Return of the Trollhunter Part III

        What she asked to see, was the remains of Killahead Bridge. That was where we were heading right now. Aaarrrgghh went up to the stone gate and put his hand on it. When the gate opened, we saw the remains of the Bridge.

        "The Bridge." Aaarrrgghh said. Claire let go of Jim's hand, which surprisingly I didn't notice earlier that she was holding it. "More specific. What used to be Killahead Bridge. Every piece accounted for, even the Eye Stone. Hopefully, this will give the girl some closure. She does understand why we cannot allow the Bridge to open?" Blinky wondered looking at the three of us.

        "She knows." I said watching Claire. Honestly, I couldn't imagine what she must feeling. To have your brother trapped in the Darklands and the possibility of him never returning. I also know that if there was anyone who could get Enrique back, it would be Jim.

        "Well, you said it yourself, we'd be fools to open the Bridge and risk letting Gunmar out. Right, Jim?" Toby asked nudging him. Jim snapped out of his trance and said, "Oh, of course. We'd be crazy to do that." Claire touched the Eye Stone and said some words that I couldn't hear. She must've been talking to her brother. Once she was done, she walked back over to us wiping away a tear.

        "Thank-you for giving me that." Claire said. Blinky nodded and said, "Young Tobias and Miss Monica, would you be so kind as to give Miss Claire the rest of the tour? I need to share a word with our Trollhunter." We both nodded and walked out of the room. There was one stop left to go that Claire had to see. The Hero's Forge.

        "Prepare yourself for the Sacred Grounds, where Trollhunters are broken and remade into warriors. The Hero's Forge!" Toby exclaimed over dramatically. In the distance, I saw Draal working on his father's statue. He finally found all of his remains.

        "All this for one Trollhunter?" Claire wondered.

        "I mean, Monica and I train here too, when we need to up our game, maximize our squat cores. You know, hero stuff." Toby explained trying to show off. Claire wasn't paying attention. "Whoa. Is that Draal? Kanjigar's son?" She asked walking over to him.

        "In the flesh... stone. Stone flesh." Toby corrected as he followed her. "What's that statue he's making?" Claire wondered.

        "Actually-" I was interrupted by Draal.

        "I do not make statues. This is my father." Draal corrected.

        "Took a while to track down all of his remains. Hate to be there when we have to build Jim, right? What a mess." Toby joked. I punched him in the arm. "I would also be sorry for the person who would have to deal with Monica's wrath if she isn't killed before Jim. Well, I just grossed myself out." That's better.

        "You fight in an arena surrounded by the remains of dead Trollhunters? That is... the most heroic thing I have ever seen. Can we turn it on?" Claire asked running around to find a switch. "Maybe now is not the best time." Toby said trying to catch up with her.

        Before I knew it, the entire arena activated. Oh no!  The floors beneath us started to split and I clutched on to a random part of the arena. Claire and I were right next to each other and we were somewhat fine for the time being. Toby, on the other hand, wasn't. He was several feet away and he didn't look like he was going to last much longer.

        "Claire, Monica!" Jim shouted. We waved him off, "We're fine for now! Help him!" Claire yelled. "I swear, I didn't touch anything!" Toby yelled.

        "The controls!" Draal yelled trying to push them, "This blasted arm!" Claire would've fallen to her death, but I managed to catch her at the last second. There was no way I was going to let one of my students get hurt, plus she was my brother's crush.

        "There's a manual kill switch inside the Soothscryer! Go, Master Jim!" Blinky ordered. Jim managed to get to Toby and helped him up. Suddenly, the floor was shifting over and I barely managed to grab a hold of the edge. Oh no!

        "Okay. We could use your help now!" I shouted struggling to hold on. "I'm coming! Just hold on!" Jim yelled.

        "Turn it off!" Claire shouted. I can't hold on much longer. My fingers slipped and Claire and I both screamed as we were falling. Then, the floors started turning back to normal and we ended up being alright.

        "Is this normal?" Claire asked as Toby helped both of us up. "Nothing is normal around here. Get used to it, sister." The Soothscryer started glowing. "It's calling to him, at last." Blinky said. Suddenly, Jim was sucked into it. We tried calling out to him, but he didn't answer. That's when Aaarrrgghh explained that there was no Jim. What does he mean? What happened to my brother?

        "You guys better have a good explanation for this and he better be coming back! I don't want to be the one to explain to Mom that my little brother suddenly just disappeared to who know where!" I shouted freaking out.

        "He has been summoned. He has been summoned to the Void!" Blinky said.

        "What do you mean, he's in the Void. The Void sounds like a very empty word. A bad word." I said while trying to calm myself down, but I was failing miserably. Toby and Claire agreed with me.

        "Yeah. And are these happy ghosts we're talking about here? Or soul-sucking poltergeists?" Toby wondered.

        "They will not suck his soul. They will merely peer into it. He is now under the guidance of Master Trollhunters." Blinky explained more carefully this time. "Ghost guidance counselors? Jim gets all the cool stuff." Toby complained. Kind of reminds me of the show Avatar: the Last Airbender like how Aang can seek council from his past lives. We saw a blue glow and Jim appeared.

        "Hey! You're back from the other side, dude!" Toby cheered.

        "Wow! So, trolls and ghosts exist. What's next? A Midsummer Night's Dream? Fairies?" Claire wondered.

        "Fairies? Preposterous! Fairies lost the war to the pixies centuries ago. What did they say?" Blinky asked referring about Enrique.

        "They said they won't stop us." Jim told us. Then, Draal spoke, "What would my father stop you from?" I guess we never told him about saving Enrique from the Darklands.

        "From going into the Darklands. But, if we're going in, they said the only way we're getting out alive is if we kill Gunmar. And with Strickler gone, maybe we have a chance." Jim explained. Even with Strickler gone, it would still be extremely difficult to defeat Gunmar.

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