Chapter 1: Meeting
It was a dark and stormy night…
My self and my cousin were on a train. She was just starting out as a drifter. And I was traveling with her. She was sitting by the window on the train. And I was beside her. Virginia was reading one of her Wild West books. The one she was on now was called girl alone in the world.
I never did understand why she loved those books. Why read a book like that? When you could be a drifter? I found my self slowly falling asleep; Virginia was as well. Just then the train quickly stopped.
"Ahh!" Virginia yelled falling off her seat. I quickly looked down at her. "Virginia..?" I said kneeing down to her. She shook her head a bit. As she stood up; "I wonder why the train stops like that..." She whispered to me. I shrugged to her. "How would I know..?" Virginia got to her feet.
Then she opened the door to see a train worker run up to another saying something. Virginia slowly turned the other way and tries to run as she ran into another worker. "Virginia you should look before running…" I whispered to her, as she rubbed her forehead.
"O-ouch…!" she whispered looking to the worker. "I'm sorry!" "I was in a hurry!" the worker said waving his hands around a bit. "That's alright, just what's happening..?" Virginia asked looking at the worker. "Well I'm not too sure my self..." "That's why I'm making my rounds..." he said waving his hands around still.
"But I heard that some thieves are hiding on the train…" "So please return to your seats for now..." he said pointing to where she came out of. She looked to Virginia for a second then they both nodded. They made a run past him. "Hey!" the worked yelled to us.
Virginia waved her hand to him. "Thanks for the tip!" She yelled as they left the train car. They both stop at a train car with a broken lock on the floor. "Hmm..." I whispered to Virginia as the worker ran up to us. "This place is off limits!" he said with some what of a yell at us.
"Because something special in they're?" Virginia asked not looking at him. "Yes that right!" he whispered to her. "Well it looks like the lock is broken..." she said pointing at the broken lock lying on the floor. The worker looked in shock. Then he started to shake his head a bit. "That can't be, I'm the only one with the key!" he said pulling it out of his jacket.
"I say we look inside to see what behind it..." Virginia said as the three of us enter the car. "Thank goodness it looks like everything still here..." "But let me look to make sure…" he whispered walking past the two girls. I kept looking around. I felt like something was in the room with us.
The worker slowly opened the chest as a light came out of it. Virginia stared at the light. "What's this light…?" She asked as she and I quickly turned to watch three male drifters appeared in the room holding they're arms pointed toward each other.
How the hell did I get in this mess? I wondered as I looked to the three male drifters. Well this is how it all started…
Two weeks before the fatefully encounter; Are hometown of boot hill was attacked by demi-humans. Me and Virginia we're protecting some child from them. "There you've taken everything we have. I ask that you leave here at once and leave us in peace!" are uncle tesla yelled to the head of the demi-humans.
"Uncle Tesla!" me and Virginia both said at the same time. We looked over to him still standing in front of the children. The demi-human boss then walked up to Tesla. "Gob-gob! Tough words from loser! Me teach you lesson." "Might is right!" "So you are wrong and me am right! Me am right, so me am cool!" "gob-gob!" the leader of the demi-humans then pointed to a follower to stand by the goods they stole.
"Gob-gob! Me am strong so always hungry. So me come here for food. So that is rule, and me am cool! Gob-gob!" the leader grinned looking at Tesla. "Gob-gob! You are uncool. So you fee me and buddies. Dat is new rule dat me decide! Gob-gob!" after the leader finished saying that Tesla looked angry.
"Feed you? We can't afford to do that! We'd all…" he said after about to finish the leader hit him. "Gob-gob? Taste good? Weak get full quickly." The leader said with a laugh. "You have no food den eat some of dat! Gob-gob!" he finished saying as the demi-humans left town.
Virginia then nodded to me. We followed them when the others check to see if Uncle Tesla was alright. "I'm all right. Don't worry about me." "Everyone is safe…and that's all that matters…" Tesla said slowly getting to his feet. He then looked around, "wait…where's the girls…?" he asked looking to his wife.
Me and Virginia had followed the demi-humans to they're hideout. It was Virginia's idea. But I had a feeling we would both get in trouble for this. The door closed closely behind us. "Yikes! Rusty hinges great. Now I'm here…" she glared at her cousin. "You mean we are here..." Virginia waved her hand at me a bit.
"Yeah yeah...we come this far…" "We can't turn back now!" "It's time to fly!" Virginia said holding her arms up. I shrugged to Virginia. Virginia was trying to open the door to the next room but it wouldn't move. "Virginia. Sometimes you will have to push a level to open a door or do a puzzle…" I whispered as she pulled the level. Then the door opened.
