Watching the Halo 4 movie xP
Have you ever been so astonished that you couldn't move? Couldn't think? Couldn't breathe? Well, Sibuna's been there. They're not completely aware of why they're so hypnotized. The trance was broken off abruptly by Victor's thunderous voice. "Children, what on the earth do you think you are doing?" Nina scrambled as quickly as she could to grab the breathtaking artifact; thinking Victor was bellowing at the group huddled in the kitchen. Nina hastily shoved it into her old over-the-shoulder bag, and spun around along with all of Sibuna. Once fully aware of what had been happening, they realized Victor had been yelling at Jade and Paige. They were looking up through the fireplace in the common-room. Patricia raised her eyebrows at this sight. "What is our daughter doing up the fireplace?" Patricia quietly snapped in Eddie's ear.
"Ok, we need to find the second clue before the adults." Sarah announced pacing her parents' room.
"Agreed." Jesse said sitting on the wide bed. "Alright, plan time. Jade, Aaron, Paige? Anything?" Jesse asked calmly lying back onto the soft mattress. Paige had suggested that they better get a move on with finding these clues. Sure, they had absolutely no idea what on God's green earth they were looking for, but they were now involved; determine to find whatever it is they were on a quest for. "I don't even remember what that piece of scrap said." Aaron scoffed. Sarah glared at him. "Aaron, if you're not going to take this seriously, then go." Sarah instructed pointing stiffly at the large wooden door.
"Sarah," Aaron rolled his eyes. "We don't even know if we are supposed to take this seriously. For all we know, this could be some master-mind prank mine and Paige's dad has set up." Jade sighed deeply. "He has a valid point," Jade agreed. "But, we don't know that for sure, Aaron. It could be real. Just maybe—in some messed up world—it is real. This could actually be happening. We could be in a life or death situation—"Jade paused at her own words; never once on the clue had it said anything about life or death. But she remembered something, something she heard her parents say just weeks ago. They had almost died here four times. Four. Could this have been what the parents were talking about? These clues—they obviously led you to something—a mystery, a life or death situation. A life or death situation. Those words wouldn't quit replaying in Jade's mind; no matter how terribly bad she wanted them out. She had been so closed up in her own thoughts; she hadn't noticed a lone tear had slipped silently past her guarding eyelids. Clearly, Jesse noticed this.
"Jade," Jesse engulfed her in one of his huge hugs. "What wrong? Why you crying? You of all people?" Jesse asked concerned. Jade lost it. She lost it; everything. She spilled exactly what was on her mind; not leaving out a single detail. "Oh my God." Paige whispered. "What're we going to do?" Everyone turned toward Sarah.
"We're going to do exactly what's necessary," Sarah swallowed her tears roughly. "We're going to find these pieces, do the best we can, and stay alive. Everyone understand? If any of you die, I will be so very, very angry with you. If our parents survived whatever this is four times, then we can do it once. Got it?" Sarah sighed. "Siriso?" Sarah held up her bracelet. Everyone gave confused looks.
"Pardon?" Paige asked the exact thing she's heard her mother say billions of times.
"Siriso. Y'know, Osiris backward. Like…. A team name," Sarah smiled warmly. Paige smile softly, which Jade returned; along with Jesse and Aaron.
"So, like a mystery solving group?" Paige continued to smile.
"Exactly like a mystery solving group."
Joy was all smiles as Sibuna walked through the doorway of Amber and Alfie's room.
"Alright, let's take a good look at this thing." Eddie said rubbing his hands together. Nina carefully opened the ragged bag and pulled out the ancient artifact.
"Wow." Amber breathed. "Okay, it's official; I'm clearly the one who will be keeping up with this puzzle piece." Amber snatched it out of Nina's palm. Patricia scoffed. "Amber, don't you think we should look at it before you going making a goddamn piece of jewelry out it?" Amber shot her an offended glance. "No need to be so colorful with your language, Patricia." Amber scolded. Jerome rudely grabbed the enchanting miniature jewel from Amber's spray tan fingers. Amber sighed. Everyone huddled in a circle and leaning closer to Jerome's cold, pale hand. The jewel was outstanding. Absolutely elegant. It was a deep purple and oval shaped. It sparkled in the dim light of the tiny bedroom. It was heart-stoppingly beautiful. No words were said. No words could describe how impressively magnificent it was. Clearly it had belonged to a powerful ancient human-being. Osiris' gem. From Osiris' crown.
"Uh, guys," Patricia snapped out of the powerfully beautiful trance. "Where's the clue?"
"Hmm? What, Trixie?" Alfie mumbled still in a daze. Patricia groaned clapping her hands infront of everyone's faces. Patricia wasn't paying very much attention crossing over to the other side of the room and accidentally stepped on Alfie's foot with her cement-like shoes. "Ow! What was that for? I'm not starring anymore!" Alfie yelped. Patricia stifled a laugh. "Sorry, Alfie. It was an accident."
