Author's Note- I know it's been forever since I posted but I had lost all inspiration for this story or any story at all but I am making a come back and am working on the next chapter right now but I wanted to get this out. So I hope that the people that were reading this will enjoy it as well as new comers.
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Chapter Eleven – Common Sense and Past and Stow
"Your dad's got a sweet ride." Riley said as he and Alyssa sat in the back of the Cadillac while Ben drove.
"I think we should change clothes. We look kind of conspicuous, don't you think?" Ben said looking at them all.
"A bit but I like the whole 007 look it's very classy." Alyssa commented from her spot as they drove.
"I'd love to go shopping, too, but we have no money." Riley said with his eyes closed as he leaned against the door trying to find a comfortable position to rest in.
"Aha that is where you are wrong." Alyssa said and held up a small black book. "Here I took this from his house." She said and handed it to Ben who gave it to Abigail so he could drive.
Abigail took it and looked at Alyssa confused. "It's just a book why on earth would we need it."
"Because our little friend common sense usually has a couple hundred bucks tucked between the pages. Look for it." Alyssa said with a smile.
Abigail smirked and read the title. "Common Sense. How appropriate." She commented and pulled out a couple hundred dollar bills.
"When are we gonna get there? I'm hungry. This car smells weird." Riley babbled off.
Alyssa chuckled with a shake of her head. "Complain complain complain. We need to come up with a plan before we get there."
"What a plan why? Why do we need a plan? Why can't we just sleep and let Ben drive?" Riley whined.
"Because Riley we are wanted fugitives. We need to come up with a plan to get the letters to match the codes without actually going into the museum." Alyssa said.
"Alright we open the door and go inside. Sounds like a plan to me let's sleep now." Riley said.
"We can't just do that Riley because at the apartment we had copies of the Silence Dogood letters. The FBI will most likely be watching the place." Ben added understanding his sister's reasoning for a plan.
"We'll have to pay someone to find us the letters and copy them down for us." Alyssa said.
Riley sighed, opened his eyes and raised his hand. "I'll do I guess. I'll find someone to get us the matches to the code while you three dressed in monkey suits go find some real clothes." He said with a tired sigh.
"Hey I take offense to that me and Abigail look pretty Ben is the only one in an actual monkey suit." Alyssa said.
"Why thank you Alyssa." Abigial said with a smile
"Monkey suit? I thought it was a peguin suit?" Ben asked with a chuckle.
"You say potato, I say potato." Alyssa said then looked at Riley. "Now you can go to sleep." She said to him and gave him a quick peck on the lips before leaning on him and closing her eyes. Riley smiled and wrapped his arm around her shoulder being careful not to touch the bullet wound.
"Ah oh no none of that ugh." Ben said looking the rear view mirror with a grossed out look on his face.
"Oh shut up and drive Ben." Alyssa grumbled with her eyes still closed. Ben made a face at her silently mimicking her and continued to drive.
NTNTNTNTNTNT
"S-S-A-N-D" A little boy said walking up to Riley who was sitting on a bench across the street from the museum, handing him a paper.
"OK." Riley said looking up from a newspaper he was reading and wrote down the five letters the boy had given him on the bottom of the paper. "Now, you're sure this is right?" Riley asked and the boy gave him a look. "Ok ok." Riley said holding his hand up in surrender.
"S-S-A..." Riley mumbled as he re-read what he'd just added to the rest of the letters the boy had given him.
"No, N." the boy said pointing to the paper.
"That is an N." Riley said to the boy
"That doesn't look like an N." the boy stated matter of factly.
Riley rolled his eyes and gave the boy a small smile. "You know what? Here. Last one. Ok?" he said and pulled out another dollar from his pocket and handed it to the boy. "One more dollar."
The boy looked at it to make sure it was real and a smile graced his feature. "Thank you."
"Go get the last four letters. Go get 'em, chief. Come on." He said and pointed to the building as the kid ran off to get the last four letters.
Alyssa walked towards him with a smile and sat down on the bench next to him. "Seriously you hired a kid to find the letters?" She asked him with an amused look on her face.
"Hey no one would suspect a kid. Besides he didn't ask questions I give him a dollar for every group of letters and he's pleased." Riley said in his defense. "Where's Ben and the mean declaration lady?" he asked her.
"Oh they were taking way too long to find something to wear it's not that hard. I swear sometimes Ben is worse than a girl. Me its simple go in find something get out." She said and looked down at her new clothing attire, dark wash denim jeans, a red tank top and an unzipped dark gray zip up hoodie.
Riley chuckled but nodded. "Well your just in time I almost have everything we need so far I got. 'The vision to see the treasured past comes as the timely shadow crosses in front of the house of pass and...' and that it.
"'Pass and...'what?" Alyssa asked. "Oh by the way that doesn't look like an N it looks like a R." Alyssa said pointing to the N in and.
Riley gave her a slight pout and then rewrote the N. "There happy?" he asked. Alyssa gave him an amused look but nodded slightly.
"Pass and..." Riley said and let out a sigh. "I don't know."
"Me neither and I'm suppose to be good at these things." She said with a shrug and leaned her head on his shoulder. Just then a bus stopped in front of them and on its side was an ad of the liberty bell. Riley looked at the sign and his eyes widened.
"I know what it is come on!" he said with a big grin and stood up grabbing Alyssa's by the arm walking fast towards the store Ben and Abigail were still in.
Alyssa let herself be pulled up and dragged with a bewildered look on her face. "What the… well what is it?" she asked as she caught up with him but continued to walk hand in hand with him.
"Past and Stow. It's the liberty bell!" he said.
"You're a genius Riley." Alyssa said with a smile on her face.
"Why thank you… but that bus that stopped in front of us it had the liberty bell on it." He said. Alyssa just scoffed with a roll of her eyes as they entered the store looking for Ben and Abigail.
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