Randy had kept the bat medallion at arm's length through the rest of the night. After the whole fiasco caused by the Sorcerer Balls, the Sorcerer, Sorceress, and Cyborg Julian, he would keep close watch on the cursed object.

And above all else, he had a very bad feeling about that medallion. There was no way that this obviously dark magical item had gotten a ride all the way to Eastern Europe; even if Howard claimed that it was an accident.

The morning had finally arrived, and with it so did Friday.

Randy and Howard had just woken up and gotten ready for breakfast when they crossed paths with Heidi.

"Morning Howard, morning Randy." said Heidi

"Hey, you said my name right." replied Randy

"Oh please, I always say your name right." said Heidi

"Yeah rig..." began Howard only to be stopped by Heidi's glare.

"Well, we did some of the homework you told us to do so we should be pretty ahead on our assignment." explained Randy

"I believe you, you look like you haven't slept all night. Maybe you should take it easy this weekend." said Heidi in a caring manner

"Sweet, party and food here we I come." said Howard

"By you I meant Randy. You, Howard, still have to be kept on a short leash." said Heidi

"Ah wonk." said Howard

Heidi then moved closer to Randy to talk to him without her brother in the middle.

"So, um, Randy, I was hoping to ask you if you...um..." began Heidi

"Yeah, what about what?" asked Randy with curiosity

Suddenly, then came in Sunshine with her back pack and a smile on her face.

"Hey guys, good morning." said Sunshine making Heidi shut her mouth and freeze mid sentence.

"Morning Sunshine, you're here early." said Randy

"Yeah, I sometimes help the teachers here to help around and pay the tuition. So you guys going for breakfast?" asked Sunshine

"Do you have financial problems or something?" asked Randy as they walked towards the cafeteria.

"Not really, my parents are working over seas, so I live with my grandfather. He's just a little spontaneous." explained Sunshine

"It sounds like an older version of Howard." replied Randy

"Hey." remarked Howard

Heidi was just left behind, no matter what she tried. Heidi then rushed to get in between Randy and Sunshine.

The group then continued on to their respective classes and had no other problems other than Heidi giving out glares to Howard, Sunshine, even though she didn't notice, and Randy from time to time.

Once the two boys had split from their study group Randy noticed something on Howard's neck.

"Howard, what do you have on your neck?" asked Randy

"Oh, this little baby. What better way to keep this thing safe than having it nearby. Huh." said Howard pulling the medallion out

"Howard, that is the worst idea ever. Of all time. What if someone saw it and tried to use it?" asked Randy angrily

"And leaving it lying on the room was a better idea. Trust me Cunningham, I know what I'm doing." said Howard with a smug face

"Do not let that thing out of your sight." said Randy with a warning tone

"Ok, ok." said Howard

As both Randy and Howard were doing their own thing Heidi was spending some 'quality' time with Sunshine.

"Listen Sunshine, I know that you are a nice girl and everything, but I'm going to have to ask you to stay away from Randy." said Heidi

"You have a crush on him, right?" asked Sunshine

"What?! NO I don't." said Heidi with a red streak of embarrassment across her face.

"You don't have to worry. I already have someone in heart. I will however help you get Randy's heart." said Sunshine leaving Heidi with a red as a tomato face.

Heidi had long had feelings for the secret hero, but for some reason, that Heidi just couldn't get her finger on, she could not talk to him. Its not like she hadn't tried in the past, several times actually. Sadly there were always some things that got in the way; her brother, school, her gossip show, and every time she even tried to talk to the boy her brain went nuts.

"Thank you." said Heidi quietly

Randy and Howard were walking to the town's oldest library to find anything related to the bat medallion. All of this much to Howard's displeasure.

"Why couldn't we just go to the school library. I can't believe I just said that." said Howard

"Because we need some esoteric knowledge. Plus I doubt there is anything like this in the school library." said Randy

They had arrived to the old building. It was a large squared building with a large tower on the center of it. It was build with old bricks and granite stones. The windows were boarded and it looked like it was abandoned.

Howard tried to walk away but Randy caught him by the back of the shirt and pulled him to the entrance.

"This is a big mistake Cunningham, I swear." said Howard

"Come on, Howard." said Randy

"Why don't you just shloop down to your book and find the answers we need?" asked Howard

"Because Howard, the Ninjanomicon is an ancient book of ninja knowledge. The key word being 'ninja'. Even if it has some knowledge about it we could have better luck in here. And besides before coming here, the Nomicon told me to learn from this culture." said Randy

"I swear that book is out to get me." said Howard under his breath as the two Freshmen entered.

The inside of the library was just as dusty as one would expect from an abandoned building. There were cobwebs all over the place and some of the furniture was already broken by time.

Randy and Howard walked down to where the bookshelves were and began looking for something that could help them learn more about the medallion. The books however were not as easy to decipher as either of the boys thought. Most of them were in German, French or Romanian. Thankfully Sunshine had taught them a few words and the translator app they had on their phones helped them figure out what most of the words were saying.

As they kept looking over the books, both boys failed to realize that they were being watched from the shadows.

As Randy looked through the old dusty books he found one that was the most covered in dust. He took it out of the shelf and looked it over. He brushed the dust and dirt away with his hand to reveal the cover. The book was dark brown with light streaks of red that formed a single letter on the middle of the cover. He slowly opened it fearing that it will turn to ash if not treated with care.

"Howard I think I found something." said Randy as he placed the book on the table and illuminated it with his phone.

"I'm listening." said Howard not paying any attention.

Randy began analyzing the book to the best of his ability but he could not get very far. All he could decipher was that it was a diary of some sort.

As Randy was looking over the diary the watcher went closer and closer towards Howard. Howard did not noticed until it was too late. Something struck him in the back and someone dragged him out of the old library. Of course Howard let out a fart briefly stunning his attacker.

"Howard? You still with me buddy?" asked Randy

After not hearing any response from his friend the secret hero took the book and placed it in his bag. He sped over to find his friend but he didn't. Randy than noticed that where Howard was just a second ago was all tidy and in one piece. Howard was the complete opposite of this. He used some of the skills that the Nomicon and the First Ninja had taught him and found that someone had dragged Howard out of the library.

Randy rushed putting on the Ninja mask and flew out of the library entrance and saw a black car driving off. Without wasting any time Randy began swinging with his scarf following the car. As Randy ran across the roof tops he was spotted by Paulus Polidori again doing his 'rounds'.

"I've got you now vampire!" cried out Polidori

"You've got to be kidding me!" said Randy as he dodged Polidori's garlic

The old man began to fire some of his garlic pastes at Randy. However this time Randy was in no mood to deal with the vampire hunter. Having had enough of Polidori Randy quickly jumped down and took out his sword. He performed some quick slices chopping off Polidori's crossbow into tiny pieces. As the pieces fell to the floor, Randy dropped a smoke bomb blinding the vampire hunter with the foul smell.

Randy left the old man and began to catch up to the black car. He followed it to the outskirts of town and onto a beaten dirt path. Randy followed from the trees of the forest until he spotted their destination, the old castle that he had admired the other night. The gothic castle was in truth far more terrifying than the other night, especially since the dark clouds of the night hid the moon's light. All that was missing was the rain and the storm.

"I guess this is the place. Let's see if there are any vampires living here." said Randy pulling out his sword ready for action.