Outside
Runo and Thurik stood in front of the remnants of the jet. Thurik spoke.
— Wow... Can't you fix it?
— How?!
— I don't know, but look, the ends of the wings are preserved, maybe it will work.
Suddenly, the vibrations were repeated.
Runo shouted.
— Run!
At that moment, a giant bone worm burst out of the sand again. The guys managed to dodge, but the worm rushed at Thurik.
The moment the worm caught up with the boy, a powerful fireball flew in, which threw the worm away.
He buried himself in the sand again. Glory and Fleur helped the boys reach the pyramid.
Runo asked.
— What's the plan?
Glory spoke up.
— How should I know? We'll ask Mirai if they can call a car for us.
The guys went to the room with the crown, where the rest of the team was fighting off the mummies.
Deila, seeing the reinforcements, jumped up and tried to fly up, but fell to the floor.
— What?
She said to herself.
Ray raised his hand to his head and spoke.
— Lex!
— Huh?
— Take Mirai and let's go!
— OK.
The guys ran out of the room.
Glory asked.
— What are you doing?
Ray spoke.
— I'll explain later. Tama, Hertz, close the entrance.
Tama and Hercyl froze the entrance with ice rays. Ray continued.
— Riley Stone!
— I can't!
— What do you mean?
— No!
Then Hercyl touched Riley and concreted ice with the help of rays from his eyes, after which he crouched down, covering his eyes.
Ray spoke.
— Now calm down, let's make a plan. Let's start with the goal...
Lex spoke.
— We need a crown.
— Mgm.
Thurik told.
— But it's on the girl who kicked Glory.
— Hey! It was an accident.
Ray spoke.
— Okay, first Lex will destroy the barrier, then Glory will use gravity to lift everyone up, Thurik will take the crown and we will dump on Jae... And the flesh—eating worm...
— Yeah...
— Then the plan is crap.
Fleur suggested it.
— Can the Fleece carry everyone? Well, or at least he will send himself and then someone.
— I told you I couldn't go that far...
Tama asked.
— Is Mirai's tablet petrified too?
Hercyl got up, walked over to Mirai and took the tablet.
— Preserved in perfect condition!
Hercyl handed the tablet to Ray, and the boy turned on the tablet and spoke.
— There's even a charger! So the password is (XJRRI)... Mmm... there is no connection. All hope is for the Fleece with Hercules.
— I'm telling you...
— You'll tell me later, the crown first. Okay, guys, the plan is the same.
Lex approached the barrier. His hand turned red, and he hit the stone hard.
The passage opened again and a crown flew out of it, which fell into Thurik's hands.
— It's too easy.
Ray shouted.
— Get down!
— Huh?
Suddenly, a bear pounced on Thurik from behind the passage and knocked the boy down.
— Okay! It's not easy, it's not easy!
At that moment, Glory abruptly ran up to the bear and struck the bear sideways with green energy, which caused the beast to fly away to the fountain.
The guys surrounded the bear. Dayla turned into a human being.
Ray spoke.
— You have two options. Either you calmly give us the opportunity to move everyone out of here and we keep the crown, or...
Tama said.
— Or we're fucking you.
— And we're taking everything with us!..
Deila spoke up.
— Or else you give me the crown and stay alive.
Tama replied.
— Hmm... no.
After that, the girl launched a couple of fireballs.
Deila turned into a snake and dodged.
Glory ran up and hit the floor with green energy, everyone standing nearby rose up, but Dale turned into a bird in time and flew straight at Thurik.
The kid wanted to disguise himself, but it didn't work out. At that time, Deila turned into a human and kicked Thurik, who flew away.
At that moment, Tama used ice and flame, Hercyl with a Lightning Mike. All the shells flew at Dale, but she put up the crown and all the energy was absorbed into it.
The guys stopped, and Glory spoke.
— We have a problem...
Deila put on a crown and soared a meter and a half above the ground. At this time, Thurik took and knocked out Deila from behind.
The girl passed out, and the crown rolled away.
— Hey, that's it.
Everyone came closer. Runo asked.
— And what are we going to do?
Ray spoke.
— Glory, analysis.
— Hmm.. I remember we got our strength when a multi-colored lightning struck us.
Runo spoke.
— Not multicolored, but passed through the dispersion of light.
— It doesn't matter. In general, energy is energy. If the crown can suck it in, then it can give it away.
