After arriving at the country in the sky and getting in a little trouble, Natsu and the others got their fill of food thanks to two of the inhabitants of the rancher's land. They made their way towards the large town in the distance as they all waved goodbye and thanked the blonde angel and Exceed. Henry waved back with a friendly smile while Alivia simply stared at them, watching them walk farther and farther away until the two couldn't see them anymore.

Henry glanced at Alivia and raised an eyebrow. "Hm? Alivia, something buggin' ya?" He wondered. He knew the brown furred feline wasn't always the friendliest of neighbors, but he had a feeling that something about that group bugged her more.

Alivia continued to stare in the distance. "There's something about those people that *really* rub me the wrong way…"

Henry chuckled as he patted Alivia's head. "Oh come now friend! What's so different from them compared to other strangers we met?"

Alivia ignored the patting. She felt like all that's been going on seems a little too convenient and close together at once. "Do ya think…they're land-walkers?" Henry paused for a moment before bursting into laughter. Alivia turned to the blonde angel and glared at him. "I'm serious about this you nincompoop!"

"Alivia, for as long as we've both been alive. Not a single land-walker was able to even reach this place! What makes you think that changed now?" Henry refuted. "The only land-walker here was brought here by one of the Tenhei!"

Alivia paused again before sighing. "Still, ah' don't think we should trust those fishy groups of people." She turned towards the door and flew back inside. "If they get into trouble again, it'll be on them!" She proceeds to slam the door which causes Henry to jump a little.

The blonde angel tried to open the door but realized that he was locked out. "H-hey! I was only joking!"

Despite the god's distress and the loud noise from earlier, Hahlos clearly saw outside that things were looking as normal as usual. He stood in an empty hallway looking at a vertically long window as he noticed Argus making his way towards the front gate.

"I suppose it must be the afternoon by now." Hahlos predicted. Given that he usually only speaks to his fellow colleagues in the castle, he started to memorize some of their schedules or patterns. He has been called creepy because of that, but Hahlos didn't mind such comments.

He turned away from the window and began to make his way towards the guest room the Sky Sorceress was staying in. Until he noticed a familiar face fluttering down the hallway like a small fairy. It was Sync as she immediately noticed the long green haired angel as she stopped in her tracks and slid on the floor on her feet. She stopped a couple feet away from the older angel and saluted.

"Afternoon bro! How's the master doing?" Sync chirped. She was always in a good mood even during all this heavyweight going on regarding the potential death of their leader. Hahlos couldn't help but envy that side of the scythe wielding girl.

Hahlos softly smiled. "Good afternoon to you too, Sync. The master is doing just fine, just taking a small nap." He slightly bent his knees down and got on Sync's level. "Are you in a hurry for something?"

"Yyyyup~!" Sync placed her arms behind her back and smiled. "Starky asked me and Balrus earlier to check on that big explosion from earlier and I was about to report to him!"

Hahlos placed a hand on his chin. "Ah right, I was concerned about that as well. But I've been doing all sorts of errands lately that I never got a chance to even think about after the fact."

"Well don't worry about it too much bro!" Sync reassured. "It's already been taken care of. Apparently, it was some weirdos using a magic spell. Balrus already gave them a ticket!"

"Magic? Was it the rancher's setting off fireworks or something?" Hahlos raised an eyebrow.

Sync tapped her finger on her chin. "Well…they didn't look like the ranchers. I didn't get to say anything to them because I was shy, but they also had something weird on them…"

Hahlos tilted his head before Sync pointed at her right shoulder. "Two of them had this weird symbol on their bodies…" She explained.

The taller angel was so taken aback about that he immediately stood up which caused Sync to jump a little. "A…weird symbol? Do you happen to remember what it looked like?"

Sync shook her head. "N-no, I'm sorry. There was one with spiky hair who got a bit rowdy and was thrashing all over! I got a bit distracted by that…" She hung her head low.

Hahlos gently patted Sync's head and gave a warm smile. "Do not worry Sync, I still appreciate the information." Despite his tone, on the inside there were a million questions running through his head. A rowdy spiky haired individual who had a mark on their shoulder. Hahlos had a feeling on who it was.

"I think I'm going to head out of the castle for a bit, I'd suggest letting Stark know about your findings." Hahlos requested before walking by the yellow haired girl. She waved at Hahlos before he slowly waved back before taking off.

