NationStates Jolt Archive

Southern Jungles of Derscon

"What a nice place," one SS officer on vacation said to his friend in the service. The two SS officers -- both colonels -- took a month long vacation to hike in the jungles to get away with the stress of the job. Neither liked to kill non-soldiers, but the rumor was going around that something was going to happen -- something BIG. (OOC: Foreshadowing for anyone? ;))

"A bit humid, though," the other officer replied. Both were once stationed in the jungles as mere lieutenants. Their division was to "pacify" the local tribes. In reality, though, two of the native tribes were completely wiped out. Thankfully, though, they were wounded and did not have to kill any of the natives. Afterwards, they helped the surviving tribe. In return, though, their commander, Major General Wolfgang von Munteuffell, gave them a court martial and imprisoned them in the now defunct concentration camp in the tundra.

"Yes it is. Odd, though, this place gives me chills every time."

"That is probably because the natives used magic on you -- and you froze." The other SS officer smiled.

"True. But Magic? That scares me."

"Indeed," Colonel Heinrich Spaatz responded. "Did you see the drawings in the temple, though?"

"No, I did not," the other officer said. "What were they like?"

"It almost seemed like a sort of map. It was odd."

"A map?" Spaatz asked curiously. "Of?"

"No idea," he said, stepping over a log. "It seemed to lead to a pyramid."

"So?" Heinrich asked, maneuvering around dead vines.

"The drawings seemed to proclaim some sort of......" His voice trailed off as he looked into the clearing. "Holy shit."

"What?" Heinrich asked.

"Remember this place?" When Colonel Heinrich Spaatz turned to look, his face went white, and he dropped his walking stick.

"Checkpoint Charlie."

"Right. You still have some frostbite from this place," he said, turning to his missing pinky finger.

"Well, let us go see these drawings for ourselves." When the two SS officers walked into the villiage, they got a few odd stares. Well, everyone looked at them oddly. The chief walked out with a white person. The White man's eyes lit up, and spoke to the chief exitedly. The chief then smiled and walked towards them.

"I must say, thank you for helping us against your 'SS' as you call them. Your deeds have not been forgotten," the chief said to greet them.

"It was absolutely no problem," Heinrich responded to the chief. "You also speek excellent English." THe chief nodded.

"Thank you."

Heinrich then looked at the white man and raised his eyebrows.

"Doctor Stone!" he said in surprise. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm studying the culture of these people. This is amazing. These people are the decendents of the Andropovs." The two SS officers stared in wonder.

"Well, it explains the magic."

"Yes," the doctor continued. "In fact, the chief is one of two of the last surviving Pure Blood Andropovs."

"Who is the other?" the other SS officer asked.

"Ivan the Fourth. More commonly known as Czar Rekjyavich Ivan Andropov III."

"I thought he was Rekjyavich?!?" Heinrich exclaimed.

"He says that a lot. The nation is mostly Protestant, and if they find out he is pure blood sorcerer, he'd have an uprising on his hands. So what brings you down here?"

"Hiking," Heinrich said. "Also, coincidentally, we were talking about the drawings in the temple." Doctor Stone smiled.

"Ah, the map to the Andropov Temple."

"What the hell is it?"

"No one knows," Stone replied. "Legend has it that before the Romanovs could get a hold of the Andropov treasures, he hid them in a massive pyramid, and no one has ever found it. Only a true Andropov can open the Temple walls." Heinrich had only one thing on his mind, though.

"The Dragon Sword. Could it be here?"

"It absolutely is, should it exist at all. Problem is, you would literally have to go through hell and back to get it."

"What?"

"In the temple, there is a gateway to somewhere not of this world. There, the Dragon Sword is hidden." Heinrich thought for a moment.

"Where can we find this temple?"

Doctor Thomas Stone raised an eyebrow.

"Follow me." The Doctor led the two Schutzstaffel officers into the temple where the drawings were located.

"Examining these, the temple should be located about five miles to the East, but everyone who has gone out there has died." The two SS officers looked at each other, and then looked back at the Doctor.

