disclaimer : i don't own the 39 clues and this story is BOY X BOY, specifically DANIAN, okay? so if you do not like it, please read another story please and don't insult this thing. I'm still new here, but i figured i should try to write. XD
anyways, comment if there is something wrong.
CHAPTER ONE: MATCHMAKING COMPUTER
Amy Cahill should have left her brother in China and let him do all his kung fu whatever, just as long as he wouldn't be back to ruin all of their lives.
Seriously speaking, she wanted to shake some sense into that idiot brother of hers.
"Have you gone mad? Why did you even accept it!" she threw a pillow case at him, and he ducked, protecting his plate of food from being thrown in the air.
"Stop over reacting Amy! It's just a vacation of sorts, except that we're with the teens of the family," he snorted, resuming on eating his plate of chocolate chip pancakes, licking the syrup grossly.
"Ew. Dan! You're 17 now! Start acting like one," She yelled, going away from him.
You know what really happened?
The thing is, Dan Cahill just accepted an invitation of staying in the Cahill stronghold in the Bermuda Triangle. Now that would have been amazing, since it was reported to be a Janus Strong hold before, and she always wanted to know how exactly did they circulate the myths of that place where plane crashes occurred and lots of people were lost and never found. But the Cahill family isn't exactly what you call the Happy Family type that just does normal things. It's been years since the Clue Hunt and the Vespers were now gone, but still, the family stayed dangerous and weird at the same time.
Not to mention, spending a year with all of the younger Cahills. It's amazing to be with Sinead especially and Hamilton, with the others. The Kabra's were fine, but still. One whole YEAR?! Isn't that too much of a vacation?
"I can't believe you're still an idiot as ever, dweeb," she muttered, opening her phone and starts called Sinead. He gave her a glare and continued on eating his pancakes, lying down the floor while playing some video game. Suddenly the doorbell rang, and Amy stopped mid call and opened the door, seeing Ian Kabra, their cousin, framed at the door like one model.
"Oh hey, Ian." Ian still looked like the handsome guy he always was, only more beautiful and handsome now. She still remembered the time when she had fallen for those eyes and beauty, but Evan was still the most important guy right now in the whole universe for her.
And then again, there was Jake too.
"Hello, Amy. Have you accepted the offer?" he strode in the living room, where Dan was lying down and sat on one of the plush sofas. The scent of vanilla followed him, and he was wearing another of his Armani suits, giving him the ever present look of a young millionaire. Which he was.
"Actually, Dan accepted for us," she rolled her eyes, sitting cross legged on the carpet, facing Ian who seemed to be staring at Dan's activity.
"Good Morning Daniel," Ian said, clearing his throat uneasily, curiously red faced. She can't blame him. Dan was practically almost naked, save for his boxer short that were too short. Though she had to admit, Dan had a great body from all the recent training, tall and quite lean, but it was still a suckish sight to see.
"Oh, hi Ian." He turned, and continued eating.
"So I was saying Amy," Ian continued, eyes still on Dan's back "the offer was a good one. It can give us more training and information about the world. I know that you're quite curious about it being held in the Bermuda Triangle, and only the younger Cahills being invited…" He smiled " and Sinead will be there too, don't you worry. Her recent trip to Atlantis was done just a few weeks ago."
"I already know that Ian. Still. One year is too long…" she said uncertainly.
"It's alright. Time flies when you're having fun." He smirked at her, gave Dan another long heated stare and walked out.
She sighed and settled back on the floor, right next to Dan. She knew that many things changed over the years… since the day Grace died. They learned to settle on crazy and weird situations every day. They were practically people who had millions and millions of dollars, living in one great mansion which had the most advanced technology in the whole Massachusetts. Or maybe even America. They've even reached the Mt. Everest once, during the clue hunt.
But really, the Bermuda Triangle? I mean, what's next… going to Pluto? Are Cahills really this crazy?
"Stop overthinking things, Amy…" Dan said, chewing one of the pancakes still. "Look, we can bring Evan with us… he's practically a Madrigal already." He snorted, stopping his game and turned around facing her. "Or it's just the year thing? Come on, AMES."
Did he really need to use the nickname Evan had given him?
