Nowhere to Run
Summary: K.T.'s first adventure!
Evie's Notes: Happy Wednesday! I hope you all are having a wonderful week . Thank you so much your support of this story, it truly means the world to me 💜! I hope that you all enjoy the this new update 🌺.
"Red alert! Victor and Vera are going out again and leaving us with Trudy" announced Patricia as she burst into Fabian's room. Fabian and Nina both shot up from where they had been tangled on Fabian's bed.
"Patricia! We have a rule about knocking!" protested Fabian, trying to flatten his disheveled hair as Nina attempted to straighten her shirt.
"Whatever lovebirds. What are we going to do about this new cult meeting?"
"Who's to say it's even another cult meeting?" asked Fabian, only to be shot with two disbelieving looks.
"Uh, it's Victor and Vera of course it's a cult meeting"
"We could hide out at the house and see if we can figure out who the other cult members are," suggested Nina. "We've been so focused on dealing with Amneris that we haven't had a chance to work on dismantling the cult".
"Won't it be too obvious if we all disappear?" worried Fabian
"Nah. I'll just call up Trudy, pretend to be Vera, and cancel. That way there won't be anyone to question our absence. Mick is away at a game so he won't be back tonight to question anything. I'll ask Lili and Jerome if they can have Poppy hang out with Mara so that she won't ask any questions about the empty house" explained Nina.
With their plan set, Patricia quickly exited the room so that Nina and Fabian could go back to 'studying'.
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Patricia tucked her auburn hair up into her black beanie, the absolute last thing she needed was for the murder cult to catch sight of her in the bushes and decide to sacrifice her like they did Jason.
"Where are you headed?" asked Joy, not taking her eyes off the Latin homework she was translating.
"Just out to the woods with Amber and Nina, they want to burn something again" lied Patricia with an eyeroll.
"In this weather?" checked Joy doubtfully, eyeing the dark clouds that were rolling in.
"Hopefully it won't take too long, but you know Ambs, once she gets an idea into her head…"
"That's fair, stay safe"
"Thanks JJ, see you later" waved Patricia, hustling out of the room to meet up with the other Sibunas. It was a shame that she didn't pay more attention to her friend, or else she would have noticed the suspicious expression on her friend's face as she typed out an SOS message to Eddie and K.T. .
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After the third tree branch hit her in the face, K.T. was more than ready to return to Anubis house and give up on stalking her cousin and their friends. "Can we just go back home? I'm sure they can handle whatever it is they are up to" she suggested.
"No way! If I have learned anything living in this house, it's that whenever there is something freaky going on at Frobisher Academy Nina is right in the middle of it. I would put good money on your mystery key aligning with whatever your cousin has got herself wrapped up in now" argued Joy.
"Plus as the Osirian I'm legally obligated to make sure that she doesn't die" added Eddie.
Before K.T. could protest further, the group they were following stopped hiking. Joy motioned for the pair to follow her into the nearby brush, hoping that the bushes would block them from the Sibuna club's view.
"Ok, Trix, you go ahead and set up the camera. I overheard Vera say that she and Victor had to stop by a shop in town and pick someone up before the meeting so they could be arriving any moment" directed Nina. The other five Sibunas scattered into various hiding places in the brush lining the clearing.
The hidden students didn't have to wait long before the familiar sound of Victor's sputtering car could be heard approaching. KT pulled out her own camera and prepared herself to capture whatever it is that the club wanted to see. As the ancient car creaked to a stop their caretaker jumped out of the driver's seat before hurrying around to open the back door to reveal a familiar face to some of the Sibunas.
"He kept the nurse?" whispered Joy.
The next car to arrive was a police car which, according to Joy, apparently belonged to a Sergeant Roebuck. The Sergeant had also brought a young woman who K.T. could have sworn she saw on the news broadcast that Miss Valentine made them watch for the Newspaper.
A third car pulled up revealing Miss Denby and two men who K.T. remembered seeing with the mayor at the carnival. If Eddie and Joy's stories and suspicions were to be believed then Frobisher Academy was in big big trouble!
"Welcome brothers and sisters, tonight is a great great night!" proclaimed Victor.
"Victor and I are thrilled to have you all joining us again for such an important meeting. Liliah and Cole… where is our guest of honor?"
The reporter lady adopted a twisted grin which marred her beautiful face, "Don't you worry Vera, Cole and I have secured our treasured guest. We just need Thomas' help with the transfer".
The sergeant adopted a frightening look of his own as he removed a taser from his utility belt. "It would be my pleasure".
