Chapter 2: House Of Clues

After unpacking for the next hour of the day, Nina sat on the end of fabians bed looking over the 2 books and the set of keys, looking for some type of clue.

"I honestly can't understand any of this, I don't even think this is a language" Nina explained to Fabian as she flipped through the books. she was getting frustrated that they couldn't even get the first clue or any leads for that matter.

"I know but what if it's not a language we are suppose to understand" he said getting up and sitting at the edge of the bed by Nina to show what he found. With a click of a button on his laptop, an article appear with the title "Secret revealed".

"It's about a group having a secret language, they created the language because it was some private battle between them and a group called Goku, but what was special about this group was that anyone could be in it, nobody knew who was exactly in the group so they made this language so if anybody over hear them no one would know what they were saying"

"So what are you saying, that this groups language is the same as what's in the book?"

"No, I saying that maybe the books might be in code whether than in an actual language"

'that's make sense' she thought but then she realized something else

"doesn't that just make this harder, if this is a code then how do we figure it out and on top of that these books are thousands of years old and so are their 'code'"

" maybe we-" he started but was cut off by Eddie walking in and telling them that the other Oahu residents are here and that dinner is ready

"We be down there in minute" Eddie just nodded and went back downstairs not thinking, nothing of their suspicion behavior of trying to cover up something.

"So, we should sneak downstairs at midnight and try to find are first clue or something to crack the code" Fabian agreed and Nina waited as he went to hide the books and keys in one of the boxes he haven't unpack yet, than they made their way downstairs.

As they both sat down to join the others for dinner they had to admit that the air was really awkward and tense, but Fabian blamed that mostly on Patricia, he didn't know if anyone else notice but Patricia was basically glaring daggers at the Oahu residents. Which he found weird because it should be the other way around since they were here first and suddenly they had to share their house with 10 other kids they didn't even know.

but lucky he wasn't the only one who notice the tense air since one of them spoke up

" I think maybe we should get to know each other , we could go around the table I'll start,I am poppy and I wanted to welcome you all to Oahu and I hope you enjoy staying here as much as we do" than she nudged a boy on her left to take his turn but all he did was look up than back at his plate with a frown on his face, which just made poppy sigh and turn back to her food.

Fabian couldn't tell if maybe the boy was like him,really shy or he was just really anger about them staying there. whichever he was Patricia didn't like him, actually she didn't like any of them 1) because they didn't even welcome them in, not that she really cared but it was still would have been nice but on the other hand mara was taking a liking towards poppy, she seems nice and that she thought poppy was nice for trying to break the tense in the room so she decided she try.

"what about we play a game or maybe after dinner we could get to know each other by watching a movie" she suggested, trying to break the ice

"you know what, that sound like a great idea we could play truth or dare, you know figure out who's a wimp or you know find out someone darkest secrets" Patricia said, just to get scowled by mara

"No way, that's not the way to get to know somebody"

'Ya she's right everyone have a right to their own privacy" poppy jumped in, trying to help mara prove her point.

"You only have a right to privacy when you have something to hide, do you guys have some type of secrets that your to scared that will get out if we ask the right questions"Patricia mocked

"Patricia" Fabian mumbled, trying to stop a argument from breaking out

"what? I'm not doing anything" but Fabian knew exactly what she was doing, she did the same thing when he first got there but of course he just went to his room, refusing to play such a childish game. but the rest still played and that ended up as in joy crying and Mick and Jerome not getting along to this very day and he didn't want a repeat, especially since Jerome has mara and it didn't seem like Mick was over it yet.

"How about this, we just get to know everybody tomorrow, I am pretty sure everyone's tired plus its already 9:30 and were suppose to be in are rooms already"another one of the Oahu residents spoke up than he picked up his plate, put it in the sink and started making his way towards his room for the night and soon the rest of them followed.

In amber and nina room

"which color,peach pink or lemon pink?" amber asked Nina as she showed her both bottles of nail polish. Nina just shrugged, she couldn't really see the difference except from one was just a little lighter so she just responded the best way she could, knowing amber wasn't going to give up until she answered.

"peach pink?" she didn't mean it to come out of as a question but she couldn't tell if amber was just asking her or really couldn't decide.

