~ Jaden crested the sandy hill and stopped to look down on where the media station stood. Takyle was already there and pacing nervously up and down. Jaden was suddenly very worried that he had misjudged the time and that he was late. He slid down the dune at the run and skidded to a halt in front of Takyle, panting. She raised an eyebrow.
"Did you find your item?" she asked. Jaden held up the scepter and glanced over at the com screen. 6.33 minutes left and counting. "I found the key," Takyle continued, and gestured at the top of the com screen. Sure enough, there sat an unassuming, silver colored key. "No word from Andrew yet." Jaden nodded and leaned back against the station, laying the scepter next to the key. After another three minutes had passed he began to open his mouth to ask if they should possibly try radioing Andrew, but he was saved that by Andrew jogging back over the dune that Jaden had watched him disappear behind at the beginning. He held up his empty hands.
"So um, yeah, did you guys find the key and code?" Takyle and Jaden nodded silently. "Ok, I'm fairly certain that the so called "sphere" mentioned is actually referring to the sun, because I couldn't find one other friggin' thing. Kinda makes sense when you look at the clue too," said Andrew.
"What was the clue?" Takyle asked and Andrew pulled the paper out of his pocket and, unfolding it, read aloud.
"Look to the East for life. High treasure, giver of all."
"And you went East?" she pressed.
"Yup, nothing there. Nothing but sand to the horizon. I mean, it could be somewhere else in here, but I don't see any other clues in this as to where you'd look. Sounds like the sun to me...At least I sincerely hope it is because, as I said before, I couldn't find any other explanation." Takyle bit her lower lip. She looked as if she almost wanted to run off and have a look-round for herself, just to make sure. Finally she spoke.
"Alright Andy. If you think that's it, I trust you." Andrew nodded.
"I do think that's it." He picked up the key in one hand and the scepter in the other. "I wonder what we do with these?"
"I don't know," said Jaden. "But what's going to happen when the clock hits zero?" He didn't actually have too long to wait to find that out. The trio all held their breath as the last minute counted down. Painfully white, but familiar light swelled around them and washed out Jaden's vision for a moment. A second later when his eyes adjusted, he saw that he was in an empty, square, white room. Takyle and Andrew stood beside him, Andrew still clutching the key and scepter. They seemed to be in a live-sim lab. ~
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