Chapter 1: Arrival

16 year old Jake Cahill felt weird arriving to Boston, Massachusetts. He'd never been there before and was worried. He

knew things. Things no 16 year old boy should know. It was the only thing he could remember and yet he couldn't

understand it. The clues, the serum, the Vespers, Ekat, Lucian, Tomas, Janus. What were all those things? A few months

ago he had gotten amnesia from a car crash. His parents… he'd never known them and the only address he'd ever found

that could possibly help him was an address in Boston. Fiske Cahill. His flight from New York had arrived on Saturday and

he watched the people carry on with their daily lives. Jake only wished could remember what that was like. When the cab

arrived he quickly paid the driver as he approached the small house next to a large area of land. Nervously he knocked on

the door. Jake had dark brown hair, on the verge of black and bluish-green eyes. A boy with light brown hair and jade eyes

opened it.

"Who are you?" he asked.

"Is Fiske Cahill home?" Jake asked.

The boy nodded. "I'm Dan by the way. Uncle Fiske! Someone's at the door for you!"

An older man approached the door as Dan dived onto a bean bag playing a video game on his laptop.

"Fiske Cahill?" Jake asked.

Fiske nodded. "Who are you if I may ask?"

"I don't think you know me but my name's Jake Cahill. I have something to tell you." Jake's voice became a whisper.

"Something that could save all Cahill's from the Vespers."

Fiske instantly let him in. "Amy! Dan!" Fiske called.

Jake sat on a round table in the kitchen as Amy and Dan Cahill approached. A third person showed up too. Nellie Gomez.

"This is Jake Cahill," Fiske said. "Jake this is Dan, Amy and Nellie."

Jake nodded. After they'd all said hi Fiske continued. "Jake, please tell us who you are before you tell us what you're here

for. I apologize if I am being rude but I think we should know who you are first. "

Jake smiled. "I understand completely. My full birth name is Jacob Gordon Cahill. My parents… well I never knew them."

"They died?" Amy asked.

Jake shrugged. "I wouldn't know. You see for as long as I could remember I lived with my uncle, Alex Cahill in New York, he

was meant to be my mom's brother or cousin or something. He always had these weird people over at our house talking

about something about clues, serums and something called Vespers. Nobody ever told me who my real parents were.

Uncle Alex didn't talk about them so I assumed that they abandoned me."

Dan was silent. In fact none of them spoke. Jake continued.

"Anyway, one day I found my medical records and I tired to find out who my parents were. My dad was listed as unknown

but…my mom…"

"What?" Dan asked. He knew that if he'd been in Jake's position he'd be dying to know who his mom was.

"I think…" he turned to Dan and Amy. "I think I'm your half brother."

Nobody spoke. The silence was awkward. Everyone was in shock.

"Hope Cahill was listed as my mom and then I found out she died I told my uncle Alex. He said that now I was ready for the

hunt. For the 39 Clues. But then he gave me something and said it was my job to keep it safe. And then he made me start

memorizing al this stuff. He gave me tapes to listen to in my sleep, stuff to memorize. It's like all stuck in my head."

"I've always wanted a big brother," Dan joked. "But all I ever got was Amy."

Jake smiled at him. "A couple of months ago I got in a car crash. I had amnesia. All I could remember was basic stuff like

my name, how to spell and my uncle but then…´It was like all the stuff he made me memorize. Then suddenly he said he

had to run away and I haven't seen him in months." Jake opened a small flap on his digital watch and revealed a tiny flash

drive. "He told me to keep it safe, that I couldn't trust anyone, that the Cahill's, the clues, the Vespers, it was all really

complicated." Jake bit his lower lip. "But I had to trust someone, so I came looking for my mom's relatives, ones I could trust

and then…" he looked up at Fiske. "I found your name and I thought that…look you guys are the only people I can really

trust, I mean who else? The Kabras? Or Jonah Wizard? Or The Holts? I mean forget it!"

"What's in the flash drive?" Nellie asked.

Jake shrugged. "I don't know. Uncle Alex always told me, the less you know the safer you are."

Dan reached over and hugged Jake. "All I can say is welcome to the family bro!"

Jake smiled at Dan once again. He seemed like a pretty nice kid. His half-brother. Jake looked at Amy who was looking

down. She didn't seem as pleased to have gotten a new brother.

"Amy, you okay?" Jake asked.

She nodded. "It's just a lot to take in. You seem like a good guy Jake. I-I'm glad that you're part of the family," she mustered

a small smile. It wasn't entirely convincing, but she seemed honest enough.

"Look, if you guys need like time to process this or anything I can stay in a motel or something until you know what to do. I

don't wanna seem like an intruder or anything." Jake offered. He looked at Amy. "I know it really is a lot to take in."

"You'll stay here," Fiske said. He pointed at Jake's duffel and backpack. "You can put your stuff in the guest room. We'll

discuss the flash drive later. You can rest up or bond with your half-siblings for the time being."

"Um… Okay." Jake said.

"Hey Jake do you play Zombie Ninja's Mega Moon? It's the best game ever!"

Jake nodded. "You're not wrong Dan, in fact I finished 1,2 and 3"

"Sweet! You gotta teach me how to get past those samurai guard dudes! They're so hard to beat! I mean this is why we

have big brothers, right?"

"Alright," Jake grinned. "But I haven't had much big brother experience." Both of them raced over to the living room and

grabbed some controllers.

"Hey," Nellie said to Amy after they'd left. "You're not happy about Jake?"

Amy shook her head. "He seems like a nice guy, but I feel a bit bad for him, his past and the clues and stuff like that. Not to

mention. Having a half-brother around is gonna take some time getting used to.