What is up all of you awesome readers, It's ButterHunter here, back with another chapter to my story! Still hoping you all like my story, and how it going. When we last left off, Cameron was about to learn some new skills that Vivianna gives him. Sounds very interesting, doesn't it?
Anyway, back to the story!
Chapter 22: Old Friendships Never Die (Part 1)
There I was, standing at the lake, Snowy resting for a bit, getting ready to learn what Vivianna could give me. After a brief period of preparing myself, I opened my eyes and spoke three words. "Let's do this."
The moment I said that, a massive wave of strength surged through my entire body. It felt... amazing. 'Is this… the power you're giving me?' I asked Vivianna in my head.
"Yes. First, a simple, yet handy trick. If the situation calls for it, I can help you get across water much faster than swimming. All you must do is imagine that the water in front of you has suddenly hardened." she told me.
I did as I was told and after a few seconds, ran forward. I half expected to plunge in the water, but sure enough, it felt like running across solid ground. Snowy gasped behind me. "Master! You're… running on water!"
I sprinted back to Snowy, flashing her a smile. 'Not bad. What else do you got?' I asked Vivianna.
"How about when you need a bit more reach? Concentrate on the sword in your hand. Imagine a bigger, better one around that." she offered. I took it, pulling out the training sword. I willed it to be even better than it was. This one didn't do anything to a monster. A bigger one would be nicer in a fight.
Reacting to my thoughts, the lake slowly bubbled. Water rose from it, encasing my hands and the sword. Within seconds, a bigger version of the sword appeared, made out of pure water. Snowy's eyes grew to the size of dinner plates.
Experimentally, I made a practice swing, and then targeted a nearby tree. With a quick slash, the tree fell, all from one quick cut. I didn't even use full force.
'Now that's a good one.' I thought, dispelling the water sword. The water that had made it up fell to the ground, quickly soaking back into the earth. 'Hmmmm… got anything for defense?'
"Yes, glad you asked. I have several defensive moves for you, like channeling water as a means of protective walls and such. However, an even more useful skill, say you need to retreat, and there's water next to you. Well, I can grant you brief underwater abilities. Such as breathing underwater and faster movement." Vivianna informed me.
'Okay, what about if I need to attack, but I need more defense?' I thought.
"Easy. As I said before, you can summon walls of water to protect you, but they are rather delicate, so they can't last more than a couple of hits. Also, a big, powerful strike might immediately break it."
'So they work best against weaker or weakened opponents, huh?' I deduced.
"That is correct. Another skill is an offshoot of Serene Mind. This one is both defensive and offensive. I refer to it as Stormy Seas. Using it makes it easier to dodge attacks, like Serene Mind, but as a bonus, your sword becomes infused with the power of water. You strike with the force of the very ocean."
'Woah. I better try that one.' I thought to myself, drawing my blade.
About ten minutes later…
I was panting heavily. In front of me was another tree, this one showing signs of heavy strikes. Gashes cut three inches thick were all over it. Just like Vivianna told me, my strikes had gotten much more powerful, but I felt energy leave me quickly. She told me that the first time is always the hardest, and I would only be able to get better at controlling the energy I used.
I looked over, and saw Snowy sitting down in the grass, looking at me in awe. I walked over to her, and sat down, tired. "Whew… that took a lot out of me." I said.
"I bet. You looked… unstoppable." Snowy said, eyes glowing. She must have gotten around to the idea of Vivianna in my head. "That was amazing Master!"
"Heh. Well, I'm definitely going to need to train a bit more. That was only the rough start." I said, grabbing a bottle of water and drinking almost the whole thing in one go.
"Ease up there. Don't hurt yourself." Vivianna said, even though she knew firsthand how tired I was. Plus, maybe a bit of water in my system would revitalize her as well.
After a little bit longer, Snowy and I both decided to head home. "Well, that was a good first session. We need to do this more." I said, shouldering my bag.
"Maybe, right now, let's just go home. I'm beat." Snowy said. I couldn't have agreed more.
When we got home, Susie greeted us, glad to see I was okay. Luckily for us, we came home at just the right time. Susie was making lunch for us, and was about to call us back.
After a quick shower and change of clothes, (because by now the ones I had been wearing were soaked with water and sweat, and I felt gross) I gladly ate lunch. My stomach was very thankful for food. I cleared off the two sandwiches Susie had given me before they even finished half of their first one.
"Hungry, huh?" Susie asked me.
