House of Blindness:
Alfie was in a total panic, he couldn't be anything anymore. Alfie started screaming and covered his eyes, Aaron had to hold Alfie even tighter now.
"I can't see anything anymore! I'm blind!" Said Alfie.
"Calm down, Alfie," said Aaron.
"Alfie where's your amulet?" Asked Fabian.
"I'm wearing it. I even sleep with it," said Alfie.
Alfie took off his amulet and let it fall from his hands. Alfie's amulet fell to the ground and broke in two, Nina picked up the amulet pieces.
"It broke," said Nina.
"But how is that possible?" Asked Amber.
"This amulet is fake," said Fabian.
"Alfie, what have you done? Where is your real amulet?" Asked Patricia.
"Guys, I can't see. Do you think I'm joking? Do you think I'm doing this on purpose?" cried Alfie.
"Of course not," said Amber
"But where's the real amulet, Alfie?" Asked Fabian.
"I don't know. I really don't know," said Alfie.
"Guys, this is no use. We need to go back," said Amber.
"We're not going back. We've to do this now, said Fabian.
"He's blind! We're gonna die! I don't wanna die! Said Amber.
"We're gonna do the task, said Fabian.
"He can't see! He's gonna make a misstep, said Amber.
"He's not gonna make a misstep, because we're gonna help him, said Fabian.
"Guys, we're gonna do this. Okay. All of us, said Alfie.
"Sibuna, said Nina, as she did the Sibuna gesture.
"Sibuna, said the rest of the club.
The club headed towards the first task, Aaron supported Alfie and guided him.
In the meantime. Victor jr. was still sleeping and Victor sr. was trying to wake him up.
"Victor wake up lazybones, soon those kids will have the mask! Victor!" Shouted Victor sr.
But Victor jr. didn't wake up and was just passed out.
Back in the tunnels. The club had reached the first task.
"Okay, everyone follow my voice and you'll be fine," said Fabian.
"Understood, said the rest of the club.
"Nina, you go first," said Fabian.
"Okay," said Nina.
"All right Nina, start with your left foot on the scorpion with the golden circle," said Fabian.
Nina looked for the scorpion with the golden circle and when she saw it she took a deep breath and placed her left foot on it. There was a clicking sound and the club looked up at the boulder, which remained motionless. Nina and the rest of the club let out a sigh of relief,
"Okay, if all goes well, 20 kilos should be added to that now, so place your right foot on the snake with the green circle," said Fabian.
"The snake with the green circle," repeated Nina.
Nina searched for the circle and when she found it she lifted her foot and wanted to place it on the circle, until she was interrupted by Amber.
"Wait! Yelled Amber. Are you sure?
"Yes," said Fabian.
"Really? One hundred percent?" Asked Amber.
"Guys," said Nina, as she was struggling to keep her balance.
"I'm really sure," said Fabian.
Nina placed her right foot down on the circle and again the boulder did not move.
"Okay, now with your left hand on the dog with the blue circle," said Fabian.
Nina carefully dropped to her knees and placed her hand on the circle of the dog.
"Okay, Aaron you come in now, said Fabian.
"No, he can't let go of me, said Alfie.
"Alfie, it's all right. I've got you," said Patricia.
Aaron let go of Alfie and Patricia held onto Alfie. Aaron stood in front of the circles and then turned his head to Fabian.
"Okay Aaron there has to be 20 kilos added, so you have to put your right foot on the bird with the red circle," said Fabian.
"You can do this, Aaron," said Amber.
Aaron looked around to find the bird with the red circle.
"There to your left," said Nina, as she pointed to the circle.
"Thanks," said Aaron.
Aaron took a big step and put his right foot on the circle. Aaron stood on one leg and tried to keep his balance.
"Don't fall Aaron," said Fabian.
"I'm doing my best, just hurry and tell me what the next circle is," said Aaron.
"Okay, 20-10 is snake, right?" Asked Fabian
"I don't know," said Aaron.
"Okay, Aaron, with your left foot on the snake with the purple circle," said Fabian.
Aaron quickly found the circle and put his foot down.
"Okay Aaron now with your left hand on the scorpion," said Fabian.
"What color?" Asked Aaron.
"Blue," said Fabian.
Aaron bent down and put his hand down.
"VICTOR!" Shouted Victor sr.
Victor sr.'s screaming could be heard all the way to into the tunnels. A startled Aaron lost his balance and let go of the circle and the boulder started coming down.
"Aaron!" Shouted Nina.
