The wind start to pick up the higher we sent. Seeing the reflection getting bigger the closer we get.

Still feeling the pin needles still going threw my arm.

Pinky trying to hang on for dear life behind me, while I grip the wolf fur to hang on.

I see the hawk still guiding us towards whatever is on top of the mountain.

“What do think is there, when we get there?” Pinky asks me. “I don’t know Pinky; I just don’t know.” I answer her question feeling the wolf slowing down a little.

I look around seeing the storm hasn’t even moved seeing the lightning still going off every few seconds.

The forest that was there was burned to the ground thanks to the storm.

I feel guilty about seeing Pinky hurt from it. But also who was that old man dressed in white who helped us out?

I have so many questions and very few answers right now.

After what felt like an eternity we finally reached the top of the snowy mountain seeing an old castle made of ice.

Pinky sees this nearly shock her before speaking out.

“This must be the home of the Old Guardian home before running into Chris.” She said out loud.

We get off onto the loose snow and begin to walk toward what looks like the main gates.

The main gates which are made from the same ice have the rest of the castle begins to open unlocking with snaps nearly scaring Pinky from the noise of the gate opening progress making her jump back a little bit.

With all the noise the gate is making echoing throughout the mountains.

The gate pulls open making all the noise in the world gears snapping and grinding from the frozen ice on them breaking off and falling to the snow-clover ground below.

After what felt like an eternity of content noise the gate finally open all the way, letting us come in.

We slowly made our way inside the castle seeing the ice has been built up from being abandoned for only God knows how long.

Just then a strong gust of wind come from inside the building making the pins and needles in my right side shoot up my arm once again making to nearly fall to the ground, but I was able to catch myself on a nearby wall.

Pinky sees this and begins to worry about what’s going on with me, coming up next to me before she asks me I gave a quick response

“I’ll be alright Pinky.” Moving my making it pop in a few places in the old rods.

I notice something about the castle wall that I was leaning on. I take off my glove feeling stone work feeling the heat coming off of it but also cool to the touch.

“This castle isn’t made from ice but crystals, big ones.” I said getting stable on my feet again.

We made our way to an open courtyard covered in ice and snow and the center has something there.

Both of us see this and knows what it is.

Witch is a large glass ball with four crystal columns around it.

“This must be the Guardian's old home before whatever forces him to leave for Earth,” I said out loud.

“Chris told me and my friends about what happened to the old wizard, before giving the element to Chris.” Pinky said out loud.

“I must have been trying to find some medicine when he told you and the others?” I ask out loud. “Yes, you were with both the brothers with you.” Pinky responded.

The wind was picking up again seeing the loose snow being blown away revealing what lies beneath, what was laying beneath a skeleton of a soldier of long ago.

I when over to the long died soldier for anything he used to fight for.

Seeing anything who or what he was working for, then seeing the symbol of the Omega 9 neither red nor purple but from the worn-out clothes before he died must have been late 19^th century or early 20^th after the first world war.

“Interesting.” I said out loud getting Pinky's attention.

“What did you find, James?” She asks me before seeing the corpse nearly making to throw up in the progress.

“Oh sweet Celestia, James.” She said trying not to puke her guts out.

Once she gets a hold of herself trying to not look at the corpse.

“What seems to be so interesting?” She asks me trying not to look at it.

“He must have been dead for maybe two or three hundred years now; from the uniform alone. Not only that he fought for the Omega9 army before the Civil War that tore these words apart.” I said answering her question getting my knife to cut the old symbol off the uniform.

Once I cut it off seeing the old army symbol making asks more questions than it answers.

Why would the army go after one of the guardians?

Then the ground benighted them begins to shake sending the pack in snow off the roof and sliding down nearly hitting me.

The wolf begins to grow at whatever is coming while the hawk above us circles around us.

The shakes become more intent the closer it comes, I run to the edge where the source of the sound seeing only a green glow coming from the fog below.

“What the hell is that?” I said out loud as Pinky made her way here with me seeing whatever climbing the side of the mountain. “I don’t know James. Whatever it is, it is big.” She said out loud trying to answer my question the best she can seeing what's coming up.

The jolts of footsteps coming towards us begin to sound like a bell shaking the ground making us lose our footing making grabbing the nearby wall without having packed snow or crystal rubble off the walls.

