Recap:
'I'm sorry for hurting you Amy.'
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When Amy got to her room, her heart was pounding in her chest. 'He kissed me.' Amy slid down the wall and brought her legs to her chest, sobbing. 'Why? Why does he do this to me? Did I do something to deserve this?'
A knock at her door made her jump. Hastily wiping her tears, she called, "W-who i-is it?"
Nellie poked her head in and said, "Hey. You okay kiddo.." in a gentle voice. Amy nodded with tear filled eyes. "Oh, Amy." Nellie squatted and pulled Amy into a hug.
"It was Ian, wasn't it?" At Amy's silence Nellie knew the answer. 'That rich British punk! When I get a hold of him, I'll ring his perfect little neck.' Amy looked up and saw the look in the eyes of the girl she thought of as a sister and sighed. "Nellie." Hearing her name, she looked down at Amy and smiled sheepishly.
Amy got up. "Nellie, thinking such mean things will get you in trouble."
Nellie turned around to say, "What are you going to do about it.", but before she could, a pillow was thrown at her face. Amy laughed as Nellie ran to the bed to retrieve her own pillow. She threw it at Amy and she ducked laughing, but another was thrown at her and it struck her face.
Laughing, both girls grabbed pillows and hurled them at each other. Amy laughed and struck Nellie in the face, and Nellie, being dramatic hit the floor. Amy laughed, clutching her aching sides.
Unexpectedly, Nellie stood, and tackled Amy to the bed. Both girls were laughing when they hit the bed with Nellie on top. She playfully shook Amy by the shoulders and yelled, "Say Uncle!"
Red in the face from laughing so much, Amy said, "Never!"
"Your choice." Nellie shrugged.
Grabbing Amy's shoulders again, she twisted around and both girls tumbled off the bed and onto the carpeted floor.
Regaining her stance first Amy jumped on Nellie and pinned her to the floor. Nellie, impressed, asked, "When'd you get so good?"
Amy shrugged, "I don't know."
Nellie grinned evilly, "Well, you're still not good enough to beat me!" in Amy's face.
CRASH!
The two laughing girls stopped, before Nellie could get Amy back.
"What was that?" They asked simultaneously.
'Dan.' Both girls thought.
In a flash they were off the floor and running out the door. Amy grabbed her gun and Nellie grabbed a knife as they ran down the stairs.
The met up with the Holts as they raced down the steps.
"Hamilton!" Amy shouted.
"Huh?"
"What happened?"
"I don't know, me and an were in his room playing video games, but he came out here to get some snacks." Realization crossed his face and he swore.
"Help! Amy! Nellie!"
"Dan!" Amy, Nellie and Hamilton shouted at once.
With a speed Amy didn't know she possessed, Amy surged forward to save her brother.
"Ahh!"
"Dan!" Amy called Ian joined her and the two raced ahead of the others.
By the time they got to the living room, Dan was nowhere to be seen. The window was open, and the curtains were billowing in the summer breeze.
A single note, stabbed to the small table with a dagger of the same design as last time, was all that Amy could concentrate on.
Nellie, Hamilton, Reagan, Madison, and Natalie arrived to see Amy grab the dagger and wrench it out of the table. Amy picked up the note with the dagger still In her hands.
All it said was:
Meet at the
Washington Monument
at 6:00pm tomorrow if
you want to see your
brother again.
~Vespers
There was a fancy "V" at the bottom.
Amy squeezed her eyes shut and her grip on the dagger tightened. Suddenly, she stabbed the dagger back into place.
"That's it." She spoke with vengeance in her voice, "First, they break into my house. Now," She opened her eyes, and they screamed vengeance, "They not only break into my house again, but they kidnap my brother."
She crumpled the note with one hand, "They have gone too far. As soon as Sinead and the rest arrive, we leave. Pack your bags."
Everyone nodded and went to do as they were told.
Amy stayed behind and gazed out the window at the setting sun. Closing her eyes she whispered, "Please be okay, Dan."
After a few more moments, she walked away to pack.
-With Dan-
Dan sat between two big buff guys in the back of a van. He had been going downstairs to get snacks for him and Hamilton, when these two guys in black had come out of nowhere and attacked him. He had been able to kick one in the jaw, but they had overpowered him.
In the front two lady's were arguing in Russian. For a moment he had had the crazy urge to see if it was Irina, but he knew she had died in the fire at Jakarta.
Suddenly, one lady pulled off her mask and he saw the glowing face of Isabel Kabra, murderer, and arsonist.
Dan gasped, "Isabel."
She smiled evilly, "Why hello, Daniel."
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