K.T. watched in horror as 'Thomas' and the man who she assumed was Cole made their way to the back of the car Miss Denby had arrived in. K.T. couldn't see what was happening from her spot in the brush but the frantic thumps and crackling of the taser was horrific enough
Nothing could have prepared her though for the image of the sergeant walking back to the center of the clearing with a limp body in his arms. K.T. had to clamp a hand over her mouth to keep her from calling out as she took in the state of the unconscious person. The captured person appeared to be a girl about their age in a cheerleading uniform. The poor girl's hands and feet were bound with duct tape.
Vera placed her hand on the bound girl's cheek as she proclaimed "Oh yes, this one is perfect for Hathor. The goddess will be quite pleased".
K.T. tore her eyes away from the horrific scene to check on her friends and found tears glittering in Joy's eyes. Shifting slightly, K.T. grabbed the girl's hand and squeezed it tightly, hoping to provide the girl some comfort.
A shadow swept over the setting sun causing Victor to usher the adults into the house. "The hour of sacrifice approaches. Make haste lest we miss our chance to appease the goddess".
The seven adults swiftly made their way up the mansion's stairs and into the house with the bound girl. As soon as the door closed, K.T. was up and moving towards the cars, she knew that with the sun rapidly setting she had to act quickly if she didn't want to lose the light.
"K.T.!" hissed Eddie worriedly.
"I'll be right back," she whispered, hustling over to the first car, only to run smack into Fabian.
"Hey! Watch where you're going" snapped the boy rubbing his head.
"What are you doing!?" asked K.T., confused by the charcoal pencil and paper that the boy was holding.
"Getting the license plates, duh" explained Fabian, placing the paper over the plate and scratching with the pencil to make a copy.
"Why don't you just take a picture?" asked K.T. snapping photos of the various cars and anything else of interest she could find.
"Fabian we've got to go" called Nina, only to freeze as she noticed K.T. "What are you doing here?"
"Same thing as you apparently, trying to figure just who is in this Society so that we can stop them"
"We!?"
"Yeah, We." snapped Joy sliding into place with Eddie on either side of K.T.
"Ugh! Well this is just great. Why not invite Mara along as well" groaned Fabian frustratedly.
"Well I for one am thrilled to have these three on board" chirped Lili, crawling out of the brush with Jerome, Amber, Patricia and Alfie.
"They are not 'on board'!", "We are not 'on board'!" protested Nina and Eddie.
"Did you get the pictures you needed?" checked Joy
"Yeah,"
"Great, let's go then"
"Wait. You're not going anywhere" demanded Nina.
"You really want to stand here and argue about this when the murder cult could come out any minute? Or do you want to go back to the house where we are safe and can hash this out?" explained Eddie.
"Fine. But I'm not happy about this" snapped Nina.
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Joy did her best to school her expression into something resembling calm as the Sibuna Club made themselves comfortable around Fabian and Eddie's room. The air in the room was tense and really who better to break the ice than their resident meerkat.
"Look, I think all agree that the cult having a little 'accident' is the best possible outcome… so Eddie you're up" declared Jerome with a crocodile smile.
"Oh my gods… will you let that go?! It was one time!"
"Excuse me?" asked KT, clearly confused…
"Right!" exclaimed Eddie, thinking that she was agreeing with him. "You accidentally kill someone once, and now it's 'a thing'."
Seeing K.T.'s significantly disturbed look and the fact that she was rapidly scorching away from him, Eddie tried to save himself by saying: "Hey, sometimes you just got to kill a guy. Plus nobody else was going to do it"
"Look, Rufus' murder is not relevant to our current issues. Amber, do you want to take notes? It's time that we all get on the same page" declared Nina. "Who was able to get footage of the members?"
"I did" offered Eddie, Alfie and Liliana.
Scrolling through the video footage the group managed to piece together who most of the adults were. Patricia explained that the Nurse and Cop who carried the poor girl were part of the original Society that the Sibunas faced off against in their 10th year. K.T. found that the news lady was a reporter named Lilah Knight. One of the two remaining men was the assistant mayor Cole Sparrow. No one was able to figure out who the final man was but Fabian promised to do more internet research on him at a later point. The most worrying aspect of the group was the pure power that Victor and Vera now had. Even if the students wanted to report the murder of two students, the hospital, police department, news station and mayor's office were all compromised. It was a disheartened group of students that headed to bed that night, their heads full of fears and unanswered questions.
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Next Update: Poppy turns 13 and Eddie gets a stalker
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