped Jane tightly in a hole in its
trunk and began to run after the soldiers. It was a scary
sight for the foot soldiers to see a large tree running after them; they screamed like cowards as the tree tossed
them one by one, through the air they went, crying and
screaming as they ran through the temple grounds.
Even Sam was afraid to see the tree as it came face to
face with him. Then Jane popped out of the tree trunk to
let Sam know that it was okay. Sam was relieved and glad to
hear that. Up onto the tree Sam climbed, and then Jane had
the tree make a u-turn and pick up Samantha. She was
running from a group of foot soldiers, and as she ran
toward the tree, so did the foot soldiers.
When the tree made a loud roar, it blew the soldiers
through the air. As one of the soldiers tried to summon
help, it was crushed by the roots of the tree like a hot
marshmallow on a stick. Jane ordered the tree to move
faster toward the prison camp.
Just as the tree made its way over to the camp, it was
pulled below the surface. Screams filled the air as Jane
and the others were quickly tossed out of the tree. On the
ground, one by one they rolled, each getting a mouth filled
with dirt. No one had any idea what was going on; then the
ground began to shake and quake. Earth began to fall into
the open hole; Jane and the others quickly moved away; out
came a large statue built from the finest stones. It stood
about twelve feet tall, and was in the form of a barbarian man. With its shirtless body and leaves for an
undergarment, it carried a large shield and sword made out
of silver and gold. Huge gold bracelets graced its arms and
ankles; its hair was made out of the finest white silk, but
when this creature turn around, it had no face!
Masons were still carving its face. Before the alarm
went off, the creature knocked the masons off of it, and
began to crawl out of the hole. With no face, just an eye,
it was fixed on Jane and the others.
"Run!" shouted an unknown voice.
Before Jane and the others could see where the voice
was coming from, they were pulled to safety by unknown men.
The creature came out of the ground like a hungry bear,
searching and scavenging for its prey. The huge statue
began to chew on the tree that saved Jane and the others.
The tree called out for Jane, but there was nothing
she could do. Although she wanted to save it, she knew that
it was too dangerous; she and the others continued to hide
behind an old headstone in the center of the courtyard.
As the monster came closer and closer, knocking over
everything in its path, Jane and the others got a close
look at the people who’d saved them. Behold, it was a few
of their fighters who had managed to stay alive and
breakout of the camp. The fighters were also glad to see Jane, Samantha and Sam. These men and women looked as if
they had been through a tough time; they were ill, dirty,
and some were badly wounded. But they were still willing to
fight and save Baja.
Before they could talk further, they had to destroy
the statue that was coming after them. One by one, Sam and
the others threw rocks to knock out the eye of the statue,
hoping to stop it from seeing them. They kept throwing, but
just barely missed the eye. The statue was not pleased, and
came after its attackers.
With its shield, the statue blocked the incoming rocks
and stones, then opened its mouth, and out jumped dead
corpses by the hundreds. One by one, they began to run
after Sam and the others. They were nothing more than skin
and bones with a little bit of flesh still hanging onto
their bones. Worms crawled out of their mouths and eyes.
They smelled like rotten fish, and their old musty bones
creaked as they moved. It was as if an entire graveyard had
come alive inside the mouth of the statue.
The corpses were endless; there was no way anyone
could stop this influx of evildoers, but Samantha would not
give up. She ordered everyone to fight to the death, but it
was useless. The harder Samantha fought, the more the dead
came after her; piling on top of her one by one, biting and chewing at her bones. Samantha tried to kick them away, and
once again Sam got angry and began to turn orange.
His skin turned from its original color to orange
slowly, creeping up his entire body, and then his orange
hair began to do a twirl into the air as if it was being
blown by a fast wind. One by one, Sam went through the
crowd, punching and kicking his way to save his friend
Samantha; and one by one the creatures huddled around Sam
like a tidal wave.
Then it became silent; not a sound, as if the air had
gone deaf. Jane began to fret for her husband and friend,
but then out of the blue, like a mad man, Sam threw the
large group of corpses into the air. Sam was filled with a
massive dose of strength and power. The dead went flying
through the air like a wind blowing a leaf, but once again,
the statue let more corpses out of its mouth, and it became
too much for Sam to fight off.
Finally out of strength and breath, Sam's body fell to
the floor. The corpses began to cheer and clap for their
master; then through the air, on a flying bat, came Bella.
The bat was large and black, even its eyes were black, and
it showed no sign of fear whatsoever. The bat’s chest and
head were protected by a silver helmet and silver
breastplate. On top of the bat sat Bella on a finely made saddle with a lasso in her hands as she ordered the bat to
stop and lower her down.
Bella was nicely dressed, with her long black see
through dress and cape; knee high leather boots, and a
golden helmet that protected her head. Her long black hair
flowed in the wind, her cherry lips made her face look so
innocent and friendly.
As she was being lowered, through the air came another
bat with a rider, Marcus. He had on a finely crafted
leather cape and uniform, and he too wore a golden helmet.
On his chest lay a golden breastplate that glowed with red
codes. A section of his orange hair could still be seen
through the gaps of the helmet.
The silver belt that held up his pants had a skull
belt buckle that also glowed in the dark. Out of the buckle
came a whip that he used to beat his bat with. Pain and
agony made Marcus happy; anything that suffered made him
happy.
