So finally started something other than Harry Potter lol. Me and my amazing friends just really love the 39 clues and so we started writing this. My friend Bella is the one who originally started this (She's an amazing writer) and we all sort of continued it. Anywayy let me know how it is and if we should continue. And without further ado chapter one! Oncore, cheers, claps and all that jazz hehe ^^
Chapter 1
Six very different, very special girls entered the First District building that day. Each one of them belonged to a branch of the large Cahill family that more or less ran the world.
Arriving first was the eldest of the five, Aubrey Smith. She jumped from the flying ship that had escorted her and looked at the building, admiring the architectural design. It was beautifully constructed despite the drab grey color. The building was tall with gorgeous half- mooned windows, a large door at the front of the building and a grey metal awning.
Aubrey Smith was followed by Emilia Robins. She exited the flying ship that had brought her and regarded the iron and glass building I front of her. After a moment she calculated that if they took off 2.5% of the building's top and sides the safety of this place would increase by 75% at the most. Safety should be there number one priority after all, considering they were on one of the many floating islands Earth now had.
Next was Rinny Oliver. She jumped from her transportation without a second thought landing perfectly on the ground without looking frazzled, despite her thirty foot drop. As she went inside the building and sat in the lobby she wondered what kind of test her branch had set up for her. She was already ranked as one of the top fighters due to intensive training so she was fairly calm about the test that would basically decide her future. After ten minutes of waiting she began to doze off until the rather loud sound of Jets filled the room. She rolled her eyes as she realized who had also arrived today.
At the same time the remaining people walked in. Four bodyguards stood around each one of the girls and it almost would have been ridiculous if it hadn't been for the branch they belonged to.
On the far left there was Alisha du Lexington. Sole heiress to the Lexington industry who, rumor has it, may have been the mastermind behind the recent robbery of the Ocean's Eye. Next to her was Victoria de Levan, duchess of New Marina at the age of 16. No one knows why the elder cousin passed on the power to her but refused the give her title of queen. And lastly was Bella du Atlan- eldest daughter of the newly forged Atlan family who had made their place in the branch by being the first to rule over land in space.
Alisha glanced at the girl watching them looking annoyed but all she did was flip her hair over her shoulder. That was a Tomas for you.
"Now all you have to do is clear the obstacle course in under five minutes, Rinny. Do you understand?" The man asked from above in the glass room that was filled with people eagerly watched the training room below. Rinny looked over the course and thought the hardest part might be the fire wall but other than that nothing was really special.
"Got it." She called up as she pulled her long hair back into a ponytail and took her place at the start.
"3...2...1. Begin."
She ran towards the first obstacle where she had to leap from one slanted wall to another to avoid falling into raw live wires below her. She made it across in less than five seconds. Next there was a small trampoline that she had to jump on, and then grab onto a small metal bar that she needed to move onto descending hinges to reach the other sides. Rinny felt as if they were mocking her at this point.
Across the hall Emilia was flying through a written test that most adults would have been stumped on by question 3. Her advisor had left the room right after giving her the test and after a few minutes of her being gone, Emilia stopped writing and slumped forward on her desk. She had forty five minutes for five more questions- she could take a break. Some thing about this didn't seem right to her. Not only was there the fact that this building was only testing six Cahills and there were no 'normal tours' of one of the most high tech buildings in existence, she had noticed that for something that could determine her being either her own boss and discovering the cure for dark matter poisoning or being a Lucian's personal assistant this test was incredibly easy- almost as if it was just meant to distract her.
Even further down the hall, Aubrey stood in front of a table. The voice had told her that she needed to arrange the works of art in order of artist time period. There was a range of artwork, from literary works to music to paintings and drawings. She frowned at the simplicity of the task, insulted that they had given her such a menial task to complete but at least she was sure of each of her answers. She placed each artwork in order, arranging the musical compositions next to the copies of paintings and other genre of artwork. She glanced over her work one more time, pleased to see such a variety of artwork in one place- not that it rivaled her own home- and pressed the buzzer.
On the next level above them the three Lucian girls stood behind separate metal tables each one awaiting the task that before them. A mechanical voice echoed through the room giving them their task.
"In the wall behind you there is a chemical bomb filled with a gas that will render unconscious anyone who does not diffuse it or anyone who makes a mistake when attempting to difuse. Your test is to find said bomb and deactivate it by using the various tools avaliable." Random everyday objects ranging from bobby pins to a laser materialized on each table. "You have five minutes… you may begin."
