Title – Scipio's Sister
Disclaimer – I own nothing except Scipio's sister
Chapter 4 – Discovered / not told
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"Alex!" Hornit yelled when Scip and Alex walked into the Stella a week later.
"Hi Hornit!" Alex said hugging her
"Prop, Bo," Scip called
"Here Scip,"
"This is my twin sister Alex,"
"Hi," Bo said shaking her hand and she let out a little laugh.
"Hi,"
"Hello," Prop said to her
"Hi,"
"So your Scipio's sister," Prop said
"Si,"
"It is very nice to meet you," he said
"Nice to meet you too," She said then she just looked at him and tried to get a pretty god look because he looked familiar to her. She did not know why but he had something about him that reminded her of some one. But who? She did not know.
"Alex where were you last week?" Mosca asked
"Sleeping," She said blankly. Still staring at Prop but trying hard not to.
"Alex?" Riccio asked trying to get her attention
"Si?"
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing,"
"Come on Something's up," Hornit said
"Tell you later," She said walking over to one of the chairs and sitting down.
"Scip?" Bo asked
"Si?"
"Ca I come with you on the next mission?" He asked hopefully
"No sorry it is to dangerous," Scip said walking over to Alex
"Alex what is it?" He whispered while everyone else was talking to each other
"I want to check something out. I meet you near the basilica at San Marco in an hour," She said getting up and walking away and out the door.
"Scip where did she go?" Mosca asked
"I don't know but she said she would meet us at San Marco later," He said looking towards the door.
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Alex had ran back home and into an extra room that held old boxes. She started looking around until she spotted the box she wanted. It was an old picture box. She opened it and made a mess of pictures. It took her a while but she found what she was looking for and grabbed it and ran out the door. She was lucky not to run into her father then she ran to San Marco to meet Scip.
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"Alex!" Scip yelled when he saw her
"Hi Scip," She said running to him and giving him a hug in greeting. She was smiling very wide until she saw everyone else there and her smile faded.
"Hi guy," She said gloomily
"Hey Alex," they all said
"Alright, well I thought it would be nice to spend some time together and put your mask on we have to go," Scip said handing her the mask and the two of them walked into the basilica followed by Mosca and Prop.
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They came out a few minutes later with a basket that had a bird and a note with a picture. They headed back to the Stella and went over what they would do. Alex wanted to tell Scip what she had found but he was busy and the longer it took for her to tell the harder it was. Alex decided what she wanted to do she would not tell him but she was going to try to find out more then what she knew. They all were planning to steal a wooden wing. Not valuable but interesting. They planned to do it the following week but under circumstances they postponed it two weeks.
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The night was coming closer and Scip was getting ready. Alex did not really care about the wing she just wanted to help. Scip was taking care of their cats when he saw one was sick he decided to tell his father if he cared or not. He picked up the cat and walked to his fathers' office. Someone was in there but Scip did not care.
"Father I think the cat is ill," He said
"I don't care, it just had kittens that is why it is sick. I am not wasting my money for a vet for your stupid cat," he snapped.
"I just thought,"
"Can't you see I have a visitor," He said motioning to the guest. Scip recognized him as Victor Getz. Scip was interested in why Victor was there and forgot about the Cat in his arms.
"Scipio, why can't you be more like your sister," He said looking up to the balcony where Alex was standing.
"Alexandria comes down here," He said to her and she rushed down to her father.
"Mr. Getz this is my lovely daughter Alexandria," He said grabbing his daughters shoulder and pulling her towards him. He was completely ignoring Scip but Scip did not mind he was used to it. His father always liked Alex better because she was the only girl. Alex did not like the attention that much but did not like her father mad so she acted like she liked it.
"It is a pleasure to meet you," She said shaking Victor's hand.
"Same here, She looks a lot like your son," He said
"Yes they are twins and are very close," He said. She did look a lot like Scip she had brown hair and eyes like him. Almost the same face but more girly and she had the same smile. They even dressed alike. They had matching clothes. Scip was wearing a beige suit with white shirt polo under it and Alex was wearing a beige girl's suit as in a jacket and a skirt with a white girl's polo under it. They looked identical except for the fact they were girl and boy. Scip had his hair down like normal but Alex had hers in a bun her father would get mad if she had it down but other then that they looked the same.
"Ah, my guests from Rome have just arrived, Scipio would you be so kind and show Mr. Getz the way out," They had finished their conversation and Alex was very glad. She and Scip looked at each other as their father walked out and Alex followed him. She was to make a speech to help her father address an important business matter. She left Scip alone to deal with Victor.
