Race to the Top

Red and Ari were hanging on for dear life. They didn't think the magic beanstalk would rise up with the speed of a rocket off to space.

It felt like everything was suddenly a blur of rain and clouds and thunder. And when they sped past the gathering of storm clouds, everything looked different.

The next level was actually a bit smaller compared to the one below them. It was a pink desert with what looked like a mini zen garden with a wrinkly old bonsai in the middle and pretty tiny yellow flowers in a sea of green surrounding it.

There were flashes of movements around the oasis and then a vine whipped and cut through the age-old tree. Gunshots echoed and it looked like Terra and the tiny bitch were actually fighting.

Red couldn't see signs of Noelle or Stella Marie and their warriors. Perhaps they had gone off to the next level while Terra and Serena fought. She could see the monstrous form of Serena's warrior fighting Rafael in a hand-to-hand combat.