"Hello?" Adeline picked up her phone.
"It's MMW. Where are you?"
"In a void which I been for, about to be attacked by angry authors, where else!"
"How did you get there the first time?"
"Through my father's voice."
"Okay, I will try to get you and the author's back. Bye!"
"Bye!" Adeline hanged up on the phone. "My friend MMW is going to get us out of here, so don't worry; other that this fog is there anything else in this place?"
Mace was about to reply when they heard voices. "Is it your friend?" Vicky asked. Mace and Adeline shook their heads. "No, these are male voices." he replied.
"Next time, Holmes, I will never follow one of your shortcuts again." One of them said. They emerged from the mist. The one which was talking was a man dressed in Victorian clothes. He had a small mustache, blue-gray eyes and a bowler hat. The other was a tall fellow, with grey piercing eyes, a hawk-like nose and dressed in opera clothes. It was Sherlock Holmes.
Some of the authors screamed. Vicky was stupefied, Mark was shocked, Adeline was about to burst out with laughter. Only Jennifer kept her cool. Holmes looked around in wonder. "Where is this place?" he asked.
"This is AC12's subconscious, and we are trapped in here. We are all fan-fiction writers." Jennifer answered coolly. The rest of them rushed at Holmes.
Oh dear, trouble.
Mary put down her phone." We need Mr. Chai." She announced to Maggie. Maggie looked stunned. "Why?" She asked.
"According to AC12, it was through her father did she get out. It seems that only he can get them out. When's the next flight to Singapore?"
"The schedule says that its ten minutes till the next fight. I have some extra clothes in my backpack."
"Come, Maggie, the game is afoot!" Mary led her new companion into the crowd.
"Mr. Chai, can you help us find your daughter?" Mary asked the man in front of her. Mr. Chai shook his head. He said that he already gave all his information to the police. "Please, Mr. Chai. We know you can. You did the same thing when Adeline was unconscious!" Maggie begged. Mr. Chai's jaw dropped. "Do you mean to say she's inside her subconscious?" he asked suspiciously. Mary explained that this was only just a suggestion. "We might try the Escape Ritual, but I need someone to travel inside and bring her back…" he started but Mary interrupted.
"I'll go and don't try to stop me, Maggie. Adeline and Pearl are my friends and I must rescue all of the writers." She said confidently. "Then I will go with you." Maggie replied. Mary tried to protest but Mr. Chai had already given two pendants to them. "Use this to bring your friends back." He said. Both of them nodded. Maggie booted up the system and they logged onto the Internet. In a flash of bright light, both of them disappeared.