"This way! We're about to arrive!"
The desert sun beat down on the sand like light through a magnifying glass. It was always apparent, always scorching. A group of travelers, of all different shapes and sizes, traveled in a single-file line through the frying pan of a desert. They were a little tired, though many of them were used to the heat, being of Nasr heritage. Only two were from elsewhere. They sat up on one of the large Dahbu that were mostly being used for lugging tents, food and water through the desert. The teenage boy with the ruby-red hair and goggles held firmly to the reins of the Dahbu, while the young woman behind him sat with her arms around him to stay on for the ride. She sighed from behind the small veil that covered the lower part of her face and rested her body against the teenaged boy's back. Her long braid swayed behind her with the Dahbu's movements. The blonde shine in her healthy long hair caught the attention of many who walked along side her or behind her. Those that were in front of her weren't going to look back any time soon.
"At least we don't have to walk." Lia sighed against Maxwell's neck.
"If only we were all so lucky." Gavin grumbled, his gloved hand holding some more reins, leading the Dahbu along the path.
"It's real hot out here." Maxwell sighed, his breath seeming more heated than usual. "I'd give anything for some water."
Soon, they stopped. The three imposters looked around, seeing nothing but the wide expanse of desert and sky. They were out in the middle of nowhere! The leader told them to stop and start setting up camp. The two Air Pirates couldn't believe it. Gavin didn't complain though, letting the Dahbu go and began helping out. The other two followed his example and helped out setting up tents. It was hard, uncomfortable work, especially for Lia. The young woman, ripe as she could ever seem to be, perfectly on the threshold of adulthood… was the only female on the whole site. Of course, this came with its ups and downs. She didn't have to lift a finger at least, but she felt threatened all the same. She was offended that they thought she wasn't fit for manual labor. But while that was true, they did ask her to be a dancer in the main tent. This almost pushed the lithe, young blonde over the edge. Luckily, Maxwell was able to keep the young maiden from lashing out and attacking one of the men. Gavin, on the other hand, could only laugh.
After the camp was set and the Dahbu were tied up, the workers all went to have a big lunch in the main tent. Now, the tent was the size of a small tavern, so many people could fit inside. There were small tables set up, and each one of these people sat on the ground at the tables to enjoy their meals. Though, the men wouldn't let Lia do anything of the sort. As soon as she moved to seat herself beside Maxwell, a man approached her. Maxwell raised an eyebrow as they told her she had to dance. Apparently, digging was not a woman's job. But entertainment was? Lia declined immediately, wanting to find the treasure as much as the next guy. Though, they threatened to kick her out of the site if she didn't co-operate. Gavin moved to stand up in an outrage, but Maxwell urged him to sit down and be quiet. With that having been done, Lia looked to Maxwell for guidance. Maxwell suggested she go, for the sake of the treasure. He promised he would save her some food for when she was done. Lia had never had any reason to doubt Maxwell before, so she agreed. The rest of the time, Maxwell didn't touch his food. He and Gavin watched Lia as she was practically forced to dance for these older men.
It went on for a very long time. Gavin grinned, trying to make everything better by treating it like it was something to be taken lightly. He commented on how good she looked. Maxwell looked to him and shrugged with a nod. He wasn't able to properly say what he may have wanted to. It didn't seem appropriate. That and he didn't want to break eye contact with Lia. As a sort of safety measure, she looked over at Max as often as she could. Maxwell wouldn't show much emotion, but he would just look back at her, letting her know that he was still there. The entire time, his vest was curled over his bowl, as it was full of some kind of stew. Gavin blinked at this, taking notice, but hesitating to point it out. Soon, though, he was curious, and decided to ask.
"Aren't you going to eat?" He asked.
"No." Maxwell responded.
"You sure?" Gavin asked, raising an eyebrow and gazing at Maxwell as if he weren't being cautious enough.
Maxwell stayed silent. It was well into the afternoon before the tent was empty. Maxwell was the last to leave. He picked up his vest carefully, the bowl of stew wrapped securely within. He left the tent then and looked around. Lia wasn't anywhere to be seen. He walked around to the side of the tent and looked about again. The men had gotten to work, so he couldn't have yelled. He turned around to the back of the tent then, spotting the blonde-haired girl. She was seated on a crate, chin cradled in her hands as she stared at her feet. The look on her face was rather vengeful. She certainly wasn't happy, but rather, agitated. She looked up, noticing Maxwell, and shedding a slight smile. She sat up and extended her arms out to him, reaching for the vest, knowing what was inside. He grinned a bit and stepped closer, unraveling the vest and letting her take the bowl. He sat down in the sand then, beside her, as she cupped the bowl in her hands, bringing the rim to her lips to drink the thick stew from it, since she had no utensils.
