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Head to an island just off California's coast,
A location that may test your skills the most.
Be prepared to take a boat or plane,
As a lead is important to gain.
Ted looked bored. "This one's even easier than the last one. We're going to Santa Catalina Island."
Ned nodded. "Of course. Santa Catalina Island, often called just Catalina Island, is located off the coast of California. At 22 miles long and 8 miles wide, and with a population of approximately 3,700 people, Catalina island is not an extremely large one."
Sinead rolled her eyes. "Wow, I couldn't figure out that one." Ted, feeling leftout, decided to continue his brother's story.
"Catalina Island is also very rich in quartz, so some of the islands on the seaward side even have silvery-grey sand. And don't even get me started on the nature there..." Ned nodded encouragingly, but Sinead obviously didn't feel the same way.
"Sometimes I can't even believe we're triplets... " she grumbled to herself. As she saw Ted open his mouth again, she quickly spoke up once more. "You know what, I'm going to have to stop you there, Ted. Oh, and by the way Ned, Ted can't see you nod." Satisfied, she paused before adressing her brothers once more. "Okay, so I'm going to find us a way to get to the island. Since this is only some amateur clue hunt, I suppose once of those public ferries will work."
She grabbed her cellphone from her purse, quickly dialing the nearest ferry company. The condescending tone in her voice quickly disappeared to be replaced by an unaturally warm one.
"What should we do?" Ned asked.
"Want to get smoothies?" Ted replied.
"Sure."
*Timebreak*
"Hurry up! We're gonna miss the plane!" Sinead grumbled, lugging a suitcase behind her. She turned around to see her brothers lagging behind, nonchalantly sipping their smoothies. Sinead rolled her eyes. "And would you stop that annoying sipping? It`s giving me a headache!" Ted and Ned flashed her matching smiles.
"Hey, we offered to get you one, but you didn't want it to distract you from your true love," Ned said, grinning.
Sinead waved her hand dismissively. "I didn't want that smoothie to distract me from winning my tickets and crushing Hamilton's soul."
Ted looked slightly freaked out. "Whoa, dark!" Ned nodded in agreement.
They were interrupted by an announcement over the airport speakers. "Flight 106 to Calfornia is now boarding. I repeat; flight 106 is now boarding." Sinead cursed under her breath.
"You idiots! Now we're going to miss the flight!"
Ted shrugged. "No, we're not. Just point me in the right direction and we'll be there with tons of time to spare." Sinead eyed him suspicously, but the trio continued walking. Soon Sinead could see the airplane. Was it...? No, it couldn't be. But it looked like...
"It's moving!" Sinead yelled. "Oh yes Ted, we have lots of time!" She made a mad dash to the plane but it was too late; the plane was off and in the air before they even made it to the runway. Sinead turned to face her brothers, panting and out of breath. Wordlessly, she walked over, grabbed Ted's smoothie, and threw it on the ground.
"Anger issues..." Ned mumbled. Sinead walked over to him, smiling evilly.
"Really Ned, you're going to choose now to develop a sense of humour? One more of your smart remarks and I'll dump your smoothie on your empty head!" She then walked a few steps away before turning around briskly to face her brothers. "Any more bright ideas?"
"Relax Sinead," Ted said, rubbing his temples. "Just reserve another flight. After that detour we sent the Holts on, they will still be hours behind us."
Sinead nodded, and remorse covered her face. "You're right, I suppose I did overeact." She glanced at the remains of Ted's smoothie guiltily. "How about another smoothie, on me?"
Ted smiled. "I'm going to need at least two."
*Timebreak*
"What do you mean there are no more flights to California?" Sinead yelled. When the woman selling the tickets shot her a surprised glance, Sinead quickly changed tactics. "Errr.. would you mind checking again?"
The woman shot her a doubtful glance. "I'm sorry ma'am, but I already checked three times. The next flight isn't until tomorrow."
"Tomorrow?" Sinead paced the room, rubbing her temples. After a few moments of careful consideration, she turned around and smiled back at the ticket booth.
"Thank you for your help," she said, her voice oozing false sincerity. She briskly exited the office, snatching her cellphone from out of her purse.
"I can't believe I'm doing this..." she muttered.
*Timebreak*
"Dad!" Reagan exclaimed. "We've been driving for hours and we aren't even close to Canada!"
"Of course we are!" Eisenhower exclaimed. He glanced at the GPS, and began prodding it with his meaty fingers. "How much longer?" He yelled at the GPS.
"We will arrive in your destination of Sarasota, Florida, in approximately 3 days and 21 hours."
"WHAT?" Eisenhower exclaimed. "We're going to Toronto, not Florida!" He paused as realization dawned over him. "Oh."
Madison slammed her fist on the seat, obviously annoyed. "It was those stuck-up Starlings! They did this!"
Eisenhower glanced back at his family, eyes blazing. "That's it!" he bellowed, hands gripping the steering wheel. "This means war!"
The three Holt children all turned to face eachother. This wasn't going to end well...
*Timebreak*
"Hello?" A voice answered on the other line, clear and charismatic. Sinead couldn't help but scoff at the confidence that echoed off of it, and that condescending smirk of his appeared clear as day in her mind.
"Hello Ian," Sinead replied, making no attempt to stop the icy tone from entering her voice. She could almost hear him grinning on the other line.
"Oh, hello Sinead. How may I be of assistance?" Sinead took a deep breath. Was this really necassary? Yes, she decided. Anything to beat Hamilton.
"I need to borrow a plane."
And that's chapter 6! It's finally done :) In case you didn't notice, I decided to use StuckInSpace's idea, as I thought it was a great and unique one. All the other ideas were awesome too, and I appreciate everyone who took the time to review and give me suggestions! Although I only had 48 reviews... So close! :'(
I'd like to dedicate this chapter to Agent Galini, because she was the one who convinced me to write it ;) Even though I was a bit late... Again, sorry about that. This chapter took longer than I thought.
Oh yeah, I'm not really sure how long it would've taken for them to get to Sarasota, Florida. I just made that number up as I had not written specifically where they were. But I did research Santa Catalina Island :D
But anyway, R&R!
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