On top of the mountain the cold air felt almost like the highest summer temperatures to Wind. He stood there enjoying the ice cold wind. Kenneth looked alright only if one looked closer you could see him shivering slightly from the cold. The rest of the group….. well, now wished they had stayed back at ground level. They kept walking and Wind had fewer complaints. "More like home," he thought. Soon they came across a building with four chimneys. Everyone except for Wind rushed into the building. The heat inside was overwhelming but mostly everyone was satisfied with the change in temperature. A very old man came into the room. Using a cane for support, white beard dragging on the floor, he approached. In a voice resembling a rocking chair he asked

"Can I help you?"

Kenneth looked at the old man. He can hardly believe that this man was the maker of unusual weapons.

"You are the blacksmith up here?" He asked, shivering slightly.

"Yes, but I've retired now. I leave my work in the capable hands of my son and grandson," he replied. As if on cue, a 20 year old boy and a 40 year old man walked out. They nodded at the group before heading back to work on the swords.

"So, what brings you people up here? For very unusual weapons?" the old man asked.

"Actually, I want to know if it's possible to reforge these," Kenneth said, pulling out the hilts of his shotels. The old man picked them up and examined them.

"Mmmm… Yes. These are mine," the old man stated. Everyone in the room including Wind stared at the old man.

"Pardon?" Kenneth asked, making sure his ears were not deceiving him.

"Yes, these are mine. This is my symbol I engrave on all my swords," he said, pulling out the last piece of the shotel from inside the hilt. A symbol of two swords crossing each other appeared on the end part.

"These were my prototypes. They were made for display only, not for actual combat," the old man continued.

"So there is a combat type?" Kenneth asked, hoping that he had them. Kenneth was right.

"Yes there is but I don't have them. They were stolen," the old man said, still playing around with the hilts.

"Where can I find them?" Kenneth asked. "At least there is a pair which can be used in combat," he thought.

"Have you heard of the Money Pit?" the old man asked. Kenneth had no clue. Xianghua stepped forward.

"You mean the island off the coast of Italy? That Money Pit?" she responded.

"Yes, that Money Pit. It's been said that it contains lots of treasures from around the world. Some very exotic weapons and a lot of gold. But it's being guarded by a man called Voldo. Everyone who has tried to get the treaure never came back alive," the old man recalled.

Wind wasn't really listening to the conversation. He was much more focused on the set of knives on a shelf. The others were talking about something, Wind only listened when he heard the name Money Pit. He zoned out again when he spotted a golden knife with jewels in the handle.

"So Wind, what do you think of that plan?" asked Kenneth snapping Wind out of his daze.

"Think of what?" Wind asked looking slightly confused.

"WERE YOU EVEN LISTENING?" shouted Kenneth.

Wind thought for a moment, "Nope."

Kenneth sighed in defeat shook is head, "You know you're totally hopeless."

"I know and you can't do any thing about it," said Wind, leaving the room. He was laughing to himself Kenneth looked defeated and angry at the same time. Wind was playing Kenneth's mind like he plays a… never mind.

In the next room Wind found a knife made of some silvery metal. The scanner identified the metal as chrome.

The youngest of the three blacksmiths walked up to the shelf.

"Do you like this?" he asked. Wind nodded.

"How much is it?" He asked knowing full well he could not buy it.

"500 gold pieces," he said. Wind looked disappointed then from the other room the old man called. The youngest put the knife on a desk and left to help his grandfather. To Wind this was the perfect opportunity. He rubbed his hands together before pocketing the knife. He left the room not feeling one bit guilty.

Kenneth was thanking the old man when Wind walked out.

"Come on Wind, lets…." Kenneth started but Wind just walked out. Kenneth turned again to the old man.

"Thank you for the information," Kenneth said.

"Not a problem. If you get out alive, come visit again," the old man said. Kenneth turned and left the house. He caught up to the rest of the people. Everyone was walking as quickly as possible to get to warmer altitudes except Wind who apparently liked the cold weather. That's when Kenneth noticed the smile on his face. He walked up to him.

"Alright Wind, what did you do?" Kenneth asked.

"Nothing," Wind answered innocently, but the smile didn't go away.

