We walked with the tour group through Independence hall. While we were walking through the hall, Riley had grabbed my hand, intertwining our finger together. I smiled and walked closer to him. I was looking at Ben and Abigail, who were walking next to each other. Abigail caught my eye and I winked at her. She smiled and followed Ben as he turned the corner.
I tugged on Riley's hand, as he was still following the group. He stumbled but followed me. I let go of his hand as we stepped over the rope separating the downstairs from the upstairs. We walked up the steps and across the bridge way, making our way to the door that had the steps to the bell tower. Ben walked in first and Riley held the door open for Abigail and me. I kissed his cheek and climbed up the steps after Abigail. Ben helped Abigail up and then helped me.
"Thanks, Ben." He nodded. I went over to the edge of the tower and looked around. I smiled at the sights I saw.
"What bell is this?" I heard Riley ask. I turned around.
"I think it's the Centennial Bell." I told them.
"Yeah, it is the Centennial Bell. It replaced the Liberty Bell in 1876." Ben said, standing next to me, looking for where the next clue was supposed be. Abigail stood near Ben and I felt hand circle my waist. I looked up to see Riley looking where we all were looking. I smiled and put my hands over his.
"There it is." Abigail said, pointing out where the shadow was cast over a certain brick.
"Alright. I'll go down, and Caylen will help me. Riley and Abigail, meet us in the signing room." We all nodded and Riley gave me a hug.
"Be careful. I don't want to lose you to the evilness of falling down the roof." I giggled and nodded. Riley and Abigail went down and Ben and I stayed up on the tower.
"How are we supposed to get down there?" I asked Ben, looking for a way for us to get down.
"There is a window down in the hallway where we came here, so we can go through there." Ben and I walked down to the hallway and carefully opened the window and went through it. Ben walked over to the brick and I followed him.
"How are we going to get the brick?" I touched the brick and tried to find and opening.
"We are going to use this." Ben pulled out a pocket knife and started chiseling away the concrete around the brick.
"Oh, now what do you think is behind the brick?" I said as Ben took out the brick. He shrugged and we both looked in the space where the brick used to be. We looked at each other confused because we didn't see anything, but then we looked at the brick. The back was open and hollow. Ben reached in and grabbed something.
"What is that?" I asked looking at the spectacles in Ben's hand. "Is it supposed to be the clue?"
"I think Ben Franklin made these. And yes, this is the clue." He smiled softly.
"Okay, let's go before we get caught." I grabbed his arm and we made our way to the signing room.
As soon as we got in the room, Riley and Abigail walked up to us. "Hey, what did you score?" Riley asked.
"It's some kind of ocular device." Ben held up the glasses. "The vision to see the treasured past? Let me take this." He took the document case from Abigail as Riley took the glasses.
"They're like early American X-ray specs." Riley said softly, examining the glasses. I laughed and looked around the room.
"Benjamin Franklin invented something like these." Abigail pointed out, looking at Ben.
"I think he invented these." Ben said.
"What do we do with them?" Riley asked, still holding the glasses.
"We look through them." Ben said like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
Abigail was having trouble with the Declaration. "Here, help me." She said. Ben and Riley reached out and helped her and I took the glasses. I put them on but took them off when I heard Ben sigh.
"What?" Riley looked at Ben, confused.
"It's just that… the last time this was here, it was being signed." Ben said. I smiled nodding and putting the glasses back on.
"Ben, there's another tour coming." Riley informed him. Ben nodded.
"Turn it over." Ben said, motioning with his hand. They turned it over and I looked at the back and gasped. There were words on the back. It said 'Heere at the Wall.'
"What does it say?" Ben looked at me intently. I smiled and handed him the glasses.
"Why don't you find out for your self?" He put the glasses on and leaned over the document.
"What do you see?" Abigail asked Ben.
"It says 'Heere at the Wall'. Spelled with 2 Es. Take a look." Ben put out the glasses, looking at me. I watched as Riley started grabbing at the glasses but Abigail got them. I started laughing as Riley kept trying to get the glasses, but finally gave up.