"Thanks Maxy." She smiled as she brought the bowl away from her lips.
"No problem." He smiled to her, giving her a thumbs up. "It's the least I could do. Those guys didn't let you eat after all."
"It's not fair." Lia sighed, drinking down more of the stew for a moment, pulling it from her red, shining lips soon after. "They're treating me different because I'm a woman."
"Yeah, I know." Maxwell nodded. "I don't see the big deal. I mean a woman can do what a man can do, can't they?"
"Hmm, I've noticed that people just label women like that." Lia sighed again. "I'm sure you'd understand. Women are just different."
"I'm not a kid." Maxwell chuckled. "I know what you mean. But still…"
"There's nothing to be done about it." Lia waved him off. "Besides! It not like I don't know what effect I have on men."
"Effect?" Maxwell raised an eyebrow. "Like what?"
"Mmm, well…" Lia finished the stew, standing up and turning to Maxwell. Maxwell looked up at her, and she leaned over, handing the bowl to him. He took it, looking up at her through the shutters of his goggles. She smiled behind the slightly translucent veil that covered her face. She teasingly brushed a fingernail under his chin as she stood up again, stepping away from him. She giggled and blew him a kiss then, making him go a little red in the cheeks, though he was confused all the same. She thanked him for the food and walked away then, and Maxwell watched her go in some slight confusion. He looked at the bowl then, studying it for a moment before standing up and going to put it with the rest.
In the meantime, while the men were digging and digging, finding nothing, Gavin was studying the site. His arms were crossed as he stood still, just surveying the site behind the large sunglasses he was wearing. It looked like a large expanse of sand, just like the rest of the desert. He stepped towards the designated spot and got down on his hands and knees, looking around the ground. He found nothing but sand. With that, he stood up and looked to the west side of the site. He shook his head with a laugh as he stepped over in that direction a few leagues and then got down again. He brushed his gloved hand over the sand in a sweeping motion. Back and forth, back and forth, brushing sand side to side. Soon, his fingers made contact with a stone. He smiled then, calling for an extra brush. Someone threw him one, and he brushed over the stone to reveal a sort of point. He grinned widely behind his face cover, as he knew exactly what he had found. He went and fetched Lia and Maxwell, who looked at it.
The point was like a stone point on a roof or something like that. With a little smirk, Gavin chipped off a layer of the point. It fell off easily, being nothing but a mere layer of dried sand. Beneath it glittered a sort of crystal. Lia's eyes lit up at the sight. Gavin nodded to himself, chipping off all the sediment until a mini-pyramid of crystal poked out from the sand. Wiping his bro, Gavin then stood up and told Maxwell and Lia to stay and make sure nobody saw the crystal pyramid as he stepped away, searching through the sand for something else. Maxwell and Lia watched as their friend moved about, brushing along the sand to expose things. The older man muttered to himself, occasionally nodding. Something seemed to be going right. Gavin had made a series of stops where be brushed along the sand until he came back to Lia and Maxwell. He then told them to stand back. Doing so, they watched him with interest.
Gavin stepped over to them, throwing thee chisel and brush away and he felt around with his foot, facing away from them. He looked up at the sky, shielding his eyes from the sun as he gazed at it. With a nod, he looked back at the two Air Pirates and tilted his sunglasses down his face to look at them with his naked eyes. They both stood still as they had been asked, confused as they gazed back at him. The older, Nasr man laughed lightly as he turned back to where he was facing. He then stomped his foot, causing a sort of mechanism to trigger. It made a loud clicking nose, and then a soft rumbling nose. Maxwell and Lia stood in fear and wonder as they looked around themselves, the ground at their feet shaking. Soon, plate-sized mirrors shot up from the sand, shining brightly. Lia had jumped at the speed they shot from the sand, but soon settled. There was an awkward silence then, a gust of wind going by.
"… Gavin?" Maxwell spoke up.
"One second!" Gavin snapped back at him.
