The Raven Adventures

[00Kevin]

Take me across the Canyons and Mountians...To the Place where you dwell...To The Raven. Where Paths Cross


The Door of the Raven slowly creaked open.

It was dark inside, but a single, uber thick ray of light creap in through the door.
A Hand was upon the door, from the outside, it pushed the door all the way open to reveal...

00Kevin

standing in the moonlight, gun drawn in right hand, his left hand on the door.
He brought his left hand door to meet his right on the gun and held it up into the darkness.

"Marion?"

It was dead silent, something he never thought That a place like this would ever come to.
The Raven was once the hippest place on earth, but things got kinda lame after a while,
Marion has decided to Remodel the Place and 00Kevin, the bar tender, was sent on an extended vacation.
He first had gone to MI6 for furthur training and then to California Culinary
to catch up on the latest in the world of food.

Now he was back, and it was a strange feeling, an empty raven. Too bad the lights were out, he couldn't see what was new.

He moved agianst the wall and took a look around. His Left hand reached into his pocket and pulled out a small torch, which he turned on and shined in into the unknown.
His eyes met something on the far wall.... "That's New"

And with that, the lights sparked to life and Marion appeared behind the counter. "00Kevin, I knew someday you would come walking back in through my door, something made it inevitable."
The Raven had been upgraded to say the least. the Fireplace, kitchen, bathrooms had all been repaired, and there was a new Radio and everything.
00Kevin couldn't help but wonder how long it would take befor it burned down again.

"I trust I didn't miss anything." Kevin grinned, placing his gun back in his holster

"come on kev," She snarled, "it's time to reopen."

"Not yet it isn't." 00Kevin took his time hanging his coat in the employee closet, putting his stuff back into his room, getting dinner ready...even admiring all the cool new things added to the raven.
As he walked towards the door, he spotted someone over in the corner "Hey, who is that?"

He walked over to see that it was none other then the Grail Knight. 00Kevin was quite surprised "well, how long have you been waiting?"

"I've been waiting for the Raven to reopen even since it first went down for repairs."

"That's Seven hundred years ago."

"Long time to wait"

"I hear ya. hang on a sec will ya?" 00Kevin springs over the counter and pours his a drink, then walks it over to him. "This one is on me."

"thank you" the Grail Knight gulps down the first raven drink in ages

00Kevin walks over to the door and switches the Sign to:

OPEN

as he looks outside, he can see a few people coming towards the Raven, He takes a few steps back and proclaims, "Well my friends, I beleive this is Ganna be a most excellent adventure!"

[Magda]

"Oh lord... not again..." a voice groans from the corner.

[00Kevin]

"hahaha, ah ameera. My dear, dispite it all I have missed you a bit."

"bug off"

"hahaha, same old ameera" 00Kevin grins "wanna drink?"


(hey ameera, all those adventures that got deleted but we didn't lose our posts for....we lost the posts, you have just 486 posts now....I'm the # poster :D)

[Magda]

((At least I don't look like I live here anymore. :p ))

Ameera stumbled to her feet from a dark corner of the bar. What a night she had last night. Jet lag. Bruises. Nazis. Polish Vodka. A deadly combination. Her stomach churned, rumbled, and churned again as she blinked and attempted to regain some balance.

Her vision blurry, she blinked and looked around while a familiar voice echoed throughout her head. "Wanna drink?" it asked.

"God no," she muttered.

[vaxer]

Vaxer suddenly woke up. It seemed as if he had been asleep for years. He then took off his fedora, wiped away the thick layer of dust that covered it and took a look at the long forgotten place, The Raven.

" Hmm " Said vaxer not knowing what to say.

[00Kevin]

Originally posted by Ameera
((At least I don't look like I live here anymore. :p ))

(the key word is look ;))



00Kevin grins at ameera then turns to Vaxer "Imported French Cider?" He proposed, bringing back great distant memories

[Magda]

Walking across the room, Ameera gazed over at the fireplace where about a dozen or so shepas sat warming their hands and chatting amongst themselves. They suddenly stopped, looked over their shoulders, and stared at the disheveled young woman.

"What are you lookin' at?" she mumbled under her breath when she shot them a glare.

Her grumpy statement was met with silence. The sherpas knew this woman's demeanor all too well weather or not she was drunk. Not considering her for another minute, they turned back to the fire as the low drone of voices began to drift throughout the establishment once again.

[vaxer]

Originally posted by 00Kevin
"Imported French Cider?"

" The cider you have might be a little overdone by now " replided Vaxer " Make it a Cognac, that'll wake me up a bit".

Vaxer turned aroud reconizing the adventuress "Ameera? You arn't looking as vigorous as before, has the great treasure hunter retired?"

[Magda]

"Retired?" Ameera yawned, stretching before she sat down next to Vaxer. She shook her head and added, "Not exactly. I have a splitting headache. You know how my adventures are. Explosions here and there, Nazis after my arse and loot, a little alcohol in between... a girl gets exhausted after a while...and hungover."

[00Kevin]

00Kevin gives Vaxer a drink, again on the house, and sits down with his friends "Go on ameera, what have you been up to in your quest for treasure lately?"

[vaxer]

"Oh I see it's just the usual then, I was starting to get worried" replied Vaxer.

Vaxer thanked Kev while taking his Cognac and turned back around to Ameera." And...why are the Nazis after you this time, or is top secret as usual?" strated Vaxer as he took a sip of his throat ripping drink.

[Magda]

The young woman shrugged, "I went after an idol in Brazil. The Nazis wanted it to take over the world-something or other. Anyway, they tried to kill me, etc. etc. etc. Same old, y'know?" She grabbed a dry roll and a butter knife, slicing it through a brick of butter before spreading it across the bread. Biting into it, Ameera gazed out the window where a snow storm raged through Nepal.

Ever since losing the group of Nazis in the village, Ameera hid out at The Raven as usual. They should have known by now where to look; however, the goose-stepping morons never learned. They had one track minds and not much else.

[vaxer]

"Hah, these Nazis, they'll never stop to amaze me. I mean you'd have to be a nut to believe you can take over the world with an idol and that even if it's pure gold !" Replied vaxer amused by the thought.

"One reason why to don't come and get you at the Raven is probably that they gat their arse kicked each time they come!"

[My Name is not Important]

...but sometimes they wised up




A mysterious gloved hand appears on the balcony above, the dark figure disaapears into the darkness of the hallway..

[00Kevin]

"yes" 00Kevin agrees with vaxer's comment, but his mind is elsewhere, he noticed the shadowy figure up above

"I'll be right back" he stands up "ask marion if you need anything"

he walks up the steps slowly, but not too slow to get attention

[Magda]

"Their Fuhrer believes in whatever hocus-pocus that trickles through his ears. He has his little cockroaches combing every corner of this planet in search of something that will make him invincible. Good luck, buddy," she chuckled and sighed before taking another bite of the roll. "Even if they do get their paws on something, Vaxer..." the woman started in between bites. "...I'll be there to take it from them."

[My Name is not Important]

the shadowy figure hides in a room and sees 00Kevin as he reaches the top, it scampers into the darkness of the room just as 00Kevin notices the movement

[Finn]

A man walks in, gives a quick nod to the people inside, goes directly to the counter, reaches under it, digs out a bottle without label, full of crystal liquid... he unscrews the bottle, takes a sip, grimaces and passes the bottle to the person beside him and looks around the place, with a dreamy look in his eyes. This regular is still not saying a word, he simply enjoys the athmosphere.

[Magda]

Noticing the familiar man, a disgusted and dreading look appeared on Ameera's tanned face. "Not you again," she grumbled and put down her food.

The woman wasn't hungry anymore.

[Finn]

"Now, I wonder, what's caused this," the man replies, flashing a smile to the woman. "You don't obviously like me, which is odd, 'cos I still like you."

[vaxer]

There he goes chasing the Raven gosts thought vaxer while kev disapeared in the dark.

"...I'll be there to take it from them."
"If it wasn't for you Ameera we would all have burned at Auschwitz by now." replied vaxer.

[Magda]

"Screw off, Finn. Go back to the slimy mud hole you call 'Finland'," she hissed and crossed her arms. Ameera's mood was going downhill by the minute. Today already wasn't her day. Bloody horoscope had to be right...

"If it wasn't for you Ameera we would all have burned at Auschwitz by now." replied vaxer.

Ameera turned to Vaxer, her back facing Finn, and said, 'Raffey deserves most of that credit."

[00Kevin]

00Kevin draws his gun and steps towards the room, by now he is out of sight of the people downstairs

he enters and has to squint his eyes to make out anything in the...

a sudden pain in his arm forces him to drop the gun, he rushes the man with his shoulder into the wall and punches him hard, as he pulls back for another blow, 4 hands grab him from behind and hold him

the man whom he was punching him stands and speaks in a strong german accent "weg vom Balkon!"

00Kevin manages to get a sharp kick into the man's groin, stunning him, that's 1 less nazi to worry about if things get worse....but he was going for a flight....



down below, Finn, Vaxer and Ameera continue speaking. Suddenly their 6th senses tingle and they jump from the table in time to see 00Kevin fly from the Balcony onto the table

"Dang it Kevin!" Marion Snarles with a grin "I just got those rolls out of the oven!"

>cough< "Nazis, 3 at least, they got me by surprise."

[00Kevin]

Vaxer and Finn help Kevin to his feet "oh hi Finn, I'm not sure if I should slug ya or shake your hand"

[Magda]

((Don't put words into my mouth, Kev.))

[Finn]

Finn, still smiling the calm smle, his eyes in the direction of Ameera, continues:
"You know, the source for that feeling you can seek inside you, not from me." Turning his head to the direction of the racket, he utters. "Now, I was already sure something was missing."

[00Kevin]

(sorry, but it was a small sarcastic humor that does not in any way effect your story...never the less, I'll change it to someone else)

[Finn]

Now Finn flashes his trademark smile to Kev.
"Here's my hand... and here is my throat. Feel free to pick."

[intergamer]

A man walks in. He says, "My name is Deuce. Deuce Exmachina."

He waves his hands. The handful of early arrivers in the bar suddenly find themselves standing just outside the entrance to the Raven. Puzzled patrons stare, then continue on into the bar for some spirits.

A dark man in a black hat and black cape approaches, his features sharp yet somehow undistinguishable.

[Magda]

"Marion! Vodka... please!"

[00Kevin]

Now Finn flashes his trademark smile to Kev.
"Here's my hand... and here is my throat. Feel free to pick."

"Well, I could use a hand with those goons" 00Kevin points to the Nazis running down the stairs, there were 8 of them, the one whom he kicked was no where to be seen

[Finn]

Finn reaches under the counter, picks up another bottle, grabs a handkerchief from Vaxer's pocket, sticks it into the mouth of the bottle, scratches a match, lights the handkerchief up and tosses bottle to the direction of the stairs. Couple of seconds later, four or five flaming, screaming Krauts roll down the stairs.
"You're supposed to enjoy moonshine ice cold, not hot as a pot," he cracks.

[vaxer]

Suddenly a Nazi threw a knif right to Vaxer's face. Vaxer barely had time to move that it missed him by milimeter. He then rapidly checked if he had anything he could defend himself with but realized he was going to have to use his bear hands.

Vaxer ran forward, grabed the Nazi by the nec and started punching him, making his way towards the entrance of the Raven.
but that's until an other Nazi jumped on Vaxer grabbing his thraot.

[Magda]

Marion slammed a shotglass on the bar counter, filled it, and left the bottle before diving for cover. She knew how these damn bar fights went; it was better that she stayed out of it and let the others handle it.

Ameera, meanwhile, took the shotglass and quickly downed it as she drew her gun to shoot a thug lurching towards her. One crack, scream, and thud later, a bleeding man lay at the woman's feet while she poured another shot.

[00Kevin]

The remaining 3 has looks of fear in their eyes at the sight of their firey comrades running out the door, they pull out knives and turn to The Raveners.