"Can it be…?" Hahlos recalled the fire mage that he faced off against.

With full bellies and more energy, Natsu and the others made their way closer to the town. Gray was forced by Lucy to put back on his shirt and jacket so they wouldn't stand out more than they already did earlier.

Jellal held the blue ticket and stared at it. "To think we'd already ran into our first obstacle..." He comments before planting a palm on his forehead, feeling a little heavy.

"They only allow magic through a permit?! What's up with that?!" Baffled Natsu. "Ain't the population only around ten percent magic users or something?"

Erza held her chin. "And to think the individual that Wendy was taken to heal...is a god, and the ruler of this place..." She raises her head and glances at the group. "It's best to assume that the one who attacked us is also one of those 'Tenhei' individuals."

"Yeah...and who knows how many of them there is." Lucy agreed. She then saw the town up ahead and pointed. "Hey! It's just over there!"

Before they could question how to cross to the other island without any flying cats, they noticed a stone bridge connecting the two clouds.

"A stone bridge? Up here?" Puzzled Chelia.

"It was probably made by that tusk guy." Gray bent down and examined the bridge. "It's strange though…how long has this been here? Melding Magic usually disappears after a while…"

Erza furrowed her brow. "Perhaps it has something to do with the atmosphere around here."

Gray stood up and looked at Erza. "What do you mean?" He asked.

Erza gestured at Lucy. "Not only does the atmosphere here feel a bit more heavy, but Lucy was also coughing after a simple spell."

Jellal swiped his forehead. "So, you're not the only one who felt some heaviness around here…"

Erza then faced Natsu. "Natsu, have you been able to pick up anyone familiar?"

The pinkette shook his head. "It's no good. I haven't been able to track even a little scent from Happy and the rest."

Erza sighed as she looked at the town up ahead. "Then they're probably deeper in town. We need to let them know about our findings so far.."

The rest nodded their heads as they began to cross the bridge. It wasn't long, but they definitely noticed the size of the town as they reached closer and closer. Chelia looked up and saw the large castle at the other side of the town.

"Hey…so if what we were told was true…do you think Wendy is in that castle?" Chelia wondered as she pointed at it.

"Well if she's tasked with healing this place's leader, I'd bet on it." Lucy confidently said.

Natsu pounded his fist on his palm. "Heh, then how about we storm the place!"

"Heh, now you're talking!" Gray clenched his fist.

Erza stopped in her tracks and glared at the two boys. The two shriveled up immediately. "Don't even think about it! We don't even know for sure if she's staying there!" She pointed out. "Besides, don't forget that they have someone who could see in the future. We need a plan before casually storming the place!"

"Aye sir!" The two boys saluted, their entire bodies drenched in sweat.

"There they go again…" Lucy nervously chuckled. Chelia couldn't help but wonder if Fairy Tail always acted like this.

Jellal however didn't pay attention to the Fairy Tail mage's bickering as he began to feel the heavy feeling he felt earlier get more intense as they made their way towards the town. It was a similar feeling to a minor fever.

Currently in a wide but active street with a small fountain in the middle, Carla flew over towards Gajeel and gave him a scroll. The Iron Dragon Slayer began reading as he became more irritated as he read on.

"WHAT?! Are you kidding me?!" Gajeel shouted angrily as he clenched on the scroll tightly. Sting, Rogue, Juvia and Happy were also looking at the scroll with bewilderment.

"Indeed, the laws here seem to be very strict. Be lucky that none of you got caught with your antics." Carla earlier asked one of the residents about this town and was given a scroll that detailed its general information and its guidelines.

"No magic without a permit?! What kind of sensitive town is this?!" Gajeel threw the scroll on the ground and stomped on it.

"Those fines are rather large too…" Rogue noticed. "How much of that Dalla were you given again, Sting?"

Sting pulled out the money out of his pocket and counted. "Looks like around one thousand."

"Just one magic fine could cost us half of our money…" Worried Juvia. "Juvia hopes Gray and the others are aware of these rules before it's too late…"

Gajeel began to stomp away in a huff. "Forget it! I'm going home!" He then felt the back of his shirt tugged by Happy. "Let go of me you stupid cat!"

"No! We don't need more separation!" Happy pleaded, clearly struggling to keep the Iron Dragon Slayer still.