Then it stopped making me get my footing again before saying. “Thank god, it stopped.”

Then a leg reaches over the edge of the wall where are hitting the crystal floor making dust and lose snow fly into the air around us.

Then another leg came over this time hitting the wall on the right side of us. The legs were carrying a body over the edge showing us what it looks like, which is a giant spider with glowing green veins throughout the body and its legs that are showing. The mouth is moving and pulsating leaking green liquid falling from its mouth hitting the ground, melting the crystals floor with every drop.

“Oh, crap.” I said out loud only so I can hear then it turns its attention towards me. “Shit.” Was the only thing going through my mind.

The giant spider's mouth begins to glow bright green before shooting off a blast of a toxic ball heading towards me, making me quickly jump out of the way missing me landing the crystal floor covered with loose snow quickly melting from the ball.

Creating a huge hole nearly 15ft wide that nearly making me fall in.

“To close.” I said out loud seeing some of it splashed on me creating holes in my leather jacket.

“You alright?” Pinky asks me nearly going into a panic seeing how big the hole is. “I think so.” I quickly answer starting to feel some of the burn from the holes going into my shirt now begin to touch my skin making it burn a little.

I look a see that the spider is lining up another shot this time aiming at Pinky. “Pinky run!” I shout at her making her to see the spider aiming at her now.

Thinking fast she moves towards inside the nearest building to get cover.

She closes the heavy wood door before the spider takes a shot hitting the building creating another only 5ft wide this time.

Pinky looks through the newly created hole seeing that I haven’t moved yet.

The spider takes among me again I quickly move to find cover heading inside the nearest building.

The building is on the far side from where Pinky is located, but inside is something that I would never see.

A 50-caliber rifle from the same era but looks different a little too modern nowadays. There were four clips one of them already attached to the gun; The gun has a scope as well that looks too modern almost being almost futuristic than anything else.

I grab the gun and three remaining clips before resizing where to put them. Then seeing the bottom of the clips have a holster clip making it earlier to clip to my belt.

Once I’m ready to see the wall starting to melt away from the acid shots that hit the building where I took cover and found the gun at.

I see the giant spider still hunting for me and Pinky, she is safe where she is. But not me. I take aim at the still-growing hole in the wall.

I hold my breath seeing the face and the crosshairs aim at one of its eyes; without a second thought pulling the trigger.

In a quick flash and a push back hitting my shoulder nearly making me fall to the ground. The bullet flew threw the air going the speed of light heading towards the eye and hitting right in the middle sending the green acid-fused blood out threw created a hole in the eye making the spider scream out in pain sending small blind shouts around him landing the crystal walls of the building around it.

I look and see the building where Pinky taking cover has been covered in acid blood dissolving the crystal wall where she is hiding at before she her walking out with a weapon her very own which is a flame thrower.

With the anger in her eyes starts going to town on the spider torching one of its legs. This makes it use one of its other legs to attack but misses with every strike from the pain of losing an eye and torching of one of its front legs.

With every miss Pinky lights up the leg a little bite at a time; With all the moving around that they are doing making very tuff to make a clean shot to the remaining eyes.

I quickly look around seeing an edge with the height I need to make a clean shot. “Keep it busy!” I shout out to her after another miss strike giving me the thumbs up before lighting the leg up again.

I quickly move to a nearby ladder that has been built into the crystal wall and begin to climb up the fast as I can go. Once I reach the top moving to the edge and quickly taking aim but not getting a clean shot, I call out to the spider.

“Hay you son of bitch!” Getting its attention from Pinky so she can take cover. I quickly take aim at one of the other eyes and see it in my crosshairs. Without taking a second thought pulling the trigger and sending the second round out hitting the target taking out another eye leaving only two eyes left.

But the spider quickly on the draw after being hit quickly firing an acid ball towards me but missing hitting the edge where I’m located.

I quickly take aim again trying to take aim at the remaining eyes. The remaining eyes are smaller than the other ones I have already taken out.

I see one of them in my crosshairs and quickly pulling the trigger sending the third round towards it, but missing ricocheting off the thick skeletal skin and hitting the crystal wall behind him.

Elsewhere

Pinky sees me on the edge missing the shot and when inside something that would help.