00Kevin reaches into his holster...only to find it empty, he searches his pockets only to remember that it was dropped in the room......*grin*

the nazis spring forward, 00Kevin spins through them and delivers a sharp blow to the back of a head, sending him cold to the floor leaving just 2 left

"you guys want these ones?" he asks the others, while he himself prepared to deliver the finishing blow

[Finn]

Finn walks behind the Nazi strangling Vax and breaks a bottle on the man's head.
"Is there any more of them?" he asks, holding the broken bottle neck in his hand. "I hate to waste the supply."

[Magda]

Ameera raised her pistol in the air, saying, "I get dibs on the tall one with the hair lip."

[00Kevin]

"sure" 00Kevin notes, he grabs and shoves one of them harmlessly...but towards Finn, he then grabs the other, and flings him towards Ameera

He then pulls a new table to where the old one was and pours himself a drink

[Magda]

Just as Kev pushed the thug towards Ameera, she calmly raised the pistol and pulled the trigger when she put the shotglass to her lips. With the sound of yet another body hitting the floor, she downed the alcohol and slammed the glass onto the counter.

[vaxer]

Relieved from the nazi strangling him vaxer grabs the the other nazi's knif and forces it into the the his stomach. He then dargs him to the door and throughs him outside into the frosting weather.

[00Kevin]

everyone watches eagerly as the last thug flies towards Finn

[Finn]

Finn reaches towards the counter, reaches for another bottle of moonshine, grabs the Nazi by the collar with his other hand and raises the bottle with another, then reconsiders, puts the bottle down and flashes a smile to the Kraut, who nervously returns it... just to get hit in the head with a bottle of brandy and fly out of the door few seconds later.

[vaxer]

"Wow, has been along time since i've had the chance to see if i still knew how to punch!" exclames Vaxer.

"I'll have a other Cognac Marion" says vaxer sitting back down.

[Magda]

Ameera yawned and pondered what she would be doing right now if she were back at her home in Fiji - probably sprawled out on the sand or taking a nap for the umpteenth time with a handsome butler waiting on her every need.

She sighed. "Marion, you can come out now."

[My Name is not Important]

With all the Goons dispatched, the gang sits back down at their tables

Suddenly, The Main Nazi whom 00Kevin had kicked earlier appeared on the Balcony, with a Bazooka

"Why the Heck would someone bring a Bazooka to Nepal?" 00Kevin wonders

"Fool! I have you down! You Will Give me the..."

A Man in All Blacks...hat, shirt, cape, pants, mask....almost looks like Zorro, appears behind the Officer and Carries his Fist into the Nazi's Face

Everyone jumps from the table again and watches the Nazi fall through the table and into the deep sleep....

they all look up and the man in Black, but he was gone

a small paper floats it way down to the floor, Marion Picks it up and everyone reads


I am the one who Hides in the Shadows, I am the one who Hides in the Dark.

My Name is Not Important

You need know no more

[Magda]

"What's the number for the local psycho-ward?"

[vaxer]

(i'll be back)

[Finn]

"Kev, tell your friend to return that outfit to costumeria before the rental expires," Finn notes wryly and returns to his bottle.

[Pale Horse]

A cold breeze sweeps the backdoor open and the shadows of the night come creeping is as a dark figure stands just outside of the light of the fire inside...

[intergamer]

Originally posted by Ameera
"What's the number for the local psycho-ward?"

OOC: What's up with you and not letting any sort of reasonable plot get started? Seriously, you want to just sit in the bar all day and drink? Title of the thread is The Raven ADVENTURES.

No offense intended.

[Magda]

Originally posted by intergamer
Title of the thread is The Raven ADVENTURES.

No offense intended.

(I know. I'm the one that originally STARTED them. And there's something called sarcasm, buddy. Get used to it. ;) )

[Finn]

(Live is an adventure, buddy. And of course that, do you wake up on the morning with a functional liver or not.)

[Pale Horse]

Unbeknownst to most inside, he waits. Will there be an invitation, a confrontation? Who can say....

[Finn]

Finn notices the newcomer first. "Hey, you're staff, aren't you? Quit standing all mysterious there in the corner and bring some booze to this table!"

[hffan2000]

Mike walks into the raven and orders a whiskey.
"hey guys anyone up for some treasure hunting? i recently got a tip on a sword that belonged to beowulf." he sits down at a table in front of the fire.

[Pale Horse]

Noticing the odd man in the middle of the action looking his way, he enters the room, reaches slowly under the arm of his left side and pulls out...

a bottle of Makers Mark.

"Good to see you Finn." Looking around the dishevled room, "I like what's been done with the place. Can I get you a drink?"

[00Kevin]

Originally posted by hffan2000
Mike walks into the raven and orders a whiskey.
"hey guys anyone up for some treasure hunting? i recently got a tip on a sword that belonged to beowulf." he sits down at a table in front of the fire.

(wow, it's been a LONG time)

"Hey Mike, I'm up for it, It's been all schooling for the past 4 months"

[Magda]

Ameera yawned again.

"Now if you guys will excuse..." she stopped and looked to the side at Marion's glare, but merely continued. "...me, I'm going to catch a couple of Z's. Let me know if the bar catches on fire or whatever."

With that, she made her way across the room and up the stairs.

(I'll see y'all around later. Bye.)

[Finn]

"Never say no to a free drink from a friend," Finn replies. "Good to see you too, amigo. It's been too long."

[00Kevin]

"and now for something completely differenet"

everyone bruns down the raven on purpose and they don't tell Ameera, so she doesn't wake up and all are happy again!


that's when Ronald McDonald (of the future) Wakes up and realises that it was all a dream


"And Now for Something even more completely different"





The Raveners sit in the bar and watch Ameera walk up the stairs

[hffan2000]

"kevin, great to see you buddy! how ya been? i don't suppose you speak finnish? i got the scroll i can't translate about the sword and i desperately need help. all i know is there's a connection between the sword and the norse legend of raaganok"

[Pale Horse]

"Time is temporary. In your absense, I have been meeting from time to time with the other Fin, VP. You'll be glad to hear he speaks well of you." He sits at the table with a satisfied look, and quitely looks at the other people streaming in.

[Finn]

Finn barks in laughter. "VP? The kid's been a good student. Taught him all I know. He's a worthy person to fill that hole I left empty."

[00Kevin]

Originally posted by hffan2000
"kevin, great to see you buddy! how ya been? i don't suppose you speak finnish? i got the scroll i can't translate about the sword and i desperately need help. all i know is there's a connection between the sword and the norse legend of raaganok"

"I'm afraid I don't know Finnish, I'm no superhero, but you could ask Finn, he's over there. Now I've heard of ragnarok, but I'm afraid I don't know much about raaganok, refresh my memory"

[hffan2000]

mike walks over to finn. "hey finn you up to joining this quest? kevin may be joining and i could use all the help i can get."

[Finn]

Finn looks up. "I can consult the best way I can. Lemme see."

[hffan2000]

"kevin i meant rangnarok. i know it's the norse end of the world and that means really really bad news. i'd be willing to bet the nazis are looking for this."

[hffan2000]

mike joins finn and kevin at his table and unrolls the scroll.
"now what i'm showing you is 3000 years old. i found in a cave in norway. the cave was near the peak of a mountain and i nearly died trying to get there. i also found these 3 gold pieces with odin on the front" he lays the gold next to the scroll.

[Pale Horse]

Shouting over to a familiar face, "00Kev, get over here and pour yourself a drink."

[00Kevin]

"Well Finn, if anyone can figure this out, it's you"

[00Kevin]

Originally posted by Pale Horse
Shouting over to a familiar face, "00Kev, get over here and pour yourself a drink."

"myself? Oh, I'm fine. Hey, you may want to check this out too, Mike says he could use all the help he can get"

[hffan2000]

mike pours himself another drink and check his ammo in his gun.
"kevin, have you from gregorie defrance lately? he might be interesting in this also"

[Finn]

Finn leans over the scroll and examines it closely. "Three thousand years you say?" he asks, knitting his brows. "Bloody hell, now there's something I'd love to know where it's from."

[hffan2000]

"3000 years old actually finn. what surprises me is the condition it's in. it's like it was made yesterday! i feel we're about to walk into a hornet's nest of trouble but i believe we're ready for it."

[Pale Horse]

Pale Horse's mood suddenly changes..."Are you sure you really want to know?"

[hffan2000]

"hey we're all interesting in the past and uncovering treasures from it. i believe in being cautious but i also believe if anyone with evil on their mind gets their hands on this sword you can kiss the world good bye"

[00Kevin]

"defense, yes, he's staying at the Hotel here in town, I'll ring him for you"

00Kevin walks behind the Bar and picks up the Telephone, it took alot of Money to get a nice phone in the bar. He dials the Hotel

"Hello, Can I speak to a Gregorie Defense? yes, eh is staying with you, I talked to him a couple of hours ago. Yes, I'll hold" 00Kevin waits and looks at Mike and Finn as they inspect the Items

Greg's voice is heard on the phone "Hello?"

"Hello greg?"

"yes"

"This is 00Kevin"

[Finn]

Finn's facial emotions switch between amazed to puzzled as he examines the documents. "My friends, either we've run into one well-made fake... or then history book authors have some serious rewriting to do."

[vaxer]

After a half an hour, Vaxer wakes up. God knows why he fell asleep, probably the alcohol.

After opening his eyes Vaxer realised something was going on, people were getting exited about something. He got on his feet and got closer to the group in order to observe what the hype was all about.

[hffan2000]

Mike looks startled and a little worried.
"what do you mean finn? Have you found something?!"

[Pale Horse]

Pale Horse looks at Finn, knowingly...

[hffan2000]

Mike looks over at pale horse. " you want in pale? you're more then welcome to come. i have a bad feeling about this and i know we're gonna need experts in every field."

[Gregoire Defence]

"Kevin, is that you? Man how's it been? I came back to the Raven hoping I'd find you here. How did you know where I was staying? Anyway, what's up? I hope it's something exciting, you know I'm always down for a misson. And I've been itching for one lately."

[Finn]

"This text... it's Roman carnal alphapet, which is a mystery itself, if this doc here is written over thousand years before the Empire," Finn begins to explain. "I think even you caught that already. The language this is written is Finnish alright. The consonants don't of course call after the nowaday counterparters, since ones with similar way of spelling has been used more loosely, and some vocals with Nordic diftongs has been replaced with letter combinations... but the main idea hasn't lost, this is completely understandable Finnish, but..."

[hffan2000]

"Greg how ya been?!" mike walks over and shakes his hand.
"I think you might be interesting in what we're researching. i may have found a connection to the sword of beowulf"

[00Kevin]

"well my friend, we have something. Mike found some artifacts in Norway that somehow involve 'Ragnarok', the Norse myth of 'the end of the world'. Finn is looking at them now and it looks like he's found something big, I've gatta go. uhhhh, when can you get here?"

"well, I was about to go eat, so I'm all dressed, I'll be over in a minute or 2"

"ok, bye" 00Kevin hangs up and sits down with the others, "greg will be here in a minute'

[hffan2000]

"finn i got a question. what if all the legends of beowulf were true and how far back do those legends go as far as we know?"

[00Kevin]

Originally posted by hffan2000
"Greg how ya been?!" mike walks over and shakes his hand.
"I think you might be interesting in what we're researching. i may have found a connection to the sword of beowulf"

(psssst, GReg is still at his Hotel, he is not here right now)

[hffan2000]

(oh sorry my mistake lol i feel so foolish lol)

[00Kevin]

Originally posted by hffan2000
(oh sorry my mistake lol i feel so foolish lol)

(it's ok, he will be here soon)

[hffan2000]

"anyone else got any thoughts on this discovery?"

[Finn]

Finn's facial expressions give away that he's thinking hard. "The Roman alphabet originates from the Greek one, so it's not completely impossible that someone could have used the letters a millennia before the glory of the Empire... but the history does not know a single document written in the Finns' holy language since the 15th century. And even if it would date back to the days of the legendary Norse warrior, why would somebody store legend in a language that's spoken by that time by no more than a mere handful of people?"

[hffan2000]

"interesting finn. if i understand you right you're saying there is no way this could have been written in the language it is at the time! if that's true we may need to look at some documents connected with this cultures."

[vaxer]

"Finn, maybe it's meant so only a certain population can read it" replied vaxer intrigued by the document.