Each girl turned and began looking for a way to unlock the wall. Each one thought about different ideas that could possibly work but the one thought they had in common was how odd this task was. Each one of them had learned to do this while they had been at Barbie- doll- playing age so why were they doing this now. Five minutes later all of them were done and looked at one another as if the other would know what to do next.
And then before they could ask, before Rinny could get her drink of water, before Aubrey could admire the artwork and before Emilia could finish her explanation on why a fourth dimension could exist, the lights went out.
Rinny looked around blindly in the dark trying to feel her way out as her eyes slowly adjusted to the darkness. Just as her hand found the scanner to open the door the lights flashed back on and she looked back up at the observation room ready to let them have a piece of her mind. But no one was there. She placed her hand on the scanner and nothing happened. She was locked in here.
"The day I let that happen is the day I sing show tunes with a Janus." Rinny muttered to herself. She grabbed the metal bar from earlier and began hitting the door with all her strength. Which, simply put, was a lot. Eventually the door gave way and she ran down the empty hallway wondering where all the adults had gone.
"Hey you!" A voice called from behind her, "You know what's going on?"
Rinny turned and shook her head. Emilia all but visibly cringed as she realized who she just talked to was a Tomas. Not only did the idea of not knowing things irritate her but the fact that she was in the same boat as a Tomas hurt her to the core., Aubrey came running from down the hall, frantic and scared.
Suddenly the elevator dinged and the three Lucian girls stepped out, before anyone could question the Janus. Both Aubrey and Rinny had looks of bewilderment on their faces. Who takes an elevator during a crisis like this? Everyone knows you take the stairs. They walked out and just stood there studying the two new people. Alisha noticed that the taller of the two depended in her right side too much and the other one much stronger on her left than right. She had to remember that for later just in case.
"What's going on?" Bella asked hoping the other three would know.
"We don't know." They said in unison. Bella believed them but the afterthought that they may be hiding something form her due to her branch nagged her mind. It had happened before and it could happen again.
"Alright." She said. She pulled out a pink disc from her bag and attached to the wall. A red laser scanned her face before a 3d holographic image of the building floated in the air.
"Wow." Emilia said bored.
"Mine's purple." Alisha said.
"Really mines blue."
"What's that red dot?" That was the Janus and the Thomas.
"Oh that." Bella said, "That's just showing the control room where the electrical disturbance occurred from. But that doesn't explain why the-"
"Don't move!" The six girls looked up and saw the bodyguards from earlier along with several other people looking down at them from a walkway. Each girl was painfully aware of the dart guns pointed in their direction.
"You know, now that I notice those guards...I've never seen them before." Victoria said.
"Can we all agree that something's really wrong?" Rinny asked.
"Yes."
"Then run!"
The six girls ran, barely avoiding getting stuck by one the darts. They ran down towards the landing dock and saw only three HoverCrafts there.
Alisha pulled out her keys and the nearest one's ramp extended down to the ground. "Lets go."
"We can't just leave our hovercrafts!" Bella and Victoria said.
"There is no time for this!" Aubrey yelled. "Just leave them!"
"No." Bella snapped.
"Do you know how much one of these cost?" Victoria asked. They may be Lucians but that didn't mean they spent money just for the cause of having stuff. Most of the time. Aubrey sighed and looked at Alisha leaving the persuasion of the two of them up to her as Emilia made the logical decision to enter the HoverCraft.
"Miss Bella, Miss Victoria. We have to go before-"
"Found them they are on the landing dock. I repeat they are on the landing dock." One of the guards said into his watch as he barreled towards them. And that was persuasion enough.
They entered the ship and frantically pushed the close button. Alisha sat in the captain's seat and the ship began moving towards the takeoff part of the dock.
"Your door closes so slowly!" Rinny complained as a number of people began running towards the ramp that was moving back up towards the ship.
"I know but whenever I talk to my dad he goes on and on about 'Alisha you need to learn the value of what you have' and blah blah. This is coming form the man who took me on one of his many art heist when I was seven!" Alisha began to rant. Well someone had me underlying aggression.
Just as the ship launched into the sky the door closed and the four girls collapsed on the floor in relief. For several minutes no one spoke until the silence was broken by Rinny saying, "I don't know any of you… so introductions anyone?"
"Aubrey," the Janus girl said and shook her hand. The pixie- haired Ekat answered, "Emilia."
The Lucian girls hesitated at first but eventually said,
"Alisha."
"Victoria."
"Bella."
"I'm Rinny." She said, "And now that that is out the way...what just happened?"