"We can't. He's busy with school, and his parents won't allow another training unless it was summer, which unfortunately, isn't." she shrugged. "Okay fine, Danny. Whatever."
He smirked at her, stopping mid bite and smiled. "The family will be coming here in around 3 pm. You should get ready. Oh, and the Rosenblooms are going too."
Amy visibly blushed and bit her lip while Dan was too busy laughing his ass off.
If he meant the useless make up and clothes, (which she only did once, and never again, due to his relentless teasing and the secretive smiles of Nellie at her attempt of being a normal teenager ) she'd sure punch him again, just like Reagan did when she was pissed with Dan. Trust me, it's not a good sight.
-oOOo-
"Don't give me that look," Dan pleaded. He was wearing his comfortable, usual clothes of jeans, sneakers and of course, the ever present hoodie. And as usual too, THE Natalie Kabra was staring at him in distaste, cocking her head sideways.
The other family members were already in the other living room, sitting on the sofas, tinkering with some of the gadgets and complaining of the lack of food. Which unfortunately, was due to Dan. He spilled enough syrup on the carpet that Amy and Nellie that they banned even a single speck of food in it.
"You look like a homeless guy AGAIN, you moron," she said, eyeing the ensemble.
The girl, or lets now say, teenager ( she's 17 like him too) looked much more beautiful than any model he'd ever seen. There was a time when he thought he might be crazy enough to have a crush on THE Natalie Kabra. But yeah, that moment passed real quick.
She still had that haughty look, though much less severe now. She still is the fashionable British girl, now wearing some short white dress that emphasized the rich color of her skin. He never knew a thing about fashion, but she did look nice. And she was wearing those killer heels again. He never understood the need of such things. Heels, oh God.
"You sound like Amy, you know?" He smirked, going in.
"Where's the grub mate?" Hamilton shouted, sitting on one of the couches, all by himself , holding a video game console. His sisters, Reagan and Madison were too busy trying to piss Amy, begging for food and other things.
"Amy banned it." He shrugged, sitting beside him. Hamilton filed out nicely too, due to all the trainings he joined in, He was larger than Dan, and but unlike his own dad, he was lean and not overly muscular. Almost like Dan, but not quite. His hair was cropped short, and he was looking at Dan as if he just told him that all of the food in the world somehow got transported to the Moon.
"Sucks dude," he just said, and went back on focusing on his game. Dan sighed and looked at the giant ruckus around the room. Atticus and Jake weren't there yet, but they sure were coming. Phoenix and Jonah were too busy showing off their musical talent (but Phoenix was way better and everyone knew that). Sinead was off helping Amy fend of Madison and Reagan, all the while fiddling with some circular device with that distinct glint in her eye which she had when she wanted to show Amy something amazing (to her). Ned and Ted were arguing about some blue print of their latest invention, sitting on one of the other plush sofas in front of them.
And of course, the Kabras, sitting in another of the sofas, looking more like models and actors waiting for the next flash of the camera to capture all that beauty. There was once a time when he hated them for that, but then he realized. Why was he even angry?
Anyways, all of them have really grown.
You can still feel the childishness through the bickering and the arguments, but people had to blind not to see that so many things have changed. Well, physically. Mentally, all of them were still idiots.
" DAN!" a yell made him resurface from his thoughts, and it was Atticus' voice.
"Hey, Att!" he greeted him, moving a bit to give him space to sit on the sofa. Hamilton nodded with greeting, and so did the others.
"I can't believe were actually going to the Bermuda Triangle Dan!" Atticus sighed, settling dreamily next to Dan. As always, Att's dreadlocks were as wild as ever, and he still had the childish glee he's always ever had since they met. Considering that he was 15 now and acting like this… well.
"Who's stronghold is it Dan? Are Guardians really allowed to come?" the guy said, feeling out of place all of the sudden. It was fine for the young ones for the Guardians to come and go at Cahill meetings, but for the old ones? Not so much.
"Of course Att! This training is only for the young ones. No chaperones. No parents. No adult supervision. That'd be so much FUN!" Dan replied enthusiastically. He hated it when Atticus felt like he wasn't wanted. He absolutely hated it.
