~ Action is the real measure of intelligence. ~

~ Napoleon Hill ~


Chapter Eight

After Fabian walked Nina home and met Lilia, Fabian returned to Delaney's house, he wanted to see if maybe she had one of those secret compartments in her closet, which he had forgotten to check for.

He didn't need a key, he kept a bobby pin in his pocket, and it opened the door right away. The house defiantly needed a better lock on its door. He opened the door quietly, and stepped back inside, turning on a light.

Fabian went up the stairs softly, not wanting to have the neighbors suspicious. He was sure the neighbors knew Nina, but they didn't know him. He just hoped nobody noticed him pick the lock, and go right in.

Fabian turned on Delaney's light, and walked straight over to her closet. His prediction was correct, there was a tiny door on the side of the wall. It was stuck, and he had to tug on it multiple times before it opened up. He nearly fell over, but caught himself.

Inside the door, there was only an envelope. He took it out, something was rumbling inside it. He quickly opened it, and emptied it into his hand.

A locket had fallen out of the envelope that looked familiar to him.

Oh yes, the 'Eye of Horus'! Duh.

Another Egyptian thing, he was sure that these had to do with Delaney's disappearance. But all of this seemed unreal, this stuff was all from the past.

Fabian heard music coming from outside, and looked out the window.

Shoot! That must be Delaney's mom! She must have come back early…

Fabian closed the small door back up, hoping it would stay in place. It took a few tries, but it did. He quickly rushed out of the closet, and closed its door, trying to think of the safest route out of the house was, without getting caught.

The roof!

Of course, the answer was right in front of him. He could just go out the window, and close it behind him, and go straight to the roof! There were only two floors to the house, he would be able to make it. He had jumped from farther heights before.

Fabian quickly opened the window once Delaney's mom pulled into the garage, and went onto the small balcony, closing it softly. He then made his way down to the roof, he realized the jump he had to take was farther than he thought.

But if he stayed there, he would be caught, sent to prison for trespassing and breaking in. And then he couldn't solve Nina's mystery, or locate Delaney.

He had to take it, there were no ladders around, and he wasn't going to have Nina help. He didn't have time for that either, he would end up caught by that time. He would have to deal with whatever consequence he ended up with.

Fabian took a deep breath, went to the side of the roof, and hopped down, landing straight on his feet. But the weight of his impact caused him to fall over, injuring his right ankle. He yelped nearly inaudibly, and stood back up. He rolled his jeans up slightly, to see his ankle turning a dark purple.

Just what I need, a bruised ankle.

Fabian was going to originally call a cab and leave, but he decided to trudge towards Nina's, so he could show her the locket, which was in his pocket.

Biting his lip on each step, Fabian eventually reached Nina's front door. He knocked on it softly, hoping he wouldn't be waking Lilia up. He had no idea what time it was, he had tried to check his phone, and it was dead.

Nina came to the door and opened it, noticing Fabian's forehead was all sweaty, and that he had a pained look on his face.

"Fabian? What's wrong? I thought you were going home…" She whispered, looking at him worriedly.

"I'll explain… If you let me in." He responded gently, wanting to get the weight off his ankle.

"Of course!" Nina said, moving out of the way. He slowly walked inside, and Nina closed the door behind him, looking back at him. She noticed he was limping off his right foot. "Sit on the couch over there. I'm going to get you some ice."

He nodded and thanked her, and made his way to the couch, sitting on it. He put his back against the armrest, and put his leg on the couch, over a pillow. He winced, and rolled the bottom of his pants up again.

Nina got him a bag of ice, and came back into the room, gasping when she saw Fabian's swollen ankle. She handed him the ice.

"How did you do that?!" She exclaimed. "I think you may want to see a doctor…"

"I've had worse.' Fabian mentioned calmly. "And I jumped off Delaney's roof to get away…"

Nina looked at him blankly, confused on why he would be on Delaney's roof, after they left the house.

"I went back in, sometimes there are secret compartments in people's closets. Turns out, there was…" Fabian started, taking the locket out of his pocket, and handing it to Nina. She took it from him, and examined it closely. She never saw it before in her life, but it was so pretty. "But Delaney's mum came back early, so I had to go through the window and jump so I wouldn't get caught."

Nina frowned, and Fabian put the ice on his ankle. He grimaced slightly, and his face gradually turned back to normal. He looked over at Nina after.

"That's the 'Eye of Horus', Nina. I've seen it before, it has to do with the Gods we were looking at earlier, and it ties in with all this Egyptian stuff… I think her disappearance has to do with her being some sort of 'Chosen One'.

Nina took it all in. Originally, that was what Nina thought, but it didn't seem like it was a real-life answer. This all seemed like fiction, this mystery wasn't correct.

"I think so, too. But why would someone need her at this very moment?" Nina wondered, trying to make sense of it all.

"I don't know." Fabian mumbled. "Do you have any sort of painkillers? I don't want to be a pain in the ass, but it really hurts."

"Yeah, I'll be right back." Nina responded, going into her bathroom. Lilia had left her toothbrush on the sink, she had went to bed only minutes before Fabian arrived. She put it away, and took the medicine from the cabinet.

"This is going to make you tired…" Nina told him, as she walked back over. "You could stay over here, Fabian, if you need to. You are doing me a huge favor. And we are friends, right?" She asked, a small smile appearing across her face.

"That would be great, thank you. And of course we are." Fabian replied, smiling back slightly at her. He took the medication from her, and Nina got him a glass of water. Within ten minutes, Fabian fell asleep.

Nina went back over to her room, and saw Lilia standing there, her blanket in her hand.

"What's wrong, Lil?" She asked her, looking straight at her.

"Why is Fabian here? I saw him through my window, the knocking woke me up." Lilia whispered.

"Fabian was walking and hurt his ankle, our house was close to him, so he stopped by." Nina responded quickly, hoping her excuse was good enough for her bright, little sister.

"Did he take a walk after he met me?"

Nina nodded. Lilia nodded as well, and returned to bed.

Good, she wasn't caught.


Yay, we are going even deeper in! By the way, this is chapter eight, and the story will be halfway done at chapter 13 (I believe)! So you aren't even halfway through yet! Not until chapter 13! That's is nearly double the length of my last story! Woo!

Sorry about the delay, was sick, and junk.

Following my new rule here as well! If you review, I will send you a preview of the next chapter the same day! This story is completely done (actually, the last chapter isn't :P), so I am able to send the previews now! Woo!

~JessIsTheBest~