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The three figures made their way through the tight crack which led deeper into the mountain. The wind howled as it traveled through the narrow pathway. Issac and Tich kept their distance from Catherine as they followed her down the path. She was snobby and unpleasant, sometimes, and they didn't what to provoke her so they kept quiet. After a few minutes, Catherine suddenly stopped and turned around, a smug smile soon covered her face.
"Issac! I do believe that Tich has fallen behind, so would you be so kind as to help him." Issac turned around and saw that Tich had got wedged in the narrow passage way. Issac gave an annoyed sigh and walked back to him.
"Your stone armour can be a real pain sometimes. You know that. This is what, the fifth time I've had to hack you out" Issac said, as he produced a small ice pick from his shoulder bag and began to tap at the ice wall, that had wedged Tich's stone armour.
"The ice wall is mean, it traps me all the time" Tich complained, while flailing his legs furiously, which didn't seem to help. Issac soon broke the ice that had wedged Tich's armour.
"Anything else you want to complain about while I'm here" Issac joked. Tich just looked blankly back.
"I'm hungry and cold"
"Well so am I. So lets get going, I'm cooking tonight" Issac said, with a smile on his face.
"By cooking do you mean the black, dried up husk of meat that you make all of the time. If so, I would rather die than eat such repulsive food again, but I regret its not as if we have anything else to eat" Catherine said, with a rather hurtful tone.
"Hey! I am getting better. I just need to get the timing right, that's all" Issac said, getting rather close to Catherine "and you seemed to like the last meal I made" Issac claimed.
"Yes! but that was pot noodles and even so, you managed to burn them slightly" Catherine shot back.
"How was I supposed know they would catch on fire" Issac replied.
"Well maybe if someone wasn't such a simpleton, that could hardly account for such a mediocre task, then maybe you could cook properly" Said Catherine.
"Guys! I got stuck again"
Issac and Catherine, who were nearly butting their heads, turned to see Tich had indeed got stuck again.
After Issac had chipped Tich out for the fourth time, the narrow pathway through the crack then opened up into a large cavern and inside was Koko Village. It was a small town with houses shaped out of ice and stone. To most people it wasn't anything special but to them it was home. They were warmly greeted by the Melynx, who are a race of cats, who have evolved to stand on two legs and can speak the human language. They also formed about sixty percent of the population that occupied Koko Village and had jobs like any another human. A small group of young Melynx ran towards the hunters and crowded around them, asking them all matter of questions about the outside world. Issac, who was surprisingly good with children, told them about the fight between Burg, The White Knight and Vex, The King of the Mountain. The young Melynx crowded around as Issac and Tich acted the scene out. They told them about the fight that the monsters had had but they kept it goofy for the kitten's sake.
Daring Doo pushed a large ancient stone door open and walked inside. With a torch, at her side, she examined the large ruin with great enthusiasm. It was filled with strange hieroglyphics and artifacts dating back many centuries.
"Daring! YOU have made the discovery of a lifetime" she said excitedly. She pulled out a small tape recorder and began to describe her surroundings. After cataloging a few minutes of entries she saw a strange tablet in the center of the room. It was written in a strange language, that she had never seen before. The only words she could make out were "beacon" and "the dragons roar." Scratching her head she then looked up.
"AGHHHHHHHHHHH!" she screamed, as she stood face to face with a terrifying looking beast, that was almost four times her size. She dropped her torch and ran for the nearest pillar. She was then enveloped in the pitch dark room. She held her breath. Nothing happened. She then decided to breathe before she passed out and emerged from her hiding spot. She stumbled around for bit until she tripped over her torch. After relighting it, she turned her attention to the strange figure in the middle of the room. She tensed as she approached it and reached out a hoof. Much to her relief, she found that it was made of stone and after establishing that the statue was not booby trapped, she lit a few glow sticks and examined the statue. It was huge and the detail was incredible. Every scale was masterly crafted. It looked almost lifelike.
"Jackpot!" Daring said, doing a hoof pump. "Ok! Now for some pictures and then I need to set up some equipment." She pulled out an old box camera and took a few heroic pictures and a few silly ones. "Ok!" she said, slapping her hoofs together ."Time to get dirty." She had a large pack of equipment waiting outside of the ruins. Inside the pack, there were more glow sticks, a small generator, a few high powered lamps and her lunch. Never forget lunch!
As Daring tucked into her daisy sandwich she examined the strange tablet. Even though it was covered in an unknown language she could decipher a few more words now that she had light.
"Beacon......summon........strangers..........dragons call............" Daring took another bite of her sandwich. "Fail-safe.....and the rest is gibberish" she said, wiping the bread crumbs off her mouth. "Well! This is a strange discovery." Daring then smiled "and another chapter for my book. DOUBLE WIN!"
Catherine sat on a stone bench and watched Issac and Tich play with the youngsters. Although she wouldn't openly admit it, she liked the sight of Issac and youngsters. He was like a big brother to many of them and it brought a warm feeling to her heart. The outside world of Tundra was a wasteland of snow and ice, but even so, a small and dedicated community of five hunters and thirty Melinx had found a place to call home and the future generations would learn to live and survive in the harsh world. It was nice to see that there was still hope in the hearts of the people.
"Issac always had a way with kids, but you're not thinking about that are you?" Catherine almost jumped as a figure sat down next to her. He was a rather imposing figure. He wore a big rice hat and body armor and robes similar to that of a samurai.
"Perhaps its because he acts like one" she said, blushing heavily "And stop spouting such nonsense, we both know he is an absolute child and acts like one all the time".
"Yer! But he means well, he likes to see a smile on everyone face and tries to make people laugh. It reminds us that there's still hope. He's been like that for as long as I can remember" the newcomer said.
"Yes well.....I....um" Catherine stuttered. "Oats didn't you say we had a job to do?" she said said to the newcomer, trying to quickly change the subject.
"Oh right! I did didn't I?" he said, giving a nervous laugh and scratching his neck. "Now what was it again?"
"You are a total airhead sometimes" Catherine sighed. Oats just laughed. Sometimes I wonder why you're our leader Catherine thought.
"Oh! Now I remember" Oats said, hitting his palm with his fists and raising his voice "YO! ISSAC, TICH, OVER HERE. WE'VE GOT WORK TO DO".
After ending the show, Tich and Issac walked over to the bench. Issac sat next to Catherine to annoy her, and Tich just stood up.
"What were you doing?" asked Oats, curiously.
"We just told them about the awesome fight between Burg and Vex that happened on our watch" Issac said.
"Really? Who won? Wait let me guess! ummmmmm, Vex right?" Oats said with enthusiasm.
"Bingo!" Issac replied, with a thumbs up.
"Aw man! I wish I was there. What was it like? Lots of swipes and bites?" Oats said, while doing a shadow box.
"Oh yer! Vex put on another great show, but Burg hasn't lost his touch either" Issac said returning Oats shadow box
"Not to interrupt this enthralling conversation, but don't we have work to do Oats?" Catherine said, breaking the line of thought going through Oats head.
"I was just getting to that" said Oats confidently.
"No you weren't" Tich said, out of the blue.
"Right!" Oats began, completely oblivious to Tich's last comment. "Recently there's been a few tremors in Tundra and a new cave system had been discovered. Its our job to investigate and bring back anything of value". Issac suddenly jumped up and gave a few whoops.
"ALL RIGHT! Spelunking time! Let me get my torches and picks!" And with that Issac bolted for a nearby house.