"Well, of course, Jake wanted to join," Att smirked, glancing at Jake's awkward staring at Amy as he stood near their couch. He had that completely lost look on him, like he was a kicked puppy. Poor guy. He sure had it bad.
"Is Evan coming too?"
"Fortunately for your brother, and unfortunately from my sister, NO." Dan grinned. Atticus smiled in return. "I can't believe he's still crazy for Amy when there are practically so many girls clamouring for his attention. Like Ian Kabra's stalker girls, only with less make up and no high heels." He snorted derisively.
"I know, Dan. Though I've never seen Ian Kabra with a girl actually," Atticus frowned. "I mean, it's not my business, but really… I mean, he's 20. Shouldn't he be having a girlfriend?"
"Do you think he still has a silent infatuation to Amy?"
Dan literally choked, and Atticus frantically slapped his back until he regained his voice.
"Oh God. Not 3 admirers…" Dan groaned out at last. Atticus chuckled.
"Poor brother… he has more competition than he thinks." Atticus finally said, smiling thoughtfully at Amy and Jake's lovesick expression.
-oOOo-
"I know how excited everyone is about this," Alistair Oh said, sitting in one of the large, vintage looking armchairs near the fireplace, kinda like a story book line or view thing, and Dan was silently laughing his arse off, along with Atticus. Uncle Alistair was really old, and he constantly lost the spurt of energy but it didn't stop him from spending time with the young ones, who were like the children he sadly never had.
"Yes, Uncle… When do we leave?" Sinead asked, sitting at the foot of the sofas where Ned and Ted sat, along with Amy beside her, cross legged on the thick carpet. Jake sat on the foot of Dan's sofa, staring at Amy in a weird way. For Pete's sake, this is nuts.
"Actually, the day after tomorrow, a plane is coming from Bermuda to get all of you. We'll all be meeting in one of the Ekat Strongholds here in Massachusetts. I'd advice you though not to bring much clothes. It's completely unnecessary," he said, smiling at Natalie affectionately who was staring at him in disbelief.
"They do have cashmere, silk , and everything designer there, right?" Natalie demanded, as Ian chuckled along with everyone.
"Of course, dear. Absolutely everything," Uncle winked, and Natalie visibly relaxed.
"As for the training, though there is no adult with you, you have your teachers and trainors there, so don't think of doing anything too stupid," he said, glancing at Dan now, who did a mock salute. "Like blowing up the stronghold. Okay?"
" I'll try," Dan smirked, and Atticus and him gave each other naughty smiles.
"And of course, the room arrangements."
At this, everyone groaned.
"I want to sleep with Att!" Dan yelled and Attius seconded.
"Sleeping in the same room with Sinead would be fun, Uncle," Amy smiled, as the girls giggled softly.
"Just don't let me be with the Kabra's," Hamilton said, playfully shuddering at the thought and Ian smiled back, saying that the feeling was totally mutual.
"Actually, so that there are no bias, no arguments and no yelling, we'll let the computer choose for us." Uncle Alistair said, clicking at one of the devices in the room and the lights slowly dimmed, showing an electronic floating screen right in front of everyone, kind of like a power point presentation, only much cooler. It displayed a robotic face, composed of closed eyes and a robotic closed mouth.
A robotic voice suddenly resounded in the background, making some shriek in surprise.
"What may be I of help to you?" as the robotic voice spoke, the mouth also visibly moved, as if it really was alive and moving.
"Uncle, this is amazing! A new invention, voice activated?" Ned said, eyeing the thing with frank admiration. He and Ted stopped arguing quite a while ago, and now, they were staring at that thing as if it was by far more interesting than food.
"Yes. Now say your names and your information will come flash in the screen."
There was a round of confusion on who will start, so they did it by branch, starting off with the Ekaterinas, then the Tomas, the Lucians, the Janus then finally the Madrigals and the Guardians.
As every person spoke his or her name, a bunch of information flashed in the screen, everything from the clue hunt until now. Everything from the credit card bills until the school grades and all of it.
"Cahillian, start the process," Uncle ordered, at last when everyone said they're name. Amy's face visibly wrinkled in confusion as she thought over the name.