She when where she found the flame thrower to find something bigger seeing nothing would work before seeing something big under a tarp, pulling on the tarp revealing what is underneath.

She quickly smiles at it before saying. “That will do.”

I take aim again seeing one of the eyes again in my crosshairs and pulling the trigger. Again, missing before feeling something crashing through the crystal walls.

I look and see something crashing through the wall below where I'm standing on. Seeing a tank coming threw stopping in front of the spider aiming its gun at it and opening fire hitting directly in its mouth.

Exploding after impact killing the spider and sending the acid blood all around missing the tank and the wall where I’m at. The remains fall to the ground licking the acid blood where they lay.

The driver's door opens seeing Pinky climbing out seeing the remains of what just happened in front of her.

Before turning to see me climbing down the ladder. “Thanks Pinky.” I tell her.

“You're welcome James.” She tells me getting out of the tank that has now been trashed from the acid blood landing on its tracks.

“I’m not even going to ask where you found this.” I tell her putting the gun down and the unused clips next to the tank that hasn’t been hit by the acid blood, I take a deep breath before feeling the heat from an unknown source going through me finally making the pins and needles in my arm go away.

I look and see the wolf coming out of one of the building remains with the hawk landing on a crystal wall next to him.

The wind picks up again seeing loose snow leading into the building where they are. “Looks like the Guardian wants to show us something.” I said out loud leading towards the opening.

Pinky follows close behind. “I sure hope you know what are you doing, James?” She tells me. “Your guest is good as my now.” I respond to that statement.

The opening leads to a flight of stairs that leads deeper into the complex, the stairway has no source of light leading downstairs.

The only source of light is the zippo lighter in my pocket. “Pinky did you see a flashlight or something in the armory; by any chance?” I ask her.

She opens her mouth before thinking for a moment. “I don’t think I did.” She tells me. “Well then, we’ll going to need something to see down there and my lighter isn’t going to cut it.” I said heading towards the tank-shaped hole in the wall.

I’m looking around in the armory seeing every gun from a musket shot to a machine gun. “Damn, there must be something here.” I said under my breath opening very wooden and metal create.

I hear something behind me making me turn around seeing Pinky walking threw the hole. “What are doing?” I ask her still looking around before having to take my sunglasses off and putting them on my shirt.

“I’m trying to help find whatever it is you are looking for.” She responded making me turn my head towards her, showing her my eyes for the first time nearly shocking her.

She walks over to me getting a closer look at my eyes. “This must be the first time seeing your eyes.” She tells me rubbing my beard seeing my green eyes coming from the sunlight cutting through the hole.

“You have seen something that makes you look older than you look.” She tells me. “I’ve seen things you never would believe.” I quickly responded to that statement. Before seeing something that may help.

“What is that?” I ask out loud walking over towards a table with a small wooden crate that hasn’t been opened yet.

I see a crowbar next to it and pry it open seeing six kerosene oil lamps that can be carried with a handle aka minders lamp.

I pick up one of them seeing something different about them there was no place to put in the fuel at, turning it over seeing a hand crank at the bottom.

“I’ve seen something like this in a movie.” I thought to myself pulling on the hand crank and beginning turning it clockwise for a few seconds. Popping the crank back in turning it upright turning a nob and lighting up with no flame.

Pinky sees this and walks over. “I’m betting Twilight would have a field day with that.” She said out loud grabbing one from the create trying to turn it counterclockwise and not working. Quickly realized her mistake and turned it clockwise for a few seconds.

Then turns it on nearly blinding herself in the progress.

“Alright with a way to see best to get back to that stairway.” I said out loud heading to the hole in the wall before grabbing my sunglasses and putting them back on.

Back at the staircase with lanterns next to us with me leading the way. “James?” Pinky calls out to me wanting to ask me something. “What is it?” I answer her question with one of my own. “There something that always been something bugging me, ever scent we meet you through the riff.” She tells me. “What seems to be on your mind?” I ask her. “It’s with the sunglasses, I’ve never seen you without them until today?” She asks me.

Making me stop in my tracks making me to take a breath before answering. “It happened after the first top-speed test of the mark one prototype of the Ford Custom 500. It was just me in the Utah desert and a Gropro camera. The funding for the project has just dried up and this test would those big fat cats at Ford to say it can be done. On that day I would make a discovery that would change my life forever.” I tell her.