[Gregoire Defence]

Greg rushs out the hotel anxious to see his old friend Kevin and eager to go on a new mission. He did not really pay attention to the town just went strat to the Raven, and walked in the doors.

"Greg, how you been!"

"Mike! aww man! Kevin told me you would be here. Hey Kevin! great to see y'all again! I was hoping something like this would come up. Now, what's this about Ragnarok? How come everything has to be linked to the end of the world with you two?," Greg said jokingly.

"I may have found conections with the sword of Beowulf."

"Really, which one. The way I understand the story Beowulf had 3 swords."

"Yeah?"

"Yeah, the one given to him by Kin Hrothgar to kill Grendal's mother. The sword Grendal's mother had over her fireplace forged by Giants, and plus Beowuls personal swords"

[hffan2000]

"i'm not sure which sword greg but if i had to guess i would say the one forged by the giants. you weren't followed on the way here were you?"

[Pale Horse]

Responding to Vaxer, "Typically, as history shows, it was the religious men, 'in touch' with god who do such things."

[Finn]

"What documents?" Finn asks with a slight grin. "There is no Finnish documents from this time, apart from this one of course, no Norse documents either since their glory time was also nearly two thousand years after this was written... only reference we have is the original Beowulf, which is written by the Anglic Celts... so I'd say we have one historical language puzzle to solve."

Finn eyes Vax. "Now that's interesting. I can assure you that there was not a single Finn on that day who knew how to read, less to write."

[Gregoire Defence]

"Actually Beowulf had two swords. Magical Hrunting, that Unferth lended to him before he goes to slay Grendel's mother, and Naegling, Beowulf's sword that fails him when he is fighting against the dragon in Sweden." explain's Kevin

"But I distinctly remember a sword forged by Giants that Beowuf took form Grendal's mother."

[hffan2000]

"finn there may be no norse documents but i bet if you check other celtic documents and even the legend of beowulf itself we may find some hidden references. just a hunch."

[Gregoire Defence]

"What makes you think you have one of the sword's of Beowulf Mike? and what's it got to do with Ragnarok?"

[hffan2000]

"there's a mark on the upper corner of the scroll that matches the emblem described on his shield and ragnarok was the only word i understood from the scroll greg"

[Gregoire Defence]

"sound's interesting.:) This is my kind of mission. Ay, but right now I got to get something to eat. You can explain it more as we eat."

[Finn]

"This document is a scramble," Finn mutters. "It's been written in an alphabet that was seemingly formed no earlier than five hundred years after this was written... and in a language that didn't exist in a form like this before the15th century... all that makes sense is that it tells a legend that knowingly happened by that time."

[vaxer]

"Now that's interesting. I can assure you that there was not a single Finn on that day who knew how to read, less to write."

"Who knows, there's always the exception to confirm the rule. But I must admit I'm totaly ignorant on the subject" replied vaxer

[hffan2000]

"well finn if anyone can figure it out you can. is there anything you'll need? "

[00Kevin]

00Kevin was lucky to have a library of Anceint Literature in his room and he goes through the pages

"hmmmm, Well, Beowulf uses a heavy sword known as 'Great Sword' to fight Grendel's Mother...uhhhh, he gives the remains of the sword to King Hrothgar, the ruler of the Vikings, if that helps"


he continues to search through the pages

[Finn]

Suddenly, Finns palm hits the table so hard that the bottles and glasses placed on it jump a few feet air.
"There it is!"

[hffan2000]

"greg, here's the details. i found this scroll in a cave on a mountain in norway. i nearly died climbing to the cave it was so high. now no one puts something like that that high up without having a secret they want to protect."

[Pale Horse]

"Blast you Finn, you spilled my Burbon!"

[hffan2000]

Mike comes over to finn. "Finn what is it ? what have you found?!"

[00Kevin]

"what Finn? did you find something?"

[Finn]

"While trying to figure out the enigma of Finnish used, I completely pushed the minor secret to the back of my mind," Finn explains, his face lit as a lightbulb. "The alphabet. The alphabet!"

[hffan2000]

"fill me in buddy let's crack this thing!" :)

[00Kevin]

the group lean in and await finn's discovery

[hffan2000]

"guys if finn has cracked this thing we better be ready to go as soon as possible"

[00Kevin]

"sorry to interupt, but listen to this:"

the hilted sword called
Hrunting, an ancient treasure
with edges of iron and adorned
with poison strips. That sword,
hardened in blood, had never failed
a man who grasped it in hand
and dared a terrible journey,
battles in a hostile place.

"I sure wouldn't want to go up agianst that"

[hffan2000]

"kevin that description almost sounds like a riddle. could there be a hidden meaning behind it? "

[Finn]

"This is written in the Roman carnal," Finn starts. "And if we think it in the combination of the language, it makes sense. You can't write Finnish by using the Norse runes. The closest possible to the date was the Hellen writing system, but even that was not completely suitable enough. So... whoever wrote this, was the one who created the letters the Romans later adopted. Now, the whole Western world uses the same alphabet, but there are major differences in the spelling. English is not spelled like Latin, but Finnish and Greek are. You see where I'm going?"

[hffan2000]

"i get it finn and you're right this could change what we know of history. this could prove that written language goes back further then we thought."

[hffan2000]

if greek and finnish are spelled the same. we should try some greek to translate and check some greek documents"

[00Kevin]

Originally posted by Finn
"This is written in the Roman carnal," Finn starts. "And if we think it in the combination of the language, it makes sense. You can't write Finnish by using the Norse runes. The closest possible to the date was the Hellen writing system, but even that was not completely suitable enough. So... whoever wrote this, was the one who created the letters the Romans later adopted. Now, the whole Western world uses the same alphabet, but there are major differences in the spelling. English is not spelled like Latin, but Finnish and Greek are. You see where I'm going?"

"yeah, so you could use those languages to find out what it says, good thinking."

00Kevin turned to Mike "I think the part of 'beowulf' that I just read to you means merely that the sword is all powerful and the one who fights with it has the biggest advantage you can get. I will continue to read this for more clues"

[Finn]

"Certain written languages," Finn corrects Mike. "Chinese had written language nearly a millennia before this was written, and so did ancient Egyptians. But what we may be looking here, is the first document written with the system we know as western alphabet. This scroll itself is a invaluable relic," he says with a shrug. "And then to the important part. Who exactly might have written this?"

[00Kevin]

00Kevin inspects the poem furthur "you know, on second though, perhaps this sword, Hrunting, could help it's holder survive Ragnarok...perhaps even cause it. I can't say this for sure, norse mythology isn't exactly my expertice'

[hffan2000]

"finn whoever wrote this had knowledge that most people wouldn't at the time but how is that bloody possible unless they were a god or something?"

[hffan2000]

"any thoughts greg?"

[Finn]

"Not quite, Mike," Finn replies. "The one who wrote this was a mortal man, yet very educated one. And this hints only to one direction. To hide the mystery, he picked an obscure language only spoken by the handful of people and created his own alphabet, which the Romans just happened to adopt later. As a base of this alphabet our mystery writer did use his own native writing system though... and this gets us a step ahead. We do not know who he was yet, but we DO know where he came from."

[hffan2000]

"then where would you suggest going to first finn? time may be running out."

[Finn]

"That's a question itself," Finn replies, putting up his index finger. "The man who wrote this was not a Finn, not a Norse ancestor, not a Celt... he was <i>Greek</i>."

[hffan2000]

"that sure doesn't narrow it down much but i have a few ideas. we could try delphi, athens or where alexandria used to be. what do you think?"

[00Kevin]

"Greek? Hmmmm, well, I can't think of anyone who is fluent in ancient Greek in Nepal.....we could always call Marcus Brody."

[hffan2000]

"yeah and do you have any contacts in greece kevin? they could be very useful. we also need to know if there are any digs going on in greece."

[vaxer]

"The guy who wrote this is probably part of a local legend in greece, we have to find those who know of it, not an easy task"said vaxer

[Pale Horse]

Pale Horse stands up, a bit frustrated. "You are all forgetting the most important piece of this..."

[Finn]

"Hmm... we might have up-to-date reference," Finn comes up. "In his book called <i>Germania</i>, Roman historian Tacitus has a whole chapter of wild people living up north he calls the <i>Fenns</i>. There has been gossip that old boy Tacitus used as his guidance some notes written by a yet unknown Greek historian lived nearly thousand years before him." Finn scratches his jaw. "I'm starting to get the feeling that the mystery man referred by the Roman scholar and the one who wrote this piece here are one and the same."

[hffan2000]

mike paces the room deep in thought. suddenly he notices someone lurking outside the raven.
"kevin get over here quick!"

[00Kevin]

Originally posted by hffan2000
"yeah and do you have any contacts in greece kevin? they could be very useful. we also need to know if there are any digs going on in greece."

"Well, I beleive MI6 has a man in Athens, I'll give him a ring"

he makes the call and comes back

"We're in luck, our man in athens says that there is currently a dig in the area around 'Marathon', where the Athens Defended themselves agianst the persians, it's not much, but we might get lucky"

[vaxer]

(gotta go, see y'all)

[hffan2000]

"kevin thank but that may have to wait a second. i think we got company outside and i don't think he's a friend. you want to check it out or should i?"

[00Kevin]

Originally posted by hffan2000
mike paces the room deep in thought. suddenly he notices someone lurking outside the raven.
"kevin get over here quick!"

Kevin races to the Window to see a figure run off "It's that officer from befor, I tought he was hear because of ameera, but it was because of you........the Nazis are after the sword!"

00Kevin races outside after the Officer

"HEY YOU! STOP!"

he caught up with the officer and tackled his legs, sending both to the ground

"WHY DO YOU WANT THE SWORD?!?!?!?" 00Kevin threatens to punch him

"Wir finden die Klinge, und die Nazin übernehmen die Welt!"

the Officer surprises Kevin by flinging him over his head, giving him enough time to run a few feet

suddenly a truck pulls up and opens fire with a gattling gun, Kevin takes cover behind a shed. The Officer gets on the truck and it drives off.

00Kevin knows that he can't win this battle and retreats to the raven and the truck zooms out of sight

[Finn]

(Whoops, my bedtime as well. Guys, don't rush off-location yet. I have more to come. Wait and you'll see. But for now, be seeing you.)

[00Kevin]

Originally posted by vaxer
(gotta go, see y'all)

(ok bye)

[00Kevin]

(so I guess we stall for a few minutes and then tomorrow we will continue. I will proubly be here as early as 12 noon, but it may be cloer to 1)

[hffan2000]

Mike goes over to kevin. "do you know that guy kevin? i was sure i wasn't being followed. i've been watching my back ever since i left the cave. we're in deep now and we definitely need to know our enemy"

[hffan2000]

(guys i can't say what time i'll be on but just continue the story and i'll catch up. you can even write stuff for my character if need be)

[00Kevin]

"A couple hours ago, that Nazi showed up here, he had 8 thugs hidding in a room, but I found them first and we beat them up. I thought they were here to steal one of Ameera's Artifacts, but they were actually after that scroll of yours. So the Nazis are on to us and somehow they know your movements, now I sent you a tellegram asking you to meet me here today for the reopening, some how the Nazis found out." 00Kevin explains

(let's pretend that I sent you a letter and that's why you came this day)

[00Kevin]

Originally posted by hffan2000
(guys i can't say what time i'll be on but just continue the story and i'll catch up. you can even write stuff for my character if need be)

(no one is really on right now, finn and vaxer went to bed, greg went to have dinner like an hour ago and hasn't returned, Pale Horse just disapeared.....just u and me)

[hffan2000]

"ok Kevin i have a plan. we set up watches and if we see anything funny we report it. these guys will be back and i have a feeling they will strike again tonight. there may even someone in the bar working with them. i mean they're very cunning."
(the letter thing works for me)

[00Kevin]

With the Idea that someone in the bar could be a spy, the 6 people around the table (00Kevin, Mike, Finn, Greg, Pale Horse and Vaxer) each suspiciously look around the room to see if anyone could be a spy

The group decides that they have done alot of work and put the research off until tomorrow. The Events of this day had actually began after dusk when 00Kevin arrived at the raven and the following hours had brought them futhur into the night. They Shared a few drinks and talked for the rest of the night. The conversation shifted from this to that, occasionally bringing up the events of the day.

