The Adamant Change

Chapter 3: The Desert Wolves

Tikel's POV

We had been in the dunes for another two days and it seemed as though we might have found all the treasure contained as we started getting lower into the dune.

"Could that be all?" A few asked as the vigoroth wheeled up the last lot of treasure.

"Maybe so. Okay let's move back to town now." Zanna commanded and then the others nodded.

"Well at least we can get out of this blasted desert now." Ameta told me but I was more dreary from working tirelessly on trying to find the one treasure I was after.

"Hmm tired?" Zanna asked me and I nodded. "Yeah but I still have a treasure to find." I told Zanna and he nodded.

"Ah that perfect treasure we all have one we search for so what is yours?" Zanna asked me.

"The adamant orb." I told zanna and his face soon turned into the face of someone whom had seen death up close.

"I'm sorry I think I misheard you... Did you just say the adamant orb?" Zanna asked and I gave a confirming nod.

"Well..." Zanna went unusually quiet from what I could tell.

"Sir those desert wolves are here!" The vigoroth on the speeder next to ours said in a worried tone.

"If matters couldn't get worse." Zanna said and he shook his head. "You and Ameta stay here with the treasure while I sort these bandits out."

"Oh ho ho lookie who we found setting up hunt in our desert." The bandits in front of our speeders said in an annoying tone.

"Get lost these treasures were our fair gain... You don't own the desert." Zanna stood up to the Druddigon that had an odd bandana on.

"Oh I and my crew may not own this desert yet but once we clear out you treasure stealers we will be." The druddigon smirked. "Now give the treasure here or we get rough with you."

'We can't let that happen.' I telepathically told Ameta and she nodded.

'Yeah but how do we stop them and protect the treasure?' Ameta asked and I nodded to agree because Ameta had a fair point.

Zanna and his crew had looked ready for combat but since now most were confronting the desert wolfs we here had few protecting the treasure and the speeders.

"We just have to keep the treasure safe... Zanna seems tough so he can handle them." Ameta told me but I had a suspicion that what they might be doing is a distraction.

Sadly I got proved right as some excadrill had dug out of the sand and approached the speeders. "Treasure time." The four excadrill said but I used my psychic and flung one into the others but it didn't do much.

"That all ya got?" They asked and now were approaching closer.

"Shut up!" Ameta yelled and got the surprise on the lead excadrill as she hit him with a dark aura ice punch which made the excadrill freeze and after doing so Ameta threw him at the others which knocked them out.

"D-d-dark aura!" The remaining vigaroth squealed and after they did so the rest of the crew returned and Ameta looked fatigued. "Ugh I dealt with the sneak attack... With tikel's help." Ameta told zanna.

Zanna nodded but he looked quite hurt. "Let's get back to town and also Tikel here is a map... It might help you." Zanna told me and I accepted the map then we headed back to the city.