“You mean this place?” She asks me as we made our way down the stairs. “Yes, it is. During the test, I push the car faster than I ever push it reaching 300 mph seeing a flash of light in front of me than a flash a portal open up I couldn’t change direction in time from how fast I was going and when straight through. The next thing I know I was falling threw the air with dark clouds around me, the car when vertical seeing something coming up fast. A track floating thousands of feet in the air. I landed on it nearly running off the track, once I was able to stop and get out to look around seeing the portal where I came from and there was no way to get back up there and there was only one way forward from there, I get back in my car and head down the track as fast I go hoping to find a way back home. The track when on and on seeing things I never thought it was possible, lighting going off around me.” I tell her.

“It was the Storm world, wasn’t it?” She asks me. “Yes, it was. Come to find out I wasn’t alone there on that track. Not long after seeing headlights coming up behind me coming fast, one set red and the other purple. Two cars one painted red and black while the other was silver and purple trying to take each other off the road before seeing me the one painted red and black came up aside me on the driver's side, then hitting me making me spin out of control. I quickly gain control stopping seeing the car that just hit me stopped and turn around to face me stopping only a few feet away and seeing a ball of red color light charging from the front of it. I was fearing the worst closing my eyes before hearing a crash in front of me and seeing the car flying through the air falling off the track into the abyss below. I look and see the silver car save me turning around and heading down the track leaving me alone.” I tell her.

“The person who saved you was a Silenzer?” She asks me again. “Yes, it was. Back to the point of the story after I reached the end of the track seeing another portal and ended up back at the Utah desert where I started. I get out and everything around me was so bright looking like a nuke when off in front of me. I had a pair of sunglasses with me and put them on so I can see. Come to find out the portal done something to my eyes that makes it very impossible for me to see without something to take out that glare.” I answer her question.

“I’ve never known until and take the way you always keep it nearly dark back home?” She asks me. “Yes, that’s why.” I answer her question when nearly reaching the bottom of the staircase into a dark room with nearly nothing it but a light coming from the top leading to a pedestal with a book on it.

The wolf with the hawk on it back on his back walks past us heading toward the pedestal. I’m a little confused about this heading towards it with Pinky looking around and following close behind.

I get closer to the book still closed with the title in gold-like lettering reading out. The History of Omega.”

I crake open the book to the first few pages seeing that it was in English. Making me nearly drop the lantern, I put it down before continuing reading.

I read a few lines saying that there were ten worlds of Omega and the tenth is lost to time.

I continue to read, before calling out to Pinky. “Pinky, I’ve found something interesting.” I tell her getting her attention off from looking at a few platforms around the room but seeing one destroyed leaving only nine in stand of ten.

“What is it, James?” She asks me, walking over to me and seeing the crake open book. “I think this is why they came here.” I tell her closing the book before seeing the platforms begin to light up with different colors except for two, the one been destroyed and the one next to it.

The ones that are lighting up show the previous Guardians even my dad on the platform for the city Guardian. The one for Ice shows the old wizard before Chris toke over the role.

Pinky sees the previous Guardian for her element remembering how badly hurt he was at the end.

“I don’t know if I can take this with us when we wake up. But I don’t want to change it.” I said out loud grabbing the lantern and beginning to head towards the exit, seeing Pinky still looking at her predecessor.

“I think it’s time for us to go.” I tell her getting her attention. “I think you’re right there, James.” She responded heading towards the exit.

The wolf and hawk didn’t follow us before feeling a strong gust of wind pasting us hitting the book and making it fly open, flipping pages until it stopped.

I begin to wonder what is going on and walk over to the book to see what page it landed on.

Pinky curiosity is peaked by this point wanting to see as well.

The book landed on a page somewhere in the middle, and the page read out.

The downfall of the Guardians.

The remaining eight guardians decided to stay after flighting one of their own locking him away with his followers meanwhile the Guardian carrying the 10^th element left to find a way to finish the fight with the army of darkness.

Many years pass and ships came to this world looking for a new home and they them a home. The Guardians were worshiped like gods with their abilities from the elements. Still checking in the 10th world that they made after defeating the army of darkness the first time.

Which started to ring alarm bells in my head before continuing.

