SNAKES AND LADDERS (VIKONTAPALI)

Both the knight and shadow man disappeared into the dark.

while on the other side.

all of them grouped a few steps before the entrance while adjusting themselves after the smoke bomb.

hey why did the smoke come from your hand suddenly...?. is your hand alright..? sid asked adi with a worried expression.

I ... ah... that...(what should i do now..? what is this situation..? how can i explain it...? thoughts are running through my mind... It's scary..) nervous adi couldn't say anything.

yeah. seriously man out of nowhere causing such a smoke bomb.. are you trying to kill us... Mr.dumb magician.... where did you even get that anyway? asks aki by adjusting his messed hair.

tha.. that.. that's came out of the blue. may .. may be a setting of ga... game for us to get us near the gate says adi by sweating.

when we are on limits after running it activated may be.... or by watching our hardwork... or maybe we completed any quest.... or on its own... heh heh.... says adi with an idiotic face.

"how can it be a coincidence?"( we are near the entrance but we should actually be 500 meters away... even after running a day at least we should cover some but no.... just with a pesky smoke bomb we are transferred here.... within a door footsteps... how can that even be possible unless it's a magic.... and that too adi hand?) asks harry with a suspicious look.

guys don't argue much... whatever it can be. we are here near the entrance. The true puzzle in front of us says dev while watching the entrance gate.

hey even if we let that bomb slide it.. what is this weird gate... It's huge from near like a tower.. says harry.

we are not here by our chance or played anything right. this game in itself leads us here... just like that we will enter maybe. "SO SHALL WE GO THEN GUYS" says adi with a grin look and takes a step towards the entrance.

And how can this joker be confident.. what will you do if we get killed here and die.. says aki with a poker face.

adi stops. faces aki and says well idiots are idiots. they are just losers they should die right now immediately so that others can be happy with a smirk by crossing his hands..

by listening to adi... aki is annoyed and shouts at him... you little.. blah blah...

hey don't start your useless fight again or I will be the one who kills both of you first and then kill myself.. says harry with a pissed face.

sigh stop guys. No one is dying here. what adi said is true. we should move and check that entrance.. maybe we will find something like that bomb right adi says sid.

those words struck adi like a knife..."Yes yes sid is right says adi with a feared smile.."( ah this silent bird knows how to poke the wound ruthlessly with words hah....)

Yes what sid and adi said can also be true. lets go. follow me says dev while holding harry hand. "whatever happens let's stay together." and forwarded his hand to aki.

(as i look at dev.... he is determined to go home. such adorable kid... hah. )aki smiles gently, holds dev hand and says "lets go".

After watching dev who is so determined fades all their worries and moves everyone's heart to listen whatever he says. under dev wings all of them steps forward towards the gate by crossing the heat stroking flame Bunsen on side pathway on top of snakes.... the snakes who is glaring at them like they are real as they crossing on the silver sand.... To reach golden snakes.

(As we are reaching that golden snake.... it is attracting my attention.. why? thinks adi..)

they reached the gate which is larger than a mountain.

(hah... why is that golden snake attracting familiar..? why do I feel like I saw somewhere? adi thinks.)

Hey adi it looks like an entrance but where is the entrance knob or something... anything..? How can anyone enter...? asked harry while watching dev who lost in his own thoughts by watching the entrance.

(adi... )sid is staring at adi.

(hey did that snake move... no no.. then Why is that golden snake looking at me..? thinks adi...) and stares at the snake continuously...

(Only fierce looking sky high snakes and an old fashioned entrance gate without a knob to push.... nowhere to go back.. what are we even doing here.... )thinks aki with a hopeless. sigh. you know, I think we are looking like ants before this entrance... ahhhhhhh. can we be able to climb it...?

looking behind back a little dev asked "Sid did you find anything?".

no brother. there is nothing unusual.. says sid with a gentle tone.

"somehow that snake wants me to touch it....?" adi mumbles so slowly by watching the golden snake on the entrance gate.

Then how about touching the gate and checking it my brother... said sid to the dev.

Adi: haa.. then i would offer myself to do this..!

As adi listened to sid words he step forward suddenly by crossing dev, aki, harry who stood in line before gate.. so much faster that he didn't allow dev to complete his words... he stand between the gate entrance and them behind and says "I will do that" shouts adi as he was possessed or any.

all of them were surprised to see adi actions and stood silently for a second.

"adi its dangerous" shouts dev. we don't know what will happen.. It's already enough we are here.... don't touch anything... says dev while holding back his emotions and thoughts.

it's alright dev. nothing will happen why to worry says aki with a calm manner. It's not like any modern electric shock will be attached to the gate... anyway I already touched and found nothing on the gate like secret blocks or buttons. so chill..

Hah..? you didn't even move much.. when did you check aki... asked harry...

haaaa.. in your dreams replied aki with arrogance.

As he listened to their conversation dev said with a cautious tone aki, harry....

(the circled golden snake eyes glowed with light white colour.. moved his head.... hisss hey adi.. touch me.. says to adi)

by listening dev.. both of them stood still by not being annoying..

As they stood dev asked adi to return..

(hisss yes.. give me your hand.... adi)

Dev: adi listen..

As adi who is not answering to anyone forwarded his hand by following snake command.

As adi's moving dev shouts "hey adi."

As adi showed his hand.. the golden snake bit his finger. "hey adi put that blood on my eyes"..

As the snake said adi put his blood on the snake's eyes. The snake eyes which were covered with blood turned into red ruby like eyes to snake. The snake came to live... All of them shunned to see such a huge doll-like structure come to live as a snake until now...Hisss Hisss with the roaring voice the snake which is in circle position moved and paved back to the top of the gate and entered in. Suddenly kirk kurk click clack.... Doors are opening...