Episode 27 - The 2nd Grand Treasure

Recap
The team fought with Chanzog and his two attendants and decimated them. The centaur and changeling were knocked out and Chanzog was on his hands and knees. Just as they thought they had won, Dariun and Peterson felt a power welling inside and their blue flowers attacked again, knocking them both out. Chanzog took the piano key to the second grand treasure. Zippy changed out of peacock form and took Dariun and Peterson back to the airship along with Chris. Zippy and Chris went chasing after Chanzog and as soon as Dariun and Peterson woke up, they followed Zippy's trail. They went into the grand library and found Chanzog throwing items down into the pit. Zippy flew down to chase the piano key while Peterson and Dariun face Chanzog.

Episode Summary
Zippy is deep in the seemingly endless pit with a flame ball in his hand lighting the way. He is going deeper and deeper and the floors are getting less populated. When he gets to level 45, 46, 47, he sees no one. Down to the 60th level, it gets dark and he can feel the strength of the pull on his items is intense. Zippy goes towards where the pull is taking him and it leads him to a level in the 70s. He gets on the balcony and can see rows of books and narrow hall ways of book shelves. The pulling leads him into a narrow hallway in the dark.

He pulls out his rockie walkie and when he goes to talk, there is no click and he notices that the flame in his hand is silent. Even his footsteps are silent. When he talks, there is no sound coming out. With the rockie walkie not working, he leaves a torch on the balcony so Dariun and Peterson can know where they are. Zippy prays to David and walks into the hallway.

Dariun and Peterson are face to face with Chanzog. Peterson runs behind Chanzog and uses primal savagery. He cuts through and purple hair goes flying. Chanzog whacks Peterson with a jab and socks him in the face. Dariun activates his cloak he got from Colm and pulls out the dancing blade. He effortlessly swings and hits Chanzog twice. Peterson comes in again with primal savagery and below the fur, he can see a pearlescent skin. Chanzog is looking very wounded so he goes to jump off the ledge to get away but Dariun and Peterson attack both of his hands so starts to fall and crashes five levels down.

Dariun casts Zephyr's strike on himself and sprints down the stairs to get to Chanzog. Peterson follows and uses toll the dead as he goes. As he goes down levels, Dariun can see a handful of people entrances in books. There is more and more people reading the further he goes down. As Peterson rings the bell, the people turn and look with their white eyes. Peterson runs into the back of Dariun who is watching a hoard of white eyed people with books, waddling over to Chanzog. Some of them look to Dariun and Peterson and start walking towards them.

Some of the white eyed people hold their books to Chanzog and they see when he stands, his eyes glazed over. Peterson summons his eagles to fly down and get them but they need to find a way out of the hoard first. Peterson casts a wall of flame and in an attempt to make a path. Dariun pulls out the wind fan and blasts the flames over the crowd and they hear moans. Books on the walls start burning and the people start running through the flames, no sense of pain. They start running towards Dariun and Peterson.

Zippy is in silence, walking with his flame. Trying his best to pay attention to his surroundings. He looks forwards, pressing on. He feels a vibration behind him. There is a single book on the floor. He sees it, glancing for a second and sees the title: How to grow the longest leafed carrots with the purest orange colour and the most carroty, earthy taste. He sees it but knows not to let it tempt him so he keeps moving forwards. Just in front of him, he sees another book fall to the floor. He walks right over it and catches the glimpse of the title: Locations and methods of unlocking every grand treasure.

Zippy keeps moving and just on his left, books start falling in a domino effect and they start falling on either side on him. He picks up the pace and the books follow him, silently. One falls in front of him. He sees the black book with the familiar symbol that was on Norman's amulet. The title reads: How to revive a friend. Zippy knows the lies so he kicks the book. He keeps following the pull of the bucket and he sees something in front of him is sliding across the floor. It's the piano key. Zippy hops and grabs the key, feeling the pull of the key is even stronger than the bucket.