Soon, the sun hit just the right spot. An upturned mirror further reacted to produce a magnifying glass from the sand. Maxwell and Lia watched in awe as the glass moved to face the sun, sending a beam of light at the mirror. After a short pause, the beam began to bounce off the mirrors. It went from mirror to mirror, bouncing around in all sorts of awkward, very well placed angles. Maxwell and Lia watched as the beam of light bounced around to make a small pattern in the sand, until the light hit the back of Gavin's leg. Look down, Gavin laughed and stepped to the side, allowing the beam of light to hit the small, crystal pyramid. A stronger quaking occurred in the ground then. Gavin turned and ran away, telling the two Air pirates to get back as well. All the men at the site were drawn to the rumbling, and they all watched in awe as something began to rise from the sand. Lia clung to Maxwell in fear of an earthquake as a large structure began rising from the sands, the crystal tip only being a very, very small part of it. Slowly, a large pyramid, one as big as any palace, or as big as the Temple of Pyrnn that rested only a few several leagues to the north. They all watched in awe as it stopped, towering over them, making them seem like insects. The crystal tip gleamed in the light, beautifully.
"Just as I thought." Gavin chuckled.
"Wow Gavin…!" Lia cried out, hurrying to him. "How did you know that?"
"Just a little something I picked up." He winked to her. "Shall we?"
"Hold on!" A man spoke, supposedly the leader of the excavation. He spoke in a strong Nasr accent. "You cannot enter it alone! The rest of the men must accompany you."
"Damn it." Gavin mumbled to himself.
"And we shall all go in tomorrow." The man said. "Anyone caught going in earlier, loses their entire share."
This left the three imposters discouraged. The rest of the day was spent surveying, and Gavin was given full credit for the discovery of the mysterious pyramid. Giving it much thought, he decided to name it "Inculta Pyramid." After which, the men celebrated, forcing Lia to dance yet again. After the celebration, they headed off to sleep, so they had the energy to explore every corridor within the pyramid. One man was left on watch during the night so nobody could enter the pyramid early. But much like any cunning treasure hunter or Air Pirate, Gavin, Maxwell and Lia devised a plan to sneak in. This was a simple plan that took very little effort to pull off. Late at night, letting the two Air Pirates sleep, Gavin waited. As soon as it was time, he woke the two kids up and headed out while the two stayed back and gathered themselves. Gavin walked out to the man, told him his shift was up, and wished him a good night's rest. With that, he allowed Maxwell and Lia entry, following them inside in the dead silence of the night.
Inculta Pyramid was dark, much darker than the red, moonlight sands of the desert. The imposters couldn't see a foot before them. Gavin took a moment, taking a spare torch into his gloved right hand and held it up. With his left hand, he then drew his sword. Gavin's sword alone was a piece of work. It had sharp, jagged edges, so it seemed almost like a saw. The tip was very sharp, and the blade seemed to be made out of finely polished silver. The hilt, which he clutched firmly, was of solid gold, red leather tied tightly around the handle for easy grip. On the very end was a finely processed red Moonstone. It seemed almost like a jewel glittering beautifully on the end. With a grin, he turned the sword upside down, the red jewel facing upwards. It soon ignited with a bright orange glow, and a small fireball shot from it, hitting the torch, the flammable cloth and chemicals bursting into a controlled flame. The twenty-one year old man then sheathed the sword again.
"Wow." Maxwell smiled in surprised at Gavin. "That was cool… My sword can't do that."
"You'd be surprised the kinds of things you pick up on when you hunt for treasure." Gavin responded, holding the torch over his head, the narrow corridor they found themselves in appearing to be faintly lit. "Well, what are we waiting for?"
Walking down the corridor, it seemed that all it really did was branch off into other corridors. It was a maze if there ever was one. This was apparently deliberate, according to Gavin, as the people who built them stashed treasures inside. Hearing that just made them want to find the treasure more. They wandered the corridors, occasionally hearing faint noises from further within, such as the scurrying of tiny feet, or faint growls. Maxwell grinned at this, taking his green Moonstone sword and holding it ready. Though it seemed no matter how far the three of them ventured, the light of the torch and the corridors were all they had seen. If it weren't for the few treasure chests they had found, they would have attempted to leave. Though, the chests only seemed to have Scari crystals and other similar items of little worth. It wasn't until they reached an open room, being several square feet, much larger than any corridor. It seemed like a big, empty room, though, with nothing but sand.