"Don't lie. You never smile and when you do, it not a good thing so what did you do?" Kenneth asked again, annoyed.

"I said nothing," Wind said, slightly agitated. Just then Yunsung, who snuck up behind Wind suddenly plunged one hand into his pocket. Before Wind could react, Yunsung pulled out a crafted knife. Kenneth eyes widened, he saw the knife on display at the blacksmith.

"What? It's better than my old knife," Wind said, pulling out his rusted knife.

"You are a cold-hearted, murdering, stealing bastard you know that?" Kenneth said, very annoyed.

"Yes, I know," Wind said, snatching the knife back from Yunsung. Just then, the old man rushed down from the top on a piece of wood. He slowly walked up to Wind.

"You took the knife, no?" he asked. Wind shook his head but Yunsung did the stealing trick on Wind again.

"Tell you what, I'll trade it for your knife," the old man said, pointing to the rusted knife Wind held in his hand. Wind happily agreed and they reached the bottom of the mountain, everyone sad except Wind because he actually got what he wanted.

After a few weeks of traveling the group had arrived in Italy. In Wind's opinion Italy was very weird. To him the language had no meaning and was just a whole lot of mumbo jumbo, and he couldn't care less about what happened to the language. Wind was contemplating how he would change the world if he were to rule it when a VERY frustrated Kenneth asked Wind for translations on what a boat salesman was saying.

"So, how much money do we need?" asked Kenneth slightly upset over the language difficulty.

Wind looked at him and sighed "Does the total of all the gold we have tally in the high thousands?" Kenneth started grumbling something under his breath and cursed the boat owner to a horrible death and a visit to Satan in Hell.

"Wind, how about you handle the 'negotiations' with our friend here," Kenneth said, his voice held a ton that clearly meant he did not really care about what happened to the salesman.

"Gladly!" Wind said while grinning. Kenneth thought for a moment, "Won't something bad happen to him, it would be a shame if…never mind."

Wind stepped forward and pointed to the boat then to himself. The salesman held out his hand expecting money. Wind frowned. Again, Wind repeated the gesture and the salesman again asked for money. Wind was getting annoyed now he pointed to the man then drew a finger across his neck then pointed at the boat. The Italian did not seem convinced. Wind as quick as lightning drew his gun and started to shoot at the man. The salesman ran as fast as he could while yelling Italian curses at Wind. The computer translated each curse word for word. Wind levelled his gun with the man's back.

"Phoenix Burst!" A small bird made of silver, red, blue, and gold flames came out of the barrel and shot straight at the fleeing salesman. As it got closer it became bigger, until a majestic red bodied, silver and gold winged blue eyed bird loomed over the man. With incredible force the giant creature of flame collided with the man immediately the apparition was replaced by a towering pillar of fire. When the smoke cleared and the fire died down there was a pile of ashes in the middle of a torched crater.

Wind pulled down the loading ramp "Everyone on NOW! I want to get away from this messed up city!" Wind said feeling very agitated. Everyone except Kenneth moved almost instantly. Kenneth looked at the pile of ashes. "I'm sure God is going to make me pay for that," he thought while getting onto the boat. Maxi quickly got the boat ready to sail. Wind was still mumbling something about never wanting to see Italy ever again.

It's been two weeks since the gang took the boat from the now dead salesman. Kenneth still felt some guilt of what happened. He let Wind take care of it, but he didn't expect him to actually kill the man.

Kenneth was on deck, meditating as he usually did at this time in the morning. Earlier this morning, he went to try and find Kilik to discuss something. He reached his door and was about to knock when he heard moans and cries from the room. Apparently, Xianghua and Kilik had shared the night in his room. Not wanting to disturb them, Kenneth quickly left and around the corner, he met no other than Wind standing there.

"You're a pervert, you know that?" he asked, slightly amused.

"At least I didn't walk in," Kenneth retorted.

"Still, you're a sick pervert," Wind said before walking away. He decided to go onto the deck and meditate.

So now, that's what he was doing. It was peaceful until a loud scream broke out. Kenneth opened his eyes to see Yunsung run past. A second later, Wind ran past, gun in his hand. They ran around the boat once and on the second pass, Kenneth held out an arm and tripped Wind.

"Why are you chasing Yunsung?" Kenneth asked, opening one eye.

