The Eternal Valkyrie

Chapter 3

AN: Hello all my dear readers. I would first and foremost like to apologize for the late update. I had a busy day today and then when I got home promptly fell asleep. Second, I haven't forgotten you all and here is the next installment XD I hope you will all enjoy XD  

Chapter 3

More than a month had already passed and both Valka and Stoick were happy with the progress at the site. It was nearly two months and they had found out that the slab extended further into the ground so more excavation was needed. After painstaking hours and days of carefully digging they finally revealed the entire entryway of the tomb. Norse runes were carved at the bottom of the slab. Valka had copied the runes and had sent them off for translation. It came back a few days later as the workers were beginning to pry open the heavy granite slab.

'The Valkyrie shall soar once more.' was what was carved into the slab according to the translation team at the museum. Valka wondered if it was a metaphor. Valkyries were depicted in the sagas as charging into battle on winged horses.

Stoick and Valka gasped as they had finally managed to get the tomb open. It was bare, which was unusual for a viking tomb. The only thing in it was a plain granite sarcophagus with the same seal as the stone slab carved into it.

"This is it." Valka breathed out. "We've finally found her."

"Should we open the sarcophagus?" Eret asked.

"No!" Both Stoick and Valka shouted. Their voices echoing in the room.

"Even if this place has a cold climate we shouldn't risk exposing the remains to it." Stoick said. "It would be better to open it in a controlled environment like the one set up at the museum. But first we need to catalog the layout of this place accurately. How many total stations do we have available?"

"We have enough." Eret said. "It will take awhile to get such a heavy piece to the chopper. If we need to avoid damage then we will have to be very careful in lifting this."

"We might as well go and get the scroll." Valka said as the question the elder posed still rang in her head. "We are this close."

"Very well." Eret said. "I'll have the extraction team standing by. They will help the workers load it onto the helicopter. We can head to the village in the meantime.

The Haddocks nodded and followed Eret to the jeep and headed for the village. They were still on the end of mean looks from those living in the village. Eret parked the car in front of the elder's house and they stepped out. Stoick observed the curtain move a bit and then the door opened to reveal the elder's granddaughter. "You've come back." She muttered as she looked at them unimpressed.

"Were you hoping we wouldn't?" Eret asked rhetorically but the lady simply gave him a glare before saying "yes". She motioned for them to follow her inside. The elder stood, with staff in hand, near the window before she stepped into the backyard and started scribbling.

"Have you made your decision?" Her granddaughter translated.

"We have." Stoick said. "We would like the scroll."

"Very well" Gothi wrote. "But remember. You have been warned. What you will unleash will be an age old battle which has been waiting to be fought."

"I highly doubt that." Eret muttered and Gothi walked up to him before smacking him on the head with her staff.

"Hey!! OUCH!!" Eret shouted as he covered his head.

Gothi started to furiously scribble in the dirt now. "You will be meddling in the affairs of the gods!!" Was translated to the trio. "Do not take this lightly!!"