House of Loyalty:
The club was in Fabian's room. From what Fabian had already deciphered, the club now knew that they had to perform new assignment of the papyrus scroll at the full moon, only had found out that the first next full moon would be in two weeks.
"Two weeks? The first next full moon isn't for another two weeks?" Asked Aaron.
"Yeah, it's right here in my calendar," said Amber.
"And how does your calendar know that?" Asked Alfie.
"Because my calendar counts the moon cycle," said Amber.
"In two weeks we have to do the task, Then we only have like 11 days left to do the next one and save KT," said Patricia.
"Then we're really running out of time," said Alfie.
"Okay, we may be running out of time, but we have plenty of time to do this assignment right now," said Nina.
"And what if the next task also takes a very long time, longer than 11 days, then KT is lost," said Aaron.
"Aaron you have to hold out hope that we're going to save KT," said Nina.
"That's what I'm trying to do, but after hearing this, I'm starting to losing hope," said Aaron.
"We have often faced difficult situations and we have always overcome them and the same will happen here," said Nina.
"I'm going to continue to decipher this," said Fabian.
"And whatever the task is, we're gonna make it work," said Nina.
"Sibuna," said Amber, while she did the Sibuna gesture.
"Sibuna," said the rest of the club while they did the Sibuna gesture.
In the meantime, Jerome, Mara, Otis and Joy were in the living room. Victor walked into the living room with a package in his hands and handed it to Otis.
"What's this?" Asked Otis.
"This package is for you," said Victor.
Victor walked out of the living room and went toward his office. Otis removed envelope from the box.
"This is my mother's handwriting," said Otis.
"What is she writing?" Asked Joy
Otis removed the card from the envelope and read what was written on it.
Dear Otis,
We had received a note from Trudy and in it she told us that you gave her your video camera, we know how much that camera meant to you and that's why we thought it was such a nice gesture. We also know how much you want to go to CalArts and we thought this would help you,
Love Mum and Dad.
Otis opened the package and in it was a video camera.
"A camera," said Joy.
"Wow, this is one of the most expensive models out there, said Otis, as he looked at the camera with an admiring look
"I'd take great care of it if I were you," said Mara.
"Of course, this thing is the most important thing for me right now," said Otis.
"Excuse me," said Joy.
"After you then, my Joyful," said Otis.
"It better be," said Joy.
"This has always been a camera I've wanted for so long. You can get such high quality images and the zoom functions are phenomenal," said Otis.
"We get it, it's a great camera," said Jerome.
"Let him be, he is thrilled with his new camera," said Joy.
"And you don't find his geek out about his camera embarrassing?" Asked Jerome.
"I think that Otis is so cute when he has geek out moment," said Joy.
"Love really makes you blind, " said Jerome.
Otis paid no attention to what Jerome said and continued to admire his new camera.
In the meantime in the villa, Mason entered the basement, his parents were there too and were sitting by Lloyd's bed.
"What are you doing here?" Asked Caroline.
"I really wanted to see Lloyd," said Mason.
"You're not here for KT?" Asked Geoffrey.
"No, I'm here for Lloyd, I here for my brother," said Mason.
"I'm honestly surprised, since you're doing everything you can to make sure your brother won't be saved said," Caroline.
"That's not fair of you mum, I wanna save Lloyd, I really do," said Mason.
"Then why are you helping Nina and her friends save KT?" Asked Caroline.
"Because I want to save them both," said Mason.
"KT is beyond saving, you have to understand that, she must die so Lloyd can live," said Caroline.
"But that this is going way too far," said Mason.
"We've already gone too far, we've already put Lloyd in a medical coma," said Geoffrey.
"We've poisoned Fabian," said Mason.
"That was an accident and you know it," said Geoffrey.
"We kidnapped him and made everyone think he was dead," said Mason.
"We had no choice," said Geoffrey.
"But letting his family, his parents think their son is dead, they're in such pain right now," said Mason.
"And we will feel the same pain if Lloyd dies, the only difference is that their son isn't really dead," said Caroline.
"What about KT? She has people who care about her, too," said Mason.
"Most of her family members are dead, she won't be missed," said Caroline.
"Her friends and her boyfriend they will miss her," said Mason.
"KT is just a small sacrifice for something much bigger," said Geoffrey.
"If the roles were reversed and you were lying there Lloyd would have no problem doing this, he will do anything to save his brother," said Caroline.
"I want to save Lloyd too, he's my twin," said Mason.
"Then show that, show that you care about this family," said Caroline.
"I will show it to you guys," said Mason.
"Then forget about KT, forget about Nina and the feelings you have for her," said Caroline.
"I will, from now on this family comes first and is all that matters to me," said Mason.
"All right, Mason," said Caroline.
Mason sat down by his brother's bed and grabbed his hand.
Back at the house, the club was still in Fabian's room. Fabian was still deciphering the papyrus scroll. Nina looked at Aaron, who was staring out the window. Nina got up and sat down next to Aaron.
"Aaron, I know this is a bit of a downer situation for you," said Nina.
"A month to save someone is not much, but after this task, we only have 11 days left to do it," said Aaron.
"And we can do it," said Nina.
"I hope so," said Aaron.
