Chapter Nine
We ran into my sister's room.
If we jumped out her window, we would land on the deck.
We decided to throw down the suitcase with nothing breakable down.
It landed perfectly on it's side.
Elvira jumped and landed on the suitcase safely.
"Send down the next suitcase," she said.
I threw a smaller suitcase down and she caught it.
She sat it on the ground and I threw her the last suitcase.
Once everything was safely on the deck, I closed the curtains to the window and jumped down, landing safely on the suitcase.
"Okay now what?" asked Elvira.
I picked up a suitcase.
"We walk back to the subway," I said.
We waited until our garage door slammed shut then we walked down the street and got on a taxi.
The taxi took us to the subway and that's where we were taken to New York.
It started raining once we got to New York so Elvira and I had to run to the hotel.
The ladies at the front desk stared at us.
"Can I help you?" asked one of the ladies.
She looked to be about fifty or so and not very friendly.
"Um…no. We're just going up to our room," said Elvira.
"Where'd you get the luggage?" she asked.
"Umm…," started Elvira.
"From our car," I answered.
The lady didn't question us and we walked down the hallway to our elevator.
"That was close," whispered Elvira.
She got out some kind of device that looked like a garage door opener and she pushed a button on it.
We stood there at the end of the hallway and waited several minutes.
Slowly, we heard the elevator rising and eventually we saw black smoke come out of the wall.
Then the wall stuck out and left an opening.
Elvira and I shoved the suitcases inside the opening and climbed in.
She pushed a button on the platform we sat on and the door closed.
At first nothing happened.
Then a few seconds later, the platform took off flying at the speed of sound.
"What a fun mission that was," yelled Elvira.
We were going so fast, our voices were nearly carried away.
"Yeah. I'm tired now," I said.
"We're almost home. We're somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean right now," she said.
I nodded.
I noticed something new in our platform.
On one of the glass walls there was a computer map looking thing.
I stared at it.
"That's to tell where we are. See? That red dot is us. We're in the middle of the Atlantic," said Elvira.
"Oh wow. We're moving fast," I commented.
The red dot on the screen was moving across the ocean very quickly, and a few minutes later, we were on land.
And a few seconds later, the tunnel we were traveling, suddenly started go by slower.
We were almost home and slowing down.
Before we knew it, the platform stopped, the glass wall opened, and the door to our cave opened.
Melathiah and Rufus were there to greet us.
"Got everything you needed?" asked Melathiah.
"Yup! And we nearly got caught too," I answered.
Melathiah looked at Elvira.
"No one saw us Master. We barely made it out but Melanie is very intelligent and knew what to do," she said.
"You're lucky," said Melathiah.
Melathiah walked past us into his fancy room.
"Melanie I need a word with you," he said.
Millions of thoughts rushed through my head.
Was I in trouble? Would I be going home? Would I be killed? Why me? What's going on?
My palms started to sweat and I nervously walked into the grand throne room where Melathiah sat.
Everyone else seemed confused until Melathiah glared at them all, then they all walked away and ignored us.
I sat in a chair next to Melathiah's throne.
"Melanie, the reason as to why you are here is because I have news to share with you and you only.
I nodded nervously.
"Now don't be nervous. Nothing is going to happen to you. I realize this new atmosphere and home you are in now is a challenge, but we really need your help," he said.
I said nothing.
"You see, none of us are really…citizens of the World anymore since we are old and non-existing to any mortals above us. You are the only one allowed on earth for the next several years, our world needs your help," he said.
"What do you need me to do?" I asked.
"Not much. We just need help getting around the outside world to get some fresh air is all. And possibly something more," he said.
"And that is?" I questioned.