The Wanderland: Rewritten

Chapter Six - Research

The Wanderland isn't something you'd want to spend your vacations in. It's a really boring, almost an empty place. All you can see, is a small town, a few buildings outside the town that nobody really knows anything about, and sand. Lots of sand. In fact, the whole land is just sand. It's like an empty desert. You can see a few people here and there, but even when you do, you most likely can't understand a lot about their conversations, as they speak in a foreign language. Even though The Wanderland doesn't have a lot going on in there, it still interests many archeologists, because the place is full of history. The main point of interest of The Wanderland, is a mysterious temple, located in the back of the small land. It's a place that many tourists want to visit. This temple holds many secrets, but nobody knows what. The temple has resulted in so many deaths, that the people living in The Wanderland do not want to even speak about it. Nobody really knows what is inside that temple. That's why it attracts so many tourists. 

The ship landed in a small harbor kind-of area, that was located in the front of The Wanderland. Chris and Alex took their backpacks, walked up the stairs, and stepped on the deck. The sun was shining bright, it hurt Chris' eyes. "This is it, then." the captain stepped out of his booth. "What the hell are we supposed to find here?" Chris thought. "You told me you had a plan." the captain said. "We do, but... it needs a little... tweaking." Alex responded. "Well, if you need anything, I should be back on this ship in around three hours. Business calls." the captain said. "Thanks for your help, captain." Chris said. "No problem. I'm glad to help." the captain said and smiled. "Yeah, thanks for everything." Alex said. The captain laughed and said "You two should probably get going, if you want to find anything before the sunset. Although, if I were you, I wouldn't mind searching for your bracelet thing after the sunset. This weather is burning hot."

Chris and Alex hopped from the ship's deck to the ground. "My shoes are already full of sand." Chris complained. "If that's the biggest complaint you can think of here, you're lucky. It feels like I'm burning alive! It has to be over 45 degrees here!" Alex said. "Well, what are we going to do then?" Chris asked and ignored Alex's complaints. "I honestly don't know. We always knew that the bracelet was hidden here, but we never got to know where it's hidden in here. Should we ask someone?" Alex suggested. "There could be someone in that town that would probably be able to tell us about the bracelet. I'd guess so, at least." Chris said. "I hope someone is willing to sell us some water in that town, because otherwise we'll literally be dead." Alex said and started walking towards the town. The town wasn't far away, although it was hard to walk in the sand, especially when the sand was filling both Chris' and Alex's shoes. It didn't take more than ten minutes for them to reach the town. "There seems to be a small cafe down there, should we ask them if they'd have some water?" Alex suggested. "Alex... I just realized... we wasted all our money to get here. We don't have any left." Chris said. "Oh yeah. I forgot." Alex said while just staring at the ground. "Maybe the captain has some water in the ship?" Chris thought. "He is gone for at least three hours!" Alex said. "Okay. Listen here. What if we spend this three hours trying to get as much info about the bracelet as possible, and when the captain's back, we'll ask him if he's got any water? Or do you have a better idea?" Chris suggested. "I don't think we have a choice." Alex said while looking very frustrated. "Well. I'll just ask that guy over there, if he'd know anything." Chris said and started walking towards a middle-aged man that was standing in the shadow of a tree. "Excuse me, sir. Do you know anything about The Bracelet of Dimensions?" he asked the man. The man just stared at Chris and said something in a foreign language that Chris couldn't understand. "I don't think the people here speak English." Alex said. "Foreigners?" a woman behind them said suddenly. Chris and Alex turned around, and they were facing a young woman with a blonde hair. "You speak English?" Alex asked. "Yep. I'm not from here, actually. My name is Jane. I'm an archeologist." the woman said. "Well, uh, do you happen to know anything about The Bracelet of Dimensions?" Chris asked. "I have heard about it. Nobody here seems to want to talk about it, though. But that's not the only thing that interests me in this place. This place is full of history!" Jane said. "Why don't you come and have a cup of coffee with me in that cute little cafe there?" she said and started walking towards the cafe. Chris looked at Alex. "If she knows something, I think it will be worth to hear." Alex said before Chris even asked anything.