House of Preparations:
The club was still quite shocked after hearing from Nina that the mystery was not over and the Masker of Anubis spoke to her.
"Whoa wait a minute, did you say the Mask of Anubis spoke to you?" Asked Amber.
"Yes, that's what I just told you," said Nina.
"How?" Asked Amber.
"I was just sitting here, talking to Fabian, I turned around and it floated in the air and it spoke to me," said Nina.
"Okay, that mask is not staying in our room," said Amber.
"Are you sure what you saw is what you saw?" Asked Patricia.
"Yes, I'm sure," said Nina. "Why do you ask?"
"Nina it's been a long day for us, we did a really frighting and difficult task a few hours ago, we're all tired," said Patricia.
"You think I'm making this up?" Asked Nina.
"I'm not saying you're making it up, I'm just wondering if you're not imagining it all," said Patricia.
"Why would you think such a thing?" Asked Nina.
"Like I said it was a long and hard day for us," said Patricia.
"Guys, it's not over for us," said Nina.
"Nina we got the Mask, Senkhara is gone, it's over," said Eddie.
"Then why was the Mask talking to me?" Asked Nina.
"Maybe because you want it so badly," said Eddie.
"What do you mean by that?" Asked Nina.
"Maybe you want the mystery isn't over, so you're imagining something and you think it's real," said Eddie.
"Believe me I've long wanted the mystery to be over, especially after Fabian's death, but you I can't stop because we were still cursed by Senkhara," said Nina.
"Let's just all get some sleep, calm down and then we may talk about this further," suggested Alfie.
"There's nothing to talk about, the mystery's over," said Eddie.
"Eddie, come on," said Nina.
"I agree with Eddie," said Aaron.
"Aaron?" Said Amber, being surprised that her brother was on Eddie's side.
"We do have other things on our minds right now, like protecting KT and finding out who that order is," said Aaron.
"So the Mask of Anubis doesn't interest you all anymore?" Asked Nina.
"I didn't say that I don't care anymore, but we can't let KT be a victim of that order, I promised her that protecting her is my full priority," said Aaron.
"But we still have to figure out how to make the Mask complete," said Nina.
"Okay, suppose that what the Mask said is really true, how do we need to make it complete again?" Asked Aaron.
"The Mask said there are three tasks, each for one of its gems," said Nina.
"And what are those tasks? Where can we find them?" Asked Eddie.
"I don't know," said Nina.
"You know, just let me know when the Mask speaks to you again, until then, I've to take care of other things," said Eddie.
Eddie left the room and then Aaron, Patricia and Alfie left the room as well.
"Amber?" Said Nina.
"Yes," said Amber.
"You do believe me, don't you?" Asked Nina.
"Of course," said Amber.
Nina looked at Amber and from the look on her face, Nina saw that Amber didn't really believe her either.
In the meantime, Jerome, Mara, Otis, Joy, KT and Mason were in the living room preparing for Trudy and Isaac's wedding. Joy had shaved off all the residents' names and wrote invites after Jerome's name.
"Why do I've to start writing the invitations?" Asked Jerome.
"Because you are Jerome and even you can't ruin this job," said Joy.
"If you put it that way then I won't do it," said Jerome.
"Please Jerome, do it for Trudy," said Mara.
"Why can't Otis, do it? I mean he is very good at writing romantic texts," said Jerome.
"No, because Otis already has another job, he's going to film the whole wedding," said Joy.
"Fine, I'll do the invitations," said Jerome.
"What else do we need for a wedding?" Asked Joy.
"We need a cake," said Mara.
"Yes, we definitely need a wedding cake, I'm going to call some bakers," said Joy.
"Or I can make a cake," said Mason.
"You bake the cake?" Asked Joy.
"Joy, Mason here can cook fantastic, You really should try his food sometime," said Otis.
"So you can make cakes too?" Asked Joy.
"Yeah, I just like to cook and bake. And I like doing it for Trudy," said Mason.
"Okay, then Mason will make the cake," said Joy.
"What kind of cake shall I make?" Asked Mason.
"Chocolate, Trudy loves it," said Mara.
"Okay, what else needs to be on the list?" Asked Joy.
"Hamburgers, chips and lots of cola," said Jerome.
"A chocolate fountain," said Otis.
"Guys, this is a wedding, not a 13-year-old boy's dream birthday," said Joy.
"We need music," said Mara.
""Sounds like a good job for Aaron, to me," said KT.
"I'll discuss it with him," said Joy.
A few moments later and all the Anubis residents were in their rooms and in their beds, most of them already asleep, but some not yet. Patricia was reading and Joy was still preparing things for Trudy and Isaac's wedding.
"What do you think, should the bridal bouquet include red and pink roses or should it include white and pink roses?" Asked Joy.
"I say the bouquet with the white and pink roses," said Patricia.
"Yes, that's going to be it," said Joy.
"Are you sure you can pull this off, Joy?" Asked Patricia.
"Yes, I can do this," said Joy.
"Joy?" Asked Patricia.
"Yes," said Joy.
"I want to thank you," said Patricia.
"For what?" Asked Joy.
"For helping us," said Patricia.
"You don't really have to thank me for that, It's the least I could do," said Joy.
"But without you as our mysterious helper, we probably never would have made it to the Mask of Anubis," said Patricia.
"I had to do it, I got you into trouble because I betrayed you," said Joy.
"I've forgiven you," said Patricia.
"But I can't forgive myself, my betrayal did a lot of damage and Fabian became the victim of it," said Joy.
