Talec, Coppertop, Splash and Nobara headed down the sewer pipe, heading south towards something glowing red and yellow up ahead.
'By the way,' Talec said to Nobara, 'where does your name come from?'
'Thats a secret,' Nobara said, 'but call me Wildie I prefer it.'
'Oh okay...'
'Stop everyone!' Splash said as he saw the glowing piping close up ahead.
'What is over there?' Coppertop asked.
'I have no idea,' Talec said as he stepped a little closer. He observed the glowing carefully. It was pulsing, first red, then yellow and back to red again in a continuous pattern.
'What could it be?' Wildie asked.
'Lets find out!' Splash said as he began running forward.
'Splash, no!' Talec said as heran after him. The others followed too.
After travelling a little more through the pipe they saw what was pulsing with those colours. It was some kind of generator. It was big and semicircular like half a barrel placed on the ground. It had loads of buttons all over it and was glowing with bright colours that made everyone wince their eyes.
'A generator...' Talec said, 'but for what purpose?'
The generator glowed with blue and yellow colours now.
'I think were about to find out,' Splash said as they stood back a little.
The generator suddenly created a large warp above it, which warped three creations on hovercrafts out of it into the sewer pipe. They raced at top speed towards the four rabbits.
'Duck!' Coppertop yelled as they approached. They all did so and only just managed to miss being hit and flattened.
The creations kept going, yet there was one that lagged behind a little. Talec quickly drew out a blaster and shot the creation. He killed it and the hovercraft stopped. He ran over to it and said to the others:
'Guys, go into that warp, I'm going after those creations, ok?'
'Talec,' Wildie said.
'Just do it!' he said back as he sped off on the hovercraft, chasing after the two creations. The others didn't stop and hesitate, they went towards the warp and jumped into it, unawatre of where they were heading...
-MEANWHILE-
'Not far now,' Rumbo said as they had finally reached the bottom of the mountain slide.
'Good,' Angel said, 'my back is killing me.'
'One question, Angel, an you create anything?'
'Erm yeah why?'
'Couldn't you have just created some kind of craft to fly us down the mountain?'
Angel went purple over his red fur, 'Erm...yeah....sorry...'
'Forget about it,' Rumbo said with a smile.
They went across to the large cave and peeped inside it. They saw lots of scientific equipment and documents, all pilled up and not a filing cabinet in sight.
'Tidy,' Angel sarcastically commented with a smile.
'Indeed it is...'
'You can say that again, Rumbo...'
'Erm, Angel, I didn't say that...'
Angel looked at Rumbo, 'Then who...'
Both then suddenly turned and looked into the cave as a purple mist came out of the floor. From the mist came what looked like a floating rabbit with no feet. It was a ghost.
'...Father?'' Rumbo said, walking closer a little.
'Indeed it is my son,' Gargant said back, emerging from the purple mist, 'I no longer lived like I used to.'
Rumbo smiled and began to cry, 'I'm sorry, father...'
'It is not your fault, Rumbo' Gargant said, 'it is my fault for raising you with a father as a liar and untrustworthy.'
'No father,' Rumbo said, 'I know why you did what you did. I understand..'
'I thank you son...both my sons...' Gargant said, looking at Angel. Angel stepped forward a little.
'Do I really exist?' Angel asked Gargant, 'Am I really a person?'
'You were the son I had when you were first born. You were two personalities in the same body. When you were banished from Carrotus Castle you changed and became the Rumbo Rabbit I see before me. You both exist, my sons, I did not have one child I had two. I am so proud of you both...'
'But I have died three times!' Rumbo said, 'And I never knew Angel existed.'
'Does that really matter?' Gargant asked, 'He lives and now you know. You are one person as two. Only you two can stop Nebula. Not even the resistance can.'
'You made that stuff up about me being leader didn't you?' Rumbo said, 'You made me go there by lying to me.'
'It was the only way, Rumbo...'
'I guess so. Nebula has to be stopped.'
'Definitely,' Angel said, 'but how?'
'That is what we must find out,' Gargant said, 'but now is not the time to stand and think. You have a friend in need.'
'Who?' Angel asked.
'Talec,' Rumbo said, sensing him, 'hes alone, underground. I'll go and help him.'
'Me too!' Angel said.
'No, stay here...' Rumbo said, 'I will go alone. Only one of us is going to die, not both.'
Angel nodded with regret.
Rumbo then raced off through a TIME warp, heading back into the sewer piping.
'What can I do?' Angel asked.
'Wait, wait for the others,' Gargant said, 'Past was successful, Present still continues and the Future will succeed...'
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'With his father dead and his life as confusing as TIME itself, he stood independantly with his blaster and sword by his side. He was going to save the world, no doubt about it...'
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