The wind and rain died down somewhat as the Monkees and their captors moved away from Jerusalem. Still, the sky was dark and the wind blew mightily. The Monkees might've tried to escape in all the bad weather, but Dr. Chronos had told them if one tried to escape, the other three would be knifed. So, finally, they came upon some hills and the nine of them walked up a short hill to a cave about half-way up. It looked like any other cave in the area, but if one looked closely, one would see the small solar panel/windmill hidden among the rocks and scrub. A wire from the device ran into the cave, thus Dr. Chronos and his men had power from the sun by day and the wind at night.
The Monkees were shoved inside the cave opening.
They were inside a tunnel chamber that went for many feet inside the earth. By the light of the lamps hanging on the walls, the Monkees could see a few side chambers that branched off from the main tunnel.
They guessed one of those chambers held the Doctor's time machine.
"Like our base?" Dr. Chronos asked, noticing the Monkees were looking around, "All the comforts of home."
"Your home, not ours, shotgun." Mike replied. Mark, who was holding Mike, punched Mike in the side. Mike fell to his knees.
Dr. Chronos chuckled. "Oh, such a clever answer." He smirked, then motioned to Larry. The henchman put his knife against Davy's throat. "Now why don't you three get out of those wet clothes, hmmm? And take off the sandals as well."
Seeing the knife at Davy's throat, Micky, Mike and Peter obeyed.
Soon, they were only wearing their underwear. Ian took the rope belts the three of them were wearing and cut them into pieces. Then he and Mark took the ropes and tied the three Monkees' hands behind their backs and tied their feet together as well. When they were secured, Davy was also obliged to take off his tunic and sandals as well. Soon, he was tied up like his friends. They were forced to sit against the wall, while Dr. Chronos and his men went into another chamber and changed their clothes.
Soon enough, Dr. Chronos and his men came back into the main chamber. Each of them had something in their hands. As they approached the Monkees, they could see Dr. Chronos had an electrical cord in his hand, while his henchmen had sticks. Dr. Chronos looked down at his captives, his eyes dark with hate and anger.
"You four ruined my life's work." He said darkly. "You four have denied me my revenge on the Christian church." The Doctor began to slowly wind one end of the electrical cord around his right hand, leaving one end dangling. "So now we will make you four suffer like your savior."
"We only kept you from changing what was supposed to happen in the first place!" Davy exclaimed, getting scared, "Just because you have a problem with the church, doesn't give you the right to ruin it for other people!"
That was the last thing Davy or any of the Monkees said, or rather, could say for a long time. Dr. Chronos growled and pulled Davy onto his knees, then began to beat his back with the electrical cord. Davy screamed in pain. The other three Monkees tried to help him, but were unable to because of their bonds. They soon had their own problems for Mark, Ian, Henry and Larry began to beat them with their sticks.
Soon, the cave was filled with screams as Dr. Chronos and his men took out their anger on the helpless Monkees.
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It was still pouring rain outside the cave when Dr. Chronos walked over to the cave entrance. The sky wasn't as dark as before; the eclipse of the sun had passed, but the sky still rumbled with thunder and lightning. He looked down at the ground, all wet and muddy from the rain and had yet another wicked idea for his captives.
"Bring them over here." Dr. Chronos commanded his men.
The Doctor's henchmen dragged the still-bound semi-conscious Monkees over to him. They were covered in welts, bruises and burns from the tortures afflicted on them and appeared to be in shock. Dr. Chronos lifted Mike's chin.
"As the last phase of our hospitality, I think its only fitting that you and your friends should be treated like you treated us on Golgotha."
Mike stared back with anger in his eyes, but didn't have the strength to answer him. Doctor Chronos smiled and looked over at his henchmen.
"Toss them down the hillside. Then when the storm ends, we'll stake them out for the animals to eat."
The four henchmen grinned evilly and pushed the Monkees out of the cave and down the hill. They rolled down and landed in a heap, too exhausted to move.
Just then, the wind died down and rain began to slow down. Instead of a cold rain falling on them, the rain felt warm on their skin and it began to revive them. The terrible pain all over their bodies began go away. As the rain fell on them, their injuries began to fade from their bodies. All the cuts, bruises, burns and welts simply washed off their skins, as if it was nothing more than dirt.
Slowly, the Monkees sat up, amazed at what was happening to them.
Within a minute, the four of them were completely healed and pain free. After another minute, the rain stopped and the clouds began to move away. The Monkees noticed as well that their bonds had been loosened by the water. They began to work themselves free, but just then Dr. Chronos and his men came down the hill towards them. Mike was the first to get his hands free, but kept them behind his back. Dr. Chronos and his men stopped several feet away from the Monkees, in shock to see them completely healed up and uninjured.
"What's going on?" Dr. Chronos demanded, fear starting to creep into his voice.
"If you don't know doc, I feel sorry for you." Mike smiled...then began to lob mud and rocks at the five men. The other Monkees kept working at their ropes and soon Peter was free too. He helped keep Dr. Chronos and his men at bay while Micky and Davy tried to get loose. But slowly, the insane doctor and his men were getting closer. Finally Micky got himself untied just as Mark swung his knife at Mike. Mike ducked and punched Mark in the face, knocking him into his four cronies. They slipped on the mud and went down.
That gave the Monkees and opportunity to untie their feet. Peter went over to Davy and tried to untie his hands.
"Hurry, Peter!" Davy yelled.
"Um, how do you untie a square knot?" Peter asked.
"Oh no..." Davy moaned.
"We don't have time for this!" Mike yelled. He picked up the still- bound Davy and threw him over his shoulder. Then, he and Peter and Micky started to run back towards Jerusalem. Doctor Chronos and his men finally got out of the mud and chased after them.
It was slow going for everybody, the recent rainfall making the ground very muddy and slippery. Mike was falling further and further behind Micky and Peter because he was carrying Davy.
Davy was able to kick the ropes off his feet, but couldn't undo his hands. Mike tried to untie Davy with one hand while he ran, but wasn't having much luck.
"Drop me, Mike." Davy breathed, "I'm just slowing you down."
Mike didn't answer Davy, but tightened his grip on his English friend, letting him know he had no intention of doing such a thing.
Finally, the city was in sight and there was a dirt road to follow.
Mike put Davy down and while they ran, Mike was able to get the ropes off Davy's wrists. They thought they were home free...until the road buckled under them and they slid down the side of the road.
Their pursuers came down after them. The Monkees found themselves trapped in a large, deep depression with five angry knife-wielding men...