Chapter 3: The Meeting

After a few hours when Hak Foo, Chow, Fynn and Ratso arrived where Vlad Masters had directed them to land, they got into a taxi and headed toward Vlad Master's mansion. Chow walked up to the door and knocked on it. When the door opened there stood Vlad Masters.

"Greetings gentlemen, come in, come in" smiled Vlad.

"Wow you have a lot of Packers stuff" said Chow looking over the place.

"So what's this about this meeting you asked us to come?" asked Ratso.

"Please gentlemen step inside here" said Vlad as he directed members of the former Dark Hand into a large room.

As Ratso, Fynn, Chow and Hak Foo stepped inside the room, the entire room turned black and a strange devil like ghost appeared.

"Uh, where did Vlad Masters go?" asked Ratso.

"I am Vlad Masters or should I say Vlad Plamius" replied Vlad as he hovered down from the ceiling.

"So why would you want to hire people like us?" asked Chow.

"I need you to get amulets which will help me solve the puzzle" said Vlad, "come with me as I would explain on the way."

As members of the Dark Hand followed the ghost Vlad Plamius into another large room, they could see at least two amulets on a placard with ten more slots.

"Uh, guys do you feel it's like déjà vu?" asked Ratso.

"You mean with the two amulets in place of a large puzzle and ten empty spots?" replied Fynn.

"So I suppose you people are use to this sort of stuff are you?" asked Vlad.

"What's this large placard connected to?" asked Chow.

"Glad you would ask that" said Vlad, "I have managed to purchase this ancient placard to find the Amulet of Time. But there are at least twelve guardian amulets to which I am still having trouble to locate even with these powers I possess."

"Look we can go after these amulets for you" said Chow, "but Chan is always getting in our way."

"I think I might have a solution for that" said Vlad as he snapped his finger.

Suddenly before their eyes another ghost appeared out of nowhere.

"Greetings, I am Skullcker" said the ghost coming out of the wall.

"This is the guy who's going to handle Chan?" asked Chow.

"It's a first time I will target somebody as careful as Chan" replied Skullcker as he was preparing his attachable knife to his arm.