"Very. I didn't even realize it until now." I said, leaning back.
For the rest of the day, nothing else really happened. Honestly, I was starting to get bored. That's when I got an idea. "Hey Susie?"
"Yes?" she replied, putting her book down.
"I was thinking, maybe tomorrow I could go down to that city End and my sister live in, or at least my sister does. Stop by and see what they were up to, you know?" I told her. As I expected, her face first briefly flashed concern for me, before returning to normal.
"Well… you realize I can't go with you, right?" she told me. That reminded me of that one small detail: that she is still half slime. Other humans probably wouldn't be nearly as happy to let someone like her in their city. For a second, I found myself getting angry at them, before snapping back.
"I… I honestly forgot about that. Sorry…" I said quietly.
"No no, it's fine." she said, giving me a smile. "I understand you want to see your sister. It has been a while. But, how long would you be there?"
"A day at the longest. No later." I said, thinking it made sense. I could probably crash at her place or something like that if I needed to.
"Well… I don't know… I'd feel better if me or Snowy could go…" Susie said. Then, something clicked in my mind.
"Wait. Wait a second…" I said, trying to tie the idea down. 'Yeah… that could work. It worked for her before.'
"Hey Snowy!" I called out. She came bounding down the stairs almost instantly.
"Yes Master?" she said, on her knees next to my chair.
"Do you still have that old hood?" I asked her. She looked a bit confused, but ran upstairs and came back a few minutes later with it, still with the ribbon cut from our, ah, disagreement when we first met.
"Yes, I still have it. Why?" she asked me. I told her my idea to go to a city a while away from here. She looked afraid at first, but then, she gradually started getting excited, especially when I told her about my sister.
"You have a sister? Why didn't you say that first? I want to go now!" she said, practically bouncing off the walls. She really did have seemingly unlimited energy.
"Well, I think that covers everything." I said, turning back to Susie. Even she was impressed with my plan.
"Alright, I'll see what I can do about that hood. But Cameron, please, keep her safe. I don't know if they are different about wolf girls, but I really don't want to know. And please, stay safe yourself." she pleaded with me. I told her that there was nothing to worry about, we would be fine.
The rest of the day was spent figuring out what I would bring to the city. I brought along a few ingots, hoping that I could maybe trade them for things if saw the need to. I also made sure to pack some food, and of course, my sword and bow would be coming along as well. By the end of the day, I had all my stuff ready. Me and Snowy would leave after breakfast, and, best case scenario, be home by dinner. Worst case, the next day. We had everything ready.
That night, after I fell asleep, I once again met Vivianna. Even she seemed excited by the prospect of seeing the city, and my sister.
"I did peek at that memory of you seeing your sister a while back. It was really touching. Even if I can't met her in person, it'll still be nice to see her." she told me.
"No kidding. My only problem is that I met Snowy after that, so I have to introduce her to Snowy, and then that might cause problems." I said. Vivianna told me I was worrying too much.
"Let's worry about that when we absolutely have to. Right now, I want to talk again. We talked about me last time. Now it's my turn." she said, taking my hand.
"Not sure how you haven't found everything about me already by peeking into my memories, but sure, I'll talk with you." I said, giving her a smile. That's how the rest of my night went, with her asking me all kinds of questions. But we both were rather distracted for tomorrow...
When the sun rose the next day, I woke feeling a bit nervous. I mean, meeting my sister again was already stressful enough, but combined with the fact that we were going to a city, somewhere I hadn't been in for years, was almost enough to make me start panicking.
Thankfully, Susie understood my nerves. She made my favorite breakfast for me today, and a lot of it. I helped her clean up, and then, the three of us stepped outside. I did one last check to make sure I had everything, and Snowy made sure the hood would stay on with the strap Susie had fixed. I gave Susie one more hug, and a peck on the cheek.
"I'll see you soon." I said, wishing that she could come with us. Snowy gave Susie her own hug, saying that she'll miss her. Susie simply smiled, gave us one last hug and check over, and let us start going.
Just before we passed over the top of a hill, we turned and gave her one more wave. She returned it, and then we passed over the crest of the hill.
End had told us the city my sister lived in was about thirty minutes away, in the direction of the sunrise. Snowy and I continued walking for a long time, unable to keep our excitement under control.
Finally, we climbed the top of a hill, and then we saw it. They described it as a city, and they weren't kidding. Giant walls made of fancy stone, which must have taken the whole city years to build, stood tall as a way to keep monsters out. The city was massive, almost too big to be called a city anymore. Even from way out here, we could see clearly the people walking around in their daily business.
