Me: Evan!
(no answer)
Me: Evan! Amy's calling from Switzerland!
Evan: (rushes over to me) Where, where? Hello, Amy? Wait a minute, Amy isn't calling?
Me: Nope, I just want for you to say my disclaimer for this story.
Evan: WHAT? Oh, fine...fieryjunior35 doesn't own 39 Clues or me, if she did, she wouldn't have written it here in the first place.
Me: Thanks. Oh, you want me to call Amy now?
Evan: Haha...you can't fool me again this time.
Me: No, really, you want to? I have her number here...
Evan: Sure! Give the phone!
Me: Haha...just kidding. I don't even have a phone to begin with!
Evan: You are starting to get on my nerves...
Me: I know...Anyways, enjoy the story!
Unexpected Help
Chapter 1
It was midnight, and as usual, Evan was wide awake, even though exhaustion showed through his wide-framed glasses. Sinead and the others were asleep, except for Ian. He couldn't sleep. In his silk pajamas, he went to the command center checking on Evan, if he had a lead on the Vespers' dastardly plans (whatever they were) or if Amy and Dan forwarded Vesper One's message.
"So Alan, have you found anything yet?" Ian suddenly asks behind him.
"I thought proper gentlemen like you know that it is very rude to intrude suddenly on a person doing his own business, Kabra?" Evan snaps. "Besides, I thought a Vesper was going to kidnap me from behind."
"Well, soory," Ian replies sternly. "I think finding a lead to what the Vespers are trying to do is more important than my manners, Tolliver."
"And after of what seems to be weeks of being together, would it help if you called me Evan, not Alan." Evan snaps back. "And no Ian, I haven't found anything out. Also, Amy and Dan haven't received a message from Vesper One either. For some kidnappers, they seriously know how to hide a world-domination plan, if that's what they're doing."
"Oh now you praise them from kidnapping my sister and six other family members?"
"No, Kabra, I was just implying that at least they have a concrete plan of action, while we're just sitting ducks! I don't want my girlfriend to get hurt, you know, as much as of the hostages!"
"I know! And mentioning your girlfriend isn't going to make us think of a plan instantly!"
Then the two just hammered on, and on, and on...until they just exhausted themselves of fighting. Ian was practically slumping on the floor while Evan was slouching on his chair.
"Okay, we're not getting anything done around here if we're just fighting." Ian implies, while catching his breath.
"Yeah, I totally agree with you." Evan says, while also catching his breath.
"So, um, could we just not fight from this moment on, Evan?" Ian negotiates.
Evan smiles. "Sure, why not? I mean, as you said, this incompetent fighting is the reason for the 500 years of war, battles and evil, right, Ian?"
Ian nods and they both shake hands. Evan yawns. "Dude, you might want to sleep, even I'm tired from all this. It is Christmas already."
Evan looks at the clock. 12:30 am. "Yeah, Ian, I guess you're right."
They stand up, clean the command center, shut down all the computers and other electronics, locked the door and went to their bedrooms.
"Goodnight Ian."
"Goodnight to you too."
They were about to close their doors when an alarm sounds throughout the entire mansion, making the two rush out of their rooms and the awakened three following them out. They then go to the command center, pushing each other out of the way. When Ian unlocked the door, all five of them stumble on the carpet.
"Ow! That actually hurt!" said Hamilton.
"Yeah, I don't want to feel the paparazzi all over me again! We're miles away from them, for Jane's sake!" Jonah agrees.
"Sorry guys, we just been intruded by possibly a Vesper, which was maybe not so important than both of your snores echoing the entire mansion!" Sinead snaps. The two stopped moaning.
"Guys, calm down. I'll open the light to see if the Vesper didn't get anything important." Ian says. More likely they have stolen something important. He thought as he turned on the light. Surprisingly, there wasn't anything stolen, but only a large box stood in the middle of the room. All five Cahills stare curiously at it. "A package? That's what they've left? I thought they would have stolen something." Evan implies.
"I agree...only, it is from the Vespers." Sinead says as she saw a crude 'V' drawn in one of the sides of the box. "Guys, they also left us a note:"
Hello dear Cahillls,
'Tis the reason for the season. Now, now, you think I won't give you a Christmas present?I would! Here's the catch, I just got that. I don't know what to give you people, but at least it would help you. If you disregard this present, I could give one of the seven presents you have to someone else.
Cheers,
Santa Vesper
"Wow, he even copied Ian's signature endline." Jonah notes. Ian just rolls his eyes. "People don't really care about that. Well, I guess I was wrong. What could they have brought us?"
"A snake?" the Lucian gentleman asks.
"A dead body?" the Tomas quarterback asks.
"Live piranha?" the Janus movie star asks.
"A bomb?" the Ekat genius asks. At this remark, they silenced and they do hear tick tick sound and then run for the door, but they left Sinead there to disable it, just in case. She produces her Swiss army knife and opens the box. They look at her through the door, nervously waiting if she could disarm the bomb, or if it wasn't. Sinead looks in, almost tumbling into the box to reach for...
"An alarm clock?" Evan remarks. At that, the remaining Cahills, and Evan, went in and looked.
"There's a girl in there! Is this some joke?" Hamilton shouts. There in the box lays a girl, seemingly sleeping, a syringe with some liquid in it, a black laptop bag, another heavy bag and another DeOssie phone.
"Merry Christmas indeed." says Ian, as they all look shocked at the girl lying 'safe and sound' at the bottom of the box.
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(Read 'Cahills vs Vespers: The Shapeshifters' by Alix Jade. LOVE IT! Besides the fact that she wrote it in the Philippines, it's an awesome story, I tell you now!)
Advance Happy New Year Cahills!
~fieryjunior35