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What Lies Beneath
by
~Miriah~of~the~Wind~
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Chapter 19: Search for the Phalaenopsis
"What did the Tallest want?" Tak said.
"They wanted to know if we caught the rebel-traitors yet." Mali replied.
"Maybe we should summon this banshee-thing." Cam said. She then took the parchment out that had the paper with it, "We need the Celtic cross, a earth-flower of some sort and this 'Mead'. What's a 'Mead'?"
"It's a type of drink that is also alcoholic made by fermenting honey and has fruit juices in it. It ranges from mild to extremely strong that make your taste pores explode. I see the humans drink it all the time. M.I.M.I.! Find some Mead." M.I.M.I. changed from a S.I.R. to a cat and Cam, Mali, and Tak followed M.I.M.I. to the corridor and to a room on the other side. They opened the door and found that it was a like a lounge. M.I.M.I. went on the other side of the room and started pawing at a large glass chest. While Tak picked up a bottle of Mead on one of the tables Mali went over to what M.I.M.I. was pawing at. Mali rubbed the dust of the glass yet she saw no jewels. Mali was nevertheless curious and reached into her inventory and found a pocket knife. She took the knife and started to pick the lock.
"What are you looking at Mali?" Cam asked.
"This chest." Mali opened a box in the glass chest while the other two Irkens gathered around. It was an old document that was labeled, "Auld Alliance Treaty".
"M.I.M.I. find a information center." Tak commanded. M.I.M.I. turned back into a cat and ran upstairs and down another long corridor to a library who entrance had red curtains while everyone else followed her. It was an old library where books mounted upon other books. Cam raised her hands to pick any sense. She came to a niche on the side of the wall. In the niche was a plaque with the symbol of a dragon on it. She look towards the desk and on it lay a small book.
"Hey you guys, look at this!" Tak and Mali came forward. It was a book filled with pictures and on the cover it read that it belonged to 'Moira McFarley'
"I think it's a human sketch-pad of some kind." Tak said. Cam found a page that showed a human flower that none of the Irken warriors had ever seen before. The flower was a purple Thistle. They turned the page to see yet another Earth-flower this one was a white flower even more beautiful then before called an Edelweiss.
"Have you ever seen anything like it, Mali?" Cam asked in awe. Mali shook her head. No flowers ever grew on Irk and any flowers that you did find on the planet came from Cosovia. Cosovia was big in agriculture while Irk was more of a battle planet. They finally turned to the next page and gasped. This one was the Phalaenopsis. It had to be the most beautiful flower they had ever seen. It had orange petals with purple in the middle and the tips turned a ruby red color. All the colors blended in perfectly.
"Well, we now no what to look for." Mali said, "To the Greenhouse!"
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