Disclaimer: these are not my characters.
Last chapter: when they were safely behind the bushes, she peeked out looking to see what, or who, had made the noise. Then someone stepped out into the light. Artemis gasped. It was…..
It was a man. A tall man with black hair. He wore all black. He gave the park a once over, and not seeing anything, retreated. When he was out of sight, he reached into his pocket and pulled out a phone, and called someone. "Hey boss, I did what you asked. Yes, I saw the girl. Yes sir, she is quite clever. No boss. I didn't want to attract any attention. Yes, of course. Boss. Ok. Good bye." And with that he snapped the phone shut, put it in his black overcoat, and walked away.
"Is he gone?" asked Wally.
"Yes. At least, I think so."
"Good. But now we have less playing time." He whined.
"Well then. Let's make up for lost time."
Then Wally remembered the package he brought with him. "Oh, artemis, I almost forgot to give you something." Then he pulled out a paper bag, reached inside it and pulled out a walkie-talkie.
"Here, for you. My uncle says that it can reach any range."
"Cool!" Artemis reached for it and looked it over trying everything.
"So…. What are we going to play today?"
Artemis looked up from her walkie talkie and grinned. "Well, I was thinking, matey, we'd best be lookin for buried treasure!"
"Yes cap'n."
Artemis grabbed a stick and handed it to Wally, pretending it was a shovel and told him to dig by the slide.
"Yes cap'n."
Wally started to dig when suddenly, he hit something.
"Hey artemis, did you bury something here?''
"No, why?"
"I found something!"
Artemis rushed over to Wally, looking in the hole he dug. There was something in there.
"Well, get it out."
"Why do I have to get it out and not you?"
"Because I'm the captain, and captains don't do work. That's what the crew is here for."
"fine." Wally grumbled. He bent down and started to dig out the thing.
"Aughh! It's too heavy! Help me!"
Artemis bent down and dug making the hole a bit wider. When it was wide enough, Wally reached in and tried pulling it out again.
"It's still stuck."
"Then let me try."
Artemis reached in and as soon as she touched it, it started glowing. She gasped and pulled her hand back quickly. When her hand left it, the glow died down.
"What is it?" she asked.
"Let's find out" he said and reached out, but as soon as he touched it, it glowed a bright red and burned him.
"OWW!"
"Are you okay?" she asked worriedly.
"Yeah."
Artemis bit her lip, then went reached in and grabbed the box. The box glowed again like last time. This time she didn't let go. Then she pulled it out, as if she was cutting butter.
There was a lot of dust, dirt and other things covering it, but after blowing on it and using Wally's shirt to clean it, it was a little more recognizable than before.
It was a box.
A box big enough to fit into your hand, but not small enough to fit into your pocket. You could tell it was old just by looking at it because the gold and silver on it was dirty and looked well worn, and there were some holes that looked like it might have held some diamonds at one point. And although the box looked like how it did, Artemis still thought it was the prettiest thing in the world.
"It's beautiful!" she exclaimed.
"Let's try to open it." Wally said forgetting about the burn. So Wally grabbed the box from Artemis and looked for the opening, or maybe a hole. Nothing.
"I can't find the opening. Maybe it's not supposed to be opened. Maybe it's just a box."
"Let me see then, maybe I can open it."
"If I can't open it, the why would you be able to?"
"I don't know. Just let me try." And with that she grabbed it and searched it. Again as soon as she touched it, it glowed. She looked it over once, ignoring the glow, turning it over, and found a hole.
"What's this for?" she asked no one in particular.
"I bet there's something in there, and if you put your finger in it, it'll get bit off."
She put her finger in the hole, just playing around when suddenly she heard a click.
They both jumped at the sound.
The box now had a lid.
Artemis was about to lift it up when she noticed it was getting dark. Too dark.
"Oh no! Daddy will be home soon, and if he finds me with dirt all over my clothes, he'll ground me! I have to go Wally!"
"Wait; promise me you'll talk to me over the walkie-talkie tonight?"
"Promise. I have to go. Bye!"
And with that she left running as fast as she could back to her house.
The man in black was beginning to get very uncomfortable sitting up in that tree. He was glad when Artemis had decided to leave. "Better tell the boss about this." He reached into his pocket and pulled out the cell phone.
"Hello boss? Yes, the girl, Artemis, found it. No sir, they stopped right before she opened it. Yes, of course sir. I'll definitely make sure that doesn't happen," he said with a creepy grin, "very well sir. Good night." He then pocketed the phone and started following Artemis back to her house.
-Pant, pant-
Artemis had just gotten home from the park. She ran to the garage nervously to see if her dad's car was home yet. It was empty.
"Whew, thank goodness he's not here yet." So she went inside the house, climbed up the stairs and went to her room.
"Hello artemis." A voice said causally. "How are you today?"
"Daddy?" Artemis choked out.
play the music. Dun dun dun. hoped you liked it. Review and tell me what you think should happen, and if you liked it or not. Thnx- randommonkeyz998