— And the result?
— Let's sit in a circle, put a crown on Hercyl, and he will distribute the energy between himself and Runo, after which they will teleport us.
Lex told.
— A super plan.
Fleur spoke.
— And ve-ery reliable.
Mike added.
— Like a fucking Swiss watch.
Ray spoke.
— If there are no other ideas, then let's try.
Everyone sat in a circle. Deila was laid nearby. Fleece and Hercyl sat in the center, Glory put the crown on Hercyl. His eyes lit up.
Runo asked.
— Everything will be fine, right?
— I'm not sure... Okay, Hertz, concentrate and try not to release energy, but to transfer it to each other.
Glory sat in a circle. Tama asked.
— Then what? Join hands?
— Good idea, well done.
— I'm not serious...
Everyone joined hands. Tama finished speaking.
— Passed...
Hercyl closed his eyes and took a deep breath. On exhaling, energy passed through all the guys and they all lit up.
Glory spoke up.
— So, let's collect a little, and then give it back, and the Fleece will teleport.
The Hercyl was replenished with energy, and in a moment it was in excess.
Ray shouted.
— Come on!
Hercyl immediately transferred the energy to Runo, who teleported everyone away.
There was a flash.
Fleur opened his eyes and saw the kitchen at the base and Thurik lying down.
— Hey, are you alive?
— Like, but where are the others?
— I don't know.
Fleur turned on his earpiece.
— Ow! Can anyone hear me?
—Yes,— Ray said, — Tama, Riley, and I are at the entrance to the lair. The others?
— Thurik and I are inside in the kitchen," said Fleur.
— Uh... Me, Runo, and Mike are in town, near some decrepit garage. Where is Hertz? Lex said.
— He's passed out here,— Glory said, transferring Hercyl into some kind of high tech machine. — I'll pick you up now.
— On what?
— At the fan service, of course, let's not be boring — Glory started the car and drove out of some cave with a hatch.
After a while, Ray, Tama, and Riley went down to the lair.
The guys went to the main computer and began to reason.
Fleur looked at the dots on the map and said.
— So, Runo, Lex and Mike moved in with Glory and Hercyl, they're heading our way now. The five of us are here.
Ray continued.
— But we don't know where Mirai and Dayla and the crown are.
Lex, who was sitting in the passenger seat, connected to the comm and said.
— I think I know!
— ?
— Just a second... mmm... here!
A moving placemark appeared on the city map.
— What's that? — Tama asked.
— I dropped Mike's bracelet off to track it, just in case.
— Hey! Why my bracelet? I just got it.
— Someone has to be sacrificed...
Ray said.
— Glow, then go there, and we'll try to catch a bus.
— Well...
The exhausted Runo spoke.
— No need to catch anyone! It's better to go outside to the guard house. The code is "072124"
The guys exchanged glances. They went up to the street and approached the guard house. Fleur
entered the code. The door opened and a cluttered garage appeared in front of them.
Then the descent opened, the guys went down the steps, Thurik spoke.
— I'm already tired of these secret bases.
They found themselves in a futuristic garage, where a fancy bus was parked.
Tama spoke.
— Is this really a bus?
Runo rang.
— Not just a bus, but a Herobus, the one that was struck by lightning. They threw it in the landfill, and I picked it up.
— We need to work on the name.
— Start it already and let's go.
The guys went inside, Ray got behind the wheel, and the others settled into their desks.
The team has left. In the city center, the team reunited. After that, they went to the other side of the city.
Stopping at a diner, the guys regrouped.
Mike asked.
— Well, where's next?
Runo spoke.
— I don't know, the trail disappeared in this place.
While the guys were looking at the sides and maps, Lex and Glory were looking at a kind of observatory. The last one spoke.
— You also think that this is a large and conspicuous building, the lair of a villainous scientist.
— Maybe. Even so, it's unlikely that they'll let us through.
— Hmm... Hey, Hertz!
— What?
— You and Mike ran away from here, how did you do it?
— No, we didn't escape from here, but from another base for less.
Lex asked.
— How's that?
Hercyl hesitated, and Mike spoke proudly.
— Through the sewer, how else?
Ray spoke.
— Well, if we're going to storm it from two flanks.
The guys were divided into two teams Glory, Mike, Lex, Ray and Turik — they went to the top
Tama, Hertz, Fleur, Riley and Fleece at the bottom.