House of Phases:
It was the day after the wedding and the Anubis residents plus Fiona and Caitlin were sitting at the table and eating breakfast.
"It's so great that you guys are staying here for a couple of days," said Mara.
"Yes, it's nice to see each other for a while," said Fiona.
"I'm especially surprised that Victor gave permission," said Caitlin.
"He's changed a lot lately," said Mara.
"I'm just sorry you have to go to school later," said Caitlin.
"School goes on," said Otis.
"And we only have a short school day, so we'll be home soon," said Joy.
"I forgot my math notebook upstairs, I'll go get it," said KT.
KT got up and walked towards the door, but before she could take another step, she fainted.
"KT," said Aaron.
Aaron got up and hurried towards KT, the rest of residents also got up and stood around KT.
"KT, wake up," said Aaron.
"Is she okay?" Asked Caitlin.
"KT," said Nina.
KT slowly opened her eyes, at the same time Trudy entered the living room.
"What happened?" Asked Trudy.
"KT suddenly fainted," said Fiona.
"KT sweetie are you okay?" Asked Trudy, as she walked over to KT.
"Where am I?" asked KT.
"You're in the living room, you fainted," said Nina.
"I don't feel so good," said KT.
"Aaron, Eddie help KT upstairs," said Trudy.
"You've got her?" Asked Eddie.
"Yes, let's lift her up, carefully," said Aaron.
Aaron and Eddie helped KT up and carried her upstairs.
"It's not going good with her," said Amber.
"She's getting sick again," said Patricia.
"We need to have a meeting and we need have it as soon as possible," said Nina.
A few moments later, all but KT of the Anubis residents were at school. Mara, Jerome, Otis and Joy stood by their lockers and were chatting.
"It really was a beautiful wedding yesterday," said Mara.
"Yes, that well done Joy," said Jerome.
"I also owe it to you guys, you helped out too," said Joy.
"One thing's for sure, I've never seen a wedding like this," said Jerome.
"Yeah, where the groom's goat eats the rings, that's definitely something not often seen at a wedding," said Otis.
"If those rings ever come out of the goat, I'd rather not wear them and it wouldn't matter how well they were cleaned," said Jerome.
"You know as long as Trudy and Isaac are going to be happy together for a long time, that's the important thing," said Mara.
"You're right," said Joy.
"And now we can focus on other things," said Mara.
"Do we have to? We've already organized an entire auction and a wedding," said Jerome.
"Yeah, don't we deserve a moment of peace and quiet?" Asked Otis.
"The boys are right Mara, you've been working hard, enjoy some rest," said Joy.
"Okay, we're gonna get our rest, but there's one more thing that needs to be done and that's Otis," said Mara.
"Do what?" Asked Otis.
"Well, you filmed the wedding, could you make something nice out of it and put it on a DVD?" Asked Mara.
"No problem, I'll get right on it as soon as we get home," said Otis.
"Great," said Mara.
"I'll help you," said Joy.
"And how will you help me? You don't even know how it works," said Otis.
"I mean if you need something to eat or drink, I'll get it for you or if you want anything else," said Joy.
"So if I want a neck massage, you'll give me one?" Asked Otis.
"If that's what you want, I'll give you one," said Joy.
"Okay, you two enough flirting we have to get to class," said Mara.
Joy and Otis gave each other a kiss and headed to class with Jerome and Mara. During class, Aaron had a hard time keeping his attention because all he could think about was KT and the fact she was getting sick again.
An hour later and class was over. And while the rest of the students left, the club remained behind to have a club meeting.
"Okay, things were not going well with KT again," said Nina.
"But how could that be? She was doing so well the past few days," said Amber.
"Something must have happened," said Nina.
"But what?" Asked Alfie.
"I think the order has something to do with it," said Aaron.
"I was thinking the same," said Nina.
"Is it really the Order? I mean KT has low blood pressure, too, maybe she's suffering from it," said Amber.
"No, KT just keeps tabs on her blood pressure and she knows when it's bothering her," said Aaron
"But how could the order have done anything?" Asked Eddie.
"No idea, but they get it done somehow," said Nina.
"I'm going home," said Aaron.
"Why?" Asked Amber.
"KT is laying sick in her bed, she'll be an easy target if no one's there, to keep her safe," said Aaron.
"She's not alone, Trudy's home and so are Fiona and Caitlin," said Amber.
"But they don't know what's going on. I'm her boyfriend, I've to protect her," said Aaron.
"There's nothing you can do for her now," said Patricia.
"But we have to do something. we can't just sit here and watch KT get weaker," said Aaron.
"And we're not gonna, we're going to help her," said Nina.
"How, Nina?" Asked Aaron.
"I don't know, but we'll figure something out, said Nina.
The bell rang and the next class was about to start. The club packed their things and headed to their next class.
In the meantime in the house. Trudy was busy in the kitchen and Fiona and Caitlin were helping her.
"It's very sweet of you to help me, but you don't have to, you girls are our guests," said Trudy.
"It's no problem, Trudy," said Fiona.
"Pretty scary how she just fainted," said Caitlin.
"You said this has happened before, shouldn't you call a doctor?" Suggested Fiona.