"Just how do you plan on getting back down there?" Sting asked with a smirk on his face.

"If I harden my body after jumping, I'll be able to take the fall." Gajeel answered firmly.

"There is no way that'll work!" Sting facepalmed.

Carla was starting to get more annoyed. "Would you all knock it off?! I swear, how did I get stuck with you people?!"

"Harsh comment aside." Rogue grunted. "She is right, we all need to calm down and assess the situation."

Gajeel stopped in his tracks before crossing his arms and huffed. "Fine, I still can't believe that little girl got stuck in a place like this."

Happy gave a sigh of relief before looking around his surroundings. While not much, he did see more Exceeds flying around and even running some stalls. With several angels even shopping at said stands. "You know, this place kind of reminds me of Extalia."

"You're not the only one who notices that." Carla mumbled as she also observed her surroundings.

"Extalia? What's that?" Sting wondered.

"I'll tell you about it later." Carla responded. "Have any of you Dragon Slayers picked up anyone by the way?" She asked, however, all three of them shook their heads.

"There's too many people here, it's nearly impossible to pick up anyone here." Rogue remarked.

"Juvia has a suggestion. Would either of you two be able to fly high up and see if you can spot Gray and the rest?" Juvia suggested as she looked at Carla and Happy.

Happy began to touch one of his wings. "Well, they haven't disappeared yet. We should be fine, right Carla?"

"I suppose that's the only route we'll have to take." Carla agreed before pointing at the four wizards. "Don't move from this spot, alright?" The two Exceeds then took off high up in the air as the four watched on.

Gajeel leaned by an alleyway wall and grunted. "So now what? Do we just stand around and wait?"

Juvia walked by Gajeel and sat on a bench that connected to the alleyway walls. "Juvia supposes so, but they better find them soon. Juvia doesn't know how much longer she can wait while Gray is probably talking to other angel women!"

Gajeel scratched the back of his head as he looked at Juvia with a blank look in his eyes. "Is that stripper all you can think about?" He groaned as he decided to sit by Juvia.

Sting and Rogue continued to hang by the fountain. As the two Exceeds continued their search, Sting placed his hands on his hips and huffed. "Jeez, things are already extremely messy. Who knew a town like this existed right above us for so long huh?"

"Indeed. It's admittedly fascinating how big the world truly is." Rogue whispered. "It makes me wonder though, have angels ever lived among humans before? I don't recall any time in history where angels existed, and I know that dragons did."

Sting simply shrugged. But suddenly their sensitive hearing picked up what appeared to be cheering several feet away behind them. The two turned around and peeked behind the fountain as they saw an individual in the distance who was gaining a lot of attention. He was tall and had green hair. Many angels went to shake his hand and bow to him. He shook them back and gently bowed to onlookers as he passed by. The two dragon slayers then noticed his long green hair as he approached closer to the open area.

"Say…doesn't he look familiar?" Sting questioned.

"Do you think he may be the one Erza described to us?" Rogue recalled.

Gajeel suddenly poked out from the alleyway. "What? He's here?!" He clenches his fists as they begin to turn into iron.

Sting waved his arm towards Gajeel. "Hold on! We shouldn't get into any fights right now!"

Juvia was the next to poke her head out. "Then what is the plan? He'll easily recognize us."

"Not true." Sting smirked. "He hasn't met me or Rogue has he? We may be able to squeeze some juicy information out of this guy."

"Nice thinking." Rogue complimented. "You two should hide, let us handle this."

Gajeel and Juvia decided to comply as they went back in the alleyway right before the tall angel got to the open area. However, to Sting and Rogue's confusion, the green haired angel suddenly stopped in his tracks and turned around. Two question marks comically popped out of their heads as they wondered what was going on.

"...Am I simply overreacting…?" Hahlos thought as he began to walk back to the castle, to the confusion of the crowd he just passed by. "No, I have to at least check. I need to take extra precautions for our future." He proceeded to turn back around and walk back towards the fountain. The green haired angel then spotted both Sting and Rogue who were looking right at him. He immediately took notice of Sting's spiky hair and tattoo on his shoulder. He proceeded to approach the two rapidly with an intense stare which caught the two slayers off guard.

"Oh no, does he know about us?!" Rogue thought.

