Chapter 11: Knocking, Keys, and Killers

There was a knock at Amber's door again. This time though, Anna called from the other side

"Amber, its us, Anna and Millie" Amber unlocked the door and peeked out to verify they were really out there.

"Come in, what took you so long to get here?" Amber asked suspiciously "You said you were on your way over last night."

Anna replied "Yeah I had to go pick up Millie and we got the car stuck in a plot hole all night."

Amber sighed, it was a valid excuse to say the least. "Oh yeah and we did find that your landlord was taken out by a hit and run though his body is still missing. Judging from the blood trail, he's probably still attached to the vehicle that struck him."

Millie at this point was cheerfully walking around the apartment touching everything on the bookshelves and tables. Amber watched her carefully for a few moments before saying "Millie, dear? Sit down somewhere, you're getting person all over my stuff." Millie looked over with a pout, letting her hands drop to her sides with clenched fist and stomped her foot before sitting in the corner.

Amber looked back over at Anna. "So I've run some analysis on the key that Ethan gave me. He said I would know where to use it and I have a pretty good idea where to try it. The key holds a powerful enchantment which has some sort of wards against discovering the true nature of the enchantment. All I know is, this key radiates with a severe aura I have not seen before."

Anna looked very interested. "Judging from the glow, I'd say it was radioactive. Do you think its dangerous to handle?"

"I doubt it, Ethan had it kept in his pocket and didn't seem the least bit concerned. So far I haven't felt any negative effects from it either, which doesn't exactly mean anything since they could be subtle and unnoticeable. Millie, did Ethan act strange during the game yesterday?"

Millie looked up and broke her pout long enough to say "No he was acting pretty normal though he came closer to killing us yesterday then he's come in a while. One day he might actually succeed." She then resumed pouting with her arms crossed in the corner.

Amber frowned. "No help, well looks like we better gear up." She walked over to a pile of wooden weapons shaped like scimitars, daggers, and swords and picked one up. "These will do"

Millie said "How are wooden blunt weapons going to help us where we're going?" Amber smashed the weapon against the wall shattering the wood into tiny splinters only to reveal a glimmering sharp blade within. Millie simply replied "Oh" and picked up the dagger smashing it against the wall and receiving the same effect.

Anna picked up the bastard sword in a similar fashion, smashing and revealing the true weapon within. "This is symbolic of the real strength inside us all."

Amber said "Yeah either that or I was trying to hide them from the landlord. He had a strict policy against weapons in the building. I guess he won't be giving me a hard time about these any more. We'll take my car, lets go."

The trio attached their weapons to their belts and made their way out the door. One of Amber's neighbors got too nosy about the weapons and Amber had to cap him real quick with her gat before depositing it in one of her neighbors open car windows and placing a quick call to the police. "Crime is so bad in this neighborhood" she said as she spray painted "I'm guilty of manslaughter" on the windshield of the neighbor's vehicle.

"Lets go"