A really long chapter for you all since my last update was awhile ago. I hope you like it as much as I did
Jerome unfolded the paper and was about to read what was on it when they heard someone come up the stairs...
"Someone's coming" Jerome whispered.
"Maybe it's Alfie" Nina said as everyone stayed quiet.
"Who's up there?" Victor shouted up to the attic door.
"Nope that is definitely NOT Alfie" Amber said panicking.
"Come down immediately" Victor said, becoming impatient.
"What are we going to do?" Amber asked.
"I don't know" Nina answered.
"We are going to have to go down" Fabian said.
"What about the box?" Jerome argued.
"I warned you" Victor said as he continued up the stairs.
"Guys, Victor's coming" Nina said as she peeked outside the door.
Jerome still had the box in his hands and didn't know what to do with it.
"Quick hide it" Patricia said.
Jerome looked around the room, but he couldn't see anywhere to hide it.
"Where?" Jerome said becoming more nervous, he didn't want Victor to get his hands on the box.
"Anywhere, Victor's almost here" Nina said and Jerome ran to an old dusty chest (BTW Victor's taking so long, coming up the stairs because he doesn't have the elixir and he's feeling older)
Jerome open the chest and put the box inside before covering it with books and other items that were in the chest before closing the chest over.
Victor came into the attic at that moment, Jerome and the others stood there waiting for Victor to say something.
"What are you doing in here?" Victor snarled as he looked at all the students. Victor noticed how Jerome was standing further away from the others, and in front of the chest "What are you doing over there, boy!" Victor said pointing at Jerome.
"N...nothing" Jerome stuttered.
"Move" Victor said as he walked over to Jerome.
Jerome didn't move, he was afraid Victor would get the box.
"I SAID MOVE!" Victor shouted in Jerome's face.
Jerome had no choice but to step to one side.
Victor opened the case, he stared into the case, and everyone thought the box would be safe, until Victor started throwing everything out one by one.
Jerome knew it was only a matter of time before he found the box.
Victor lifted a few more books and saw the box under them. He picked it up and open the box.
"Everyone get to your rooms" Victor said as he looked at the key. No one moved they just stared at Victor, disappointed that he found the box "NOW!" Victor shouted as he stood up and held the box tightly.
Everyone slowly moved out of the attic. Jerome stay behind for a second longer and saw Victor put the key in his pocket.
"What are you looking at, Boy!" Victor said as he moved towards Jerome "You will be punished in the morning" Victor said as he grabbed Jerome's shirt and forced him down the stairs.
When Victor and Jerome got to the bottom of the stairs, Sibuna were there waiting for them.
Victor pushed Jerome to the group and lock the door to the attic.
"Everyone get to bed, It is far past 10 O'Clock" Victor said as he pushed past them and walked to his office.
"Great now what are we going to do?" Patricia said folding her arms.
"Victor's got the box" Jerome said disappointed "He's got the key, the riddles, he's got everything, We need to get it back" Jerome said as he turned to Sibuna.
"We will get it back, first we need a plan" Nina said as she put her hand to her eye "Sibuna"
Everyone but Jerome copied. Jerome stood back from the circle as everyone said Sibuna. Everyone noticed and they couldn't help but feel a little sorry for Jerome, they forgot that he wasn't a complete member of Sibuna.
"Sooooooo" Nina said awkwardly "Does anyone have a plan?"
"Leave that to me" Jerome smirked.
The next day Jerome was working on a plan to get the box and the key back.
Sibuna were on the girls floor, Waiting for Jerome to get Victor out of the office, while Jerome distracts Victor and gets the key, Sibuna would get the box and all the riddles and clues.
Sibuna peeked out the door and looked into Victor's office he was still there, and he was holding Jerome's and his key to the light.
"Anytime today, Jerome" Patricia said becoming very impatient.
"I'm sure he's going as fast as he can" Fabian defended.
Jerome went to the kitchen and grabbed a couple pastries and some handfuls of cereal. He filled the sink up with warm soapy water, and got some rotten food from the bin.
"Aw yuck" Jerome said as he smelt the mouldy food. Jerome had to be quick before Trudy came and saw what he was doing.
Jerome put the rotten food, the cereal, and the pastries in the sink, he got a wooden spoon and stirred it until all the food was soggy. Jerome then pulled the plug and watched as all the food clogged up the sink.
