"So- what do we know? Where do we start looking?" Jon asked.
"We know for sure that somebody put a note in our room saying "Go through the door on the left alley near the Abby." We also know that the bozo in charge of the mess is using this place as a testing grounds for his time traveling powers-or whatever." AJ said
"Where should we look first?" Jon asked
"You should tell me. You're the smart one. But my best guess is to follow the directions of that note."
"Right. How do we get there? I'm sure there are a lot of left Alleys near the Abby. How do we know which one to take?"
"Let's look at a map."
AJ and Jon walked up the main street, and found no map.
"Maybe we missed it? Jon said.
"I dunno."
"Wait AJ! This sign says "Abby this way". Maybe if we find a small alley on this street, we take it."
"It's worth a shot. Let's go backtrack."
As both backtracked, they passed a very inconspicuous alley, only about 2 feet wide.
"This is it AJ. Let's go up."
The alley went up, soon leading to stairs. The stairs went up and curved around a bit, then came to a mini Graveyard. Past the graveyard was a fork in the road.
"Let's check out the graveyard." AJ said
"Wait. Notice how it got dark all of a sudden? And where is everybody? We didn't see a single person along the way." Jon inquired.
"If I am correct, a tide comes in on this castle at a rate of 2 meters per second, surrounding this castle by water. The people must be out to watch the tide come in." AJ informed
"I feel watched."
"You are." Are stranger said. The man was large, and mean. He had 4 other large men with him. All dressed in black and all carried a nasty looking crowbar. "And we have a job to do with you guys. We got to take you out before you find out to much." With that, the men attacked.
"What? No weapons, no advantages? This isn't a fair fight!" AJ wailed. Yet he and Jon split up, trying only to take on one guy at a time.
AJ got a quick retreat over a fence, but Jon wasn't so lucky. He got back, but was cornered by two guys. Jon had only one option. He had to fight.
The guy on the left swung a vicious overhead swing with the metal bar; landing with a clang as it hit metal fence. Jon had just got out of the way and grabbed the crowbar from his attacker. Yet the other gut attacked, being parried by Jon, yet he was stronger. He pushed and soon was only millimeters from Jon's face. So Jon bit his nose.
"OW! You little bast-"
Jon didn't let him finish as he smacked his head, leaving the man stone cold.
Meanwhile AJ was throwing rocks at the pursuers. One of them had backed off, but the other two started throwing rocks back at him with devilish aim. AJ wouldn't last long here. AJ fled the scene, his two attackers following. AJ had the head start, and he climbed up a small stone outcropping, and waited. When one was directly below.
"BONSAI!" AJ yelled as he bellyflopped upon the man. The man was surely not getting up again.
The other man got a diving tackle into AJ though. Now a man with a crowbar was beating AJ, with no weapon and no escape. AJ had to do one thing for escape. He kicked his balls.
"AAAAAIIIIIIII!!!!!" The man screamed. AJ picked him up and slammed him into the rock wall. The man's face was covered in blood, as he slumped down to the ground.
AJ got to Jon just as He finished his last guy..
"-ever see stars while you sleep fella?" Jon asked.
"HU? No?"
THWACK! Jon hit his head with the crowbar.
"You will now."
"Jon? Where is the other guy?"
"I think he ran off. I couldn't get at him."
"Okay. Let's see if our friends here are carrying anything special."
???????
"What do you got Jon?" AJ asked
"Let's see. I got some 200 odd Euro, fake ID's, and bits of junk and one piece of paper."
The piece of paper was like a cut off of an old map. There was a large landmass jutting out from the top, hidden from view. Next to it was a smaller version of it, with an island below it. Below both was a landmass shaped like a backward "F". On the left side was a series of six islands. In the left corner was the word "Aethiopicus".
"Nothing looks important but that strange piece of paper." AJ commented.
"Maybe it's a clue? This looks like part of a map to me."
"What part of the world is that? And what the heck is Aethiopicus?"
"I don't know. I think we should go digging through some maps. And-" Jon motioned toward the thugs that attacked. "find a way to protect ourselves better."
