#CHAPTER FOUR: GATHERING ALLIES
It had been about an hour from the time he sent out his message, when the first response came back it. "Stay where you are" said a feminine voice "we are coming. We should be there within four hours." Having a lot of time to kill, flameface decided to scope the area. He came across the old wooden hatch he used to pass up so much when he was newer in town. Looking around first, he descended into the depths. He saw all the old passageways that were there. He decided to go into the one immediately to the left of where he exited from, for it was the one with the least damage. He saw some of the framed pictures, some too bizarre for words, in their tattered shape. He saw many crystal balls that belonged to many amateur fortune tellers. He even saw some remnants of the many mystical creatures that had once resided within. Having had enough of that passageway, he went into the middle, affectionately called the art gallery, to see all of the history, both shared and unshared, within.
After he had thought that enough time had passed, he went back to the surface and saw several figures not too far in the distance. He saw a green plaid jacket, and black pants. He had no doubt this one was the tomboyish person who went by "Starfast." He saw a bald man in a red shirt. No doubt this was "Rtucker913." He also saw a man in a white shirt and red pants. Flameface was sure this was the bibliophile known as "Seli-chan." Upon their coming closer, his initial guesses were correct.
(((((Rtucker913 will be referred to as Tucker and Seli-chan will be referred to as Seli from here on out)))))
Starfast was the first to speak. "It's been to long from the last time we heard you. What have you been doing?" Her voice was still as pleasant to hear as ever, but this was no time to reminisce. "A lot actually. But there's more important things going on right now, and I'd rather tell you about that now" "So what is it?" said Tucker, his voice still rough and tattered from the great troll wars of 2014. "I'll get right down to it, I've heard around that there's an ancient relic deep in the city." Seli interrupted "But isn't that just an old tale, usually saved for campfire ghost stories?" "I used to think that too. But when I was in the mountains, I came across a rather large dragon. And though I was initially scared, it told me that it was friendly. That it became like that due to the relic. But it also knew that word was getting out about the powers of the relic, and that people with nefarious wants were after it. That is why I intend to move and protect it, if you will help me, that is."