Chapter 10 - IN A PICKLE
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"What is this?" Mia stared at the strangely shaped amulet Meon held to her face, she was still trying to get over the fact that she might be stuck in this world forever and seriously couldn't get why this kid was dangling an amulet in front of her.
"If you want to go home, we'd have to find out the people who are after the gem... this would keep you protected in the meantime" he placed the amulet in her palm and grinned excitedly "This is going to be fun, it's been a while since something exciting happened down here" rushing to his messy table he began to mix up some vials that were scattered around the table.
is he being serious right now? she turned to Danna really confused, she was in big trouble here and this kid was up and about like he'd gotten a surprise present.
"Meon, no one said you were coming?" Danna stated in a low voice and he froze at the spot.
"Why not?" he lifted his brow trying to understand Danna statement "You can't go with her and Lord Diarmuid would definitely not want to get involved or wait are you going to hand her over to Lord Darren... not the right choice"
"Wait why can't you go with me" Mia asked, quite frankly she'd prefer to be with Danna than any other person or faerie
"She's a faerie princess next in line to be ruler of the fays... there's no way she'd get involved in an underground investigation, just hiding the fact that you are here could put her in big trouble" Meon stated playing with some vials
"Oh my gosh! I didn't know" it turns out she was some kind of walking hazard causing trouble wherever she went.
"Is no problem at all, I'll talk to Diarmuid... he'll definitely help out, in the mean time, Meon" she turned to him taking in a deep breath and he stared expectantly at her. "You can take Mia to check out the mages community, find out if you can get any information on the owner of the gem"
"Why do I have to go with him?" Mia blurted, this kid looked like he'd sell her the moment he got the chance.
"I need to talk to Diarmuid alone. Don't worry as far as Meon here doesn't cause any trouble, it will be okay" she gently brushed Mia's hair behind her ear and gave her a warm smile "You can take Windfall"
"Great!" Meon grinned grabbing a belt bag from his shelf.
"Meon, please take good care of Mia... Okay?" Danna emphasis was really getting Mia really worked up and she really hoped this kid wouldn't get them in trouble.
"Promise" he stated and watched Danna leave the cabin, he tilted his head carefully observing Mia and frowned
"What?"
"You can't go to the mage community like that... " he said staring around his cabin
"Like what?" She glared
"You can't go dressed like that, loose the shirt and the jacket" he stated handing a grey tank top to her
"You're kidding me, it's freezing out here and you want me to wear this" she stared at the top and back at the blonde
"Don't worry the mage community isn't around here" he replied pointing to a door at the end of the cabin
"Then why do you stay here? In the freaky ice land"
"I'm an ice mage I feel more fortified here, now hurry up" Mia rolled her eyes and walked into the empty room, he knew this place better than she did so there was no point arguing with him... she embraced the cold as she took off her leather jacket and shirt 's**t! how does he survive down here' she muttered to myself as she threw on the tank top
"Okay let's start going before I freeze to death" she stated rushing out of the room.
"Hmm, pack your hair up" he leaned at the side of a table staring at Mia who felt really frustrated, this damn kid was bossing her around. Trying not to completely loose it she took in a deep breath and pulled out the rubber band from around her wrist using it to pack her hair into a ponytail.
"Can we go now?"
"Sure, put on the amulet so we don't get any surprise visitors" he said walking out through the front door.
"Here we are" Meon stated as Windfall landed at some form of underground city... "Try and keep a low profile"
"I kinda no that" she stated observing the unfamiliar environment, it looked like some form of run down slum. Meon walked ahead of her and she followed slowly behind him, the smell of cigar, liquor, blood and something more nauseous filled the air. She tried her best not to look odd or stand out as she walked through the slum confidently as though she knew her way around. Meon finally stopped at a bar and turned his gaze to her.
"Okay, this is it" he pushed open the bar door and they walked into the rowdy room, Meon made his way through the sea of people and took a sit next to the counter and Mia did the same.
"How do we get information here?" she asked looking around the noisy bar.
"Kelo is the ears of this realm, she hears everything... hopefully she hasn't heard about you" he teased
"Hey Kelo" he yelled, A lady probably in her late thirties walked over to their direction from across the counter, she wore a jean shorts and a net shirt... her short hair was tinted blue and she had multiple piercings around her face... she grinned as she spotted Meon and placed a cigar between her lips.
"If it isn't my favorite trouble maker" she stated in her croaked voice as she leaned against the table "You know that flame guy is still looking for you" she removed the cigar from her mouth and blew against his face.
"I totally forgot" he sounded terrified as he stared around the bar
"So what brings you and your lady friend to my bar?" she stated examining Mia.
"Information" Meon said handing a small bag over to her, she took the bag from him and took a look at the content with a broad smile on her face.
"You see sweetie, this is why I like you... what do you want to know?" she asked placing the bag in a small drawer behind the counter. Meon leaned closer to counter and Kelo did the same
"Do you know who's after the protective gem" he whispered
"Hmm, seems like someone wants to join the bounty hunt" she placed her cigar on the counter and gulp down a shot "Magnus... he's a dark fay, seems like the gem meant a lot to him... he's paying a hundred thousand gold coins and giving out some priceless artifact to who ever can get him the gem"
"A dark fay?" Mia muttered unconsciously
"Yeah, that's bad" Meon replied
"You'd probably should be on your way" Kelo stated moving away from the counter, her eyes weren't on them anymore...
"Wha..." Mia turned towards what Kelo was staring at, a fist blew pass her face and landed on Meon causing him to collapse to the ground and her heart sank to her stomach.
"You thought you could hide kid" she took a look at the sturdy young male that casted his dark shadow over them and tried to imagine why Meon would have dared to anger him. The bar had suddenly become quiet and all attention were on them.
"Hieee" Meon stuttered moving slowly away from the young man.
"I must say you're really good at hiding" the male replied grabbing Meon by the neck and lifting him off the ground.
"Enough of that Mac" Kelo yelled but he didn't listen as he flung Meon across the room.
"Great another bar fight, you should tell my sweetie to stop messing around with rogue mages" she said lighting another cigar
"Aren't you going to stop them?" Mia asked watching as different guys surround Meon
"Yeah if I was crazy, only a real i***t messes around with the red foxes" she pointed at Meon before letting herself out through a door behind the counter.
Mia turned back to Meon, if she didn't do something this guys were going to beat him to death, she wasn't much of a fighter but she'd learnt a thing or two from her dad - he was a boxer. She stared around the counter and grabbed a beer glass... 'I'm really going to do this' she sighed taking heavy steps towards the fight, the fact that people were cheering this grown ass men as they beat up a kid was disgusting. Without taking another thought she crashed the glass unto one of the guys head and watched him collapse to ground, this gained her a lot of attention - probably should have thought this through.
"Yo b***h what the hell?” Mac groaned walking towards her.
"Grown men beating up a kid is just disgusting" she stated trying to sound confident but deep down she was dying
"You" he yelled launching his hands towards her and a ball of flame came flying towards her direction, her eyes widened and she bent backwards avoiding the blast by an inch
"I see you don't have respect for ladies too" she was actually really terrified... she turned towards Meon who had a what the hell? look on his face and shrugged. At least he was fine but now she wasn't. "How on earth am I going to get myself out of this pickle" she muttered as the men slowly surrounded her.
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