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Andy,
That's so weird. I remember the lady saying, "I can't believe her!", and the man just nodding his head. Things are getting so strange, it's scaring me! I hate not knowing what's going on! All the kids aren't helping either, and you know Miss. Starling left the school, but Mr. Holt is sticking to me like glue. Right after I nearly DIED, he was talking to the man, and they both seemed to agree on something.
SO CONFUSED (email soon),
**MIN-E**
Mins,
my mom said that she's going to tor the world and make ppl think that im with her. still living with Uncle Dan. so confused too! it's getting me annoyed, and it's hard to make me annoyed! i
I was still typing my message on Uncle Dan's beat up laptop when Uncle Dan himself entered the room.
"Alexander, what are you doing?" He asked, leaning over to see what I was doing.
"I'm emailing my friend Minnie." I said, still typing. Dan took the computer from me, much to my dismay.
"Amy told me about how your friend Stephan died," He said, exiting my email page. "And I think that for Minnie's own good, you should cut ties from her. You don't want her to get hurt."
"Are you saying that I'm responsible for nearly getting her killed?" I asked, anger shook my voice. I couldn't believe that this man, my uncle, was already ordering me around like I was one of his servants. Stephan had died in front of my eyes, and Minnie would've died if it weren't for those two adults who'd saved her.
"What?" Dan cried. "Who tried to kill her?"
"I don't know," I grumbled. "But these two people saved her."
"I'm sorry, Alexander," Dan said. "But you have to under—"
"No," I nearly yelled. "I don't understand. Why are people trying to kill us? How are me and my friends involved in this? Why do mom and I have to keep running?"
Uncle Dan sighed, "Amy told me she told you about the founders, Luke, Katherine, Thomas, Jane and Madeleine."
I nodded, "She did."
Dan pulled a chair next to me, "Amy told me to tell you, but at the right time. You see Andy, your mom and I…we had a very difficult life. Our parents died when we were young, and we thought it was an accident. And, we were raised by a terrible aunt named Beatrice, and we felt our grandmother didn't care for us enough to raise us. Then when our grandmother died, we signed up for a clue hunt around the world. The team that won would be the most powerful person in the world."
"Oh wow!" I said. I knew that all of this couldn't be real, that mom and Dan were just playing a joke on me. A clue hunt around the world? The winner being the most powerful person on Earth? It sounded too good to be true. I'd tried to play along to see what else they'd come up with. Now I found myself starting to believe them, although I didn't want to. I guess I wanted it to be real, because my life was so boring before this. I didn't want to be just a normal kid, but something different—something special. "I would love to sign up for something like that!"
"Andy, it was deadly. Your mom and I had a friend named Lester that died in that hunt. A woman named Irina died to save us." I was stunned, quickly changing my mind about signing up. Something in Dan's eyes told me he was telling the truth, and now I understood why mom would know how it felt to lose a friend. Mom and Dan had friends who'd died on that hunt.
Dan continued, "Your dad's mom, your grandmother, Isabel tried to kill us so many times that we gave up on counting. She was the one who killed our parents. Amy and I found out we were descended from Madeleine, and we had a great-uncle Fiske, who told us about her dream for her family to one day be reunited.
"Andy, your mom, me and several other members of our family were so close to finding out how to be the most powerful person in the world, but it was either let Isabel rule the world, or not let her."
"My grandmother," I whispered. "Is she…Isabel Kabra?"
"Yes. You probably heard it on the news. She's escaped from jail."
My heart started to beat faster. "Was she the one who killed Stephan?"
Dan nodded grimly, "Yes, she was. I'm sure of it."
"B-but…why?"
"We stopped Isabel and sent her to jail, and then all of us had to defeat these Vesper dudes, and it was so stressful, but then finally, Amy and I could get on with our lives. She went to collage, and we lost contact with her nearly three years later. She tried to keep you safe because she felt that Isabel's people would come looking for you. Andy, we can't keep you hidden for much longer."
I felt nauseated, "So Minnie was nearly killed."
"Except somehow, Ian and Natalie managed to save her. At least I think it was them…" Dan said.
"Who are Ian and Natalie?" I asked.
Dan's face changed from seriousness to humour, "Well, I don't think Amy will mind…much." He had a mischievous face on, that I never saw on Mom lately. "Well, Ian and Natalie are Isabel's only children."
"So that would make Ian my dad," I said kind of zoned-out.
"Yep, just don't tell your mom that you know, if she finds out; don't tell her I told you, say Hamilton did."
"Hamilton?"
"I think it's about time you met my best buddy. You know him. Get your jacket."
Dan and Andy had driven to a surprise destination. At first, Andy just saw an old junkyard, but Dan had crept towards an old fridge that was leaned against a wall. He then pressed at a few buttons, and the back of it suddenly seemed to disappear. Smirking, Dan had said, "Science." He'd told Andy that they were at a Madrigal base that was commonly used as the Headquarters, and he'd added 'Alexander Cahill' to the list of Madrigals.
There, Dan said they were meeting an old friend of his, and said that it was about time that Andy and him were properly introduced.
Hamilton Holt had taken a quick, last minute flight to Boston. He gave them a report of Isabel's activities and a report on Minnie. He also had information on Stephan's funeral and what the newspapers were saying was a gang shooting.
Ruffling Andy's hair, Hamilton said, "You know Andy, you look a lot like your dad, except smaller and…not the eyes…"
"Yes, Mr. Holt." Andy mumbled. "You told me that."
"I did?"
"Hamilton, don't pester Alexander." Dan said.
"Dude, its Andy. He prefers Andy. Just like you like Dan better than…."
Andy tuned out them. He was quite bored listening to his uncle and Hamilton Holt talk.
Unexpectedly, a woman appeared carrying a baby in her arms. She was a pretty woman. She had punk like hair that was dyed blond and black, and a rather large nose-ring, but Andy liked her face. She looked kind.
The baby had thick black hair, and his skin was a pale colour, but that was all Andy could see. The woman was holding the baby quite protectively.
"Nellie!" Dan exclaimed, making his way towards the woman.
Nellie grinned at him, then turned to Andy, "Dan, who is he?"
"Oh, this is Andy," Hamilton explained. "He's Amy's son. She just dropped him off at Dan's yesterday."
"Pleased to meet you," Andy said. He stuck out his hand for her to shake it. Shifting the baby on one hand, she shook it with caution.
"And this is baby Amiens! He's getting big!" Hamilton took the baby from Nellie and started throwing him in the air, then later catching him.
"A horrible name," Dan sighed. "What is it with girls and Shakespeare?"
"I think it's adorable," Nellie gushed. "He'll have fun with it!"
"Maybe the other kids will, but I don't think he will." Dan mumbled, and luckily for him, Nellie didn't hear.
They all talked for a while, but then abruptly, red lights started to blink all around them and an alarm started to blare. A young boy rushed towards them. His face was panicked, and he shouted, "There's an attack on Headquarters!"
"Who's attacking?" Dan asked. Amiens started to wail, and Andy assumed that was because of all the commotion.
The boy had already begun running out of the room, "Kabras sir!"
Dan cursed.
Done! Like, don't like? Review. I think you know what to do.
So, who's your favourite character in this so far?
Does anyone want a romance between Natalie and Dan?
Last question, do you want a romance between Andy and anyone?
The last chapter will be an epilogue, and I have to say, the end is coming soon. Someone's going to die and it's going to be who you least expect it to be.
Thanks,
~Hunter
