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House of Anubis: The Return.
Chapter Two: House of Gates.
1
Nina´s injuries had already healed, but it hurt yet, she entered into the dining room and sat next to Fabian around the table.
"Why did she do that?" Fabian asked grabbing Nina into a hug.
"She did that for warn me" Nina said.
"For warn you what Nina?" Amber asked.
"For warn me that if I do something against her," Nina said "I will pay the consequences: suffering." And after a quiet minute of awkwardness, Nina said "Anyway, she said that we must find her, three days is all we have to do it, or we will die."
"That is awful!" Amber exclaimed. "And she can´t do that, child abuse is not allowed in this country."
"And how do we find her?" Patricia asked ignoring what Amber just said.
"Well" Nina started "she said we must talk to Robert, apparently, he is the one whom woke her up, but first, we have to find what her name is."
"I will remember that name Nina" Eddie said "even if I have to make a deal with the devil."
"It is fine, Eddie" Nina said "I think we must go to school." They took their bags and went to the school.
"Why don´t we get in contact with Frobisher and ask him about a cursed lady?" asked Alfie.
"That could work" Nina said, if they could talk to Robert, he could tell them about the lady "But how do we get in contact with Robert?"
"Oh, I have Harriet´s number" KT said "I wrote it down after they gone" KT opened her bag and grabbed her cellphone, turned it on and looked for the number "No!"
"What´s wrong KT?" Fabian asked "Please tell us it is not about Harriet´s number."
"Well, here is the thing" said KT and explained it to the others "Yes I wrote the number down, but it was in a paper, not in my cellphone, and the thing is, that I didn´t passed it to the phone, and I don't know where the paper is now."
"What?" Nina said disappointed.
"But don't worry Nina" KT said "I will find where that number is even if I have to make a deal with the devil."
"Why all of you now want to make a deal with the Devil" Nina said frustrated and got on the class room.
"Nina, don't be worry" Amber said giving a hug to Nina "And let´s face it Nina, making deals with the devil is how the youth of nowadays try to solve their problems. but don´t worry all will be OK."
"NO, if we don't do this, she will kill us" Nina said starting to cry "I don't know if what she is saying is real, but if it is, what would be of us, my Gran, your dads, all the people we love and… I don't know Amber, but I don't want this for all of you, because I don't want to see you suffering and paying consequences because of me."
"If we do it we will be fine" Amber tried to comfort her but she failed.
"Yes Amber, IF we find her, but if we don't, just drop it Amber please, I appreciate for what you´re trying to do, but just drop it" Nina said and took he text book out. Mrs. Andrews just entered to the class room.
"The Civil War" Mrs. Andrews said "Is the topic. There were three civil wars. The first was from 1642–1646 and the second was from 1648–1649. These two civil wars pitted the supporters of King Charles I, against the supporters of the Long Parliament, while the third… You know what, this is very boring for you I know, so I decided to bring some pictures from museums and some notes, just give me a minute" Mrs. Andrews grabbed her bag and started looking for her journal, there she wrote all the important things from the museums "Sorry I think we will talk about the topic and read from the text book because I forgot my journals where I have all the information about it and the photos" At listened what Mrs. Andrews just said, Amber had a brilliant idea about how to find the lady, but she would tell Nina after the class. "Everybody open the book at page thirty-four and Amber please start to read"
2
"And what´s your brilliant idea Amber?" Nina asked and the others Sibunas looked to Amber.
"Well when Mrs. Andrews mentioned her journal, I remembered something" Amber answered.
"And what is it?" Fabian asked approaching to Amber.
"Don't you get it? It´s too simple" Amber said giggling.
"I know what you mean Amber" KT said "You mean my great grand-father's journals."
"YEAH!" Amber exclaimed "KT is the winner" but when Amber saw the serious faces of Nina, Fabian and the others, she said "Don't you remember?" Amber asked disappointed of the others "In the anter chamber there is a corner with a bunch of Frobisher Smythe´s journals maybe he wrote something about the lady Carson, if he was the one who woke her up, he may know about her life and where is she trapped."
"It´s true, you are a genius Amber" Nina said "After school we are going to go to the anter chamber."
"But wait Nina" Eddie said when Nina was standing up "that is not the only one place where Frobisher could hide his journals."
"And what is the other place?" Nina asked.
"The summer house" KT said "Of course no one knows about that place existence, just us."
"And Victor, and dad, and Miss Denby…" Eddie started but Nina interrupted him wanting to know about the summer house.
"What is the summer house?" Asked Nina.
"How its name says, it is a summer house" KT said "belonging to Robert Frobisher Smythe."
"But if Victor knows about it, it´s too risky to even try to get in there." Nina said denying with her head.
"No" KT putting her hand in Nina´s shoulder "He did know about it, but when he was a sinner, and he forgot everything that happened during he was controlled by Robert and Ammut."
"How do you know?" Fabian, Nina and Amber said at the same time.
