Chapter 4: A short Farewell
We had toward the end of town. But the question was where to next? "Well…what do we do now…?" Virginia asked looking toward the male drifters. I shook my head a bit. She never could think for her self. "Does any one have any pressing matters they would like to take care of?" Clive asked looking around the group. "We were all out having' fun releasing the guardians; No one has any errands to run." Gallows said holding a hand up into the air.
I just wanted to get away from Gallows before he tried to hit on me again. "And now that we're all done, why don't we just do our own thing." Jet said not wanting to be around the group anymore. "Yes, I like jet idea." I whispered. I could feel Virginia glaring at me. "Do our own thing..?" Virginia whispered under her breath. I gave Virginia a weird look.
"I suggest we head down to the bustling port town of Jolly Roger." "I'm sure we can obtain some leads about further missions, and means of transportation." Clive said as everyone but Virginia nodded to him. "That's not a bad idea…we'll find our own path from there." Jet whispered placing a hand on his arm. "Well, we're only known each other for a short while, but we were able to complete all our missions." Gallows said holding a hand up into the air.
"Let's have our goodbye party there!" Gallows said with a grin looking toward me. "Just don't touch me again…" I whispered glaring toward him. "Aww…not even a hug?" He asked as jet glared at him.
Virginia didn't say a word the whole time that told me; she was thinking of something I was sure I wouldn't like it. "It's decided then let's us head to Jolly Roger." Clive said pushing his glasses up. With that we left Baskar and started toward Jolly Roger.
Shane slowly looked over to Halle. "Will the key be alright with them…?" Halle slowly nodded to him. "She will be fine with the bearer of the guardians…" "As long as she with them the blue shadow can't get to her…" Shane slowly nodded knowing she was right.
The group was about 15 minutes from Jolly Roger now. "Man how far is this town…?" Gallows asked looking around Clive laughed a bit, "It's just a little more then you can drink all you want…" Gallows like hearing that! Jet shook his head a bit watching gallows and Clive laugh.
Virginia hadn't said a word for sometime now. "What are you planning…?" I asked looking at her. "Hehe me?" Virginia asked pointing at her self. "Virginia…when you don't talk for sometime that always means you're up to something…" I whispered glaring at her. She started to laugh rubbing the back of her head. "N-Nothing! It's nothing at all!" she yelled, but I saw sweat rolling down her face."Uh huh sure…" I whispered as I heard gallows yelling something. We finally made it to the town called Jolly Roger.
We enter the town I watched Virginia look around like a hyper child. "Well, what now?" gallows asked looking to the group. "We obviously need to get some leads in order to continue. In addition we need…" Clive said looking around to the others. "Grub and Ale!" gallows yelled looking really happy about it. I'm sure we all head sweat drop roll down the backs of are heads after hearing that.
"It's so amazing how well we get along after just meeting each other!" Gallows said holding a hand up. Gallows gave me another wink. "Just stay away from me…" I said crossing my arms looking away. "I would like you to stay away from me as well…" Jet whispered looking away from gallows. "Aww…you don't want to be my drinking buddy?" Gallows asked going behind jet putting an arm over his shoulder.
"I'm underage, stupid!" jet growled pulling his arm off of him. "Hehe! So let's liven up our farewell party with some food!" "I can't stand Morse gatherings." Jet kept glaring at gallows. "He only thinks about food and drinking…" I whispered shaking my head a bit. "Nah I think of other things as well!" Gallows said with a grin moving closer to me. "Like what..?" I whispered getting a bad feeling.
"Well pretty girls…" I watched him place a hand on my arm again. Before I could grab into his arm jet did. "I believe she said not to touch her…" jet whispered with a glare. Tighting his hold on gallows' arm; "ouch let go!" He yelled and jet did. Freeing gallows' hand from my arm. "Hehe…doing something like that…would make one think you were jealous…" Gallows whispered to jet with a grin.
"Jealous? Why would I be jealous?" He yelled toward gallows. "I dunno...you tell me…" Jet started to sweat a bit as I watched the two looking confused. Clive quickly coughed breaking them up. "You mean ask around over drinks at the saloon? Makes sense..." "Let's say goodbye and discuss our individual agendas over at the saloon." With that we head over to the Saloon. I didn't notice but Virginia didn't say a word the whole time.
We head into the saloon and found a women bar keep inside. "Looking for leads? You're quite the diligent drifters, aren't you?" "I love my job, too. Life's easier if you like your job and its great not having any complains." "What do you say? I'll give you some info if all five of you eat here." "It'll be about 200 Gella." Clive turned to check with the others. We nodded to him, because it was a really good deal.
