-Zia Rashid-
I watched as Amos stood frozen before a Seattle Victorian house, the rest of us trying to get a response from him. "I don't think you've been here before," Kyra started, "and I don't even know who lives here."
"Do you not see it?" Amos finally managed.
"Uh, no," Carter admitted.
"The house? Grass? Sprinkler? Garden gnome? Pine tree-" I started listing what I could see on the property.
"Stop!" Amos announced.
"The pine tree? Seriously?" Kyra smacked the back of her cousin's head.
"No, the ceramic demon staring at out bas," he corrected. "The grin that lies by portraying innocence. Look, it even has a pitchfork!"
"Uh, Amos, it's just a gnome," Carter pointed out.
Kyra suddenly burst into hilarious tears. "Hey, you weren't chased down by an army of them before!" Amos protested to his cousin's reaction.
"I'm really at a loss," I admitted.
"Thoth sent an army of these cute guys after Julius, Michel, and Amos once for simply being irritating," Kyra managed to calm down. "Apparently, all three gained an intense fear of them since."
Carter nodded out of understanding, but I was still at a loss to the idea of a mass-produced garden gnome sending a chill down out Chief Lector's spine. "How much further until the Forty-sixth Nome?" Alyssa asked.
"Few more blocks," Kyra continued. "Let's go, Chief Lector."
His eyes were still on the grinning gnome. After looking at it long enough, the carved smile kind of did freak me out. Everyone, except Kyra, jumped to an arrow shattering his face to the grass. "All hail me for killing the evil garden gnome! Hooray! Now let's go," Kyra snapped.
