Saving Jacob Frye

Old Friends

46 Hours to find a cure
The thought rolled in her head as she drove the carriage to her destination. Henry,who had no idea why they were heading to Whitechapel, looked at Evie with a puzzled look. 
"Where are we going, miss Evie?" He asked her
"I'm headed to see a friend that might be off assistance to us" she said looking at him a moment before returning her gaze to the road.
"Assistance? For what?" He asked
"Remember our friend Alek? Well he has a device that helps us know when the Templars are shipping what" (the first telephone).
"And you think he'll know where the supplies is being shipped to?" Henry asked
"Exactly" she replied.

Soon they pulled up to his tiny little shop in Whitechapel. It was a one room house that held all of his inventions, working or not. She approached the door and knocked on it.
The door was unlached and opened, Alexander Graham Bell looked at the two and smiled. "Ah, Evie Frye! Welcome back my friend" he said letting her in. "And who is this young man?" He asked gesturing to Henry
"Oh this is Henry. You can call him Mr. Green" she said with a smile.
"Hello, Mr. Green" Alexander said, holding out his hand to shake his.
Henry took his hand "hello, Alexander" Henry replied. 

"So what brings you two here to my place?" He asked them as he sat down in his chair.
"Well..."Evie paused a moment, sighing lightly. "Jacob...he's been poisoned. I need to find a cure but I need to find who invented the poison so I can find out if there's a cure." She said to him.
Alek's smile faded, concern crossing over his features and anger filling his eyes. "I'll uh...see if any new shipments of this poison has been sent." He said to them.
Henry nodded and looked at Evie. Her face returning to the one she had a few days ago: worry and anger returning to her face as she slowly nodded, looking down slightly.
Alexander then sighed lightly, his face slowly going back to normal. "Well I'll let you know if I find anything. And while I'm at it, I'll try to find this cure." He said. "Do you...have a sample of the poison?" He asked.
"Uh yes. Here" she said handing him the last vile she had.
He took the vile carefully and set it on his desk. He then looked back at the two. "Well then. I'll see what I can do" he said to them
Both Henry and Evie nodded "apart from what just happened, it was a pleasure seeing you again" Evie said to him.
"And it was nice meeting you, Alexander" Henry added.
"It was a pleasure seeing you again, Evie,  and it was a pleasure meeting you Mr. Green." He said with a smile.
Evie and Henry smiled back and headed for the door.

Evie got back in the driver's seat and took the reins. Henry hopped on next to her and gave her a sympathetic look. "Don't worry Evie. We will find the cure." He said to her, gently touching her shoulder.
Evie sighed and nodded. She then flicked the reins and the horses headed for the original destination they were headed for. Time was running out. They needed a cure soon...

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41 hours left

She couldn't help but shake the feeling that maybe her brother would die sooner than she expected. The thought haunting her mind as she drove the carriage down the busy Streets of London. Henry looked over at her and gave a worried look.
"What's the matter now, Evie?" Henry asked
"I..it's just I feel as though jacob will die before we find this cure" she said looking at him a moment before returning her gaze to the road.
"We will, Evie. I'm sure of it. We have a lead and we have a name. We will find a cure" he reassured her.
Evie said nothing as they arrived at the new destination.
The place was quiet. An old house that barely stood up on it's own. Why would the Templars choose this place to hide their goods? She shook her head and got out of the carriage. She wanted to leave and find another place thinking this one was a mistake, but something was telling her to head inside. She looked over her shoulder and motioned Henry to follow her in. Reluctantly he nodded and followed her inside.

Quietly she opened the door. It made a light creak as she opened it, causing her to flinch. She breathed a sigh of relief when she realized it was her. The house looked like it had been abandoned, furniture was turned over and places where pictures were, outlined the walls lightly against the dark and dusty walls. There wasn't much light in the house, a dim, blue grey light echoed across the house like it had an unknown source.  The house was two stories high, the stairs looked to have been walked on, causing Evie to get suspicious. Maybe this was the right place. Henry then separated from Evie and looked around the rooms of the house. All but one looked to be in the same condition. The one room looked to have been fixed up a little, causing Henry to have Evie follow him into the room.

Inside the room was a few bookshelves and an old piano. Evie looked at Henry and tilted her head in amusement, "Reminds you of a room doesn't it?" She asked him.
He nodded slightly. "yes. The piano played a tune that opened a secret underground room." He said looking at her with a smile.
"But remember, it may not be the piano this time." She said to him. She then walked to one of the bookshelves and looked at all of the books. One book in particular caught her eye. It was a book by Louisa May Alcott called. "The Mysterious Key" it looked to have been touched before. Cautiously she grabbed the top of the binder and pulled it lightly, but, it did nothing "Aw..I thought it would open. The book was perfect for such an occasion" she said lightly chuckling. "Great, now I sound like my brother" she muttered lightly, a smile edging the corner of her lips as she thought of him.

Annoyingly, the right book happened to be an old history book that was corrupted by the Templars. The locks clicked and wirrled as she bookshelf slid to the right, exposing a hole in the ground that led to an underground tunnel. "Of course it's underground" she huffed.
Henry chuckled at her response to the hole. "Well it's more secret that way, Miss Frye." He said to her.
She gave him a playful glare before she jumped at a noise coming from the door they entered into the house. "Uh oh. Get in quickly" she said jumping down and looking for a lever that would close the bookshelf once Henry got in. There was none, causing Evie to become nervous. They were going to find her and Henry. The thought made her scared. Henry made it down and began to run down the tunnel to a nearby corner. He motioned Evie to follow him.
She hid behind the corner with him and watched as the Templars in their red coats climbed down.
"Who left the door open?" One of them asked the other Templars
"I don't know. Do you think the boss showed up early?"
One of them asked the head Templar
"I think I could have done it" the rookie spoke up.
The head Templar approached the rookie and slapped him across the face with a backhand "do something like that again, and I'll make sure you never see." He threatened.
The rookie fearfully nodded and stepped away from the Templar, rubbing his left cheek lightly as he did. The three then headed down the tunnel. Evie and Henry pressed against the corner as best as they could as the three walked by. Lucky, they didn't notice them as they continued down the hall. Henry breathed a sigh of relief as he looked at Evie "that..was too close" he said to her
"I know I know, but we're still alive" she commented.

The two then quietly followed the Templars into the tunnel, careful not to make any noise. The two then saw the group of Templars go into an open area in the muggy and dark tunnel. The room was rather large: A bunch of boxes with an unusual symbol branded on the sides of them, were stacked to the right of the room seven across and three high. There was also another stack around the same height across from it, leaving a pathway between them. There wasn’t just the four Templars in the room, at least 15 others were guarding the room as well.
“we need a plan to attack” Evie whispered to Henry as she observed the room.
“Maybe we don’t attack, Evie. What if this is a trap? Why would they just leave the front door open to us?” he asked her
“Henry, we don’t have much time left. My brother is dying and I’m not sure how long he’ll remain alive” She protested, her face showing a look of desperation.
Henry nodded then looked out for a way to attack them. He was about to speak an idea when a bomb went off behind them, filling the room with gas. The Templars all put a mask on to protect themselves from the gas. Henry was right. It was a trap. Evie stood up quickly, ready to run for the exit when two of the bigger Templars grabbed both of them and held them tight so they would breathe in the gas and pass out.
Evie put up and good fight, coughing violently and kicking as hard as she could before she saw her world going black.
No no no! I can’t be caught! I-I need ..t..to s..sav-
Her thoughts soon went blank as she passed out.

(Sorry. I've been extremely busy and I am sorry for the slow updates😭😭)