"It's a deal…" he answered the bar women. "Much obliged!" "Leave it to me for good food, good drink, and good company!" we all look a bit confused at her. "Oops...Did I say good company? Well, shucks. Please excuse me and this mouth of mine…" the bar women said with a giggle. "Here in jolly roger, we got lots of old tales of Treasure. And they ain't really that old!"
"I'm talking' about a prize that none of you drifters have ever been able to get their hands on. "The 'eternal sparkle.'" We all looked surprised by the women tale as she when on.
"In ages past, our world was ruled by a race of wiched demons, until they were pushed to the brink of extinction." "The demon knight assigned three followers to protect a Treasure; that treasure was the Eternal Sparkle." The story took us all in from the look the bar women gave us.
"Uh…I'm glad you all are such good listeners, but I need to start fixing dinner." The women pointed to a table behind us. "Just have a seat at the table, I'll bring you some supper and get to the rest of my story in a jiffy." With that we sat down at the table. And a bit after that she brings some food and drinks. Gallows ate like a pig. I mean really he did. How can someone eat that much?
"Man, am I full! And what a cook she is!" "She hooked us up good." Gallows said with a laugh. He better be full after how much he ate! I mean really how can someone eat that much? "I wouldn't worry about the tab." Clive said with a small smile looking toward gallows. "Not only did we have our goodbye party, but we got a valuable lead as well…" Clive was right it worked out both ways.
With this info me and Ginny could go on. "Yeah, you got a point." Gallows said waving a hand around a bit. "Anyways, what do you all think about the information she provided? Do you want to go investigate?" Gallows asked looking to the others. "I wonder what kind of place this 'eternal sparkle' would be in…" I whispered to Ginny placing a hand under my chin. "I'm going; I don't care what you guys do." Jet said closing his eyes. "I prefer working alone, anyways." Jet finished saying.
It sounded like he wanted nothing to do with us to start with. "So, the legendary eternal sparkle…" Gallows started as the others looked away from jet. "In ages past…" Clive started as we all looked toward him. "…Our world was ruled by a race of wicked demons until they were pushed to the brink of extinction." "The demon knight assigned three followers to protect a Treasure." "That Treasure was the 'eternal sparkle.'" The group nodded to Clive as he when on.
"The three followers transformed them selves into seals to protect the eternal sparkle, a waiting the return of the demon knight." "And one of those seals lies nearby this town; that's what she said right?" Clive asked looking around the table. "Well from how she put it…it sound somewhat close…But I wonder what this eternal sparkle really is…" I said placing a hand over my heart.
"It's the 'sparkle' part that makes you think it some kind of gem, don't it?" "Aren't the legends full of these things?" Gallows asked looking over to me. "Gems that never lose it sparkle…?" I whispered looking back at him. "Unless we're sure it worth something, I don't want any part of it. I'm outta here." Gallows did have a point. What if we when to where it was and found nothing?
"An old legend, huh?" "Hmm…considering that they remain strong…" Clive said placing a hand under his chin. "Either this lead is a red herring or, even if it is true, then there's no doubt that it would be hazardous." "I have nothing better to do, but I'm just not enthusiastic about the prospects." Clive sound unsure about all the info we had; or going together on this one as well.
"Don't worry about it. Our Partnerships ends here. Once outside, we'll scatter in the wind." Jet whispered looking to the side. I'm sure just wanted to get away from gallows and Virginia as soon as he could. "I'll head out alone. I've always been alone, and I like being alone." As soon as jet finished saying that Virginia snapped.
"There you go again!" she yelled pointing toward jet. "You can only do so much by your self. If we stay together, we can do that much more!" I sighed to my self listening, so this was what she was planning. I should have seen it coming. "The five of us have different likes and dislikes, so we should all support each other." Virginia said with a big grin on her face. I couldn't believe she was doing this. I don't want to be around gallows any longer!
I could only hope the others wouldn't like the idea. "Who cares if it's tough? As long as there's five of us, there's always a glimmer of hope in the darkness." Virginia said letting her hand fall to her side. I was sure she had been reading too many books as well. "We released the guardians!" "We can make a great team!" Virginia sat there smiling waiting to see what the male drifters would say. "Hmm…" "I didn't expect that after our farewell celebration. Have you been thinking about that?" Clive asked Virginia questionly.
She slowly nodded looking toward the group. "The first meeting might have been coincidence…" "But we didn't come all this way due to our individual strengths. We did it as a team." I kept shaking my head at her. I was gong to get a headache soon. "Someday I want to say it wasn't just coincidence; it was fate." "Guys, let's make our mark as one!" Virginia finished saying as gallows started to laugh.