After About an hour, a Woman Walked in, she was dressed up in a heavy green coat due to the heavy snow outside. the Raveners stared in amasment as he took her coat off. she was american, but probubly of eastern european ancestory. She had smooth black hair that flowed down past her shoulders and eyes that looked more like the sky then the sky itself, a perfect shade of light blue. "hubba hubba" someone at the table said. Alot of Jaws hung as she flung her hair along her back and fixed it with her hand. She turned towards the door and tossed her coat on the coat hanger

00Kevin stood and walked to her "hey!" he snarrled "we won't have your kind in here!"

She spun around and smiled "hey"

They shared a kiss, quick, but complete. 00Kevin turned around and led her to the Table "Guys, this is Jennifer. Jennifer, this is Finn, Mike, Greg, Pale Horse and Vaxer"

The guys at the table were more mature then most of the drunks in the bar, but there were a few at the table who might have had less then pure thoughts

"Hi Guys" She was friendly

"Pleasure to meet you" Mike was the first to speak

"Now don't you go falling in love mike," 00Kevin teased "I've got this one wrapped around my finger and she knows it" he held her close to himself and she smiled

Mike sat back down. He wasn't jelous, but there was just something that he wasn't able to shake...........

[00Kevin]

The Night rolled on and soon they decided that they would all go to bed. Some went to Hotels, some to houses, Marion and 00Kevin had rooms that they lived in at the raven.

00Kevin and Jennifer sat in his room and talked befor they went to bed

"That guy Mike is kinda cute" she sayed

"No Comment"

Jennifer Giggled "So, you wanna do something tomorrow?"

"working"

"How about the Morning?"

"working"

"And after work?"

"Me and the guys and trying to solve something, Mike found something that might be an old Viking Artifact with great significance."

"sounds cool"

"yeah, tomorrow we will research a little more, then probubly fly out to Greece."

"Greece? I thought you said it was a viking artifact."

"Yeah, Finn says that whomever made this evidence was from Greece, so we will go there tomorrow."

"So you're leaving me again?"

"I'm afriad so, I would ask you to come, but..."

"but what?"

"sorry if this sounds sexist, but I don't think you would be up to it"

"I resent that"

"Then you'll come?"

"Sometimes ya gatta take risks to spice up life."

"Was I a risk?"

"I will tell you....." she lies down on her back "....in the morning.........."


the last light turns out in Nepal...

[intergamer]

The city sleeps...or rather, half of the city sleeps while the other half - among them thieves, graverobbers, and zombies - frolick about under cover of night, undergoing all sorts of malicious activities and generally having a much better time. But over the Raven Bar, all is quiet. A dark bird swoops overhead and alights upon a favorite perch wihin the Pipal tree, its figure prominent before a crescent moon.

On the ground below, only intergamer remains freezing to death outside the bar. He takes a swig of chocolate whisky milk and trots off aimlessly, muttering to himself. Times were better, he thought, when he was but a librarian, the mundane task of booksorting able to contain the hyperactivity of his mind. Of course, his expertise with the works of the ancients was the main reason for his recruitment. What was he good for, intergamer wondered? Lockpicking and translating dead languages, that was all. Only chocolate alchohol milk could take his mind off his duties to the Fuhrer, which had consumed all but the faintest slivers of his cockiness. In his paranoia intergamer seems to hear the hateful voice of his boss scolding him for harboring 'unpatriotic thoughts'.

Intergamer collapses, stretched out lengthwise across the front door of the bar.

(I thought this whole deal needed some exposition. When does it take place, anyway?)
(I better not get any of this nonsense like, "Ameera takes another swig of whisky...'geez', she says, 'I must really be drunk, I thought I saw intergamer post something on my thread'")

[Magda]

(This is a virtual "bar" of sorts, intergamer. Sure, we have adventures, but it's not non-stop action. We drink, BS, have a bar fight, and so on. Get used to it. It's how we run things around here. If you don't like it, then you're welcome to seek other places to roleplay. I don't know why you seem to target me considering that others are prone to write in a similar style to mine; however, I am not looking to start a feud with you.

BTW, this takes places in modern times. We just moved up WWII events to the present... unless other members think otherwise. )

[vaxer]

(True that this is no traditional RP. Conserning the time frame I kinda think it's better to be in WWII, cause if not we don't have our eternal ennemies the Nazis).

[Magda]

Originally posted by vaxer
(Conserning the time frame I kinda think it's better to be in WWII, cause if not we don't have our eternal ennemies the Nazis).
(Okay.)

[vaxer]

(Anyway we are in the off-topic table so there is no 'rules' like at the time of the adventure table. I guess each time a new adventure thread is created the time frames and 'rules' can be different. And it's not because this is a fun 'party' adventure that in the future there can't be traditional RP threads; because 'party' threads usually only happen on special occasions when there are a lot of members online at a time and the posting is non stop, RP threads might appear once the hype will have gone down a little. I'd say everything is pretty much open.)

[Finn]

(Rules, limitations... whatever. But on the other side, let's not open a "new" party thread, be it a "bar" or "adventure" thread, otherwise the face of the forum will be full with them, and that will drive the upkeep nuts (I know what I'm talking about), so let's stick to one thread at a time and try to keep it active as long as we can... so Ameera, Kev, and whoever likes to hang around, keep that trigger finger easy.)

[hffan2000]

Mike walks to the bar , pours a drink then goes over to a table , unrolls the scroll and looks it over deep in thought.

[hffan2000]

he starting writing down the info he learned from finn and kevin. he then takes out one of the gold pieces and notices 3 greek letters inscribed on it. the first and second he recognizes as alpha and omega.

[LASTCRUSADER]

LC walks into the bar. Takes a seat and orders a whiskey. He sits and says nothing while sipping his drink.

[00Kevin]

00Kevin is awakened by a ray of light from the window, he check the clock and realizes that he has overslept

He springs out of bed! "Holy Smokes!" He quickly gets dressed, showers, gets dressed again because his clothes got all wet, and races out of the room...

he jumps the balcony, luckely the events of the previous evening had informed him as to where the tables were. He landed perfectly on the ground and stands tall

"Hey! Coffee!"

"right, coming up then!" 00Kevin jumps the counter and dissapears into the kitchen...

...after a few minutes he comes out with a pot of Coffee and a pot of oatmeal. He serves the raveners and then leans behind the counter, in front of Mike "Find anything new Mike?"

[hffan2000]

"yeah kevin i did. look at the third gold piece. see those greek letters? i know what the first two are but i can't make out the second one. the first two are clearly alpha and omega but as i said the third one is a mystery. what does it look like to you?"

[hffan2000]

"i still don't where we need to start looking but i have a feeling it's somewhere in greece. got any more news from your MI6 friends?"

[00Kevin]

"No, I'm afraid It's..." he check's his watch "about 3 in the morning in Greece, so he probubly isn't up yet."

"Ok, and what about the symbol?"

"I'm not an expert on all this ancient greek stuff, that last one, that looks like an O with a Bowtie in the middle, I think it's called Thayter or something'"

http://www.mathacademy.com/pr/prime/articles/greek/gr8.gif

"Theta, Actually my friend" a farmiliar voice behind them says

"Greg!" they exclaim as they spin around

Greg sits down and joins the 2 of them

[hffan2000]

"leave it to Greg to always be there when you need him. i gotta tell you guys i have a feeling our 'friend' from last night will be back. in fact i think one of us should see if he's been in any of the nearby villiages. i'm ready for anything but i think i may have stumbled on something i shouldn't have"

[00Kevin]

"yeah, that's a good Idea, we should inquire about that, but they may have other way of tackering us," 00Kevin looks around the bar at the raveners "anyone of them could have been payed off"

"Yeah, I will ask the guys at the hotel just in case, but I don't expect to be lucky." greg speaks up

"ok" Mike agrees

"and I don't think that you stumbled onto something that you didn't need to, if this mythology is true, which it often is, then the nazis cannot be allowed to get a step ahead, we need everyone we can get, and everyone we can trust." 00Kevin looks around the bar again "I'll keep my eyes open, but the Nazis will probubly lie low"

[hffan2000]

Mike looks the room over and then turns to Kevin.
"I wouldn't bet on them lying low, after all these are Hitler's boys but i do have a idea in case they come here for the scroll. we give it to them but we give them a fake with the wrong greek text. what do you think kevin? can you fake that?

Mike then notices a man siting low in the right hand corner.
"Kevin, don't look but i think there's a spy in our midst. just act casual.

[LASTCRUSADER]

LC orders another drink. Turns and looks in the direction of Kevin and Mike..Grins and continues to sip his whiskey.

[hffan2000]

Meanwhile, Greg enters his hotel to find his room sacked. he rushes to the phone and calls Kevin.
"well it look like our enemy knows i'm here also. i'm gonna check out and snoop around town a bit. i'll call you if i find out anything but i believe they may be heading your way so be ready" as he hangs up suddenly a figure emerges from the bathroom and knocks him out cold.

[LASTCRUSADER]

LC finally gets up from his seat. Walks over to Kevin and Mike. He turns to the bartender and says "give these men a drink" LC turns back and faces the two men.

"Gentlemen, I think I may be of some help to you. I happen to have some information that may be valuable"

[hffan2000]

"what have you got?" mike says as he sits down at a nearby table. "we know we're probably being watched. i don't suppose you know anything about that"

[LASTCRUSADER]

"Your right. You are being watched." LC glances around the room as if he is concerned.

He leans in closer and says in a low voice.

"Look for the man in a black trench coat. He speaks with a German accent."

[hffan2000]

"you got a name for this guy?" Mike asks with a grim look on his face.
"you wouldn't happen to know where he is right now would you? i'm tempted to ambush this guy and find out what he knows. i mean somebody just ramsacked our friend greg's room at his hotel and the last we heard from him he was gonna check some things out but no word from him yet. do you have any contacts we could use for info?"

[00Kevin]

Originally posted by LASTCRUSADER
He turns to the bartender and says "give these men a drink"

Little does he know that 00Kevin IS the bartender ;)

[hffan2000]

"Kevin, i think our friend may be able to help us. i mean if he can get us some information on what the nazis are up to we'll be one step ahead. i'm started to get worried about greg though. he's been gone too long. one of us should go look for him. who do you think should go? "

[LASTCRUSADER]

"I don't have a name but rumor has it that he and some men who appear to be in some sort of military outfits have set up camp just outside of town. From what I understand there is about 10 or 12 of them."

[00Kevin]

"Very Well, Find out what you can Mr...uhh?"

[LASTCRUSADER]

"James. My name is James."

[hffan2000]

Mike checks his supplies and then pours himself another drink.
"Kevin i'm gonna go check on greg. i'll call you if there's a problem."

[hffan2000]

Mike enters Greg's hotel, asks for his room and finds it completely ramsacked. he calls Kevin at the raven.
"we got a big problem. get over here asap and bring help. greg is missing !"

[LASTCRUSADER]

"In the meantime I'll do some snooping around and see what else I can find out."

[00Kevin]

00Kevin Hangs up and races to Hotel

he rushes to the room, on the 3rd floor "what do you mean missin...holy smokes!"

the room was a disaster

"They must have thought that he had something, he IS our best archeology expert in Nepal right now." Mike says

"agreed, you go downstairs and ask the manager if he saw anything, but don't tell them what happened. I don't want the Hotel staff messing up the evidence."

"ok" Mike races away

[hffan2000]

Mike goes down to the desk and asks the manager if anyone strange entered greg's room. the manager tells him a man dressed in a black trenchcoat came looking greg earlier and a porter let him in the room.
Mike rushes back to the room where Kevin is waiting.
"guess what? it was our german friend in the trenchcoat. the manager saw him leaving with an arm around greg. the manager assumed he was a friend and greg was either sick or drunk so he was helping him. i think we'll find greg at that compound. you packing?"

[00Kevin]

00Kevin puts his gloves on, but befor he goes through the room, he picks up a glass, dusts it, greg's finger prints. He takes a drink, but stops the glass a few inches from his mouth.

