Daring felt like she was swimming in fear as she tumbled down to the lava. Suddenly a blast of heat came; Daring shot up out of the temple into safety and the sense of relief was over-whelming. Then came the pain her right wing burned with pain and all over she was bruised and battered, the scratches on her hind hooves hurt like crazy, Daring moaned in pain. What about the statue? She thought. It was probably too late anyway. She looked up and the statue flew out of her hat and on to the ground in front of her, another blue figure appeared.

“You thought you could evade me and capture the relic for yourself, but you were sadly mistaken Ms. Do. And now, you shall meet your doom!” Ahuizotl yelled the last part as he held the Sapphire stone. Ahuizotl pulled out a whistle shaped like a cat and blew. Suddenly the cats came back, the tiger, the leopard, the jackal, the Black Panther and the pussy cat. Ahuizotl cackled manically and chortled with gibbering bursts of laughter.

Chapter seven: Another Day, Another Dungeon

Daring Do struggled as the bonds that held her to the table squeezed tighter.

“You won’t get away with this Ahuizotl!” Daring grunted in anger.

“But I already have.” Ahuizotl said simply in that same silky voice. He turned and pulled a lever.

“Ugh! Not again.” Ahuizotl waved goodbye and ran away with his cats following him. Suddenly the walls grew spikes and started to close in. Daring Do struggled more. Spiders began to crawl out onto the spikes. Cobras crawled in and came up to meet Daring’s eyes and sand poured in the room. “Quick sand!” Daring Do said and struggled more. “Feels like the harder I struggle, ugh, the tighter the ropes get.” She struggled even more and her hat fell off. She looked over at the lever and grabbed her hat with her teeth and with her hind leg she launched the hat across the room. The hat flew around the room hitting various objects but she never got the see if it hit its mark because sand came up all around her and filled her nostrils so she couldn’t breathe. Suddenly the sand came down and the ropes busted. The hat hit the lever! She was free! She breathed in the sweet air and chucked sand out of her ears. The door opened and Daring got her hat and put it on. “Another day, another dungeon.”

Chapter eight: Defeat

Ahuizotl sat petting his pussy cat, chuckling. “With Daring Do out of the way, the world with suffer at my hands. I AM VICTORIOUS!” Ahuizotl screeched with laughter. Suddenly Daring swung on a vine and snatched the little blue statue out of his tail hand.

“I’ll take that.” She said smiling. Ahuizotl gasped.

“What? Nooooo!” he yelled.

“Better luck next time Ahuizotl!” Daring said and tipped her hat.

“Curse you, Daring Do!” Ahuizotl yelled after her and screeched insanely…

And so with Ahuizotl defeated, and the Sapphire Statue secured the world was safe and sound once again thanks to Daring Do.

The end