The plant change throughout the years seeing things that are nearly scared to death. Then one day the people revolt against the Guardians making them hide in plain sight for disappeared altogether.

One of the newest Guardians that have been chosen by the city element after the former died from an attack leaving no one to carry it.

“Impossible.” I said out loud before looking at the image of my dad standing at the platform, before continuing.

The one who’s been carrying the ice element for many years now using his abilities for a source of good helping the local population and providing joy for many of the children of the 10^th plant for many years until the attack of those revolted against the Guardians leaving many dead in the progress.

“It doesn’t say which faction attacked Chris either the Reds or the Silenzers, or even the Omega Army that attack this place.” I said out loud before continuing.

After that attack things changed for the years to come. Those who attack and those who didn’t of their own reasons to do so, split forming their own factions which became the most powerful faction throughout these worlds

I reach the end of the page making wanting to turn to the next page, but the book didn’t want to let me.

Before trying to force it, the book closed on its own and the platform showing the images of previous Guardians faded away. The light overlooking the pedestal began to fade before hearing some voices coming down the stairs.

Me and Pinky try to hide behind the platforms the wolf and the hawk eyes begin to glow making the same glow go around us without even knowing it.

The voices get louder. “Are you sure this is the place?” Someone asks out loud. “I mean look around this has to be the place.” The other voice calls out seeing two figures coming down.

One is an aging man in his late 50’s to early 60's with a white beard wearing a heavy coat and gloves carrying one of those lanterns.

While the other is someone who is in his early 30’s wearing the same heavy coat as well.

The old man sees the pedestal with the book on it. “We found it, after all these years we found it.” He said excitedly walking toward it. “Professor.” The younger man calls out to him. “I knew that it existed. But those who said it was just a myth.” The old man said putting his lantern down where I put my down knocking it over.

Once it hit the ground the magic around it stopped and busted it open killing the light in the progress which scared the old man made to jump after that, seeing what fail to see the now broken lantern seeing the same one he is using.

Meanwhile, the young man feels something drop on his shoulder and begins to burn making him scream out in pain.

“God damn something burning the hell out of me.” He said out loud quickly taking off his coat.

Which makes the glowing in the wolf and hawk eyes to stop showing themselves to them to the old man and the panicking young man in front of them.

I look and see my arm has stopped glowing as well around Pinky.

The young man sees the lantern that she's still carrying.

“Who's there?” He calls out to her quickly pulling out a 9mm gun, making her quickly get up from where she is hiding. “Don’t shoot.” She calls out to them.

The Professor sees this and quick response. “Ricky, Ricky put the gun down.” Trying to calm him down.

I take a deep breath before standing up. “You better listen to him.” I said out loud making both of them to turn and face me, with the young man now aiming the gun at me now.

“Who the hell are you?” The young man asks me aiming the gun. I hold my hands up slowly walking around the platform.

“From the way you are asking me. I’m guessing both of you never heard of me?” I ask them to make both of them wonder what I’m talking about.

“Who are you?” The Professor asks me making wonder what’s going on. “Cribb, James Cribb is my name.” I answer him.

“Well James, what are you doing here?” The young man asks me still holding the gun. “To be honest, we have no idea either we follow a hawk and a wolf in here leading us to this book.” I tell them making the young man to lower his gun finally.

“I have something to ask you is, what year is it?” I ask them. “It’s 1964.” The professor answers me making me nearly go into shock before realizing Omega years or Earth years. “Earth years or Omega years I him?” I ask him again.

“Omega year in Earth it would be like 2015, my best guest.” He answers my question, before hearing something at the staircase.

“Professor!” Someone calls out making the professor walk over towards the staircase calling out to the person with a response.

“Yes, Captain!” Calls out to whoever is up there. “We have a situation up here!” The person calls out, feeling something coming shaking the room around us.

“That's not good.” The young man said out loud. “Did you see the giant spider outside the building?” Pinky asks them. “What spider?” The young man asks out loud in response.

I begin to rub my eyes a little before responding to that response. “Shit, that isn’t good.” I said out loud.

We begin to hear gunfire going off from the mouth of the staircase before someone call out. “PROFESSOR!”

Making both the Professor and the young man run up the staircase. I when to the opening of the staircase waiting for something still gunfire going off above us when on for what felt like a lifetime now.

