Run!

Summary: Amy and Dan confront the Vespers while going to their grandmother's bank in Switzerland. The Vespers shoot Uncle Fiske and he is in a terrible stage. The kids have no other choice than call their cousins. Will the cousins help them? Set after 'The Black Book of Buried Secrets'.


Amy's POV:

"Dan, will you stop messing with that detector? Please? I am tired of saying this for a twenty-seventh time. But who's counting!" I said, flopping down the book that I've been trying to read, but too tired to actually read it. Might as well pretend to read, just to avoid seeing the miserable death of that poor weapons detector. Credits to my brother!

"I am just trying to entertain myself, Amy. Any by the way, what else would you do in this boring flight?" He replied. "Hey, will you read this poetry I wrote? It's great! It proves that 'I am destined for Greatness'!"

I gave him the funny look for not making any sense at all. My brother and his dweebness! I took the paper from his hands and read out loud:

'I search the grocery store in haste,

To find that sweet lip-smacking taste.

And there it is, in aisle nine.

It's just a dollar thirty-nine!

A bag of Doodles most delicious.

Check the label: They're nutritious!

And do you know how satisfied

I feel while munching Doodles fried?

I savour each bright orange curl,

Until it seems I just might hurl.

Their praises I will always sing.

Cheez Doodles are my everything.

"Are you okay?" I asked, dumbly.

"Good thing you asked. I actually feel kind of uncomfortable. I think it's because of those fried doodles. Maybe, I should go to the washroom." He replied, rubbing his stomach. He stood and walked down the aisle to the washroom. I wished good luck to the next person to the washroom after Dan. It will not be me.

I sighed. The clue hunt's ended. And still I have this feeling that something's not done yet. I remember. He didn't see me. He didn't talk to me. He ignored me. I didn't say anything. I just followed along. Four months! What am I thinking? I should just forget all this...He didn't even look at me right after the clue hunt ended and we separated! Not even a tiny glance! What else was I expecting? A hug or a...Stop!

The PA announcement started. It said to buckle our seat belts as we are starting to land in five minutes. And here's my brother returning. Is it just me or does his face look green? EWW!

"Are you feeling okay?" I asked, gently.

"No" He replied as he sat in his seat beside me.

"Anyways, look! We're almost there! And according to the schedule, after getting the money, we have to go check in the hotel and the next morning we have a meeting with other Madrigals, after that..." I read off from the schedule that Uncle Fiske had given us before we boarded the plane to Switzerland.

"Do we have to follow that stupid un-fun schedule? Can't we go cruising, water sailing, mountain climbing and other stuff that's more important? By the way, we're on a vacation! Not a mission! That old man and his stupid schedule! He doesn't have any experience of an eleven year old kid, -!" He mumbled on some insults about Uncle Fiske.

As Uncle Fiske appeared down the aisle, I slightly nudged Dan to stop, who started mumbling even more.

"Hey kids, we're about to land in my sister's one of the favourite cities in the world." He got this dreamy look on his old face. Maybe I haven't looked closely before or something, because as I watched, I realized that he IS getting old. Even he looked older than before. I shuddered.


"Hola, Switzerland!" Dan yelled, spreading his arms as everybody turned and glared at him. Uncle Fiske and I stepped a few feet away from him, hiding our faces and pretending that we don't know him. After we collected our baggage, Uncle Fiske went to the registration area and Dan and I decided to check out some things in the airport shops. As usual, we got this intuition that someone was following us. Obviously, we turned around and immediately saw some men dressed as bodyguards heading toward our direction. Dan looked at me and we both shrugged. Our hands reached in our pockets and we took out the dart guns. But we didn't point at them in case someone sees us and starts causing mayhem, which we didn't want.

Amazingly, the bodyguards stopped and stared at us. I turned around and saw more body guards, oblivious by the crowd. Great, we are surrounded. We just stood there like this for ten minutes but none of the body guards seemed to threaten us.

I leaned down and whispered in Dan's ears, "Maybe, they want us to run."

"Or maybe they want us to attack" He replied, his eyes all shining with excitement of his new idea.

"No, Dan. There are so many people around us. We don't want to cause a scene."

"Or maybe we do"

"Oh, you're such a dweeb. I should call Uncle Fiske." I started to take out my cell-phone from my pocket with the other hand.

"Yes. Wait...what are they doing?" He pointed at the two guards standing a few feet away from us. I looked and saw that they were gesturing at us with their fingers.

"They want us to follow them." Dan said.

"No. Don't listen to them. I mean, don't look at them." I replied hastily, afraid to do anything that will make them come near us. They looked really heavy compared to my weight which was not good if we started to fight.

Uncle Fiske appeared at the corner. I did a hand gesture for him to stop. But he didn't seem to understand and walked straight toward us. He just walked right past the body guard and didn't even notice him, but strangely, the guard didn't do anything to him. I was expecting something else.

"Time to go, kids." He said, not looking at us. As he started to casually walk away, I exchanged a look with Dan. He nodded. I understood. We started to follow Uncle Fiske. But no sooner had we turned that the guards who were only a few feet away, pointed at us with their huge guns.

Uncle Fiske turned pale and said in a cold voice, "They're here".

Dan and I exchanged looks. Oh O!


A/N: Hey, everyone! Some of you might have read the Black Book Of Buried Secrets and know that the Vespers attack Amy and Dan in Switzerland. If you haven't read it yet, oops, I spoiled the surprise. This first chapter is short, I know but the next chapter is going to be interesting. Hope you like this and review. You know, it only takes less that five minutes of your precious time to hit the Review button and write critics about this story or some great things. I will appreciate anything, flames or praises! Next chapter is just around the corner!:)