The group of heroes arrived at the Traveler's Hub and looked around for someone who could help them. Daniel eyed someone wearing a black cloak.
"That guy looks like he might know something," Daniel said, pointing at the cloaked figure, "let's go ask him!" The group heeded Daniel's advice and walked up to the cloaked figure.
"What's your name, sir?" Daniel asked.
"My name is Aradon. What do you need?" the cloaked man asked quietly.
"Do you know anything about one 'Virion Zayne?" Anette asked.
"Virion Zayne? You mean the King of the Shadow Realm?" Aradon asked.
"Yup," everyone answered.
"Why do you want to know about him? He is a very powerful being," Aradon asked.
"He's trying to find an ancient amulet so he can take over the world," Noah said.
"And make me his bride!" Anette added. Aradon looked toward Anette.
"It's an understanding cause. You're a very pretty girl!" Aradon said. Anette just stared at him for a few seconds and then walked away.
"Anette," Noah said, "where are you going?"
"I'm just gonna sit down and have a tea!" Anette said.
"Well that was…" Noah stopped, trying to find a word.
"Unexpected," Taliá said.
"Yeah. Unexpected…" Noah said.
"Well," Aradon said, "the first place you should look is Karkaton. That's where the amulet originated. You should be able to find out where he might be hiding!"
"How? How will that help us?" Daniel asked, confused.
"It's most likely where his servants are. If you can catch one of them, interrogate the servant and find out where he's hiding," Aragon said.
"Good idea," Noah said, "Let's go grab Anette and make our way to Karkaton!" Everyone nodded and headed to the restaurant that Anette went to.
"Anette!" Noah called.
"Over here, guys!" Anette said, waving at them. She had a small cup of tea in front of her. The three friends walked over to her.
"The tea here is killer!" Anette said.
"Great! We're going to Karkaton to find one of Virion's henchmen. Aradon says that that is where the amulet originated, which means that is most likely where Virion's henchmen are going!" Noah said as he grabbed Anette and pulled her toward the exit.
"But what about my tea?!" Anette asked.
At the base of Karkaton, the four heroes looked up at the volcano.
"Let's go," Noah said as he began his ascent up the volcano. The rest of them followed him up the volcano. After nearing the top of the volcano, they saw five monsters. A couple of them were holding climbing rope.
"What're they doing with the rope?" Anette asked.
"They're probably descending into the volcano," Taliá said. The group reached the top and brought out their weapons.
"Hey! We need to ask you guys some questions!" Noah said. The monsters turned around.
"You can hurt the others as much as you want, but don't harm Anette! Those were Virion's orders! As long as we have them captured!" one of the monsters said. With that the monsters charged at the four heroes. Noah got locked in a duel with a blade wielding monster while Anette fought a magician monster. Daniel was locked into a very acrobatic battle with three monsters and Taliá used her scepter to help. Unfortunately, the fight didn't end in their favor. A monster took a swing at Noah. It then made an unexpected move and punched him in the face. With Noah stunned for one second, he kicked him off the edge of the volcano into it's fiery crater. Luckily, Noah grabbed onto a a small thank goodness hold and held on for dear life. Daniel lost as well. One of the monsters jumped onto Daniel and locked it's feet around his neck. He then made an acrobatic move at threw him sprawling into the volcano. As he was falling, Noah caught him with his left arm while still gripping the thank goodness hold. But the extra weight made it harder for Noah to hold on. Meanwhile, all was going great for Taliá, until one of the monsters shouted: "Find a way to use her magic against her!" Taliá built up a beam of golden energy and blasted it at one of the monsters. Quickly, the monster brought out a mirror and shielded himself with it. The beam deflected off the mirror back at Taliá.
"Oh boy…" Taliá said before being blasted by her own beam off the edge of the volcano and into the crater. Much like Noah had done, Daniel used his left hand to catch Taliá. Anette's loss, however, was different. Anette raised her wand and blasted a ball of fire at a monster. Finally, fed up, one of the monsters used the climbing rope to snatch Anette's wand out of her hand and yanked it out of her hand. He then used the rope to tie Anette's ankles together and violently pulled Anette over to him. He then tied her hands behind her back. He grabbed her and started pushing her away.
"Get your hands off me!" She demanded.
"No!" The monster said. Another monster grabbed her wand and tossed it into the crater of the volcano. The other three heroes who were inside saw the wand falling.
"That's Anette's wand!" Daniel said. Knowing they only had one shot at catching her wand, Noah shouted: "Taliá! Grab the wand! Grab it! GRAB IT!" Taliá used her right hand to catch it.
"Got it, Noah!" Taliá said.
"Thanks goodness!" Noah responded.
"Any idea how we're getting outa here, Noah?" Daniel asked.
"Nope…" Noah responded.
"Peachy…" Daniel said sarcastically.