He knows that Mike wasn't wearing a tan colored shit

he splashes the water in the Nazi's Face and belts him in the face

The Nazi pulls out a switchblade

"you guys really like those things, don't you?"

00Kevin grabs ahold of the fan on the celling and kicks the man out the window.
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into the trash


***********************************

the man comes back to conscienceness, a figure stands above him, but he can't see him due to the sun behind him. But he could make out a gun in his hand

the gun is cocked

"WHO DO YOU WORK FOR?"

silence

00Kevin puts the gun into his forehead

"WHO DO YOU WORK FOR?"

"if you kill me...." the man said in a heavy german accent "...how will you find anything out?"

00Kevin grins. he grabs the man by the throat, slams him agianst a wall, and puts the gun to his groin

"Ok ok ok! I'll talk"

"Spill it!"

"His name is Colonel Wolfgang Ballof."

00Kevin takes a section to fit the name into his brain "and where is greg?"

the man hesitates

"WHERE IS HE?"

the man looks over his shoulder and is overcome by fear

00Kevin turns around just as a sniper rifle is fired. The bullet whizzes milimeters from his nose and strikes the Man he was interrogating right between the eyes

00Kevin jumps and takes cover behind the dumpster

[00Kevin]

Originally posted by hffan2000
Mike goes down to the desk and asks the manager if anyone strange entered greg's room. the manager tells him a man dressed in a black trenchcoat came looking greg earlier and a porter let him in the room.
Mike rushes back to the room where Kevin is waiting.
"guess what? it was our german friend in the trenchcoat. the manager saw him leaving with an arm around greg. the manager assumed he was a friend and greg was either sick or drunk so he was helping him. i think we'll find greg at that compound. you packing?"

eccept Kevin wasn't waiting there, Mike looks around for kevin

There is a gunshot, mike hits the floor, but realises that it's not ment for him

"KEVIN?"

"MIKE!" the shout was from outside the window

mike runs over "I'm up here, in the room"

"I got a german from greg's room, but he's dead, sniper on the rooftop has me pinned down, we need this lead!"

another gunshot, this one hits the dumpster, but deflects up and nearly sends Mike's Chin into his brain, but he jerked back and races out of the room

[hffan2000]

Mike comes running to where Kevin is and crouches down besides him and fires in the direction of the sniper.
"sorry i'm late , got delayed by one of our friends. i got an idea. we make our way back in the hotel and take that sniper out then steal a car and head to their camp. what do you think."
suddenly a bullet hits mike in the shoulder.

[00Kevin]

00Kevin drags Mike furthur behind the dumpster "you alright?"

"I forgot to duck" Mike says "you can do this without me, go on"

"I'm not leaving you in the open, there may be more of them."

00Kevin opens the lid of the dumpster with his hand, blocking the sniper from the view. He helps Mike inside "stay low". keeping the dumpster between himself and the sniper, 00Kevin moves towards the backdoor, he turns around another all, helps mike out and they go back into the hotel. They stop in the Washroom.

"Lemme get a look at you" he inspects the wound "ok, you got lucky, the bullet pass out the other side, and it didn't hit an artery. But you are too important to this mission."

"I can take care of myself"

"this is no problem, but I don't wanna be covering your back the whole time." he hands him a towel "Keep pressure on the wound to stop the bleeding" he stands and heads to the door "If I'm not back in 10 minutes....just wait longer" ;) he rushed out

[hffan2000]

a nazi enters the kitchen after kevin leaves. he sees mike and moves towards him. he draws a gun and points it at mike. mike throws a knife at him hitting in the arm and causing a wound that bleeds like crazy. mike bandages his shoulder and heads off after kevin.

[00Kevin]

By this time, 00Kevin had made his way around the black and back to the roof that the Nazi was sniping from, across the street.

He made his way up the stairs to the roof

The Nazi was still on the edge, scanning the Area, He had sent a man in to chase 00Kevin and Mike out so he could snipe them

00Kevin approached, but stepped on a twig! the sniper turns and aimed his gun, but 00Kevin shot him 3 times, 2 in the arm and once in the stomach by his arm. The man yelped in pain and went down on his hands and knees. But befor 00Kevin could say anything, the man rolled off the building to his grave

00Kevin walked to the edge and starred down...not noticing the Nazi behind him about to pull the trigger

[hffan2000]

Mike comes up behind the assassin and fires killing him instantly.
"i know you said stay there but i had a feeling you'd need help. what do we do now?"

[00Kevin]

"hmmm, it seems I have underestimated you" 00Kevin says, spinning around, surprised as Hel......Heck ;) "Well, we took out 4 guys today, so I guess that means that there are around 8 still at the camp."

"So we are going to the camp?"

"Yeah, we have to free greg. I'm ganna need some help for this one, we could get some raveners to help, do you think you are up to it?"

[hffan2000]

"i'm more then up for it. i want these guys to go down bad. i say we get in asap and save greg's hide."

[hffan2000]

mike tends to his shoulder back at the bar.
"man, that guy was a good shot. he nearly blew my head off."
he drinks a shot of whiskey.
Kevin, you rounded up any help?"

[00Kevin]

"Not many people here this early, but We've got Vaxer with us." 00Kevin says

the 3 begin to head out the door "1 more thing, my friend in Greece called, he says that If we want to come, we have to leave soon, the dig will end in a few days"

"ok"

the 3 walk out the door and march to the camp

[hffan2000]

they pull up a mile from the camp after dark. they find a way into it but soon find themselves face to face with some guards and their dogs.

[Gregoire Defence]

*darkness*

A feeling of bliss comes over Greg as he's lying in darkness. He can't open his eye. No, wait. He doesn't want to open his eyes. It feels to good. It feels relaxing. Like he doesn't have a care in the world. He also feels weak. He can't move. He doesn't want to move. Why would he want to move?

*darkness*

Not of sleep, more like stoicism. Greg feels good. Just lying there. Like a huge burdon has been lifted from his shoulders The pressure is relived. For a moment Greg just Let's him self go. He imagines that he is flying. Not with wings, but more like a spirit. A spirit with no body. More like a bird. Or a bird spirit. An eagle soaring above his head. Not traveling very far. Just small concise circles above his head.

*buzzing*

Greg hears a buzz and snaps out of it. He opens his eyes for a moment and sees that he is in a tent. a tent with a radio.
"Oh snap" he says to himself
he is bound and gaged
"man"

Greg decides that now is not the time to act lively

[hffan2000]

the guards grab them and take them to the tent in which Greg is being held. Colonel Ballof enters the tent flanked by three guards

"so you are the grave robbers who have the scroll. you will tell me where it is NOW! do not think i will hesitate to kill you for at one snap of my fingers you would find yourself being torn apart by my very dogs."

"you'll get nothing out of us Ballof! we'll never give you the scroll!" Kevin says and then spits in the colonel's face.

"oh really Herr Kevin i believe i can make you reconsider."

two guards bring in the equipment to electro shock them.

"i think we will start with your friend Greg first. if you wish to save his life, tell me where the scroll is!"

"fine you win Ballof. the scroll is three miles from here hiden in a old cabin on the outskirts of town." Mike says.

"i knew you would talk sooner or later. your kind is always weak" he slaps mike across the face hard.

"i suggest you get some sleep. you will be executed in the morning." Ballof says with a malicious girn on his face.

the four of them watch Ballof and the guards leave then Kevin turns to Mike.

"why did you tell him where the scroll is?! now the world's doomed for sure!"

"don't worry Kevin old buddy i didn't tell him a thing. i lied through my teeth. i took the scroll as i left the raven and hid in a secret hiding place beneath the altar in a church in town. he'll never find it and by the time he figured out i lied we'll be long gone." Mike says with a sly smile.

"also while he was trying to scare us i manage to get a hand free without the colonel or the guards noticing"

mike pulls out a knife and frees them all.

what do you say we get out of here?" he says once they're all freed.

[Pale Horse]

Without notice, a dark figure aproaches the tent, and loosens the hemp around the prisoneres braces....

[Finn]

After being absent to make some useful preparations, Finn walks into the bar, just to find no patrons around. <i>Oh well, sometimes less is more</i>, he thinks as he goes to the phone on the wall and picks the receiver, telling the operator where he wants to place the call. After several minutes, he can hear the voice he wants to hear talking in the other end of the line.

"Finn here," he starts, then goes silent for a long moment while listening what his acquaitance has to say. "Good, very good I think. -- Well, I've made my best. -- Naturally. But we better keep some low profile -- I know, it can be really difficult with the guys I'm hanging with right now," he says with a snort. "Yeah, that was no good. I had hard time to keep my face when I first saw the damn sheet. -- Nah, let's not. They're all right. I say we let them roam freely for now. They might even prove useful. -- If in nothing else, they'll keep our German friends busy. -- Possibly covering some answers to the questions that still remain unanswered to us. -- About the third clue? Not a word. -- I will. Take care of yourself, mate. Ciao."

Finn hangs up the phone, goes for the counter and reaches under it for a drink, then suddenly starts having second thoughts because he still has some more things to do that require clear mind. He puts the bottle back and walks out through the door.

[hffan2000]

"ok guys , what do you think should be our next move? i have a feeling someone let them know we were coming because they captured us too easily." Mike looks over at Kevin. "i figure it must be someone from the bar but who? any ideas kevin?"

[00Kevin]

"I'm not sure, but whoever it is, I don't think that they are in our party" 00Kevin takes a look out side "ok, Ballof and a few others are leaving, 2 guards are staying" 00Kevin pulls off his shoe

"dude! put your shoe back on!"

"shhhhh" 00Kevin open a secret compartment in the bottom and pulls out a tiny gun and hands it to Vaxer "It only has 1 shot, you have to make it count"

"what do you mean? don't u get one?"

"I'm ganna try to take them both out hand to hand, one on one, but if I get in a tight spot, I may need you guys to bail me out."

00Kevin walks to the back of the tent, away from the enterence, he lifts up the tent and manages to get enough space to get through, the other hold it up as he fits through

he had noticed that 1 guard was making rounds around the camp just in case anyone else showed up, so he had some time to take out the one guarding the prisoner's tent

he walked around until he saw the guard, with his back facing him.

he grinned and slowly walked towards him

"KLAUS!"

the other gaurd showed up a couple yards in front of the one by the tent. 00Kevin lunged forwards and grabed the guard

The other one fired a warning shot as 00Kevin tried to retreat back into a forest of about 10 small tents

The Free guard fired at 00Kevin, but instead killed his comrade Klaus.

The second bullet was not at 00Kevin, nor was it from the Nazi's gun. The Gaurd clenched him throat and feel to his knees...then to the ground.

"Good shooting Vaxer, let's go!" The group was pleased to find that the germans left a jeep for them, they got in and drove off.

"Look, we don't have much time," mike said "after they realise that we lied about the location, they will comb the mountain for us."

"alright, we stop by the raven to pick up the rest of our group and supplies. Then we grab the scroll, then we charter a plane and head to Greece."

"Get ready Greece, here we come!"

[hffan2000]

"Kevin, drop me off at the church and i'll get the scroll. i'll meet you back at the raven." Mike says as he sits back in the jeep. they pull over at the church and Mike goes in and greets the priest there. the priest leads him to the altar which Mike pushes aside, opens a trap door, retrieves the scroll then pushes the altar back.

he leaves the church and heads back to the raven. Kevin is at the bar and vaxer is sitting there drinking a brandy while greg nurses a beer.

"we've got the scroll and i'm ready when you are guys. by the way, have you seen finn lately? i know he wanted to go with us? how soon can you guys be ready?"

[00Kevin]

"yeah, he's over in the corner booth with Pale Horse. And Attila the Professor showed up, he is ganna come along as well."

"cool"

attila greets mike "Hey mike, been a while


"A bit too long I'm afraid"

"our stuff is right there" 00Kevin points to a pile of stuff next to the coat rack "load the stuff in the car, I'm ganna make sure we didn't forget anything or anyone."

as the group packs the jeep, 00Kevin goes and tells finn and Pale Horse that it's time to go, he then walks back to the counter, where his girlfriend, jennifer, sits "Ok, it's time to go"

"alright" she gets up but he holds her arm

"YOu never told me, was I a risk?"

