House of Destruction:

Nina looked with a nervous glance at Fabian standing at in the doorway, she was scared that he knew that she was on the phone with Mason.

"Who are you on the phone with?" Asked Fabian.

"With ...," said Nina, not being able to come up with something.

"You're not calling Mason, are you?" Asked Fabian.

"No," lied Nina.

"Nina, if he and his family know about the Mask then they will try to destroy it, then we will have nothing, then KT will be beyond saving," said Fabian.

"I'm not on the phone with Mason," lied Nina.

"Then who are you calling?" Asked Fabian.

"Oh, some annoying telemarketer and he called me by the way," lied Nina.

"Oh," said Fabian.

"What are you doing here?" Asked Nina.

"I wanted to see how you were doing, I know the club meeting didn't go as you had hoped," said Fabian.

"No, it didn't," said Nina.

"I very much wish it had gone differently, that we could come up with something else," said Fabian.

"Yeah, I really hoped that too," said Nina.

"I'm sorry, Nina," said Fabian.

"It's all right, Fabian, it's not your fault," said Nina.

"No, I mean that I accuse you right now," said Fabian.

"It's all right Fabian," said Nina.

"No, it's not okay, I'm not supposed to do that, I know you wouldn't do anything that would hurt the club," said Fabian.

"We're all a little stressed right now, no one is acting like themselves right now," said Nina.

"Sorry again," said Fabian.

"I've already forgiven you," said Nina.

Fabian nodded his head and left Nina's room. Nina grabbed her phone again.

"Sorry, Fabian entered the room," said Nina.

"Nina what is that Mask of Anubis, what does it mean? How did you get it?" asked Mason.

"We found it under the house, in a secret tunnel, with the Mask we can lift the curse," said Nina.

"But you don't know how," said Mason.

"No, but that's why I called you, I was hoping you might know more, we don't have much time," said Nina.

"I've never heard of it. Sorry I can't help you anymore," said Mason.

Mason hung up the phone, at the same time his parents entered the basement and saw that he had his phone in his hand.

"Who were you calling?" Asked Geoffrey.

"I really hope that it wasn't the Anubis girl," said Caroline.

"She was the one calling me," said Mason.

"What did she want from you?" Asked Caroline.

"She asked me if I know anything about the Mask of Anubis," said Mason.

"The Mask of Anubis?" Asked Caroline.

"That's what she said," said Mason.

"The Mask of Anubis? What kind of mask is that? What does it do?" Asked Geoffrey.

"She says it's something they can use to break the curse," said Mason.

"Oh yeah? And how's that?" Asked Caroline.

"She didn't know," said Mason.

"Whatever that mask it is, they can't break the curse, I'll see to that personally," said Geoffrey.

"Maybe there's something in my grandfather's research on the Mask," said Caroline.

"So let's find out," said Geoffrey.

Mason and his parents left the basement and headed toward the attic where Patrick Denby's research lay.


The next day the Anubis residents sat at the table for breakfast. Mara walked into the living room with an envelope in her hand.

"Daniel, I have some good news," said Mara.

"What is it?" asked Fabian.

"Remember those chemistry experiments we had to do from Mr. Sweet?" Asked Mara.

"Yes," said Fabian.

"And that Mr. Sweet filmed everything and then sent it to the school chemistry community," said Mara.

"I remember that," said Fabian.

"We won the second prize," said Mara.

"That's great news," said Joy.

"Congratulations, you guys," said Otis.

"What did you win?" Asked Alfie.

"4 free tickets to the cinema," said Mara.

"That's kind of a letdown for a second prize," said Jerome.

"With these tickets we can pick any movie we want, plus free drinks and snacks," said Mara.

"Now that already sounds like a better prize," said Otis.

"So I figured two tickets for you and two for me," said Mara.

Mara sat down at the table and joined the other residents for breakfast.


After breakfast all the residents were at school, The club was standing by their lockers, Aaron nervously pacing up and down in the hallway.

"Aaron, would you please stand still, you make me dizzy like this," said Amber.

"Sorry, but I can't be standing still, we only have 6 days left to save KT and but we haven't found a way to restore the last gem yet," said Aaron.

"We know what to do, but we don't know how to do it, big difference," said Alfie.

"Yes, Alfie that does indeed calm me down a lot," said Aaron sarcastically.

"Really?" Asked Alfie.

"No, of course not," said Aaron.

"Guys let's not fight each other now, we have to prove to the Mask that our friendship is worth everything," said Patricia.

"Haven't we already, you guys mean everything to me," said Amber.

"And after everything we've done," said Alfie.

"Yeah, Eddie practically risked his life to go to Egypt to look for scrolls," said Patricia.

'And all the tasks we've had to do, we've risked a lot for that too," said Alfie.

"And we did all that for KT," said Aaron.

"Apparently we haven't done the one thing the Mask wants us to do, so apparently it's not enough," said Nina.

"What's it gonna cost us to activate that stupid gem?" Asked Eddie.

"I know what it's going to cost us if we don't figure that out in 6 days, KT's life, that's what it's going to cost us," said Aaron.

"Fabian?" Asked Nina.

"I don't anymore, I'm sorry," said Fabian.

The bell rang and the club headed to class, but none of them could focus on the lesson. Nina thought about the conversation she had with Mason and the fact that she had told him about the Mask, something she had not told the club she did, because she knew that not of the club would approve, especially Fabian and Aaron.


Meanwhile in the villa, Mason and his parents were back in the attic looking through Patrick Denby's research to see if they could find anything about the Mask of Anubis.

