I hope you guys are enjoying this story. I'm trying to wrap this one up and start a new one. I have three story ideas, I'm not sure which one will be next. I'm leaning towards two of the three. If anyone is interested in me posting the descriptions and you guys can tell me which one, you'd like to see first. I think I might do that.
Anubis's POV
**Week Three**
We park in the street in front of the Kane's mansion. This was the home of Amos Kane. Julius and Carter had lived here ever since Ruby died. Julius and Amos Kane run a law firm and are very known in New York. Carter was the son of Julius and Sadie's brother. He is also going into the family business.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" Horus asks. "You know Julius will not be happy to see you. A. because you lost his daughter. B. because your Set's son."
"Maybe he'll understand that I'm trying to find her and help." I say. "He's my only chance to find her Horus. I have to try."
"Let's go then," Horus says. We both get out of the car and head up to the steps of the mansion. I knock on the door. We wait for a minute. "Maybe no one is home."
Just as Horus says that the door opens. It was a boy about my age. He was African American with brown hair and brown eyes. I assumed that this was Carter. "Hello," I say. "Is Julius Kane here."
"Yes," Carter says. "He's a little busy right now, his daughter is missing."
"That's why were here," I say. "I'm Anubis Black. I'm the spy who was assigned to protect her."
Carter stops for a minute. "Maybe you should come in." He steps aside and lets us in. The room was massive. "Have a seat, anywhere. I'll be back."
He leaves the room. He walks into what I assumed was the library. Horus and I look at each other and then we both sit down on the couch. "This place is massive," Horus says.
"Yeah," Anubis says. "No wonder they want Sadie here. It's a fortress."
A few moments later the doors of the library opened and a man comes out. He was African American like Carter. He had a shaved head and a goatee. He wore a nice suit pants and a button up white shirt. Carter and another man. African American also, except he had long hair braided. He also wore a suit similar to the other one but he had a vest button up with his outfit.
"You need to get out of this house right now!" He yells. "You are responsible for Set having my daughter!"
I stand up and Horus was with me. Julius stops a foot away from me. "Mr. Kane, I can find her."
"You've done enough," He says. "I payed big money for my daughter to be here and they assign Set's son to bring her to me!"
"You think I asked to be Set's son!" I yell. "I've spent my whole life running from Set! I should be in the hospital resting right now but I'm out here trying to find your daughter!"
"Julius," the other man said. "Maybe we should hear what he has to say. He's the last one to see Sadie before she went missing."
"Uncle Amos is right, dad." Carter says. "Sadie trusted him."
Julius backs away from me. "Why are you here?" He asks.
"I'm trying to find Sadie," I say. "Set, my father, wants me to find her. He's left me clues. I found the first coordinate at his mother's grave. He's left two more clues. One's at my mothers' grave. The other one..." I stop and look at all of them. "Is at Ruby's grave."
"So, you want to know where my mothers grave is?" Carter asks.
"Yes," I say.
"How can we trust you?" Julius asks.
"Mr. Kane," I say. "I want to see her again as much as you do. It was my job to protect her and I failed. I'm sorry for that. No one wants my father to pay for what he's done more than I do. He killed Ruby and my mother in front of me. He killed my witness protection family. He's killed anyone I ever cared about. Please, tell me where Ruby's grave is and I can bring Sadie home to you."
Julius sits down in a chair. "Dad," Carter walks over and puts a hand on his shoulder. "He's our only chance at finding her."
Amos had his hands in his pockets. "How do we know that you're telling us the truth? How do you know that Set has my niece?"
I take out the note that Set left with Sadie's necklace. "This was with it," I say and take the necklace off and hold it out. Julius stands up and takes it.
"London," Julius says.
I look up at him confused.
"That's where you're going to find Ruby's grave," Julius says. "Her parents wanted her buried in London because they raised her there until they moved her to America."
"Thank you, Mr. Kane." I say. "Thank you."
Horus and I turn to leave. "Anubis," Julius says. He hands me the necklace. "Bring her home."
"I will Sir," I say. "I promise." I take the necklace.
Horus and I leave. We were halfway down the steps when we were called again. "Anubis!" I turn to see Carter heading towards us.
"Yes?" I ask.
"I hope you can find her," Carter says. "Sadie. My dad is really torn up about it. I don't know what would happen if…" Carter stopped.
"She'll come back alive," I say. "I'll make sure of it."