"Cahillian? Really?" Dan said, chuckling, voicing her thought exactly.
"I didn't name it. An idiot named it," Alistair said, shrugging sheepishly.
"Process complete. Shall we show the results?" the robotic voice spoke again, stopping the teasing.
"Affirmative. Show the results, please Cahillian."
To their surprise, the robotic face actually nodded and another screen popped out, now showing a blank white screen with that heart thing line-ish? Like the heart beat rate line you see a lot in the hospital? Only now, it's not for the heart rate. It's for the voice of the robot.
"First pairing. Cahill, Amy and Rosenbloom, Jake."
The gasps echoed in the room, as Amy went beet red while Jake actually smiled, but caught himself in the act and went red too, looking away.
"This is impossible. Can't it just be same gender?" Amy demanded.
"My dear, as I told you before, the computer chose it." Alistair shrugged again. Jake now was visibly making himself smaller, all red and also looking a bit hurt and angry, which Amy saw.
"Not that I hate you Jake," Amy spoke hurriedly, sorry for the words she spoke without thinking.
"No, it's alright." His voice sounded gruff.
"Next please," Natalie said, yawning and pointing rudely at the computer. Everyone blanched at her.
"What? There's no use yelling over that small thing. It's just sleeping arrangements, dummies," she flipped her hair haughtily and the computer resumed.
"Second pairing. Kabra, Natalie and Rosenbloom, Atticus." The robotic voice said again.
Dan had never seen Att's face pale at that kind of an amazing rate. And he never heard that high of a pitch too that Natalie was screaming.
"OH GOD! NO! WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO US YOU BLOODY COMPUTER!" Natalie screeched. Atticus looked like he was about to pass out, and Ian was yelling at Uncle.
"Is this some kind of a joke, Uncle? Is this actually a matchmaking computer?" he arched that perfect eyebrow angrily, standing up.
"Believe me, I didn't make this thing!" Uncle said indignantly. "The Cahills in the Bermuda triangle made this thing themselves!"
"Please, I don't want to be in the same room with her for a whole year," Atticus trembled, clutching Dan's arm like a kid.
"Don't worry bro. I'll come visit," he chuckled. He knew that the trembling wasn't because Atticus was scared of Natalie. Ever since Att's seen Natalie, the poor guy had a weird crush on the girl for years. And he always looked like he had a seizure and was stuttering even more than Amy had when Natalie actually tried to talk to him.
"What's done is DONE. Next." Uncle Alistair said after a few seconds of dead silence except for the harsh pants of Natalie, obviously fuming and the stuttering of Atticus.
"Third pairing. Wizard, Phoenix and Wizard, Jonah. "
A sigh spread through the room. At least, now, it didn't try to make another weird matchmaking thing.
"Next, Cahillian," Uncle ordered again.
"Fourth pairing. Starling, Ned and Holt, Madison."
Deadly silence spread around the room.
"Um, Uncle, I think we should stop this craziness…" Ned mumbled, raising his hand. Madison was practically staring daggers at Uncle and Ned. It's a miracle both are still alive.
"Fifth pairing. Starling, Ted and Holt, Reagan." The computer again said, as if they weren't already ready to kick this computer to Planet Pluto.
"This is absolutely STUPID!" Reagan screeched, sounding like Natalie just did a couple of seconds ago.
"I know right?" Ted answered back dryly.
"Who knows, maybe it's Sinead and Hamilton next…" Amy said, smiling slightly, giggling against Sinead's glaring form.
"Amy, I love you. But that idea is really preposterous." She glanced at Hamilton and pretended to gag. "No offense, Ham. It's really crazy."
"Of course. Why should I even be offended ?" he answered back sarcastically, leaning back into the sofa.
"Well, bunking up with Ham would be a great thing." Dan said for no particular reason, earning a glare from Sinead and a fist bump from Hamilton that almost upset the sofa, and of course, Dan.
"So it's Sinead and Ian then?" Natalie said, horrified.
Everyone mulled over that thought.
"Sixth pairing. Cahill, Dan and Kabra, Ian."
With that, Dan thought hell froze over.
