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looking through that wood, with what could be out there –
including a “maniac”, probably even capable of killing a group of
them, if given the right means to do it.
    What would
happen if they stayed in this place too long? Would they be picked
off one by one until they either sought sanctuary elsewhere or
found a way of ridding the place of its awful menaces.
    At the window,
at the end of the top corridor, a rook tapped rhythmically at the
window frame. It gave no indication of seeing them approach it, but
it looked ready to fly away from anything that might confront
it.
    Robert led
Bryson to the window, near Sir Richard’s room. And he watched the
bird become aware of their presence, and fly up into the air,
compelled to make a retreat from the strange giants.
    Surprisingly,
he watched a few cars approaching the castle. They were full of
strangers, who seemed to have a reason for being there, and are
full of life and keen to do something.
    The car doors
swung open, and he listened to them climb out of the vehicles.
Banging doors, laughs, and voices mingled.
    “ James
invited them,” Robert eventually confessed, after waiting for him
to reply.
    “ They’re
here to help you search!”
    “ We
don’t have a large amount of time left ... They may be able to
achieve something ...”
    “ Of
course, but how much will they be acquiring of it?” he asked out of
curiosity, wondering how little James would possibly pay
them.
    “ They
will be paid for searching and nothing else,” he replied firmly,
mildly surprised that he thought that they would give away such a
large amount of money belonging to them.
    He examined
his face for a moment, and he looked out of the window when Bryson
did not budge.
    He was sure
that they had done it because he believed that if he had not they
would not have a hope in hell of finding it. They would help them a
lot, and he now could not imagine them going to the lengths that it
would take to obtain it on their own.
    Bryson turned,
and nearly laughed, but saw how serious it was. The room was an
absolute eyesore. It actually had becoming more messed up than it
had been – and he had considered it to be in its worst state when
he had last seen it.
    He strolled
over to the bed, while he removed the key. He lunged at an old
chest, sitting under the bed, at the center of the bed.
    “ They
don’t do things by half!” Robert uttered, glaring at the broken
lock sprawled over the floor, at the opposite wall (probably
thinking of it as competition).
    Bryson picked
up the broken lock. And he checked if the key fitted it. But it
definitely did not fit, even though it almost was the same
size.
    He now
suspected that it belonged to something else.
    “ Have
you tried one of those keys there?” Robert mumbled – crossing the
floor – avoiding the loose planks and other obstacles in his
path.
    “ What keys ... ?”
    “ There
they are!” he spoke, grabbing the keys.
    Bryson knew
instantly that one of them fitted perfectly into the keyhole of the
chest, and that his gold key definitely never belonged to a
chest.

Chapter 21
     
    No Traces
     
    Bryson
approached the room where Merton and Mortimer were, and Mortimer
peered out, hearing his footsteps; and Bryson saw that he looked
almost unchanged since he had previously seen him.
    Merton stood
silently, observing him entering. “Shall we look outside? We may
realize something from what is out there – gain an entirely new
perspective of this place.”
    “ Good
idea!” Mortimer spoke, tiredly stretching out his arms. “And, of
course, we can check if that thing, you said chased you through the
wood, has left any traces ...”
    Merton walked
to the window, and allowed one of the scientists there to pass him.
“It looks cold out there – we better put on some warm
clothing.”
    They then
proceeded to the door.
    Once Merton
and Mortimer had put on the right outdoor gear, Bryson led them to
the door, going out the back of the castle, out of the way