SMOSH EXPEDITION: The Rainbow Lollipop (Book Five)

Chapter Six - Show Us the Way

Ian Hecox

   Anthony sat on the bench in the lobby staring into nothingness, eyes blank and expressionless. It made me wonder why he passed out when he caught the golden flamingo in his hands, but more importantly, what happened to him when he was out.

"Dude?" I asked, taking a seat beside him, "Is everything okay?"

My friend shook his head, "What? Oh, nothing."

"Dude, you've been staring into space for five minutes and you're gonna tell me it's nothing?"

"What? No I wasn't." He defended.

"I mean literally, it looked like your eyes were focused at that space exhibit over there." I said, pointing to the section that had models of the planets and astronauts.

Anthony made a small chuckle.

"But kidding aside, I know something's up with you, bro." I parted my messy hair under my fedora, "And we've been friends for more than ten years. I know when there's something wrong."

He took a deep breath and closed his eyes, "It's those visions I saw."

At first I was skeptical, but given the circumstances we're in, it's not crazy at all, "Alright, tell me."

Anthony rubbed his temples, "I saw the park back in Sacramento crumble, a large stone tablet with writings I can't understand, and a series of tunnels."

"Maybe it's a clue, maybe the flamingo already gave you directions for the lollipop." Billy immediately concluded.

"I dunno, man." Anthony shook his head as I squeezed his shoulder attempting to comfort him.

My phone suddenly rang. It was an unknown number.

"Hello?" I answered it.

"I'm not interrupting your ianthony moment, am I? But your time is running out, you may already have figured out what the flamingo does, but you haven't begun the quest yet. I'm disappointed, Ian." The kidnapper hissed.

"Don't you dare hurt them." I said.

"Then you better start moving." He said before the line went dead.

And immediately after, a text from Keith came. "It's a text from the guys, they said they got a signal from the call and are now tracking it." I read his message. "But we have to find that rainbow lollipop as well, we can't take any chances right now."

"Miel's quarters, now." Anthony asserted, standing up and leading the way to the elevator.

"What's the hurry?" Charlie asked.

"Time is running out." I replied.

"Miel's office has a lot of books we can use." Anthony replied, going first into the lift.

Once we had reached the office, Anthony locked the doors behind us. The place was the same as the last time we first set foot in it when we were attacked by the henchmen. On the table was a laid out map of the city of Los Angeles.

"I knew it." Anthony sighed, approaching the table, "Miel's been doing a lot of research behind my back." As we surrounded the map, Anthony took out two books from his satchel: The books on the flamingo and the lollipop. "Miel was able to uncover the connection between these two."

"It means she knew it all along?" Billy said, mouth agape.

"She knew that the Golden Flamingo will lead to the lollipop." I said, flipping through the pages of the books as Billy took out the flamingo from his bag and placed it on the table.