The Fortrex was silent, no one knowing what to do, except Merlock. Macy and Aaron were training, getting back into the flow over everything after being out of the action for a while. Axl was with them, watching and helping. Lance was, well, being Lance and having everything done for him. Ava and Robin were working with Merlock to find Clay and figure out what the snow globe was.

"Anything?" Macy asked, walking up to Ava from training.

"Nothing," Ava sighed.

"Is that Clay or the snow globe?" Aaron asked.

"Both," Robin replied. "We can't find anything. Merlock thinks he knows, but he can't remember."

Aaron sighed, looking to see Macy staring up at the screen. Axl wasn't with them, since he went to find Lance. Aaron walked over to Merlock, and picked up the snow globe to look at it.

"Do you have any ideas why the Book of Monsters would want this so bad?" Aaron asked Merlock. "Anything, whether or not it's true."

"All I can remember at the moment is that it holds something of evil power," Merlock said. "I can't pinpoint what it is."

"Well, knowing he wants it is enough," Macy said. "We can still use your plan to get Clay back."

"What is your plan?" Merlock asked.

"We give them the snow globe, and we get Clay in return," Aaron said.

"It's not too complicated, right?" Macy asked.

"No, it's not," Ava said. "But unnecessary."

"What does that mean?" Macy turned to Ava.

"I've found him," Ava said.

Clay appeared on the screen, running.

"He escaped!" Macy cheered.

Lance and Axl ran in.

"You found Clay!" Lance cried.

"Where is her?" Aaron asked.

"Approaching Diggington," Ava said.

"That's where my parents are," Axl said.

"Can you call them and ask them to watch out for him?" Ava asked. "If he escaped, the monsters surely won't be far behind."

"Yeah," Axl said.

Axl ran towards his room.

"How did he get all the way up there?" Macy asked.

"I don't know," Ava replied.

"All we know is that he escaped and will be safe in Diggington for the time being," Robin said.

"How long until we can get there?" Macy asked.

"At least an hour," Ava replied. "And that's going full speed, which we wouldn't be able to maintain the whole way. So, a couple hours at most."

Macy groaned.

"My parents have been alerted and will watch for Clay to pass through," Axl said, walking back in.

"Alright, now all we can do is wait until we get there," Merlock told them. "Go prepare yourselves for battle."

They all nodded, running off to train.

Clay collapsed with exhaustion. He fell near the edge of a village and people gathered around, mumbling to themselves. Clay looked up and saw two people pushing their way towards him.

"You Clay?" the lady asked.

Clay nodded, breathing heavily. They helped him to his feet, walking him towards a house. They helped him inside, sitting him on a couch.

"Who…..are you?" Clay asked.

"Axl's parents," the man said. "He called and said to watch for you to come by."

"Thank you," Clay said.

Then a knock came at the door. Axl's mom walked over and opened it.

"Axl, he's in here," Clay heard her say.

Clay looked up, and saw Axl, Aaron, Macy, Lance and Robin walk in. Macy's face lit up and she ran to hug him.

"You really are here," she said, overjoyed.

"Where are your sword and shield?" Lance asked.

"Jestro and the book still have them," Clay sighed. "They took them from me just before I ran. They can't be too far behind."

"Well, we aren't staying long anyways," Robin said. "Ava's found a book nearby."

"Duty calls, mom," Axl said. "We have to go. We'll come back after we've dealt with Jestro."

"Alright, come back soon," Axl's mom said.

Aaron helped Clay up and walked with him out to the Fortrex. Macy and Aaron ran off to find Clay an extra shield and sword while Lance, Axl and Robin went up to the roof to watch for Jestro. Clay watched Ava type away, completely obvious to him being in the same room as her.

"Clay," Merlock whispered.

Clay turned to him.

"What's up?" Clay asked.

"Did you learn anything about the snow globe and what he wants with it?" Merlock asked.

Clay noticed it at his feet. He picked it up, looking at it. I can't just tell him. They want me to bring it to them, and I can't give it away, he thought.

"No," Clay replied. "I was only there long enough to catch the Book of Monsters scolding Jestro for losing it and then ran."

Merlock frowned. "Alright."

"Clay," Macy said.

Clay turned, pocketing the snow globe as Macy ran into the room. She ran to him, handing him a backup sword and a training shield.

"Sorry you won't receive Nexo Scans with that," Aaron said. "It's all we could find at the moment."

"It's fine," Clay said. "At least I can defend myself."

Macy smiled.

"This is crazy," Ava cried.

"What's wrong?" Macy asked.

"The signal from the book, it's bouncing everywhere," Ava moaned. "I can't pinpoint just on location."

"It's the book of Deception," Merlock told them. "It's trying to trick you. It's trying to hide itself."

Ava groaned. "Why does it have to be so hard."

"Place all the signals you've received on one map," Merlock said.

Ava did so, and a map of several signals appeared on the screen.

"Knights, go for the one in the middle," Merlock told them. "It's most likely to be it."

"Alright," Clay said. "Let's get Axl and Lance and head out."

Aaron and Macy nodded. Aaron followed Clay while Macy was stopped by Merlock.

"Macy," he said.

"What, is something wrong?" she asked.

"I need you to keep an eye on Clay," he said. "He's acting strange. Like he's hiding something."

Macy nodded, then ran after Clay and Aaron.

"What was that about?" Ava asked.

"I just find it strangely coincidental that he just 'escaped' from Jestro and the Book of Monsters," Merlock said. "Then took something from me."

"What?" Ava asked.

"Nevermind that, Ava," Merlock said. "Why don't you go help them."

Ava nodded, returning to the controls. Merlock watched the screen, eyeing Clay's tracker especially. What are you doing, Clay? He asked himself. The reason, Merlock saw him take the snow globe.