"Mason said KT started to smile," said Nina.
"She was smiling?" Asked Aaron.
"Yes, that's what he told me," said Nina.
"But how can that be? She has the poison, she's in a coma," said Aaron.
"Maybe it was because we had completed the first task and she somehow sensed that," said Nina.
"I finished deciphering," said Fabian.
The club gathered around Fabian and looked at the scroll.
"Okay, what do we need to do?" Asked Nina.
"These hieroglyphs represent dance, love and Egypt," said Fabian.
"The Egyptian Love Dance," said Amber, as she and Alfie started to dance like Egyptians
"Seriously, someone needs to figure out how to do this," said Fabian.
"Maybe we can find it in the archives," said Nina.
"I see a guitar here, do we need it?" asked Alfie.
"This is not a guitar, this is a lute, very important," said Fabian.
"Fabian is this a twin? Asked Nina, as she pointed to one of the hieroglyphs
"Yes," said Fabian.
"Then we can cross that right off our list because Amber and Aaron are twins," said Alfie.
"It must be identical twins," said Fabian.
"Even if they wasn't supposed to be, Amber doesn't even know how to play an instrument," said Aaron.
"Patricia, you have a twin sister and she's a musical genius, right?" Asked Amber.
"Yes, but I'm not," said Patricia.
"Okay, so then we also need to find an indicial twin who can play the guitar," said Alfie.
"Lute," said Aaron.
"What's the name of the boss of all lutes, a Lutenant," joked Alfie.
"Not funny, Alfie," said Amber.
"Okay, let's get back to focusing on the task," said Nina.
"Okay, so now we have the dance, the twins and the lutes," said Fabian.
"But what are they playing?" Asked Aaron.
"They do talk about sounds because there's an ear here," said Fabian.
"Aaron, you know more about music, you wanna see if you're onto something?" asked Nina.
"Yeah," said Aaron.
Fabian gave the papyrus to Aaron and he looked at it.
"What did you see?" Asked Nina.
"I don't see anything, there are no music notes with it," said Aaron.
"But what do those five bars mean?" Asked Amber, pointing at the hieroglyphics.
"No idea, but they're not musical notes," said Aaron
"Then what are they?" Asked Nina.
"Fabian," said Aaron, handing Fabian the scroll back.
"They look like emotions," said Fabian.
"What emotions are they?" Asked Amber.
"This one is sadness and this one represents tenderness," said Fabian.
"Maybe each emotion could be a sound, but then we would miss the melody," said Aaron.
"In other words, we still have a lot to do," said Patricia.
"But we can do it," said Fabian.
"Sibuna," said Alfie, while he did the Sibuna gesture.
"Sibuna," said the rest of the club while they did the Sibuna gesture.
A few hours later, the residents sat down to dinner. Amber had cooked and the food had not turned out very well.
"Amber sorry to say it but this is not eatable and Super Alfie eats everything," said Alfie.
"Sorry, but those recipes were very confusing," said Amber.
"Let's order pizza," suggested Jerome
"We can't keep ordering pizza every time we don't manage to get a meal on the table," said Mara.
"But maybe this time we could make an exception," said Otis.
"Or we can do that every time Amber cooks for us," said Jerome.
"That's just plain hurtful," said Amber.
"But could we order something other than pizza?" Asked Joy.
"How about Chinese," suggested Otis.
"I can go for Chinese," said Aaron.
"Yes, let's order Chinese," said Joy.
"If only Mason were still here, we'd sure have a good meal on the table," said Jerome.
"But he's not here," said Aaron.
After dinner, the club went to Nina and Amber's room.
"Guys I have something I want to discuss with you," said Nina.
"What is it Nina?" Asked Fabian.
"It was something Mason said to me at the villa," said Nina.
"About KT suddenly starting to smile," guessed Fabian.
"Yeah, and I think it was after we completed the first task and KT sensed that," said Nina.
"But how could that be, she wasn't even there," said Patricia.
"Maybe and this sounds very far-fetched, is that KT is somehow connected to the Mask," said Nina.
"That is indeed very far-fetched, but a good possibility and it's a theory I wouldn't rule out," said Fabian.
"And I was thinking about something else," said Nina.
"What?" Asked Aaron.
"This is about Lloyd," said Nina.
"Who?" Asked Amber.
"Lloyd, Mason's twin brother," said Nina.
"Oh, yeah, that guy," said Amber.
"Isn't it weird that he suddenly got so sick?" Asked Nina.
"People can get suddenly very sick all the time," said Alfie.
"But he got sick with a mysterious Egyptian disease, even though he's never been to Egypt," said Nina.
"But how do you think he got the Egyptian disease?" Asked Fabian.
"What if he has been cursed," said Nina.
"Cursed? You mean the same curse that made your grandmother sick last year?" Asked Amber.
"No, I think it was a different curse," said Nina.
"Another curse?" Asked Patricia.
"What curse do you think it is, Nina?" Asked Fabian.
"I think it's the curse of Ankhesenamun," said Nina.
The club looked shocked at Nina after she told them her theory about Lloyd. Could it be true and that Lloyd was affected by Ankhesenamun's curse and that's why he got so sick?
