Chapter 59.

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Posted by Short Round from 1Cust157.tnt9.fort-lauderdale.fl.da.uu.net on September 23, 1999 at 19:02:59:

Shorty was groaning on the floor, Aragorn was knocked out, Goodsport was drenched in water on the floor knocked out as well. Indy and Meg were in a alcove in the cave. Miki and Lauren came into the area followed by Indiana Jones. She ran to Shorty and cradled him. Lauren ran to Aragorn.
"Aragorn?" She asked as she shook him. "Are you ok? Speak to me!"
"Well look who it is," Dr. Jones pointed out. "The Indy fellow and Meg are here as well. Thank God you guys are still alive! We were worried sick! If you guys were dead-"
"Dad, look out." Lauren moved her way to Indy and Meg.
Meg had all bight marks on her and Indy was kind of worn out. As if he was dragged by a truck yet no marks or scratches. He put his head up warily to see Lauren.
"It's gonna be alright, we're gonna get you out of here." Lauren assured.
Groaning came from where Shorty and Aragorn were.
"Mom!" Miki yelled. "Shorty is ok!"
Shorty rubbed the back of his head as it throbbed with pain. His head felt like it was hit with a bat!
Shorty tried to get up. He stood on his knees to regain himself. He got up and almost tripped over his own steps. Miki put his arm around her so she can help hold him. Indy took a few minutes to get up and carried Meg. Lauren tried to take Aragorn herself. It was quite a hassel. Suddenly a brilliant flutter of light illuminated the cave. They all fell to the ground as Gandalf stood before them...

- - -

Michaelson, Micah, the Lambert's and the rest of the Phoenix Group ran like crazy to avoid Smaug coming after them. He let another belch of fire out making the gang jump to the ground as it nearly brushed over them. They ran up a steep hill and fell down a steeper one on the other end. They took time to get up as Smaug was about to make another round.

- - -

Gandalf waved his arm as if to indicate something. Shorty seamed more active and Aragorn got up as if from a deep sleep. Goodsport came walking from one part of the cave. Meg's wounds weren't there anymore. She got up also as if from a long deep sleep. Gandalf then disappeared. Silence for a moment.
"So are we gonna set off to get out of this cave or sit here waiting for bus fifty-seven?" Shorty said.
Lauren sat up.
"Let's get going. We don't have time to sit around and relax." Lauren said.
They all got up. They started to march through the tunnel from where Goodsport came from. It seamed to get damper and cold. And very spooky. They started to hear a crunching noise.
"What is this?" Meg asked in disgust.
"It sounds more like farts to me." Shorty joked.
They all ignored him as they walked carefully and kicked their feet. The walls started to glow.
"How the hell!" Indy exclaimed.
"It's moss." Dr. Jones said.
"Huh?" Indy exclaimed.
"It's not a regular moss. It's a radio active moss that glows." Dr. Jones answered.
They were able to see what they were stepping on - Beetles, roaches, and worst of all spiders!
"NO!" Indy exclaimed.
"Indy, what's wrong?" Meg asked.
Indy froze in his tracks. He was re-living those few minutes earlier in the cave except this time there was no flashbacks to take the spiders away from his attention. Meg held Indy by the arm and leaded him forward. Indy was stiff and sweating with fear. Meg leaded Indy more and they came to regular ground. Indy was standing there breathing hard and straining. He took another step, yet his heart was still beating hard with fear. They walked into one section with stalactites. It seamed colder now. As they walked, their feet started to get soaked in water which was rising. As they stopped, the water stopped running up their legs. They noticed they were walking straight into a small pond!
"Water!" Goodsport exclaimed. "You know what this means? It probably leads to an outside pond!"
They all grinned in excitement.
"Come on, let's go!" Shorty said as he walked in the water.
"Shorty, wait!" Goodsport said. "You don't know how deep it may be. I'm going to go see how far some of it is and come back. You guys stay here."
Goodsport walked into the water. With the glowing moss to guide him, he took a dive. He seen the walls start to close in more forming a tunnel. As he went in it he felt a vibration. As he got closer he seen a water-like beast attack. He froze in his tracks. As it attacked him it opened it's mouth to get Goodsport, who put his hands out and holding onto the side of the small tunnel, he pushed back as the monster advanced on him. He raced out of the underwater tunnel and went upwards as the beast chased after him. He swam closer to the land where his buddies were and climbed up as the beast leaped out of the water. Everyone jumped in fear as it lurched out of the water. Goodsport crawled towards them in fear. The beast then crawled up to land. Goodsport, not seeing it, was number one on it's prey list! It slowly stalked up to Goodsport. A stalactite broke from where it was and flew at them, as if by an invisible force. Shorty, by reaction, put his hand out and caught it.
Save him, Short Round! Gandalf's voice said to him.
Shorty held the stalactite with both hands like a lightsaber and ran up to the beast. He swung it like a baseball bat at the beast's mussel! The beast stopped and concentrated on Shorty Round. It lashed it's deadly tail at Shorty who jumped back and fell flat on his back. The beast attempted to jump on Shorty when Shorty suddenly rolled out of it's way. It turned out to Shorty and attacked yet again. Shorty held the stalactite out and it went through the beast's chest! Shorty fell on the ground as the beast, now in agony, lay upon him. The rest of the gang, in shock, went to help the beast off of Shorty. Shorty got up in shock as he seen the gang shove it to one part of the cave. It was a scary experience for him.
"Thanks buddy," Goodsport commented. "I owe you one. By the way, he was the only one who probably inhabited that water. And I seen a glint of light. It's a possibility it does lead to a river or lake above."
"Let's go check it out." Aragorn said.
They all pulled their jackets over their head as an airbubble and jumped in the water. They had a hard time moving through the tunnel since the jacket's working as airbubbles, held them back slightly. As they reached the slope going up, they let their bubbles take them up.

They ended up in a bigger, illuminated cave with a river flowing through it. They went to the source of light. As they were at the entrance of the cave they stared in disbelief as they saw small figures running across the plains toward them - Smaug right above them!


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