"Uh…Hahahaw…well, that was a mouthful." Virginia looked around blushing a little. "Hey, did I say something funny? Am I missing something?" She asked looking over to me. "Hey…don't give me that look. This was your idea." I whispered glaring at her. "Yeah, you're missing something!" Gallows said looking toward Virginia. "Never though anybody could say stuff like that with a straight face." Gallows sat back a bit in his chair.
"But you do have a point. Drifters would never leave thief mark if all they did was drifter." Virginia bounced on her chair hearing this. "Oh no…" I whispered closing my eyes. "You mean…?" She asked as gallows nodded to her. "You betcha. I'm all for it!" Virginia giggled at gallows answer. I was trapped with the weirdo gallows again. "And you ain't got anything else to do right?" Gallows asked looking toward Clive. "Oh…well…I suppose you're right…" "Hmm...All right. I'm game." Virginia smiled hearing Clive was in as well. Jet looked as surprised as I was as the other two when for it.
"I consider it prudent for all of us to pool our resource until we're able to get individual goals." Virginia placed her hands together. "Yippee! We're a team!" she yelled, I slowly rolled my eyes at her. "Now, we're all gonna seek out the eternal sparkle!" Jet looked angry hearing that. "Not so fast!" Jet yelled looking toward Virginia. "Huh? What, you got some kind of problem?" Virginia asked placing a hand under her chin.
"Yeah! A big problem!" Jet yelled at Virginia. "That's funny…I thought you couldn't wait to head out treasure hunting?" Virginia said back with a grin. "I'm not talking about that!" Jet yelled waving a hand in front of him. "I'm talking about you pestering me on my way!" he said pointing toward Virginia. "Virginia let him be…if he doesn't want to come with…" I quickly got a glare from her. "Quiet you!" Virginia yelled turning back toward jet.
"I work alone. And I don't have time to play with wannabe drifters!" Jet finished saying as he closed his eyes turning his head away. "Wannabe drifters?" Virginia yelled throwing her arms to her side. "Okay tough guy!" "Tell me what you've done!" I shook my head a bit just watching her. She so stubborn when she doesn't get what she wants.
"Tell everyone here all about the great things you've been able to do being all by your fantastic self!" I watched jet roll his eyes still looking away. "Hey! I'm talking to you!" Virginia yelled waving her hand toward him. "Oh, before you start mumbling excuses, let me ask you what you were doing in the car with the ark scepter?" When Virginia gets fired up like this about nothing would stop her. "You were planning on making off with it, weren't you?" Virginia shook her head a bit toward jet.
"And what happened? You blew it!" "You didn't have what it takes to steal it, cowboy!" Virginia was sure asking for it. Saying that much, with her big mouth. "And here you are, saying you work best when you're alone. Where did you get such a big head?" After Virginia finished saying that; jet look like a lost for words to my surprise.
"WH-WHY YOU…THAT'S….That's not---ARRGH!" he yelled slowly looking over to gallows. "I wasn't the only one after that cargo that night!" Jet yelled pointing toward gallows. Gallows started to wave his arms around. "WHOA! HEY…uh…that's all beside the point!" Gallows said sweating a bit. "So like…yeah! We're so…you know…" "Who care if we're wannabe drifters?" "We can take it easy and have fun while we venture into the unknown! Right?" Gallows asked looking around the table.
"Perhaps you're right." "Look, leader…" Clive said looking toward Virginia. "Me?" Virginia asked pointing to her self. I slowly rolled my eyes at her. "Who else? This is your idea, isn't it?" "So leader…let us reaffirms our collative purpose…" Virginia slowly nodded. I couldn't believe I had to follow Virginia around as well as these guys. "Well. We have three goals: To find the ruins where the eternal sparkle lies. To work as a team. And lastly…" She whispered looking toward me.
I nodded to her closing my eyes. "To make the eternal sparkle ours!" Virginia said closing her hands together. Jet mouth quickly opened after hearing this. "See, that's why I work alone…!" Jet whispered hiding his face in his scarf. Gallows took ha hand at jet. "Give it a rest, hero. You're just hurting your self." "Beside, when it comes to persuasion, she trounces all of us hands down." Gallows sadly did have a point.
Gallows slowly turned toward me. "And what about you ms.Sara?" Gallows asked with a grin. I slowly sighed, "I was asked to watch over Ginny so I'm going with…" I Saw gallows grin become bigger hearing that. "And look at that two pretty girls to travel with!" He said with a laugh. Jet glared at Gallows. "Were you guys listening?" Virginia asked looking toward us. "Oh, of course. And we're looking forward to working with ya, leader." Gallows said sucking up to Virginia a bit. Jet quickly looked away, "Speak for your self, punk!" I giggled to my self seeing this would be a long journey ahead of us.