You lucky ducks! Two chapters in one day!

Valerie, Ian, and the others took two separate cars because the six of them didn't fit in one car. They left the hotel around 7 in the morning and headed to Philadelphia for the Silence Dogood letters.

"What are we looking for anyway?" Phil asked.

"Anything that can lead us closer to the treasure." Ian said.

They all got out of the cars and walked into the Franklin Institute. A little boy was rushing out saying 'Excuse me' as he pushed past everyone. He accidentally bumped into Ian and apologized. Ian looked back at him with a smile.

"It's okay." He said before turning to go into the museum. Valerie noticed his smile.

They spilt up and scattered around the room while Ian and Valerie examined the letters.

"You like kids?" Valerie asked, it was more of a statement.

"Yes, I want kids someday." He smiled at her.

"I never knew that about you." She said.

"Well we never really talked about it." He said, examining the letters.

She turned back to the letters and looked for something to lead them anywhere. Soon, the little boy came back and went to get in front of them. Ian smiled at him again, then he realized that the boy seemed to be counting something in the letters and writing something down. When the boy left, Ian followed him and Valerie followed Ian. The others noticed their sudden movement and went to catch up with them. They got outside the museum and saw the boy across the street, looking for something or someone.

"What's going on?" Shaw asked.

"I'm not sure." Ian said. He walked across the street towards the boy and everyone else followed.

"Hello." Ian said to the boy when he got over there, a smile on his face. "Who are you looking for?"

The boy seemed not to trust Ian that much and hesitated to answer. Ian pulled out a hundred dollar bill and kneeled down and handed it to the boy.

"Is this real?" The boy asked.

"Just tell me what you told my friend." Ian said.

"Just a bunch of letters. I can't remember."

"Can you remember which ones you were gonna tell him next?"

"Yeah, here. S-T-O-W." The boy handed Ian the piece of paper he had in his hand.

The boy left and Ian told Powell to get the laptop so they could find out what this means. Powell sat in the passenger seat of the car as he searched 'STOW Declaration of Independence' in Yahoo! Ian, Shaw, and Valerie looked at the laptop screen from outside the car.

"Top results: Liberty Bell in Independence Hall." Powell said as the results showed up on the laptop.

They hurried into the car and to Independence Hall. Ian, Shaw, and Valerie joined a tour to see the Liberty Bell while the others waited around outside.

"It gained a place in history on July 8, 1776 when the Liberty Bell tolled for the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence. Eventually, it was moved from it's place in Independence Hall Steeple and . . ." The tour guide went on, but Valerie stopped listening when Ian muttered "Idiot." to himself.

"Who?" Shaw asked.

"Me." Ian said.

"What?" Shaw questioned.

"It's not here. It's there." Ian said, looking at Independence Hall Steeple. "Come on."

They quickly got out of there and told the others where they were going before entering Independence Hall Steeple and going where the Liberty Bell used to hang. Ian went up first, then Valerie and Shaw. They looked around once up there, but found nothing. They continued looking, and soon Powell's voice came over the walkie talkies that Ian and Shaw were carrying.

"We're on him." They all moved to see Gates coming out of the front door down below.

"There he is." Shaw said.

Soon Riley and the blonde lady came out.

"Look! There's the others!" Valerie said.

"I got it." Shaw said and went down the ladder, talking to Viktor in his walkie talkie.

"What do we do?" Valerie said, watching the people they were chasing walk out of view.

"Wait for them to tell us where they are." Ian said, motioning to his walkie talkie.

They got down and went outside, waiting for someone to talk to them and tell them where someone was. After a while, Shaw's voice came through.

"Ian. Ian, I've got 'em. They're heading toward City Hall."

"Okay, we're on our way." Ian said.

They quickly ran toward City Hall until Shaw's voice came again.

"They're headed for the breezeway on the north side."

"We'll be right there." Ian said and they started jogging towards their destination.

They arrived just in time to see Riley pull the blonde lady away from a truck coming towards them. The light told them that it was safe to walk and they walked to the Declaration, Ian picking it up. As he examined it, Riley spoke up.

"Valerie, are you okay?" He said out of breath.

Shocked, Valerie said, "Yes."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes." Valerie said, still shocked.

The blonde lady heard Shaw and Viktor coming closer and helped pull Riley up.

"Good." Riley said before running away with the lady.

"Leave them! Let 'em go." Ian told Shaw and Viktor. "We've got it."

They started walking back to the cars. Ian turned to Valerie.

"What was that about?"

"I . . . I don't know. It was so unexpected." Valerie said. She was still trying to figure out what it meant.

Well hopefully that will hold you until I can get the next chapter up. Boring, I know. Scene for scene sucks and I'm changing it up as much as I can while still trying to get to the ending I want. Thanks for your support and reviews!