Hi, guys! Okay, so I admit, the last chapter was a little out there. IDK if you guys would like it or not, but I felt like I needed to add some crazy action scene into the story. Please comment and tell me what you guys thought! Thanks! Here ya go! Chapter 7! Hope you like it! And do I even have to say it…REVIEW! Okay, so I had too, hehe. ;)

Chapter 7

"That was way to close!" Dani cried from the passenger's seat of Riley's car.

"Are you crazy?" Riley screamed at her.

"What?" Dani asked in surprise.

"What were you thinking? Know Ian knows of you! And seeing how we ran out together and jumped in the car, I'm pretty sure he knows we know each other!" Riley was so mad at Dani for exposing herself like that, but as soon as he was finished yelling he felt bad about it.

"I'm sorry, but I wasn't going to let you get kidnapped, or hurt, or killed!" Dani yelled back at him. She slammed herself back in the seat. Her face was twisted with angry and sadness. How could he say that to her? She had only been trying to help him! They rode the rest of the way home in silence. Once they got back, Riley pulled his car through the large double gates. The gates were electronic and could only be entered by a key code. He pulled down the long driveway and in front of four-car garage. Dani was about to pull her door open when it suddenly locked. She turned to Riley with a confused expression.

"Why'd you do that?" She questioned.

"Alright, look, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to yell at you." He admitted. He really was like a second uncle to Danielle.

"Thanks, I shouldn't have interfered." She agreed.

"You do realize that now one of us has to tell Ben and Abigail what happened." He proclaimed.

"I will." I offered. "I'm the one who messed up, I should tell them."

"Yeah, but I'm the adult, I should explain what happened." Riley suggested.

"We'll both tell them, okay?" Dani said.

"Okay, deal." Riley agreed.

Five minutes later they walked through the kitchen door and found Ben and Abigail sitting at the table, examining papers.

"Hey," Ben greeted them as he turned around in his chair. "Where's the stuff we set you to get?" He asked, noticing neither of them was carrying a grocery sack.

"Um, we kind of had a run in with some old pals." Riley stammered. Ben's eyes grew large and the color drained from his face. Abigail looked equally worried.

"Riley, please tell me you're kidding." Ben hoped.

"Nope…it was Ian." He spoke softly. "And he kind of knows about Dani, but he doesn't know she's your niece! Just that she knows me…and more than likely you guys too."

Abigail slapped a hand to her forehead. Ben just sighed.

"So he's closer than we thought. Why don't you two join us and explain what happened." Ben motioned to the empty seats at the table. Danielle and Riley exchanged worried glances, but reluctantly sat down with Abigail and Ben and began to explain their crazy afternoon.

~15 minutes later~

"So then, I bit his hand and kicked him where guys don't normally want to be kicked." Dani explained.

"Yeah, so we knocked them all down and escaped to my car." Riley continued.

"And that's what happened." Dani concluded.

"So you guys are okay, you-you weren't physically hurt or anything, right?" Ben asked in concern.

"Yeah, we're okay." Riley confirmed.

"Well, know we need to get working on finding this treasure fast!" Ben decided.

"Riley, something I never understood was how you came across that rock." Abigail told him.

"It was found by my brother. He was found in a small desert patch of land by Area 51. The patch had many bones and skulls that didn't look exactly human…anyway, that's something the fellows at the Area 51 are still working on. My brother works at Area 51 and he came across it. When they found it, they hadn't noticed the words on it, so they didn't feel the need to keep it to examine. My brother is a huge cheapskate so he sent it to me for my birthday. I noticed the inscription on the bottom ad felt like it was something you could figure out and that's the storty of the rock." Riley finished.

"Wow." Dani spoke up. Everyone paused for a moment to think. "Hey what are these?" Dani asked, taking interest in the random papers on the table.

"We were just looking over some of our wedding preparations." Abigail answered.

Danielle grabbed one of the papers and began to read it. "Lilac flowers, vintage style décor, blue silk throw pillow for ring bearer? Classy and fancy, huh? Nice." Dani commented.

"Yup, it's going to be perfect." She said as she gripped Ben's arm and leaned into his chest.

"So, Uncle Ben…the plan?" Dani wondered, changing the subject.

"Right, well, first we must prepare dinner." He said standing up.

Danielle sighed softly. She hated the fact that he was putting it off. She sweetly got up though and began helping him and Riley fix supper.