Chapter 38
They sat in Pipers room, at the small desk.
Piper was staring at the image of the Sword and the stone in the Book perplexingly.
"And you're sure Agar told you that it was missing"
"His specific words were along the lines of; the crystal has been lost. He didn't say how long...or how for that matter, but I just know I'm supposed to find it, otherwise the Sword won't work. Simple as that" Blinx replied, remembering to leave out the vague and...disgusting qualities, Agar had expanded on.
"Apparently these weapons belong to me, but he gave no indication as to whether I'd be using them. It kinda worried me"
Piper nodded "I'd be worried too. When Finn was made Domo, they failed to tell him he was supposed to be eaten by the Head Verroc"
Though she'd heard it all before, Blinx didn't mind being reminded of Finn's pain.
"I think until we figure out what Agar is really up to, we either need to stop the wedding or get outta here"
"I feel like I've seen this crystal somewhere before" Piper said quietly to herself "But I can't think where"
She turned the book this way and that, trying to decipher just what she was seeing. "Hey, quick question, can you read any of this? I've never seen language like this. It must be ancient. Like these three lies here-" she pointed to a capital 'N' "what is it? What does mean? Is it a word?"
"It's a letter" Blinx replied without thinking.
Piper stared at her, blinking "You can't read Atmosian but you can tell me what that is?"
"How do you know I can't read Atmosian?" Blinx asked a little too defensively.
"I see you struggle to read the jars in the fridge and your books are untouched...you don't dust"
"Actually I don't dust at all. Allergies" Blinx answered breezily.
She wondered if Piper could be trusted with her secrets and considered spilling her guts to the younger girl. She was mulling it over when Aerrow appeared in the doorway.
"Oh, Blinx, you're here. Did you have a nice chat with Agar"
Blinx sent him a sideways glace but said nothing.
"I'll take that as a 'yes'" Aerrow stated "That bad, huh?" he directed to the room.
"I don't have the details and I can tell you yes. She seemed pretty disturbed when I found her in the kitchen earlier...she was staring into a bowl of Junko's cooking"
Aerrow seemed taken aback.
"She didn't have any, did she?" he asked quietly. Piper shook her head and he sighed with relief.
"Agar did give her this book though" she continued.
"And a sword and shield" Blinx spoke up.
"Oh, wow. That's certainly a wedding gift" Aerrow joked "What's in the book?"
"It seems to be the prophesies of Vapos" Piper stated "Look, I just found Finn" indeed she had, though it was the old, smiling image of the Domo.
"But I'm only going by the images, I can't read any of it. Right now, I'm trying to figure out where I've seen this crystal before" she turned back to the earlier page to show Aerrow the image of the sword and the stone.
"Hmm, it does kinda look familiar..."
Radarr came screaming round the corner at high speed, narrowly avoiding Aerrows legs and instead wrapped himself around one of Blinx', he growled out a hiss toward the door.
Aerrows brow furrowed, until he caught a small noise and stepped into the room, turning to the door and unsheathing his daggers when he saw the small hoard of Vapos guards with their weapons at the ready.
"We come for the Princess" one stated carefully "Give us her and your lives are spare"
"And what does your beloved Domo think of this?" Blinx asked them bitterly, sending her famous glare their way.
"I'd do as he says" someone whimpered from the other side of the metal wall. Aerrow rolled his eyes as Piper and Blinx sent each other a fed up look. The three of them moved to the door and peered around the corner.
Sure enough, there was Finn, being held at the arms by two Vaposian Guards. He grinned and chuckled nervously when he saw them.
"Idiot" Blinx mumbled and bravely allowed herself to be lead through the halls and out of the ship, hopefully, with the rest of the Storm Hawks in tow.