House of Anubis: The Real Ones - Book 1 - COMPLETED.

Chapter 17

We reached Anubis. I was so out of breath, I don't think I've ever ran this fast in my life. I've never really had to run. But now I do. I'm guessing I'm going to be doing a lot of running lately. Victor and Robert trailed shortly behind, might I say again, Robert does move fast, considering how old he is.

"Mick! Mara! Joy! Willow! Stand guard outside of Anubis and surround it! You see people running you chase after them! Go!" I yelled, like a commander-in-chief. I felt pretty confident, I mean Mick was a professional runner. I trusted him.

Eddie burst through the front doors. "KT! Patricia! Amber!Upstairs, which includes the attic! Jerome! Alfie! Main floor! Nina, Fabian and I have the cellar. Move!"

We noticed that the cellar lock on the door had been broken, which only made us run even faster. Our stomps made the steps creak. All over the floor were pieces of glass, and different colored liquids all over the cellar floor. You couldn't step anywhere without getting your shoes wet and hearing a cracking noise.

"Careful, Nina." Fabian told me.

I walked toward the book case that led to the tunnels.

"Looks like they've been trying to tamper with the potions." Eddie said, kneeling down.

Fabian also bent down, picking up a piece of glass. "This is for sure Victor's elixir bottles he uses. Look at the curve."

They were so busy looking at the broken elixirs that they didn't even notice me enter 1890 into the bookcase, and disappear behind it. If they were hiding anywhere in the house, it had to be the tunnels, right? I took all 5 amulets and placed them around my neck so Eddie and Fabian couldn't follow me inside.

I got past the light, ran past the crocodile, but then I started to feel dizzy. I stopped, frozen in my tracks like a dear in front of headlights. I felt shaken, as if the walls were closing in on me. They crept up on me. I realized that they were going to break me. "HELP ME!" My voice cracked. Tears dripped down my cheeks. I could now feel a wall in front of me and one behind me. I couldn't move. The walls are going to make me die and there is nothing I could do about it. I got down on my knees and hugged them tightly. I closed my eyes and soon became nothing. Deep breaths. Just calm down, Nina. Deep breaths. Okay. I'm good. I wondered what my sudden panic attack had to do with anything. But then I remembered something. This was exactly like the vision I had on the plane to Anubis. I looked down at my clothes. Same clothes, and everything! My visions are becoming real. My visions are becoming real. I shrugged it off. I had to stay focused on my task.

I ran down the long tunnel and swatted my tears away until I reached the end, where The Mask of Anubis was. I heard shuffling coming from the tunnel to Frobisher's crypt. I army crawled as fast as I could until I got to the other side. There they were, Rufus and Denby, putting all of their weight into the entry door that wouldn't budge because it was so old. I gulped. Me, alone in a room with these two, who knows what they could do? I mean, they did escape the Underworld. They stopped pulling once they saw me walk in.

"How clever you are, dear. Glad we were finally able to meet before I eliminate you." Denby said, walking toward me, placing a hand on the crypt.

"Oh I know," Rufus started, also stepping toward me, "instead of Frobisher's crypt, it should really be named The Chosen One's crypt, don't you think, Caroline?"

Caroline laughed, wickedly. "Well, of course."

I dreaded that thought. They can't kill me now. They can't. I don't think they're strong enough. Not yet, at least. I realized that some of her once blonde hair had now turned grey. Same with Rufus. I guess that's what the Underworld did to people. They were covered head to toe in black clothes. Their eyes had an aggressive pierce to them. I just stood there, staring at them. "What do you guys want? Why have you come back?"