Vesper Training.
Summary: This is set before the Vespers kidnap the Cahills that get kidnaped, but after the Clue hunt. So, it turns out that each branch has to teach a class, so it's pretty much their training and how people bond over the hard activities this school has in store for them. Amy and Ian! Not a lot of romance in the beginning but there is some later and it's really funny. Review!
Disclaimer: I do not own The39 clues if I did Evan would be dead.
Chapter 1: The Madrigal Class
Amy P.O.V
So, we finished the clue hunt, FINALLY! But now we have to go through harsh training to be prepared for the Vespers.
Each branch has to teach a class. All weapons are confiscated, and they get the most experienced person from each branch. Uncle Fiske was overseeing everything, and he was also teaching the Madrigal class. Which teaches everything the other branches don't teach you.
So for the Tomas, Eisenhower Holt is teaching that class, I am so dreading that class. The Janus class is being taught by Jonah's mother. The Ekaterina class is being taught by Alistair Oh. And the Lucian class is going to be taught by none other than Isabel Kabra. Yes, we did get her out of jail to teach this class, but she has restrictions, and Fiske will be watching and he will intervene if things get to out of hand. She is not allowed to kill us.
They have gathered all of us in this Madrigal stronghold to do the training so that none of the other branches or Dan or I will know how to get out. Dan and I don't spend a lot of time here so…yeah.
The problem is that I have to keep Dan in line otherwise we'll never get everyone to make peace, because we can't defeat the Vespers when we don't even trust each other. It will be a lot of work, but I'm willing. I'm just worried about the Kabras, they may have changed but I don't think they will agree to be equals with everyone. That's the point of these classes is so that everyone will be equal in skills and knowledge, yes some people might be better at something's then others. But everyone will at least know how to do the things that everyone else can do.
The first class is the Madrigal class, of course, because we just have to start with the class that everyone will expect Dan and I to be experts at. Fabulous, I know. Oh, and Ned and Ted aren't here, they have their own special training because they have their problems. So they have special training.
So, Dan and I walked into the classroom. We saw everyone bickering and throwing things at each other.
"Do you still think this is a good idea?" Dan whispered nervously too me.
"Of course" I said. I did think it was a good idea, but I just wasn't sure it was going to work.
Before we could do or say anything, Uncle Fiske walked into the room.
"Now, now quiet everyone" he said calmly.
Nothing happened.
"Quiet now" he tried again.
Again nothing happened.
"QUIET!" he shouted.
Everyone quieted and sat down. Of course Dan and I sat together, Ian and Natalie were behind us and across from us were the three Holt kids. Behind them and across from Ian and Natalie were Sinead and Jonah, sitting at a desk of three with one desk between them.
"Alright everyone" he began.
"Welcome, to the Madrigal class, I am Fiske Cahill, but out on missions and anywhere outside of this facility you will call me the Man in Black" Fiske said.
"Any questions?" Fiske asked.
Dan's hand shot up.
Fiske sighed.
"No, I am not at all related to a secret government organization that chases down aliens" Fiske said sighing.
Dan's hand was still in the air.
"And no I do not know if it the Men in Black organization really exists or not" Fiske said giving Dan a look.
"Any more questions?" Fiske asked
Jonah's hand shot up.
"Not about why I'm called the Man in Black or about the Men in Black organization that chases down aliens" Fiske said.
Jonah's hand went down.
"Now let's get started" Fiske said.
"Today you will learn to use a grappling hook" he continued.
Dan and I shared a look. We had done this a few times before, so we should be okay, right?
Everyone else exchanged uneasy glances.
"So everyone" he said clicking a button and suddenly we were in a stimulation room.
"You will each get a chance to throw the grappling hook, get up on top of the building there and get back down, you will continue to try until you get it right" Fiske said.
"I will demonstrate" he said "First you strap into the harness, I will do that for you so we don't waste time getting it wrong, then you throw the grappling hook with not too much force, but now too little" he instructed. He did so and it caught on the edge of the building on the first try.
"Then, you tug on it a few times to make sure it will hold your weight" he said, he tugged on it a few times it stayed secure.
