Author's Note: I own nothing, the mystery deepens!

18 Unsure

Jen frowned as she sat in the dirt near the RV. Max and Wes were dealing with the minutia of a dig site flooding in the middle of the Nevada desert. But Jen was on a video call with her cousin.

"I'm telling you I saw a magic sigil. It looked super familiar too!" She reached over and plucked a spike off Pierce's elbow. He winced.

"Ow." She rolled her eyes.

"That didn't hurt." She said and used the spike to scratch the design into the dirt. She moved her phone off the table where it was leaned against a water bottle. "Why is it familiar?" She asked and flipped the camera so she could still see Gwen's face and show her cousin the design at the same time. Gwen squinted and her eyes lit up with recognition. She tossed the phone to Kevin and the sound of rummaging echoed through the line.

"How's Bellwood?" Kevin shrugged mismatched shoulders.

"Not much happening today honestly. It's quiet without you here surprisingly. You figure out why there's Galvan writing on the tapestries?" Jen shook her head.

"Not yet." Gwen appeared over Kevin's shoulder.

"This is why it looks familiar!" She held up a tiny spell book.

"Isn't that the one you took from Charmcaster when she switched our bodies?" Kevin's eyes went wide.

"That actually happened?" Gwen nodded and flipped the book open.

"It did, and yes it is. It was all I had as a legitimate spell book for a while but it's pretty basic." She flipped a few pages in and showed the page to the camera. "The symbol you activated was a basic elemental spell, water obviously. You're lucky it wasn't fire, that one's harder to get away from. What did you guys find anyway?" Jen looked over at Kai who was nose deep in the first book.

"Kai? Any ideas?" Kai looked up and blinked.

"Oh sorry. It's a journal. A Sir George, I have no idea how old it is though, none of it's dated and with the energy dome preserving the books there's no way to reliably date them." She held up the book. "It's also written in Medieval English. Not quite Chaucer bad but very old." Jen shuddered.

"And the other one?" Jen held it up from the table so Gwen and Kevin could see it.

"Locked. Here's the kicker though, locked with a biometric lock." She turned the book so they could see the pages. The lock there made of the same green leather as the binding of the book and was glowing slightly. "Or at least that's what we think it is." Gwen shook her head.

"Hold it closer to the screen." Jen did as she was asked. "That's not a tech lock." She flipped through the book again and held up a new page. "See, magical, the sigil is faint but it's there. I might be able to break the enchantment though." Jen looked at Kai. Kai shrugged.

"Magic isn't my forte. Grandpa has to sign off on it though before you can take it with you. It'll take me some time to get this worked through." Jen frowned.

"We may have someone who can help. Let me call you back Gwen." Jen hung up and dialed a new number. It took several rings for the call to be answered.

"Jen! Hello! I didn't expect to be hearing from you this late." Jen swore.

"Right time zones are a thing, sorry Gregory."

"No it's quite alright, I'm on the night shift tonight anyway. How can I help?" The voice was pleasant and had a thick British accent. Kai raised an eyebrow at Pierce and Ethan who shrugged.

"We ran across an old Forever Knight castle in the Nevada desert, may need some help. How's your Medieval English?" Gregory laughed.

"Quite good actually. Will the files be emailed?" Wes Green had joined them and shook his head.

"No, we will come to you. Jen will put us in contact with each other and we will work out the details later."

"Sounds lovely. It was wonderful to hear from you Jen, keep in touch." Jen nodded and ended the call.

"You trust him?" Wes asked as Jen put away her phone. She nodded.

"Yep. He's a sweetheart. Trust me. Gwen says she may be able to get the second book open." Wes nodded.

"Take that one with you then." Jen nodded and handed the book to Pierce. Ethan pulled her to her feet and she brushed off the dirt from her pants. "You grabbed the projector?" Jen nodded and pulled it out of her pocket.

"It got wet when we set off the trap though. I don't know if it still works." Wes examined the device and frowned.

"And it just opened?" Jen nodded.

"I moved the Omnitrix close to it and it deactivated yeah." Wes frowned. He handed the device back to Jen.

"Take that with you as well. See if you can't fix it and reproduce that effect." Jen nodded. Ethan frowned.

"Is no one going to mention how the symbol of the Plumbers showed in this one Forever Knight castle and nowhere else? Any ideas why?" Pierce nodded, he'd been wondering that too. Jen shook her head.

"No idea. But we're gonna figure it out. Keep in touch." Kai nodded and held her arms open with a small smile.

"See you around, space girl?" Jen smiled and hugged her. It was brief but genuine and they smiled at each other as the others said their goodbyes. Max loaded them into the Rustbucket and they set back off towards Bellwood. Jen frowned as she looked over the still sealed book. Something about this whole situation just didn't feel right.