The Strangetown Mystery
Chapter 2
Author Note: Hi! I didn't do an Author Note in the first chapter because...well, I just forgot about it. Oops! ;) Well anyway, this chapter is going to be full of mystery... Right, I'm going to let you all read the chapter now!
"Aunt Olive, are you ok?" I ask, being careful not to say anything I would regret later.
"Hm? Oh er, yes Ophelia, I'm fine. It's just...I don't want the same thing to happen to you. I couldn't bear it if you went missing too. I'm going over to see Jenny Smith tomorrow to see if there is anything I can do to help. Do you want to come?"
"Yes, I'll come too. I'm just going to go and ring Johnny now, to see if he's ok." I get up and go into my bedroom. Picking up my mobile phone, I dial Johnny's number and wait.
"Hello?"
"Hi Johnny, it's me, Ophelia,"
"Hi, so, you've obviously heard about Jill..."
"Yes I have. Are you ok? She was last seen with Loki Beaker, right?"
"I'm fine, really. Yeah, she was last seen with him, but why was she with him in the first place? She always told me he gave her the creeps,"
"It might have something to do with the paper and Aunt Olive working with or for Loki Beaker."
"Hmm...Maybe, anyway, tomorrow I'm going to look for my sister-"
"Johnny, I'm coming too. Two pairs of eyes are better than one."
"Really? Thanks Ophelia! I'd better go now, see you tomorrow. Meet me at my house at 11am. Bye"
"Bye."
I hang up and go back into the living room. Aunt Olive is on the phone to someone. I hide behind the pot plant again.
"The plan is working. Ophelia suspects nothing; Loki is bringing Jill Smith to you as we speak. They are due to arrive in Belladonna Cove by Friday...No; Circe is working on it... The Curious brother backed out when they found out it was their niece who would be taken...ok, bye."
I run back into my room, wait for 30 seconds and come back out.
"I'm going to The Smith's at 11am tomorrow to help Johnny look for Jill." I say, before going to the bathroom to brush my teeth and get ready for bed.
Olive POV
I'm beginning to feel a bit guilty. After all, it is my niece's friend's sister whom they have taken. But then again, it will all be worth it in the end. I just hope Ophelia doesn't suspect anything, and if she finds out what we're going to do, she will panic and she will turn against me and never forgive me...
The Next Day
Ophelia POV
I wake up, and look out of the window. Aunt Olive is coming back from the graveyard. I sigh, an overwhelming wave of sadness washes over me. In that graveyard are the graves of my mother and father.
Snapping back to reality, I get changed into a sky blue t shirt and a skirt, and then go to get some breakfast. Looking at the clock on my way out of my room, I see it is 9:30am.
Aunt Olive is singing in the kitchen, making pancakes. I sit down at the table and listen to her. She really does have a beautiful voice.
Then she sees me, and stops singing.
"Oh, Ophelia! You startled me."
"Sorry. Please sing again. You have a lovely voice."
"Hmmm..." and with that, she serves the pancakes and sits down to eat with me. I decide to ask her about something that has troubled me for years...
"Aunt Olive? How did my parents die?" Aunt Olive doesn't answer, but stands up and leaves the house. I see her go towards the graveyard again. I sigh. I just want to know the truth.
It's almost 11am, so I set off for the Smith household. As I leave my house, I see Aunt Olive sitting in her chair in the graveyard, talking seemingly to herself. I wave goodbye to her, but she pretends not to see me.
As I start walking down Dead End Lane, towards Road to Nowhere, a hand clamps over my mouth, and drags me into a bush. I wriggle free and turn to face my captor. It was... Jill!
"Jill! What's going on? On the news it said you disappeared!"
"I know! Loki Beaker captured me and said I was going to help him do something, or I would die! I escaped and ran back here"
My blood ran cold.
"Hold on, let me ring Johnny and get him to meet us here. We can't let anyone see you yet."
I ring Johnny, he picks up straight away.
"Ophelia? Are you still coming today? It's past 11..."
"Yeah, I know. Listen. I'm with your sister. I need you to come to Dead End Lane with a disguise. NOW!"
"Ok, ok, calm down I'm on my way now!"
I hang up and turn to face Jill. She's gone again! What is going on? When Johnny gets here, he says,
"Yeah, ha ha, very funny girls. Where is she Ophelia?"
