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Chapter 32 A Turning Point

The water was calm on the great lake. And the little raft that held Zin was gliding across smoothly. The sound of small Oddworld birds of all types chirped gracefully as they were feeding on small worry fish, and other small aquatic fish. The sound of splashing of the paddel in which Zin was useing was makeing the most noise.

Zin knew he had to find Osmikea for it was of great importance. She has the answers in finding the So called Lost Relec of the Omega. Still not known, the powers of this Relec was a mystery to all of the inhabitants of the Continent. Nobody knew what sort of power it holds. But for one thing, everybody knew that it could destroy Clorn and bring piece to the land and once again light this Continant's darkest hour, and send Kluna and Zin back home.

Zin thought to himself of the adventure he has endured in last four weeks. He was woundering if any of the elders back home were searching for him and his pals. He was woundering if they were worried or even worse, gave up searching and thinking that he and his friend are dead. That thought alone made Zin even more determind to get home. But he also knew of the inhabitants of this Continant. "Could for some odd reason these seemingly different spiecies of gabbit, mudokin, glukken, scrabs, paramites, etc be what Mudos is headed for?" thought Zin. "Could they be the direct result of evelution on Oddworld?" The mystery cringed at Zin's mind all the time. But it did not stop him on this great journey.

Zin started to hear the sound of breaking water like on a beach. He couldent see what was ahead of him because of the fog. But he knew that there was land close. He started paddeling faster and faster until the little raft broke out of the fog. And there, ahead of him, was a small island that was gloomy in it's looks. He apprached the island and landed his raft on the beach. He then took a small rope that was on his fishing belt and tied the boat to a small tree that was on top of a small mud mound. He then started calling out for Osmikea.

"OSMIKEA......OSMIKEA!" yelled Zin

But nobody would answer him. The island seemed deserted and dead. Zin was confused.

"Where is she?" said Zin.

"This place is small and gloomy theres nobody here." "Hell, I can see the other side of the island it's so small."

But then the muddy ground started to shake underneath Zin's feet and Zin started to fall down the small mound of mud that he was standing on. Then a powerful force threw Zin off and sent him hurtiling into a dead tree.

"SWOOSH! AHHHHHHAHAHAHAHAH!" yelled Zin.

Then as Zin hung there on the branch getting himself together again, a slimy snail like creature of imense size came creeping out of the mound of mud and dirt.

"Who comes to bother my beauty sleep?" said the snail like creature. "I am Osmikea the Misty One."

"Your Osmikea?" in amazement Zin was surprised to see that the island was Osmikea. The whole island itself must be her body. "What are you?"

"I am the oldest creature on Oddworld." said Osmikea

"Older than the Almighty Raison?" asked Zin

Yawning with her slow loathsome voice. "yes, I am ancient."

"What do you want from me?" asked Osmikea. "And make it quick for I (yawning)....I need my beauty sleep!"

"Where is the Lost Relec of the Omega?" asked Zin.

(Yawning) "It is far from here!" (yawning) "On the other side of the lake. In a place called the Junk Waists the center of the Continant."

"Do you know where?" asked Zin

(Yawning) hehe, in the center but..... you have to watch out for the gonkyaks." "They...(yawning) they are.... a race of sadistic industrial droids who don't like strangers. They (yawning) are fighting the ever so elusive Junkyaks who are another race of industrial droids." (yawning) "The leader of the Gonyaks is called the empireal majestry." "Now my friend leave me alone for I am tired and I need my beauty sleep!"

Then Osmikea slipped awey into her usual deep sleep and slithered back into mud in where she came from. Zin Now knowing where the Relec is, he calls out.

"THANKYOU!"

Yawning again "What ever!" And she snored and went to sleep.
The sky was gray and it started to rain. A small crack of thunder was heard in the gray sky and Zin was headed back to his raft. Indeed Zin thought this was a turning point into his adventure and that he and Kluna will be home. But he knew of the other task at hand. And that is to destroy the evil of this land.