Chapter Eleven: Uncovered Secrets

                                              Chapter Eleven: Uncovered Secrets

    "You made it!" said Max happily.
    Rita gave Donny a hug.
    Donny smiled. "I told you it'd be okay." he said.
    Rita smiled as she pulled back from the hug.
    "Are you okay Venus?" asked Max.
    "Yes, I am. And I have some information for you as well." said Venus.
    She now had everyone's attention as they all quickly took a seat.
    "We're all ears." said Lavia.
    Venus couldn't help but smile at their enthusiasm. "Okay, well, I heard a conversation between Tirus and that Turtle, whose called Razor. It seems as if they killed your dimensional doubles because they had important information." said Venus.
    "Like what?" asked Rita.
    "They knew where to find the medallion." said Venus.
    "Are you serious?!" asked Fay excitedly.
    "Very." said Venus.
    "So how come Tirus and his gang didn't find the medallion already?" asked Lavia.
    "Because your alternates wouldn't give up the information on the location of the medallion. But some information was located in the ruins of that ship. That's why Tirus sent Razor out there, he was supposed to find some clues. Instead, he had to deal with us, and was distracted from his mission." explained Venus.
    "So why'd he take you?" asked Lavia.
    "Apparently he thought I was pretty." said Venus as she rolled her eyes. "He also devised a little plan of luring you all there to get me."
    "Oh." said Lavia.
    Donny took the little video box they found in the ship out of his belt pocket, and looked at it. "Do you think this might have the information that Razor was looking for?" he asked.
     Max took it from him. "What is it?" he asked.
    "A video box that we found at the ship of our alternates. It's a diary of Cleo's." said Lavia.
    "Cleo . . . " Max silently said to himself as he looked at it. He felt kind of sad at hearing her name; she was a good friend. Then he sighed. "This could be of some use." he said.
     Leo turned to Venus. "Is there any other info that you found out?" he asked.
     "Tirus is very busy building up his entire beast army for when he plans to take over the universe and all dimensions. They have special construction workers that are building stronger ships everyday, and they are willing to do anything to get the medallion; and I mean, anything." said Venus.
     "So, we've finally got the information, and the lead that we were looking for." said Max.
     "Now all we have to do is find out everything stored in this little box." said Rita. She then took it from Max, and hooked it up to one of the computers. She typed a few things into the computer, and turned on the device.
     The picture on the little video box was now completely clear, and it started from the very beginning of the diary entries. There were very sad tales about what happened the day Tirus took over, and there was also a piece of information about Tirus being able to kill his dimensional alternate with relative ease, suggesting that Tirus had immeasureable power and strength. Then came the entry that they had been hoping to find.
      "He found it! Max found where the medallion is!" said an excited Cleo. "He said that it's in some ancient ruins by a water front in dimension Silos5. After he builds a couple more travel ships for Rita and Cori, we can go! I'm very excited. I've wanted to destroy Tirus for the longest after what he's done to our lives. We're finally going to get revenge, and I couldn't be happier! Uh oh, Tirus started trouble in another dimension again, it's go time! So again, I sign off. Yours truly, Cleo."
      Lavia and Fay looked at the friend they knew so long ago, and almost cried.
      "She looks so happy." said Lavia sadly.
      "Yeah, if only she were alive right now to really be able to get revenge." said Fay.
      "Well, that's it, we got it. Dimension Silos5, by a water's edge." said Max.
      "This is great! Now we can beat those guys." said Mikey.
      "Don't be happy so fast." said Rita.
      "Huh? Like, why not?" asked Shelley.
      "There's no such thing as a dimension Silos5. I think Cleo pronounced it wrong." said Rita.
      "Are you sure? I mean, there has to be something similar to it." said Max.
      "There are several similarities, about 20." said Rita.
      "Yeesh! Can't we narrow it down a little?" asked Max.
      "The only way we can do that is if we visit each and everyone one, or if we scan each dimension for traces of abnormal energy at water's edge." said Rita.
      Donny sighed. "Back to scanning again, huh?" he asked.
      "I'm afraid so. But hey, at least we don't have thousands of dimensions to search, only 20. And how many could have abnormal energy and at water's edge?" said Rita.
      "True. Well, better get to work. Meanwhile, I'm going to make sure the ships are in supreme working order." said Max as he grabbed a pail of tools, and went to the elevator.
      "Let's eat!" said Mikey.
      "Yeah!" said Shelley as she followed him to the kitchen.
      Venus giggled.
      "Hey, how 'bout we go relax in the living room? I'm beat." said Leo.
     "Good idea." said Venus.
      They both went to the living room, and in there, Venus gave Leo a big hug. "Thank you so much for being there for me." she said.
      "No problem." said Leo as he hugged back. "Anytime."

     Back in Tirus' dimension, Razor and several guards humbly approached Tirus' throne.
      "Sir, we are sorry to say, the prisoner has escaped with her two friends." said one beast warrior.
      Tirus' eyes glowed in anger, be he was too put together to express his anger in words. He just sighed as his eyes returned to their normally strange color. "Fine. You are dismissed straight to intense battle training." said Tirus.
      "Yes sir." they all said, and left the room.
      Razor stood in front of the throne, his wound looking even more disgusting than earlier.
     "Do bandage that soon. You wouldn't want to spread infection." said Tirus disgustedly.
     "No Tirus." said Razor. "I am sorry that I have failed you my friend."
     "No Razor, you have not failed me. You have helped me learn about my enemy." said Tirus.
     "Oh? And how is that?" asked Razor.
     "You see, I judged them all as mere directionless children with extreme anger and hate towards me. But now I see that they have brains, intelligent ones that construct plans. They also have skills. And these new friends of theirs are helping them out in many ways. My plans will have to adjust according to my new discoveries, and the information that these, children, now know." said Tirus.
     "I am glad that you are not angry with me Tirus." said Razor.
     "My friend, we've come a long way together, and you still continue to help me. I shall not ever be angry with you. Now go, fix your wound and rest. We have many things to accomplish." said Tirus.
      "Yes Tirus." said Razor, and he left the room.
      "You have eluded me this time children. But not for long. You will all be dead soon enough." said Tirus darkly as he rubbed the end of the smooth armrests on his throne, and observed his powerful army in training.