Sorry it took so long. Ive got to do a lot of work for finals, but anyway here's chapter 10. -Mustacher
PATRICIA'S POV
After dinner, I slumped up to my room and gathered my pillow and a blanket. I was really tired because of the lack of my usual sleep. I really wish that we didn't have to take turns sleeping. I mean, it was a good idea, but I think on the inside everyone's dying for rest. I may have to speak to everyone about that.
I hurried down the stairs and into Eddie's room to find all the other Sibunas already there. It was no surprise that everyone was already yawning and resting their heads in their hands.
"Ok, listen up," I started,"No one here is getting enough sleep. I mean look around, everyone just wants a good night's sleep."
"I mean this was a good idea, but we can't do this every night," I continued," We'll go insane!"
Eddie was yawning, but then stood up. "We have to keep you safe, Yacker, and this is the only way."
"No, it's not the only way," I retorted.
"Why don't we just gather here and then lock the door?" Alfie asked. I whipped my head around to Eddie.
"I..I guess we could do that, but tonight we need to scope out Victor's office, remember?" Eddie said.
"Ok, but for now let's all get some rest," said Fabian.
"Agreed," said KT. We all separately lay down and we were all asleep within 5 minutes.
EDDIE'S POV
On the inside, I couldn't help but agree with Patricia. I was dying for rest, but I knew I wouldn't get a good nights sleep tonight. I lay down and within a minutes, I was out cold.
At 1:00AM, I awoke to an alarm. I sat up quickly to make sure everyone was here. Luckily, Patricia was still in the room as was everyone else. We all got up and stretched as we thought of the task at hand. I creaked open the door and peaked my eye out. The cellar door was open. That means that Victor must be in the cellar, so his office is empty!
"Victor's in the cellar," I whispered.
"Great, then let's go to his office," Fabian responded.
I grabbed Patricia's hand and pulled her out into the hallway. Everyone else followed us as we stepped up the stairs. When we got to the top, I turned my head in every direction to make sure Victor wasn't there.
"Alright guys let's go," I ran to Victor's office and leaned down to pick the lock. I did it within a few seconds and the door swung open. We spilled into the room and looked at every single thing. We searched for about 15 minutes still without seeing Victor, and still not finding the locket.
"Ugh, it's not here!" Patricia whined.
"Maybe it's in the gatehouse," said Alfie.
"Should we go there tonight?" KT questioned.
"I don't know. We've already done a lot tonight," Fabian said shifting from one foot to another.
"No, let's just get it over with," I disagreed.
"I'm with Eddie, let's just do it," Patricia said.
"Ok, so what's the plan?" KT asked.
"Easy, we'll just sneak into the gatehouse, look for the locket for a little while, then leave," I said.
"Then let's go!" Alfie exclaimed.
The gang and I raced out of the house and through the path through the woods toward the gatehouse. We finally arrived at the front door and pushed in the code. Luckily, team evil didn't change the pass code again.
We walked into the door and I noticed that my plan wasn't very thorough. "Ok, let's split up. Patricia and I will look upstairs and you guys look downstairs," I said in a casual manner.
"Doesn't this seem a little familiar?" Alfie laughed.
"Yes shaggy, now let's go," Fabian rolled his eyes.
Patricia and I quietly strolled up the stairs keeping watch of everything. It was so quiet, I could hear my own heartbeat. I was surprised that Patricia couldn't hear it just as well as I could.
"Ok, let's start looking," I said reluctantly not knowing what I'll find in this spooky gatehouse.