When the carriage arrived, Max and his brother jumped in. As soon as the brothers did, Zack and Matthew carefully put their weight on the outside, and rode on top of the carriage.

  The boys looked around. Matthew gave Zack a determined look. He mouthed the words, "No one seeing us?"

  Zack nodded, and mouthed, "We're good." Even though they weren't seen, the driver in front of her just might. The blond prayed silently that he won't turn around.

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  When they reached the city full of life, Zack waited for Max to jump out. When he did, they fell behind a little ways to follow him.

  Zack and Matthew ducked behind boxes of cargo. They suddenly heard the older sibling talk to Max. "The ship will be here in a couple minutes. Then we'll transport the stuff."

  Max nodded. "Alright."

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  The older sibling looked at the chain round Max's neck. "Nice chain, where'd you get it?"

  "Ah, my friend gave it to me!"

  Matthew clenched his fists and glared at Zack. They heard the sound of a horn, and there was the ship. Max and his brother hauled boxes onto the ship and got on board. Zack and Matthew then slipped in without anyone noticing them.

  A few hours have passed and the ship stopped. Zack and Matthew heard the others boys above them do more work, and when the coast was clear, they got off the ship and into a golden city.

  "Whoah..." Matthew breathed. "I don't think I've ever been taken here before..."

  Zack silenced him. "We need to keep moving, we're right on his tail."

  Max and his brother separated, and of course the brown haired kid goes inside a tavern.

  Matthew looked at Zack nervously. "H - how are we going to stop him?"

  Zack sighed. "I don't know just yet....let's go explore the town a bit....I have a feeling he's going to be in there for a while; but let's find some food first, and an inn...then we'll go from there."

  Matthew didn't answer.

  Zack looked down at him with confusion. "What?"

  "I have an idea! Let's go to the same inn that douche plans on taking....that way, we could sneak into his room and retrieve it!"

  Zack chuckled. "I like that idea!"

  "Thank you, now let's get some food, I'm STARVIN'!"