Zippy looks deep down and knows it's time to leave. He turns and he sees an incredibly tall dark figure hunched over staring at him. The cloaked figure with cape and sheepskin collar is staring him down. They are holding a small wooden sword and starts walking forwards. Zippy goes to speak but no noise comes out. He feels his piano key and bucket pull changes and now pointed to the cloaked figure. Zippy runs in the other direction and is followed by the cloaked figure who chases Zippy.

Dariun and Peterson are watching the wall of flames burning the people who are jumping through and running towards them. Dariun and Peterson can push the first wave away from them and they can see that more are coming from the floors from above. Dariun instructs Peterson to call his eagles and they start running up the stairs and Dariun uses his wand of webs to create a trap for some of the white eyed people below. Peterson casts fire ball up the stairs at the few people on the top of the stairs.

Dariun jumps in front of Peterson and cuts his way through the white eyed people. There are some now running up the stairs from behind them and the webs are starting to break. Dariun and Peterson have now gotten to the fourth floor and they run to the rail, cutting down any people still in front of him. Dariun is moving through but Peterson is grabbed and is dragged back. Dariun uses haste on himself, cuts down all the people on the way to Peterson and throws his dancing blade at one on Peterson. He then pulls out the other longsword to kills the other person on Peterson. Dariun picks Peterson up and they run to the railing. The web breaks and the hoard starts running up the stair case. Dariun uses his wind fan down the steps and Peterson summons two gorillas.

Dariun and Peterson jump on a gorilla each and Peterson commands them to descend down the pit. They start going down and Chanzog jumps down and lands on their level. Chanzog swings at the gorilla but misses and goes through the railing, no sense of pain and seemingly stronger than before. Dariun pulls out the black bow and three arrows hit strong, some purple blood drips and they become blinded. The gorillas continue to descend and Chanzog lands a level above, using their landing sounds to track them.

Peterson uses minor illusion to create a sound of them landing in the middle of the pit but Chanzog follows them without being tricked. Dariun released four arrows into Chanzog and more blood trickles. He lets go, and spirals down into the pit. They can see white eyes staring at them from balconies above them and they descend.

Zippy is sprinting in silence, feeling the vibrations of the being chasing him. He uses wall of stone behind him, making a complete blockage. The vibrations from behind him stop but he keeps running. All of a sudden there is a cross roads. Left and right are other hallways with bookshelves or he could keep going straight. Zippy keeps running forwards but he glances right and sees something new move in the shadows. Zippy uses freedom of movement and long strider on himself.

He is moving quickly and out of one of the book cases, he feels something papery going to grab his leg but he slips out of its grasp. There is another papery feeling on his shoulder. Infront of him, books are falling off the shelves piling up. Zippy scans around and he can see through the shelves finding a clear area. He turns to the right and can see five rows over is the tall cloaked being, staring at him through the shelves. Zippy dives through the shelves and gets to an open area with a desk and a chair. He slides under, hiding from the being. Zippy uses hearth of moonlight and shadow.

Zippy waits. Five minutes pass. Some vibrations come by and he sees long, thin legs with large feet and clown like shoes. He sees it walks in the study area and the feet are right next to the desk. Zippy is basically invisible. He sees the long fingers holding the small wooden sword. It moves down the hall and away from Zippy. Zippy Zen's out. He feels himself moving back and he opens his eyes and the floor is falling. Planks of wood are falling apart towards him and the table starts to fall into a pit of books. The pile is moving like waves, almost like it's breathing. He feels crack in the floor start to form behind him.

Zippy goes to call for his carpet and there is no movement. His voice is still silent so the carpet doesn't come. Zippy picks himself up and scurries away from the ground. It starts crumbling quicker so he uses gust of wind behind him to give him a boost. Bookcases are falling around him and he bobs and weaves through. He looks forwards and can see the tall being in standing in front. It sprints towards Zippy.

