Chapter Six: The Final Clue
WARNING: I still don't own QAF:(
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Sorry it took me so long to update! I've had to work and I've moved this story over to Midnight Whispers so I've not had a lot of time to update lol:) for those that I probably confused the chapter that I had put on here but then deleted was actually for my Harry Potter story, I just accidently clicked on this story lol:p
"Talk"
'Thoughts'
Letters
Dreams
Chapter Six: The Final Clue
ONE WEEK LATER
Brian's POV:
It had been a week since we had placed the clues together. It's now Friday, the last Friday we'll get a clue to help find Justin. It also means that we now have one week to find him before it's too late.
The whole family was at the diner waiting for Carl to arrive with the information he's found. He couldn't find anything last Saturday but hadn't quit looking for anything that would help us. When he finally walked into the diner I walked up to him with pleading eyes. "Please tell me you've found stuff that'll help us." I begged and he smiled at me making my hopes fly.
"I think I just might have found us something to go on, but let's go join the others before I explain my findings." he said and I nodded eagerly and all but ran to our booths and sat in the open seat by Em. Carl came over and put the folder on the table which I quickly grabbed and opened to see what was inside. "There's a map of the lake along with a picture and the names of the buildings that you can see from it. I don't know if that's what he means by 'tall' because it looks like none of them are much taller than the others, but that's my opinion." he said looking a little disappointed that he wasn't able to figure out a piece of the clue.
"That's OK Carl. You still got all this info for us to look at and try to figure out where Sunshine is. It's only nine in the morning, we have more than enough time to come up with SOMETHING at least." I said in confidence. It's funny, the closer we got to our deadline, the more I feel confident that we'll find him. Not only did we figure out the clues with plenty of time to spare, but we also know that he's holding by the lake just a half hour out of town. 'I have faith we'll find you Sunshine. I just hope you're still holding on and haven't given up yet.' I thought to myself picking up the map of the lake.
"Crystal Lake? Talk about unoriginal, that sounds like a name you'd hear in a scary movie." Em said making us all laugh at him.
"Why don't you get started on the buildings and quit making fun of the lake's name." I said smirking at him. He stuck his tongue out at me and picked up two pictures and began to compare them and dissect them to try and find something.
I shook my head in amusement and went back to them map. Everyone was looking at different things for hours in complete silence. Around two in the afternoon I looked back at the map from a picture of one of the buildings and noticed something that I hadn't picked up on before.
Dropping the picture and picking the map up to study it closely, I noticed that the lake had what looked to be a board walk of some kind. 'Stand on the bridge and think tall...' my eyes widened and I stood up quickly making everyone jump out of their focus.
"You OK there Bri?" Mikey asked but I didn't answer him, nor did I look up. I just kept staring at the map in complete shock.
Finally I looked up and saw the worry on their faces. Their worry quickly turned to hope when they saw me slowly start to smile brightly. I turned the map around so everyone had a good view of it and pointed at the board walk. "The bridge in the clue isn't an actually bridge, it's the board walk on this lake. We stand on this and we find the tall thing he's talking about." I told them and each of them gained smiles that would've made Justin proud if he were here.
"Now that we have the 'bridge' down we need to figure out the 'tall' thing. I'm pretty sure now that it's a building and these are the only buildings that can be seen from the lake, so it's has to be one of these." Ben said and I shook my head in disagreement making them all look at me in shock.
"Come on guys think, if he's going to give us the 'bridge' do you really think that he'd pick a building that was one of these? The clue said 'Stand on the bridge and THINK tall,' meaning that whatever it is we'll only be able to see it the clearest from this board walk." I told them and understanding crossed their faces.
"So that means we pretty much have to leave the first half alone for now until we get there. So let's focus on the second half and try to figure it out now so we don't waste anytime down there." Em said and I looked back at the clue to see if I could figure it out.
Splish, splash, the people have fun where the sun shines the brightest. If you want to find your Sunshine, then come to the place where the sun is the brightest. Stand on the bridge and think tall. run down until you can't anymore and make a left, then a right, then another right, and finally another left. Then go through the black door with a red door nob. Through the door you will find your prize covered in red. Once you're through the door that holds your prize, take the silver door and go through it. Run as straight as you can and beware of the monster in the shadows. Once you've gone straight, make a right and go straight again until you're free...
'The running part goes with the first part, probably the directions to Justin when we get to wherever Stockwell's holding him; same goes for the black door with a red door nob. I have a hunch about the prize being covered in red but I really hope I'm wrong.' I thought before looking up at the others and repeated my thoughts.