"Then, these are the advanced one's mind you, with all the new technology and all of that, you press the red button gently, press it too hard and you will go flying over the top of the building and into the ground on the other side, press it too lightly and you won't' go anywhere" he instructed.
He pressed the red button and he was taken up to the ledge and then back down again.
"Alright, now let's see, who wants to go first?" he asked smiling slightly at us.
You could hear a pen drop, it was that silent.
"Amy, why don't you give us another demonstration" he said smiling at me.
Everyone turned and looked at me.
"Okay" I said quietly and shyly stepped up next to Fiske. He smiled encouragingly at me, and I managed a nervous smile as he strapped me into the harness. I grabbed the grappling hook, took a deep breath and when I opened my eyes everything else was fuzzed out slightly. I bit my lip nervously, come on Amy, you can do this, you've done this before, you can do it. Someone in my head said
Dan? I thought
What? He thought back
Thanks I thought to him.
Yeah you're welcome.
Then I threw the hook and it caught, I smiled and out of the corner of my eye I saw Dan smiling too. I tugged on the rope, waiting for it to fall, but it didn't. I pressed the red button gently and it started going to the top of the building, I closed my eyes, I hate heights! I mentally freaked out; I had the harness rope that was attached to the grappling hook in a death grip as I reached the top of the building. Then, as I started to descend, Dan started clapping loudly and cheering, I blushed, but laughed knowing that was Dan's way of showing support.
"WOOOOOO! YEAH AMY! WOO! THAT'S MY SISTER! WHOOO" Dan cheered at the top of his lungs.
I turned bright red. Everyone else was just clapping politely, and then there's Dan hollering at the top of his lungs. When Fiske got me out of the harness I sprinted down the steps and sat back down next Dan.
"You are so embarrassing" I hissed, secretly, I was grateful and I think he knew that.
"So, who wants to go next?" Fiske asked.
Dan's hand shot up, waving around like a little kid.
"Dan, come one up" Fiske said smiling at him.
"YES!" he said doing a boo-yah, like he'd just won a million dollars.
Fiske strapped him into the harness and he threw the hook and it caught, he tugged and it stayed, he pressed the red button and went up to the top and then back down. I was clapping loudly, and I even surprised myself by cheering. Dan looked happily surprised, but was beaming none the less.
"Alright, someone else" Fiske said. He looked over each and every one of the people that hadn't gone yet.
"Hamilton" Fiske said, gesturing for him to come up.
Hamilton came up, and Fiske had to readjust majorly because of all Hamilton's muscle. When he was set to go, Hamilton threw it, and it soared over the top of the building taking him with it.
"I knew something like this would happen" Fiske said and just as Hamilton was about to hit the ground, a giant metallic hand came out of the wall and grabbed him and put him down next to Fiske.
"Gently, Hamilton" Fiske said
"Like your holding a kitten" Fiske said trying vainly to get the concept of gentle across to the Holt.
Hamilton nodded, then he chucked the hook it caught, and then he tugged and it stayed. But then he pressed the red button too hard and he went flying up and landed with a splat! On top of the building. I winced. Poor Hamilton I thought. He came back down the same way, and when I looked to Uncle Fiske he had one hand over his eyes in a facepalm.
"You'll get it next time" Fiske said
"But right now, we'll come back to the people who don't do well, right now we need to make sure everyone has a chance to at least try" Fiske explained to us.
"Alright, um, let's see, Natalie, why don't you come up and try" he said.
Natalie huffed and put her Vogue magazine back in her Coach purse and walked up in her designer clothes and six inch heels.
"Here" she said holding her bag out to him.
He just blinked at her.
"I can't use a grappling hook and risk ruining my purse, this is a designer bag" she stated snootily.
Fiske sighed, grumbled something and then took Natalie's bag and set it down on the ground next to him.
"Don' put it on the ground!" Natalie cried.
"Focus, Natalie" Fiske said giving her a look.
She huffed again.
Fiske moved to put the harness on her.
"Don't touch me!" she said stepping away from him.
I saw Fiske give an exasperated sigh.
"Well would you like to do it yourself?" he asked, I could tell Natalie was getting on his nerves.
