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Okay, so as I do in all of my chapters, I would like to say thank you for reading and hopefully enjoying the story. This one is the first one that I finished and I am rather proud of it myself. So far you have gotten the enemy, the twist, the recognition, and a new character. I would like to think that this chapter really starts out the section of conflict; let me just say that my next few chapters will leave you on the edge of your seat, or bed, I guess it depends on where you are. Oh well, I hope you enjoy the chapter...

The 39 Clues

Why?

Chapter 12: Cahill Conference

Ian came rushing into the Cahill Mansion and instantly ran up to Amy's room with everyone following closely behind. Ian burst into Amy's room and found Dan and Natalie sitting beside a shivering Amy. She was covered up but Ian could see how bad she was. He looked all over the room and saw all the broken glass.

Ian clenched his fist and his knuckles started to turn white. Nellie came up and looked at Amy. She turned back around and looked at the others. She saw Ian beginning to get enraged. "Hamilton," Nellie said quickly. "Make sure to keep Ian calm. Sinead I need you to go and get me the first aid kit. Jonah could you go and get a couple of ice packs. And Natalie could you pick out some comfortable clothes that Amy could put on." They all nodded and did as they were told.

Ian pushed Hamilton out of the way and started walking towards Amy. "I will kill Evan for what he did to you, Amy. He will pay for this."

"Reagan, Madison. Hold him back," Amy croaked out. Reagan and Madison came up and each grabbed one of Ian's arms. Ian tried to get out of the grip but couldn't. "Listen," Amy said hoarsely. "Evan is just an ex that has anger issues, so you are not going to kill him; even if he is a Vesper." Amy realized what she just said and her head went straight up and her eyes were wide.

Everyone looked at Amy in shock and Ian took a step back and stared at her. "Tolliver is a Vesper?" Ian asked in an icy tone.

A tear ran down Amy's cheek and she looked away. Sinead, Jonah and Natalie came back with what they were told to get and ran towards Nellie. Nellie took the first aid kit and began to put on the medicine and bandages. Nellie looked over Amy and made sure that everything was taken care of and she saw a piece of cloth wrapped around Amy's wrist.

Amy saw Nellie look at her wrist and she pulled it back. Nellie looked down at the girl, "Amy, I have to put medicine on it so it will heal, and you know that."

Amy sighed and handed Nellie her wrist. Nellie unwrapped the piece of cloth and looked at her wrist. "Amy this is the deepest gash you have and you know it will hurt the most."

"Let's just get this over with," Amy said quietly.

Natalie and Sinead looked at each other and walked over to Amy. Dan saw them coming over and got up and walked and stood with the others. Natalie latched her arm around Amy's arm. "When it hurts just wrap my arm tighter," Natalie said looked at her.

Sinead came over and sat down beside Amy. She gripped Amy's hand tightly. "When it hurts, grip my hand tighter. If you do this it might help you control the pain."

Amy nodded at the two girls and did as she was told. Nellie got the alcohol out of the first aid kit, a tube of medicine and a bandage. She looked at Amy and asked, "Are you ready?"

The Madrigal sighed and nodded. Nellie poured the alcohol onto Amy's gash. Amy screamed in pain and arched her back. She gripped Sinead's hand tightly and latched her arm around Natalie's; both girls grimaced in pain. Amy couldn't stop screaming, the pain was terrible. Nellie quickly put the medicine on it and wrapped the bandage around it and engulfed Amy in a hug to try and calm her down.

Amy finally calmed down and was sitting curled up in the corner of the CCC. Ian turned around and looked at Amy with concerned eyes. He turned back around and looked at Dan and Natalie, "Could you two please go and get some water for Amy?"

They both looked at him and nodded. They left the room and Amy stood up. "The only way that we are going to get these Vespers is if we get Dan to remember what happened while he was gone."

Ian stood up and walked over to her, "Amy, love, calm down. You need to rest."

"No," Amy said walking towards the table. She stared at all the Cahills faces. "There is something completely wrong with Dan. When he is around Natalie, he is perfectly fine, but when he isn't he acts differently. He remembers some things when he is with Natalie that he won't remember when he isn't; it is like he has another character."

"Amy, we don't know that," Nellie said looking at the girl.

"Yes we do Nellie," Amy said turning to her guardian. "He cares more about the family when he is around Natalie, so whatever the Vespers gave him to change the trigger is Natalie. The only thing we need to find out now is why his other character is here and what it wants?"

Hamilton leaned forward onto the table. "What if Dan wants to come home and the other character just doesn't know what to do?"

"No," Amy said shaking her head. "The new Dan is too smart for that. He tried to hide that fact that he was looking for something the first day he arrived. He acts different when he is around Natalie."

