The House in the Woods

Meanwhile in Australia

Meanwhile, in Australia

Axel glances around and says, "Are you sure that this is the address?"

Corey looks at him. "I am sure," he confirms. "I have had another team guarding her and the second target since I hacked into her computer while we were in flight. There was a story on there. A story about a young Sang, and Mr. Blackbourne's group. She has been doing a lot of research on birth certificates, explosives, and even itching powder. She also frequents a website called The Forum. From there I found other stories, by numerous authors, even some about us."

Raven says, "What the fuck do you mean about us?"

"Our team, and that guy, Blake Coltar," Corey answers. "Some members seem to really like Blake, so that moves them up on my suspect list. Funny thing is that most of them don't like Kevin and some are pushing for us to get rid of him from the group. I had to join The Forum to get into something called the +18 section, and while some of the situations were a little hard to read because they put Kayli in danger, they were all pretty amazing. They even had a game going called Would You Rather, and some of the entries were... shall I say, interesting?"

Corey says, "Well our first target is Wil<3, as in I think she is saying that she loves Wil, as in Kayli's brother Wil. She has trained the killer squirrel, so I wonder if she has Wil held captive somewhere and that is why we have not been able to find him."

Marc says, "Is everyone in question in Australia? Can we put eyes on any other high contributors to the site?"

Brandon looks at him and says, "They appear to be spread out. We did go ahead and dispatch a crew to Texas. One person there is using some cute pug named Pork Chop to get the "story" writers to post faster. We are not sure whether he has been through the same training as the squirrels. She is in close proximity to two other women named Jordiscy and Academy Love. They keep talking about Bluebell, so we are trying to determine whether is just the ice cream, or if it is a code name for something else."

"We also are trying to get eyes on someone code named Hephastia. Raven, you are going to want to interview her personally because she seems to have a mild fascination with your sex life. If they are not based in reality, you might want to get a few pointers from her."

"One that is eluding us is someone named Babyluv. She keeps several stories going at one time, and then disappears or deletes the stories. Her writing is so good that they leave messages begging for her to post more. When we make contact, I definitely want to get a hold of her computer."

Axel says, "So you can see what dangers she might be planning?"

"Well that..." Marc admits, "and I really want to know whether Kayli will come back to us in 10 Seconds, (I mean come on, like we would cheat on her), what happens to Cassie in witness protection, but most of all what the hell she is thinking by not updating Moving On. I mean Kayli is a ticking time bomb that is about to explode, Sang is off somewhere recovering from the story Taken, and I need to know more about Reese's past to make sure that she is protected."

Corey says, "The list of potential recruits keeps growing as we keep reading. I am really beginning to wonder if Mr. Blackbourne's Volto is behind it all. We are trying to narrow the list down, but there are just so many suspects. There is ViciousSpork with her quirky drabbles and something called the evil bunny. Priya, who seems to have a direct contact in the Blackbourne group and passes on what are called Academy Letters. Strawberry, who seems to survive on no sleep but comes up with amazing missions. Cupcake, Sweet tooth, JQueen, Savily, Ash-Tree, Trueblue2266, Monroe, Belindaxxx94, Negtalchild, Liloved, Solilquy....the list just keeps getting longer. There are a few readers too that we want to check. There is someone named Denice and we want to get a sample of the sweet tea that she keeps handing out."

"Are there any that are really high profile?" Axel asks.

FallonMagenAnne could be a problem, she can be easily distracted, but there seems to be a housefull of kids that we need to work around.. We sent someone from a team in Washington make sure she is contained, but we had to back off when the fire trucks arrived. We talked to the firefighters and it was a kitchen fire. They are going to have the house evacuated so we can sneak in and grab her eletronics.

"We have identified one that we consider dangerous, because she has been known to encourage people that were just commenting to start writing themselves. Her codename is Katydid. She is hiding somewhere up north and is claiming to be on a "break" to work on a new project. I did some searching on Wattpad and found that there is a story that she wrote on The Forum that is now being changed to eliminate mention of the Academy. We think that she used The Forum as a testing ground, and is now trying to share her superior writing to a broader, worldwide audience," Corey says.

Brandon decides to speak up. "The other that we are trying to get a handle on is not a writer on The Forum, but she seems to have started the whole movement. Her name is CL Stone. We have put out a worldwide request for any information on her."

"Well it looks like we have landed ourselves in a time consuming mission. Let's split up and start questioning Wil<3 and Anon. After the two of them, we will be tracking down Isacherryanne and Lisa Murray. Lisa just started posting a story about the Blackbourne Team. The concern with her is that she seems to be growing her own army.

We are hearing some scary things about the Isa author. She has an obsession with eyes and knows way too much about the original starting of the Academy. Be care with this one and make sure you keep your sunglasses on. After we talk to these four, we can work out a plan for traveling to investigate the rest. Any questions?" Axel asks.

Kevin looks around the room with a pout on his face. "I have a question. Do they say why they don't like me?"