"Woah. This place is HUGE." I said, looking at all the fancy buildings all over the place. "Now I'm glad I brought the camera." I said, snapping a quick photo.
"Well, let's get in there!" Snowy said, starting to climb down the hill. I followed after her. It took a few more minutes, but finally we reached the doors.
"Halt! Who goes there?" said a guard by the entrance.
"I'm Cameron, and this is my friend, Snowy. We would like to enter." I said. 'Honest enough.'
"Are you two new to this city?" the guard asked us. We nodded. "Then if you want to get in, you must understand our rules."
"First, you are not to disrupt any event or anything that may be happening around." he started, reading off of a list.
"Second, weapons are allowed on your person, but if you hurt someone with malicious intent, you will be charged." he said, basically saying, 'If you hurt someone here, you die.'
"Third, you are welcome to stay as long as you wish, but if you are not going to be living here permanently, then please stay at the hotel next to the town hall in the center of town, until you can afford a place to stay. Or do you happen to know anyone here?"
"Yes I do actually. My sister lives in this city, and that's partly why we're here." I said.
The guard nodded. "Then if your sister allows it, stay at her place. Better there than being charged. Finally, one more thing. Please, have some common sense. Don't steal, loot, or do anything like that. If you really want something, buy it. There's a bank close to the entrance here that will give you some money if you have ores. Do you understand?"
We nodded, and with that, the guard let us enter. A colorful banner right in front of us had this painted on it: "Welcome to the city of Blockington."
"That's original." I said jokingly to Snowy. She snickered at that. Then, another set of doors, and suddenly the bright, colorful city was all around us. People were walking around, it sounded like music was playing somewhere, shops were lined up up and down the streets in front of us. It was organized chaos, and I loved it.
"I think that's the bank that nice guard was talking about." Snowy said, pointing at a green building with some banners that had $ on them.
"That would be the place. Let's go get some money first. Then we'll worry about finding my sister." I said, walking forward.
On the way, me and Snowy had a short talk. "Okay, Snowy, until we leave, I want you calling me by my real name. Don't want to have any awkward conversations about that. You understand?"
She nodded, saying she understood. Soon, we arrived at the bank entrance.
The inside of the bank was warmer than outside, which wasn't a surprise. It was the middle of winter after all. Snowy would hopefully blend in with her hood.
I spoke with a teller at an open window. "Um, hi."
"Hello. How can I help you?" she said with a smile.
"Yes, well, me and my friend are new here, and we were told that we could get some money if we came here." I said, lowering my voice to not attract unwanted attention.
"Of course. Please let me see your ores." the teller replied. It took a little while to calculate the exchange rates, but soon enough I had about two hundred gold coins in a pouch. "Thank you for your patience. Come again!"
"Thank you." I said, leaving. Now that we had money, now we needed to find my sister.
"Excuse me." I spoke to a nearby guard. "Do you have any idea how I can find where someone lives here?"
"First timers?" he asked, to which we nodded. "Just head down this road and you'll come to the town hall. They can tell you where your friend is at."
We thanked him, and then continued the walk down the cobbled street. In front of us, musicians were performing on a stage, and the music was so good, I almost wanted to stop. But we continued walking, looking at all the shops and people all around us.
"This is amazing. Look at all this stuff they have for sale." Snowy said, looking at every shop, from toys to food, bakers to blacksmiths, this place had it all. One shop caught my eye. It was called "GI Tools and Weapon Repairs."
"We'll do some shopping later. Let's find my sister first." I said, almost dragging Snowy away from a butcher who was cooking fresh meat. Soon after we reached what must have been the town square. I made sure Snowy's hood was up before we kept going. Thankfully, no one bothered us, other than one accidentally walking into me.
We entered the town hall, a large building of wood and stone. The inside had several people inside, most of whom looked important. We waited behind another person already talking to the receptionist. I tried to keep calm. Just because I was in a new town, that doesn't mean I'll go crazy. We were here on business after all.
The person in front of us finished, and moved away. But I swear he shot Snowy a look just before he left. One I didn't like very much.
"Hello." the receptionist said. "How may I help you?"
"Yes, um, can you give me the residence of Paige Wallis? I want to speak with her." I asked her quietly. Even though no one seemed interested in us, that didn't mean we shouldn't be careful. You never know who might be listening.
