...The Way To The Bottom...

Aaron and Sarra entered the dark temple, they walked carefully through a long dark hall.

- We are at the top of the pyramid, we must find a way to get down

- I remember Rodriguez said that there is an older temple inside this one.

- I think we will find the next clue in that place.

- Do you think that Dylan is there?

- Yes, I'm quite sure, but I couldn't guess what did happen between him and Rodriguez. We chose that man to be our guide. Was he aiming for us from the beginning?

- Don't bother, we must find Dylan first to know what happened the last night.

Aaron suddenly stopped.

- What's wrong, Aaron.

- I feel a slight breeze of wind coming from this side of the wall.

They checked the wall carefully:

- Yeah, you are right. I think there is some kind of a secret door, we must find a way to open it...

And before Sarra could finish her words, Aaron hit the wall and broke it right away.

- What did you do?

- I hate wasting time.

There were stairs leading down.

- We found the way.

Aaron checked the rest of the hall in case there was something else.

- There is nothing else here. Those stairs are our only way.

They started climbing down the ancient stairs carefully.

- Do you think that Dylan passed from here?

- Yeah, probably. Look, there are two pairs of footprints. I suppose it belongs to Rodriguez and Dylan.

- They kept heading down until they reached a big empty chamber.

- This is the end of the stairs.

- But we have not reached the bottom yet!

- The footprints are heading somewhere. Come on, let's follow them.

Sarra used her magic to lighten the footprints and made them more visible.

- The footprints are heading that way.

They followed them until they hit the wall.

- Now what? Is there another hidden door?

They checked the wall, yet there was nothing behind.

- There must be something else.

She looked carefully at the symbols that were engraved on the wall. Five symbols were put in a circle. The moon, a mummy, a flower, the pyramid, and the Ankh symbol.

- Look, Aaron, at those symbols.

Aaron reached his hand and pressed one of them. Surprisingly, it was pressed like a button.

- I think this is the solution.

Aaron pressed all of them, however, nothing happened.

- What's wrong? Nothing is happening.

Sarra took a closer look at those symbols.

- Hey Aaron, don't they look familiar?

- What do you mean?

- We already encountered those symbols while looking for the previous clues.

- Yeah, you are right!

- Try to press them according to the order of their discovery.

Aaron reached his hand and started pressing the symbols again.

- First the Pyramid, then the Ankh symbol, the mummy, the flower, and finally the moon.

When Aaron pressed the moon, all the symbols shined then, in the center of the circle another symbol appeared. It was a sun symbol. Aaron reached his hand and pressed it carefully. At that moment the whole room moved down like an elevator.

- Be careful! The whole room is moving!

After a few minutes, it stopped, then the wall was removed.

- The footprints appeared again, let's follow them

Other stairs took them deeper into the pyramid until they arrived in front of a big Golden Gate.

- Aaron, can you open the gate?

Aaron put his both hands and pushed the gate. After a lot of effort, it started to open, but suddenly Aaron stopped.

- Why did you stop?

- There is no way, Dylan or even Ricardo could open such a gate.

At that moment, Rodriguez showed up from the darkness. He was holding Dylan while putting a gun on his back.

- DYLAN!

- YOU BETTER OPEN THAT DOOR IF YOU WANT TO SEE YOUR FRIEND ALIVE.

Said Rodriguez while stepping forward slowly. His face was completely different. The tender smile that he often showed to them turned to an evil expression.

As for Dylan, his face was full of bruises and his mouth was shut with a rag.

Rodriguez put the gun on his head:

- HURRY UP, SHOW YOURSELF, OR I WILL SHOOT HIM RIGHT AWAY.

Sarra removed the invisible spell.

- Who are you?

- IT DOESN'T MATTER, JUST OPEN THAT DAMN DOOR!

- You know who we are?

Rodriguez smiled cunningly.

- I know that you are Tarou's wife. I have caught you since the moment you set foot in Mexico. I see that your husband didn't tell you about me.

Sarra became very surprised:

- TAROU! WHERE AND WHEN DID YOU MEET HIM?

- I won't say any other word until you open that gate.

Dylan was mumbling while his face looked very worried.

- He is trying to say something to us.

- Yeah, there is something dangerous going on

- I can use my light power to stop that bastard.

- Hold on, We don't know what is that person exactly, but I'm sure that he is not a human.

- Even so, we are much more powerful than him.

- Yeah, I know that, but any wrong move could kill Dylan right away. You must do it when he is distracted. Open that door and let's see what is behind it.