"And this," the tour guide pointed to the huge pyramid behind him, "Is the Legendary Temple. Crafted thousands of years ago by ancient peoples, this Temple has lasted a long time of weathering and destruction to stand before us today." The people in the crowd gave a hushed "Ooh" and "Aw" when they saw it. The tour guide continued. "Are there any questions?" Hands shot up almost immediately. "Why is it called legendary?" asked one woman. The guide smiled. "A very good question. According to ancient stories, this temple houses the famous Legendary Pokemon that no man has ever seen. They are said to hide deep within the Temple, never coming out even for food or air, never seeing the sunlight of the outdoors. They are the most fierce Pokemon one could ever encounter, and are rumored to bring the 3 Saviors to defend against the oncoming Evil of the world." he laughed. "But of course, that's just a story." A little boy near the front of the group stepped forward. "Can we go inside?" he asked shyly. The tour guide shook his head. "I'm afraid not, young man. This Temple hasn't been fully explored yet, and there may be traps in there that we don't know about yet." He looked at the clipboard he carried. "But according to this, it should be open to the public within a month or so, so maybe you'll get to see it then." He smiled down at the little boy, who stepped back into the crowd. "Are there really live Pokemon still in there?" "Not likely," answered the guide. "Pokemon need to breathe just as any creature does, and this place has only see light in the past few days. No, it's not very likely that there'll be anything alive in there." That very night, a team of reserchers and diggers entered the Temple. They always waited until night, of course, so it would be cooler, the place could air out a little more, and tourists wouldn't get in the way of their work. One of the men looked at a map by torchlight, then looked to a wall. "The map says there's something behind this wall." Diggers got to work, chipping away carefully at the heavy stones that made up the wall. It took a good hour before enough of them came away to let a body through. Holding the torch into the hole, they could see that there was indeed another hallway leading down. "One of the diggers laughed tiredly. "This old place's just full of surprises, eh, Boss?" No one answered him as they began to crawl through the hole to the other side. The hallway beyond it was narrow, and there was only room enough for them to go single file down it. Not that that bothered them. Down the hallway they went, the people with the torches leading the way. A huge cavern lay at the end, well lit from some unseen force. It was quite fortunate for it to be lit, as the torches blew out the second they entered. "Gas?" asked one man cautiously. Another carefully smiffed the air. "Doesn't smell like any. Maybe it was the wind." But none of them could see any opening for wind to blow through. There was a startled gasp from the researcher with the map, and everyone turning to look at him. "There's --" He cleared his throat and started again. "Accoriding to the map, we're not even in the Temple anymore. We've gone well past the boundry." That puzzled the rest of the workers. "That's odd," said one. "You sure?" He nodded. "Damn right, I'm sure! Why would I lie?" One man with a torch spoke up next. "Either way, I think we should have a look around. This could be something good." The others nodded, and they began looking around the chamber. It was a few minutes before anyone else spoke. "Does anyone find it odd that we just opened this place up, yet there's ample oxygen down here?" "I was thinking the same thing," another answered. "Maybe this place has a venting system or something. Maybe another thing we should check into." Everyone else agreed. Another shout of surprise made everyone run back to it's source. The map-man was staring at the wall. No, at a bunch of symbols on the wall. "Annon writings," he said in awe. "But I can't read them. Does anyone understand Annon?" One of the diggers pushed his way through. "I do," he said. "Let me take a crack at it." The group stood in silence as the digger read out the translation of the writings on the wall. "Whomsoever opens this place will bring upon the Evils of the world. As is legend, so it shall be life. The Great Beasts await in chambers beyond...... there's something here I can't quite get," he finished. "Something about 'Salvation' or something." "The Great Beasts lie beyond salvation?" joked one. "Sounds pretty depressing, if you ask me." "And there's an arrow." They looked in the direction the Annon arrow pointed in to see another hallway. Shorter this time; they could tell. They could see the dne leading into another chamber. "I say, let's go." The others agreed with him, and off they went. The second they stepped into the second chamber, a loud roar filled the air, followed by two others, each of them different from the first. The cries echoed against the walls, bouncing back to scare the researchers once again. "What the hell was that?" whispered the digger who had translated the writings. No one answered. They were all staring straight ahead. Three statues stood on pedastals, in the shape of great cats. The stone looked to have been shining white marble, something quite rare in that part of the world, and very hard. And that very hard stone was cracking. Hairline cracks in the statues started to grow bigger and bigger, chunks of it falling away to reveal startling colors underneath. The group of men could do nothing but stare, as they were paralyzed in fear and wonder at once. In a loud roar from all three of them, all the stone gave way, crumbling and falling to the floor. There before the men stood three magnificent beasts. One looked vaguely tiger-like, with a zig- zag tail, and stripes that looked like lightning bolts. Another was red-orange, and looked like the strongest and most sturdy of them all with it's lion form. The third and final one was blue, with what looked like streamers running down it's body, and long ears. Or was it one big ear? They couldn't tell. The creatures looked at them men and bared their teeth, roaring loudly at the intrusion. When the humans didn't move, the creatures pounced at them, claws and fangs bared, hissing and snarling. The final screams could not be heard in the dead of the night.