"I think your right, the peach pink fits me much more, you know the color of a princess" she replied as if it was perfect logic, which it was to her but Nina didn't know if she was suppose to agree or just let amber be, but whichever it was Nina was just glad she chose the right answer, not wanting to hear amber explain the difference between the two colors since she could talk about nail polish for 2 hours straight(which she have done before)

"So I think we should have a girl talk"amber said out of no where, once she was finish painting her nails."I mean we haven't had one in a while and I definitely have a a lot to talk about, like the mara and Jerome thing, I totally ship it, and I kinda feel bad about Mick, I mean he went away just to come back to see that his girlfriend is taken by the one person he hates the most than on top of that to find out he dropped out of school for her" she said in one breath, looking at Nina to see what she thought but she only found that she has fall asleep while she was talking. she wasn't offended because she knew she was probably tired from all the running around she had to do before they even made their way towards Oahu. So with that in mind she just turned off her lamp and let sleep take over her.

which was to Nina great relief, for a second she thought she might actually have to pretend she was sleep for about an hour before amber turned in but then again they all had a long day so she wasn't that shock that amber fell asleep so quick.

She turned towards her clock on her nightstand to see how long she had to stay awake before Fabian came to get her so they could sneak downstairs.

10:05

she sighed, she knew this was going to be a long wait, with nothing to do, well that was what she thought before she got an idea.

she start to sit up, trying to not make much noise. she grabbed her flashlight and her phone and send Fabian a text before she stepped out of the room, closing the door as quietly as she could.

Got bored with nothing to do, so I thought I might come over to your room, sounds good?

- my choose one

As she walked the halls of the house, she felt like she was still in anubis house but just without victor. just as she was about to pass the stairwell to get to the boys half of the house, she could heard voices but she could barely make them out but she could definitely tell it was more than one person talking.

She started making her ways down the stairs to see if she could hear what they were walking about or who 'they' were but before she could she got a text from her way to open the text, she couldn't help but smile at the contact name she had for him.

yeah, but to warn you both Mick and Eddie are still up, Mick is emailing his dad and Eddie is facetiming Patricia but I highly doubt they notice you coming in, both of them are facing the wall with their backs towards me and Eddie is to busy baby talking with Patricia to notice and I don't think Mick actually cares

-fabey

Nina had to use her hand to cover up her laugh at the idea of Patricia and Eddie baby talking with each other, she couldn't even imagine them doing it without wanting to laugh so she quickly dismissed the idea and finish making her way towards fabians room.

she slowly opened the door and peeked her face in, as Fabian spotted her, he quickly beaconed her over to him. Once she sat safely on his bed she looked around the room to see Eddie was on his laptop but he wasn't facetiming Patricia anymore and Mick was just typing away at his iPad.

Than her eyes finally landed on fabians, she watched as he flipped through page after page through one of the leaned towards him, looking over his shoulder

"what are you doing" she whispered, trying not to get notice by Mick or Eddie since neither of them looked up when she first came in, she thought maybe they haven't even notice she was in the room.

"trying to find something- anything that would give us clue for what were looking for or trying to find the answer to-" he said as he picked up the next book and doing the same thing"I hate that were going into this blinded to what were actually trying to find or figure out" she nodded, knowing he was referring to the thing with senkhara and them not knowing about what she wanted with her mask. but than an idea popped into her head.

"On my way here, I was passing the stairwell and I heard talking but it was more than one voice, so it couldn't have just been vine talking, maybe whoever she talking to might be connected to this mystery" he nodded

" we should check it out" he said getting up and grabbing his flashlight from under his bed and they left but before they did Fabian took both books and locked them up in his wardrobe, not knowing if he could trust Eddie not to touch his stuff and be nosy.

As they started their way towards the stairs, they could hear footsteps making their way towards them. refusing to get caught, Fabian pushed them both into one of the boys room without checking whose room it was. As the footsteps grow louder, they realized that the footsteps were heading towards the room. As a quick way to hide they made their way under one of the boys desk, still not aware of who room they were in.

As the door opened, they both backed up until their foots hit the wall. but they still had a clear view of the room, so when the 2 people walked into the room they both had to cover their mouth, to not make a sound.

"you sure, we won't get caught, Alfie could wake up any minute and we never live it down, if they found out I sneaked into your room at almost 11:00 at night, the whole house will probably have a whole field day and I just worked things out with Mick I don't want to mess that up again" reply the innocent voice of mara Jaffray.

'no way' Nina couldn't help to mouth to Fabian who had to cover his mouth before he chuckled out loud. than suddenly as Fabian realized he couldn't pass up the moment up, he took out his phone and started recording Jerome assuring mara they be fine, before he smashed his lips to her. Soon both of them fail back onto the bed and Nina couldn't help blush at the action while Fabian was having a hard time controlling his laughter.

