Enjoy!

Larry and Jewel prepared for a long day ahead. After a few cups of coffee and getting a little bit of sleep, they went to work.

"I'm not an expert on languages," Larry said as they looked at the letter," but I believe this is German."

"That makes two of us," the girl joked," Think you can read it out loud?"

Larry thought he could try. He grabbed the paper and did his best German accent. Jewel laughed at the terrible impressonation, but typed the words into her laptop, onto Google Translate.

"Sehr geehrte Juwel und Larry Daley,

Es ist zu meiner Attetion gekommen, die Ihre "Direktor" weigert sich, mir mein Geld geben. Keine große Sache - Ich wollte sowieso die Artefakte zu stehlen. Weißt du, Mr. Daley, ist das Museum der Magie (zu sagen) was ich wirklich brauche. Damit kann ich nutzen Sie die Macht der Götter. Kein Geldbetrag könnte wie die Magie des Tabletts. Und wie bei Juwel, ich hoffe, du kennst mich. Schließlich vergessen Sie nie Ihre allererste. Signed, Museum Anonymous."

"How did they know our names?," she questioned, studying the letter.

Thoughts went through her head that she couldn't mention out loud. Larry had no idea who 'he' was. After a while, Jewel was relieved when her step dad declared that the thief must've 'hacked into the system'. She'd have rather believed that.

"What does the translator say?" Mr Daley glanced over.

"Dear Jewel and Larry Daley," she read," I am the only magician that wants money. Big deal- I want artifacts. Jewel, remember the cat- that's what we get for using this website.

As they thought, Debrah walked into the room. She smiled at the two, kissing Larry and looking at their letter.

"What's this?" She asked while she glanced at the letter.

"It's in a book Jewel's writing and the thief in the story left a note in German. But I can't-"

"Dear Jewel and Larry Daley,
It has come to my attention that your "director" refuses to give me my money. No Big dEal- I was going to steal the aRtifacts anyways."

It was unbelievable that the woman could read German. That's when Jewel remembered the stories of her mother studying abroad other countries.

"You just remembered now?" Larry joked.

"It's been a long day."

Deborah read on, in a better German accent than her husband had.

"You see, Mr. Daley, the museum's magic (to say) is what I reaLly need. WIth this, I can harness the power of the gods. No amount of money could be like the magic of the tablet."

Deb was still tricked into thinking it was a book. The two could never let her know the truth. For how smart and incredible she was, she knew her daughter had been aspiring to be an author. And so she continued.

"And as for Jewel, I hope you remember me. After all, you Never forget your first one. Signed, Museum Anonymous. Well, that's an awesome story Jewel!"

"Thanks Mom," the girl smirked and leaned back

"Say, Debbie," Larry asked," could you write that down for me?"

"I'd be happy to!"

Deb wrote the English version down. She was quick and neat with her work. One of the many reasons the original night guard fell in love with her. When she was finished, she began to leave.

"I have to head to the store," she said," drop the groceries off here and then it's book club time. Keep up the good work, sweetie!"

Larry and his daughter said they'd see her later. And after Debrah left, the two got straight back to work.

"My mother amazes me," she giggled.

"One of the many reasons to love her," he admitted," now, in most letters, there's a hidden message. Think there's one in here?"

"What villain wouldn't leave a clue?"

The two studied the English letter for a while. Nothing caught their eye at the first read through. By the second, Jewel noticed something.

"There's a weird capitalizing pattern," she said, pulling out a pen and writing this down," A capital B in Big, capital E in dEal-"

She wrote this down until the paper was filled with a list of these words in order:

"Big - B

dEal - E

aRtifacts - R

reaLly - L

wIth - I

Never - N"

The two studied the paper for a second. Then they turned to each other with big eyes, grabbed the information and ran out of the door.

"You know what this means, right?" Larry asked as they walked out of the apartment building.

"It means we better learn German. Because I have a hunch that we're going to Berlin."