Mrs. Calisto held the young girl in a bear hug. "I was so worried dear!"
Everyone was back inside the warm house in front of the roaring fire. The plows and police had arrived shortly after Brown and Timbers' capture.
Metanoia tried to loosen the woman's death grip, "I'm fine Mrs. Susan. You know me, I can always get out of trouble." She smiled at her new friends, "thanks to you guys."
Yugi scratched his head, "awww, it was nothing."
Bakura handed her the necklace, "I believe you dropped this."
She smiled, and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "That's two I owe you" she laughed.
Bakura blushed. The girls giggled.
"Plus, I dropped it on purpose. I went to talk to Mrs. Susan, when Brown called me into the kitchen. He said he found something outside that I should see. I left my necklace here in case something happened."
Mrs. Calisto reached over and hugged Kaiba too, "I'm just glad you're all ok." Seto tried to keep his tough guy composure, but he had to at least smile.
McBride came running into the room. "Good news everyone! Officer Wingfield is awake, and is expected to make a full recovery!"
They followed him into the living room, where EMS workers were securing the injured man onto a stretcher. He smiled when he saw them. "I owe you kids some thank yous" he told them. Mrs. Wingfield was with him, looking very relieved. His smiled faded, "I also have some explaining to do."
"What do you mean?" Yugi asked him.
"The reason I was at the party, other than the fact Susan invited me, was to keep an eye on Timbers. My unit suspected him a drug trafficking. But we had to keep this information quiet, because we also expected someone on the inside was trafficking too."
"And Brown works for the town. He even had a key to the house" Metanoia added.
"That's right" Wingfield confirmed. "So I pretended to be investigating Miss Stone." He smiled again, "at least we got our man."
"Yea!" Joey chimed in, "and they wouldn't have gotten away with it too if it weren't for us meddling kids!" Everyone groaned. He turned to Yugi, "by the way man, what was that thing you found upstairs? You know, on the back of the picture?"
"The writing? Well, it was a riddle. Let me think...it went something like 'What falls but never breaks, and what breaks but never falls?'"
"A very strong vase?" Tristen suggested.
"The picture was an old one. With a young woman and an older man with a white beard in it" Yugi added. He looked at the portrait above the mantle, "that's the man there."
"That could be General Kearny and his daughter Marie" McBride told them, he had read up a bit on the history of the house and its first owner.
Metanoia played with her necklace, a habit she had while thinking. Suddenly, she thought of something. "Night and Day" she said. She showed everyone the pictures on the charm, a sun and moon with stars. "The answer is Night and Day!"
"Mokuba did find the necklace in the house, maybe its answer to the riddle" Tea proposed.
Mai nodded, "there is a legend about a treasure. The necklace could be the way to find it."
Metanoia looked at the portrait, then the mantle right below it. The same picture as the necklace was on the fireplace top, along with an empty space. She took it off, "check this out." She put the charm in the empty place, and pushed it in further. A latch opened in the underside of the mantle, and a small sack dropped out.
Tristen picked it up and peered inside. "Whoa! Look at this!" The bag was filled with cut gemstones, some in jewelry, some loose.
"The Kearny treasure!" McBride exclaimed.
Tristen handed the bag to Metanoia, "you figured the riddle out. I guess these are yours."
She smiled, but instead, handed them to McBride. "Stone wants the rent so bad, she's gonna get it."
"Which reminds me" Kaiba added. "Since Stone is so set on making money off of the property, I'm sure she won't refuse my offer to buy it," he grinned
Mrs. Calisto was close to tears, "I'm so proud of both of you!" She threw her arms around both of them.
Tristen sighed, "I just love happy endings."
Metanoia laughed, "speaking of endings...". She took out her envelope out of her bag, turned the pages and showed the group. "According to this, I'm the killer!"
THE END
So what did ya think? R&R please! Come on, show me the love! Lol...oh btw, Metanoia means "change of heart" hence the card as a clue.