Virginia started to laugh a bit, "ok ok...I'm still new at this remember…?" she said to me as a rolled my eyes. "Let's just move on." We head into the next room. As soon as we did enter to find demi-humans turning to find us. "Ahh!" Virginia whispered as I looked to her. "Virginia they are small fry we can take them…" I whispered as the two of the demi-humans ran up to us.
"You remember your practice right..?" I asked Virginia. "Yeah no problem…! I'll take one out you take the other!" she whispered to me as one of the demi-humans came at us. Virginia quickly dodges the one. "Now!" I yelled as we both fired then the demi-humans disappeared.
"Wow…so that was a fight.." Virginia said holding into her arm. "Don't tell me you're tired…" I said looking a bit worried toward Virginia. She shook her head. "No I'll be alright! It's my time to fly!" she said, as we enter a room to the right. We found a chest in the room, Virginia opened the chest there. She found a Tinder crest.
"That could be helpfully to light items to open doors or just to see around us..." I whispered to Virginia. "I think I saw a torch in the other room..." Virginia whispered as we head back. Virginia threw a Tinder crest at the Torch lighting it up as the door opened.
After going down some stairs we found a big wheel in the next room. "The door isn't open." Virginia whispered as she looked over to me. "You're so helpless..." "You will need to turn wheels sometimes to move items or even open doors..." "Give it a try..." Virginia slowly nodded to me.
The door opens after Virginia turned the wheel a full time around clock wise. "Hey, it opened!" Virginia quickly ran inside and I slowly followed behind her. We both looked in shock what we found in this room. It was all the items that had been stolen from are village! "Hey! It all the valuable they stole from us so this is where they stacked everything…" Virginia said as I nodded to her.
I knew she would open everything and want to take them back to town. And she did so. But as she opens the last chest, she found a Duplictor key as well as a picture under it. "Hm? What's this..?" Virginia asked picking up the picture to look at it.
"Isn't that a picture of uncle..?" I asked Virginia. But she didn't answer at first. I watch as tears started down her cheeks. I guess it hurts her to just think of her father. "A photo of daddy…" Virginia said trying to get all the tears out of her eyes. "I thought I destroy all his pictures after mom died, since they only brought back painful memories..." I couldn't help my self but feel sorry for my older cousin.
Her mother dies when she was still little. Because she had a weak heart. And she had been living with are Aunt and uncle. Virginia started to shake her head a bit. "This is no time to dwell on the past..." she said as she looked over to me. I slowly nodded knowing she was right. "We have to do what we can for the people who need us today!" she said with a big grin.
"Yeah, Ginny let's get out of her and return the items to the villagers!" Virginia nodded to me as we left the Treasure room. We found a magic sealed door. But as soon as we got up to it; the duplicator key disappeared. "Ekk!" Virginia yelled as I giggled a bit. "It's all right that normal for these keys…after you find a seal door with them they disappear." I said as Virginia nodded.
"We should keep going before the boss finds us…" Virginia nodded to me as she walked inside the new door and I slowly followed. We head down a small hallway then into another room. A big door stood in front of us. "The exit!" Virginia yelled she started toward the door. But then I heard something and knocked her out of the way.
IT was the demi-human boss! "Y-you're the one who stole all our valuables…" "You're the one who brought so much grief to everyone!" Virginia yelled pointing a hand at the boss. The boss ran at us. "Watch your self he no pushover!" I yelled to Virginia. She nodded to me. "She fired some shots at the boss, and then the boss hit me with his axe.
"Ouch..." I whispered holding my arm. "Sara!" Virginia yelled looking over to me. "Keep your eyes on him!" "And remember if we are in real trouble do a mystic with a heal berry..." "It heals your whole team for 300..." she nodded to me. "Don't worry! I got it!" she yelled firing at the boss again. After another hit, I let out a gating on the boss finishing him off.
After we stop the boss I heard Virginia breathing heavy. Just then followers of the boss ran into the room surrounding us. I quickly ran in front of Virginia. "They're still coming. So many..." I heard Virginia whispered holding into her shoulder. "Damnit..." I whispered placing my hand on my arms. Just then the door behind us opened. "Everyone! They're in here! Hurry!" it was one of the children me and Virginia protected.
The demi-humans quickly ran after the humans enter the room. Uncle Tesla quickly ran up to Virginia smacking her on the cheek. "Thank you for protecting trouble maker. Virginia..." he whispered to me. I nodded to him we head back to town.