"Because I'm bored," Wind replied, getting up and tried to find Yunsung. He sighed, watching Wind trying to find Yunsung. He got up and walked down to the dining room. "This is going to be a long day," he thought, trying to find something to eat.

The rest of the morning went by smoothly. Kilik and Xianghua finally left their room at around noon. They both had a slightly flushed face and tried not to look at each other. After another three hours of sailing and listening to Wind trying to find Yunsung, the group finally reached the Money Pit island. They all walked until they found a large cave.

"This is it, isn't it? Well then, let's go," Kenneth said.

"After you," Wind replied, motioning Kenneth to take the lead. Kenneth only grunted as he went into the cave, everyone else following.

Fresh torches lit the walls of the tunnel they entered. Wind had decided to turn his visor back on. Constantly, he was receiving information about air quality, temperature and distance. When they turned their first corner a skeleton was lying on the ground holding a short sword. Wind stopped and so did everyone else except Kenneth who was leading the group. Kenneth stepped on a very slightly elevated stone. A click had alerted them of a trap. Wind rushed forward and grabbed Kenneth by the collar and pulled him back hard. A full two seconds later a flurry of arrows flew across the space that Kenneth was standing in two seconds before.

"Thanks Wind," choked Kenneth, still griping his neck because of the force from the pull.

"No problem, but I think that it's time that I lead the group," said Wind, "I haven't used the scanner as trap searching tool for quite some time just hold on a sec." After a little fooling around and some soft beeps the lens of the visor changed from its red to a soft pulsating blue green.

"Alright let's go," said Wind as soon as his visor was adjusted. The group continued down the tunnel and avoided a few traps until another click sounded. Kenneth at the back this time almost fell into the pit covered by a trap door. Yunsung and Talim helped him up.

As it slowly became darker because of fewer torches hind had a harder time spotting the traps. About half an hour later and a few close calls the group had decided at it would be a good time to take a break. Just as Kilik sat down, a click was heard again. After a few seconds a rumble was heard and became steadily louder. A large boulder had been launched down the tunnel

"RUN!!" yelled Kenneth and everyone ran towards a break in the tunnel. Kenneth stepped on a switch. A wall closed the other tunnel and they ran as the boulder continued to follow them. Around another corner Kilik grabbed a torch holder for support, it bent down with a click.

"Damn…." was all that Wind could say as the boulder turned again into their direction. They ran hard until another bend appeared they dashed to the end and Wind set off another trap but instead of another wall sliding into place, a trap door opened and the boulder fell through and with a loud crash was never seen again.

"What…. a …. relief," gasped Kenneth.

"I never want to see another large rock again," grumbled Kilik.

Yunsung had something good to say now "Hey, at least they didn't put in any multiple traps."

Just as he finished his sentence he set off a trap which released three large spiders, spinning poles with curved spikes and a pair of razor traps. Wind looked at Yunsung

"Have I ever mentioned that I hate you?" asked Wind.

Kenneth walked up next to Wind. "I don't want to try to dodge those things. Can you clear them away?" he asked.

"Don't worry I've got just the thing, better cover your ears." said Wind as he changed the bullets in the gun.

"Explosion Bolts!" Wind shouted forcing the gun to change rounds with his usual verbal command. Three very loud bangs rang out, first the spiders were blasted to pieces, second the spinning poles were reduced to ashes and the razor traps were blown away. As soon as the smoke cleared the group could see that the tunnel was levelling out and a small light could be seen at the end of the tunnel. They took their time expecting more traps but there were none. Kenneth saw what looked like a pair of shotels and ran straight through the gate setting off a trip wire. With a loud clang the Kenneth was caught all alone in a strange room and the guardian had the intruder where he wanted him.

Kenneth rushed thought the gate, not knowing that it was bobby trapped. He tripped the trap and iron bars cut him off from his support. He quickly turned around, looking at the others on the other side.

"Can you guys lift it?" he asked, hoping for a positive answer. Kenneth however, didn't get the answer he wanted.

"How do you expect us to lift a two ton iron gate?" Kilik asked, looking at the gate. Kenneth sighed. Just then, he heard a noise. He stopped and listened.

