Gundam wing A/C
Clues to destruction
Chapter 2: Finding cards, finding clues.
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1. The rider.
Safe and sound at home it will stay, Till the five come back another day. When evil reborn, try as he might, Let the five find first their light.
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By the next morning the storm had passed and the skies looked as though the raging tempest of the night before had never been there. Heero's laptop was back on line and before long he was typing rapidly away at a mission report. The five pilot's now had absolutely no doubt that it was the ghost who had been playing around with the electricity and the weather. It was just to creepy not to believe.
The weapons they'd discovered in the hidden room had been removed and were now laid out on the ancient dinning room table alongside the book and the card. In the light they where identified, one lot consisted of a long silver and gold sword and a shining shield. Both where inscribed with the same insignia of a planet between two double wings. The next weapon was a long scythe. It's dark teak staff gleamed with a red and almost bloody sheen. In one corner of the sliver blade was a wolf engraved with a scythe across it's neck. When Duo found this he promptly began looking for similar markings on the other weapons, "Hey guys, these things could almost be naming our gundams!"
The third weapon was a magnificent bow and a matching dagger. The wood was engraved with flowing patterns and forest scene's all the way down it's length. Most curious was the charging stag. Then there was the scimitar Quatre had picked up the night before. It had a black hilt and it's blade was made of tempered metal that, if you looked at it from the right angle, reflected blue waves that's proved that the metal was very high quality, it had a twin blade that was a exact mirror image of the first. Both had markings on the blade that looked like a sun layered with a moon.
Finally there was the Katana. It's long curved blade was made of a completely unidentified metal and had the etching of a long Chinese dragon writhing down it's length, it was obvious that these weapons had been left behind for someone and it seemed that they would need them too. As morning had broken Trowa and Wufei had volunteered to search the upper levels of the old mansion for clues to what the cards where for. Instead they'd found a library, tucked away in a corner of the top floor hidden behind another secret door. In the library they'd found a diary that told them pretty much what they were meant to do. But there where riddles they had to decipher first.
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2. The snake
Words in a story tell many things, Riddles and hints, of legends and kings. Old is the place where this card resides, Deep in stone walls its guardian hides. Seekers beware the things that you say, One answer wrong, then gone the light of day.
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"How the hell are we supposed to figure out these things?" Duo cried loudly after reading the second riddle for the fifteenth time. "I mean, it's not like we've got anything to do but this is ridiculous." Across the room Heero shook his head saying "Baka." softly below the hearing of the other pilots. Meanwhile Quatre was actually thinking hard about what he'd seen the night before and was piecing together the clues. "I think the one that looks like me wrote this riddle. The snake was the card on top of his fifth of the deck." Wufei and Trowa merely nodded, having seen the same thing. "So Q-ball, do ya think you can work out this riddle?" Duo asked. Quatre read out the riddle once again. "Words in a story tell many things..." He mused, "Riddles and hint's, of legends and kings..."
"It's a library!" Duo suddenly burst out. The others snapped their heads around to look at him in amazement, "What did you say Maxwell?" Wufei asked. "It's in an old library." Duo repeated much quieter, shifting rather uncomfortably under their gaze. "How did you figure that out?" Quatre asked. "It was the thing about the legends and stories. Where do you go to read about them? In a library!" Wufei seemed impressed. "There's hope for you yet Maxwell. You just solved something by thinking logically for once." Duo glared at Wufei and stuck his tongue out at the Chinese teen. "Well at least I solved it."
"There's still more of the riddle you know." Heero's dry monotone broke up the bickering. "It mentions a guardian, do you know what it could be?" His question was directed at the blonde with the diary. Quatre screwed up his face as he tried to figure out the rest of the riddle but gave up a moment later. "No," He answered quietly, "I can't figure it out, I have no idea what it could be, but if we do come across it we'd better be careful. I think it will ask us something."
Heero nodded, "I'll go and track down all the remaining ancient libraries." He said shortly and left the room to find his laptop. (Which, mind you, he won't find for another hour because Duo has hidden it in a cupboard on the second floor.) The other's all looked at each other before Duo finally dragged out some paper and a pen, "Anyone want to brain storm?"
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So there you have it, Chapter two. Sorry if you think it's short but putting up something is better than putting up nothing, ne.
Look out for the next chapter and don't forget to review!
