Guess Who

Ebony.... Zone

Another clue? Well gees, and here I thought they were going to do the honours of ending my life fast before the Ingumm get to me.

"Skyla, there has been a shift in the game and you still have not made sense of the last clue I gave you. So listen closely, I am not permitted to talk to you outside of headmaster jurisdiction of the basic detention and clues, but I am sick of this game; therefore-"

"You are going to tell me who the Ingumm are and we can both be on our merry way?" I say full of hope.

"Of course not, I would have to know who they are first, and I would still not tell you! Never interrupt me again or I will have your head on a silver platter served to, them, are we understood? Good," He said without waiting for my answer.

"Now, as I was saying, I am willing to give you the next hint in advance, on one condition; which I will tell you when the time is right." He said with a hardness in his eyes I almost didn't want to understand, although I was starting to see why Judas was so, well, rude.

Wordlessly he handed it to me, next I knew he was gone before I could ask him anything else. I take it while looking around for Judas, who I find at the other side of the Ebony zone, poised as if he can't wait to get out of this place. I don't blame him, the feeling of being watched by something was ready to overtake my every instinct and swallow all of my sanity, so I quickly rushed out the door quickly; meanwhile I pocketed the clue.

After no words were exchanged by me or Judas, as we both felt very solemn as the situation really gnawed at us, each having a different effect on the other. Me feeling anguish and helplessness with a mix of determination, he with a sense of anger and wishing his Dad was anyone but the headmaster.

I quickly got to my room and locked the bathroom door, at least in here I could escape through the window if need be. I slowly opened the note, which read:

"16-1-7-5 20-8-18-5-5, 19-5-3-20-9-15-14 20-23-15, 23-15-18-4 19-5-22-5-14"

Oh, well that makes so much sense! Wait? Wasn't this something that was featured in mystery books and such? So I did the only thing my anxious nerves could handle, I pulled up Google and typed in, 'criminal codes'.

After minutes of sifting through fan pages of movies and bookstores trying to sell books about codes, I actually found a site that explained a whole bunch of different codes, than I got realistic and realised that he wouldn't make the clue hard for me to understand, so I picked the sixth easiest code; which closely matched which code was on the paper, and voila! I had my answer key!

The clue read,

"page three, section two, word seven" okay than, I was expecting something a little more along the lines of, what you are looking for is this and it will have the names of so and so who are the Ingumm, by the way. Alright, now I just have to find out which book it is-

Stupid! Of course it is the restricted book! Have I learned nothing from shady and terribly acted Broadway films!? Then I started thinking about how I was supposed to get the book, and my neck hairs rose and my heart sped up as I realized I had to sneak out again, to the library no less, and there was only one time to sneak out, and that was when it was well after dark, and I already didn't like the things that lurk in the dark, but now that I know that there is a good chance they are after me as the sensation of someone watching me at the Ebony zone, and realized that this game was far more than an exhilaratingly risky scavenger hunt, and I suddenly lost the one piece of security I had held onto for so long, as I set my alarm clock for 2:52 am, the school had weird time limitations, why couldn't I? And I shut off my lamp as the door to our dorm room was banged on so harshly I thought the hinges would break off. I already felt my heart seize up in my throat, before i felt it plummet to my stomach, as the banging stopped, and I heard the doorknob being turned ever so slightly, as the last resistance the door had, gave way, and a light step entered the room, at exactly 8:38pm.

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Thank you all for reading! Hope you are enjoying this book!

Sam