"Good luck," Carter says.
"Thank you, Carter." I say. He turns and walks back into the mansion. We continue down the steps.
"Well," Horus says. "That went better than I thought. I thought he would kill you."
"Me too," I agree. "Now, lets get going to London."
Once we get into London, Horus and I take a cab to the graveyard. The driver gave us the strangest look. I know what he's thinking. Two guys who are not from this country get in your taxi from the airport and the first destination they choose is a graveyard, not the most normal thing to do, but we were in a hurry. We get out and we walk around reading the names on the graves. I stop when I see a photo of Ruby by a grave. The photo had a piece of paper sticking in the corner.
"Horus," I say. "I found it."
I open the piece of paper.
Anubis,
These first two clues were really easy. The last one will be the hardest. Your mother. It was hard for me to find her grave myself. I'm sure you can figure out how to find it. Sadie is fine by the way. She's taken quite a liking to Kyle. You'd better hurry before she falls in love with him instead of you. The last coordinate will be there.
Set
I roll my eyes at the last part. My father was playing games. He's using Kyle as a part of a game. "Where's the coordinate?" Horus asks.
"It's not here," I say. "It's at my moms grave."
I hand the note to Horus. "I can't believe Set thinks this is a game."
"Everything is a game to him," I say.
"What's the plan?" Horus asks.
"First, we need to find a hotel to stay at." I tell him.
Horus and I decide to go with a hotel on the river. Horus and I take turns taking showers before we decided to do anything. I sit down on the bed. 'Bring her home,' Julius's voice rang through my head. I held Sadie's necklace in my hand with the chain wrapped around my hand.
"You're going to find her," Horus says.
"I hope so," I say.
"What's the plan?" Horus asks.
"We're going to visit my grandparents," I say.
"How do we find them?" He asks.
"I know where they live," I say. "I've been there before."
**Flashback**
I was eighteen, I had finally joined the spy organization. I was in between missions so I decided to do a mission of my own. Find my grandparents. I looked for their names by searching my mothers. Miranda Black.
"Anubis Matthews," Nathan says. "How are you?"
"Good sir," I say. I turn my attention from my computer to Nathan. He sits on the edge of my desk and looks at the computer.
"Miranda Black," Nathan says. "Are you trying to find your grandparents?"
"Yes," I say. "I want to meet them."
"You know they may not like you," Nathan says.
"I know," I say. "But I have to try."
Nathan probably wanted to argue more but he knows that I was not going to drop it. "Good luck," Nathan says. "I hope it goes well."
"Thank you," I say.
I discovered that my grandparents' names were Charles and Emily Black and that they lived in Florida. I took a plane to Florida and I drove a rental car to their address. I parked in front of the house. I walked up to the door and knocked. Charles opened the door. "Hello," He says.
"Hi," I say and hold out my hand. "I'm Anubis Matthews."
Charles looks back and comes out and shuts the door. "Get out of here. You are not welcome."
"Because my father is Set?" I ask. "I don't like him either."
"If that were true," Charles says. "You wouldn't keep his last name."
"I loved my mother," I say. "I watched her die."
"We don't want anything to do with you," Charles says. "Matthews blood is in you. You're bound to turn out just like him. Their all killers. The Matthews family is full of murderers and we will not be a part of it."
"I understand," I say. "I'll go. No trouble."
I turn around and leave. 'The Matthews family is full of murderers.' I had that stuck in my head the whole drive back to California. I could've taken a plane but I needed time to process. Once I got back Nathan paid me another visit.
"Matthews," Nathan says. "How was the visit?"
"Not well," I say. "Charles wanted nothing to do with me."
"What about Emily?" He asks.
"I didn't see her," I say. "It's not their fault. I don't blame them. The Matthews family is full of murderers."
"I'm sorry Matthews," Nathan says.
"I'd prefer the name Black," I say. "Anubis Black."
Nathan smiles. "That has a better ring to it. I'll get that updated in the computers."
"Thank you," I say. He gets up and leaves. It was the first step of getting away from Set. For good.
**End**
"Great," Horus says. "We can rest, then we will work on the next task. It's been a long week. Flying from California to New York. Facing Julius Kane, Flying to London."
"Yeah," I say. "Long week." Way too long. It's been three weeks since I saw Sadie. Her deep blue eyes, her long caramel colored hair, her lips on mine. I needed her back and I was not going to rest until I got her back.