"I say we have a look. We are two SS officers. You have brave warriors. The chief should come along, too. He's the Andropov here, after all."

Doctor Stone looked at the chief.

"Well?" The Chief nodded.

"I see no problem with it."

"Okay, then. We depart in...say...a week?"

"Yes. A week."

"Good."
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OOC: By the way, just so you are not confused, these people have the technology of the Roman Empire.

Including their legions -- just not as many people.

The party set out from the village with all of their supplies the next week. About four miles into it, Doctor Stone stopped them all.

"This area is dangerous. Obviously, we are within a mile of the said temple. No one has ever returned. Proceed with extreme caution." Upon reaching the said grounds of the temple, all they saw was a slightly cleared area, about four square metres.

"This is nothing," Colonel Heinrich Spaatz said.

"No, I can feel something," the village chief said. He walked to the center of the area. There, a few bushes were growing. both about two feet tall.

"Let mee see a knife." While the one colonel took out his pocket knife, Doctor Stone laughed.

"Not that," he said. Meanawhile, the Doctor pulled out a three foot machete.

"This is a knife." He handed it to the chief as he cut away the bushes. There, a small, golden steeple poked out of the ground. Doctor Stone looked at Heinrich.

"No temple, eh?" He then looked at the Andropov. The Andropov nodded.

"I know what to do. Stand back, all of you." Everyone backed into the woods aways. THe village chief did and sayed something odd, but whatever he did, the earth shook. Suddenly, the ground in the clearing gave way, and the whole side of the cliff crumbled and disintigrated. Then there was dead silence as they all stared at the pyramid in the pit. It was based off the Mayan design, but with a steeple at the top.

"Well, we found the entrance. Too bad it is a thousand feet down."

"No problem," Heinrich said. He pulled out a repelling rope. "Ive got two. Both are six hundred feet."

Thirty minutes later, all were standing at the entrance to the massive temple. The climb up the stairs was not hard, as they were all in shape.

THe Golden doors with the Andropov Seal on them were quite intimidating. Doctor Stone was about to walk up to them, but the chief held him back.

"THis is a false entrance. If you enter those doors, you will die." Heinrich looked at the chief in confusion.

"Then where's the REAL entrance?"

"This way," the Andropov said. He led them all back to the bottom of the pyramid, and removed a step. There, the whole stairway collapsed into a tunnel.

"Here is the entrance." As they entered, they meandered their way through tunnels, passageways, and traps, until they came to a wall. The all seeing eye was staring at them on the wall. It was very unnerving.

"Dead end?" Spaatz asked.

"No, this is the way," the chief said. "We must move this wall." He then lit up. He said something in ancient Dersconi, and the eye in the pyramid lit up. Both SS colonels went white with fear, Doctor Stone stared in amazement, and the chief was clearly in awe. Suddenly, a voice was heard, but it was in Ancient Derscon. A conversation with the chief and the voice ended in English.

"You are not my rightful heir, my son," the voice said. "The rightful heir is that on the Throne. The treasures past this door belong to him. But as you have found them, I cannot deny them from you. You are to take half, but that beyond the Seal must be given to my heir."

With that, the wall moved open, and they walked in to the dark chamber. Suddenly, it lit up. Everyone stood in amazement at it.

"THe Andropov Treasures," the Doctor said.

"How do we get it out of here?" Heinrich said.

"We don't. It stays, except for what is behind that door," the chief said, pointing to a door with the Seal on it.

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When they walked up to it, the door automatically opened.

Behind it, only one thing was seen.

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Everyone looked at it in confusion.

"What the hell?" Doctor Stone said. "A Stargate?"

"A what?" Heinrich asked.

"A Stargate. I thought all...." his voice trailed off.

"We must go," the chief said. He led them all to the platform. He nodded at the doctor, and then they all walked through, unsure of where they were going.

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OOC: Sorry, folks, but this RP is going to suck. I was planning on it being longer and more in depth, but due to other events, I have to curtail it.

Sorry.