A/n: Hey guys sorry it took sooo long to get this chapter up I've just been really busy with school work and stuff. So here it is the seventh chapter and i promis the next one will be up soon so enjoy :)
Chapter 7
The finding of the second passage
As Tai lead everyone towards Loulou's cage everyone was excited and very talkative threw out the entire group. When they got there Tai pulled the curtain away from Loulou's cage.
"Loulou can I ask you a question" Tai asked the parrot.
"Yes of course squawk" Loulou said Tai.
"Alright does the word baby mean anything to you" Tai asked the bird.
"Yes squawk" Loulou said.
"Can you tell me what it means" Tai asked anxiously.
"What's the password" Loulou said.
"Um……… please and thank you" Tai said not so sure of him self.
"Nope squawk, no password no word" Loulou said.
"Ok does anyone hear know the password" Tai asked his friends.
"Nope" everyone said.
"But I think I might know who has the password" Sora said.
"Who!" The digidestins asked anxiously.
"The women in the conservatory after all Loulou belonged to her brother Alan" Sora said.
"Of course how come I didn't think of that" Tai said.
"Because you're too stupid" Sora said.
"Hey what did I say about being mean to me" Tai said and pouted at Sora.
"Well sorry Tai but it's just too easy" Sora said.
"Are u to done flirting yet so we can go to the conservatory and talk to the women" Izzy stated more than said to the two blushing teens.
"Izzy we're not flirting" Tai said to his friend but all the while still blushing.
"Well then why are you blushing Tai" Izzy stated.
"I'm not blushing" Tai said and walked down the hallway towards the stairs and disappeared down them.
"Izzy that's not funny I wasn't flirting with Tai lets just go ok" Sora said and walked in the same direction as Tai.
"It sure seemed like they were flirting to me" Izzy said to Mimi.
"Ya I thought they were to" Mimi said and giggled at the same time.
"Well come on before we lose them in this mansion" Izzy said and they both caught up with the others.
"Well it's about time u guys caught up" Tai said still a bit annoyed with Izzy.
"Well sorry we're not as fast as u" Izzy said now annoyed with Tai.
"Alright guys lets just go in ask her what Loulou's special word is" Sora said.
"All right" they all said and followed Sora into the conservatory.
As they made they're way down the spiral staircase to where they new the elderly lady would be Mimi and Izzy both noticed that the fountain was empty.
"Um guys why is the fountain empty" Izzy asked.
"We don't know" Sora said to Izzy.
"Well didn't u ask" Mimi asked.
"Yeah but she didn't know why either" Tai responded.
"Oh" they both said at the same time.
So as they made they're way over to the lady she had heard them come down the stairs and asked "How can I help u children."
"Well is there any chance that you might know Loulou's special word" Sora asked politely.
"Why yes I do dear" The lady responded.
"Can you tell us what it is" Tai asked.
"Of course, its Loulou is a very smart and beautiful bird" The women said.
"Thank you very much" Sora said and the group headed up the stairs.
When the group reached the top of the stairs they ran to Loulou's cage.
"What does baby mean to you?" Sora said to the Loulou.
"What's the password?" Lou squawked.
"Loulou is a very smart and beautiful bird" Sora said.
"Bonnet, squawk baby bonnet" Loulou squawked.
"We are so stupid" Tai said.
"How so" Mimi asked?
"Well what I think Tai is trying to say is that it's a play on words, you know like baby bonnet, spider web, etc" Izzy said.
"So then you do know how to do this then" Sora said.
"Yup" Izzy said and they all went back down into the passageway.
They put in the word bonnet and a new word appeared. The next word was barber.
"So now what?" asked Sora?
"A word that goes with barber or could mean barber I say leech" Izzy said then put in the word, and got it right.
"Good Job Izzy" Tai said, and then he read the next word which was picture.
"It might be book" Tai said to Izzy.
"I think you're right Tai" Izzy said then punched in the word, and surprisingly it was right.
"Alright the next word is hour and I say glass goes with it" Izzy said then punched in the word.
"And this word better be the last" Tai said as he stared at the word ant.