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Alex was sitting in a large room next to her father. She was still thinking about Scip and the others but figured they would be fine today. She would have to spend all day with them because her father insisted that she attended all of his meetings and seminars.
"Doctore," Someone said walking up to the table. It was a man about thirty to thirty five years old. Blond hair blue eyes and about six foot tall. He was wearing a suit and tie. By his accent he was American.
"Ah, Mr. Reynolds, It is nice to see you again,"
"Yes, this must be your famous daughter I have heard so much about," He said looking at Alex.
"Hi sir," She said smiling at him.
"It is an Honor to meet you," He said shaking her hand. Then a few other people walked over to the table. Men and woman were all introducing themselves and shaking her hand along with her fathers.
"Miss Massimo it is a pleasure to meet you," One of the woman said.
"Thank you," She said smiling and getting tired of the attention.
"I have always wanted to meet someone of your intelligence," A man said he was wearing a lab cote so Alex figured he was a scientist or an oddly dressed doctor.
"Thank you sir,"
"It is nice to meet someone so young who had already achieved so much," He continued and Alex just smiled.
"I would just like to know, how old were you when you graduated?" Someone else asked her
"I was nine when I graduated high school and thirteen when I graduated collage," She said
"That is amazing,"
"Ah if you would excuse us Alex has a speech to make," Her father said pulling her away from the crowd.
"Thanks Dad," She whispered
"Anything for you," He said hugging her. He stepped up to the podium and began.
"As you all know I am a world – Renowned Archeologist. But I have been off lately to work things out with some museums. You may or may not also know that my daughter is a teenage genius and has been working with me for a few years now. She had prepared a little speech to tell you what has been going on. Now I would like to introduce my daughter Alexandria Massimo," He said stepping down and helping Alex up to the podium.
"Salve everyone, that means Hello in Italian, I would like to first say thank you for having me here and that it is a huge honor," She started trying to be as nice and not boring as possible.
"I would also like to say that I will try not to make this speech to boring because I know most of them are, No offence to any of those people. Now a lot of you may know some of the trouble Archeologist like my father are facing. Grave robbers have been staling what rightfully belongs to the countries and Museums and are getting away with it. We have to take a stand and stop this. How? That is what is trying to be figured out but in countries like Egypt, China and all over the world are loosing precious artifacts and pieces of their history. I know most of you are saying there is nothing we can do but think of it this way if we can't stop it we can search for the Artifacts and return them to where they belong. You can see on the news that there are people refusing to give up precious artifacts they own. Such as the Crystal Skulls, five have been found and two of them are in some person's house. They need to be in a museum and this has to stop," She said everyone was listening to her and she was happy about that but then she started to space out and think about Prop and Scip and she had to start reading her cards to remember what to say. When she was done her father took her home for some rest. She had been very tired for hardly any sleep the last few nights.
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The next morning Scip woke her up and they went down stairs for breakfast. Their father was waiting for them and they ate. Alex did not talk so the morning was quiet. She was very tired but her father insisted she helped him in his lab. Not only was he and archeologist but he was also an expert in robotics. Alex was not so bad at it herself. She had studied it and helped her father. Scip went out that day again to meet the others Alex was not with them much anymore. She was too busy and her father was watching her closer then ever. He was concerned about her. For lack of sleep and she was very quiet. She rested for the rest of the day when they were done and then was wide awake by dinner. After dinner Scip had a class then around nine he had a tutorial and Alex had a friend over so she was blasting music from her room. It was eight when the music was turned down and she and her friend were heading to the gym that was in the house. It was a huge house. But when she rounded the corner she spotted Scip getting yelled at by her father and Prop and Bo standing behind him. When her father walked away her and her friend walked towards Scip.
"Why are you here?" Alex asked
"We were leaving," Prop said as he pulled Bo away.
"Scip what happened?" Alex asked her friend already knew everything so there were no secrets.
"They found out," He said gloomily and walked away. Scip had been like this before and he was probably going to get the wing tonight because of what happened. Alex disregarded it and her and her friend walked to the gym. When they walked in there was only a balance beam, some uneven bars, a spring board and a few mats. Considering Alex had been in Gymnastics since she was two she was really good. Every time her friend was over she would come at six right after dinner and they would blast music till eight then challenge each other to a gymnastics competition until ten and then relax for and hour, go outside for a twenty minuet boat ride then relax by the water until one in the morning. Then her friend would leave and she would go to bed. Her father never let anyone stay over so she stayed as late as possible and besides she only lived a few minutes away on foot. Tonight was different though Alex knew Scip would try to get the wing so she snuck out around one thirty when she heard footsteps in Scips' room. She finally caught up with him and he had to let her help.
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To Be Continued…
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