"Okay Amy," Sinead said looking at her friend. "Think about this. Really think about it. Why would Dan need to hide stuff from us?"

Amy looked at Sinead and stepped away from the table. "I'm not crazy Sinead. I know what I see. Natalie has told me about how Dan acts around her. She was best friends with Lucy Hazel. That is the person that Dan claimed he was looking to see if was dead or not. Ian told everyone about that. Well when Natalie went to go and talk to Dan about it, Dan didn't know who the girl was."

"That could be short term memory loss," Jonah said from the other side of the table. "He could have just forgotten about it and not remembered like he says he can't remember what happened when he was kidnapped."

Amy sighed and stared at all of them. She backed away and turned to face the wall. She put her arms up and leaned against the wall. "Is it short term memory loss for Dan to be arguing at me and Ian about him not remembering something and then when Nellie brings Natalie into the room, Dan instantly doesn't remember anything about what just happened? He stopped arguing and looked at us like we were crazy."

Everyone was shocked by what Amy said. She turned back around and looked at each one of them. "Natalie started noticing that when she comes and leaves wherever Dan is, his eyes flutter. She came to Nellie and told her and they told me. We wanted to test the theory and so Nellie came up with a plan. We were going to get Dan to start arguing with one of us and then Natalie would come in and we would see if Dan would completely change or stay the same. And you all know what happened."

"Amy you don't want to know what happened to Dan while he was gone," Fiske said running his fingers through his hair. "You really don't want to know."

Amy looked at her uncle with fear in her eyes. "You knew all this time what happened to Dan while he was kidnapped and you just decided to not tell any of us."

Fiske looked up at his niece. "I didn't want any of you to know because it would hurt you all so badly."

Amy looked at Fiske with fierce eyes. "Tell me what happened to Dan."

Fiske sighed and stood up. He started walking over to Amy and gulped. "He was drugged by Vespers," Fiske said pulling out a photo of Dan. Amy grabbed the photo and looked at it. Dan was standing over the dead body of Lucy Hazel cleaning the blood off of a knife. Amy slammed the photo face down on the table and her lower lip started to quiver.

Ian grabbed the photo and looked at it. Ian sighed and put the photo back down. "The Vespers…they drugged Daniel. They gave him drugs that would make him lose his memory of his entire past. They made him think he was a Vesper; that he had been raised by Vespers his entire life. They must have told him that he was born to kill Cahills…and that is what he has been doing. Lucy Hazel…this picture shows Daniel killing her."

Everyone looked at Ian in shock. "Precisely," Fiske said looking at everyone. "I didn't want to tell you because of this reason. But it wasn't Dan's fault, they made him think that it was okay to do this. I think, after what you said about Dan, that when he is around Natalie he is the real Dan. However, when he isn't, he thinks he is a Vesper and is doing undercover work. He has probably already contacted someone to tell them information."

Phoenix stood up out of his chair and looked at each one of them. "We have to do something. Natalie can't leave Dan's sight."

Madison looked strangely at the little kid. "Why? Why does Natalie have to be with Dan all the time?"

Reagan's eyes went wide. "Um, Madison. Think about it. What do undercover Vespers do to Cahills?"

Sinead looked up from the table and stared at all the others. "Undercover Vespers get what information they need and then they kill whoever it is they were with."

Ned grabbed his head and began clawing at it. "Guys, I think I'm getting a headache." Sinead turned to her brother and gave him a pill. Ned clawed at his head for a few more seconds and then stopped. "Thank you," Ned said leaning back in his chair.

Ted stared blankly into the air. "According to you, Dan hasn't really spent time with any of the people that he kills. Maybe this is the first time he actually had to live with the people that he had to kill. He had to blend in. Whoever gave him the job knew that he was Dan Cahill and that he could easily get into the house. But he couldn't have known, they made him think that he is someone else."

"Oh my god," Amy said taking a step back. Everyone looked at her. "Did my brother have Evan attack me?"

Ian stood up and walked over to Amy and engulfed her in a hug.

Dan and Natalie walked back into the room with a cup of water. Nellie slowly grabbed the photo and pulled it under the table.

Dan looked at all of them and snickered, "What did we miss?"

"Amy started thinking about what Evan did and so we are trying to help her," Ian said grabbing the glass of water and handing it to Amy. Amy took the glass and drank some of it. Amy looked at Ian and then back at the glass of water. Amy dropped the glass and fainted.

Everyone got up and ran toward Amy. Nellie got right behind Natalie and whispered in her ear, "Did you leave Dan alone while he got the water?"

Natalie's eyes widened and she looked up at Nellie. Natalie nodded.