"What do you think the 'prize covered in red' is Bri?" Linds asked and I looked at her before taking a breath and answering.
"The prize is obviously Justin, and I think the part about him being red is saying that when we find him he'll be badly hurt and bleeding heavy." I said my voice becoming a whisper by the end. Everyone around the table was silent for a few minutes before Deb cleared her throat and took the clue from me and looked at it herself.
"What do you think he means about 'beware the monster in the shadows'?" Deb asked to no one particular.
"He could be referring to himself. Only, he might be calling himself a monster in a positive short of way." Ted answered and we all looked at him weird.
"How the hell do you call yourself, or anyone for the matter, a monster and mean it in a positive way?" I asked him and he turned to me.
"Well, it might not mean it in that way. He might have called himself a monster in the clue in order to make it harder for us to figure out. He might actually be saying to 'beware me because I know the layout and I can easily find you. I hold the power in this situation.'" Ted finished and we all just stared at him in shock.
"You know, that does make a lot of since. By calling himself a monster he, not only confused us, but made it obvious that he holds the power and could kill Justin or any of us at anytime when we're there." Ben said and I nodded in agreement.
'Son of a bitch just HAD to be smart didn't he?' I asked myself and looked at the clue again. "The silver door is obviously the way out, and apparently all we have to do to get Justin out of there is run straight until we're outside then take a right and go straight until we're out of there." I thought out loud.
"From here it looks like the clue is finished, so why are we getting another clue? Is there a part that we placed somewhere where it wasn't supposed to?" Mikey asked taking the clue to see if we made an error.
"I don't think tonight is going to be a normal clue. I think that it'll either be a smartass note or maybe a reminder that we only have a week left." I said to the family complete missing Carl's unsure look he gave me.
"Well I have to get back to work now. Brian, Emmett, you two are welcome to hang here if you want while everyone else is at work." Debbie offered and Em and I nodded and voted to stay here since it was already five in the evening.
'Hopefully I'll have you safe by Sunday morning Sunshine.' I thought to myself and picked up a menu to order food.
DINNER AT 10:30 THAT NIGHT
Brian's POV:
I came back into the diner carrying the final clue that would start off our week left count down. Like normal, the second I sit down the family crowds me so that they could all read it when I opened it.
Well Brian, we have come to our week left mark. Figured out what any of the clues mean yet? Probably not. I didn't make them TOO hard you know, I'm sure you're just over thinking them like you do with everything else.
Anyways, let's get back to the final clue.
The final clue isn't a clue at all, it's me telling you that Justin might not even have a week left before he succumbs to his wounds. So even though I gave you a week left, Justin might be giving you a few days to work with.
And you guys think I'M the mean one!
Like I said you probably have a little less than a week left with the way Justin is.
You might want to hurry.
Love,
Stockwell
P.S. As this will be my last letter to you I wanted to say that these last two months have been so much fun. Wouldn't you agree Bri? I can't wait to see how this'll end!
"When I get my hands on this bastard I'm going to make sure he dies a very slow, very painful death!" I yelled making the whole diner look at me in fear. I felt a hand on my shoulder and looked up to see Emmett staring at me with determined eyes.
"You'll have to get in line Bri, I'm killing this bastard myself!" he declared and I nodded at him knowing full well we'd be taking the son of a bitch out together. I felt another hand on my other shoulder and looked to see Mikey with the same look in his eyes. I smiled up at him and nodded at him and looked at the others and saw the same look in their eyes.
'You don't have just one fag coming for you Stockwell... You have a family of them coming!' I thought and glared down at the note in my hands. I turned to Carl then, "When's the earliest we can leave for Crystal Lake?" I asked him and he looked at me.
"When's the earliest you can be ready?" he asked the whole family and we all stood up.
"Now." we all said together and Carl nodded and we all ran out of the diner with Debbie kicking the customers out and closing the diner before getting into Ben's car with Mikey and Hunter and Ted and Em got in the jeep with me. Mel and Linds got in their own car and Carl got in his cop car and led the way with his sirens on and most likely calling for more back up.
I gripped the wheel tighter and urged the jeep to go faster.
'I'm coming baby, I'm coming.'
And there's the sixth chapter!:) sorry if it's not good though:/ there will probably be two more chapters in this one. If you guys want a sequel let me know after you've read the ending and I'll think of making one:) right now my answer is NO sequel, but it can change if you guys really want one lol:p also sorry if it was shorter than the others. I did it on purpose cause the next one's gonna be VERY long!:)