"Maybe it would be a good idea to get a doctor," said Caitlin.
"I'm gonna go check on KT and if she is doing worse I'll call a doctor immediately," said Trudy.
Trudy picked up the tray with something to eat and drink for KT and walked upstairs to KT's bedroom. Trudy entered the room and saw that KT was sleeping. Trudy put the tray down, sat down on KT's bed and gently woke her up.
"How are you feeling sweetie?" Asked Trudy.
"Still a little weak," said KT.
"Well you rest up and have some food and drink, is next to your bed," said Trudy.
"Thank you Trudy, you're the best," said KT.
KT closed her eyes again and went back to sleep. Trudy got up and left the room. And just after Trudy left the room, someone else entered the room and put something in KT's drink, without her noticing.
In the meantime at school and it was break time. Mason was sitting in the drama room looking at his phone and not looking very happy. Nina walked into the drama room and sat down with Mason and she noticed that something was bothering him.
"Are you okay?" Asked Nina.
"Yeah, why do you ask?" Asked Mason.
"You don't look very happy," said Nina. "Do feel sick too?"
"No, it's not that, I'm just a little tired," said Mason.
"You want me to leave you alone so you can get some rest," said Nina.
"No, that's okay you don't have to go, I like it when you sit with me," said Mason.
"Then I'll stay," said Nina.
"I really enjoyed yesterday," said Mason.
"Me too, It was nice and cozy. And I had a fun time dancing with you," said Nina.
"I'm especially glad I didn't step on any toes," said Mason.
"My toes are grateful," said Nina.
"Have you heard anything more about KT?" Asked Mason.
"Aaron just called me Trudy, KT is sleeping a lot now, but it looks like she is still in a weak state," said Nina.
"It's not the first time she's passed out like this," said Mason.
"No, that's pretty worrisome, too," said Nina.
"If this keeps happening to her, you should call a doctor," said Mason.
"Let's hope KT gets well soon and that way we don't have to call a doctor," said Nina.
In the meantime in the villa. Caroline was sitting in the living room, Geoffrey walked in and sat down next to his wife on the couch.
"Did you do it?" asked Caroline.
"Yes, I put the poison in her drink," said Geoffrey.
"Good and if she drinks it," said Caroline.
"Then it won't be long before I get the call," said Geoffrey.
"And then we're almost done with phase 2," said Caroline.
"And we'll move on to Phase 3," said Geoffrey.
"And he's ready for that, too?" Asked Caroline.
"I'll prepare him for it," said Geoffrey.
"Have you heard from him?" Asked Caroline.
"No, not since I told him about Phase 2 being underway," said Geoffrey.
"He'll be in touch, he knows what's at stake," said Caroline.
"Don't worry my love, we'll see him again soon," said Geoffrey.
A few hours later and the school day was over and all the residents were back home. The club except for Patricia and Amber had gone to Eddie's room.
"Okay, we need a plan of action," said Nina.
"What should we do Nina?" Asked Eddie.
"No idea," said Nina.
"Protect KT of course, we can't let her get any sicker," said Aaron
"And we're gonna do everything we can to prevent that, but we also need to focus on restoring the mask," said Nina.
"But we still have no idea how to do that," said Alfie.
"All that Mask has given us are vague answers, about a some scrolls that would help us," said Eddie.
"And we can't ask the Mask, which it means because it won't tell us," said Aaron.
"The Mask hasn't contacted us in days," said Eddie.
"Is that a good sign or a bad sign?" Asked Alfie.
"I've no idea anymore," said Nina.
Patricia walked into the room with a shocked face and a newspaper in her hands.
"You will never believe this," said Patricia.
"Patricia what is it?" asked Nina.
"Rufus Zeno was found at Tutankhamun's tomb, dead," said Patricia.
"What? Is this a joke?" Asked Eddie.
"Does this look like a joke," said Patricia, as she held up the newspaper, showing to club the article about Rufus Zeno.
"I bet you that he was cursed," joked Alfie.
"But how can that even be possible? He did he get there when he's so sick," said Nina.
"By plane," said Alfie.
"Alfie this is no time for jokes, this is serious," said Aaron.
"We need to have a meeting about this," said Nina.
"So not only are we dealing with the Mask being incomplete, KT being chased by an order and her getting sicker and sicker. And we also have to deal with the fact Rufus Zeno has been dead in Egypt," said Aaron.
"The mystery is getting more and more mysterious," said Eddie.
"This is seriously freakishly spooky," said Alfie.
Suddenly there was a scream and the club immediately recognized the scream, it was Amber.
"That was Amber," said Aaron.
"It was coming from upstairs," said Nina.
"Let's go check on her," said Patricia.
"Hang on Amber, Super Alfie is coming to your rescue," said Alfie.
The club ran out of Eddie's room and ran upstairs to Nina and Amber's room, but no one was there. Then the club went to KT's room and saw Amber sitting there on KT's bed, with a worried look on her face.
"What is going on?" Asked Patricia.
"Why are you screaming like that?" Asked Nina.
"KT can't move her legs," said Amber.
The club looked shocked at KT, who was looking at her legs with a frightened look in her eyes.
What happened to KT's legs? Could it be because of the poison that she can no longer move her legs?
