“Books?” Amber asked.
“Well more crates,” he replied and then when she arched a delicate eyebrow continued “of books.”
“Well obviously we can’t move crates of books,” Ghost replied, “but you know that and you wouldn’t have asked unless you had something in mind?”
“Quite true, very perceptive of you. We have devised a way to keep the zombies tranquil in the short term. Long enough for a group of us to get in, get the books and get out. We have some very effective equipment for moving crates around. But as precious as those books are, I won’t risk lives for them. And unfortunately that blame fool has a way of setting of the zombies.”
“The Necromancer?” Ghost asked.
“Ah, yes. You’ve met him?”
“Yes and if he’s still alive, I don’t think he’ll think too kindly towards us.”
“I take it your first meeting with him didn’t go quite as well as this one? Yes that’s to be expected. We were hoping to remove him from the equation; or more precisely that you could remove him from it.”
Ghost paused. He’d accepted that sometimes killing was necessary but he never set out to deliberately do it. And as much as possible he tried to keep Amber from going down a path that he knew led to a very dark place.
“He’s the Guardian there?” Ghost asked. That would be another big problem, he could have some formidable resources available.
Daniel laughed. “Him? No, not hardly. But the Guardian of that place has a rather, shall way say neutral point of view, so she lets him remain.”
“We’re not assassins,” Ghost said simply.
“Well you don’t necessarily have to kill him. But as long as he’s alive, he knows how to make those drugs and sadly he won’t have much trouble finding somewhere else to set up.” Daniel saw the fire in Ambers eyes. “Aye, lass I know the feeling. ‘Tis a terrible thing to destroy a person’s mind and he’s destroyed far too many.” He looked back at Ghost “still if you could either subdue him for a while, or at least destroy that staff of his, that would be enough for our needs.”
“How soon would you need this done?” Ghost asked.
“Well obviously the sooner the better, but as I say I’d rather it was done properly and carefully so if there’s preparations you need to make first, I understand.”
Ghost nodded and offered his hand “Well, it was a pleasure to meet you. We’d best be going.”
“Of course, of course,” Daniel replied, warmly shaking both Ghost’s hand then Amber’s.
Ghost and Amber turned and walked back down the stairs and headed back to the Park.
When they were safely back in the Park, Amber asked “So what do you think?”
“Well, if we’re going to keep walking past their front door I’d rather they saw us in a friendly light,” Ghost reflected “but right now I want to get back to the school again. I’ve had enough excitement for one day though. Let’s get warm and have some food and rest. We can head off tomorrow.”
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