"Phase 1 complete" Jerome smirked "Onto phase 2"
Jerome ran up the stairs and saw Sibuna at the double doors. He smirked at them as he knocked on Victor's door.
Victor put the keys in his pocket.
"Enter!" Victor said and Jerome obeyed.
"Um Victor?" Jerome said trying to sound innocent.
"What?" Victor said harshly.
"Um well the sink is clogged up, Trudy needs you to fix it" Jerome said.
Victor got up and led Jerome away from his office.
Sibuna watched as Victor left the office unlocked and went down the stairs.
"Jerome did it" Nina laughed.
"Great now let's hope his plan keeps him busy long enough for us to get the box" Fabian said as he and the others walked into Victor's office.
"And let's hope Jerome get's the key" Amber added as they searched.
"Yea that too" Fabian agreed.
Victor and Jerome were in the kitchen, Jerome held in his laughter when he saw Victor's face as he looked at the clogged sink.
"I'll have to get my tools" Victor said.
"Um where are they?" Jerome said stepping in front of Victor.
"Down in the cellar, now MOVE" Victor said as he pushed Jerome to the side.
Jerome sighed thinking how lucky he was that Victor didn't keep his tools in his office.
"Hey dude is it safe?" Jerome turned to see Alfie at the door.
"Dude there's no Zombies" Jerome chuckled.
"Are you sure?" Alfie asked.
"Positive" Jerome confirmed "Last night Victor got the box and everything in it" Jerome said.
"Oh that sucks, When are you going to try to get it back?" Alfie asked stepping into the kitchen.
"Right now" Jerome smirked "Sibuna is in Victor's office now, I'm getting the key and keeping Victor away" Jerome explained.
"Cool I'll go help them" Alfie said as he ran out of the room and almost ran into Victor.
"NO RUNNING IN THE HOUSE, LEWIS!" Victor walked back in with the tools.
He opened the cabinet to look at the sink pipes. He looked under the sink before coming up, taking off his coat and taking the pliers out of his tool box.
When Victor was under the sink Jerome moved quickly and looked inside his pockets. Jerome found his key and Victor's in the same pocket, he put Victors, he didn't want Victor getting too suspicious, but before he put it back he took a picture this time you could clearly see the marking on the key.
Jerome was about to walk away when Victor shouted from under the sink.
"Mr Clarke" Jerome froze "hand me the wrench" Victor said and Jerome sigh in relief that Victor hadn't caught him.
"Sure thing Victor" Jerome gave him the wrench, but before he left he wanted revenge. Jerome went to the bin. He remember seeing some out of date milk. Jerome picked it up, held his nose and pour the chunky substance down the sink.
He ran off, laughing, when he heard Victor's screams.
Sibuna was in the middle of checking Victor's office when Alfie came in.
"Gives us a little warning" Patricia said "I thought you were Victor for a second."
"Jerome told me you were up here so I came to help" Alfie explained.
Sibuna kept searching until finally...
"I've got it" Amber said as she held up the box.
"Great let's..." Fabian stopped mid-sentence when he heard Victor scream "Let's go."
Sibuna ran down the stairs and met up with Jerome would was laughing.
They quickly went to Jerome and Alfie's room before Victor or anyone else saw them.
"Did you get the key" Patricia asked.
"I'm a professional" Jerome said holding up the key "Of course I got the key"
"That's great we found the box" Amber smiled holding the box.
"I got more than the key" Jerome stated and everyone looked either confused or really happy.
Jerome showed them the picture of the key that he had taken.
"That's great you can see it better in that picture" Fabian said as he looked closely at the picture.
Sibuna and Jerome walked into the dining area and sat down at the table.
"Your plan worked great, Jerome" Nina smiled.
"Yes it did because I also got a little revenge" Jerome smirked.
"What kind of revenged" Alfie asked curiously.
"Well whoever says revenge is 'sweet' was wrong" Jerome said as he took a sip of orange juice "Revenge is sour...sour milk to be exact" Jerome laughed as he saw Victor wipe the sour milk from his face and clothes.
When Sibuna saw him they joined Jerome in his laughter.
Every Sibuna at the table was thinking the same thing at that time...
What is Sibuna thinking? Anyone want to guess?
Keep Calm & LuvFiction...