Chapter 31

Indy ran quickly through the tomb trying to find any sign of that key. She needed to hurry. There was no telling how long Vivi and Lucy could hold off that beast. Not to mention, the temple might not even hold out that long. A large blast of power shot through the temple causing Indy to trip forward. She went rolling across the ground with a wall being the only thing stopping her. She cursed as her face smashed into the hard stone.

"Ow." She said while pushing herself to her knees. "That must have been Vivi's doing."

She then blinked when noticing a light. She looked up see an alter that had a large stone statue of a dog sitting on what looked like a large box. A coffin? But it wasn't the statue giving off the light. It was the key hanging around its neck that was making the light. A key that seemed to be made of stellanium.

"There it is." Indy said as she stood onto her feet.

She walked around to the front of the statue to get a closer look at the key. She couldn't believe it. They really found it. A key of the Primordial Zodiac. Indy carefully took the key down from the statue. Now she can start planning her next search for the rest. What a find this is, and Indy was certain that Lucy would be pleased. Indy heard screaming coming from where she had left, and she knew she had to get back to her friends.

She was about to hurry back to them when she noticed writing on the wall. Writing she had never seen before. And it didn't seem as old as the temple itself. Did someone make it this far into the temple? If so, why did they leave the key here? And who would risk themselves to come this far inside just to put these words on the wall. They had to be important. She looked back to where the sound of fighting was happening. She knew she needed to return to her comrades. However, she couldn't just leave without taking note of these characters on the wall.

Indy quickly knelt down to get inside her bag to collect her notebook and charcoal. She didn't have time to write it all down, but hopefully she could just copy it with these tools. She had to hurry. So she quickly set to work.

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Lucy let out a huff as she once more dodged the raging Minotaur. It was really mad now. And Lucy already sent Virgo back to the Spirit World. Lucy wasn't sure if she'd have the magic power to summon another spirit. Even if she did, if the spirit lost, she'd be on the ground unable to do anything. And it was impossible for her to summon Aquarius without water. What was she going to do?

"Hey, don't look so worried." Vivi said grinning at her friend. "We're not done by a long shot."

She then slammed down on the strings of her guitar sending out a loud sound wave that pushed the Minotaur several feet back. However, it kept on its hooves this time.

"Tough bastard." Vivi said then switched to a new instrument.

This one was a trumpet made of gold that gave it a beautiful glow. Lucy got a bad feeling in her gut as Vivi took a deep breath.

"Melody of Slumber." Vivi said.

She started playing a sweet, soft tune on her trumpet that nearly had Lucy falling over in shock. She was trying to slumber the beasts into defeat?! The music continued with a white mist coming from the trumpet. It swarmed around the Minotaur who bellowed and tried to swipe at it. However, the mist continued to cover the Minotaur who started to wobble on its hooves. It bellowed softly in protest while starting to stumble into the walls.

"Whoa, it's working!" Lucy hissed under her breath.

She didn't think it was going to, but the beast continued to look more tired at the song continued. Its eyelids were drooping as it teetered back and forth before finally stumbling forward. It hit the ground with a loud thud that sent Lucy and Vivi up in the air a bit. They landed back on their feet as Vivi finished the song. The Minotaur slumbered on with loud snoring leaving through its nose.

"I can't believe that worked." Lucy whispered since she didn't want to chance waking the monster.

"Well, I could have just beaten it down, but I figured this was the best way to defeat the big guy without bringing the temple down on us." Vivi said.

Lucy just smiled glad it was all over. And that at least the brute bluenette she calls her friend has some kind of brain.

"Well, we better go find the Professor." Vivi said as she sent her trumpet back into her separate dimension. "We need to get out of here before the cow wakes up."

Vivi started walking farther into the temple with Lucy quick to catch up. She held tightly onto Vivi's arm while looking around as if something else might pop out wanting to attack them. They didn't have to go much farther in before they found the good professor who was copying down symbols from the wall.

"Hey, Professor," Vivi said waving to the slightly older woman.

Indy jumped then turned to see Vivi and Lucy standing there. Neither one of them looked to worse for wear, which had her wondering if they decided to just escape the Minotaur.

"You two are alright." Indy said smiling. "Don't worry. I am almost done. We need to hurry before the Minotaur catches up, yes?"

"Well, he should be done for a bit a least." Vivi said. "Just as long as the spell holds on him."

Indy paused in what she was doing to look at Vivi with wide eyes. Vivi took down another monster? Just what was this woman?

"So, Indy, what are you doing?" Lucy asked as she let out of Vivi.

Indy snapped out of her thoughts remembering she still had to copy down the characters from the wall.

"I believe I might have found a clue to the next Primordial Zodiac Spirit." Indy said as she quickly returned to her work. "At least I think that is what the characters mean. They were placed here after this temple, and I cannot think of another reason why someone would come here to risk their lives just to write a message on this wall."

"Wait, are you saying you already found one key?" Vivi asked scratching the back of her head. "Does that mean Millhiore's key really was here?"

Indy paused in what she was doing to nod her head as she smiled. Lucy's eyes widened no believing it. She and Vivi then watched as Indy pulled a key out of her pocket. It was a beautiful key made of stellanium that glowed brightly in the dimly lit tomb.

"So beautiful." Lucy said in awe. "They do exist. It's so hard to believe, but they really do exist."

Lucy then took the key gently as Indy offered it to her. Lucy looked down at the key before gently hugging it to her cheek. Vivi smiled glad things worked out. And nothing was completely destroyed this time. That's always a plus, isn't it?