"Agreed. Lets go."
"We know for sure that somebody put a note in our room saying "Go through the door on the left alley near the Abby." We also know that the bozo in charge of the mess is using this place as a testing grounds for his time traveling powers-or whatever." AJ said
"Where should we look first?" Jon asked
"You should tell me. You're the smart one. But my best guess is to follow the directions of that note."
"Right. How do we get there? I'm sure there are a lot of left Alleys near the Abby. How do we know which one to take?"
"Let's look at a map."
AJ and Jon walked up the main street, and found no map.
"Maybe we missed it? Jon said.
"I dunno."
"Wait AJ! This sign says "Abby this way". Maybe if we find a small alley on this street, we take it."
"It's worth a shot. Let's go backtrack."
As both backtracked, they passed a very inconspicuous alley, only about 2 feet wide.
"This is it AJ. Let's go up."
The alley went up, soon leading to stairs. The stairs went up and curved around a bit, then came to a mini Graveyard. Past the graveyard was a fork in the road.
"Let's check out the graveyard." AJ said
"Wait. Notice how it got dark all of a sudden? And where is everybody? We didn't see a single person along the way." Jon inquired.
"If I am correct, a tide comes in on this castle at a rate of 2 meters per second, surrounding this castle by water. The people must be out to watch the tide come in." AJ informed
"I feel watched."
"You are." Are stranger said. The man was large, and mean. He had 4 other large men with him. All dressed in black and all carried a nasty looking crowbar. "And we have a job to do with you guys. We got to take you out before you find out to much." With that, the men attacked.
"What? No weapons, no advantages? This isn't a fair fight!" AJ wailed. Yet he and Jon split up, trying only to take on one guy at a time.
AJ got a quick retreat over a fence, but Jon wasn't so lucky. He got back, but was cornered by two guys. Jon had only one option. He had to fight.
The guy on the left swung a vicious overhead swing with the metal bar; landing with a clang as it hit metal fence. Jon had just got out of the way and grabbed the crowbar from his attacker. Yet the other gut attacked, being parried by Jon, yet he was stronger. He pushed and soon was only millimeters from Jon's face. So Jon bit his nose.
"OW! You little bast-"
Jon didn't let him finish as he smacked his head, leaving the man stone cold.
Meanwhile AJ was throwing rocks at the pursuers. One of them had backed off, but the other two started throwing rocks back at him with devilish aim. AJ wouldn't last long here. AJ fled the scene, his two attackers following. AJ had the head start, and he climbed up a small stone outcropping, and waited. When one was directly below.
"BONSAI!" AJ yelled as he bellyflopped upon the man. The man was surely not getting up again.
The other man got a diving tackle into AJ though. Now a man with a crowbar was beating AJ, with no weapon and no escape. AJ had to do one thing for escape. He kicked his balls.
"AAAAAIIIIIIII!!!!!" The man screamed. AJ picked him up and slammed him into the rock wall. The man's face was covered in blood, as he slumped down to the ground.
AJ got to Jon just as He finished his last guy..
"-ever see stars while you sleep fella?" Jon asked.
"HU? No?"
THWACK! Jon hit his head with the crowbar.
"You will now."
"Jon? Where is the other guy?"
"I think he ran off. I couldn't get at him."
"Okay. Let's see if our friends here are carrying anything special."
???????
"What do you got Jon?" AJ asked
"Let's see. I got some 200 odd Euro, fake ID's, and bits of junk and one piece of paper."
The piece of paper was like a cut off of an old map. There was a large landmass jutting out from the top, hidden from view. Next to it was a smaller version of it, with an island below it. Below both was a landmass shaped like a backward "F". On the left side was a series of six islands. In the left corner was the word "Aethiopicus".
"Nothing looks important but that strange piece of paper." AJ commented.
"Maybe it's a clue? This looks like part of a map to me."
"What part of the world is that? And what the heck is Aethiopicus?"
"I don't know. I think we should go digging through some maps. And-" Jon motioned toward the thugs that attacked. "find a way to protect ourselves better."
"Agreed. Lets go."