Chapter 12: The End or a New Beginning?

Book Survivor Adventure Mountain

Voted off: Treasure Island
Winner: Bloody Jack


I fell to my knees. Lucy was gone. What was there left to do? The Heeperbopper smiled at me and began advancing toward me. It cackled. I picked up knife that Lucy had lying beside her on the ground and began to lunge forward to attack the hideous beast. The Heeperbopper screamed and jumped toward me, flailing its red arms toward me. I slashed the arm, causing black goo to flow out of the wound. The Heeperbopper screamed again and fell backwards. I kicked it, trying to get rid of all the rage I felt from Lucy's death. The Heeperbopper began to get back on its feet. I thought of Lucy..of Max..of what would have been at the top of this peak. Then I used all of the strength I had remaining in my very soul and ran toward the Heeperbopper with my knife shining. The creature sunk into my knife and let out a piercing yell and fell backwards into the lava. I howled and cried as I realized just what I had lost. Max..Lucy...my sanity....I stumbled toward the ring...

The ring stood on the pedistal and shined in my eyes. I picked up the ring and put it on my finger and began to think about my life before I left on this trip. I rubbed the ring and closed my eyes...

"Simon?" a voice said. I turned around. Max was standing next to me with a puzzled look on his face. "What's up?" I smiled. Behind him, Lucy shared an equally puzzled expression.

"Your boat shall be arriving shortly," a voice came over a loudspeaker. It appeared we were on a boat, bound to Adventure Mountain. I had to make it to the peak! I could hardly contain my excitment. I was given a second chance! The ring which was on my finger had turned a dull brown, as if it had been sapped of all its power.

As we disembarked off the boat and made our way onto the sand, I spotted the Holes that had once plagued our journey. Lucy consulted the map. "This way!" she yelled. I began to follow her, with Max close behind. I glanced into the water and saw a shark that seemed a bit too familiar.

"Wait!" I shouted. Max turned around.

"What is it?" he said. Max's familar features washed over my worry and filled me with comfort. Was it possible to change the future? "Isn't this where we want to go...to the top of the peak of Adventure Mountain?"

I shook my head. I looked in the opposite direction of the path that would lead to the demise of my two closest friends and saw a sign planted in the ground that read "To Treasure Island." Treasure Island? This sounded even better than whatever Tom Foolery would be awaiting me at the peak of Adventure Mountain.

A little man stepped out from behind the sign. He was covered in somehing red from head to toe. "Hello me friends," he said. "Me name is Jack."

"Why are you so Bloody, Jack?" asked Max. Jack laughed and took off his helmet, revealing a bloody red brain. "I am not Jack, I am a Heeperbopper who is here to stop you from altering time!" Max and Lucy appeared shunned.

"How is this possible?" I screamed. The Heeperbopper just laughed.

"Time is my domain. You are not authorized nor experienced enough to alter reality." The Heeperbopper grabbed onto Max and Lucy's arms. Max began to struggle, but Lucy's eyes had a hauntingly familar look to them. "She remembers..." said the Heeperbopper.

"I won't let you take my friends!" I shouted. The Heeperbopper appeared confused for a moment, then it began laughing. "Take me instead!" The Heeperbopper drops the arms of Lucy and Max.

"That I would be happy to do!" he said. He grabbed onto my arm and began to spin quickly, producing a vortex in the air. Max and Lucy stared at me.

"What are you doing?" shouted Max.

"Who is this creature?" screamed Lucy.

I bowed my head and accepted the hold of the Heeperbopper. As I felt my body disappear and my mind begin to weaken, I thought of the confusing, yet amazing adventure I had experienced. If I had only one more chance...if I could say one more thing..If I..




Max stood over Lucy, who was lying in a hospital bed. Max appeared very nervous. A woman came in with a calming expression on her face, carrying a small bundle. The bundle contained a baby, which was presumably Lucy's. Lucy smiled at Max.

"What do you wanna name him?" he said.

"Simon," said Lucy.

"Simon?" asked Max. "What kind of name is that?"

Lucy laughed. "I don't know, but somehow it seems right..it seems....familiar..."

The baby look up at its new parents, ready to start its journey into the world.


The End