Hey guys! Got this one up a bit sooner than the last one. I apologies in advance if I do not get the next one up for a long time. My life if kinda crazy right now.

Enjoy!

The three passengers of the strangest subway train ever, jerked in their seats as the train came to a stop. Ombric stepped out of the engine room and into the passenger car the three were sitting in.

"We have arrived," he said, a wide smile creasing his aged face. Sophie stood and thanked him once again.

"Thank you so much Mr. Shalazar! You have no idea how much this means to us."

"It was no trouble at all, my dear," he said the smile not leaving his face. "Now, I'm afraid I cannot take you any farther than this. I have been made aware of some pressing matters that need my attention back in Santoff Clausen"

"You have done more than enough!" Sophie said quickly at the apologetic tone in his voice.

"Come with me, I will show you the way," the man replied stepping down out of the train car. Sophie motioned for Jet and Seneca to follow. Jet quickly collected their things and climbed out the way Sophie had gone.

"If you follow that tunnel, it will lead you to a door," Ombric pointed majestically to a tunnel perpendicular to the train behind them. "You will find a knocker, use that and someone will answer. It will most likely be a Yeti, so don't lose your head. It will take you to North, a close friend of mine. Now if you will excuse me, I must be going."

"Oh yes of course, don't let us keep you!" Sophie said politely.

"Good luck to you all," he said and stepped back up into his, odd, egg shaped train. The engine promptly started up again and pulled out. The trio waved until it was out of sight, then turned back to the tunnel.

Jet felt Seneca's little arms wrap around his leg, and bent to console her. He put his hand on her back and whispered comforting words in her ear. Soon she was calm enough to loosen her grip on his leg, and he quickly wrapped his arms around her and lifted her off the ground. He cradled her close to his chest. It was freezing in the tunnels, she would catch cold if they were out here long.

"Come on you two, it's cold out here. The sooner we get inside, the better," Sophie called heading into the tunnel Ombric had indicated.

Wise words from our fearless leader, Jet thought as Sophie voiced his exact thoughts. He raced after the woman, Seneca curled up in one arm, and bags in the other.

The three travelers reached the end of the tunnel after a few minutes of brisk walking. By the time they reached the door, they could see their breath, and Jet had goose-bumps covering his arms. Seneca, who was still safely tucked in his arms, appeared to be fine. Thank heavens for that! He thought.

The boy dropped the bags on the ground, and gently handed his little sister to Sophie, shivering as he did so. He cursed himself for the involuntary movement as Sophie noticed.

"Jet, you look so cold!" Sophie stated, concern evident in her voice.

"I'm fine," he smiled reassuringly. She didn't look convinced, but he didn't give her time to reply, as he quickly turned and lifted the knocker. He brought it back down, and it knocked against the door aggressively. He repeated the action twice more, then he stepped back and took Seneca back from Sophie.

A few moments later, the door swung open. Jet's breath was taken away. There, in the doorway, was a huge hairy beast! He clutched Seneca tighter to him. Then he remembered Ombric's words, "It will most likely be a Yeti, so don't lose your head." Jet mentally kicked himself for forgetting his words of warning so soon.

The Yeti looked at them with surprise and curiosity, they were obviously not what he was expecting. He looked as if he was trying to decide whether or not to let them in. They were certainly not making it any easier for him, staring wide eyed at him as they were. Sophie was the first to recover.

"We were told to come here by a man by the name of Ombric Shalazar. He told us you would take us to North?" She informed the hairy creature a bit of uncertainty in her voice. He seemed to accept her answer as he grunted and waved them in.

Jet's jaw hit the floor as he entered. The room they came into was huge! Intricate wooden carvings covering the brown, green, and red walls. He regained control of himself as they moved into the next room. This one was much different. There were spots of music, hammering, grunts from Yeti to Yeti, and clicking and whirring of electric toys. He took it all in with wide eyes, unaware of the strange looks he was getting from the creatures occupying the place.

Seneca started squirming and squealing in his arms as she saw the millions and millions of toys that filled the gigantic room. He let her down, but kept a firm but gentle hold on her hand. It was much warmer in this place than the tunnel, but he didn't want to lose track of his hyperactive sister. If he didn't have her hand, he was sure that she would have already run off after some toy she had seen. He sighed inwardly, a much younger version of him would have done the same thing. Oh well, he thought, what can a guy do? He laughed and placed Seneca on his shoulders.

"You'll see a lot more from up here waterfall," He said, smiling as the laughed at his pet name for her. She giggled and pointed across the room.

"Look at that Brigger!" she squealed. He laughed at her name for him.

"I can't see it from down here. Maybe if I get on your shoulders?" He laughed. A frown creased her young face as she thought, then she shook her head.

"I don't think that'd work. You have to be down there so I can see!" she said pointing down. He just laughed.

His laughter was interrupted as the Yeti that had been guiding them stopped and grunted back at them putting a hand up to wait. Then he turned to a door in front of him and peeked in. He made some grunting noises then fell quiet.

"Phil, what have I said about the knock?! We're in the middle of meeting!" Jet heard a loud Russian voice yell. The Yeti, Phil, replied in their language of grunts.

"Rah grahgewa!"

"Guests? Well why didn't you say something?! Show them in!" The Russian voice boomed. The Yeti turned back to the trio, smiled and gestured for them to go in. Sophie took a step forward and turned to face Jet and Seneca.

"Listen, why don't I go in first, and explain our trip. Then I'll come and get you two. Sound good?" she said.

"Yeah, sounds perfect," Jet replied taking Seneca from his shoulders and placing her on the ground.

"Great!" Sophie said giving them a thumbs up. Then she disappeared into the mysterious room.

I would be happy to answer any questions you might have, and will try to get the next chapter up soon.