"It's anthill" Izzy said as we punched in the last of the word, and all of a sudden the door opened.
"That wasn't creepy at all" Sora said as she gripped Tai's arm even tighter.
"Sora I think you're cutting my circulation off" Tai said as he winced from pain that Sora was giving him.
"Sorry Tai" Sora said and loosened her grip on his arm.
The four digidestins walked through the door and walked down the long hallway that led to another door, and by the door there was a narrow hallway that looked like it led to another door.
"Alright we came this far so now what?" Tai asked.
"How do we get this door open" Mimi asked?
"I don't know" Sora said, while still gripping Tai's arm pretty tightly.
"That's interesting" Izzy said as he looked at a panel on the wall.
"What is?" the others asked.
"Well there's half a panel on this side of the wall and the other half seems to be on the other side" Izzy said as he opened the panel to reveal six triangles.
"Does that mean there's another secret passageway in this manor somewhere" Tai said.
"Yup and my guess to this puzzle is that you have to get all the triangles right side up" Izzy said as he started to fiddle with puzzle.
Where do you suppose this other passageway is" Tai asked.
"I have no clue" Izzy said and continued on what he was doing.
"Well let's find out I think my aunt said something about his" Sora said.
"Or maybe it just has something to do with that awful, ugly, mean looking statue" Mimi said in an irritated voice.
"You mean the gargoyle" Sora said.
"Ya what else is as ugly as that thing down here" Mimi said annoyed at Sora's stupid question.
"Now that you mention it" Tai said, "I did see a picture in the great hall of guy with a gargoyle in behind him, but funny enough, he had no coat of arms".
"Tai are you serious?" Sora said.
"Dead serious, I'm not lying" Tai said.
All of a sudden they heard Izzy holler "EUREKA".
"What is it" Tai asked
"I got all the triangles right side up, now let's go find that other passageway" Izzy said excitedly.
"Wait there's another hallway, shouldn't we check it out?" Sora said.
"Ok we'll do that first, and then we'll go and find that other passageway ok" Tai said to the group, and they all nodded their heads.
So the four of them headed down the second hallway and ended up at another door.
"Not another door" Mimi wined.
"It's open" Tai said as he turned the knob.
"Hey what's that on the floor" Sora pointed to a peace of crumpled up paper on the floor. Tai bent down and picked it up.
"It looks like a note form Jane's Uncle Robert; it says something about a guinea pig" Tai said.
"Hey didn't Jane have a guinea pig, and doesn't she have a picture of it" Sora said.
"Ya I think so" Tai said then walked out of the tiny room and shut the door behind him.
"Hey look, it's another puzzle" Izzy said, and then he read the directions and did the puzzle in a matter of seconds.
"You hear that" Mimi said.
"Ya it sort of sounds like rushing water" Sora said.
"You know what, I think it is rushing water" Tai said.
"Do you suppose that maybe I turned the water back on" Izzy said excitedly.
"Yup, now that we've done that, let's go find that second passageway" Tai said, and they all began their way out of the passageway again.
"When they got out of the passageway and walked out the door, they saw an angry Kari and an angry TK.
"Um……. You guys look upset about something" Tai said to the younger digidestins.
"Where have you guys been" Kari bellowed.
"We've been looking for you guys all over the place" TK said.
"Oh……. We've been doing stuff" Tai said.
"Well whatever you guys are doing we want in" Kari said.
"We do" TK squeaked.
"Yeah we do" Kari said in a stern tone of voice.
"Ok then were just going to find the second passageway" Tai said.
"Wait you guys found a secret passageway" Kari said excitedly.
"Yup, and it's behind that door we just came out of" Mimi said while stating the obvious.
"Wow and there's another one?" TK asked not really believing them.
"Yup and we're going to find out where it is" Sora said.
"And in order to do that we have to go to the great hall to find out where it is" Tai said.
"Well we're going to help you" Kari said.
"We are?" TK said not really wanting to go on a wild goose chase.
"Yup" Kari said.
"Ok then let's go" Tai said and led the way down the stairs and into the great hall where a bunch of pictures hung. As they looked at the pictures Sora spotted the one with gargoyle in it.