Then hearing footsteps coming down seeing the Professor and the young man carry someone that has been badly hurt seeing that it was a soldier wearing nearly the same clothes of those bodies we saw earlier.

The soldier left side has been burned off from being splashed on by an acid blast and shaking from the pain.

Both me and Pinky see this man shaking from the pain, I quickly move over to him getting a closer look at him. “Put him over here.” I tell them leading to one of the platforms.

Once he is laid down on the platform. “Does anyone have any fresh water?” I ask out loud. One of them made the Professor grab a canteen before handing it to me. “Here.” He tells me holding it while quickly taking off my gloves.

“Give it to Pinky.” I tell him looking a little confused before handing it to the young woman standing next to me.

Pinky grabs the canteen from the Professor and opens the top. “Pinky I’m going to use my power to numb the pain while you use the water with your powers to try to heal him.” I tell her getting ready making my hand glow a little.

Once they were ready, I put them over the wound numbing the pain. While Pinky started to use her powers levitating the water out of the canteen making it float in her hands start to make it spin to glow into a sky-blue color.

“Alright Pinky, you ready?” I ask her finishing numbing the wound, she nods at me.

I remove my hands Pinky moves the healing water quickly on the wound, and the water quickly moves into the wound.

The wound quickly begins healing, Professor and the young man seeing what is going on stand in shock at what going on in front of them.

After the wound is fully healed the soldier jump forwards sitting up leaving only the uniform tattered and worn, catching his breath as fast he could, while the Professor put his hand on my right shoulder getting my attention towards him without turning my head.

“What are you?” He asks me to notice something on my neck pulling the collar of my shirt revealing the mark that had been given to me after I’d taken the mantle of the Guardian of the Storm Element.

“You’re a Guardian?” He asks me nearly in shock and confusion. “What?!” The young man said out loud in disbelief.

Making Pinky to pull the collar on her jacket to show them her mark shocking the young man. “Both of you are Guardians?!” He asks both of us nearly shouting at us.

I still see the wolf and the hawk eyes still glowing before suddenly stopping revealing themselves to them.

“Where did they come from?” The young man asks loud seeing them, the platforms begin to glow.

“Professor, what is going on?” The young man asks the Professor. “I don’t know Ricky; the Guardians are always unknown to the rest of us.” He answers the question the best he could think of.

Only eight out of ten platforms are glowing before showing the guardians of old. The first ones who carried the elements.

I look seeing the platform of the City element not seeing my dad but someone I’ve never seen before.

The person standing there is an older man in his late 50’s maybe early 60’s from the way he looks at least in the face. Wearing something of a time period of 1923 gives or takes a few years.

“Dad is still alive being the current guardian of that element.” I thought to myself.

The professor notices that the book unlocks itself and begins to open up on a page with only a few lines on it.

The professor when up to the book saw the page and begin to read.

To does who see this that, dark times lie ahead for those who see this. A Guardian will be taken by the Army of Darkness and when the time comes, to those who hear this after a series of signs. The remaining Guardians will unite the people to fight the Army of Darkness to recover one of their own.

After reading it, the book quickly closes locking itself. The Professor grabs the book from its pedestal. Voices around us started echoing throughout the room getting louder and louder.

“THE END IS NINE. THE END IS NINE.”

The voices keep repeating this praise making everyone including the Professor cover their ears. The Professor doing his best to cover his ears still holding on to the book.

The young man grabs the Professor making him drop the book letting it hit the floor hard making the chatting stop in its tracks.

I uncover my ears finally able to hear myself think. “Thank God.” I said out loud seeing the young man and the Professor starting to have a fight.

“Ricky, what the hell are you doing? The Professor asks him pushing him off begins to hear ringing in his ears getting louder with every passing second.

The young man tells him something, but the Professor is just staring off into space making the young man stop in his tracks.

“Professor?” He calls out to him nothing before putting his hand on the old man's shoulder finally getting his attention.

“Ricky, something has gone wrong with my hearing. I think I’ve gone deaf.” He tells barely hearing his own voice.

Then the book opens up to a page making the young man see what it said.

The page reads as follows.

This is for the young man who reads this. Your Mentor has temporarily lost his hearing and it will take some time to get it back even something to help along those lines.

“What does that even mean?” He asks out loud before the book closes again and locks itself.

