Layton, Luke and Flora sat in silence in the Laytonmobile. The vehicle bumped and jolted as they went. There was a feeling of uncertainty in the air. All three were, at first, excited to be heading off to meet Dimitri; but, now there was just a hint of worry. Maybe it was the fact that the last time they met they were greeted only by tragedy and destruction.

"P-professor?" Luke muttered, breaking the silence.

"What is it my boy?" Layton asked.

"Are you sure you want to meet this man?"

"Why would I not?"

"Oh…no reason,"

"Come now, what is it? Why do you look so worried?" There was a short pause before Luke spoke again.

"It's just…well…will you know, Clive, be there?" Layton thought for a moment before answering Luke's question.

"Luke…" He began before being interrupted.

"WHAT!" Flora exclaimed "I thought you said he had been locked up for good!"

"Flora calm down!" Layton said sternly but still in a gentlemanly manner "Listen you two Clive is definitely not going to be there, he is locked up, repaying for what he did to London, you know that," Luke and Flora nodded. They knew they could trust what the Professor said. A few minutes past before any of them spoke again.

"Professor?" Luke mumbled "Where exactly is this place?"

"Well, according to the letter his home is located in the countryside," Layton explained "Besides soon you will be able to see for yourselves," It seemed the Professor liked to leave you wondering. Luke stared out of his window. The scenery whizzed passed at breakneck speeds. Everything was merely a blur. Luke continued to stare for a while. To him it seemed like only a few seconds whereas it had actually been about an hour. It was like he had been trapped in a daze that had slowed the passing of time. When Luke eventually turned away from his window, and looked straight ahead, he saw a small desolate house, surrounded by barren fields.

"Is that the place?" Luke asked inquisitively.

"It would appear so," Layton replied. As they approached this lone house Layton began to feel cautious. He was concerned about why Dimitri had asked them there. Maybe it was his famous intuition but something was telling him that maybe taking Dimitri up on his request wasn't such a great idea.