Salv: It's alright, Silva. Her power is just drained.
Silva: Phew. Glad she'll be okay.
Salv: Listen to me closely, gentlemen. We must fight this final ghoul until Alisah wakes up and fully restores her energy. Once she wakes up she can keep the ghost occupied for us to break the devices again!
Silva and Isra step in front of Salv, who is carrying Alisah once more.
Silva: Isra and I'll handle this thing. Just focus on protecting Alisah.
The ghost fuses with the house and enlarges its fist toward Silva. Isra jumps in front of Silva and clashes with the ghoulish threat. Overwhelming power from the ghost knocks Isra back. Silva doesn't give it time to react. The heated fist of Silva lands on the ghost's face. Despite Silva's efforts, it barely flinched, but it at least connected. It slams its fist onto the ground floor. The floor turns from a dark brown to gold instantly and distorts into curved waves of wood headed straight for them. Oro runs behind Salv. Isra and Silva break parts of the distorted floor. Salv turns around to block the attack with his back. The ghost reverts to its spiritual state.
Silva: Salv, are you and Alisah okay?
Salv: Yes.
The ghost grinds its shiny teeth. A nearby katana and shield is pulled towards the ghost as if it were magnetic. Its right hand morphs to resemble a golden katana and the left takes the appearance of a golden shield.
Silva: That's cute, you brought out your new toys for show and tell?
Silva and Isra continuously dodge the axe attacks. It lands a hit on Silva, which causes him to fall into the kitchen counter. Smoke emits from the Katana.
Isra: You good?
Silva: Ughhh. I think so.
Isra: We gotta come up with a plan, bro.
Silva: You're right. This thing is much stronger than its friends.
Isra: What if I run in a circle and surround it. We can bank on it possessing the house to slow me down. Both instances that it possessed objects, you were actually able to damage it.
Silva: Gotcha. Once it possesses the house, I'll jump on top of it and heat up my limbs to hopefully slow it down a bit. How's that sound?
Isra: Worth a try.
Isra maneuvers his body towards the ghost. It starts slamming its fits once more while Isra dodges until Silva gets close to the ghost. Isra runs around in a circle. As expected, the impatience of the ghost leads it to exposure. The merged ghost slows Isra down by bending the floorboards. Silva jumps onto the distracted ghost's back and heats up. The ghost resists but is slowing its movement down a bit until it knocks Silva back.
Silva: Damn it. It wasn't enough.
The ghost continues to miss hits during the conversation.
Isra: Yeah but it worked for a second.
Silva: I needa heat up my body more to slow it down longer.
Isra: Silva, I think I can help with that. If I run for long enough, the friction between my feet and the floor will heat up. If I run at Mach 1, that could be enough to cause a giant circle of flames. What do ya think?
Silva: That would definitely give my power the boost it needs! Let's go for it!
Isra: Alright, I just need ya to guard me for long enough to pull this off.
Silva: Right.
Isra and Silva approach the ghost together. Isra returns to running in a circle. The ghost attempts a few blows but cannot hit Isra. It possesses the house once more. Clumps of floorboard waves start to form. Silva is quick to kick them down. Isra continues to run faster and faster. Smoke surrounds the fighters. Silva covers for him with more attacks ramping up from the ghost, including a few fists thrown his way. Not too long after, a giant ring of fire surrounds Isra, indicating that he successfully reached Mach 1.
Salv: By golly, he did it! Isra learned a new move. I shall call it Isra's "RING OF FIRE!". Not that he would exclaim it anyways but-
Salv notices that Silva's body is layered with a bright red hue to it. He screams as adrenaline rushes through him with his new overwhelming power.
Silva: RED HOT STRIKE!
The ghost is knocked down. Black Smoke emits from its body until it reverts back to its base form.
Isra: Is it over?
Alisah quickly regains consciousness and crushes the last device.
Alisah: Now it is.
Silva: Alisah! You're awake.
Alisah: Thanks to you three, I was able to recover safely.
Salv: It was nothing. Glad we're all safe now.
Oro: (Wags his tail and barks gleefully).
Alisah: Looking at this device more, it seems like a product for a security service that people can buy for their homes. It is branded with a company's logo under the name "Dalton Schultz" and has the golden option label. He must be a conjurer that uses his power for profit.
Silva slams his fist into his hand.
Silva: I'd like to give that jackass a piece of my mind after what we went through!
Alisah: Well, let's be fortunate "The Top Master" did not upgrade to the lifetime option that is advertised on here. In theory, there is a stronger ghost than the golden one that we faced.
Salv: (Laughs) I am hopeful we will not run into this sort of issue again.
Silva: Okay, enough chit chat. Time to scout this home for anything that could help us in our journey to Mount Divinus.
Salv: Look at this place, it is an absolute pigsty. It is going to be extremely hard to find what we're looking for with this poor house in the state it's in.
Isra quickly scans every nook and cranny of the home until he comes back with many valuable items.
Salv: I stand corrected…
Silva: Damnit Isra, ya took the fun outta it.
Isra: Do ya want me to put them back?
Silva: Nah, too late.
Silva and the others gaze at a photo, a journal, and an old pager with the "Masters of Stone" symbol engraved on it. On the back, the photo is dated: August 2989. In the photo are: a young Robert Baywest, a young Faren Isra, a young Johnny Rocket, a younger man standing next to Johnny with similar facial features and hair, a big guy holding a sub sandwich, a man with long hair, a woman with spider webs between her fingers, a man holding a musical conductor baton, a hippie woman, a man holding a pocket knife, a man with a ronin hat, a well put together tall man with blonde hair, a man with brass knuckles, a man with glasses, a man with a religious book, a woman with a voodoo doll, a woman with a construction hat, a man with a old speaker, and a guy with a very long nose.
Silva: So, these are the "Masters of Stone". (Points to Robert Baywest and Johnny Rocket). That's my Uncle Rob and next to him is Johnny Rocket.
Isra: Ah, I see. Considering we found this photo and the pager in this house, "The Top Master" must've been a member of the "Masters of Stone". Apart from my dad, I only know that the woman with the spider web fingers is Caroline Fields' mom: Linn Fields. Excluding her, my dad kept a lot from Jelani and I. Wonder why he wouldn't mention that the greatest climber of the modern age was a member of their group.
Silva: Uncle Rob and Johnny were the same way. I'd only hear bits and pieces of them reminiscing the old days over cheap beer by the fire.
Salv: What legendary figures you all had surrounding you, and yet you know so little.
Silva: That's the fun of it though!
Isra: I guess so.
Alisah: What about the journal?