"Have any of you found anything about the Mask of Anubis yet?" Asked Caroline.

"No, not yet," said Geoffrey.

"Wait I think I found something," said Mason.

"What have you found Mason?" Asked Caroline.

"It's about Robert Frobisher-Smythe and the discovery of the Mask," said Mason.

"Does it say what the Mask can do?" Asked Geoffrey.

"In this paragraph great-grandfather wrote something," said Mason.

"What does it say?" Asked Caroline.

"According to the legend that speaks of the Mask of Anubis, it says that the Mask possesses the Tears of Gold," said Mason.

"The Tears of Gold?" Asked Geoffrey.

"These Tears have special powers, they are so strong that they can even save someone who is dying," said Mason.

"So that's what these kids are up to," said Caroline.

"What do you mean?" Asked Mason.

"They have that Mask of Anubis and want to use those Tears of Gold to save KT," said Caroline.

"But they won't be able to," said Geoffrey.

"Didn't you hear what it says, those tears can save someone who is dying, That's how powerful they are," said Caroline.

"What do we do now? if they give KT tears, then everything we've done will be for nothing," said Mason.

"If they can't give the Tears of Gold to KT within 6 days, our plan may succeed, Lloyd will live and KT will still die," said Caroline.

"What is your plan Caroline?" Asked Geoffrey.

"We go to Anubis house and get the mask," said Caroline.

"And then what do we do with it?" asked Mason.

"We destroy it, we're gonna make sure they never get those Tears," said Caroline.


A few days later, all the residents were in the living room Mara walked into the living room.

"Jerome are you coming?" Asked Mara.

"Yes, I'm coming," said Jerome, as he out the chair and walked over to Mara.

"Where are you guys going?" Asked Joy.

"We are going to the movies now," said Mara.

"Oh with the free tickets you and Daniel won?" Asked Otis.

"Yeah," said Mara.

"Which movie are you going to, Daniel, with your tickets?" Asked Otis.

"I'm not into movies, here, you take them," said Fabian, as he handed his tickets to Otis.

"Thank you," said Otis.

"Hey, I got an idea. Why don't Otis and I go to the movies with you guys and make it a double date," suggested Joy.

"Sounds fun," said Otis.

"Yeah," said Mara.

"But we're not gonna watch a rom-com or a chick flick," said Jerome.

"We all will pick something we agree on," said Mara.

"Then how about we all go get something to eat afterwards somewhere," suggested Otis.

"Good idea," said Joy.

"Have fun," said Amber.

Jerome, Mara, Otis and Joy left the house. The club headed to Nina and Amber's room.

"Okay, how much time do we have left to save KT?" Asked Amber.

"We have 39 hours left," said Fabian.

"That's not much and the last gem hasn't been restored yet," said Nina.

"Okay, now that Victor and the others are gone we can make good use of this time to figure out a way to prove to the Mask our friendship and love, said Eddie.

"Where is Victor, by the way?" Asked Alfie.

"No idea, but let's not worry about that right now," said Aaron.

"What could be the ultimate act of friendship and love?" Asked Amber.

"No idea, You would think everything we've already done, it the ultimate act," said Alfie.

"Alfie you've said that so many times, but it's not enough, it something else that the Mask wants," said Patricia.

"I'm going to lose KT, I just have to start accepting it," said Aaron.

"No, Aaron you're not going to lose KT, we're going to save her," said Amber.

"How? We have less than 2 days left to give her the Tears of Gold, we can't give her the tears, we don't have them," said Aaron.

"But we can get them," said Amber.

"Looks like we're not gonna get this task after all," said Aaron.

"We must not give up hope," said Amber.

"I don't want to, but let's be realistic, we're too late," said Aaron.

"Aaron, enough with this grief party and you're going to listen to me now," said Amber.

"Amber," said Aaron.

"No, listen to your twin sister now, you've always been the one to tell me to never give up hope, when dad and mom got divorced you were there for me," said Amber.

"You've always been there for me too," said Aaron.

"But you always gave me hope that even the bad moments in life would turn good again, and now I want to give you hope again, we are going to save KT," said Amber.

"Thank you Amber, I needed to hear that," said Aaron.

"That's what I'm here for," said Amber.

"I'm glad you're my little sister," said Aaron.

"You know I hate it when you say that, you are only older by 17 minutes," said Amber.

"So we continue?" Asked Eddie.

"Yeah, we're gonna get the tears of Gold," said Aaron.

"Maybe that's what the Mask wanted to hear," said Alfie.

The club looked at the Mask, but sadly the last gem had not yet changed its color

"I'm quite hungry now and I could also think better when I have eaten," said Alfie.

"Who is going to cook?" Asked Amber.

"Let's order pizza," suggested Eddie.

"I'll make the call," said Amber.

Amber grabbed her phone and called the pizzeria. Moments later Nina and Amber walked downstairs to grab some drinks, suddenly they heard car pulling up very close to the house.

"Is the pizza here already?" Asked Amber.

"Do you really think? I mean since when do they deliver pizza by car," said Nina.

"We ordered 7 pizza's that's a lot to deliver with a just a scooter," said Amber.

Nina and Amber walked toward the front door, but were shocked and scared when they saw who got out of the car.

"Nina, that's not the pizza delivery guy," said Amber.

"You got that right Amber, that's definitely not the pizza delivery guy," said Nina.

"It's the Denby family," said Amber.

Mason and his parents had arrived at Anubis' house, with the mission to get the Mask of Anubis. Will the club succeed in protecting the Mask, or will it fall into the hands of the Denby family.