Cya ^__^
Clues to destruction
Chapter 2: Finding cards, finding clues.
~~~~~
1. The rider.
Safe and sound at home it will stay, Till the five come back another day. When evil reborn, try as he might, Let the five find first their light.
~~~~~
By the next morning the storm had passed and the skies looked as though the raging tempest of the night before had never been there. Heero's laptop was back on line and before long he was typing rapidly away at a mission report. The five pilot's now had absolutely no doubt that it was the ghost who had been playing around with the electricity and the weather. It was just to creepy not to believe.
The weapons they'd discovered in the hidden room had been removed and were now laid out on the ancient dinning room table alongside the book and the card. In the light they where identified, one lot consisted of a long silver and gold sword and a shining shield. Both where inscribed with the same insignia of a planet between two double wings. The next weapon was a long scythe. It's dark teak staff gleamed with a red and almost bloody sheen. In one corner of the sliver blade was a wolf engraved with a scythe across it's neck. When Duo found this he promptly began looking for similar markings on the other weapons, "Hey guys, these things could almost be naming our gundams!"
The third weapon was a magnificent bow and a matching dagger. The wood was engraved with flowing patterns and forest scene's all the way down it's length. Most curious was the charging stag. Then there was the scimitar Quatre had picked up the night before. It had a black hilt and it's blade was made of tempered metal that, if you looked at it from the right angle, reflected blue waves that's proved that the metal was very high quality, it had a twin blade that was a exact mirror image of the first. Both had markings on the blade that looked like a sun layered with a moon.
Finally there was the Katana. It's long curved blade was made of a completely unidentified metal and had the etching of a long Chinese dragon writhing down it's length, it was obvious that these weapons had been left behind for someone and it seemed that they would need them too. As morning had broken Trowa and Wufei had volunteered to search the upper levels of the old mansion for clues to what the cards where for. Instead they'd found a library, tucked away in a corner of the top floor hidden behind another secret door. In the library they'd found a diary that told them pretty much what they were meant to do. But there where riddles they had to decipher first.
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2. The snake
Words in a story tell many things, Riddles and hints, of legends and kings. Old is the place where this card resides, Deep in stone walls its guardian hides. Seekers beware the things that you say, One answer wrong, then gone the light of day.
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"How the hell are we supposed to figure out these things?" Duo cried loudly after reading the second riddle for the fifteenth time. "I mean, it's not like we've got anything to do but this is ridiculous." Across the room Heero shook his head saying "Baka." softly below the hearing of the other pilots. Meanwhile Quatre was actually thinking hard about what he'd seen the night before and was piecing together the clues. "I think the one that looks like me wrote this riddle. The snake was the card on top of his fifth of the deck." Wufei and Trowa merely nodded, having seen the same thing. "So Q-ball, do ya think you can work out this riddle?" Duo asked. Quatre read out the riddle once again. "Words in a story tell many things..." He mused, "Riddles and hint's, of legends and kings..."
"It's a library!" Duo suddenly burst out. The others snapped their heads around to look at him in amazement, "What did you say Maxwell?" Wufei asked. "It's in an old library." Duo repeated much quieter, shifting rather uncomfortably under their gaze. "How did you figure that out?" Quatre asked. "It was the thing about the legends and stories. Where do you go to read about them? In a library!" Wufei seemed impressed. "There's hope for you yet Maxwell. You just solved something by thinking logically for once." Duo glared at Wufei and stuck his tongue out at the Chinese teen. "Well at least I solved it."
"There's still more of the riddle you know." Heero's dry monotone broke up the bickering. "It mentions a guardian, do you know what it could be?" His question was directed at the blonde with the diary. Quatre screwed up his face as he tried to figure out the rest of the riddle but gave up a moment later. "No," He answered quietly, "I can't figure it out, I have no idea what it could be, but if we do come across it we'd better be careful. I think it will ask us something."
Heero nodded, "I'll go and track down all the remaining ancient libraries." He said shortly and left the room to find his laptop. (Which, mind you, he won't find for another hour because Duo has hidden it in a cupboard on the second floor.) The other's all looked at each other before Duo finally dragged out some paper and a pen, "Anyone want to brain storm?"
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So there you have it, Chapter two. Sorry if you think it's short but putting up something is better than putting up nothing, ne.
Look out for the next chapter and don't forget to review!
Cya ^__^