The sun sets slowly behind the horizon of ice-capped mountains that
cradle Snow Town. Music, laughing, and cheering though, could still be
heard in full force at Linda's house. Jam, Nancy, Slash, and Tommy had just
finished a race of their own, Tommy being the winner of this race. To
reward himself, he went to Linda's kitchen and ordered Linda's butler,
Yanci, to make him the biggest, fattest hamburger he could imagine. Yanci,
not at all a cook, denied Tommy's request, but told him he would hire a
cook for the job. Yanci thusly took out a cell phone, dialed up a local
restaurant, and quickly hired a cook to satisfy Tommy's request.
In the meantime, the rest of the kids were returning to the foyer in Linda's house, they all found Linda, who was waiting for them on the couch. "You're back, how'd the race go?" she said sweetly, finally able to truly feel happiness again after the events that had happened previously. (See volume 1 for more information).
"Eh, Tommy's fat butt won the race." Jam said. "I caught second, Nancy got third, and Slash got last, he would have gotten third if Nancy hadn't pegged him with that ice shot." Slash was still getting snow out of his spiky hair; he decided to goof around and began shaking his head like an animal. Snow flew everywhere, getting into all of the kid's faces. "HEY!" Linda shouted, "Now you got my couch all wet!" Linda quickly kicked herself to standing. "It's alright when I say you all can have fun, but that doesn't mean pick on me! It's MY house after all!"
Slash looked at Linda, seeing her anger flaring once again, his eyes widened, "Uh oh." Jam said. Linda ran at Slash, and Slash ran towards the front door, opening it and dashing out as fast as he could. Linda continued after him, finally able to take him down by grabbing his knees. "EEP!" Slash squealed as he fell over, face first in the snow. He quickly turned around put his hands up in front of Linda. "Don't hit me! Don't kill me!" Slash begged, "I'm sorry!".
Linda suddenly stopped as he said the magic words "I'm sorry." She stepped away from him, but was unaware of a rock that she had kicked up when she took him down, she accidentally tripped upon it, giving herself a mouthful of snow at the same time. "Gmph!" She groaned as she fell. She got up slowly, rubbing her ankle, kicking the rock out of the dirt and into the bushes, and then walked back inside.
The kids followed her back in, the guys stopped in the foyer while Linda and Nancy went up to Linda's room. "You okay Linda?" Nancy asked Linda in concern, "You took quite a fall there." Linda had stepped into her bathroom, and closed the door. Rustling could be heard on the other side of the door, as Nancy waited for her to come back out. Linda then opened the door, though she still stayed inside, she was now in a new shirt and pants. "I can't walk around my house in wet clothes, though I do it all the time in the garage after I get back from boarding." Linda said, wringing her hair out into the sink. "And yes, I am fine, thank you Nancy."
The two girls went back downstairs, Slash looking at his board again, while Linda went into the kitchen. "Yanci, could you bring out some drinks for us?" Linda requested. Yanci poked his head out of the stockroom in the kitchen. "Certainly, Ms. Maltinie." Yanci replied, "What drinks are you looking for?" "I'll take a Grape Drink, Nancy will have pink lemonade, Tommy will have anything we've got, but give him a root beer, Give Slash a cola, and Jam, give him some Orange Soda." Linda selected for all the kids. Yanci nodded, going down the steps of the stockroom, and collecting drinks for the kids. Yanci came up out of the stockroom about 2 minutes later, with a plate full of glasses of the drinks Linda requested. He brought the drinks into the foyer, laying them on the table as he bowed gently. "Your drinks, everyone." Yanci said in his low voice. The kids all looked at each other, not remembering to order drinks, besides Linda. "Jam, the Orange Soda is yours." Linda started, "The cola is Slash's, Nancy has the pink lemonade, and Tommy gets the root beer. I have the grape drink."
They all took their specified drinks and began to relax a bit, still winded from the party, and the little hassle that Slash and Linda got into. Slash took his drink and went back to his board, taking out his wax and beginning to wax his board. As Slash rubbed across a groove next to the bronze nose of the board, something surprising happened, the nose popped off the top of the board, and on the floor. Slash let out a yell as he saw his board separate. The rest of the kids jumped, Linda, not yet finishing her drink, had spilled her drink all over herself as she heard Slash scream. "AHHHH!!!" Linda followed with a scream of her own; realizing now two of her outfits had been soaked. Just as Linda felt ready to strangle the life out of Slash, she realized that getting herself clean should come first, therefore, Linda ran upstairs again, back into her room, this time closing the bathroom door and starting the shower.
