Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-31739971-20180330143109/@comment-25856498-20180523041152

Part 4:

We both knew that there was not much time left. Very quickly we found ourselves at the end of the pathway, and the rising lava was catching up. Sensing that we weren't all lost, we needed to come up with a plan, and quickly.

My companion looked up towards the sky, and noticed that the pathway directly above us was still intact. So she decided to find a way up there. The fire girl was still arrogant with her seeming victory over us two.

My companion whispered to me, "See that ledge up there? I want to get up there."

I was looking for a way across the gap, not to go up. But I agreed that it was the better choice.

"So here's the plan. You force a lava geyser out of her using one of your attacks, and make the geyser go high. Then freeze the geyser while I stun her, to keep the geyser afloat. Then we leap onto the frozen geyser and we make the jump to the ledge from there," she whispered to me.

"Are you sure we can stun her?" I whispered back. "I've not seen you do a thing to her at all, let alone manage to stun her."

"Relax," whispered my companion. "She's not seen the most of my powers yet. I believe that I can stun her for a good long time if I wanted."

So then we agreed to put the plan into action. With time running out and the lava close to us, I began by casting a massive ice ball at the flaming girl. She reacted very quickly, with a lava geyser that shattered the ice ball. It went high, but not as high as we'd hoped for.

Nonetheless, at the same time, I froze the lava geyser with a burst of sheer cold while my companion unleashed a massive bolt of lightning from her fingertips that stunned the fire girl in place. The first part of our plan had worked. Together, we leaped onto the frozen lava geyser, just before the rising lava swallowed up the end of the pathway we were standing on moments ago.

There, I looked at the ledge we were aiming for. It was far too high for us to reach by ourselves.

"I've had an idea for this too," said my companion, while she continued stunning the fire girl. "I'll let go of my stun, then I'll help you with a boost to reach the ledge."

"But what about you?" I said. "How will you get on the ledge?"

"I won't be making the ledge," she said calmly. "My boost will be the last thing I'll do - but it's for the greater good. Trust me. You're really the only person that the fire girl's after, because you're the only one that can truly stop her."

"I've lost a friend on the volcano, and I don't want to lose another," I say.

"There doesn't seem to be any other way," she said. "Besides, if you die, so does the world."

With the rising lava catching up to our frozen geyser, there was no time to think. I had no choice but agree to go through with this plan.