The Son of Rockwell

Chapter 28: The Next Step

It took a few days but they made it to Tohigh, a small town next to a mountain and rich in metal making it a hive for miners and blacksmiths. The crew said their farewells to the captives and set off back to Little Island. Vyker shook his head and moved on while Tim looked around. Amanda was the first to speak, “So…this is Tohigh?” Vyker nodded but didn’t say anything. Tim glanced at the town and spread out his arms, “This little town is where half of the metal on the whole Island comes from?” Tim nodded in awe. Bruce deactivated Thrashers cryopod and tossed it onto the ground. Thrashers popped out, looked around then pasted out. Bruce rushed to the baby raptor, “What just happened?!” He asked. Tim studied the cryopod while Amanda checked Thrashers vitals. Vyker stood, impatiently, tapping his foot and crossing his arms. “Oh!” Tim said, “Warning: This device will make you smaller tames past out from the cold and larger tames will gain torpor. DO NOT put on unconscious tame into the pod. This will kill the tame. Do not use on humans… blah blah… this will give all tames ‘Cryosickness’ which has the following effects such as, nausea, sleep deprivation, and comas in rare cases.” Tim put the device in his pocket as Amanda looked at Bruce. “He’s fine,” she said, “he just needs some time to awake up.” Bruce nodded and picked up Thrasher. Vyker shook his head, “Now that thats out of the way…” he turned to the town and headed to an inn. Bruce shook his head and turned to Amanda and Tim, “Wanna explore the town a bit?” They agreed and started exploring. Normally Bruce could hear Thrasher’s dreams but strangely, he couldn’t this time. After a while they came to an antique shop that Tim insisted they go into. Inside the walls were made of wood as were the shelves and tables. Tim found a 2049 section and was exploring that while Amanda found a saddle section. Bruce was just looking around for something interesting when he came across a glowing object. He set Thrasher down and looked at it. It was an artifact that he had need seen before. Looking at the price he was staggered by how much it cost. 1999.99$. ‘Holy…’ he thought was Tim walked over. “Oh hey Bruce!” Tim called out getting anger looks from the another customers. Lowering his voice he said, “Bruce I found a file of the Arks!” Bruce looked astonished, “In the 2049 sec-“ “No in the 3104 aisle. Anyway this file gives the exact location and pieces need to make the Artifacts. And maps through the cave!” Bruce at this point was completely dumbfounded, then he grinned, “Well… thats a coincidence.” Tim looked confused “What do you-“ he said as he turned to look at the artifact for the first time. He quickly opened the file he found and flipped through papers. “Here!” He pointed to a picture that looked exactly like the artifact Bruce found. “This is the ‘Artifact of the Immune’. Supposedly the hardest one to obtain.” He read a few sentences silently. Bruce tugged on Tims shoulder, “We’re buying this file. You purchase it and I’ll get Amanda.” Tim nodded then headed to the front desk. Later outside the three of them studied the file papers over lunch they had bought. While Tim ate his burger like he had never eaten before, Amanda read the Artifact of the Immune page. “This artifact will be built as a true challenge, in a maze of tight spaces and swamp this artifact will truly test the survival of the ones that dare enter.” Bruce ate his burger slowly and seemed confused, “But what good is this artifact if it just test survival?” Amanda shrugged and pointed to Tim who was working on his fries, “He would know better then me.” Then, continued reading, “This artifact, while being difficult to obtain will present a harder challenge then the cave. For the guardian that accepts it is none other then the ‘Dragon’.” Amanda pauses. Tim held up a hand, “Hold up… A FLIPPING DRAGON?!” Amanda nodded, “Thats what it said…” Bruce shook his head in disbelief, “First a giant spider, then a gorilla, now this?!” Tim started drinking his soda saying, “Well now I know why that artifact was so expensive…” “Come on!” Bruce said giving the rest of his burger to the now awake Thrasher, who took it greedily, “We’re buying need to tell Vyker about this.” “Then what?” Amanda asked. Bruce smiled, “Simply. We ship out again.”

(Ok! I know this has taken awhile but it’s out now! Also where is the next chapter of TOT? No rush, just asking.)

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