Indiana Jones Adventure: "Temple of the Forbidden Eye"

PART 4

Like any great All Dogs adventure, the "WAY OUT" isn't as easy as it sounds. Bumping down a set of temple stairs, explorers encounter the CAVERN OF BUBBLING DEATH. A twisted menagerie of swirling lava, fireballs and falling debris, the cavern has as its menacing centerpiece a 45-foot tall decaying skull of Mara. All pathways inside this massive subterranean chamber lead to peril. Other vehicles can be seen encountering terrors as they attempt to traverse a shaky suspension rope bridge high above a molten lava pit, dodge beams from Mara's eyes and encounter the hovering spirit of the deity. As the troop hummer enters the cavern, Mara fires a beam from his eyes at the vehicle, trying to kill the foolish mortals. However he misses the guests, the beam instead impacts the ceiling causing it to explode, crumble and collapse into the flaming gorge below. Turning quickly from this precipice, explorers attempt an alter escape route from a side chamber. Corpses await fleeing guests as they venture into the MUMMY CHAMBER. Inside this ancient burial crypt, visitors will encounter many of the temple's haunted inhabitants. The headlights illuminate a macabre world where "UNWORTHY" past explorers and ancient native people have lived in torment for centuries. The mummified skeletons of those who gazed upon the eyes of Mara attack the transport as guests careen through this haunted chamber. A ghostly wind rushes up to 100 miles an hour and threatens to blow the expedition off the path. Steering clear of the crypts, the hummer swerves onto another cliff inside the CAVERN OF BUBBLING DEATH, just long enough for another look at their doom, and with a quick turn, speed into a darkened ante-chamber.

Entering this chamber, visitors will sense danger as their tires cause an unsettling crunching sound. The headlights, tracing across the stone temple walls, reveal a room teeming with all types of creepy crawlies, from tarantulas, scorpions and roaches! The bugs, having been trapped in the temple for 2,000 years, scurry from the bright light. As the hummer speeds towards the exit, bugs begin to attack, stinging and biting the guests! The transport moves into another chamber where everything, including the floors, walls, and ceiling seem to be moving.

Here the guardians of Mara dwell within the SNAKE TEMPLE. A deafening angry hiss fills the chamber as snakes dangle above and move below from enormous stone snake guardians. The voice of Charlie can be heard exclaiming...

CHARLIE: Snakes?! You guys & gals are on your own! (Or) Careful, watch out for anything that slithers.

The hummer passes the tail, midsection and finally encounters the head of a 100-foot-long KING COBRA, poised and ready for the kill. With a split second strike, the massive bodyguard lunges towards the transport as it swerves out of the snake's reach. Those explorers still aboard the expedition slow at the entrance to a seemingly harmless vine-enshrouded passageway lined with stone carvings of skeleton warriors standing guard. As the hummer moves forward the "CLICK-CLICK" sound of a boobytrap being sprung quickens the pace and moves guests frantically through the DART CORRIDOR. Passing the ancient warriors who come to life and attack you, explorers must dodge poisonous darts, arrows & spears that shoot out and across the transport's path.

It seems like the adventure is finally over as the hummer turns the last corner into a long, narrow cavern. Charlie Barkin appears just over the vehicle's hood, hanging by a rope from an opening in the ceiling.

CHARLIE: You made it! (He shouts with joy & relief) You made it out alive, YES!

At that moment, the final booby-trap is sprung! Barkin hears the "CLICK-CLICK" noise, he turns to look back over his shoulder, then cries in terror. Whirling back, face white as a ghost he screams.

CHARLIE: Uh-oh, back up, BACK UP! (Waves frantically)

An enormous rolling boulder is headed straight toward the vehicle and Charlie. As the hummer backs up, in an attempt to flee, the guests realize there's no escape. The boulder gains speed and is only a few feet away as Charlie motions for them to dive beneath the giant rock before it kills them.

CHARLIE: Hurry! Get down under the boulder before it kills you, MOVE!

Suddenly the temple floor gives way, sending the transport falling into darkness below and DEATH! Everybody starts to scream in terror. But at the next instant, the wheels land on solid ground again and the hummer accellerates ahead through the dark, looking for the way out. A loud crashing sound can be heard either behind us or ahead of us as the explorers round another corner. Suddenly they notice the boulder has smashed through a section of temple wall, creating a huge hole with rubble strewn about on the floor and there, leaning casually against one side of the hole, a stupid grin on his face is Charlie Barkin! He congratulates the guests for making it out safely. He says:

CHARLIE: You were good in there, you were very-very good. (Or) Next time, you wear blindfolds! Okay? (Or) Well, don't tell me that wasn't BIG fun.

THE END

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