Aaron put his hand down on the circle again and the rock stopped moving.
"Everyone all right?" Asked Fabian.
"Yes," said Aaron.
"Okay we've to keep going, Alfie you come on in now," said Fabian.
"No, no, no, no," said Alfie.
"Patricia place Alfie right in front of the circles," said Fabian.
"Okay, Alfie, you've to bend down a little bit," said Patricia.
Alfie bend down carefully and Patricia set him down in front of the circles.
"Alfie put your left foot on the bird with blue circle," said Fabian.
"I can't see anything," said Alfie.
"Patricia is going to help you," said Fabian.
Patricia grabbed Alfie's left leg and carefully put him down on the bird with blue circle.
"Guys this is scary," said Alfie.
"Guys we can't go back now," said Fabian.
"I've got this Fabian," said Patricia.
"Okay, Alfie you've to bend down even further and then put your right hand on the scorpion with the red circle," said Fabian.
Alfie bent down even more and the club tried to help Alfie as best they could. Alfie lost his balance and fell, Patricia is able to grab him just in time.
"Okay Alfie, now put your hand down," said Nina.
"Okay, I can do that," said Alfie.
Alfie took a deep breath and with a trembling arm put his right hand down on the right circle.
In the meantime. Joy sat in her room and there was a knock on the door. Joy got up, walked over to the door and opened it and then she saw KT standing in the doorway open.
"KT, what is it?" Asked Joy.
"This was on the floor by the front door and it's for you," said KT
KT gave the letter to Joy and walked back to her room. Joy sat down on her bed and opened the letter and began to read.
Be at the garden at 10:30 pm. O.
Joy thought the letter was from Otis and Got a smile on her face. Joy looked at the time and saw that it was almost time already. Joy got up and very carefully snuck downstairs and went to the garden. When Joy entered the garden she saw no one.
"Otis," said Joy.
But there was no answer, Joy looked around and saw a letter on the bench with her name on it. Joy picked up the letter and began to read.
Walk out of the garden and towards the forest, wait at the beginning of the gravel path. O
Joy thought it was strange, but decided to go there anyway. A few minutes later and Joy was at the gravel path. A dark car approached and stopped. Joy could not see who was in the car because the windows were blinded. And the rear door opened.
"Get in, said a mysterious voice.
Joy hesitated but got in anyway. When Joy looked at the driver's side, she saw the man in the green raincoat sitting there and got a little scared. The man took off his hood and his sunglasses. The man had black hair and black eyes and didn't look all that friendly.
"Who... who are you?" Asked Joy.
"My name is Omar," said Omar.
"What do you want from me?" Asked Joy.
Omar said nothing and just let out an evil sounding laugh. Joy got scared and tried to open the door, but it was locked. Joy started banging on the windows and she started screaming.
"It's no use, no one can't hear you," said Omar.
"What do you want from me?" Asked Joy.
Omar said nothing and held up the box of dominoes.
"The domino set?" Asked Joy.
"Yes, the incomplete domino set," said Omar.
"What?" Asked Joy.
"Yes, you ripped me off," said Omar.
"I didn't know they were incomplete," said Joy.
"Doesn't even matter now. The stones aren't even yours. The stones are Ade Rutter's. So you sold someone else's property. That doesn't seem quite right. Maybe I should go to the police with this," threatened Omar.
"Please don't go to the police," begged Joy.
"Okay, I won't go to the police if you do something for me," said Omar.
"What do I've to do?" Asked Joy.
"You're gonna work for me and you're gonna get me the Mask of Anubis," said Omar.
"The Mask of Anubis?" Asked Joy.
"That little club probably know what it is," said Omar.
"Who are you talking about?" Asked Joy.
"You know that has your feisty best friend, those blonde twins and that American girl in it," said Omar.
"And what do you want from them?" Asked Joy.
"I want you to join the club and go find the mask with them. And everything you find out you report to me," said Omar.
"You want me to play for spy?" Asked Joy.
"I knew you weren't stupid," said Omar.
"Forget it, I'm not gonna do that," said Joy.
"Oh, yes, you're, or I'll go to the police. Or I'll go to those friends of yours and tell them what you did," said Omar.
"I had a good reason," said Joy.
"You think your friends will also think that? When they find out you betrayed them. I guess you won't have any friends left then," said Omar.
"I can't do it," said Joy.
"You don't have a choice," said Omar.
Joy was silent and didn't know what to say. Omar opened the door and Joy stepped out. Omar drove off and Joy walked back toward the house. Joy went up to her room and lay down on the bed, all the thoughts shooting through Joy's head made it impossible for her to sleep.