Hahlos stopped right in front of the two and stared at them for a moment. Sting and Rogue could hear their own hearts beat as the angel was staring at them silently, just long enough to make them feel nervous. However, the angel slightly bowed to the two and gave a friendly smile. "My apologies, but for a moment I thought you were someone else." He apologized, looking at Sting.

"O-oh! Uh, it's no problem sir…" Sting faltered.

"May I ask though, are you two from around here?" Hahlos inquired.

"We're travelers from another island." Rogue gave his best poker face and answered. "We heard the big news and had to see for ourselves you see."

Hahlos chuckled as he stood tall and folded his arms behind his back. "Ah yes, it's no surprise that we're getting travelers. News does spread quickly here in Exahelm." He affirmed.

"We ran into this pretty buff guy who told us more about it." Sting explained with a smile. "Pretty exciting stuff I'm sure!"

"Indeed. After tomorrow, all of this anxiety and fear can wash away." Relieved Hahlos, although that didn't stop his current anxieties going off. "I hope you two enjoy your time at the festival and ceremony. We at Exahelm have a deep community so you'll be treated just like any other civilian around here."

"Another ceramony? We missed the previous one, may we assume it will also take place around here?" Rogue inquired. In which Hahlos nodded his head.

Gajeel and Juvia continued to hide as the former's sensitive hearing overheard the conversation. "Tch, so we only got one day then…?" He mumbled.

Juvia held her chin. "And they're holding another ceremony too?"

Up above the town, Carla and Happy continued their search. However they weren't able to fly as high as possible to see the entire town in fear of losing their flight. Carla looked down back at the fountain area and squinted her eyes. The white Exceed widened said eyes as she spotted a familiar figure speaking to Sting and Rogue. Happy turned and saw Carla's expression before following her gaze and spotting Hahlos as well.

"...It's him…!" Carla clenched her teeth and paws. She still didn't forget how he knocked Wendy out and took her away.

Happy took quick notice in Carla's anger. "Carla…" He was worried, he noticed that Gajeel and Juvia were hiding and placed the pieces together as Hahlos looked quite casual when talking to the Sabertooth mages. "Hold on! It may be okay!" He warned Carla.

As much as Carla wanted to fly over to him and give him a piece of her mind, she knew she stood no match. Since he could easily predict her movements if she went after him. Plus there were other things to worry about at this moment and time. Luckily, it looks like he didn't know who Sting and Rogue were and they were handling the situation pretty well. She took a deep breath and exhaled. "S-sorry about that. Thank you for stopping me, Happy."

"Aye…" Happy swiped his forehead in relief before catching something in the corner of his eye. He turned over and noticed far below by the town's entrance spiky pink hair next to long blonde hair. He gasped and gave a big smile before poking Carla's arm. "Carla! Look!" He pointed.

Carla looked over and immediately saw the other group before they vanished into the crowd. "Oh thank goodness." Relieved Carla before turning her attention back at her group and glaring at Hahlos. "Hurry up and leave already!" She snarled at the unsuspecting Hahlos.

Back below, Hahlos took a good look at the mark on Sting's shoulder and Rogue's cape. They looked nothing like the one Wendy bore on her shoulder. He gave a sigh of relief before backing away. "I should be heading back to my duties now. I once again apologize for the confusion." He bowed.

"Oh, it's no problem at all!" Sting forgave.

Hahlos simply nodded at the two slayers before spreading his wings out and taking off in the air, leaving a burst of wind behind him which caused the Sabertooth mages to cover their faces for a moment. The civilians in the area continued to cheer for the tall angel as he flew back to the castle.

Rogue was the next one to sigh in relief. "That was close, and we got some information too."

Gajeel and Juvia came out of hiding and regrouped with Sting and Rogue. "Gihi, I gotta say Ryos, you're pretty good." Gajeel complimented

"I thought I told you to not call me that." Rouge griped.

The four then watch both Carla and Happy fly back to them at a quick pace. Happy spreaded out his legs and arms and gave a big smile. "Guys! I found the others!"

Juvia immediately got up close to the blue Exceed and stared at him with desperation. "Where?! Is he hurt?! Did you see his body?! Was he talking to another woman?!"

"Calm down!" Carla shot. "We saw them just enter town, we should hurry and find them before losing them in the crowd." She briefly turned towards the direction Hahlos left and saw the large castle. "Besides, I have a intuition that it won't be long until we're suspected…" She looked back at Sting and Rogue. "You can tell us what happened on the way."