“Ricky, I know what means.” I tell him getting his attention before continuing with my train of thought.

“It means he will get his hearing back but without a hearing aid to fully get it back.” I tell him.

“It’s really a nickname, not my real name.” He tells me. “Really then what is your name?” Pinky asks him.

“My name is Adam McDonnell. The Professor starts calling that not long after started working for him.” He tells us to answer her question nearly making her to go into shock remembering the news story that he has taken in.

“James.” Pinky calls out my name getting my attention. “You have a second.” She asks me.

“Of course, excuse me there Adam.” I said out loud walking over towards her.

“What is it Pinky?” I ask her. “You remember the news story back not too long ago?” She answers my question with one of her own. “Yes, I think so.” I answer her question still a little lost.

“When my and the other saw the story on your tv. The person the reporter was interviewing was an older version of him. It has taken me a moment from the face but wasn’t for sure about it until he told us his name.” She tells me.

“So that put us about 20 to 30 years in the past.” I tell her. “Then why are we here?” She asks me questions herself.

The soldier feels like a new man even after having to cover his ears from damage unlike the Professor trying to hold on to the book while trying to cover his ears earlier.

“Adam, Professor; I think working for the army is not in the best interest for me. I think it would be best if I join the force.” He said out loud.

“You mean you’re going to leave us here with no way of getting back?” Adam asks him. “No, not let. I’ll do it after this job is over and done with.” He answers his question.

“Thanks for that.” The Professor said out loud shocking Adam and the Soldier. “I’m getting some of my hearing back now. But still bad.” He said out loud.

I pick up the book before looking at both the Professor and Adam. “Adam, Professor.” I call out to them getting their attention.

“This place isn’t safe for it and I just ask both of you something that may not make scent right now.” I continue my train of thought. “Then what is it?” Adam asks me.

“I need both of you to keep this safe until it’s safe at a later date.” I tell them handing Adam the book before helping the Professor to his feet.

“Now, best to get out of here.” I said out loud heading towards the staircase. “What about the giant spider that is still out there?” The soldier asks me. “Don’t worry about that, because me and Pinky will help to fight it off while you head for the main gate to hopefully there is a car or truck to get yourselves out.” I answer his question shocking Pinky a little by that statement.

“James, what are you doing?” She asks me to make me go over to her to explain. “Pinky, I know this isn’t easy to make scent right now. But that spider that we killed is no doubt the same one. So, we will just fight off we may have to use our powers to do it.” I did my best to explain it to her.

“Alright James, I thrust you but still feel lost about the whole thing.” She tells me walking over towards the staircase.

Still, at the entrance of the staircase, I take a deep breath before slowly walking up the stairs, the others follow close behind.

Once we reach the top. “Wait here, until I give all clear.” I tell them slowly walking out to see the damage in the courtyard, trucks heavy damage with parts of them melted away while others were set on fire.

The weather was clear with every little wind making things every quiet only hearing the footsteps that I was making and the burning remains of the trucks on fire.

The bodies were nowhere to be seen with only a few weapons and a few pieces of gear laying in the loose snow around. “Where are the bodies?” I ask myself seeing this.

I wave my hand giving them the single with the Professor holding the book. “Where did it go?” Pinky asks me seeing the damage. “I don’t know, but it can’t be too far.” I answer her question quietly as possible.

“Where is the Jeep?” Adam asks the Professor. “Do you remember, we park it outside the castle gate.” He answers his question making his voice echo from losing his hearing earlier. “Oh yeah, I forgot there for a second.” He said out loud seeing the damage that was in front of them which was one of the jeeps that they brought with them.

Then the floor begins to shake a little getting stronger every few seconds. “Get to the gate.” I tell them feeling the electricity going threw me going to my right arm, forming itself in my hand getting bigger in the progress. The lighting bolt takes the form of a whip nearly 4 to 6 ft. long.

As for Pinky taking the water from the borrowed Thomas, using her power making it float in the air around her. The water that was left wasn’t enough to use, so she use a nearby water source of a well and melted snow to make a ring of water hovering around her.

The shaking gets more intense with every passing second until I can see one of the legs rise itself over the edge, then seeing another; rising its Hugh body over the wall's edge.

Seeing it again knowing that we can’t kill it, just hold it off until they can get to safety. Dark storm clouds begin to form above us making a few strikes of purple lighting dance across the sky above us.

