Hi! It's me again! I'm SOOOO sorry that it took so long for me to update, but I've been REALLY busy starting school. Plus my teachers seem to love giving homework, as I always seem to have it ;)
Anyway, thanks to all my reviewers from Chapter 3:
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Now, on with the story!
Hamilton watched Sinead walk away, confusion clearly drawn onto his features. He may not have been the sharpest tool in the shed, he mentally praised himself for remembering that phrase, but he could tell she was up to something. Or maybe he was just paranoid- the Clue Hunt could do that to anyone. Either way, he knew that this competition wasn't going to completely clean, and he found himself wishing it didn't have to be that way.
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Hamilton rushed over to Jenn's car, dragging a few bags of supplies behind him, barely noticing the extra weight. As he neared the black Chevrolet he stopped in his tracks when he noticed... no, it couldn't be. But who else had a purple van? His fears were confirmed when he saw Madison and Reagan rushing towards him.
"Hamilton! Why didn't you tell us? We LOVE scavenger hunts!" Madison whined.
"You hogged all the fun! You always hog everything!" Reagan continued. Hamilton noticed his dad jogging towards him.
"Hammer! Don't tell me, you're doing another scavenger hunt to redeem the Holt glory!" He ruffled his son's hair fondly and added; "I'm proud of you, son." Hamilton smiled. He couldn't believe how much the hunt had changed his father; he was still a Holt, but now he was... well, Hamilton didn't know how exactly to describe it. He frowned. Sinead probably had some fancy term to describe his change... she always knew everything.
"So, what are you going to do? Let Arnold get them? Ooh, are you going to pop all of their tires? Or break all their electronic stuff? I'd like to see them without their precious computers, relying on strength and.. uhhh... outdoorsy-ness . And of course they're Ekats, so..." Madison began.
"Actually," Hamilton said, cutting her off, "Maybe we could try... not doing that stuff?" At recieving doubtful glances from his family he decided to change tactics. "Uhh... anyway, here's the first clue:
Never once have you made me feel,
What we have is something real,
I just came to realize,
THAT
All this will occur,
While you seach amongst fur.
Now where do we go from here?
"Ok, umm, that's uhhh..." Madison said, contemplating. Reagan cut her off.
"The Toronto Zoo!" she blurted out. She looked down when she was given incredulous looks from her family.
"Uh, the first three lines and the last line are from Shawn Desman's song "Something Stupid." She paused when she noticed Madison looking at her funny. "It came on the radio, uh, once, and... uh... anyway, Sean Desman is from Toronto and the uh, the Toronto Zoo is a big deal... and uh, animals tend to have fur..." she said, blushing. Her family nodded, not exactly picking up on how Reagan had dumbed down what she was saying for them.
Hamilton glanced at his watch.
"Okay, whatever. Let's go!" All three Holts jumped into the van and Eisenhower quickly pressed his foot on the gas pedal.
"Wait, where are we going again?"
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Sinead glanced back at her brothers, seemingly uninterested. "I assume you already know where we're going?"
Ned and Ted rolled their eyes. "Of course!" they said in unison. Upon realizing this, they glanced at eachother and nodded before Ned laid out their conclusion.
"So the clue said search amongst fur, also mentioning some fairly irrelevant lines. But of course, it always seems to be that these ones are the ones that end up having the most importance. So I went online and searched them and discovered that they are lines from the song "Something Stupid" by Shawn Desman. Probably some sort of promotion for the radio station, featuring one of the artists. Anyway, Sean Desman is from Toronto, which obviously means we have to go here," Ned said, pulling at a map and pointing to The Toronto Zoo.
"You see," Ted began. "The key part of the clue was the word fur, one that is usually associated with animals, which lead us to think of Zoos. This helped us decipher..."
Sinead interrupted him. "I know what you did! You don't need to waste time giving me all the details!" Ted looked taken aback.
"Whoa, moody! What's wrong? Does Hammy have a girlfriend?" Ned asked. He made sure to hold the last word, studying Sinead carefully. She tried to keep her face blank but she coud feel a slight tint of colour forming in her cheeks.
"Of course not! I mean, how would I even know if he did or not! He's the enemy!" Ted appeared unconvinced but nodded slowly.
"Okay sis, whatever you say. So anyway, Ned and I were thinking..."
"Oh god," Sinead grumbled, slightly louder than she had anticipated.
Ted gave her a dirty look but continued on talking. "Anyway, we were thinking about ways to defeat the Holts, not that we need them or anything, and we have some fairly effective methods, but we thought you'd like to do the honors."
Ned smirked. "Unless you've changed your mind, of course..."
Sinead rolled her eyes. "Shut up, Ned. So anyway Ted, what are these methods?"
Ted glanced back at her. "I think the real question is if YOU have anything planned. Don't even try to deny it, we all know you do."
A small smirk crept onto Sinead's seemingly innocent face. "Maybe."
Okay, there you go, chapter four is finally done! It might be slightly short, but I hope you enjoyed it anyway!
Okay, so I was wondering; Do you think I should add some romance in with the Holt twins and Ned and Ted?What do you think, Nadison, Red/Teagan, or neither? Or both, maybe, but preferably not both...
Anyway, R&R!
~Dog-lvR-11