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So this is chapter 9, and I really like this chapter! I don't really know what else to say but...

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CHAPTER 9- THE CARVING

NINA'S POV

Why are all the security guards acting like this? Please tell me they are all not involved in this…this…THING? Even when Fabian was pushing me into the room, he was still looking at me. His eyes were mostly focused on my locket. Should I keep wearing it around here because that is how they are noticing me?

"Nina, that is the second time today that someone that works here has looked at you like that." Fabian whispered in my ear.

"I don't know. Let's just not think about it, ok?" He gave a sad grin, but I grabbed his hand and laid my head on his arm. Jerome was making gagging faces but I just ignored him.

"Alright everyone and welcome to the Washington Monument. My name is Sydney Fairfax and I am going to be your tour guide for today. Is this my whole group?" She was looking around at us and counting our heads. I was waiting for her to look at me and act very strange like the two other ones. She didn't though. She had the same facial expression for all of us.

"Um, Ms. Fairfax-." Trudy started but Sydney interrupted.

"Please, call me Sydney." She gave us a smile. I guess I could trust her.

"Um, ok. We are from Anubis House, in England. Victor Rodenmaar sent a note that we are to be the only ones here."

"Fine by me. England, wow. I have never been there before. Is there anything interesting there that you want to share?" Nobody was willing to say anything, so I decided to say something.

"Um, they have different slang than us. When Fabian and I were in a taxi in England, our driver was saying things to us that I had no clue what they meant."

"So, you're American?" She gave me a sweet smile.

"Yeah, I'm actually from D.C. My Gran lives around here. I went to England on a scholarship."

"Well, I am just glad that all of you could make it to D.C. The elevator should be down here any minute. Now, let's begin." She brought us over to a statue of Washington in a very significant pose. Mara and Fabian were snapping away with their cameras.

The elevator arrived and the group before us was getting off. Their tour guide was talking with ours but when she saw me, she excused herself. She pulled out a phone. I could only guess at who she was calling.

We stepped into the big elevator and Sydney pressed a button that will take the elevator to the very top. Fabian and I were standing next to the viewing window because I told him that there was going to be a surprise.

"Anyone scared of the dark?" Sydney asked; jokingly. The lights went out and Amber screamed at the top of her lungs. Jerome shushed her and the small lights outside the elevator came on to reveal the stones that were in the Monument's walls. Everyone was crowding around the windows trying to read the sayings.

"When the Monument was being constructed, fellow states contributed a stone to be used in the structure. Over the following years, other states and countries have contributed a stone for the Monument. You might all be interested in this stone coming up." She had us stand up and move over to the other side to see a stone that Egypt had contributed. It had the Anubis God and the Cup of Ankh. The Eye of Horus was their too.

When the elevator moved passed the stone, my locket started to glow a blue color. I ripped in from my neck and threw it in my bag. Fabian noticed my action and pulled me away from the window area.

"Nina, what happened?" He pulled me close so no one could here us.

"When we passed the stone with the 'eye' on it, my locket started to glow blue." I opened up my bag and the blue light glowed and made the whole elevator blue. Everyone turned their heads towards me with huge eyes.

"Nina, what is that?" Patricia and Mick asked at the same time.

"Uh, it is just…um, a flashlight!" They knew I was lying.

"Yeah, I just like to be um, prepared." I closed my bag and we arrived at the top of the Monument. Fabian and I went to one of the windows to see the amazing view.

"Oh my God, Alfie it is so pretty from up here!" I could hear Amber and Alfie talking about the view from the other side of the room.

"Mick, the view is…breathtaking isn't it?" Mara asked Mick as she literally placed her face up against the window."

"Yeah, it sure is."

Jerome and Patricia were walking around, looking out each window silently. That's a first. I thought they would be annoying each other but they seem to be ignoring each other. I mean, it is nice but not like them.

"Fabian, look at how beautiful the Lincoln Memorial looks from up here!" I was pointing at the Memorial and Fabian placed his arm around my shoulder.

"Wow, it's…stunning."

After about 10 minutes of looking out the windows, Sydney had us gather back inside the elevator to take us back down to the ground. I have always liked coming to the Monument when I was little. I always felt relaxed.

We passed the stone going down and my locket was glowing blue again. I went over to the corner of the elevator and grabbed the locket out of my bag. Fabian wasn't next to me. He was on the other side of the elevator, talking to Amber and Alfie.

I brushed my finger across the top of the locket, feeling the light coming from the eye. It felt cold and wet. I opened it up and the light increased in color and in was lighting up the entire elevator. Wind began to blow from inside the elevator. Growing stronger each floor we pass.

"Nina, what's happening?" Fabian was screaming over the strong winds that made it hard for everyone to hear each other. We were kneeling to the floor of the elevator trying to hold all of our things together.

We reached the ground floor and when the doors open, the winds slammed right into the faces of the next group. They fell to the ground and our group slowly got out. I ran out of the Monument and over to some trees. I sat down under a shady tree and stared at the locket. This thing has been acting very strange since we arrived at D.C.

"Nina, where are you?" Amber, Alfie and Fabian were screaming for me. I need to be alone right now.

I opened it again and the tree beside me began craving something into it, like magic. I looked around to make sure no one was near the trees and I got up from the grass to see what was being carved in the tree bark

"That was your 1st warning. 3 warnings and the death of everyone close to you will occur." Oh my God…

OOOO, the carving! So, what do you think? Like/Hate? Tell me in the reviews. 5-10 reviews, please?

~S.I.B.U.N.A.1398 (Sydney)

I put up new clothes for Nina, Amber, Mara, and Patricia for an upcoming chapter. You can see them now on my profile if you want to check them out!

5-10 reivews or no update...Felt like typing that! :P

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