Smoking Power

Chapter 18

"Standing tall amongst the lovers city, lies the tower of fame. Four legs it owns, each holding its own gift." Declan reads from the paper with the third, translated, clue to us.

I look into the bright sky, trying to see anything that's 'standing tall'. Squinting up, I can't see anything that's extra tall, only the regular skyscrapers, which you'd expect to find in Paris. "Anyone see anything?" I ask, still gazing up into the sky, as if expecting a magical tower to appear there.

"How 'bout that?" Amber points to something behind me.

I follow the general direction of Ambers finger with my eyes. Buildings, trees, buildings, people crossing the street, even more buildings, a big park... And the Eiffel Tower.

"Oh that. Yeah I knew the Eiffel Tower was here." I quickly say, wincing at how horrible it sounds.

Amber rolls her eyes at me and begins walking down the wide footpath, towards the Eiffel Tower. What? I'm horrible at geography. Declan opens his mouth to say something at me, but I cut him off with one of my best death glares.

I let out a happy sigh when Declan and I start following Amber down the street. I've never actually been to Paris, before now, and it lives up to its reputation. The light from the beams of warm sunshine bounce from the footpath, into nearby cafe windows and shops. Giving everything a bright glow to it.

Couples lounge around the place on the lush grass and large wooden benches. Cheese shops and bakeries stand in the open, smells of pure deliciousness wafting out the open doors. Up ahead, The Eiffel Tower stands tall and proud, looking over what I can only imagine to be one of the best views on planet Earth.

"Four legs it owns, each holding its own gift." Amber mutters to herself. She stops and looks at Declan and I. We are at the entrance of Champ de Mars, the park the Eiffel Tower sits in. "D'ya think somethin' is in each of the Eiffel Towers legs? The third piece is in one of 'em?" She asks a little louder.

Declan shrugs, "don't know what else it could mean. Let's go have a look in the legs of the Eiffel Tower." Without waiting for our reply, he turns and starts in the direction of the mammoth of a tower.

I can't help but frown in confusion, the first piece had been very vague as to where we would be going. In the actual Big Banana it took us quite a few frustrating hours to find the piece, after, of course, being attacked by that Hogmer. The second piece was a little harder, with climbing the worlds fourth highest mountain and fighting Escaletti's. Now all of a sudden, we quite literally get a walk in the park. Does this not seem just a tiny bit strange?

"What?" Amber suddenly interrupts me from my thoughts.

"What do you mean, what?" I ask dumbly.

"Ya got you're thinkin' face on. Ya 'this is very serious but I'm just paranoid and couldn't be bothered to tell 'em what I'm thinking', thinking face on." She nods at me very matter-of-factly.

I look at her in surprise. I never even knew I had different thinking faces. "Just thinking about how easy this is. Compared to the other two, I mean. Here we are, on a perfect day in Paris, going to check if there is something in the legs of the Eiffel Tower." I tell her honestly.

"Alright, I admit. It does seem a little strange, but what could we do?" Amber looks me dead in the eye.

"You two are paranoid. I know that I for one, am very glad to be finding an easy piece for once." Declan turns around so he's facing us as he walks backwards. I sigh. Declans probably right. I'm just getting paranoid.

Pushing any further doubts of this being too easy aside, I walk up to the base of the Eiffel Tower. "So are we just going to look inside each of the legs?" I ask.