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Hidden Chambers: xiii // stephen

Chapter XIII
Stephen

Tomas enters the room. "Why? What's wrong?"

Aleesya and Elizabeth looked at each other. Tomas raises his eyebrow, "Aren't we supposed to be working as a team? What are you guys hiding this time?" he asked again.

"We may know where to find Eddie and his friend, Jerome... as well as Lucy's brother." Elizabeth explained. Tomas gets his laptop and the book Elizabeth can read even though it's in Arabic. They started writing and planning out how to get into that place.

Elizabeth looks at Aleesya, "Did my cousin told you where can we find them?" she asked her but she just shrugs. "Well, a dead end. This is the end. We may plan out all of these theories on how we can help them but we don't know how to get there." Elizabeth added, getting frustrated as the minutes pass by.

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"So we failed to save Charlotte before?" Eddie asked Jerome as he paces back and forth. Jerome and George are sitting on the ground, looking at him. "But... But what about Diana? How is she not involved in this thing?"

Jerome didn't answer and instead, he stood up and roams around the library.

"No use." they were all startled and saw Charlotte at a corner far from them. She laughs, "You're all stuck, and little by little, Nephthys will suck your soul. In no time, you will all be soulless. And dead." she added and vanished from thin air. They all looked at each other and starts to plan how to get out there.

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"Where are you?" Aleesya asked. They just stared at each other for a minute before Eddie answers her.

"We-We don't know. That's why you need to find someone who's good with places. I know you'll find someone." they walked around the school hallway then Eddie points out his finger to a student. "Him. Ask him."

Aleesya looks at the student Eddie points out. She saw him reading a book and looks back to Eddie, "Stephen? You want us to ask for Stephen's help?"

"I know that he knows a lot." he answered and walked away from the hallway. Aleesya follows him but he disappeared.

Then she woke up, catching her breath. "Stephen?"

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Aleesya, Tomas, and Elizabeth are eating at the dining table. "I know this may sound odd but I think we should ask Stephen for help..." Tomas and Elizabeth stopped eating and look at Aleesya with disbelief, "What?"

"He doesn't even know the Sibuna thing. Let alone the whole House of Lives thing." Tomas said while he continues to eat his food. Elizabeth agrees with him.

"Look, we can just ask him okay? If he doesn't know then... I'll shut my mouth. If he knows then..."

"Then we'll ask about it and will leave him after that. I don't want him to get involved with this. He might be in danger if we let him enter to whatever we are doing." Elizabeth explained. Most of the Anubis residents joined them at their table as they eat quietly.

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"According to an article, an Egyptian goddess, Nephthys, takes over an empty library and looks for people around the area to take their soul. I don't know if that thing's true or it's just a thing parents say to their children in their sleep." Stephen explained. Tomas, Aleesya, and Elizabeth were impressed with Stephen's answer. "Why are you guys asking me about the House of Lives?"

The 3 of them started mumbling, unable to answer Stephen's question. "You know I can help you guys go to the House of Lives." they stopped chattering and look straight into Stephen's eyes.

"What?"

"You can do a ritual to get into that place since you can't really enter the library. It takes hours or even days to get in." Stephen added. He stood up, got his bag, and walks away from where he was seated, "If you guys want me to help you, just tell me when and where." then he got out of the auditorium, making the 3 left speechless.