offering it to the moon. It was obvious who they were. The girls hurried towards the mountain,
and as they got closer they heard loud chants.
“Demons of the Moon, Death of the Sword, Power of the Crown...”
Dr. Murray addressed the crowd. There was an air of nobility around him as he spoke.
“On this ground, our ancestors, the Demons, built a city here and ruled it. The City of Kuma was
a city full of mystery. We were the most powerful empire in the world! Until the day of the Sand
Storm. But tonight, at the Moon’s Shadow, it shall rise again and we will be the legendary Demons!”
The crowd cheered and A.K stepped forward.
“May the ancient city bless us all with its strength, knowledge, and power!” A beam of light
coming from the moon shone on the ground, and the moon’s shadow made a perfect circle inside
the beam of light that surrounded the crowd.
On the outer ring of the circle, the ground started to crumble. Cracked pieces began to fall
apart, like a jigsaw puzzle. First you could see the tops of small buildings and houses, but as
the City began to rise more prominently, you could see the small architectural designs, still
engraved on the walls after centuries of being buried. The designs were of moons, swords, crowns
and demons. With the smoke curling from the cracked ground, Nicole and Alex ran toward the
villains. Alex grabbed the sword and crown, and when it no longer reflected the light of the
moon, everything seemed to stop at once.
“Get them!” Screamed Dr. Murray, livid, his dark eyes glowing. He pointed a gnarled finger
at them. His voice was no longer sweet or smooth. It was raspy, hoarse and fueled by anger. The
crowd circled in on the girls, their eyes glinting with the reflection from the fire on the torches.
“That’s it!” Cried Nicole. She knocked over one of the torches so that it leaned on the next
torch, which leaned on the next. This kept going until there was a ring of intense fire that circled
the crowd.
Alex pulled a smug face at the stunned crowd and smiled heroically. But Nicole was too busy
finding two specific faces among the crowd. She turned around hastily.
“Where’s A.K and Dr. Murray?” Alex’s facial expression contorted to a face of dismay. But A.K
and Dr. Murray were no where to be found. Nicole quickly grabbed the box, sword, crown, and
hurled it towards the ring of fire where it swallowed the precious objects.
Dawn was coming, and Nicole and Alex watched as the large gold disk rose slowly into the
dull morning sky, casting sunbeams that illuminated the whole desert. They stood there for a
moment, bathed in the gold droplets and stared at the message written on the burnt ground:
We’ll
meet again.