The three stood for a moment, staring at the room blankly. They couldn't believe how dull the pyramid was. But still, they continued with faint hopes of finding something. The three explored, finding the room to be empty, the only thing catching interest being a few strange markings upon the walls. Lia, who had discovered them, called the others over. Gavin studied the markings as Maxwell and Lia watched. They looked like little pictures as far as they could tell, and below them looked to be pictures of animals, made of stone. After several long moments, Gavin nodded and spoke aloud.
"The strongest shall survive." He said. "It's supposed to be some key to the pyramid."
"What?" Lia was obviously confused. "What's that supposed to mean?"
"It could mean anything." Gavin said. "But we apparently have to take these valuable talismans."
"… What Talismans?" Maxwell said. "All I see is rock."
"They could have been valuable to another civilization." Gavin said as he pulled the rock pictures from the wall, looking at them. "Or eroded… It seems that these talismans have gathered a layer of sediment over the years."
"Eroded?"
"It means that they sort of grew a layer of rock over them." Gavin informed the two teens. "It can be dissolved away in a specific substance, harmful to human hands."
As the three turned to walk away, grains of sand fell from the roof. This catching their attention, they stopped and looked up towards the ceiling. It was far too dark to see anything but the black expanse of shadow blanketing the ceiling. Gavin took a few more steps forwards, curiously looking around. Maxwell and Lia stayed where they were, very cautious to what could have caused the ceiling to leak sand. Something had to be moving up there, they knew it. For several seconds they stood quietly until Gavin turned to the two Air Pirates with a shrug, dismissing it as nothing. He then turned away, his torch light flickering as he made his way towards the other end of the room to continue onwards. The two Air Pirates shrugged and took another step forwards. Suddenly, the entrance and exit to the room closed off, large stone slabs falling in the way by some sort of mechanism. The three stopped in surprise and fright, just before the whole room shook, like the entire thing had been jerked to the side.
"What is this…?" Gavin asked as he looked around warily.
A large object then fell from the roof. It was too quick to realize what it was until it fell onto Gavin's back, making awkward screeching noises. Gavin, in a panic, moved his arms back to rip whatever the creature was off his back, only succeeding in throwing the torch he held away, causing it to hit the sandy floor with a dull thud, and flicker out, embracing nothing but darkness. Lia let out a gasp, her hand quickly seeking Maxwell, her blind fingers clutching his shoulder tightly. The two Air Pirates could hear Gavin wrestling with the creature for a moment, and then a dull, but loud thud upon the ground. There was silence for a moment, Gavin's panting heard all around the room before torches began to ignite themselves around the room, one by one. They lined the walls and flickered dully, casting the dark room with a deep orange hue. With this new sight, Gavin could be seen, sword ready, facing off against a monstrous beetle creature, about the size of a small dog.
More soon fell to the ceiling. Three more of the beetle-like creatures fell from the ceiling, hitting their backs upon the sand. Their little legs flailed quickly as they struggled to turn over, their hidden wings twitching in the natural insect manner. Maxwell and Lia readied their weapons as well, the crimson red insects stalking the three humans. They quickly lifted off the ground, a heavy buzzing heard as they flew and circled them, landing again once the three were surrounded. The three quickly huddled together, Maxwell taking the talismans and pocketing them for safe keeping. The bugs continued to stare them down cautiously as they stood, staring right back at them.
"Looks like these guys are trying to take us out." Maxwell said.
"Well, if we're going, were going kicking and screaming, right?" Gavin asked.
"It's going to be so hard fighting in this outfit!" Lia complained.
"I thought you liked a challenge." Maxwell said.
"Well, yeah, most of the time!" Lia shouted at him, looking back.
"Well, bring it on." Gavin grinned. "These things shouldn't be too tough."
The four beetles soon lifted from the ground again and flew straight at the three humans. Maxwell and Lia dodged to either side, Gavin merely ducking. The four insects criss-crossed, flying a few feet and stopping, turning to rear at them again. Maxwell ran at the one nearest him and slashed at it, but it easily dodged the attack, being fairly quick. Gavin was confronted by two of the hell-spawned bugs, and the cocky treasure hunter took the challenge willingly. They tried to attack him, trying to latch with their pincers that lied before their mouths. He nimbly dodged one, but the other one latched to his arm and bit down. The pain was like a sharp, lingering pinch. He cried out and beat it away, rearing back and lunging forth. His sword pierced right through it, killing it instantly, its dead carcass landing on the sandy floor. He turned immediately on the next; smirking confidently as the two teenage Air Pirates continued fighting.