Juvia was the first to take off past Happy as he spun in circles for a moment. He shook his head and urged the others to follow before taking off alongside the rest.

Everyone looked in awe as they stood at an open area in front of a large gate with two white pillars between it. Even at the entrance, there were angels all over. They kept the place busy as they flew around, mingled and shopped by nearby stores and stalls. The architecture looked more rich than Magnolia.

"Woah…it's so pretty!" Chelia marveled.

"To think a town like this existed right above us." Jellal commented.

Erza nodded her head. "Indeed, there are many fascinating things in this world. But it makes me wonder..." She examined the structures of some of the buildings and lightly stomped on the ground. "How is it possible for this place to be standing on only a bunch of clouds...?"

Chelia bent down and felt the clouds on her palm. "Yeah...clouds would usually disappear after awhile, right?"

Erza turned back at the others. "I suppose we'll worry about that later. For now, let's focus on reuniting with the rest."

Lucy placed a hand on her chest and furrowed her brow. "I hope they haven't run into trouble, like we did."

Natsu approached Lucy and placed a hand on her shoulder, giving her a reassuring toothy grin. "Don't worry Lucy! I bet Happy and the others are doing just fine!" Despite everything, Lucy couldn't help but always feel at ease when Natsu was this confident.

"Pft, bet they haven't gotten into as much trouble as you did for us...fire spitter." Gray mocked without looking at the pinkette and having his hands in his pockets.

Natsu shot his head at Gray and clenched one fist tightly. "Why…you!"

Erza slightly turned her head towards Natsu and Gray without any emotion and that was enough for them to back off. At this point it was like the two could sense her intimidation. Without any more delays, they all made their way inside the bustling town in the sky.

While it was crowded, most of the angels flew around so the group didn't have to worry about being bumped into and potentially having their plastic wings and halos knocked over. However it was still quite noisy so it would be difficult to hear anyone familiar to them within the crowd, even with Natsu's enhanced hearing.

A young female angel standing by a shopping stand waved at the group. "Welcome to Exahelm!"

a young boy angel alongside an Exceed ran on by and noticed the group. The boy pointed at them. "Woah! Look at those guys!"

The Exceed observed the group. "Some of them look pretty cool, don't you think?"

Chelia politely waved at some of the angels and nervously chuckled. "We really do stand out here..."

The group pass by more angels as a couple of them greeted them by politely bowing towards them.

"The people around here are quite friendly huh?" Lucy commented while smiling.

"Beats that one farming cat that tried taking my head off that's for sure." Natsu recalled.

They passed by several streets and alleyways until Erza noticed a group of soldiers standing by the side of the cloudy road. They appeared to be on patrol. She also noticed a small stone fortress far in the distance where more armored angels were stationed. She made a mental note of that for later since it was so close to the town's entrance.

Natsu continued to sniff around the area to see if he can track any of the others. However, there were still too many people around who were messing up his senses. The pinkette was also keeping Lucy close to him so they wouldn't lose each other. "Tch. Still nothing!" Natsu grunted.

"Of course. Things are never easy for us." Gray complained.

The heavy feeling Jellal had was starting to get worse as his eyeshadow was slightly purple. He sensed the area too much and was piecing together something which got him nervous all of the sudden. The narrow streets surrounded by walls from homes didn't exactly help all that much either.

Chelia was walking next to Jellal and noticed his sluggish movement. "Hm? You okay?" She asked, looking up at him.

"I-I'm fine…don't worry about me." Jellal assured before wiping his forehead.

Erza, while still walking, eyed the blue haired mage. "Are you sure? It looks like something is on your mind. You're also looking quite sick."

"Always so perceptive." Jellal complimented. "But this isn't exactly the best place to talk about it."

Gray also took notice of Jellal's behavior. "Think you need to sit down somewhere? I would create an ice pack for you, but y'know…no magic allowed here." The ice mage reminded.

"Even though we have to find the rest, I have to agree with Gray." Erza stopped and turned to Jellal.

Chelia saw a nearby alleyway with no one around and pointed at it. "Here, over there! I can keep watch for you guys if you want."

Jellal sighed. "Very well, I promise it won't take long."

While Chelia stood near the alleyway entrance, the others stood around Jellal inside while he sat on a small bench. He covered his face and took a deep breath.

