I apologize for the hiatus, but now I'm caught up to the point that I can safely begin updating again without being overtaken. As of now I have 6 chapters left to write, 3 days worth. So for the next two weeks, here is the rest of Season 2:

21: House of Infinity

"We can't leave without them," Fabian told them, "We can't."

"Nobody is saying we should," Patricia told him, "And don't worry, we won't."

"Let's look around," Alfie offered, "They might be here somewhere. And I'm not leaving without Amber. Or, well, any of them, but…"

"We get it," Fabian told him, not quite amused, though he knew what Alfie meant, "Let's just start looking, like Alfie said. They should be here somewhere."

Noah looked at the locket she held in her hand. She clenched her fist tighter around it. When the others started to walk on, she followed without a word.

As they walked past the mantle, something happened. There was a sliding sound, the sound of stone against stone. They hurried back in with Fabian at the lead, being the one to rush in first. A fire began, magical in nature, spelling out a message for them.

"We can't leave without solving the riddle," Fabian stated after reading it as the others looked at the flames.

"What do we do, then?" Joy questioned, "I mean, if we can't find them? Do we just go on with the riddle? Or not? I mean, I don't want to leave them behind, but…"

"We will have to get out eventually," Patricia said, "We'll need food, water."

"We won't be trapped here," Fabian told them, "We will find the answer, and the others."

"Where should we even start?" Noah asked.

"I'm hoping that their disappearances have to do with the riddle," Fabian admitted, "With this test. I mean, the timing!"

"But there's Rufus and the mummies," Joy told him, "Fabes…it might, it might not be."

"I know…but I want to have hope," Fabian told her, "It's all we can have right now. In this situation we're in, hope is one of the things we have to have!"

"Fabian…what riddle are you talking about?" Patricia asked him. "Nothing came up after the snakes."

It slowly hit Fabian. It would have made sense what he had said, but Patricia was right. There was no riddle. There was something wrong about his theory. He didn't want to face the possibility of another force within the manor taking his friends, the woman he cared about. He had wanted it to be a part of this sick game they were now apparently partaking in. And that didn't seem to be the case.

"But…the fire says there's a riddle to be solved…," Fabian said. "What about the scroll?"

Noah took out her mobile and brought up a picture, "Yeah, the scroll, forgot all about it." She turned her phone, showing the picture she had taken of it when she had gone in to help Joy.

"Ok. 'Be brave and find infinity with the eye of magic.'," Fabian read, "I'm not sure what that means."

"Me neither," Noah said, "The eye, though. The Eye of Horus?" she asked, holding up the locket.

"Maybe," Fabian said.

"Infinity is the odd word to me," Patricia commented.

Alfie nodded, "Eternal life, maybe?" he asked, not liking the thought.

"It might be asking us to find eternal life with the Eye of Horus," Joy said, "Sounds…I don't know. Bad."

"Like Victor," Fabian said, "Is that what this is for? Another shot at eternal life?"

"We can figure it out later," Fabian said, "For now, we find Mick, Amber and Nina, and we figure this riddle out. If they're connected, the answer can lead us to them, I hope."

"How should we do this, then?" Patricia asked.

"We'll split up," he said, "We'll all go look."

"Is splitting up a good idea?" Joy questioned him, "I mean, look at what happened to the others."

Fabian nodded once, "Ok. You have a point," he said, "We stay together. Especially since we don't really have any guesses about the riddle. I guess it would be best."

"But if we don't know what we're looking for, what do we do?" Alfie asked.

"We look until we find something pertaining – even if vaguely – to the subject," Fabian said.

"You don't know, do you?" Noah asked him, showing concern.

"It's all I can think of," he told her, "Anyone else?"

"No," Joy said, "That sounds like about all we can do."

As they walked back into the rest of the manor and started to walk around, wondering where to go and where to look, Joy started to talk.

"I thought I was going to die," she said softly, "I thought the snakes were going to kill me."