"Hey guys, I found it" Sora shouted from where she was standing.
"That's great, it looks like it's the gargoyle right next to your aunt's bedroom door" Tai said.
"Ya it does let's go check it out" Sora said.
"Ok" everyone said at the same time, and then followed Sora up the stairs to her aunts' bedroom.
Izzy looked at the statue curiously
"Hey guys I think you can turn this statue" Izzy said, and then gave the statue a little push. Everybody watched in amazement as the statue turned.
"OK now that we know we can turn the statue, which way do we turn it" Tai said and asked at the same time.
"Well you know that picture in the great hall and how it has no coat of arms" Kari said.
"Ya" They all said.
"Maybe it has something to do with its coat of arms" Kari said.
"Ya but it has no coat of arms" Tai said.
"Ya but maybe somebody in the house does have the coat of arms" Kari said.
"Hey do you guys think that maybe Nigel has the coat of arms to that persons' portrait in the great hall" Sora said.
"Maybe, because he is doing that biography on your family and all" Izzy said.
"Who's Nigel?" Kari and TK asked at the same time.
"Well Nigel is the guy that is doing some research on my family and he's going to write a book on it" Sora said.
"Oh" They both said at the same time.
"So let's go ask him" Tai said and ran towards the library doors. He opened them and walked inside to see Nigel sitting at the same desk typing away on his laptop.
"Now who does that remind you of" Kari whispered to TK.
"Izzy much" TK whispered back.
Izzy just scowled at them.
TK and Kari couldn't help but laugh at Izzy's expression.
"Yeah that's right laugh it up you to" Izzy said and walked right past them and into the library where Tai had disappeared to.
"Hey Nigel" Tai said enthusiastically.
"Why hello again Tai" Nigel said looking up from his laptop.
"I have a question for you" Tai said to him.
"Well what is it?" Nigel asked letting his curiosity get to him.
"Well I was wondering if you have a coat of arms for the portrait of the guy with the gargoyle in the picture" Tai said.
"Well actually I do but I can't find it at the moment, and I have to type up my memoirs" Nigel said.
"Well Izzy here is a very fast at typing, so maybe he can type up your memoirs while you go and get that coat of arms" Tai said.
"Well I guess I could let you guys do that" Nigel said and got up to go and find that coat of arms for the kids.
"Well Izzy you better start typing" Tai said.
"I already have" Izzy said, as typed furiously on Nigel's laptop.
"Um……Tai why is Izzy typing up Nigel's memoirs for him" Sora asked curiously.
"Well, so Nigel can go and find that coat of arms for us" Tai said.
"Done" Izzy said and then cracked his fingers.
"Izzy can you not crack your fingers it's disgusting" Mimi complained.
It had almost been an hour and half before Nigel had returned with the coat of arms.
"Are you all done typing up my memoirs?" Nigel asked.
"Yup, I've been done for over an hour" Izzy said.
"Ok then, here go" Nigel said and handed Izzy a folded up piece of paper. Izzy took it, and walked out the door with the rest of the group. Tai took the piece of folded up paper form Izzy, and unfolded it to reveal a coat of arms. On the coat of arms were fire balls going in different directions. They were divided in to six, three on the right and three on the left.
"Ok so what do we do now?" Tai asked curiously still looking at the paper.
"Let me see it" Izzy said and grabbed it out of Tai's hands, To get a better look at it.
"I know what to do" Izzy said and led them up the stairs to where the gargoyle was.
"Leave it up to the genius to know what to do" Tai said sarcastically.
Sora just laughed at him.
Izzy examined the statue and started to move it in different directions until the wall opened up.
"Oh my god you guys weren't lying when you said there was a second passageway" TK said in shock.
"It's surprising how we tell the truth about these things" Sora said.
"So are we going to go in, or stand here looking like a bunch of dorks" Tai said.
"Now where have I heard that one before" Sora said sarcastically. Everyone laughed and Tai grinned sheepishly.
"Well let's go in Tai said and walked in the passageway, then Sora followed him who was followed by Izzy and Mimi, and then TK and Kari and they all disappeared into the darkness once again.
A/n: Hey please review