Virginia had been in her room for a bit now. And Uncle Tesla and Aunt Shalte when to talk to her; a bit after uncle Tesla came down stairs to talk to me. "Sara…" he said starting to tell me something. "Virginia…has just told us…she wants to be a drifter…" I didn't look too surprised to hear this. "I knew she would one day…" I whispered closing my eyes.
"But I ask of you please travel with her and watch over her..." he was asking me to do this because I became a drifter two years ago. I would travel back sometimes to see my family. And luck threw a card at me this time. "Don't worry uncle..." I said with a small smile. "I'll watch over Virginia..." he quickly started to thank me. He wanted to pay me. But I said it wasn't needed. Why? Because she is family.
I knew also Virginia became a drifter wanting to find her father. I wondered if he was still alive as well. We both wanted the same thing. To find a man lost in the wasteland. A day later; me and Virginia got ready for a train we would meet three other drifters on. This is how we got they're and how fate took over.
WILD ARMS 3
A minute later a loud sound was heard from over head. A hole was in the ceiling now. I looked toward the ceiling as the other drifters did as well. "What now..?" the worker on the train asked. "I think someone on the roof…" Virginia said stepping in front of me a bit. "Yes, I believe that would be are thieves…" "Is anyone willing to go up there to check..?" the green hair drifter asked looking to the silver hair and brown hair male drifters.
"You're joking right..?" "I'm not that stupid to turn my back on a person I don't even know…" the male brown hair drifter answered to the green hair one. "Very well. I will be lead…" the green hair drifter said. I then looked to Virginia. She nodded to me, "Sara go check it out as well I'll stay with the worker..." She said pulled her arms out.
"Sure no problem…" I said looking to the three male drifters. Then we started to climb up. First the green hair drifter climbed up then the silver one then the brown one and he helped me up into the roof. "Heh looks like we got found out..." "You guys don't look like watch dogs or normal drifters..." the drifter with blue hair said. "hmm..And didn't I see you two breaking in? so your both after the same treasure..?" the blue hair drifter asked looking at the sliver and brown male drifters.
They looked at each other for a second then quickly looked away from each other. I found my self glaring at this man. Just something about him I didn't like. "Boss the girl with them isn't too bad looking…" one of the men said standing beside the blue hair drifter. "Hmm..?" the blue hair drifter said. I quickly looked away from the three standing in front of us.
"She isn't very friendly..." the blue hair drifter said with a grin. "Yes we're hired to protect the treasure from like of you…" the green hair drifter said pointing his arms toward the blue hair drifter. "I ask you kindly to leave then we will be no uneed bloodshed…" the green hair drifter said, I slowly pulled out my arms having a feeling we wouldn't be that lucky.
"We welcome uneed bloodshed..." "I'm sorry to say we can't leave…Business is business…" the blue hair drifter said with a grin. "I like the no having bloodshed part as well…" the blonde hair drifter said. As he did the blue hair drifter hit him with the wood end of his arms. "I wonder who they work for..." I whispered to the green hair drifter. "You have a sharp eye, how's your shooting..?" the green hair drifter asked me.
I only answered him by giving him a sign with my hand. "Glad to hear it…" the green hair drifter said with a small smile on his face. "I ask for your help as well…" the green hair drifter said looking over to the silver and brown hair drifters. "Hmm what are you plotting…?" the blue hair drifter asked with a grin.
He slowly pulled out his watch to look at it. "Time is money, so let's get moving…!" "Take them out!" the blue hair drifter said. "But boss! I think you just took more then you can take!" "We are short by one!" the drifter with a hat on said. Then the blue hair drifter shrugged at him. "If you don't want to end up the same way. Then let's get going…" "Janus…that's the name…" he said as the three came toward us.
"Man to think we just met like 5 minutes ago…" "And now we are all buddy buddy…make me wonder how we got into this mess…" the brown male drifter said looking toward the three. "Worry about that later…after we take care of them…" I said looking over to him. He then nodded toward me. "Yes ma'am!" he said pulling out his arms.
After two gunshots on them; the blue hair drifter name Janus let out an attack on all of us. "Ouch…is everyone okay…?" I whispered holding into my shoulder. "Yeah no problem…" the silver hair drifter whispered rolling his eyes a bit. "Don't worry I can heal everyone…" the brown hair drifter said with a grin. I nodded to him, as I turned looking back to the group in front of us.
