We walked off, rejected and overall feeling like a common word for manure. I couldn't stop thinking about my family, wherever they were. Were they in Russia or had they moved before the fire? I thought how easy life would be after WI had found my family and my club. Things would be oh so much easier. I stopped suddenly in my path which made Landkort startle. I turned and looked at him.
"I have to get through I'm sorry. We've come so far and I'm not going back now."
"I'm afraid we have no choice."
"We have one..."
I then told him all about my plan, the ingenious plan that I had been making up when we were walking away from him. It might just work. Might. If not I have a back up plan which involves some begging and a lot of compliments. Let's hope it doesn't come to that. We walked up to him and saw a frown appear on his face. We noticed that he had been reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. This was Landkorts bit. He went into drunken mode.
"He dies! He dies!"
Landkort then started running off with me waiting patiently in the shadows and as expected the guard ran after Landkort. I ran to the gate and noticed there was a lock. I took out a piece of wire from my pocket, god knows why it's there, and started to dismantle the lock so we could get in. Haha! The lock fell of, I was in.
I opened the door and walked forward. There was a massive pond like water area in front of me, apart from this was oil. There were also some crocodiles in there. Strange. I then looked up and saw there was a flame hanging at the top of the ceiling. Why would there be a flame at the ceiling? Ah this must be a trap. There was a ledge leading along the entire wall to the other side where there was another door. I just need to pick the right one it seems...
I looked back through the now open gate and Landkort was nowhere to be seen. He said carry on if he didn't return, for some reason. I was just starting to go when I saw Landkort. Unfortunately for us, I saw an arm around his neck and shortly after the guard appeared.
"We need to get into Russia."
"No-one needs to get into Russia."
"My family is there and I don't know if they are still there."
"My family is in China despite me helping the Kremlins. That is not a reason."
"Well how about this then; I'm going to be Moscow's manager. I used to be in their youth team. I'm...
"James Edmonds? Your my hero. I can't let you go through though. I'm sorry. You will die."
"I take it you know all the traps in this experiment or test?"
"Of course I do."
"Then you can take us. You will be rewarded with many treasures. Mainly money. What is your name?"
"Mani."
"Mani? Then let's do this!"
It was now a three man expedition again; my journey to Russia just might be completed now.
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