Bella and Marcus were two evil people in love. Once
Marcus landed, he and Bella kissed and showed their
affections for each other. Then Bella ordered the dead
corpses to scatter. When they heard Bella’s voice, they
scattered like scared dogs, whimpering as they moved back
into the mouth of the statue. At first Sam and the others went unnoticed by Bella
and Marcus, because they were so heavily covered by the
dead corpses. But once the corpses moved away, Marcus
noticed his brother by his orange hair. Marcus quickly ran
to his brother’s side, but not before Bella pulled him
away, replying that Marcus was turning soft and should not
feel for his brother. Bella told him of how he needed to
remember that Sam was his enemy now and not his brother.
Marcus’ eyes glow a bright green; he quickly moved
from the side of his brother and began kicking and spitting
on him. This was what Bella loved to see, two brothers
against one another. Jane shouted at Marcus, calling him a
traitor, and neglecting his family name. Marcus slightly
turned around and then continued to listen to Bella as she
ranted and raved of how powerful they would be once they
did away with Peter.
There was no remorse or any type of regret in either
Marcus or Bella; they had now officially abandoned and
betrayed the one man who truly believed in them. But they
couldn’t care less; they were on their way to being the
proud rulers and elders of Baja.
Bella ordered her remaining foot soldiers to take Sam,
Samantha, Jane and the other fighters to a holding cell,
and to put one of the rock dogs as a guard. The foot soldiers loaded Sam and the others into a carriage and
headed them toward the camp. Out of the bars, Jane and the
others could see the deplorable condition that Bella had
David and the others living in.
Some of Sam's men were chained to the ground with
thick layers of chains; there was little water and very
little food. Many of the fighters were ill and dying; even
many more were starving to death. As Jane looked through
the corner of her eye, she saw a heap of dead bodies lying
along the way. Many of them were Sam's fighters, and many
were innocent citizens of Baja that were captured as slaves
and put in a camp to appease Bella.
Jane covered Sam's eyes as he lay on the floor of the
wagon, she did not want him to see how mistreated his men
were, how their bodies were thrown to the side like old
garbage. But Sam got himself up and saw the horrible sight.
He shouted to everyone, "We are here, we will fight
together!"
But no one wanted to hear that; there were only a few
that still had a little fight left. As the wagon came to a
complete stop, out jumped the foot soldiers, dragging and
pulling Sam and his friends out of the wagon. They then
tied Sam and the others to a large chain as if they were
wild dogs. Sam did his best to get loose, but the chains were too
strong; they were much stronger than Sam, and made out of a
silver liquid that no one had ever seen before. The other
prisoners just stared at Sam and the others. To see their
leader captured and now a prisoner like they were was
depressing.
As the dust from the ground floated through the air,
on her bat horse came Bella from the sky, with Marcus not
far behind. Bella was happy, this was the capture of her
life; she couldn’t wait to show off her catch to the other
wizards. Bella whipped Sam with her lasso, and then took
here long nails and carved a code onto Sam's chest.
Once Bella finished, the code glowed, his body shook
violently, and then Sam was knocked out. Jane called for
her husband, but he would not answer. Then Marcus came face
to face with Jane as saliva spew from his mouth, and his
spit became acid.
He bent over to Jane and whispered in her ear, "I am
number one now."
Jane moved her face away from Marcus as his breath
stunk and turned into green foam. As Jane was about to
insult Marcus, she noticed another figure moving in the
background. It was very dark, and the hooded figure stood
in just enough light so that she could only see the mouth move.
It shouted to Bella and Marcus, "We must get the boy,
and quickly."
Then, just as quickly as it came, the hooded figured
disappeared into thin air. Jane worried about Peter and
knew that they must find a way to escape. As Bella and
Marcus left for the night, they carefully added more foot
soldiers to guard the new prisoners.
Jane looked around wildly; to see if she could find
any familiar faces. Behind one of the tents stood a skinny
man, unrecognizable to Jane, but he motioned to her to keep
quiet, and so Jane did. She watched and waited for the man
to come closer, and when he did, it was David!
Jane was filled with excitement and wanted to hug him,
but was chained to the floor. Her father-in-law David was
still alive and still had a little fight in him. All night
the foot soldiers stood watch, but just as the night was
coming into full darkness, many of them dozed off for a
little wink of sleep.
David quickly ran over to Jane, hugged and kissed her
rosy cheeks. As the foot soldiers slept, David quickly used
some type of mirror gadget to loosen the chains. They were
hooked to some type of force field, and David being a man
of inventions came up with a way to deflect the force field from Jane's chain.
The two quickly and quietly snuck off into the bushes
as the other men kept a look out. David explained to her
that for weeks he had been trying to escape, but he’d had
no luck. Still, he had found many secret passages to the
temple, and maybe one would lead out to Baja.
Jane was more concerned with Sam and the others. David
explained that, come tomorrow morning, they would all be
free. Quietly and quickly, David freed a tired and weary
Sam. He looked upon his son with pride and comforted his
badly beaten body in his arms. Then Samantha and the others
were freed, and dummies made of grass and twigs took their
places. It would only give them enough time to make it to
the main temple. After that, everyone had to fight for
their lives. Fireballs graced the night sky; they covered
the entire area of the temple. Then a beam of light shot
down inside the temple.
"Oh, no! Cilus has risen," said David.
He explained to everyone that Cilus was the sick
wizard, and now, because of the white rhino plant, he had
risen and was now better. Jane apologized for her part in
saving the plant, but it had to be done to save Baja. No