"What was that?" he asked to himself. It sounded like a skittering noise. Kenneth looked around the Money Pit, seeing nothing out of the ordinary.

"May I suggest you LOOK UP?" Wind shouted. Kenneth looked up and dove out of the way. Just then, the guardian of the Money Pit dropped onto the floor. If Kenneth hadn't moved, he would've been impaled by the katars. The guardian known as Voldo got up and looked at Kenneth. "THIS is the guardian of the Money Pit?" Kenneth thought, staring at the guardian. "Ok, this…thing is mentally and physically disturbing." Just then, Voldo screamed at him before charging him, katars by his sides. Kenneth knew many ways to take out an opponent but when he wasn't armed, the chances of him taking the opponent out were slim to nothing.

"Guys, I need some help!" Kenneth shouted, dodging the attacks. Wind, meanwhile had tried everything to lift the gate. Kenneth on the other hand, had just gotten his hands on a katana and was using it to hold out against the guardian. However, the katana was rusted and will break soon.

"Anytime you're ready!" Kenneth shouted again, making it sound very desperate. Voldo broke the katana with another swipe of his katars. He then kicked Kenneth into the wall and was diving towards him, ready to kill Kenneth. Just then, part of the rock wall exploded and Wind walked in, gun in hand.

"What took you?" Kenneth asked. Wind just shrugged.

"Hey, the gate wouldn't budge so I blasted thought the solid rock wall," Wind replied. Just then, Voldo decided that Wind was a bigger threat and went after him. Kenneth relaxed a bit and tried to get up. Just then, he felt something on his back. It was a half-moon shaped with a hilt. Kenneth smiled, gripping the hilt and getting up.

Voldo rushed Wind, who raised his gun and fired a few bullets at Voldo. He bent his body at odd angles and dodged each bullet.

"What the hell?!?" was all that Wind could say before he received a fairly light cut on his lower legs. "What is this…THING?" Wind thought. Again he fired a few bolts at Voldo, who again dodged but this time did an upside down crab walk.

Kilik was able to get through the hole in the wall and soon after came Seung Mina. They nodded at Wind then each other. Wind quickly moved out of the way, Seung Mina and Kilik double teamed Voldo. He barely missed Seung Mina's bladed halberd but in turn got a face full of Kilik's Kali-Yuga. Voldo had to quickly adjust his attack pattern. He turned his attention back to Wind. As soon as he moved, Seung Mina was in his way. Voldo then suddenly moved up in front of Kilik and kicked him into the hole in the wall. Kilik held Kali-Yuga sideways and was pinned between the hole and the gate. Voldo then turned his attention to Seung Mina. Voldo became suddenly quicker, and it was Wind who noticed something the others didn't. Voldo was keeping a shard of Soul Edge under one of his various wrappings. While Voldo was preoccupied with Seung Mina, Wind stole forward and grabbed the shard and threw Voldo at the exact same time.

Just as Wind had gripped Voldo, Seung Mina was beaten and the sudden attack from Wind was much appreciated. Kilik was able to get Seung Mina to safety, away from Wind's gun and Voldo's katars. Voldo recovered quickly and attacked Wind all out. Wind dodged the first flurry of slices, jabs and cuts but the last stroke he had not expected.

Everyone watched a Voldo drew his katar diagonally up across Wind's left eye. The attack was done so smoothly and quickly that Wind did not know what happened until it was far too late. For everyone else time seemed to slow. In this state of slow motion they saw Wind's gun clatter as it hit the hard stone. Wind brought his hand up to his face and lightly touched his cheek. As soon as his fingers touched his cheek, flesh blood spurted from the open wound and the vision in Wind's right eye suddenly went black.

Talim was the first to sense the sudden change in Wind. He stood completely still, still staring at his hand. She felt a powerful force come into being then everyone felt the malevolent energy. Even Voldo felt the change. Kenneth looked at Wind, who was gritting his teeth and suddenly they all could see a pulsing black aura surround Wind. He screamed in rage, uttering a string of words in a different language Wind breathed out deeply. A black mist formed from his breath and the area became had to see. Talim tried to move and help Wind but when she tried her body would not respond. Suddenly in a flash Wind's leftover eye shone a deep red and he drew his knife out of his boot. Three flashes could be seen and Wind's one glowing eye was all that stood out in the darkness. With one final cry of animalistic rage Wind fainted.