The Spider notices this and slowly back off a little before one of them hits it making it scream from the pain.

“JAMES, WHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU DOING?!!” Pinky shouts at me seeing the lightning strike. “This isn’t me.” I quickly responded by shouting and seeing more strikes hit it making things worst.

I look around to make any sense about what in slam hell is going on. Before seeing a figure on top of the tower overlooking the courtyard, but quickly glancing back seeing whoever was up there just disappeared.

Pinky sees me just staring off in the distance, she gets my attention. “James, there's no time to be staring off into space.” She tells me getting my attention to the bigger picture right in front of me.

The spider screams out in pain throwing its own body against the crystal walls nearby making the loose snow on top of the walls fall to the ground.

Professor, Adam, and the soldier quickly made their way towards the main gates where the last functional vehicle was hopefully still there.

I quickly look up seeing a bank of loose snow falling above us; I jump into action running toward Pinky grabbing her and moving out of the way.

She drops the water that she was carrying landing on the ground making Pinky finally lose her temper. “WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU JAMES!” She shouts at me getting up making the Spider turns its attention towards her.

“YOU GO DO THINGS THAT JUST MAKE THINGS WORST FOR EVERYONE YOU COME IN CONTACT WITH!” She finally taking her rage out on me before turning her attention towards the Spider.

“AND YOU!” She shouts turning her attention towards the giant spider and pointing at it. “YOU COME HERE KILLING THESE PEOPLE TO PROTECT A STUPID BOOK THAT HAS A MIND OF ITS OWN.” She shouts at it making it turn back a little, the mark on the side of her neck begins to glow in her eyes as well.

The loose snow quickly turns into water making the spider scared. Her rage when to a boiling point making a wall of water before using her arms moving them towards the spider making the wall of water move towards it, hitting and carrying it over the edge making it fall down the mountainside.

Once it was done, she begins to calm down making the glowing in her eyes begin to die down. She begins to fate from the amount of rage that she just let lose I quickly catch her letting her fall into my arms.

Meanwhile

Professor and the others finally reach the main gate seeing the last jeep. Which is a Willis Jeep from World War 2 that has a cover and a heater that has been added in. The soldier gets into the driver while the Professor gets in the back and Adam gets into the passenger seat.

The engine starts up without any problems and gets into gear. Before leaving the soldier asks out loud. “What about them?”

“I have a feeling; we see them again.” Adam answers in response seeing the spider going over the edge.

The wolf and the hawk came to us, and their eyes begin to glow with loose snow beginning to fly around us.

Within a few seconds, we found ourselves back in the present day and we were not alone. Standing behind me was the same old man wearing the cream color suit we meet earlier.

I felt his present and ask him one thing. “Was that you I saw?”

He put his hand on my shoulder feeling something that I can’t understand right now. “I was there helping you from the sidelines from the every beginning.” He tells me removing his hand off my shoulder.

I take a deep breath seeing my breath from the cold air around me. “Then why are you here?” I ask him to make the hawk land on the wolf’s back walking next to him. “To take them back home.” He answers my question petting the wolf.

“What?” I said out loud in confession realizing that I was still carrying Pinky in my arms, which she started coming around.

“James.” She calls out to me before disappearing in my arms. “I think it's time for you to wake up.” He tells me seeing the world begin to spin turning black.

The next thing I know I seeing the fireplace having a fire still going and slowly dying. I feel that my head has been hit with a hammer.

I see Pinky waking up with both Twilight and Chris nearby. I rub my head getting up and seeing the still open window with the storm cloud overhead the building. I wave my hand closing the window.

Chris and Twilight see this a little shocked of that. I realize what I just did, but I didn’t ask it right now with me being in a fog right now.

I slowly get up feeling like crap and the rods stiff with every movement making my back pop in a few places.

“Chris, tell me you have some coffee or something to wake my ass up?” I ask him. “I’ll have to check.” He tells me leaving the room and heading to the kitchen.

Here is the 56^th Chapter in the Story so far.

I tell you I need a break from editing this one. This was a pain in my butt working with what I got, which I'm not going to go into it just wasn't easy this time with Grammarly having a field day trying to help when it's not.

That will be all for now.
This is James Cribb.
Signing Out.