After 5 rounds of shooting them they fell to they're knees. "We're out of time…" "But you're not too bad sweetheart how about joining are side..?" Janus asked with a wink. I started to feel sick to my stomach. "Thanks but I'll pass I have a bigger job right now anyways…" I said as I looked away.
"Aww…that's too bad…" "Well that's all for now kidos!" Janus said backing away a bit. I blinked hearing another train. When I turn back the three jumped to another Train. "So long sweetheart…" janus said giving on last wink. "Ugh…" I whispered to my self I felt like the last thing I ate would come up at any second.
Soon after that we finally made it to the train station. We all got off of the train. A worker hand a box to the green hair drifter. "Here you are…" the worker said with a small smile. He then nodded to the worker, "anything that is destroy please report and it will be taken care of..." the worker nodded to the drifter.
Virginia slowly turned to the brown hair male drifter. "What was the light I saw come from the box? It felt kind of warm as well…" Virginia whispered to him. "That was nothing more then the Ark scepter…" "It's a special scepter that let's baskarens speak with Guardians…" Virginia looked very surprised. "Wow…I never knew something like that was in this world…" Virginia said covering her mouth.
"I have to take this to my license and I believe you know her location…" the green hair drifter said looking to the male brown hair one. "Yeah, I guess I do it location west of here…" the green hair drifter nodded. "For the time being now how about we stay together up to turning the scepter in…" the green hair drifter said with a small smile.
"If money in it I'm in…" the silver hair drifter said closing his eyes. "Hmm, where should we begin…?" Virginia asked placing a hand on her cheek. I gave her a weird look. "I know! We should info are selves!" Virginia said with a giggle. I could feel the other drifters rolling there eyes at her. "Virginia you got to be kidding! We don't even know these people…!" I said to her getting a glare from her. "So? They help stop those thieves right?" I shook my head at her.
I couldn't believe she really was family. The green and brown hair male drifters were laughing a bit just watching us. I slowly let out a sigh, "Fine…" I whispered to Virginia. She giggled and did a little jump. "Well I'm Virginia Maxwell…" she said pointing to her self. Then she quickly grabs a hold into my arm. "Hey!" I yelled at Virginia. But I saw the grin still on her face.
"And this is my little cousin Sara..." I started to glare at her. "I'm only little by one year…" I whispered still keeping my glare on her. The two other drifters were still laughing. "Well ladies I am gallows Caradine…" with that he placed a hand on my free arm. My glare quickly turned to him. I quickly pick up my foot stepping on his foot really hard. I watched gallows let out a scream as he let go of my arm.
"Ouch!" he yelled jumping around on one leg. "Sara!" Virginia yelled looking at me. "I didn't like how he was looking at me…" I whispered crossing my arms. I could hear someone laughing. I check to see who was. It was silent silver hair drifter; "what's so funny?" gallows growled as he looked toward the silver hair drifter. "That you would be that stupid to do that after learning a girl's name…" the silver hair drifter said looking away.
"What?" gallows asked moving closer to the silver hair drifter. "You heard me big and tall…" the silver hair drifter said with a grin. I watched Virginia quickly make her way over to them to break the fight up. I shook my head a bit because I knew the silver hair drifter had a point. "Stop that!" Virginia yells at both of them. "Hmp!" they both said looking away from each other.
Gallows quickly jumped at the silver hair drifter. "What the hell are you doing?" the silver hair drifter yelled trying to throw him off. "Come on! Tell the pretty ladies your name!" gallows said finally being threw off. "Why should I?" he yelled hiding in his scarf.
"Please…?" the silver hair drifter looked to find the girl name Virginia standing in front of him. I could hear him growling a bit. From the look of it; he really didn't care for people. "Jet…Jet Enduro…" the silver hair drifter whispered pushing some hair out of his eyes. "See was that so hard?" gallows asked jumping into him again. "Get off and stay off big and tall!" Jet yelled wanting nothing to do with him.
I could feel a sweat drop roll down the back of my head. "What a group…" the green hair drifter said. I turned to my right to find him standing beside me. I didn't even see him move. That told me he had been a drifter for sometime. I watched him slowly smile down at me. "I am Clive Winslet…" the green hair drifter said still keeping a small smile on his face.
I slowly nodded to him, as I felt Virginia run up behind me. She hit my back hard as I fell into my face on the ground. "Ugh…" I whispered with a growl. "Opps…anyways now that we know each other let's go to the where the license is…!" Virginia yelled helping me to my feet. She a big pain in the butt I tell you! "well then…" Clive said pushing his glasses up. "To Baskar we five go…" Clive said with a laugh.