"They were poisonous," Fabian commented, "But you're alive, you're safe."

"I know…but…I just had some thoughts while I was in there," she said, "I wondered what Mick would do, if I died. What all of you would do. And now, Mick is gone, and I'm fearing for him. After all, Rufus…"

"Rufus is a mummy now," Patricia said.

"I know! That's what I mean," Joy said, "If it was a mummy that got him, like you guys said got Rufus, then…"

"No," Fabian said, "They'll all be fine. Nothing will go wrong."

"You don't know that," Joy said.

"I lost Nina!" he told her, "You're hoping and praying that Mick is safe? I'm doing the same for Nina. Please Joy, realize that. You're not the only one who's praying for their safety, and their return."

"I know," she said softly.

"Guys, if Amber's gone…," Alfie said, "Then what? I mean, it's not like I could get another girlfriend like her," he said.

"Is that what you care about?" Patricia questioned him.

"He's hiding it behind humor," Noah whispered.

"Yeah, she's right," Alfie said, "I…I don't know how I would deal with it. That's the only way I can. So sorry, but…it's the only thing I can say."

"We understand," Fabian said.

"You know, we're lucky," Patricia told Noah, "We didn't lose close people."

"We lost friends," she said.

"But not as close as they lost," she said.

Noah nodded, "Still…"

"It is hard," Patricia said, "But it could have been worse. I mean, this is bad, but it could have been."

Noah nodded, "That doesn't help."

"I'm not great at being helpful like that," Patricia said, "Sorry."

"We'll find them," Noah chose to say. "We will."

Patricia nodded, "We will," she repeated.

"We have to," Fabian said.

As they walked, Noah looked at each of them. She looked on ahead again after she had seen them all. These were friends. These people whom she was supposed to be spying on, they were her friends.

Mr. Wolf offered life back for her parents, so she could have that love. But she didn't need it, not like she thought she did. These friends were enough for her. Her parents were gone. People weren't supposed to come back from the dead. Life, the living. That's what she needed now. Not the dead given life, but those who already had it.

And that's when she chose her path. She wouldn't help Mr. Wolf any longer. No. She was in this for her friends.

As they continued to walk on for nearly another hour, searching rooms and theorizing amongst each other, something came to Fabian's mind.

"Why didn't I think of this earlier?" he questioned, "I've got it! I think."

"Tell us then," Patricia told him, "We need an answer."

"Tell me if this makes sense," he said to Noah, "You're the one with the most knowledge of Egypt."

She nodded, "Tell us."

"Ra," he said.

"Ra? Isn't he the…sun god?" Alfie asked.

Fabian nodded, "Yeah, he is."

"Are you saying the sun is an eye?" Alfie asked.

"No," he said, looking at Noah.

"Ra is associated with infinity, I think," Noah said.

Fabian nodded, "Yeah. That's what I remember."

"So, the infinity line relates back to Ra?" Joy asked, "Ok, so if it does, what does that mean? Where do we go from there?"

"That's the problem," he said, "I don't know what the eye means, or what to do with the information."

"Ok, let's assume it's right," Patricia said, "It's Ra. Let's just look around until we find something related to Ra, and then we might get an answer."

Fabian nodded, "Yeah, sounds like the best plan."

"Have we missed anything in the rooms we searched?" Alfie asked.

"I don't recall seeing anything," Fabian said.

"Good. Then we only move forward," Joy said.

As the group continued on, searching the rooms for any signs of Ra, Noah thought once more about her friends, and her family.

Her friends had been hurt. The disappearances of Nina, Amber and Mick were all related to Mr. Wolf and his manipulations and presence. She couldn't let things like this happen again. Her own pain at the continued loss of her parents would have to stay, while she would spare her friends of the pain of being subjugated to Mr. Wolf's plots.

Once their goal here was done, and they recovered the others, she'd have to find a way to convince them to stop. They couldn't go on.

They couldn't be playing Mr. Wolf's game any longer.