The projection started, the screen showed the Cahill estate. Ian had seen pictures of Amy and Dan's house in magazines and he had to admit that it was very large and pretty, perhaps even larger than the Kabra estate!
The scenes kept changing until it finally stopped at scene showing what seemed like a huge living room with wide staircases to the upper floors. On one of the many sofas, Fiske Cahill was sitting. He was gazing at the expensive, aristocratic portraits which hung on the walls.
Suddenly there was a loud noise, Fiske Cahill looked around with shock. A boy came running down the staircase shouting- "Help! Amy's gonna kill me! Help!"
"What did you do now, Daniel ?"asked Fiske in an exasperated tone.
"I was only reading her diary! She was sleeping and suddenly she woke up and saw me and started throwing pillows at me!" Dan said, hiding behind a sofa.
"Well, you know that Amy does not like anyone reading her personal diary!" said Fiske impatiently.
There was another sound and a girl appeared at the top of the staircase. She was wearing a normal t-shirt with leggings. Casual clothes. But somehow, she managed to make those casual clothes look fashionable ad glamorous. She was that pretty. With a pang Ian realized that it was Amy, the stuttering girl he had left in a cave to die two years ago. Amy's reddish-brown hair was glossy and reached till her waist. Her beautiful jade eyes looked like they were on fire. So in short 16 year-old Amy Cahill had become totally gorgeous.
"Daniel Arthur Cahill," said Amy in a threatening voice "how dare you read my personal diary?"
"I didn't read much, only the first few pages," Dan said, then an evil grin spread over his face and he said "but I did read the part on your feelings about the first day at high school….."
Amy gasped, "You…..you…."she started to run but before she could do anything , Dan ran away.
"This time, he is not getting away…I'll do something that will make him very sorry…."
Then suddenly her face lit up and she said "I know what to do! I'll have the game room locked…this time two weeks" she grinned "that will make him wish that he never had entered my room."
With that she walked away, deep in her thoughts.
Fiske sighed, "Both of them have grown up so much. Amy is the best hope we have for a branch-leader and Dan is like the world's best code-cracker. Even though they are smarter than super-computers, they are still so childish in some ways. Their fights never seem to end!" then an affectionate smile spread over Fiske's face and he said "but that's what makes them so special!"
Ian had to agree that at least one of them was very special…
Then suddenly the screen went blank