Lia was doing fairly well, able to gain some space as the beetles broke off to leave her be. She was only faced with one, and it was simple to take it out with her whip. She easily whipped its head, first, making it fall back to the ground, where she whipped it again, producing a large gash inside its exoskeleton. It's yellowish blood flood openly, and she left it be to die, its leg twitching and shaking. Maxwell had a harder time, being a little too slow to attack the beetle successfully. He would lunge at it, and it would barely move aside, or above him, getting away without a scratch. It would simply fly around behind him, where he would attempt again, only to miss. This frustrated him, and he continued to struggle with the insect just as Gavin finished killing off his second. The beetle went on the offensive then, flying towards Maxwell, hitting him in the face with all its weight, and taking him off his feet and onto the ground. He shook his head to regain himself as he looked up, seeing the bug swooping down at him. He quickly brought up his blade then, stabbing it in a frantic action of self-defense. It was impaled, and soon fell to the sand and lay dead, little legs twitching about.
"Whew…" Maxwell sighed. "What the heck was that?"
"Monsters." Gavin said. "They must have lived here, and we just waltzed on in."
"Well, lets see the talismans now, Gavin." Lia said. Gavin took the three talismans out of his pocket and showed them to the girl. "Hmm, I can't tell what they look like."
"We'll have to burn off the sediment sometime." Gavin said as he moved over to pick up the burnt out torch, going over to one of the torches on the wall to relight it. "We should keep moving. I want to find that treasure."
With a small moment of hesitation, the two teens wondered just what they were getting into. But the Air Pirates thought that if monsters guarded this treasure, then it had to be good. With that in mind, they followed Gavin and his light along another narrow passageway that led into a small square room with a kind of coffin in it. They eyed the coffin, and Maxwell slapped Lia's hand away when she tried to open it to see what was inside. Quietly, they continued on, going further and further into the depths of the sands. It got hotter as they went, and soon, the three of them were sweating slightly. Lia sighed; even in her skimpy outfit she was hot. Gavin continued on before he pushed open a door, stopping to stare in wonder at what was before him. A room full of treasure lied before them, and their eyes lit up.
"Wow…" Lia spoke out loud.
"Look at all this." Maxwell said.
Gold coins were piled high, and valuable jewels were littered about. Gavin and Lia ran right in, eagerly eying all of the treasure, scooping out what they could take. Maxwell just walked in, looking about curiously. As excited as he was about the treasure, he was also interested in the useful items littered about. He found Scari Crystals, and Magic Drops, and a couple of other useful items for traveling. He looked over at the other two just going wild in all of the treasure and sighed. He took a handful of the gold coins and slipped them into his pocket. Gavin pocketed as much as he could, while Lia couldn't take anything, since she had nowhere to keep any of it. They all met up again and looked about, wondering if perhaps this was the treasure that Gavin had heard about.
"Nobody was really specific…" Gavin said. "But this looks like something someone would know about."
"Hmm…" Lia looked around before spotting some symbols on the wall. "Gavin? What are those?"
Gavin looked over at the symbols with a keen interest. He walked over to them and rested his hand against the wall they were written on. He rubbed his chin as he examined the symbols curiously. Maxwell and Lia watched the treasure hunter as he studied the symbols, a grin forming on his lips.
"Well, beautiful, I think you just stumbled onto something." Gavin said. "These are hieroglyphics. They're pictures that were used as writing back in ancient times."
"Writing? You mean back before the first time the Rains were released?" Maxwell asked.
"That's right." Gavin answered. "You do like your legends. There are three slots here, and if I'm not mistaken, this reads, 'the strongest will survive. Everything is destroyed until there is one almighty being. Place what will be destroyed and when here, and test yourself…' Seems pretty ominous to me. There are three slots here… I'm not sure what to do."
"Me either." Lia sighed. "Maybe there's a clue around here somewhere?"
"Well, file out and look you two. I'll stay here and try to figure this out." Gavin grinned. "Get to it!"