After waiting for almost another 20 minutes, Nina and Fabian knew they had to get out or they never actually see who vine was talking to but lucky Nina realized that they left the door open enough that Nina and Fabian could just crawl out, all they had to do was no to make a single noise on the way out.

but that seem to fail when Jerome grabbed his laptop and put on a movie for him and mara. Nina sighed in frustration, she knew if they waited any longer they never get some answers, so she decided that the best answer was to cause mara to go back to her room, knowing Jerome would follow her back.

so with that idea, Nina pulled out her phone and texted mara

I need you to come to my room! hurry it's important

-Nina

Nina watched as mara pulled out her phone and instantly sat up

"wait where are you going?" Jerome asked before she could get up

'nina needs my help" she explain to him as she showed the text

" well I am going with you,if there really is something going on she might need some more help" mara nodded and waited for Jerome as he close his laptop and followed her out the door.

Fabian sighed in relief and got up from under the desk and made his made out the door but not before he check the movie they were watching and when he saw the title he was shaking with laughter, not being able to hold it in, Nina rolled her eyes and check the movie herself but when she saw it, she almost burst out laughing but she quickly reminded herself that they had to go and that they had to go now. So she grabbed Fabian and dragged him out of the room and soon they was at the top of the stairs. but before she could take a step, she had got a text from mara

where are you? I am at your room

-mara

Nina turned towards Fabian and pointed to the stairs, and towards her phone, telling Fabian to go without her and she meet him down there. he nodded and started down the stairs slowly as Nina ran back to her room.

As Fabian move down the stairs, he could hear voices as he continued down the stairs. By the time he got to the last step he could hear perfectly

"so what are we suppose to do, he's going to start demanding that we give him up but I don't think we could do that, especially if he going to torture him to get answer out of him and if he success their no hope, so we need to find the clues and complete the tasks and get the bracelet of era before he does or what we worked so hard for will be ruined" Fabian got a little close to see if he could make out who was saying that.

As he got close, he saw 2 men, one with blonde hair and a suit on and the other with black hair and with a suit on. but as he continued to look in the room, he couldn't see vine anywhere.

"I know but what we should really be worrying about is if the children find out, we need to make sure they don't or he might come after them"

"I know, that's why we need to make sure they don't go up to the 2 top floors or we might have to tell them and I don't think that could be an option" the guy with blonde hair nodded then he looked at his watch

"I need to get back home or the misses might get the wrong idea" he said joking, the guy with brown hair nodded and laughed

"see you later Sean" he said coming towards the front door, as Fabian backed up behind the stair case.

"see ya don" he said as he walked out of the door. Fabian was confused, he didn't know why 'don' didn't leave too and how did they even get the house? but he put the question aside as he watched him stack some paper together and stuff them in a folder, putting it in the top cupboard and locking it up. Soon after he grabbed his coat and slide it on.

As he walked out the door, Fabian stood up and walked over towards the cupboards, trying to find something to pick the lock. Than he remembered Nina was in her room, she could bring a Bobby pin. So he quickly text Nina and started looking around the kitchen for their first clue.

I think we got a lead, bring a bobby pin, I explain later

- fabey

As Nina go the text, she tried over and over to get Jerome and mara to leave her room but they wouldn't budge.

"Nina tell us why you texted me over here than you just want me to leave"

" because...the text wasn't for you"

"then who was it for?" Jerome question with a pointed look

"it was for...Eddie...I wanted to prank him,but I text you instead, sorry" she quickly explain with a convincing look. Mara sighed, annoyed that her and Jerome date got ruined.

"Fine, but it's late and I think we should all get to bed" mara said as she left with a disappointed look on her face and suddenly Nina felt bad for ruining their date and lying but she knew it was for a good reason.

Just as she heard mara room door closed, she grabbed a bobby pin and quickly made her way downstairs. when Fabian saw her he sighed in relief , for a minute he thought, she wouldn't able to get away from mara and Jerome knowing Jerome wasn't very easily lied to.

"have you found anything thing"

"actually ya I did" he said as she started picking the cupboard lock. He cheered as he popped her lock. After 5 minutes of picking through the hundreds of folders he finally got one with the label 'bracelet of era'. He pulled it out and set it on the counter and started looking through it as Nina continued looking through the kitchen drawers since that is where he found the keys and the books.

"Fabian, I think I found something" she said as she beckoned him to her.

As Fabian flashed his flashlight on the words that was carved into the drawer, he notice it looked like the say type of code in the books. He quickly took a photo of the words and grabbed the folder.

"come on, we should get to bed, we'll talk about this in the morning" He said as him and Nina started for stairs. she nodded and they both said a quick good night before they went to their separate way.