Sorry about the long update. I'll try to be faster.
"Why are we at Julio's dad's shop again?" asked Lizzie. They were standing outside of the gun shop the Julio's dad owned.
Gregor sighed. "We need to get some weapons to defend ourselves with," he explained, for what seemed to be the thousandth time. Lizzie nodded, again, for what seemed to be the thousandth time.
As they walked inside the store, Gregor looked at the huge wall covered with swords. They were all beautifully crafted. There were silver ones with gold hilts. Ones like ninjas wear. Gregor ever saw a pole with two swords at the end. But none of these swords were as good as the one he wanted. He looked away from the dazzling swords and caught sight of Julio's dad, Mr. Lopez. Gregor walked over to him and said, "Hey Mr. Lopez. How's it goin?"
Mr. Lopez smiled at him. "Good," he replied. "It's been good. How about you?"
"Not bad. Listen. We need that order I called in a while ago."
He had asked Mr. Lopez to store some weapons for him, in case he ever needed them. If there was ever a time I needed a sword, it is now.
Mr. Lopez's smile turned into a frown as he said, "follow me." Gregor happily obliged. Mr. Lopez walked behind the counter and unlocked a door. It opened to a long hallway. At the end of the hallway was a wall. Mr. Lopez placed his hand on the wall. The wall turned from gray to white. A little latch opened, revealing the sword the Gregor had made.
Gregor had made the sword a month after he had returned from the Underland. He figured it was always a good idea to have a weapon. He had made the sword in a small village in Virginia. It was where his grandmother had grown up. The village had an old-fashioned blacksmiths. The blacksmith had taught Gregor how to make a sword.
Gregor smiled as he reached for the sword. The grasped it and pulled it out of the scabbard. The blade was a pure, dark black with blue flames running up it's length. When Gregor moved the sword, it gave the illusion that it was actual fire. Gregor quickly put the blade back in the scabbard and stuffed it in his back pack.
"Thank you Mr. Lopez," he said.
"Oh no problem Gregor," he replied. "I hope you don't mind, but I made some alterations. I carved out little sections of the metal where the flames are and replaced them with a special material that glows. Whenever you are in the dark, the blue flames with light up."
"Wow," replied Gregor. "Thanks. You didn't have to do that. "
He shrugged. "I wanted to. Come. Let's get back to the front of the shop." When they were back inside the main room of the store, Mr. Lopez turned to Gregor and asked him, "Is there anything else you want?"
"Yes, in fact. There is," replied Gregor. "I want to get a BB gun for Lizzie here." Lizzie gulped, not even knowing what a BB gun was. Gregor looked down at Lizzie and laughed. "It's a gun that uses springs instead on gun powder. I thought you could play with it and then take it apart."
Lizzie smiled at that, because she liked to take everything apart. When she was three, she took apart the remote to the TV. Neither her nor their dad could put it back together. They were forced to buy another remote.
"Here," said Mr. Lopez. "The BB guns are over here." Mr. Lopez showed them a variety of the guns, but in the end, Gregor decided to get Lizzie two pistols and enough little pellets to last her a lifetime. Gregor paid for the weapons (he had taken some money from his parent's vault) and escorted his sisters out of the store.
He handed the two guns and the pellets to Lizzie. "I don't expect you to use them, but if I'm killed, you have to defend Boots."
"Dont even think about dying Gregor," replied Lizzie.
Boots, who had been very quiet during the whole thing, sat up and said, "Me. I want shoot thing too!" Gregor grinned and took off his back pack. He dug around in it before grabbing the thing he needed. A rubber band. Gregor gave Boots the rubber band and taught her how to shoot it.
That will satisfy Boots for a while thought Gregor. But Gregor quickly regretted his decision to give Boots the rubber band, because every few feet Boots would shoot the rubber band, and Gregor would have to pick it up for her.
After a quick cab ride to central park, Gregor found himself standing right next to the stone entrance that led to the Underworld. How long had he been waiting for this moment? It seemed like forever. He could go and see Luxa now.
Boots, who was holding his hand, asked, "We go see Temp now?"
Gregor smiled. "Yeah. We'll go see Temp." As an afterthought, he added, "and Ripred." Lizzie smiled up at him. Gregor sighed and pushed open the entrance to the Underworld.
Sorry it sucks I know. Short Chapter, Long Update. I will do better.