"I'm sure if he were here now, he'd forgive you too, you know how sweet he was," said Patricia.
"Fabian was far too sweet, I don't deserve his forgiveness," said Joy.
"It's over now, the Mask of Anubis has been found, Senkhara and Victor Sr. have been defeated, now let's move on to other things," said Patricia.
"Trudy's wedding," said Joy.
"Trudy's wedding," said Patricia.
Patricia put away her book and went to sleep. Joy also put away all her things and went to sleep.
In the meantime in the villa. Geoffrey and Caroline sat together in front of the fireplace in their living room.
"He knows we're after the girl," said Geoffrey.
"Do you think he knows you were the one who accidentally poisoned him?" Asked Caroline.
"I've no idea," said Geoffrey.
"That's bad news Geoffrey, we're so close now, he can't get in our way," said Caroline.
"And he won't Caroline, He can't go anywhere and we just have to keep an extra eye on him now," said Geoffrey.
"We do whatever it takes, I don't care if we have to keep the boy here forever, I want this to succeed," said Caroline.
"Me too my love," said Geoffrey.
"I'm going to check on the boy now," said Caroline.
Caroline got up and walked to the room where Fabian was lying., she walked into the room and saw that Fabian was sleeping. Caroline walked out of the room and locked the door.
The next morning. Joy was awake early and walked to the garden, where Isaac was doing some mediation exercises.
"Ehem," said Joy.
"Patience is a band-aid on all sores," said Isaac.
"I don't have so much patience because I've a whole wedding to arrange, can you write down here all the addresses of the people you want to invite," said Joy.
Joy gave the clipboard to Isaac, but he didn't write anything down.
"What is it? Because you don't seem very excited," said Joy.
"You're right, honestly I'm a little worried," said Isaac.
"But I'll take care of everything and you won't have to do anything yourself," said Joy.
"I'm afraid it's not that simple," said Isaac.
"Then what is it?" Asked Joy.
"I can't marry Trudy," said Isaac.
"What? Why not?" Asked Joy.
"I still want to marry her very much, but I can't do it without Delphi," said Isaac.
"Then let's get her over here," said Joy.
"I don't even know if she wants to come," said Isaac.
"Why wouldn't she want to come?" Asked Joy.
"Just before I came here, Delphi and I had a fight," said Isaac.
"That's not a fun story," said Joy.
"No, even if we fight, Delphi is still my best friend and I can't do this without her," said Isaac.
"But don't you think Delphi would want you to be happy and she's your best friend then surely she knows Trudy makes you happy," said Joy.
"I think that's kind of the problem, I think she finds it hard that she wouldn't be the only woman in my life anymore,' said Isaac.
"I think she just want you to be happy," said Joy.
"I hope so," said Isaac.
"Don't worry about Delphi and focus on your happiness with Trudy," said Joy.
"You're right," said Isaac.
"I do have a few more questions for you for wedding preparations," said Joy.
"Go ahead," said Isaac.
"Is a chocolate cake good as a wedding cake?" Asked Joy.
"Trudy loves chocolate," said Isaac.
"Yes, she does," said Joy.
"I'm fine with a chocolate cake, as long as it makes my amazing bride happy, I'm happy too," said Isaac.
"Okay, then that's off the check-list," said Joy.
"Got any more things?" Asked Isaac.
Joy grabbed out her list and went over it with Isaac.
In the meantime, the club had gathered in Nina and Amber's room.
"Thank you guys for coming," said Amber.
"Yes, we had some things to discuss," said Nina.
"Are you going to start again about the Mask talking to you?" Asked Eddie.
"It's crazy that that happened, right?" Asked Nina.
"Nina you're the only one who saw it, we didn't," said Eddie.
"So that automatically makes it not true," said Nina.
"I'm not saying that. Like I said yesterday, maybe you saw something because you wanted to see it," said Eddie.
"I really saw it, The Mask of Anubis spoke to me," said Nina.
"And then it told us that it's not complete and that we have to do certain things to restore its gems," said Eddie.
"Yes," said Nina.
"But it didn't say what those tasks were?" Asked Aaron.
"No, but maybe we can find answers in the chamber where we found the Mask," said Nina.
"You want to go back into the tunnel?" Asked Alfie.
"If it can give us answers, then yes," said Nina.
"Nina, it's over, let it go," said Eddie.
"It's not over," said Nina.
Nina walked over to the bed and took the Mask from under it, She sat back down at the club.
"Just look at the gems, they are faded and only way they can get their color back is if we do those tasks," said Nina.
"Maybe they are so faded because it has been in that chamber for so long, I mean it has been there for years," guessed Amber.
"Amber that's not why the gems are faded," said Nina.
"Okay, so if you're telling the truth, why do we need to restore the Mask of Anubis?" Asked Eddie.
"I guess because only then can you get the Tears of Gold," said Nina.
"But do we really want that?" Asked Aaron.
"Yeah, isn't it just better that the Mask stays this way, so no one can get their hands on those tears," said Patricia.
"Yeah, then Rufus won't have any use for them and he and Victor won't be able to make their elixir of life," said Alfie.
Nina could not disagree with that and began to think that it would be better if the Mask of Anubis was not restored, she turned around and put the Mask on her bed. Suddenly Amber stared fearfully ahead.
"Amber what is it?" Asked Nina.
Amber said nothing and pointed her finger toward Nina's bed, the club turned and saw the Mask of Anubis floating in the air.