"She's gone again. I hung up and then turned around and she was gone!" I'm almost in tears, and this time I'm not acting. How could I let Jill go missing again?!
"It's ok. Don't worry, let's go and speak to my parents."
"Johnny, can we go and see the Curious' household after?"
"Yes of course. Why?"
"They were involved in my aunt's work with Loki Beaker, but they dropped out. Before you ask, I listened in on a phone call last night."
"In that case, we are definitely going there now!"
"But...we need to speak to your parents!" I protest.
"I can ring them now." He goes off to ring them now.
He comes back after about 5 minutes, and then we both begin to walk towards Cover Up Road. We decide to pretend to know what's going on and ask them if they have anything for Aunt Olive.
We arrive, and see Vidcund at the telescope. By the way, the Curious' brothers are Johnny's uncles. His mother is their sister.
"Uncle Vidcund! It's me, Johnny! May we speak to you and Lazlo and Pascal?"
Vidcund sees us and comes down to answer the door.
"Hello Johnny! Oh, and Miss Nigmos too! Please, come in!" We smile gratefully and walk into the living room and sit on the sofa.
"My brothers are out shopping now, but they will be back shortly. What do you want to talk to us about?" Johnny looks uncomfortable as the other Curious brothers walk in the room.
"Ah, hi Johnny and Miss Nigmos!" they say. I hate it when all adults outside my family call me 'Miss Nigmos'. What's wrong with calling me Ophelia? I open my mouth to speak, and I can't remember the plan. Great. Just going to have to improvise now.
"According to my aunt, you know something about the disappearance of your niece, Jill Smith?" I ask slowly.
"Well Miss Nigmos...I don't know what your aunt has told you, but I am refusing to say another word on the matter." Vidcund says, and then walks out of the room, along with Lazlo. But Pascal remains and says to us.
"I will tell you part of what is going on, but only if you promise not to tell anyone else."
We promise.
"We were all working to bring someone back to Strangetown, this person keeps running away, and we needed a child to... help... But in order to do this we needed to kidnap the child. When we found out Jill was to be taken...we backed out and wanted nothing more to do with it. Because if it didn't work, the Beakers were going to blame the child and use the child as Nervous' replacement should he ever walk out on them! I didn't want my niece involved, I tried to stop them, and they got me abducted by aliens to get me out of the way whilst they carried it out. That is all I'm going to say. But if you get yourselves involved, you are putting yourselves in danger..."
Then, he left the room too. Johnny looked at me and said, "Let's get out of here!"
Pascal POV
Should I have told them or should I have kept my mouth shut? Oh no, what if Loki Beaker finds out? I've landed myself in trouble now, telling Ophelia and Johnny...
Ophelia POV
I feel scared. Scared for Johnny. Scared for Jill. But also scared for myself, which is strange, as I always put other people's feelings before mine. And speaking of feelings, I have that weird feeling that I'm being followed. I keep looking around, and still there's no one there. I silently laugh at myself and keep walking.
It's dark now, and it's deadly silent. I start to run back to my house, I'm almost there... I turn around again, and see nothing. But when I turn around, Loki Beaker is suddenly standing in front of me.
"Hello...Ophelia... You're just the person I'm looking for..." he laughs and grabs me.
"You know, there is a reason why they call this road 'Dead End Lane'." He laughs again.
I cry out for Aunt Olive, but he puts his hand over my mouth firmly and drags me away.
As I am piled into a car, I see Aunt Olive running towards me, screaming my name. I can hear her shouting at Loki, and him replying.
"You let my niece go now Loki! This was never part of the deal!"
"I know Mrs Specter, but we need Ophelia to...help Miss Smith in her job." Loki replies, keeping his voice level, unlike Aunt Olive, who replies by screaming;
"Just LET HER GO Loki Beaker! She's just a teenager! It's her birthday in 2 days, she needs to be here!"
"We'll bring her back, if she survives..." Loki laughs evilly and then the car drives off. Aunt Olive shouts after me and I realise at that moment exactly how much I mean to her, and vice versa.
Author Note: And that is the end of the second chapter! Hope you enjoyed it! Please review, I want to know what you think of the story so far!- sims2lovexox