Everyone was back inside the warm house in front of the roaring fire. The plows and police had arrived shortly after Brown and Timbers' capture.
Metanoia tried to loosen the woman's death grip, "I'm fine Mrs. Susan. You know me, I can always get out of trouble." She smiled at her new friends, "thanks to you guys."
Yugi scratched his head, "awww, it was nothing."
Bakura handed her the necklace, "I believe you dropped this."
She smiled, and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "That's two I owe you" she laughed.
Bakura blushed. The girls giggled.
"Plus, I dropped it on purpose. I went to talk to Mrs. Susan, when Brown called me into the kitchen. He said he found something outside that I should see. I left my necklace here in case something happened."
Mrs. Calisto reached over and hugged Kaiba too, "I'm just glad you're all ok." Seto tried to keep his tough guy composure, but he had to at least smile.
McBride came running into the room. "Good news everyone! Officer Wingfield is awake, and is expected to make a full recovery!"
They followed him into the living room, where EMS workers were securing the injured man onto a stretcher. He smiled when he saw them. "I owe you kids some thank yous" he told them. Mrs. Wingfield was with him, looking very relieved. His smiled faded, "I also have some explaining to do."
"What do you mean?" Yugi asked him.
"The reason I was at the party, other than the fact Susan invited me, was to keep an eye on Timbers. My unit suspected him a drug trafficking. But we had to keep this information quiet, because we also expected someone on the inside was trafficking too."
"And Brown works for the town. He even had a key to the house" Metanoia added.
"That's right" Wingfield confirmed. "So I pretended to be investigating Miss Stone." He smiled again, "at least we got our man."
"Yea!" Joey chimed in, "and they wouldn't have gotten away with it too if it weren't for us meddling kids!" Everyone groaned. He turned to Yugi, "by the way man, what was that thing you found upstairs? You know, on the back of the picture?"
"The writing? Well, it was a riddle. Let me think...it went something like 'What falls but never breaks, and what breaks but never falls?'"
"A very strong vase?" Tristen suggested.
"The picture was an old one. With a young woman and an older man with a white beard in it" Yugi added. He looked at the portrait above the mantle, "that's the man there."
"That could be General Kearny and his daughter Marie" McBride told them, he had read up a bit on the history of the house and its first owner.
Metanoia played with her necklace, a habit she had while thinking. Suddenly, she thought of something. "Night and Day" she said. She showed everyone the pictures on the charm, a sun and moon with stars. "The answer is Night and Day!"
"Mokuba did find the necklace in the house, maybe its answer to the riddle" Tea proposed.
Mai nodded, "there is a legend about a treasure. The necklace could be the way to find it."
Metanoia looked at the portrait, then the mantle right below it. The same picture as the necklace was on the fireplace top, along with an empty space. She took it off, "check this out." She put the charm in the empty place, and pushed it in further. A latch opened in the underside of the mantle, and a small sack dropped out.
Tristen picked it up and peered inside. "Whoa! Look at this!" The bag was filled with cut gemstones, some in jewelry, some loose.
"The Kearny treasure!" McBride exclaimed.
Tristen handed the bag to Metanoia, "you figured the riddle out. I guess these are yours."
She smiled, but instead, handed them to McBride. "Stone wants the rent so bad, she's gonna get it."
"Which reminds me" Kaiba added. "Since Stone is so set on making money off of the property, I'm sure she won't refuse my offer to buy it," he grinned
Mrs. Calisto was close to tears, "I'm so proud of both of you!" She threw her arms around both of them.
Tristen sighed, "I just love happy endings."
Metanoia laughed, "speaking of endings...". She took out her envelope out of her bag, turned the pages and showed the group. "According to this, I'm the killer!"
THE END
So what did ya think? R&R please! Come on, show me the love! Lol...oh btw, Metanoia means "change of heart" hence the card as a clue.