"Fabian, Alfie, Patricia they were sinners" KT said and then asked to them "do you remember anything of what you did when you were a sinner?"
"Not exactly" Fabian said.
"No" Patricia said quickly.
"What?" Alfie asked he didn't know what they were talking about.
"That´s what I mean, it´s like they were in blank and just obeying orders trying to satisfy Robert demands" KT explained "They don't remember anything."
"So it is safe to go to the summer house?" Nina asked.
"Of course" KT said.
"Then, we will divide" thinking that they could find whatever they were looking for, they would find it quickly divided "Eddie, Patricia and Amber, you look in the anter chamber, and Fabian, KT, Alfie and I will go to the summer house. Sibuna?"
"SIBUNA" repeated the others at the same time.
3
The school ended, and KT drove Nina, Fabian and Alfie to the summer house, but before, they left Eddie, Patricia and Amber in the anter chamber.
"I warn you" said KT when they were leaving the Anubis house "It´s a long walk, and the summer house is a little bit creepy and it is huge, two floors." When KT finished talking, Nina said "That means that we are going to divide again" Nina took a fallen tree branch started to break it "those with the long branch, will look upstairs, and the ones with the short branch, will look downstairs"
Everyone took a branch. Alfie and Nina took the long branches and KT and Fabian the short branches. After the all branches thing, they continued walking.
"I´m tired" Alfie said, they almost were in the summer house; actually they could see it at the end of the woods.
"We are almost in there Alfie" KT said between breaths "resist, just resist a bit more Alfie" and finally they were in the summer house.
They climbed the broken stairs and started to look. It didn't take long to find what they were looking for.
"Look in the places that looks strange" Fabian said to KT holding a paint of Robert and Louisa Frobisher Smythe. But KT wasn´t listening to him, she was playing with all she found, and she was playing now with an Anubis figurine. Fabian continued talking "like faded or …" but in a moment of carelessness KT dropped the figurine behind its shelf and it sounded like… "…hollow" Fabian finished the phrase he started a minute ago before KT dropped the figurine.
Fabian left the paint on the floor, went with KT and called Nina and Alfie to get downstairs, then, Fabian knock three times the floor and then said "It is definitely hollow" said and KT smiled.
"What is it?" Nina sat next to Fabian.
"What did you found?" Alfie asked.
"Look" Fabian said knocking three times again "it is hollow, KT found it, we just need to remove this place of the floor" Fabian had marked a square on the floor that was hollow "I suggest we should do it now."
"I know how" KT said watching a metal stick "I´ve done this before, with the secret room. Please, let me do this."
After Fabian thought over a mere minute, he spoke "Do it." KT took the metal stick and she drove it through the floor and started to remove the first plank and with the help of Nina and Alfie the first plank was out of the game.
"I think we should go and follow tomorrow" Nina said and KT started to reply but Nina interrupted her "We can´t KT, we are all exhausted and of the four of us, you are the one that is extremely tired. Also it´s almost eight Victor will kill us if he finds out that we were missing the whole day. Come on, let´s go we will continue tomorrow, with the others."
They got out of the summer house and decided to enter through the crypt. They were about to enter to the anter chamber when Alfie noted something.
"Wait" Alfie said "I´m not saying I´m an expert but, wasn´t there a book in that hole"
"Alfie is right" Nina said nodding "there was a book which covered that hole that allows you to see the tunnels."
KT decided to see through the hole and there was Eddie, Patricia and Amber.
"Eddie, Patricia, Amber, what are you doing there?" KT asked and Eddie and the girls approached.
"Oh, KT, we have never been so glad to see you." Eddie said.
"What are you doing there?" Fabian asked, now he was looking through the hole.
"We are trapped in here" Amber said "Oh Fabian take us out of here, I am starving, and in these moments, I´m able to eat Eddie from feet to head."
"But what is happening?" Nina asked "Isn´t the door working?"
"No" Patricia answered to Nina "It is not that, Victor is out making his potions, he´s been there like five hours ago."
"Why you didn't get out through the tunnels?" Alfie asked.
"Because of the light, Alfie" Amber said desperate "Why else?"
"Oh, is that all?" KT said and approaching to the light source, she drove the metal stick of the summer house (she didn´t know why she brought it to the house) through it and red sparks started to appear "You can come now" KT said "meanwhile that stick is in there, the light can´t turn itself on, just come." They didn't wanted to so KT pushed the button and the bookcase opened. Nothing happened "I told you it was safe. You know, it doesn´t matter, just get out of here."
They use the passage way to the library and entered from the back of the house and grateful Trudy didn´t asked anything just served them their dinner and then went to bed really tired for the day they had.
4
The next day was so boring. Four complete hours with Mr. Sweet and Mrs. Andrews, but finally the school ended, and the Sibunas went to the summer house with a new metal stick that KT stole from Victor. Instantly, when they got into the summer house, KT, Eddie and Alfie started to remove all the planks they could.
"We almost get it" Eddie said between breaths after a complete hour "Just one left, just one" and then, the plank just broke in two and they remove it.