"Okay, Trixie, what do you mean?" Jerome asked impatiently. "Hmm?" Patricia looked up from Oh yeah, well on the shard there was a black ink, y'know, telling us the clue to find this jewel," Patricia paused pointing to the unusual gem in Jerome's hand. "But there isn't one to find the next artifact! How are we supposed to find the crown if we can't even find the third clue?" Patricia explained. Everyone exchanged glances. Fabian sighed. "She's right; how are we supposed to find the third artifact if we don't have a clue to it?"
Will heard a faint knock on his and his mother's wide oak door.
"Uh, come in." He called not looking up from the decent sized book in his hands. "Hey, Will? How're you doing?" Jade asked peeking through the door. Will's response was a distant shrug.
"Want any lunch? Trudy just made a butt-load of sandwiches." Jade frowned. Will had been up in his room for hours. He just couldn't get over not seeing his dad again. He wouldn't be able to watch football on the television, kick the football around in the yard, or get playfully tackled by his dad when he got home from work. None of that would ever happen again. He wouldn't be able to see him. That had just clicked in Jade's head. Will doesn't have a father. "He's gone, Jade," Will whispered suddenly, while tears were silently dripping from his eyes. His dad wouldn't have cried; his dad wasn't a baby. His dad would've stayed strong for everyone. But, he's not like his dad. Will stared at his hands while he quietly sobbed. He felt the bed shift and Jade put her arms around him. He turned his head on her shoulder, knowing whatever liquid that was to come out of his eyes, she wouldn't mind if it had gotten on her shirt. "I didn't even get to say goodbye. Do you know how unfair that is? He was taken away forever and I wasn't allowed to say goodbye. He didn't get to say goodbye. Jade, it's not fair," Will bawled. Jade sighed. "It's never fair, Will. It never will be fair. God takes people without warning and—you're completely right—it's not fair. You have no idea how much I wish that we would've had a chance to say goodbye, to hug him one last time, but God doesn't want that, I guess. Sometimes I think that we don't get a goodbye because it would be too painful. We wouldn't be able to take it and would breakdown. But y'know what?" Jade maneuvered to sit crisscrossed across from Will. "He wouldn't want you to be sad. He would've wanted you to be as brave as you could be right now. You're better than this; because, right now, you should be downstairs, eating lunch with everyone, and comforting your mum." Jade hugged Will tightly. Right at that moment Jesse decided to walk in through the tall, wide door to inform everyone was getting impatient waiting to eat their housemothers' delicious food. Jesse's eyes got furious at what he had seen.
"What is going on?" Jesse demanded through clenched teeth. "We were just talking, Jesse." Jade rolled her eyes. Jesse eyes narrowed.
"Why is Will crying?"
"Oh my God, Jesse, are you completely oblivious and heartless?" Jade snorted. "Whatever. Just come down to lunch." Jesse gave up angrily.
It had now reached twelve-thirty-four at night and Sibuna was out sleuthing yet again. Patricia, Eddie, Fabian, and Nina had to be extra sneaky; Victor was on his nightly night patrol in the yard and no one knew how long it would take. The group met up with Joy, Jerome, Alfie, and Amber at the end of the stairs, ready to find the next clue. Amber linked arms with Nina—pulling her away from Fabian—and skipped along to the doorway of the kitchen. Patricia rolled her eyes and followed from the back of the bunch.
"Alright, so it's got to have to be in the same spot as the gem." Joy announced taking lead and pulling off the fake plaster of the wall. Hearing the familiar popping sound, it had snapped off and lay limp on the wooden floor boards. "Anyone remember a torch?" Jerome asked. Nina's face lit up. She gladly handed Joy a source of light. Joy flipped to switch of the thin handle on the led tube and light filled the square of the wall. Joy pursed her lips in confusion. It was just three concrete walls. Joy knitted her eyebrows together and reached her hand into the hole hesitantly. She felt around, feeling nothing but smooth cement; until her fingertips came across a tiny flap in the right side of the square. Joy sucked in a sharp breath, looking back at Sibuna, and noticed everyone watching her anxiously. Joy prepared herself for the worst. She ripped off the small tag, revealing yet another secret compartment holding two tiny squares of paper. Joy grabbed both of the little slips as fast as she saw them, afraid of Victor walking in any second. Her hand was in the middle of the second hidden compartment when everyone's head turned toward the front door. Was that a key they heard in the lock, or was that just the loud howling of the insane wind outside? No one could tell until they heard the door slowly open and get thrown shut tightly. That answered their questions; Victor was home and they could hear his steal boots stomping down the hall toward the kitchen.
Oh, cliffhanger xD
So, I got a review from a Guest saying that I was getting a little off topic. Thank you for letting me know :) Actually, some of the stuff that has been off topic will help me with the story line in the sequel. I did say that I would like some constructive criticism and what to fix, and I got that :) I thank you, guest person (if you're reading this), for helping me out. You see guys, I ask for constructive criticism to help me become a better writer.
Okay, done with that paragraph xP Anyway, how did you guys like this chapter! I did. I am so sorry I haven't been posting, guys. My cousins were in tow, they were staying with us, and we needed to clean a room that we store stuff in…
I know what you're think, 'Excuses, excuses.' But it's true. I swear to God. But, I promise no more slacking xD