Legend Of Sunset (Updated)

Chapter 14: Home Vile Home

          Steve climbed to the top of the Town hall bearing the pouring rain and he tried to look through the dense wall of rain. Mine climbed up the ladder right next to him and pulled a massive telescope out of his impossible leather bag.

"Mine I don't think you need that..." On the horizon the castle loomed with clouds pulled down around it covering the very top. Lightning struck the side of the castle and a couple seconds later a boom exploded through the valley. Mine set up the telescope ignoring the rain and he looked directly at the castle. The telescope turned from side to side like a surveillance camera until it abruptly stopped and Mine jumped.

"Ah ha!" He cried pulling the telescope back for Steve to look in. Mine cleaned the end of the telescope with a cloth and set something over the end of it to protect it from the rain.

"I've found a way in!" Steve glanced into the telescope and saw a large missing chunk in the side of the castle completely left unguarded. Steve grinned and wiped his hair that stuck to his face out of his eyes.

"Let's go save your sister." Mine said throwing the telescope into the bag. Steve bolted to the edge of the building and headed down the ladder. The second Steve's feet touched the ground something heavy fell right behind him making a loud thud. He turned around noticing a giant hole with a large chunk of ice right inside.

'You have got to be joking.' Steve thought, looking into the sky. Mine dropped to the ground and dodged another chunk.

"Did you order for hail?" Mine asked jokingly. Steve shook his head and looked around for a safe place to run to. Hail struck the ground around them leaving holes in the coarse dirt. Steve turned and spotted a blacksmith's shop which he quickly ran into with Mine close behind. He opened the front door almost getting smacked in the head with a chunk of hail and went inside. Mine slammed the door behind him and breathed heavily. The rain, hail and lightning outside was muffled by the heavy concrete walls.

"One thing after the other! We can't get there if the hail is the size of a baseball!" Steve said, sitting in a nearby chair. The room was dimly lit with only a single torch that danced around leaving the shadows all over the room to dance across the spruce wood floor. A giant fireplace sat right across from them filled with ash from what looked like a recently lit fire. The coals inside were still radiating off heat. Mine glanced around the small room seeing swords and other tools hanging on the walls.

"It looks as if someone had been here only an hour ago." Mine said as he picked up a warm chunk of coal out of the fireplace. He chucked it onto the ashes and turned towards Steve.

"How do you suppose we get out of here, Mine? The hail is the size of a base-ball! One hit and we are out for good..." Mine rolled his eyes and spotted a shield laying on a scratched up wooden table. The front of it had an iron plate with the Sunset flag on it painted in vibrant colors. He headed over to the table and picked up the shield that had another one directly underneath. Mine held it over his head testing the weight.

"This is how we get out." Steve attempted to pick the other one up and couldn't lift it.

"How?" He said, setting it down on the floor. Mine picked up the shield and locked it into place. He glanced around again and smiled again. A blaze-rod sat on a shelf that hung over an organized bookshelf.

"Ever see a blaze-rod burn through something?" Steve shook his head and looked confused. Mine pulled his remote out and jumped to snatch the blaze-rod off the shelf. Mine grabbed a pair of tongs and held the blaze-rod as far away from him as he could. He set the remote to a weird setting turning it blue from its original green tint.

"I need you to point this at the blaze-rod for 4 seconds and not anymore or this whole place could burn down pretty quickly." Steve glared at him and slowly nodded. Mine stuck his arms really far away and set the blaze-rod on the top of the shield. Mine turned towards Steve and nodded.