"only to my sanity" she jokes and kisses him "let's go!" she runs outside

PAUSE

"hmmmm," is all that 00Kevin can get out

soon everyone is in the jeep....uber crowded. 00Kevin, Mike, Greg, Finn, Jennifer, Attila, James, Pale Horse and last but not least, Vaxer.

"alright, I managed to get the ledgendary 'Raffey De Leon' to fly us to greece, let's go!"

Map of EuroAsia shillohetted against shots of anairplane fly over the mountains and deserts and cities and seas.

Mike studies the scroll intently, Jennifer sits on 00Kevin's lap as they talk, a few other discussions go on between the group

A red Line goes from Nepal, to Tehran, to Greece..........

[hffan2000]

Mike grabs his stuff as he gets off the plane then turns to Kevin.
"is anyone supposed to meet us here like one of your friends from MI6?"

i happen to know a place we can stay and someone who might be able to tell you about that scroll." Attilla says as he walks toward the terminal.

"where that's old buddy?" Mike asks"

"there's a monostary in the mountains that has a huge library stretching back 1000 years. as far as lodging i suggest the olympic hotel. i'll call the manager he's a friend." attila replies.

little does the party know that they are being watched by nazi agents as they make their preparations.

[00Kevin]

suddenly a car pulls up and a man steps out

everyone pulls out guns, except for 00Kevin

"COOL IT GUYS!" he shouts "this is Andrew, our man in Athens, he has arranged rooms for each of us in the hotel that he works at"

[hffan2000]

Mike goes up and shakes Andrew's hand.
"pleasure to meet you. what can you tell us about what's happening in athens and the area around marathon?"

[00Kevin]

The group begins to walk to the big car that andrew brought. "Well, An American Archeologist named Forestal Junior is digging up artifacts from the areas of the Persian wars, he is mostly in Marathon because that is the biggest and most important battle of the war, and greek history, however, he is almost done and will leave within the next 3 or 4 days."

"ok"

"hey andrew," 00Kevin says as they get in the car "did you say Forestal Junior?"

"yes i did, why?"

"His dad was a big compitetor of Dr. Jones," 00Kevin states as andrew begins driving

"yes" greg adds "in fact, Forestal died in the Sun Temple in Peru in an effort to beat Indiana Jones to the Fertility Idol" (in the opening of raiders)

"interesting"

"We havn't heard from old Forrestal Junior in a while, but our friendship should be able to get us in that dig no problem"

[hffan2000]

"can we trust him? i mean if this guy's dad was a competitor of dr. jones, who says he won't try to steal the scroll and beat us to the sword?" mike asks.

andrew drives them to the hotel where they are met by the head of MI6 in greece.

he comes forward and shakes their hands.
"allow me to introduce myself, i'm Nigel Williams. this way please."
he leads them to a conference room where they take their seats.

"the nazi hold on greece is strong and we therefore must know any information you find out. what do you say to that gentleman?"

[00Kevin]

00Kevin stands and protests "Now see here, Mr. Williams, this is an independent mission and as the carrier of the higest rank a field agent can earn, I outrank you and therefor I don't have to follow your orders."

"sit down"

00Kevin sits

"now as I said, it is crutial that I obtain every bit of information you have."

"and as I said, this is an independent mission that is crutial to stoping the germans all over the world. This goes alot furthur then greece, so any information YOU have should be reported to me, any information that is of use to you will be given to you."

Williams sits in defeat, he knows he can't get any more out of this one "very well, we have absolutely no proof that the germans are paying any attention to that Bloke Forrestal nor his little marathon dig site, however, a small army of Germany's Best Men have been flown in First class to Athens, and I don't beleive that it is conincidence that they came today."

"so the nazis know that we are here"

"they must have overheard us in the bar, this is bad"

"well, we know that they are here too, so there will be no excuse for being surprised if they show up. They don't know that we are aware of their presense, which gives us the lead. Now, we must arrange complex and confusing tactics of getting out and around the country without any german survelience catching sight of us." 00Kevin gives a speech "Andrew, see what you can do about it" 00Kevin checks his watch, now changed to greek time "well, it's late and we need to catch up on our sleep, so if you will excuse us Nigel."

The group walks out of the room, no one notices Nigel Eyeballing Mike's bag.....

[00Kevin]

Soon, most of the adventurers are in their rooms, except 00Kevin and Jennifer, 00Kevin escorts her down the hall, 00Kevin carrying most of her bags

"...and you my dear are in the suite," He checks the paper "hmmmm, it doesn't say where that suite is."

"why don't you go check with the Manager, I'll wait here."

"ok my love" 00Kevin leaves the luggage in the hall disapears into the stairwell

Jennifer looks around and knocks on a door

"Hello?" Mike opens the door

"May I come in?"

"uhhhhhh..."

"splendid" she steps in and puts her bag on the table.

"What's up?"

"I have to make sure" She suddenly bolts into his arms, knocking them both into the bed, and kisses him

Mike tries to free himself and soon forces her off

Mike can see her mouth moving, as if she was annalysing the Taste "yup" she says and goes in for another kiss, this time Mike lets it come no problem

"your Kinda cute" she says, then blushes when she realises what she said "uhhhh, kevin will be here any minute, I have to go."

she leaps out of the bed, grabs her bag next to the table and goes out the door "oh and mike, let's keep this our little secret"

she goes into the hallway and closes the door

suddenly 00Kevin comes from the stairwell "It's 2 floors up, come on, let's go."

"let's"

he grabs the bags in the hall and leads her upstairs

*****************************************

Back inside, mike wets his lip and grins a little, then turns out the light and hits the sack..................

..............on the wall, a picture of Socrates has movable eyes...the eyes of Nigel Williams


Nigel leaves the hidden hallway and after about a minute is in the hallway, walking in the direction of Mike's room......

[00Kevin]

The Next Morning, the gang sits at a big table downstairs. 00Kevin, Jennifer, andrew, Greg, James, Pale Horse, Vaxer, Attila, Finn

"strange that Nigel Williams isn't here this morning, he has rarely left this hotel , with it's hidden radio rooms, in the past few years, expecially in the morning" Andrew notes

"Yeah, I find it piculiar as well, he should have reported what he was up to"

"no matter," andrew buries the subject, "So how did you all sleep last night?"

"not bad" 00Kevin says

"Fine" says jennifer

"pretty good, the beds here are very nice" one of the others adds

"Man" vaxer starts "I had a dream that I sleepwalked into Attila's Room and we made out" he jokes

"uhhhh, Vaxer...." Attila adds "you DID"

"DOH!"

everyone laughs around the table

"hey, when is breakfast ganna be ready?"

suddenly, Mike bolts through the door "guys!" he shouts "I can't find the scroll!"

"what do you mean?"

"I mean it's gone!"

"WHAT?" 00Kevin stands in shock

"who could have taken it? whom ever it was, they are a spy, is everyone here?"

"Everybody but Nigel Williams"

"Nigel......"

"He is gone, no sign of him"

"So Nigel is a Nazi? How could such a high rank become a Double Agent"

"I wouldn't doubt it. There was once an MI6 agent who worked as a double agent from the GERMAN HIGH COMMAND!"

"Seriously?"

"yeah, and I don't think that The Germans are ganna only be able to employ janitors and low level agents. So the German's have the scroll, and Nigel is the Key"

"I uh..." mike starts

00Kevin makes a motion for him to shush "Come on mike, I'll help you search your room again just in case

Mike played along, "ok, but don't expect to find anything"

the duo walked up the steps to Mike's Room

soon they enter Mike's room, 00Kevin leads him into the Restroom and turns on the Shower and the Sink full blast

"Now, what about the coins?"

"we do still have the Coins, but I'm not sure that they will help much."

"those coins are the most Greek Things that we had, if their is a lead in Greece, We will find it first."

"I hope your right"

"me too" 00Kevin stops him in the stairwell "Look, Nigel May come back when he realises that he missed something, I want you to put those coins somewhere where no one can get them, ok?"

"Ok, I can put them...."

"no no no no no! DO NOT under any circumstances tell ANYONE where they are, not even me or Greg or Attila. I'm not saying that we are spies....but the walls have ears"

00Kevin turns off the sink and shower and leaves the room "I'll see you again downstairs"

*******************************************

after a few minutes, all are rejoined downstairs at the table

"I think" Mike says "that it's time that we checked out that Dig site"

[LASTCRUSADER]

James says. " I think your right . We should check out the dig site. But we'll need to keep a sharp eye out for the Germans. The last thing we need is another surprise."

[Finn]

"I'll go take a leak," Finn tells the gang, picks his keister up from the chair and leaves the room.

He walks to the hotel lobby and out through the door, then down the street for one block and stops by a stand of fruits. A tall man with dishwater blonde hair having a panama hat and a tourist map suddenly appears behind him.
"Excuse me mister," the man says politely and smiles. "Could you tell me the quickest way to Acropolis?"
Finn and the tourist take a couple of steps aside.
"Nice hat," Finn comments as they stand in an empty doorarch.
"I thought I'd blend in as well as a white rascal like me just can," the man replies and grins. "Well, anything new?"
"There appears to be a traitor among us," Finn tells him nonchalantly.
"Wow. Did you find that out all by yourself?" the contact asks sarcastically.
"<i>Other</i> traitor."
The contact nods. "Ahh, I see. And what made you think that way?"
"Well, a certain paper is missing. It appears that our friend Kevin has a buddy who actually was working for two agendas... you know, I hated to see that sheet in their hands, and it makes me even more sick to think that now the Krauts have it... what's so funny?" he asks, noticing that instead of seeming worried, his companion is smirking.
"Think again who took it... you can have one guess."
Finn arches his eyebrows and scratches his neck. "Going to better direction. Where is it now?"
"Well, I thought that it would be a shock too big for the world if they suddenly had to start rewriting the history books..."
Finn doesn't comment, simply stands there emotionless.
"...and you're not going to tell me that the thing belonged in museum!"
"I wasn't. It belonged in the nearest lit fireplace. How are the rest of the boys, by the way?"
"All right, this far. Building up our defenses. All we need is a little time, so you better buy it by throwing some wrenches in the German works."
"Trust me," Finn says with a grin, "if there's anything me and that gang know how to do better than well, it's got to be that."
"I have no doubt about it," the contact says and gives Finn an encouraging pat. "Take care."
"You too," Finn replies. "Oh, and one more thing. The Acropolis is about two kilometers that direction and over the large bridge."
Then the two men turn their backs to each other and start walking in separate directions.

"By the way," Finn announces as he enters the room the rest of the gang is seated. "I just thought that it might be better if we'd find some more tabs on our mystery writer... and this place has a pretty good selection of libraries. If anyone cares to join me, he is more than welcome," he tells his friends while finding an empty chair. "And the rest of you can go digging all the ground you desire."

[00Kevin]

-secret Nazi Hq in Athens-

Colonel Wolfgang Ballof sits in his chair smoking a big fat Cigar in triumph whent he phone rings "Guten Tag" he talks into the phone

"uhhh, General Zimmerman....yes, everything is going to plan......Yes, our man on the in 00Kevin's Group managed to steal the Scroll....Yes sir, it is great news!....oh, and there is one more thing....yes....There seems to be a 3rd Party trying to get the sword. Yes sir....Last night, a few hours after our man made the switch our survelience saw a man, Blond, Panama Hat, sneak into Michael's Room and stole the FAKE Scroll that we planted. Yes, so this also means that The group knows that we stole it, yes sir I know......WHAT?"


On the other line, in Berlin, with a strong, heavy accent, Frits Zimmerman spoke....the man who is obsessed with finding the Philosopher's Stone, the man who has encountered the adventurers many times befor, the man who killed 00Kevin's Brother. "I will fly to Athens now and oversee this operation of yours. I will Smash all who stand in our way, The Adventurers, This 3rd Party and every one in between. Tighten up security, I will arrive in a few hours."