Erza crossed her arms. "You can tell us now."

"R-right…" Jellal slowly slid his hands off his face and looked up. "Tell me, has anyone noticed anything odd when we got near town?"

"Odd? Well there's already plenty of odd stuff around here." Lucy commented.

"Let me be more specific. Did it suddenly start to feel heavier lately?" Jellal started.

"Heavier? Well yeah, but I thought that was the atmosphere. Like Erza said earlier." Natsu answered.

"What are you getting at?" Erza asked.

Jellal coughed. "Well, I began to recall that farmer angel from earlier. And with that I began to understand this place a bit more clearly."

Everyone stared at Jellal with feelings of concern. It definitely didn't look like the blue haired mage was going to give some good news as he stood up and had a serious look on his face. He gritted his teeth as he sweated a little. "Every time we passed by an angel here, I most certainly felt magic power dwelling inside them. There's a possibility that every single angel here has some sort of magic ability in their bodies." After explaining, everyone gasped.

"Shit." Gray put one hand on his face. "Does that mean we'd be up against an entire civilization?!"

"But wait, isn't there a rule here to not use magic unless they had a permit?" Lucy recalled.

"We don't know how many people here have permits." Jellal explained. "Or how desperate they'll get if any danger befalls them. We need to be more cautious about this, or we may end up in another war."

"We've fought an entire nation before." Natsu noted. "And we won, so how is this any different?"

"There's only so many of us here, we're the ones technically invading this time." Jellal countered. "Besides, even if the others below get involved, Fiore can't handle another war this soon."

"There's also the fact that the people here are innocent civilians…" Erza continued.

"Why did this have to happen?" Lucy leaned her back on the alleyway wall. "I can't even imagine the stress Wendy could be going through…"

"We will find a way to rescue her." Erza reassured the blonde. "We handled several tough situations before and this won't be any different. For now we should learn more about our enemy and this land. Therefore we can strategize our next move."

"In the meantime, we need to find the others sooner than later." Jellal mentioned. "We don't know if they have the same information as we do. They could also have information of their own."

"Indeed." Erza agreed. "Everyone, let's get moving."

"Right!" Everyone shouted in agreement.

Back at the castle, the bright sun shined down towards an uncovered window in the large library. Two angels were sitting by a round table as the slim angel Stark was currently reading a book while Arya was sipping some tea.

Arya adjusted her monocle as she eyed Stark. "How is it that you can read with all this sunlight?"

"Hmph, I'm simply able to see just fine. Besides, I prefer it this way." Stark bragged. However after he looked up at Arya, she clearly saw that the sunlight bounced off his glasses.

"You know what else could make reading a lot better?" Arya placed her cigar in her mouth as pink smoke began to slowly emerge from it. "How about some tea? I know you haven't been able to drink anything good this morning." She suggested as the smoke formed into a small hand and passed a cup towards the gray haired angel.

Stark stared at the cup for a moment before reluctantly grabbing it. "So you saw me spill some coffee earlier, big deal." He took a small sip.

"Come now, I know you've been getting all huffed up over that big blast you saw." Arya teased. "Since when have you been the stressful type?"

Stark groaned in annoyance. "I'll have you know that I'm in fact *not* stressed out. I'm simply taking extra precautions for what's going on." He defended as he began to take a longer sip. However during this, a small shadowy figure began to hover behind the slim angel.

"Boop!" Sync poked Stark's head.

"PFF-G-G-GAH!" Stark flinched as he spat out his tea before stumbling on his chair and falling over. The two female angels began to laugh at him as he slowly helped himself back up by slamming his hand on the table and pulling himself.

"Are you sure you're not stressed?" Arya mocked.

Stark grinded his teeth and glared at Sync while the pigtailed girl simply gave an innocent smile. "What did I tell you earlier, you stupid girl!"

"Hehe~ sorry Starky, but you make it so easy!" Sync giggled before spreading her arms out. "By the way, I'm here to give you the report of our *intense investigation*!"

Arya finished her tea before standing up and pushing her chair in. "I suppose I'll leave you two alone then. Don't want to get in the way of your extra precautions." She turned away and began to leave the library.

Stark dusted himself off as he watched Arya leave the room. He turned back at Sync and crossed his arms. "Well? What is it you two found? It better be important."