Slash began to desperately try to put his board together, and when he heard a click between the board and the bronze nose, he tried moving it again, and it was as sturdy as before. "Oh, phew." Slash sighed with relief. "I thought I broke it." Jam looked at Slash and gave him a glare, "What'd you do that for?" Jam yelled at him, "You almost scared us all out of our boots!" Slash pointed to the top of his board. "It came off, some how, and I was able to get it back on, so it's alright now." Slash assured them. "But why would it come off, and reattach?" Nancy added, "Is it removable perhaps?" Slash pondered at the question, "You know, I don't know, let's take a look." Slash said curiously, being very careful with his board as he felt around the bronze nose again, upon feeling the groove on the board, the nose again came off. "There's some sort of trigger on top of the board." Slash said, rubbing the strange groove. "It's this thing here."
"Hey look, there's writing on the inside of the nose case." Jam said, pointing inside the bronze board nose. Slash went over to it, felt around the sides of it, found a crease, and opened the nose like a suitcase, inside, sure enough, there was writing. It read as such.
"To depths unknown, many go, to seek the ultimate Snowboard Show, all have failed who take the chance, being mesmerized into the luring trance, of greed and power, that is this game, but the prize is surely, beyond the boundaries of fame. Take this chance; if you truly wish, but remember these rules, they're as simple as this."
1: Upon the start of your journey, no weapons, other than your own snowboard may come with you, it will be known if you wield such a thing, and punishment will be dealt.
2: There is no turning back once you have entered, all who enter are either blessed, or doomed.
3: Upon the entrance, you will be given a single bomb. Use this bomb any way you wish.
4: You may have as many as you wish accompany you, it will not matter.
The poem continued on,
"To Silver Mountain our journey takes place, to the catacombs known as the Mountain's Grace, through tunnels and turns you will make your way, there's time to get there now, so don't delay. You have 3 days to approach if you seek this gift, the Viper's Board, a gift quite swift. You have your time, now make haste, if you seek this board, there's no time to waste!"
"I like poems." said Linda, "And obviously, it's a challenge to us, and it's on Silver Mountain nonetheless! Hmm, a Viper Board." Linda pondered, wondering what the board would be. "I wanna get this board!" Slash yelled out, jumping up. "But Slash, it could already be gone; there may already be someone who's taken it." Nancy added to Slash. . "Well, can't blame a guy for trying, I'm going, and if you all want a shot at that board, meet me at my place tomorrow morning, it's a weekend so we'll have all weekend to look for it." Slash explained.
The kids, though some of them didn't want to, agreed to help each other in the search for the Viper Board. Though, questions still remained, what is the Viper Board? Who is challenging them through a message in a bronze board nose? Does the Mountain's Grace Catacomb really exist? Only time will tell.
In the meantime, the rest of the kids were returning to the foyer in Linda's house, they all found Linda, who was waiting for them on the couch. "You're back, how'd the race go?" she said sweetly, finally able to truly feel happiness again after the events that had happened previously. (See volume 1 for more information).
"Eh, Tommy's fat butt won the race." Jam said. "I caught second, Nancy got third, and Slash got last, he would have gotten third if Nancy hadn't pegged him with that ice shot." Slash was still getting snow out of his spiky hair; he decided to goof around and began shaking his head like an animal. Snow flew everywhere, getting into all of the kid's faces. "HEY!" Linda shouted, "Now you got my couch all wet!" Linda quickly kicked herself to standing. "It's alright when I say you all can have fun, but that doesn't mean pick on me! It's MY house after all!"
Slash looked at Linda, seeing her anger flaring once again, his eyes widened, "Uh oh." Jam said. Linda ran at Slash, and Slash ran towards the front door, opening it and dashing out as fast as he could. Linda continued after him, finally able to take him down by grabbing his knees. "EEP!" Slash squealed as he fell over, face first in the snow. He quickly turned around put his hands up in front of Linda. "Don't hit me! Don't kill me!" Slash begged, "I'm sorry!".
Linda suddenly stopped as he said the magic words "I'm sorry." She stepped away from him, but was unaware of a rock that she had kicked up when she took him down, she accidentally tripped upon it, giving herself a mouthful of snow at the same time. "Gmph!" She groaned as she fell. She got up slowly, rubbing her ankle, kicking the rock out of the dirt and into the bushes, and then walked back inside.
The kids followed her back in, the guys stopped in the foyer while Linda and Nancy went up to Linda's room. "You okay Linda?" Nancy asked Linda in concern, "You took quite a fall there." Linda had stepped into her bathroom, and closed the door. Rustling could be heard on the other side of the door, as Nancy waited for her to come back out. Linda then opened the door, though she still stayed inside, she was now in a new shirt and pants. "I can't walk around my house in wet clothes, though I do it all the time in the garage after I get back from boarding." Linda said, wringing her hair out into the sink. "And yes, I am fine, thank you Nancy."