Kenneth just got up from his resting spot on the floor, watching everything happen as he got up. In his hands were a new pair of shotels. He smiled. "Now I'm ready to kick his ass," Kenneth thought, about to run into the battle. However, that's when he noticed the black mist coming from Wind. Kenneth tried to move but his body wouldn't respond. Three flashes were seen and he heard the thud of a body falling on the floor. The mist cleared and he saw Wind on the floor, apparently unhurt. "What the hell WAS THAT?" Kenneth shouted silently. Voldo was still standing there. Voldo turned and charged Kenneth. He brought his katars down, trying to cut him but Kenneth blocked with the new shotels. Just then, both forearms suddenly came off and flew upwards. Another cut appeared at the midsection of Voldo, cutting deep into the organs. Blood sprayed out but he was still alive.

"Here's a one way ticket to the underworld," Kenneth said, doing a spin slash that left Voldo without a head. Just then, Yunsung and the others ran in.

"Where's the guardian?" Yunsung asked looking around. Kenneth gestured to the body behind him.

"…..He lost his head..…at a bad time," Kenneth said simply before shedding his shotels. He looked at Xianghua who was tending Wind.

"How's he?" Kenneth asked. Xianghua looked at Kenneth

"He's fine but I don't think we can do anything about his eye," she said simply while bandaging the wounds on his face. Most of the others were looking around the Money Pit, taking gold until their money pouches became full. Cassandra and Sophitia decided to look around the room what appeared to be a weapons room. Kenneth, who was still examining the headless body of the guardian decided to follow them in case of more traps. It was a dimly lit room but it held a lot of weapons. English broadswords, katanas, bows, daggers and any others thought and used by mankind. However, as Kenneth looked around, he noticed a room which was locked. He knew something must be important inside. He quickly crossed the room and broke open the lock using his shotels. What was inside was very unexpected. Inside, hanging on the wall was a gun. It was no ordinary gun but Wind's gun except it was white instead of black. Cassandra, who was wondering why there was such a weapon here, reached out to grab it but Kenneth held her back.

"What is it?" Cassandra asked, wondering why Kenneth stopped her. Kenneth simply picked up a coin and tossed it at the gun. It was electucuted and fell to the ground, completely melted.

"That," Kenneth said simply. Sophitia just looked at Kenneth.

"Now how do we get it?" she asked him. Kenneth charged one of his shotel and used it to lift it into a bag that contained Wind's gun. It wavered but he was able to get it into the bag. They all quickly left the room.

"Let's get out of here," Mitsurugi said. But just then, part of the wall collapsed and sealed the entrance.

"Now what?" Yunsung asked out loud. What most of them didn't notice was that Kenneth was standing in his place, in very deep thought.

"Kenneth, what now?" Taki asked. However Kenneth was already looking at a section of the wall. He pulled out his shotels and they started to glow white.

"Stand back," Kenneth ordered. He did his Sword Dance move and blasted out a part of the wall. Sunlight streamed out of the hole that was created. Kenneth lifted Wind across his shoulders and walked out. Just 400 meters to his left was the ship.

"We've been going in a circle?" Xianghua shouted. Kenneth just nodded and headed towards the ship. Kilik walked up to her.

"At least he has good coordination," he said simply as he followed Kenneth to the ship.

Kilik and Talim had wrapped some clean bandages around Wind's head effectively covering the deep wound that Voldo had carved into Wind's face. Everyone had gone on deck in order to enjoy the bright sunlight and warm breeze, something most of them guessed Wind would not enjoy much, or at all.

Wind in an unconscious sleep was suffering from a nightmare. He was moving, but he could not wake up, as if some force kept him from waking up to reality. He relived tragic destruction and a loss of self. The force opposing his mind read all his memories like they were open books. Wind's body began to react violently to the mental intrusion.

Mitsurugi was on his way down to check on Wind, he was surprised to see Wind awake, and very angry.

Mechwarrior21: Finally someone's lost something more important than a weapon!

Fasti: hmmm… awake and angry and minus an eye, deep trouble.

Mechwarrior21: Kenneth got his new weapons!

Fasti: I WANT REVIEWS!