"GULP, yes sir" Ballof rang off, this is ganna be hard with Zimmerman looking over his shoulder

[hffan2000]

Mike and the others are driven out to the marathon site.
"how will we know this guys when we see him? mike asks.
"dr. forestal will find out us don't wonder. he's heard of all of you. he's very interested in your discovery" Andrew replies.
"i wonder if there is any news on that traitor nigel." Greg says.
"if MI6 finds him we have to make sure we get back the scroll and for the time i would suggest not telling Forestal that the scroll is missing." Mike replies

[00Kevin]

"Yeah, no mention of that" 00Kevin agrees with mike, then turns to andrew "I'ld rather not give him too much info and make him greedy enough to go after the sword himself. So How much have you told him about what we are doing?"

[hffan2000]

"we've kept mr forestal in the dark. all he knows is you're doing some research on greek artifacts. he needn't know much more." andrews tells them.

"kevin i'm not sure about even talking to forestal. what about you?" mike says.

[00Kevin]

"He will probubly get suspicious if we show up and don't tell him anything"

"we could disguise himself"

"you don't know Forrestal Junior, He would get even more suspicious if there are strange men he doesn't know wandering around his dig. He's Paranoid, I think he picked it up from his dad. No, the best corse of action I think is to keep him informed...but not about the Swords and our purpose. We can just say that we Were in Athens for a Party and decided to stop by and say Hello, see if we can find any solid Greek Artifacts for our research and perhaps even help him with the dig."

[hffan2000]

"works for me, you take the lead kevin." mike replies then notices a man walking towards them.

"i am forestal , pleasure to meet you" forestal says as he shakes their hands then kisses jennifer's hand.
"especially you madame"
she blushes and all the men groan.
"how bout we get down to business" mike says with a grim smile on his face.

[00Kevin]

"hey Forrestal" 00Kevin pulls The archeologists hand from Jennifers and shakes it "How you doing?"

"not bad"

"look uh, I'm sorry about your father, I tried to call when I found out."

"I appreciate it" Forrestal says as they begin walking through the Dig "so what can I do for you?"


"Greg, Mike and Myself have been working on a Presentation for Barnett College about life in Ancient Greece. we happened to find ourselves in Athens for a party and heard about Your little Dig going on here. We thought it would be an excellent Oppertunity to say hello, get a new perspective as well as some exhibits for the Presentation..."

"Hey! you there" forrestal shouts to a digger "be careful with that dusting, that statue is 2 and a half thousand years old. I'm sorry Kevin, go on."

"...and Help you on the dig. When we said we would go, our friends Vaxer, James, Pale Horse, Attila and my girlfriend Jennifer asked if they could come as well. So if you don't mind, we'ld like have have access to your dig including a few private areas for group discussion."

"Yes, that's fine with me, hey Ricky" forrestal Jr calls an assistant over "these people have been granted to have their own mini dig anywhere on the site, see to it that they get help and do not get disturbed."

"Yes sir"

"thanks for your help man, We'll just be over there, we will call you if we need anything." 00Kevin and the gang walks around a hill with tools for digging

Forrestal turns to Ricky "Keep an eye over them, make sure they don't walk away with something I could use"

"uhhhh, yes sir" said the young, college aged, assistant

[hffan2000]

greg and mike begin exploring the remains of a temple on the site. mike finds a chamber filled with several different types of artifacts. he also notices an altar with the same symbols as the coins greg enters and they start making a rubbing. they are almost done when the entrance suddenly caves in

[00Kevin]

after a few minutes, Ricky runs to Forrestal "Sir, they were about to find something in the temple, so I sealed the cave forever."

"what?"

"I blew the opening, they arn't getting out of there any time soon."

"That is not what I ment, I ment keep an eye on them, tell me what they find, yadda yadda, yadda."

"I'm sorry sir"

"It's alright, just be careful. Ok, here's the plan, we wait for about 30 minutes, then we get suspicious and go looking for them, we tell them that it was a common cave in."

"yes sir"

[hffan2000]

meanwhile kevin and the others are looking around the dig when Attila notices Greg and Mike have been gone a long while.
"i wonder what happened to those two" Attila says to kevin.
"i don't know but we'd better find out" kevin replies and then notices forestal and his assistant talking over by the ruin of the temple.
kevin walks over to forestal and looks him dead in the eye.
"excuse me Forestal but have you seen either Mike or Greg"
"no i have not Kevin , if i had i would tell you after all i am more then willing to help you" forestal says with a grim smile of his face.
kevin begins walking around the ruin when he hears morse code being tapped out.
"they're in the temple! there must have been a cave in or something" kevin yells over to the others of their party then looks over and forestal and knows he's got another agenda.

[Finn]

Finn, in the meantime, after splitting up with the rest of the group and spending a few hours rummaging in the library of the Museum of Primatic and Antique Culture of Greece, has gone exploring on his own.

Walking down a narrow hallway with all kinds of writings scraped on the walls around him and corrosion-eaten marmor ornaments decorating the tunnel, he uses his lighter to lit up an oil bowl after another to create some extra light.

Finally he comes to a halt and stops by something on the wall, feeling it. The kitsched-away framelines bring vague touches to his fingertips, giving away the very carefully-consealed door. He tries slightly to force the entrance open by leaning against it, but the ancient Greek handiwork isn't going to give away that is... then again, he didn't even expect anything else.

In the process, he hears faint voices coming from somewhere further down the hallway. He slowly reaches for his sidearm, puts out the light and carefully heads down towards the source of the noise.

Finally, a dim source of light, created by hardly nothing more than a lone torch, emits behind the curve on tunnel that has now more and more turned like a nature-made cave. He carefully leans over the corner and spies to the wider open area ahead.

Noticing who they are, he cocks a brow, puts away his weapon and moves slowly and silently out to the open, leans against the wall and folds his arms, wondering how quickly they're going to spot him.

[hffan2000]

Greg begins to become faint and Mike keeps desperately tapping out morse code, hope that kevin and the others will find them in time.
it can't end this way he thinks to himself as time passes.

[Aaron H]

"Hello? Is someone in there?" The muffled voice through the caved-in rock made Mike jump. "Is there someway I can help?" The mystery voice called out.

[Finn]

(Okay, this was giving Kev way too hard time despite the fact there would have been an explanation... so scrath it.)

[00Kevin]

(uhhhhhh, Finn, I don't understand. you come from a library in athens to Marathon (which is many miles away) through a seemiingly already discovered tunnle. Let alone it happens to run into a temple that has recently been unearthed and discovered....)

(sorry if it feels like I'm 'taking over' or editing your posts here)

[Finn]

(Okay, let's do whatever you like. I feel like an outsider already, despite that I don't do this stuff for the first time. ;) Continue now.)

[00Kevin]

Originally posted by Finn
(Okay, this was giving Kev way too hard time despite the fact there would have been an explanation... so scrath it.)

(I didn't ask for you to change it, I was more asking for an explanation....)

[Finn]

(Never mind. Perhaps we could get even some more fun out of this by not bringing Finn there at that instant...)

[Magda]

Central Europe... Approximately 22:30 Local Time

"This road is definitely not the road to Warsaw," Ameera said as the 1936 Jeep rocked and bumped along a road winding through a thick forest in Greater Poland.

The blond sitting in the passenger seat squinted in a struggle to read a map sprawled across her lap. With the constant movement of the vehicle and a flashlight being her only source of light, it was almost impossible to read road signs let alone a map.

"I think we were supposed to take that turn to Lodz instead of Pabianice..." she murmured, frustrated. "... I don't know! I can't read the damn map like this!"

The dark-haired adventuress sighed and brought the vehicle to a halt. Why me? Ameera thought. Of all the places to get lost, Circe had to pick a pitch black forest where they were isolated from any human beings, and judging from the fierce growling looming above, a thunder storm was about to pound the countryside.

She took a quick gaze ahead, where the Jeep's murky headlights illuminated a short strip of dirt road, and then she snatched the flashlight and map from her friend.

[Finn]

Finn leant out and looked down to the endless dark green soil below him. The seat of an autogiro he shared with the mysterious Panama Hat man - now dressed in the leather pilot's clad however - was one really uncomfortable way to travel, mostly because the seating was only designed for one person at a time... the giro was only designed for two people. But that was going to get fixed soon anyway.

"Are you sure you want to go down there?" the mystery man asked him - or practically shouted over the noise of the rotors.
"This little scroll here in backpack says that I do," Finn replied, patting his bag sitting in the feet compartment. "The journal I found indicates that our Greek friend strolled through the very forests 3 000 years from this moment."
"Couldn't you have taken a train?" the pilot called out. "I don't feel too comfortable, flying an unidentified plane this close to German border... it's just 50 kilometers away... the sightings aren't the best possible either!"
"Reminds me, friend, that you haven't told me yet why you requested this kind of transportation anyway!"
Finn cocked a brow. "Well, to be honest... I'm not going to Poland... but Germany!"
"Are you nuts?" the pilot yelped. "The southern end of the Polish border... Krauts are not going to let <i>anyone</i> enter that scenery!" "
"There are some major garrisons down there... as they were planning an invasion or something," Finn's friend noted.
"I wasn't going to show my passport to the guards!" Finn explained. "The only way I can visit my area of interest is to get across the border from east and back... unnoticed!"

The friend gave the Finnish adventurer a sad look and shook his head slightly as the giro started to descend.
Two minutes later Finn stood on top of a wide hill with its sides sticking up some thick firtree at the same moment the cloud-covered skies woke up, throwing down the first drops of a trench that would not be settling down during the whole night.

"It appears that even the gods of the nature are against us tonight..." the pilot commented. "I'm not envying our friend!"
The mystery man looked down to the darkness with a dreamy look in his eyes. "You know... any other man I know would call that hell. Finn calls it home."

[Magda]

"Can you read Polish?" Circe asked, inquisitively watching Ameera trying to make sense of the map -- they had bought it from a crippled man sitting on a street corner in Konin.

The blond didn't think anything of it. That is, she didn't mind the old man until they were out of the city, and she had unfolded the map to discover that it was faded, wrinkled, and badly damaged by some kind of liquid.

"Yes, but you don't need to know Polish to figure out the city names, Circe," Ameera said, having figured out their location. She pointed the flashlight down at the center of the map and guided the tip of her index finger down a road. She looked up at the woman with a glare while she gave the map back to her. "We were supposed to take the road to Lodz. We're somewhere near the German border. Lodz is over two hundred kilometers that-a- way." Ameera motioned behind her.

[Finn]

Finn briefly clicked on the flashlight with him to check the direction from a compass. Setting his nose exactly towards the border, he turned off the light source, rendering himself back in complete darkness. His eyes would get used to the darkness soon, allowing him to make out the outlines of things before him. He had never stood on the very location before... but on numerous places with similar ecosystem. He knew by heart what kind of dangers and troubles might lay ahead.

Pulling his woolly hat more deeply over his head and buttoning his black leather jacket to protect himself from the rain, he took a determined look on his face and headed west.

[Magda]

"Sorry," Circe grimaced.

"Remind me to never let you handle a map again," Ameera answered as she continued navigating the Jeep down the road. "There's a junction about seven or so kilometers from here that will take us to a village. We can stay there for the night and continue in the morning. I honestly don't feel like driving..."

A clap of thunder tore through the air followed by a downpour of rain.

"...in the rain."

[Finn]

Finn made his way down the hillside, and suddenly popped down to a road. Estimating still to be about 30-40 kilometers from the border he turned on the flashlight again and checked the map with him, to find out that the road wound a little north but generally in the direction he was heading. It would save him the more difficult trip through the forest.

Waving the beam of light down the road bed, he noticed some rather fresh tracks on the wet soil. Someone had driven down to the direction he was heading a not too long ago. Finn shrugged it off and headed down the road, knowing that in the drenched weather, he could easily dive in cover of the forest while spotting headlights before they could spot him. He intended to remain unseen on the Polish side of the border as well.

[Magda]

Great, just what I need... And she thought that they would be just fine with a roofless jeep. Then again, Ameera did not anticipating taking that slight detour that landed them near German border, not Warsaw.

"Damn it!" Circe groaned as the rain quickly drenched her brilliant gold hair; she reached in the back seat for her bag. "Where's my hat!"

