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Kai lived in an old lighthouse on a big hill. It looked old from the outside. But the inside was new. There were secret rooms in the lighthouse. And secret places all over the hill. The new Border Guard test room was on the other side of the hill. Away from the lighthouse.

‘We need to take the bullet train back to the lighthouse,' said Kai.

Kai climbed into the bullet train. BC climbed into the seat behind him.

‘Ready?' asked Kai.

‘Ready,' said BC.

Kai closed the train's glass lid. Then he put his Border Guard Card into the slot on the dashboard.

The train's engine started and the train shot through the tunnel. The train began to slow down near the battle chamber.

‘My collar is flashing,' said BC. Kai turned to look. Then his orb flashed too.

‘You got an upgrade. The BMC doesn't say what it is. Any upgrade is good!' said Kai.

The bullet train pulled in to the battle chamber. It stopped and Kai and BC climbed out.

Kai's orb beeped again. A new message flashed. Kai smiled. ‘There's a new space in the battle chamber, BC,' he said ‘Wall three has changed.'

Kai said. ‘It is a gear mash-up unit. We can mix our gear up. We get to make new gear by joining old gear together. But I don't know how it works. I guess we'll find out inside.'

Kai stood inside the battle chamber. He looked at the three walls. He had used gear from walls one and two before. ‘There's all our old gear,' said Kai. ‘It's good that we can make it better in the test lab now.'

‘Let's look at the new thing on wall three,' said BC.

‘Yes. Finally we get to use wall three. But there is still a screen covering it,' said Kai. ‘That's weird.'

Kai stepped up to wall three. As he did, the screen lifted slowly like a garage door.

‘I don't get it,' said Kai. ‘There's no gear on the wall. Just two glass doors and a computer.'

Kai hit the demo button on the computer. A movie started playing. As Kai watched he said, ‘So, two things go in one chamber. I put my orb in there too. When it's done the new thing is in the other chamber.'

The demo movie finished. Then a new icon came onto the screen. ‘Gear Mash–Up,' said Kai. ‘We are going to the rock land. Let's put the X-Archer in there. We beat the rock beast with it last time.'

‘And the blaster that can shoot other stuff now,' said BC.

Kai opened the first chamber. He put the foam blaster and the X-Archer inside.

Then he closed the door.

Kai hit the Gear Mash-Up button and waited. Then some words popped up on the screen.

 

 

Kai opened the other door. He took out the X-Foam Archer and looked at it. ‘It's two in one!' said Kai. ‘Awesome.'

Then a computer voice said

 

 

‘Hey, there's something new in the transport chamber too,' said Kai.

‘New rides for us?' asked BC.

‘Sort of. Same rides but with new battle things,' said Kai.

‘That's good,' said BC.

‘I think we will need these new things,' said Kai. ‘Beastium has changed too.'

‘Maybe beasts are new too,' said BC.

Kai and BC climbed the ladder to the slide. They took the slide to the transport chamber. The computer screen was already on. The words on the screen said

 

 

‘We pick a ride we've had before,' Kai said to BC. ‘Then we add new gear to it. Better battle gear.'

‘What about the sludge-bot we used in the mud land?' asked BC.

‘That's a good idea,' said Kai. ‘It could get muddy with water in a rock land. But we need to fly too. Let's do the jet-drill we used in the volcano land.'

Kai hit the jet-drill button. The jet came up on the screen.

‘We can only pick two things,' said BC. ‘The claw can pick up big rocks.'

Kai hit the claw button and the rock laser button. ‘These two will be good.' he said. Then they heard a noise.

 

 

‘Part of the floor is moving behind us again,' said BC. ‘Here comes our new jet. We drive it now with Border Guard Card.'

The new jet rose out from the hole in the floor. When it stopped Kai and BC jumped in. Kai put his card into the slot. He keyed the rock land code into his orb.

‘Are you ready to go to the top of the lighthouse, BC?' asked Kai.

Before BC could answer a computer voice said

 

 

Kai looked up. The wall of the transport chamber slid open.

‘It's some kind of tunnel,' said Kai. Suddenly the jet's engines fired up. ‘Hold on!' said Kai. The jet shot out through the tunnel at top speed. Kai and BC were gone. To Beastium.