Wow this is a long time over due but I finally opened my computer again and I already had most of this story written anyway so here is the next chapter! I'm in school right now but I'm really gonna try to update this story as much as possible! Anyway here is chapter 2 of Everlasting Hope! I hope you enjoy!:)

"Eddie, what is it? Who was that?" Fabian asked concerned for his friend.
"I-I think it was Patricia…"
"Patricia? Why would she call you and not me!?"
"Why would she call you? Who are you!?" Eddie was becoming more confused by the minute and now this guy, who Eddie didn't even know his name, was saying Patricia should call him.
"I'm Jake." By the look on Eddie's face Jake could tell he didn't put two and two together so he continued. "Patricia's boyfriend."
"Ugh great." Eddie whispered rolling his eyes, this was already going to be hard; he really didn't need some guy coming in and trying to help. Let alone Patricia's boyfriend, he could already tell this guy was going to be a handful.
"And you are?" Jake replied looking Eddie up and down, skeptically. Eddie folded his arms over his chest and plastered his signature smirk on his face.
"I'm Eddie. Patricia's probably mentioned me before." Jake just shook his head with his eyebrows knitted together in confusion.
"No sorry, she's never mentioned an Eddie before." Unbelievable.
"Well, before you make this anymore awkward for yourself Eddie." Eddie looked at Fabian and narrowed his eyes and Fabian cleared his throat, continuing. "Right, well maybe you should just tell us what was said."
"She's alive and all she said was 'Eddie I need your help'."
"Oh my gosh!" Jake said throwing his hands in the air and rolling his eyes. "Are we really going to believe him? I mean look at him, it looks like you just got him out of the street sewer."
"You know I'd really like to see things from your point of view, but I can't seem to get my head that far up my ass."
"OK! Shouldn't we get back to Patricia!? What are we going to do!?"
"What about tomorrow me and someone else go to Patricia's work and look around her office, we can look in her laptop and see if we can find anything." Joy said speaking up for the first time.
"Ok that sounds good-"
"Mrs. Mercer we have the apartment cleaned up and you can go in there now." The police officer left as fast as he came and they were alone again.
"Joy are you sure you want to stay in there? You can come stay at my apartment if you want to, I have a spare bedroom." Eddie said. She shook her head.
"No Jerome lives close, ill just stay there. Can you take me there?"
"Yeah we can go get your stuff and then head there. Everyone meet here tomorrow at eight and we'll head to Patricia's work." Fabian and Jake left after that and Eddie and Joy went into the apartment. It looked completely different than it did a couple hours ago and everything was pretty much stripped down. Joy headed into one of the bedrooms to the left of the apartment and the other door was left closed and untouched. It must have been Patricia's room. He walked over to the door and hesitated for a minute before turning the knob and walking into the room. The walls weren't painted but they were scattered with posters and pictures. Some of her and Jake but a lot from Anubis. He took one in particular off the wall it was of all the residents of Anubis and Eddie and Patricia were sat right next to each other and if you looked even closer you could see them holding hands.
"She loved that picture." Eddie turned around at the sound of Joys voice and saw her leaning against the door frame, a small smile on her face. She walked closer to him and looked at the picture. "To be completely honest I think the reason she likes it so much is probably because if you look closely enough you two are holding hands." She smiled as she pointed to Patricia's lap where their hands were locked together. She looked up at him smiling a small smile but with tears brimming her eyes and continued. "She was happy. You made her happy." Her voice came out in barely a whisper and she looked down at the photo letting a single tear, drop on the frame. He looked over at her but her head was still down.
"We'll find her." She looked at him with her eyes squeezed shut letting out a shaky breath and opened them and the tears started to fall down her face. He nodded his head reassuringly. "I promise." She looked up at the wall where the picture they were holding used to sit and she paused.
"Eddie….what's that?" He looked at the wall and saw a small button.
"Should I push it?" Eddie replied looking at Joy.
"I don't know."
"What if it's dangerous."
"What could it possibly do, kill you."
"I don't know, maybe it's for protection."
"Protection from what?" Joy asked clearly not getting why he was worried.
"Oh I don't know Joy maybe in case someone ever tried to kidnap her!?" Eddie replied gesturing around the bare room.
"Come on Eddie, you've taken bigger risks in Sibuna, it probably just turns on her light."
"Fine I'll push it." He pressed his finger against the button and waited.
"See nothing happened." Joy started to walk away as Eddie put the picture back up on the wall. She reached the door and froze when she felt a slight movement under her feet. She looked down at the ground and then back to Eddie at the same time a small creaking noise could be heard and a thud. Eddie's eyebrows knitted together in confusion and she raised an eyebrow looking into a space on the ground. They had both heard it.
"What was that?" Eddie asked.
"I have no idea, it sounded like something was opening though." He looked at her as her eyes drifted over to the closet door on the other side of the room.
"The closet." She whispered just loud enough for Eddie to hear it.
"Joy I didn't open the closet." Eddie said in a 'duh' tone as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"I'm not talking about you opening the closet. I'm talking about that button opening something inside the closet." She slowly walked over to the door of the closet and opened it. Her eyes went wide and Eddie walked over and stood behind her. There was a tunnel in the back of the closet. While Eddie sat frozen in his spot Joy began walking further into the tunnel.
"Joy what are you doing?"
"What do you think? I'm going down the tunnel, there is obviously something important down here or it wouldn't be locked up." He reluctantly followed her down the tunnel until they came to a large room at the end.
"Oh my gosh, what is this." Eddie looked around in 'awe' at the symbols and trails written all over the ceiling and walls. It was almost like a-
"A map. It's a map of the entire town." He looked at Joy who was still in shock at everything. She turned to him and finally spoke.
"She knew where he was going to take her, before he even got her." Joy said looking around the room in confusion.
Eddie raised his eyebrows and let out a shocked laugh, still looking around the room. "Patricia Williamson, you are a lot smarter than you let on."