I cared for Jenny every moment I could while we were at the hotel. I kept her company, I tended to her burn wounds, I rubbed her joints when they hurt, and it really made her happy. One night we were on the bed in the room, she had her head on my chest again. I stared at the ceiling trying not to think about Monty.

“Frankie, is something troubling you?”
“Not at all. Why do you ask?”
“I don’t know, I just had this feeling that something was bothering you.”
I picked up her head and looked into her big brown eyes.
“I’ve never been better.” I said softly.
She and I leaned in and kissed as we usually did. Oh how when she kissed me, it felt like I could do anything.

A few hours past and Jenny had fallen asleep. I crept out of the bed and put the blanket on her. I then grabbed my equipment and headed out. The dungeon was damp and creepy. Evil Eyes and Mushrooms roamed everywhere. Seeing that I was a threat to them, they left me alone for their own safety. Deeper, and deeper into the caved I went, searching for what my visions had been trying to tell me. I soon came to a rather small cavern. I looked inside seeing if anything was amiss. Everything was as it should’ve been, scary. I headed for the entrance to the cavern from which I had come in. Just then something grabbed me by the arm and threw me against a wall. I looked to see who it was but no one was there. I took out my trusty Lama Staff and prepared a Holy Arrow to be fired. As I scouted the room once more, I noticed that two figures were in the room. One took a step forward and threw something that touched my feet. I slowly picked it up not taking my eyes off the people.

This.. was the staff. The Dark Ritual from one of my previous visions. To make sure I wasn’t imagining things, I checked the handle. The name “Grendel” was carved into it. So it wasn’t a dream, who were these people.
“We know you have many questions young magician. Rest assure, you will learn everything in time.”
“What my friend speaks of is true, we will give you answers, but for a price.”
“What do you want from me?!” My temper got high for some reason.
“Its already taken effect. Frankie is your name, am I right?”
I kept the arrow on that person, “Yeah.”
“What we want from you is for you to kill someone.”
“What..? Why would I do that?!”
“Because if you don’t, something unfortunate might happen to your little girlfriend.”
I lowered my staff. “Who do you want me to kill..?”
“The one whose name is on that very staff, him, and the other Job Masters.”
“Why do you want them dead?”
The two figures stepped out of the darkness revealing themselves. I was totally shocked by who was there. It was Arec and Tylus, the Grand Masters.
“Because they’re in the way of our plans. Now go Frankie, and if you betray us, you know what will happen.”

They disappeared, just vanished into the darkness. I grabbed a return scroll and used it. In a split second, I was back in Sleepywood. I re-entered the hotel and walked sluggishly to the room. I entered it and Jenny embraced me with a hug.
“Frankie! I was worried sick, where are you been?”
I stared into space while the conversation that had just been discussed ran through my head hundreds of times.
“Frankie?”
I came to my senses. “I went out for a walk, to clear my mind.”
“Oh, well I’m going to shower okay?”
“Okay, I myself am gonna nap.”

She went into the bathroom and I unequipped my belongings. I handled my new Dark Ritual with great care as I put secretively under the bed. I then jumped onto the bed and closed my eyes tightly hoping to wake up from this horrid nightmare.

Under the bed, the Dark Ritual glowed with a dark ora. The engraved name, “Grendel”, had glowed with a dark red.