zallia | Nerd Fun Project 3--Part 2

When we last left off in our adventure, our intrepid heroes had just discovered mysterious objects underneath the rubble of the desert pyramid...

They appeared to be eggs of some sort...but after all this time, surely nothing would have survived...?

I distractedly turned to the books, trying to find some indication of the creatures that would have left these behind while Robert preferred the direct approach...

I was still engrossed in trying to translate the ancient writing when suddenly I heard Robert shout "My eyes! They burn!!"

I turned to see something most terrible and frightening! And then the screams began...so much pain in that voice, as though his soul were being ripped asunder!!

And when he was able to look up at me again, the Robert I knew was no longer there...someone else...something evil had taken his place...

I was transfixed by the horrid eyes, peering straight into my mind, trying to understand what had happened to my friend...my partner, when he suddenly reached for the shovel...

And I knew then that I was going to have to save my friend one last time...

Right before I plunged the knife into his heart, I saw my friend return, fear in his eyes, but also gratitude and I knew then that though it pained me and I knew my heart would be filled with horror and sorrow for the rest of my life, that this was the right thing to do...to free him from this curse so that his soul would once again be his own...

That moment when he regained control was what I needed to break through the monster's defense and destroy the awfulness that we ourselves had unearthed...The creature screamed in pain as it's pitiful life was finally ended, now doomed to roam hell for all eternity...

But as it died, so did its magic, the only thing supporting the pyramid after all these years and as the bricks started to fall around me, I had no time to mourn for my lost companion...I had to find my out of there...now...alone...