"Look for anything strange" said Fabian.
"An eye of Horus is for you anything strange?" asked Alfie touching the eye with a finger.
"Let me see" Nina approached where Alfie was and put her locker in, and the eye just pumped a little. "Why nothing happened?"
"What if you must rotate it, like it was the top of a bottle" Amber said and she pulled of it. The circle with the eye was actually a top, and when you remove it, it reveals you a tiny hole with a red button inside. Amber was about to put her hand inside but Fabian didn't let her do it.
"Don't" he said "it is maybe a booby trap."
"And how do you wanna push that button?" asked Amber.
Fabian thought about it and took the metal stick. "With this" he said and carefully, he drove the stick through the hole and pushed the button and instantly hundreds of wood nails appeared in the hole and attacked the metal stick but they didn't affected the stick and after that, they heard like a click and a little gate opened.
Nina approached to that little gate and took out of there a dirty black book.
"Look" Nina said showing them the book "It´s a journal, of Meryl Carson. This belongs to the lady."
"Of course, it is her name" Eddie exclaimed "now i remember. Open it, maybe there is a clue if where is she trapped."
Nina opened the book and saw it "The problem Eddie, is that there is nothing written in here, it is blank" she said and showed them the blank pages of the book.
"Maybe it is invisible ink" Patricia suggested "like in the Arabic dictionary"
"It can be" Nina said "but I don't think so. Let´s go to the house." She was so tired and after what they did and having hopes, they just have a blank journal and a headache. They just went to the house.
5
"You haven´t found me yet, tell me why" Meryl said. Nina was sleeping, and was in the Lockwood´s mansion again.
"I tough we have a clue about where are you, but it was just a blank journal with your name, Meryl Carson" Nina said her name with proud, showing her what she was able to do.
"Wow, you found my name" said Meryl with sarcasm "what do you want me to do, give you a golden medal."
"Why are you so mean?" said Nina offended.
"Why are you so incompetent?" Meryl said smiling. "Nina, I don't care if I am mean with you, what I do care, is you to find me."
"But I don't have a clue of where you are."
"Are you kidding me?" said Meryl "Not even all that I told you last time we saw."
"You gave me a clue last time?" Nina asked.
"Just remember what I told you and you will find me" Meryl said "Today is your last day, before l start hunting your friends."
Nina woke up. It was seven o´clock. It is Wednesday, her last day.
6
"Come on Nina, try to remember" Amber said.
"I´m trying but I just can´t" Nina answered to Amber.
"Nina try harder" said Alfie to Nina "or all of us will be death in the night."
"Uh, you are not helping Alfie" Patricia hit him.
"Nina" Fabian said "Look me in the eyes and tell me all you can remember of the conversation you had some nights ago with Meryl."
Nina took breath and told them. "She said she was bored, that she wanted to play something, we must find her by tonight, and if we didn't, she would kill us."
"Nina, try to remember and tell me the last thing she told you." Fabian said and Nina nodded.
"She said… she said that…" Nina tried really harder, but she just couldn't remember "I can´t, we are all damned" it was so irritating she was angry with herself, and then… "Place of rest" Nina said.
"What did you said?" Eddie asked.
"I remember" Nina exclaimed "The last thing Meryl said was and I quote: You must find my place of rest"
"Place of rest" KT whispered. "It is the crypt. The place of rest is the crypt, well Frobisher place of rest, but maybe Meryl is hide in some place of the crypt"
"So" Nina said "What are we waiting for, let´s go."
They got out of the house and got into the woods; KT opened the door of the crypt and started to look for anything.
They searched every corner of the crypt and every room and didn't find anything, until Patricia called the others.
"Don´t you see?" Patricia asked pointing to a corner "It is a hole and it looks like a sun."
"Maybe the wall is a secret gate, and it opens with whatever is in the sun." Eddie said and sitting on the floor, pulled his hand in and then he cried out loud.
"What happens?" asked Patricia worried.
"It hurts" Eddie answered her "It burns me"
"Take your hand off of there, Eddie" said Patricia and pulled him away of the sun hole.
"What are we going to do?" Fabian said.
"You, nothing" Nina said "I will do it"
"Don't Nina" Fabian begged "Please."
"Sorry" Nina said and put her hand in the sun hole. Instantly, she cried.
"Nina please" Fabian said almost crying.
"No Fabian" Nina said slowly and then she pulled a switch that was in the end of the hole and the gate fell with clatter.
"Are you OK?" Fabian asked to Nina.
"Yes, I´m fine" Nina answered Fabian hugging him, and then she noted that the gate wasn´t there anymore and said "Let´s go"
They entered into a big hall printed with hieroglyphics and at the end of the hall, were a door and it just vanished when Nina touched it.
"Uhmm" a woman said from inside the room "You did it well, Chosen One"
"Meryl"
Reviews please, I want to know if you liked it.
Next chapter I´ll tell Meryl´s story and the Sibunas will know their first task.