"Let me see… ah, yes. Once you exit this building, take a left and head down the path. It's… the tallest apartment building in the city. Ask there to see your friend." the lady told me.
"Thank you." I said, turning. "Come on Snowy."
Snowy bounded after me. Why… why did it feel like someone was watching me? I glanced around, but saw no one.
The apartment building wasn't that hard to find. Like that receptionist told us, it was in fact the tallest skyscraper in the whole city. My sister was hopefully in right now.
After talking to the clerk at the counter, we climbed up a few flights of stairs and finally were standing in front of what was my sister's room. Gold plating on the door read, "Room 123"
"Well… here goes nothing." I said, knocking quickly. For a second, no one answered, and I was afraid we just missed her.
Then the lock clicked, and the door opened a crack. "Yes?" said her voice.
"Hey sis." I said, unable to hold back my smile. She pulled the door open all the way and looked at me with surprise.
"Cameron! W-what are you doing here?" she asked, but not in an annoyed way, more like she didn't think I would take the time to visit her.
"I wanted to just say hi. That so wrong?" I told her. "Can we come in? It's cold out here."
She quickly opened the door all the way, letting me and Snowy enter. It was a pretty cozy house, what with the small fireplace and the couch. Several items were littered about the place, like miscellaneous tools and such. Their was a bookshelf with a lot of books cramped on it, to the point where I'd be afraid to pull one out. A door lead off deeper into the apartment, probably to her bedroom or something.
"Make yourself at home. I'll get something to drink." Paige said, running behind a corner. Snowy and I had a silent conversation, mostly about what her first impressions of my sister were.
'If I had to guess, probably nice, but she does get… clumsy sometimes.' she told me with her eyes. She more or less hit the nail on the head.
About two minutes later, my sister came back, now with a small tray with three mugs. "Here. Some hot chocolate should warm you up." she said, giving us a cup each.
It tasted pretty good, and did make me feel very warm inside. Snowy seemed to share this thought, as she drank very deeply from her cup. After we finished, Paige sat down at a small little chair that she must have had custom made or something, because it suited her perfectly.
"So, care to introduce me to your new friend?" she asked, looking at Snowy.
"This is Snowy. I met her barely a day after you visited. Snowy, this is my sister, Paige." I introduced.
"Nice to meet you, ma'am." Snowy said politely.
"Nice to meet you too, Snowy." Paige said back, with a gentle smile.
"Anyway, I kinda just wanted to see how things were going with you and such. And as I kinda wanted to see the city. Now I wonder how the hell I missed it." I said. Paige looked a little bit concerned.
"What about… Susie? She's not…" she started, but I immediately calmed her.
"Calm down, she's still at the house. I wasn't stupid enough to force her to come to a human city." I said. Snowy nodded at that. But we both knew what we were hiding.
Paige looked relieved. "Thank Notch you didn't. You don't know how cruel they will be with the mobs. Even if some can speak, most of the time the leaders don't listen. That's why… it's a bit hard with End."
"Who's End?" Snowy asked, tilting her head. Paige remembered she hadn't shared who End was with Snowy yet. She explain who End was, and Snowy was surprised to hear she liked an enderman, but she quickly got used to it. After all, she was part wolf, and she liked me.
"You… you support human-monster peace?" my sister asked. Snowy nodded.
"Of course. After all, no one can hate each other forever. Maybe later we can live in a world of peace…"
"Exactly what I think." Paige said. She turned to me. "Anyway, how do you two know each other?"
She knew instantly she asked a bad question, as I tensed up a small bit. Snowy glanced over at Cameron, who was searching for a good answer.
"Well… I was traveling, and then I saw his house. After a, well, minor misunderstanding, he and Susie, um… allowed me to stay with them." Snowy said, putting on an embarrassed face, to hopefully trick Paige into thinking that she didn't talk about it much.
It worked. Paige nodded, and didn't press forward. Instead, she said, "Well then, I enjoy seeing you again, brother."
"Nice to see you as well." I said, checking my watch. I was surprised to see than it was almost noon already. "Damn, how long have we be wandering around town?"
Snowy noticed my watch, and her eyes widened slightly at the time too. "Gee… we were out there forever…"
"Heh. First time in a new city, and you had to take you time, eh?" my sister said, poking fun at us.
"Well sorry for wanting to sightsee before coming here." I said, with a light hearted tone. After a few more minutes of casual banter, Paige said that she needed to get going.
"Sorry, but I do have to make a living. This place doesn't buy itself." she told us, standing up and grabbing her coat.