The two girls went back downstairs, Slash looking at his board again, while Linda went into the kitchen. "Yanci, could you bring out some drinks for us?" Linda requested. Yanci poked his head out of the stockroom in the kitchen. "Certainly, Ms. Maltinie." Yanci replied, "What drinks are you looking for?" "I'll take a Grape Drink, Nancy will have pink lemonade, Tommy will have anything we've got, but give him a root beer, Give Slash a cola, and Jam, give him some Orange Soda." Linda selected for all the kids. Yanci nodded, going down the steps of the stockroom, and collecting drinks for the kids. Yanci came up out of the stockroom about 2 minutes later, with a plate full of glasses of the drinks Linda requested. He brought the drinks into the foyer, laying them on the table as he bowed gently. "Your drinks, everyone." Yanci said in his low voice. The kids all looked at each other, not remembering to order drinks, besides Linda. "Jam, the Orange Soda is yours." Linda started, "The cola is Slash's, Nancy has the pink lemonade, and Tommy gets the root beer. I have the grape drink."
They all took their specified drinks and began to relax a bit, still winded from the party, and the little hassle that Slash and Linda got into. Slash took his drink and went back to his board, taking out his wax and beginning to wax his board. As Slash rubbed across a groove next to the bronze nose of the board, something surprising happened, the nose popped off the top of the board, and on the floor. Slash let out a yell as he saw his board separate. The rest of the kids jumped, Linda, not yet finishing her drink, had spilled her drink all over herself as she heard Slash scream. "AHHHH!!!" Linda followed with a scream of her own; realizing now two of her outfits had been soaked. Just as Linda felt ready to strangle the life out of Slash, she realized that getting herself clean should come first, therefore, Linda ran upstairs again, back into her room, this time closing the bathroom door and starting the shower.
Slash began to desperately try to put his board together, and when he heard a click between the board and the bronze nose, he tried moving it again, and it was as sturdy as before. "Oh, phew." Slash sighed with relief. "I thought I broke it." Jam looked at Slash and gave him a glare, "What'd you do that for?" Jam yelled at him, "You almost scared us all out of our boots!" Slash pointed to the top of his board. "It came off, some how, and I was able to get it back on, so it's alright now." Slash assured them. "But why would it come off, and reattach?" Nancy added, "Is it removable perhaps?" Slash pondered at the question, "You know, I don't know, let's take a look." Slash said curiously, being very careful with his board as he felt around the bronze nose again, upon feeling the groove on the board, the nose again came off. "There's some sort of trigger on top of the board." Slash said, rubbing the strange groove. "It's this thing here."
"Hey look, there's writing on the inside of the nose case." Jam said, pointing inside the bronze board nose. Slash went over to it, felt around the sides of it, found a crease, and opened the nose like a suitcase, inside, sure enough, there was writing. It read as such.
"To depths unknown, many go, to seek the ultimate Snowboard Show, all have failed who take the chance, being mesmerized into the luring trance, of greed and power, that is this game, but the prize is surely, beyond the boundaries of fame. Take this chance; if you truly wish, but remember these rules, they're as simple as this."
1: Upon the start of your journey, no weapons, other than your own snowboard may come with you, it will be known if you wield such a thing, and punishment will be dealt.
2: There is no turning back once you have entered, all who enter are either blessed, or doomed.
3: Upon the entrance, you will be given a single bomb. Use this bomb any way you wish.
4: You may have as many as you wish accompany you, it will not matter.
The poem continued on,
"To Silver Mountain our journey takes place, to the catacombs known as the Mountain's Grace, through tunnels and turns you will make your way, there's time to get there now, so don't delay. You have 3 days to approach if you seek this gift, the Viper's Board, a gift quite swift. You have your time, now make haste, if you seek this board, there's no time to waste!"
"I like poems." said Linda, "And obviously, it's a challenge to us, and it's on Silver Mountain nonetheless! Hmm, a Viper Board." Linda pondered, wondering what the board would be. "I wanna get this board!" Slash yelled out, jumping up. "But Slash, it could already be gone; there may already be someone who's taken it." Nancy added to Slash. . "Well, can't blame a guy for trying, I'm going, and if you all want a shot at that board, meet me at my place tomorrow morning, it's a weekend so we'll have all weekend to look for it." Slash explained.
The kids, though some of them didn't want to, agreed to help each other in the search for the Viper Board. Though, questions still remained, what is the Viper Board? Who is challenging them through a message in a bronze board nose? Does the Mountain's Grace Catacomb really exist? Only time will tell.