Chapter Eight- Watch Your Back
"The suspicious mind believes more than it doubts. It believes in a formidable and ineradicable evil lurking in every person." –Eric Hoffer
Sibuna was getting irritated because a few more days had gone by and nothing happened. It was frustrating because they still had so little knowledge on the whole situation. They had scoured books, the internet, asked experts and none of them had heard of this Knowledgeable One stuff. They were all getting impatient and tempers were quick to react due to fatigue.
"I don't understand why we can't find anything. You search the web and a million hits on Egyptian mythology come up, but then you search for all this 'the Chosen One, the Osirian, and the Knowledgeable One' and everything is blank," KT complained, a little grumpy for her usual self.
"It's an easy answer. You don't find anything on the Chosen One or the Osirian either. It's a secret and very few people know about it," Fabian responded in his usual logic. "We're probably some of the only few people in the world that know about it. Therefore it wouldn't be on the web."
"Fine," KT cranked back.
"Geez, someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed," Alfie retorted.
"Well, I wasn't the one up all night talking about God knows what!" she shouted at Nina and Patricia.
"I told you that we were sorry. We were… brainstorming about the Knowledgeable One," Patricia said, rattling off the first thing that came off the top of her head that would make sense to talk about at in the early hours of the morning.
"So what did you come up with," Eddie said, hoping that somehow logic had managed to works its way into two teenage girls' brains at three o'clock in the morning.
"Nothing much…" Patricia said with an uneasy voice.
"Just thinking aloud," Nina said trying to cover up the lie.
"Thinking out loud my butt," KT said with a slight smile. "You guys were up gossiping. Don't even lie. You were talking about boys, and make-up, etc. Don't even give me that lie," KT said with a fiery voice.
"You were talking too KT. Don't act all innocent," Nina said back. They three girls all started laughing. They loved that they were all back together again.
"KT, love," Trudy said as they walked in the door after school today, "you got a letter today." She handed KT a letter with a return address of Cairo. KT let out a small squeal and all six of them ran upstairs to read the letter.
They sat in their usual circle as KT read the letter aloud:
"Dear Great-Granddaughter and Friends,
I have left about two weeks between this letter and my last package that I sent. I wanted to make sure that you got the package. I don't know what news you have, but keep looking. Something will be there, it might take a while, but you'll find it.
I also wanted to warn you. Someone is out there, I can feel it. They are watching you. They want to use the Knowledgeable One for evil. He/she can be swayed easily because of how much they care for those that he/she loves. He/she can give away information without really realizing that they did anything. You have to be aware of all eyes and ears. Someone could be looking over your shoulder and you won't even realize it until it's too late. I think that we all learned not too long ago that it's a lot easier to fall into a trap than you might think.
As usual, all the best.
RFS."
"I hate this," KT said with a sigh.
"What?" Alfie asked with his mouth full of some kind of brown food that he was shoveling down his throat as fast as possible.
"I hate having to be suspicious of everyone. It makes you suspect every little thing; you don't know who to trust. It's a vicious cycle."
"KT, it's not like last time," Fabian reassured her.
"She's right though, but that doesn't mean that we can't follow Robert's advice. We have to watch each other's backs," Nina said. She trusted every single one of them with her life, and they had always been there. It was hard for her to imagine something of that much magnitude could happen to where there was enough room not to trust those closest to you, but that's what happened last year, so she understood.
"What does this even mean? They can give away knowledge?" Patricia asked. She was slightly annoyed because they were talking about what she had done to all of them. She had turned against them, turned to evil. She still hadn't forgiven herself for that.
"I think…" Nina paused to make sure that what she was about to say actually made sense. "I think that it means that they would do anything for the ones they love. If someone really wanted knowledge, all they had to do is bring their loved ones into the situation, and he/she would crack."
"It's not necessarily a bad thing," Fabian continued where Nina left off. "It shows character, but when you're talking about the fate of the world, it can get complicated." He paused for a second then continued, "I think that it also explains Eddie's vision. I mean… the Knowledgeable One will need more protection because they will opt to save their friends if the situation presented itself. Therefore, the situation must be avoided at all cost." They others nodded their heads in agreement.
They continued their conversation, failing to notice the person standing just outside of the door that had been left slightly ajar. They had no idea that the person had been listening to their conversation for the majority of its duration.