"Fine. But if it gets dark, we would like to stay here for the night. It that okay?" I asked. Paige darted to the back for a moment, then returned.
"Yes, it's fine. There's a guest room that's moderately clean back there. I should be back by at least 5:30. If you two leave now, come back then." Paige responded, before giving us one more goodbye and then leaving.
"So, what did you think of her?" I asked Snowy, who was still sitting down.
"She seems nice. Bit messy, but hey, it's nothing too bad." Snowy responded with a smile.
For a bit, we relaxed a bit more, and then decided to head out. We promised that we would bring back some souvenirs from the trip. The only question was what to get.
Down the cobbled street again, looking around the many shops all over the place. Since it was noon by now, we first stopped at a small little restaurant by the town hall. The food was pretty good, even though the waiter seemed a bit… ah, rude to travelers. AKA, us.
"No tip for that guy." I said, after the meal was done. Well, I did slip one coin under the napkin dispenser on our table, but that was only for him if he found it.
Afterward, the next few hours were spent with me and Snowy just roaming around, looking at the many interesting things this city had to offer. Snowy practically dragged me to a clothing store so we could find some more nice clothes. Thankfully, nothing she chose was too pricey, but she did buy a lot. Two bags worth of clothes. In return, I dragged her to a shop I wanted to see. A nice little bookstore, hoping that I could maybe unload some old books I had read over and over to the point of where I had pretty much memorized them. Of course, there were plenty of new books that I bought, almost as many that I gave to the store.
By the time 4:30 rolled around, Snowy and I had almost spend all of our coins, but we were laden with at least four bags each. "Lot's of nice stuff in this place, eh Snowy?" I asked.
But Snowy wasn't by my side. In fact, for a moment, I couldn't see her. "Snowy?" I said again, looking around.
Thankfully, she had only wandered off to that butcher from earlier, who was now cooking several chickens in his ovens. Snowy was practically drooling from the meat smell. "Snowy. Don't wander off like that." I said, coming to her side. "Sorry." I told the butcher.
"Not at all friend." he said with a heavy accent. "Seems like your friend likes meat, eh?"
"Likes? Try loves." I said, trying to get Snowy's attention off the chicken in the ovens.
"Haha! My dear boy, I think she wants one." the butcher laughed.
"Yeah, but if I let her have one, she'll never want to stop." I said, shaking Snowy. But no use, she was hypnotised.
"Here. You can have one, on the house." he said, handing me a freshly cooked chicken, boxed up and ready to go. Now Snowy was pleading me to give her the box.
"You want it, you come with me." I said, walking away. She followed after, desperate to get the food.
"Heh heh… travelers are always funny." I heard the butcher tell himself, getting back to work.
Finally, away from the butcher stand, I shoved the chicken into my bag. "That'll be for dinner later." I told a crushed Snowy. "Don't even try. I'll give you plenty of it later." I warned.
At that moment, I realized we were right in front of that one shop from earlier, "GI Tools and Weapon Repair." On display in the window were some amazingly crafted swords and armor. I couldn't help but wonder who made them.
For some reason, the GI in the name of this place seemed… familiar. But that couldn't be true, right?
Nevertheless, I called out in my head, 'Hey, Vivianna? Can you search around in my head for a bit and see if anything matching GI comes up?'
"I'll see what I can do. Be patient." Vivianna told me, hopefully searching.
"Come on Snowy. I want to check out something." I said, walking to the shop. Snowy followed, probably because she wanted me to give her the meat early.
There was no one else shopping there when we entered. The only person who was there was the cashier. "Welcome to GI Tools, how can I help you?" he said, in a slightly bored tone.
"We're looking right now. Not much business?" I asked, looking at the finely crafted tools available. As a person who relied on weapons most of my life, I naturally came to appreciate them.
"No. In fact, you two are probably only the tenth group today." the cashier replied, looking tired. He stopped talking for a while as Snowy and I browsed.
"Hey Ma- er, Cameron." Snowy said, catching herself. The cashier didn't seem to think anything of it. "What's this?"
I walked over to where she was. In a glass shelf, light shining on it from a bright torch, were two incredibly fancy looking… actually, I didn't even know what they were. They certainly looked like a master crafted them.
"Those? Those are the boss's favorite weapons. His own design." the cashier called out, finally sounding a bit more upbeat. From behind his desk, he pulled out two more, though they were obviously wooden fakes.