"Oh, wow," Abigail said softly.
Riley sighed. "Why can't they just say go to this place, here's the treasure, spend it wisely?" Riley complained.
"Why, that would take all the fun out of it." I told Riley, laughing at him.
"Oh no," Ben groaned. I looked at him confused and he pointed out the window. I gasped as I saw some of Ian's accomplices.
"How did they find us?" Riley asked, looking out the window.
"Ian has unlimited recourses and friends in sorta high places." I informed them, turning away from the window and pacing.
"I don't think we can get out of here without being spotted." Abigail pointed out.
"We know that Abigail." I told her, running my hands over my face.
"So what do we do now?" Riley asked, rubbing my shoulders. I shrugged him off and looked out the window again. They were still there.
"We separate the lock from the key. We split up." Ben said, grabbing me, pulling him near me.
"Good idea." Abigail nodded.
Riley looked at us confused. "Really?" He asked.
Ben nodded. "I'll take this and those." He grabbed the tube holder and the glasses. "And you keep that." He gave Abigail the tube that held the Declaration. Meet me and Caylen at the car and call us if you run into any problems."
"Like we get caught and killed?" I glared at Riley. How could he tri to make a joke at a time like this. I shook my head and started walking out the door, leaving Ben, Abigail and Riley to talk.
"Caylen, wait up." I stopped and waited for Ben to catch up to me. "We have to act like we don't know that they are there. What ever you do, don't look back." I nodded.
We walked out of Independence Hall and acted casual. We started walking to the park and when we crossed the streets and we heard a car passing, Ben grabbed my hand and we started running. I ran as hard as I could, my heart pounding as Ben and I reached a gate to a graveyard. Ben tried to open it, but it was stuck so I kicked it open.
"Didn't know you could do that." Ben said, out of breath.
"You should know a lot of thing and I could tell you them sometime, but right now, we have to run. He laughed as we ran though the graveyard. I jumped over a gravestone and squealed as I heard a gunshot. I ran over to Ben and we got out of the gate on the other side. "Ben give me the holder, you take the glasses and run." Ben tried to say something but I stopped him, grabbing the red holder off his back and put it on mine. "Run!" I yelled. I pushed him and I ran in the other direction.
"Hey! Creepy dude! Over here!" I yelled at one of the men. "I have the Declaration! Come and get me!" The men ran after me, but Ben stopped on of them, and punched him out. I smiled and started running, trying to throw off the man who was chasing me. I knew when I get back to the car, Ben will yell at me, but I didn't care. I just wanted the glasses to be in his hands, and if that meant have my brother's creepy friend chase after me, than I would be fine with it.
I turned a corned and ran into someone. I looked up and saw my brother. I went to turn around, but he grabbed me and the holder container. I kicked him and grabbed the container back. I felt someone grab me from behind and hold me. "My dear sister seems we have finally got what we needed." Ian smirked and I struggled against the creepy dude holding me. Ian opened the container and sighed, throwing it to me. The man let me go and I caught the container, hugging it to me.
"Where is the document, Caylen?" Ian asked me, shaking me by the shoulders. I glared at him and kept my lips sealed. He sighed and got out his phone. I could hear the convocation though the phone. "Ian, Ian, I've got them. They're heading towards city hall." Someone informed them. My eyes widened and I realized that they have found Abigail and Riley.
"Okay, I'm on my way." Ian closed the phone and grabbed my arm, gripping it hard. I gasped in pain, but kept walking with Ian and the creepy guy.
A/N: Thanks for all the reviews! I loved them. Snuggles my reviews and readers I love all of you. I am on a role on this story. I have stopped all my other stories until I finish this one. When I finish this, I will probaly make one-shots until National Treasure: The Books of Secrets comes out on DVD. Anyway, I might get to see National Treasure this weekend. I'm supposed to go over to my Mom's and we might go see the movie. Anyway, my lovelys, I hope you review.