G.O.O.D vs. E.V.I.L #5

"Spell You Later"

In a secret location in New York City, a little goblin waited for the person who had summoned him.

"I certainly hope this is important" he whined, "I had to go through a lot of trouble to obtain this item."

"Trouble for which, you shall be well rewarded, trust me" replied someone from nearby.

"H-h-huntsman, there you are" the goblin replied nervously "I was just talking about you."

"Yes, I heard" Huntsman replied, "do you have what we discussed?"

The goblin thrust his tiny hand into a satchel he carried and produced what appeared to be a high-tech compass.

"Here you go" he replied "now I believe there's the matter of my payment."

Huntsman tossed the goblin a little bag. "One hundred gold coins, as we agreed" he replied, "now be on your way."

"A pleasure doing business with you, as always" the goblin replied before slinking off.

Huntsman then looked at the device in his hand. "Finally, the Seeker is mine" he said "and with it, I shall find a prize so powerful that no one, not even the American Dragon, can stop me once I possess it."

And he laughed evilly.

A few hours later, Jake Long was meeting with his grandfather, Lao Shi, in the Canal Street Electronics building.

"Okay gramps, what's the big emergency?" Jake asked.

"The fate of the magical community is in jeopardy" Lao Shi explained.

"So what else is new?" Jake asked.

"According to some of my sources, the Huntsman has the Seeker" Fu added.

"And that would be…?"

"A magical artifact that allows to user to locate any other magical artifacts in the world" Fu explained "you could find Aladdin's lamp with that thing, if said lamp actually existed."

"Members of the magical community have tracked him to a town called Heatherfield" Lao Shi added.

"I did some checking, and there have been reports of some weird stuff coming from there" Fu said "and by 'weird', I mean 'magic', get my drift?"

"I got it" Jake said "I'll get over there ASAP and stop Huntschump before he does whatever he's planning to do."

"Do be careful young dragon" La Shi warned "the Seeker itself is not dangerous, but in the hands of the Huntsman, it is not a problem we can ignore."

"Meanwhile, I'll try and figure out what's so special about this Heatherfield place" Fu added "the name sounds familiar to me for some reason. Did I meet a poodle there? No, I think I'd remember that…"

"Yeah, call me with that info when you get it Fu" Jake said, cutting him off "in the meantime, I've got to jet."

Meanwhile, over in Heatherfield in his temporary hideout, the Huntsman was laying out the next part of his plan.

"According to the Seeker, the Heart of Candracar is here" he said "and that means the Guardians of the Veil are here also. If I hope to harness the Heart's powers, I must first locate and neutralize the Guardians."

"But Huntsmaster, how you gonna find the Guardians in this city? There's maybe like, a hundred people here or something" Huntsboy #88 replied.

"Yeah, that's a lot of people to search" Huntsboy #89 replied.

"Actually, I have that covered" Huntsman replied "you see, the Seeker cannot reveal the exact location of a magical item, only the area where it may be found. But even before I obtained the Seeker, I had heard reports of magical activity in this city. And they all pointed to one location as the source; a restaurant called the Silver Dragon. That, is where our teammate comes in."

"I assume you're talking about me?" Weather Vane asked, as she reclined on a nearby couch.

"Of course" Huntsman replied, and reached into his uniform to produce a silver locket. "Using this magical locket, you will be given a human appearance" he explained "then you can spy around the restaurant, keeping an eye out for anything magical. When you find something, contact me and I shall take care of the rest."

"No problem" Weather Vane replied, taking the locket from him "but what happens if somebody catches on to me?"

"Then dispose of them" Huntsman replied.

Meanwhile, Jake had assembled a team and had arrived at Heatherfield a few minutes earlier.

"This place looks pretty normal to me" Static commented "are you positive there's magical activity going on here?"

"Hey, my grandpa never lies" Jake replied "if he says something here is whack, I believe him."

"And did your gramps tell you exactly where we should start looking?" Sonic asked, his features hidden behind a bulky overcoat and large hat.

"No, but I figure wherever Huntsman is, the magic can't be too far away" Jake explained "so all we gotta do is find that jerk."

"That may be easier said than done" Gear explained "it's not like he'll have a giant neon sign that says 'Huntsman here.' This isn't a cartoon, after all."

"For now, we should try to find somewhere to stay until E.V.I.L makes their move" Leonardo said, also wearing a coat and hat to conceal his visage "any suggestions?"

"I ran a scan of the city before we came and found several very affordably priced hotels" Gear said "we could try one of them."

"That will have to do" Leonardo said "but one of you had better make the arrangements. I don't think a giant turtle or talking hedgehog are going to go unnoticed here for long."

In the next chapter, our heroes stop by the Silver Dragon for lunch, only to end up serving knuckle sandwiches to the baddies.