Amber Spiral – Chapter 4: Egon the Extraordinary

Honestly, things were a little anticlimactic. Once Chamille and I dodged the tornado of teak tables, Egon the Extraordinary was out of furniture to throw at us. It took all of five seconds to get the wand away from him – a wand embedded with Chronosteel.

“I just wanted to scare the purple one away!” he quivered. “She made my whole audience laugh at me – I didn’t get any donations tonight! Not a single cent!”

“Chamille? I think you – we – owe this poor guy an apology.”

“Fine,” Chamille said, kicking her feet and mumbling a pretty unconvincing “sorry”.

“We really are sorry, Egon. We didn’t know what to expect from coming here…”

I handed back the wand and explained our quest to him. It turns out that our new friend Egon was, until recently, a demolition expert for Znap Construction. He always dreamed of being a performer though, and one day, while tearing down an abandoned warehouse, he saw his chance. He accidentally drilled into an ancient, forgotten tomb, where he found the wand and a bunch of other mysterious relics.

I bet it’s the tomb from my vision! He’s agreed to take us there tomorrow. I’m not sure what any of this has to do with my mother, but if it’s the same tomb that was in my dream then this is too much of a coincidence to ignore.