"Fine" She said angrily.
He tried his best not to wrinkle her clothes, so as to not upset her even more.
"I marvel at how much patience he has" Dan whispered to me.
"Me too, and that's just because you're so impatient" I whispered back making sure to emphasize the 'im' part.
Natalie now had the grappling hook in her grasp. She looked at it in disgust.
"This is so dirty" she said wrinkling her nose in disgust.
"I know, just throw it and it will be out of your hands before you know it" Fiske said clearly trying not to hit her.
Natalie threw it daintily and it landed a good foot short. We all laughed quietly.
"That is the most pathetic toss I have ever seen!" Fiske said clearly having lost his temper
"Try again" Fiske said pulling it back and handing it back to her.
She threw it again and this time it caught. She pulled on it and it held, she pressed the red button, nothing happen.
"Well, go on press it" Fiske said.
"I did" she said.
"Then you're not pressing it hard enough" Fiske said, gesturing for her to try again.
She did and this time it was just right, she got up there and the wobbled on all of the uneven ground up on the building, she fell off. She was screaming, and still screaming when the metallic hand caught her.
"NATALIE!" Fiske shouted.
She stopped screaming realizing she wasn't going to die. She was set back down.
"Oh, now my clothes are wrinkled, UGH!" she complained and then stormed over to where Ian was sitting trying to stifle a grin.
"Madison" Fiske said.
Madison stepped up and did the exact same thing that Hamilton did.
"Alright, was I not clear when I said that you cannot throw it too hard or too light, same with the button?" Fiske asked clearly getting frustrated.
"No you were clear" Dan said. The only one who answered, everybody else just shook their heads 'yes you were clear'.
"Holts, you need to be gentle, Natalie, you can't be afraid of the grappling hook it won't kill you" Fiske said.
"Alright, Madison, try again" Fiske said.
She did and she succeeded until it came time to press the button.
"What happened to gentle?" Fiske asked sighing.
"I did press it gently" Madison croaked from the ground on top of the building.
"Well, obviously not gentle enough" Fiske said.
Madison came back down rather ungracefully.
"Alright, Ian" Fiske said.
Ian walked up an impassive look on his face.
Fiske was able to strap him in without any complaints from him.
"Alright, throw whenever you're ready" Fiske said.
Ian stood there for a few seconds before throwing it. It caught, but then when he tugged it came back down. Ian jumped back.
"Good try, nice reflexes, and this is why we don't just jump, he could have died" Fiske said giving us a look.
"You were really close, try again" Fiske said encouragingly.
Ian nodded solemnly and threw it again, and this time when it caught it didn't fall when he went to tug it. He relaxed just the slightest bit.
He pressed the button up he went, and down he came.
"Good job" Fiske said.
"Jonah" Fiske called.
The same thing happened to Jonah.
"Sinead" Fiske called.
Sinead came up and Fiske strapped her in.
"Go whenever you're ready" Fiske said.
Sinead stood there, probably calculating the distance. My suspicions were proved correct when the hook caught on the first try and didn't fall when she tugged on it. She went up and then came back down.
"Well done" Fiske said giving her an approving look.
"Reagan" Fiske called.
Reagan came up did the same thing as Hamilton and Madison. Fiske gave a frustrated sigh.
"You three really need to learn that being gentle is important sometimes" Fiske lectured.
"And I believe that our time is up, I hope you all learned something and I hope you continue to practice this skill because it is very important" Fiske said. Then he turned and left, clicking a button as he left.
We were back in the classroom.
"Your next class will be the Lucian class, have fun" Fiske said and with that he left us.
We were all scared into silence; we all knew that the Lucian teacher would be Isabel Kabra. We all sat down and looked at each other, and for once fear was clear in everyone's eyes.
Then Isabel Kabra swept through the door.
"Hello pets, ready to have some fun?" She said an evil glint in her eyes. Dan and I mentally screamed, I reached over and gripped his hand tightly.
I'm too young to die I thought
Oh, you're too young to die, what about me? Dan thought.
No matter what were in this together right? I thought/asked
In this together no matter what Dan repeated.