"Here, put this on your arm, under your sleeve." he said, showing me how to do that. It fit like a sort of arm gauntlet, but didn't seem all that special.
"Now, say you're out there somewhere, when all of the sudden, a zombie approaches. Well, flick your wrists, and see what happens.
Curious, I did so, and from the top of the gauntlets, two triangles of wood popped out. "See? If those were regular ones, small blades would poke out, great for close quarter's combat. Boss calls 'em hidden blades."
"Huh." I said, rather impressed. These little things on my arm were quite complicated, now that I knew what they did. "Will these things ever, you know, backfire? Like, the blades pop out when I don't want them to?" I asked.
"No. Don't ask me how, but they only will pop out when you flick your wrists out. Plus, they retract the second you flip your wrists back. Just, be careful around loved ones." the cashier explained.
I took off the fake ones, and looked back at the masterly crafted ones. They would be very good tools to buy. "How much for the real ones?" I asked.
"Ooh… I don't know… my boss placed the price of those rather steep, mostly because he is the only one who actually knows how to make them right." the cashier said, looking a bit nervous.
"Really? How much?" Snowy asked, also interested.
"It's… 150 gold coins." the cashier sighed out. Hearing the price nearly caused me to collapse in shock.
"150?! That much?!" I cried out. The cashier quickly grew fearful, drawing a line on his throat.
"Shhhh! Don't yell out how much those are! The boss might hear you, and you really don't want that to happen." he said, sounding honest. But I was still too shocked at the ludicrous price tag.
"I can't afford that…" I said, very upset. Those hidden blades would be beyond useful. But this place's owner had set the bar very high.
"I'm sorry… there's not really much I can do at this point." the cashier said, sounding truly apologetic. "If my boss was out here, he might be willing to haggle, but…"
"Where is he?" I asked. The cashier's face became a bit pale.
"I-in the workshop through this door… you seriously can't be planning to march over to him, are you?"
"If it means getting a better deal on those blades, then so be it." I said firmly, making myself clear I was not going to be persuaded otherwise.
The cashier tried to think of a way to talk me out of it, but sighed, and said, "Hold on… I'll talk to him…" before going through the door behind him.
Snowy looked a little worried about me. "Master… are you sure you'll be fine?"
"Of course I am. Whatever this boss is like, I can handle it. And my name, remember?" I said, rubbing her head to calm her.
Thirty seconds later, the cashier came back, now really afraid. "So, good news, bad news. Good news, my boss is willing to talk with you. Bad news, he want's you to go back there, which is never a good sign."
"Whatever. Lead the way." I said, telling Snowy to stay put for the time being. Down the long hallway, and then the cashier told me that the boss was right behind the door in front of us.
"Alright." I said, and he left, probably so that he wouldn't see what was going to happen. Slowly, I walked to the door.
"Cameron." Vivianna spoke to me. "I have news."
'What?' I asked, almost to the door. 'Make it fast, I'm gonna have to talk here in a second.'
"Okay. Well, I searched through your memories and I didn't find anything specific. However, I did find a few matches for the G. No name you know has the initials GI, however, some did have a G initial." Vivianna relayed to me.
'Really? Anyone stand out?' I asked in my head, reaching out to the door.
"Not really. Maybe talking to this guy will help." Vivianna admitted. I nodded, ready to talk. I opened the door, expecting to see some huge titan of a boss in a suit… but was instead met with… a teenager?
"Hello?" I said, not sure what to make of this. The person turned, and gave me a look. He looked… almost like I had seen him before.
"So… you're the one who is complaining about my prices, yes?" the person asked. I was a bit distracted to answer him quickly, my eyes were looking around the place. One thing caught my eye, something engraved on the desk.
Gowen Industries…
'Is there a name that matches Gowen?' I asked Vivianna in my head. She quickly started searching again.
"Hey! Answer me!" the guy said, pounding a fist on the desk.
"I found a match." Vivianna replied.
'What is it?' I asked.
"There was only one possible match. A male, by the name of Zach Gowen."
And that's when everything started spinning.
WOAH! Okay, well, I went over my word limit by almost 500 words! Guess I got too carried away… Ah well, more for you guys!
Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed this new installment. If you guys aren't sure who Zach Gowen is, refer back to Chapter 1. Now you understand? Yep.
As always, if any of you awesome people want to play MC with me, PM me with your ingame username, what time, and when. As always, this is ButterHunter signing off for now, and until next time, stay awesome.