Lia moved away slowly, looking about the room, hands on her hips. Maxwell looked around as well, rubbing the back of his head. He didn't know where to even begin looking for clues. He wasn't accustomed to looking at things in close detail. The piles of treasure in the room didn't make it any easier on him. The gold and jewels were constantly distracting him. His mind worked overtime as to figure out what to do. Soon he just got bored. He wasn't finding anything, and Lia was simply getting frustrated with the lack of anything to find. Maxwell picked out one stray coin and kicked it with his leather sandals where his eyes, hidden by the goggles, would watch it slide across the stone floor and stop or hit a wall. He kicked this coin about, the sound of metal sliding over stone filling the room. It didn't seem to bother anyone, so he kept doing it. He made it a sort of act, something to do while he pondered, by folding his hands behind his back and walking in a way that made his legs seem stiff. He kicked his legs out as he moved, as if he were mocking a tow soldier with his legs movements.
This is when he noticed something. While watching the coin slide over the floor, it slid through a little stream of liquid that looked to be spilled on the floor. This made him curious. He thought maybe it was water, that maybe he was so far underground that water was hidden in some sort of small pocket in the sand. He walked over to the liquid and knelt down to see what it was. Once he put his fingers to it though, a hot burning came to his skin. He jerked his hand away, sucking in air through clenched teeth, making a hissing noise. He shook his hand out and followed the streaming liquid to a pile of gold. He stood then and moved over to the pile, kicking it. The coin pile fell, collapsing towards Maxwell's feet. Gold coins sat at his feet as he looked beyond the would-be pile to see a strange sculpture.
"I think I found it Gavin!" The teenage Air Pirate called, drawing the attention of the treasure hunter, and the other Air Pirate.
A strange bowl was carved into the wall. The burning liquid seemed to flow steadily into it, and leak out the rim, down the bowl and the wall, onto the floor, and stream out in several directions. It flowed from an apparatus in the ceiling. It looked as if pipes were constructed to lead this natural, oily acid to that place. There also seemed to be a closed drainage chute in the bottom of the bowl, to drain the harmful substance later. Gavin pushed Maxwell aside and rushed to the bowl, looking at it. He searched the bowl's surface carefully, finding a small lever that when operated, pulled the bottom from the bowl, and it was drained through what looked like a metal grate. Gavin chuckled at this.
"You're right, Maxy, you found it." Gavin said, taking out one of the rock talismans. "You found the acid-like substance that's supposed to dissolve this sediment away."
One by one, Gavin took the talismans, set them in the bowl, plugged the drain cute, and let it fill up. The acid would pool in the bowl as Maxwell and Lia watched. After a few seconds, Gavin would drain the bowl, and take out what looked to be a brand new talisman. Soon, the three talismans were once again made of a metal material, and jewels for the pictures. There was one of a sapphire frog, another with an emerald snake, and the last bore a ruby hawk. These were animals that weren't seen for ages, even Maxwell and Lia could tell as much just by looking at them. Gavin was the only one who could call them by name. Lia took the talismans, wanting to sell them; it would have been a great opportunity to get money. But as she passed by the slots in the wall, she stopped. She eyed their shape curiously, and then looked at the talismans. They were similar. At this realization, she began to place them in different slots. They fit right in, and came right out. She tried all sorts of combinations as Gavin and Maxwell watched. Soon, she placed them in a certain order, and they began to glow. Startled, they all stepped back as the wall began to vibrate and move. It disappeared up into the ceiling, a square-shaped door leading into another room.
"What'd you do?" Maxwell asked, still somewhat surprised.
"I put the talismans in the wall, they fit right in!" Lia explained, crossing her arms under her bosoms as she turned to the two men. "I tried patterns. It looks like frog, snake, and hawk worked from left to right."
"Must have been a food chain…" Gavin spoke as he thought.
"Food chain?" Maxwell was still confused.
"All ecosystems have a food chain." Gavin explained. "One animal eats another, and that animal gets eaten by another, and so on. It goes like that until there is one animal that can't be eaten. At this day in age, with all these monsters appearing, it's hard to tell who's at the top of the food chain anymore."
"Eco-what…?" Maxwell just looked from Gavin to Lia and back again in a confused manner.
"Never mind Maxy." Lia chimed in as she turned on her ankles towards the dark room before them. "If this was hidden beyond a room full of gold, this treasure here must be HUGE! We have to go take a look. Come on!"