"Forget the hat. Where the hell is your brain?" Ameera breathed, squinting against the rain attacking her eyes. It was then that she saw a wooden sign crookedly staked in the road side. "Circe, what does that say? Circe!"

"What!?!"

"What does that say?!"

"What?" the blonde asked when she sat up and placed the hat upon her head to see a sign whizzing past her and a trench right in front of them.

Ameera immediately slammed her foot on the brakes, but it was too late. The Jeep toppled into the trench, sending the rest of the vehicle vertically within its depths as a splash drowned the storm.

"I think that said 'Uwaga!'" Ameera muttered and stared at the mud seeping into the now shattered windshield.

[Finn]

Finn had walked another couple of kilometers down the road when he heard the engine coming down the road, and a couple of seconds later he was able to make out the headlights plunging through the rain. The Finnish adventurer quickly jumped off the road and into the woods, carefully watching as the vehicle roamed by.

It was a truck, and it went down the road at nearly stroll-speed. The driver must have been careful because of the weather, Finn thought as he followed the wheels disappear behind the curve of the road. He had not been able to tell who the passengers had been, but judging by the clothing of the man riding on the rear bootboard, they at least weren't soldiers. Probably peasants.

Finn returned to the road and continued down it. He had not advanced even 300 meters when he thought he heard something through the storm, like a loud splash or something. To Finn, it sounded like a big animal trying to cross a moat, a bear or something. He was not worried about the wilderness however, knowing that they were as eager to meet him as he to run into them, practically zero.

[Magda]

"What does 'Uwaga' mean?" Circe squeaked, still trembling and staring straight down in shock.

"Look out," Ameera simply replied as she shoved the door open and carefully climbed out of the Jeep only to land with a 'squelch'. She had landed in knee-deep mud. Perfect.

Meanwhile, Circe bitterly bit back at her friend, "Well, well, well. It looks like Miss Smart Aleck made a mistake. I might have backtracked us a bit, but YOU TOTALLY WRECKED OUR CAR!. Now how are we going to get out of here!? How are we going to get to Warsaw?!"

Ameera rolled her eyes. "Oh quit your whining, Circe!"

"Quit my whining!? I'm not whining!" Circe stumbled out of the vehicle and fell face-first into the mud. A moment later, she pulled her face out of the thick substance, blubbering. "NOW I'm going to whine!"

[Finn]

Finn wasn't complaining about the storm, he actually found it pretty refreshing. He still had favored dry clothes, though.

A surprise awaited him behind the next curve when he found out the source of the splash he had heard. He was just barely able to make out the outlines, but it appeared that a vehicle had swerwed off the road and ended up in the bottom of the wide, muddy road ditch. He wondered about the fate of the passengers when he was able to make out a figure climbing from the ditch. He was not able to tell from his vantage point in the woods, but the driver seemed to be unharmed. At least his - or her - posture told more about annoyance than anything else.

Finn wondered should he offer his help, but decided against it at the last possible moment. The passenger or passengers seemed not to be injured and in the worst case, an odd man who didn't even speak the local language appearing to aid practically out of nowhere would just cause some hassle he wanted to avoid.

He slowly moved deeper down the woods, his intention to go around the accident site unnoticed.

[VP]

You guys are crazy. 240 replies in 5 days.

[Finn]

(That's nothing... on the glory days of The Raven Adventures, we used to have 250 posts a <i>day</i>. ;))

[VP]

And that's why Fore's post count dropped from over 10 000 to about 8000 in one night.

But you're still crazy.

[Finn]

(We're all a little crazy in our own unique way. Now, what is yours? ;))

[Ben Friend of Indy]

I wiped my dark, strawberry blond bangs from my forehead, now sticking to my lightly tanned forehead from the moisture. I still kept a firm grip on the truck as I pulled my rags together. Even at the pace we were going, one careless moment and I'd be rolling into the woods, and the fewer delays the better.

"You keeping those supplies safe back there, Ben?" Harry, my gruff, American mentor/guardian called back.

"You know I am," I assured him.

In my early twenties, I was considered the runt of this guerilla group. Even if some were not much older than me, I was still the outcast. I had been told I was too naive, too much of a kid compared to the others. Harry himself, an AMERICAN had gotten in good with the guerillas. He had proven himself. Harry was doing his best to help me do the same, and I was grateful. I wouldn't let him down.

After some navigating, we got into the woods and headed on the path that would take us to the village a few miles on the other side. The headlights gave an eerie look to the forest. I shivered, and I let out a sigh at the same time, alerting Moshe, the passenger and one of the 'old salts.'

"Getting... 'creeped out'?" He asked with a wink in his accented voice.

"Nah... just a little cold," I covered up.

I knew he could see right through me. I would show them, though. I would prove myself.

I pulled my garb closer around my lean figure, now covered with goosebumps. The rough apparel was warm enough, but in our passage under open sky had given plenty of time to thoroughly drench my clothing. Still, having that on was better than getting down to my makeshift fatigues.

It wasn't much later that we heard a resounding splash from somewhere to our right and just up ahead. It sounded as though a large tree had fallen into a river... or a vehicle.

Harry slowed the truck.

"What the heck was that?"

"Should we go check it out?" I asked, perhaps sounding a bit too eager.

I knew he was smiling up in the driver's seat. After a moment of thought he said, "Yeah. I'll bring the truck in a little closer, and then we'll check it out on foot."

Yes.

Still, I was a bit nervous. I had no clue what we would encounter in the pitch blackness of the woods in a storm.

We drove on a bit further, then Harry stopped the truck. I could hear Moshe get his rifle ready, and I followed suit. I saw a couple of quick flashes of light a few yards ahead--Harry's signal to come to him. I tried to avoid it, but the mud sounded rather loudly as I obeyed.

"I've got the revolver and a flashlight," Harry began. "We need to stay in contact front unless I tell you otherwise. We don't need anyone shooting their comrade's head off right now. Let's go."

As soon as we stopped I had heard distant sounds like voices in the direction of the noise. We had just begun to start out that way when I was surprised at the nature of the voices. They sounded female. A little bit loud, too.

"Harry, do you--"

"Shh!"

"But I don't think we--"

"Quiet! I'm trying to hear. And besides, if whatever's out there has weapons we don't want them to know our location."

Harry shone the light low and just ahead of us. The voices had become louder and more distinct as we neared, but now they had abruptly stopped. They probably heard us.

I could tell they had tried to stay completely quiet, but with my trained ears I was just able to pick up some kind of noise.

As we turned a bend, everything seemed to blur into one quick motion. We saw a light emanating from some kind of crevice... a ditch! Blocked off partially by the clear outline of a Jeep! There were two shadows next to it! Harry, Moshe and I ran up closer to the ditch and yelled, "Freeze!", our guns trained on the figures below.

[00Kevin]

Originally posted by Finn
(We're all a little crazy in our own unique way. Now, what is yours? ;))

(he's a mod on this god foresaken forum, now if that's not a death wish, I dunno what is...)

(ahh, the good old days, the old adventures, those times where smashing)

[00Kevin]

Originally posted by Ben Friend of Indy
I wiped my dark, strawberry blond bangs from my forehead, now sticking to my lightly tanned forehead from the moisture. I still kept a firm grip on the truck as I pulled my rags together. Even at the pace we were going, one careless moment and I'd be rolling into the woods, and the fewer delays the better.

"You keeping those supplies safe back there, Ben?" Harry, my gruff, American mentor/guardian called back.

"You know I am," I assured him.

In my early twenties, I was considered the runt of this guerilla group. Even if some were not much older than me, I was still the outcast. I had been told I was too naive, too much of a kid compared to the others. Harry himself, an AMERICAN had gotten in good with the guerillas. He had proven himself. Harry was doing his best to help me do the same, and I was grateful. I wouldn't let him down.

After some navigating, we got into the woods and headed on the path that would take us to the village a few miles on the other side. The headlights gave an eerie look to the forest. I shivered, and I let out a sigh at the same time, alerting Moshe, the passenger and one of the 'old salts.'

"Getting... 'creeped out'?" He asked with a wink in his accented voice.

"Nah... just a little cold," I covered up.

I knew he could see right through me. I would show them, though. I would prove myself.

I pulled my garb closer around my lean figure, now covered with goosebumps. The rough apparel was warm enough, but in our passage under open sky had given plenty of time to thoroughly drench my clothing. Still, having that on was better than getting down to my makeshift fatigues.

It wasn't much later that we heard a resounding splash from somewhere to our right and just up ahead. It sounded as though a large tree had fallen into a river... or a vehicle.

Harry slowed the truck.

"What the heck was that?"

"Should we go check it out?" I asked, perhaps sounding a bit too eager.

I knew he was smiling up in the driver's seat. After a moment of thought he said, "Yeah. I'll bring the truck in a little closer, and then we'll check it out on foot."

Yes.

Still, I was a bit nervous. I had no clue what we would encounter in the pitch blackness of the woods in a storm.

We drove on a bit further, then Harry stopped the truck. I could hear Moshe get his rifle ready, and I followed suit. I saw a couple of quick flashes of light a few yards ahead--Harry's signal to come to him. I tried to avoid it, but the mud sounded rather loudly as I obeyed.

"I've got the revolver and a flashlight," Harry began. "We need to stay in contact front unless I tell you otherwise. We don't need anyone shooting their comrade's head off right now. Let's go."

As soon as we stopped I had heard distant sounds like voices in the direction of the noise. We had just begun to start out that way when I was surprised at the nature of the voices. They sounded female. A little bit loud, too.

"Harry, do you--"

"Shh!"

"But I don't think we--"

"Quiet! I'm trying to hear. And besides, if whatever's out there has weapons we don't want them to know our location."

Harry shone the light low and just ahead of us. The voices had become louder and more distinct as we neared, but now they had abruptly stopped. They probably heard us.

I could tell they had tried to stay completely quiet, but with my trained ears I was just able to pick up some kind of noise.

As we turned a bend, everything seemed to blur into one quick motion. We saw a light emanating from some kind of crevice... a ditch! Blocked off partially by the clear outline of a Jeep! There were two shadows next to it! Harry, Moshe and I ran up closer to the ditch and yelled, "Freeze!", our guns trained on the figures below.


And the winner of the 'Tom Jones Award is....

[00Kevin]

"Guys? can you hear me?" 00Kevin shouts through the rocks

"Yeah, I can here you" Mike shouts

"greg in there too?"

"yup" greg shouts

"alright, now you have 2 choices. We could Blast through, but that may damage some artifacts...and you. Or we could remove it all brick by brick. look around there and decide how much of a risk you're willing to take"

after a moment, mike speaks up "It's not very big in here, and there may be some stuff that we need, so we're ganna have to move each rock one by one."

00Kevin sighs, he had a feeling he was ganna say that "Ok then, we can't waste any time..."

Forrestal walks over suddenly "what happened here?"

"there was a Cave in, Mike and Greg are trapped inside the temple" 00Kevin answers

"My god!" there was something about this that hit 00Kevin as unusual...almost sarcastic in a way "is there anything I can do to help?"

"We're ganna have to open this doorway one rock at a time, if you could loan up some man power, and some people who know how to keep this from caving in again, it would be appreciated"

"yes, oh corse, I'll have Ricky round up whomever he can"

"thanks, I'll see you later" 00Kevin shoed his off "now as I was saying, this is ganna take a while, so I need everyone lending their back. as for you Mike and greg, see if you can help move this from your side, if it looks like it might cave in, I want you to tell us and retreat back into the temple, got it?"

"got it"

and the rescue effort began....

[Finn]

Originally posted by 00Kevin
(he's a mod on this god foresaken forum, now if that's not a death wish, I dunno what is...) (Now don't you worry, I'm allowed. I'm the kid's mentor.)

[hffan2000]

they begin removing bricks and finally when there's an opening mike and greg make their way out.
Mike goes over to kevin with a grim look on his face.
Mike rushes over to forestal and punches him in the face.
"why did you cause that cave in?! got something you're trying to hide?" he yells.
kevin comes over and tries to calm him.
"easy mike , we don't he caused it." kevin says to him.
"we don't kevin! who else do you think would cause this?"
just then mike notices one of their party is missing.
"where the heck is finn?"