Back in the tunnels. The whole club were now standing on the circles.
"Okay, Alfie with your left hand on bird with the orange circle," said Fabian.
"I can't see a thing," said Alfie.
"Guys, I'm going to fall," said Amber.
"Amber, hold on," said Aaron.
"Where is that circle?" Asked Amber.
"Right by Amber, said Nina.
"He can't get to it like this, said Patricia.
"Amber, can you drop to your knees a little bit? Asked Fabian.
"I hope so, said Amber.
"If you get down on your knees, Alfie can put his hand down, said Fabian.
"Okay, said Amber.
"I'm gonna count to three and then you're gonna drop to your knees,
"Yes, said Amber.
"1... 2... 3...," counted Fabian.
Amber dropped to her knees and Alfie managed to place his hand on the circle. The boulder came down and everyone got scared. The boulder stopped just above the club. Fabian looked up and saw that the boulder was going back up.
"We passed," said Nina.
"We did it," cheered Amber.
"I did it! Super Alfie just did this," cheered Alfie.
"Alfie even when you're blind, you did it man," said Aaron.
The club got up and celebrated their victory.
"Guys, where's the artifact?" Asked Patricia.
Patricia had just finished her sentence and then the artifact appeared. Nina walked over and grabbed the artifact.
At the same time. Omar was back in the cottage in the forest.
"Is it done?" Asked the sick man.
"Joy has no way out. only..," said Omar.
"Only what? Asked the sick man.
"She doesn't know what the Mask of Anubis is," said Omar.
"Then you've got the wrong one," said the sick man.
"It doesn't matter, she's doing exactly what I want. Starting tomorrow, we'll know what her friends are up to," said Omar.
"Every day is one too many. Time is running out," said the sick man.
In the meantime. The club came out of the secret room and stood in the cellar.
"Luckily, Victor...," said Alfie.
Amber quickly put her hand over Alfie's mouth. The club looked at Victor who was still sleeping.
"It's strange that he slept through everything," said Amber.
"It doesn't matter. The most important thing is that we've the artifact," said Fabian.
"Let's continue this tomorrow," said Nina.
The club left the cellar and went back to their rooms. When the club was up Victor Sr. appeared and banged angrily on the mirror and the cellar began to shake, but Victor Jr. didn't notice a thing.
The next day. Trudy was in the kitchen making breakfast, Eddie and Jerome came into the kitchen.
"Good morning Trudy," said Jerome.
"Hello, boys," said Trudy.
"You look extra happy today," said Eddie.
"Well I'm extra happy, because today is my brother's birthday," said Trudy.
"Congratulations," said Eddie.
"Yes, I'm going to his house later to celebrate and then I'm going to stay there," said Trudy.
"So you're gonna be gone all day?" Asked Jerome
"Yes, I'm," said Trudy.
While Trudy was telling Eddie and Jerome about her brother's birthday, the club was already at the table.
"Listen, what do you guys think about doing the second bottle this afternoon? After school," suggested Fabian.
"But what if we've to go back into the tunnels? I think it's really scary," said Nina.
"Me too, said Amber.
"And Alfie hasn't got an amulet, so he can't get into the tunnel anyway," said Aaron.
"I don't understand it either, I've always had that thing on," said Alfie.
"So it has been swapped?" Guessed Patricia.
"But by whom?" Asked Nina.
"Victor, that's the most logical culprit," said Aaron.
"We're lucky Victor hasn't gotten his hands on the spare amulet," said Nina.
"Can't I've that one until we get mine back?" Asked Alfie.
"We'll talk about it later, Alfie," said Fabian, as he saw the rest of the residents walking in.
The rest of the residents sat down to breakfast. During breakfast Joy kept looking in the direction of the club.
A few moments later. All the residents were at school. Fabian was walking down the hallways with his bag with the chest in it, Joy was walking behind him.
"Hey Fabian, said Joy, as she walked up to him.
"Hey, how are you?" Asked Fabian
"Good, actually very good," said Joy.
"Good, that great to hear," said Fabian.
"I actually wanted to talk to you about something," said Joy.
"What's it?" Asked Fabian.
"How is going with the club?" Asked Joy.
But before Fabian could answer, Ade Rutter entered and walked up to Fabian.
"Fabian," said Ade.
"Uncle Ade," said Fabian
Fabian got a smile on his face when he saw his uncle. Joy on the other hand was shocked to see Fabian's uncle.