Immediately, as soon as he comes into view, his items pull strongly. Zippy uses this pull and hops even quicker towards him and when he is close, he slide through its legs. He keeps blasting forwards and the giant follows but they go falling back into the abyss of books. Zippy looks out and he sees the floor ahead of him is also starting to fall. He jumps and makes it over the pit and keeps running. The pit of books is growing and raising up above him and suddenly, books start raining down from above him.

Books are falling down. Infront, he can see the faint glimmer of the torch but he is being slowed as the books are crushing down on him. The flame starts leaving his sight as he is being buried alive under books. The floor is shaking and he tries to call out to Dariun and Peterson but there is no sound. Books and pages are opening but he doesn't look. He closes his eyes. He feels vibrations but the world around him remains silent. The books are piling up to his head. But, the books suddenly stop hitting him.

Through the silence, he hears a voice tell him to be still. He opens his eyes and sees the cloaked figure covering Zippy, protecting him. The figure reaches into their cloak and pulls out a little paper boat. With a shaky hand, they give it to Zippy and he takes it. They put their giant palm on his head and rests it. Their back starts to break and they close their eyes. Zippy feels a warm breeze over him. Some light comes through and Zippy is now in the white space.

Paige is in the room and welcomes him there. Zippy is frantic and needs to leave. He starts pinching himself but he isn't waking. He looks over and sees a door appear and Viso comes in. Viso is happy to see Zippy but he tells the god he really needs to leave. Viso tells Zippy he needs to talk so he creates a table and chairs. Zippy keeps asking to wake him up and Viso agrees, so long as Zippy gets to sleep as soon as he can. Zippy agrees and Viso wakes him up.

Zippy comes to. He is lying on the floor and can see the torch above him. He turns and looks back but can’t see the big guy, the pit, or any of the fallen books. He rummages through his things and feels the key and the boat made of aged paper. Zippy turns into a giant eagle and flies up. He can start to hear his wings past the 50th floor. Just above are two gorillas climbing down carrying Dariun and Peterson. Zippy twirls to communicate he is ok and has the key. Zippy turns and signals for Dariun and Peterson to get on. Dariun hops on and Peterson hesitates, having it just hit him that he is leaving this place, the place he has been trying to find for so long with nothing that he came here to get. He asks for the ancestors to forgive him and jumps on Zippy.

Dariun and Peterson ride on eagle Zippy and can see the white eyed people are holing on the railings, watching them ascend. They get to the top and Dariun hoists Chris over his shoulder. Peterson asks them to wait and wonders if they should leave as they wanted knowledge. As Dariun is telling him it's probably not a great idea to stay, he feels power building in his leg and Peterson feels it in his ass. Dariun asks Zippy to use the piano key so he gets it and presses it in.

It sinks down and there is an amplified, loud, deep sound. The white eyed people cover their ears and run as far away from the sound. Some jump down into the pit. Zippy asks about Peterson leaving as coming here was his goal. Peterson understands that he can't do anything until he has dealt with this affliction. They start to run and are met up with Yogurt who is carrying Dracken and tell them they brought the air ship close by. As they run, Dracken is scolding Dariun and Yogurt helps to carry Chris. The flower is building in power. They run and all land on the bottom deck of the sparrow.

As Dracken is scolding Dariun, the power builds and pops. They hear Karen's voice telling them to come to Bayside.

Quotations

 * Zippy "I'll just trust my gut here! David be with me."
 * Jacob "Seth … is this death? Am I dead?!"
 * Peterson "Ancestors … forgive me."

Main Cast

 * Dariun Branch
 * Zippy Westborrough
 * Peterson

Returning Characters

 * Chanzog
 * Paige
 * Viso
 * Chris
 * Dracken
 * Yogurt

New Characters

 * Mingo (Peterson's gorilla)
 * Mango (Peterson's gorilla)
 * Second grand treasure cloaked being

Locations

 * The second grand treasure
 * The Sparrow
 * Rasha