Touch of Fear ▸ House of Anubis [2]

chapter sixty-nine. house of sabotage

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            "The worm is in the hole," Alfie so eloquently tells us as he joins us in the hall, informing us about his and Amber's plan succeeding. Now we wait. "Eddie's laptop is virused to the max."

            "Excellent work, guys," Fabian compliments.

            "Now all we have to worry about," Nina adds, "is tracking down that dollhouse."

            "Someone must've seen something," Patricia insists. "I mean, it's a big dollhouse."

            I shake my head, reminding her, "Yeah, but it was stolen in the middle of the night. No one would've seen anything. I just wish we had some kind of clue as to who took it and where it is now."

            Alfie remarks, "Shame the walls don't have eyes."

            Talk about accidental genius. Mara and Eddie had their camera set up in the living room all night, so if whoever took the dollhouse passed by it, they'd have a shot of it. The walls may not have eyes, but that camera certainly does!

            "Alfie, that's brilliant," Nina states, apparently on the same train of thought I am. She and Fabian add together, "Lounge cam," and Amber says the same just after they finish saying it. Lounge cam.

            Patricia smiles. "Maybe we're starting to get somewhere."

            With that new plan, the only thing we have to do now is make sure that the virus works and the photos are destroyed. Eddie, Mara, and Joy are in the lounge as we walk in. Eddie's got the exhibition program while Joy's holding the laptop, which has the zoomed in image of Senkhara the Unfriendly Ghost on it.

            "We don't think it's Sarah now," Mara informs Joy as we walk behind them slowly, eavesdropping. "We think it's a spirit brought here with the artifacts in the exhibition."

            "You think the lady in the video is the unknown ruler?" Joy questions. Oh, no...the crown. That crown is on exhibit at Frobisher Library, it's how Nina figured out she was the forgotten ruler. They must have figured that out, too!

            "It doesn't matter what we think," Eddie replies. "I mean, imagine how many hits we'll get on this baby. I mean, you wanted eyeballs."

            Still watching them, Sibuna sits on the stage, trying not to make it so obvious we're listening by holding books up. Joy looks between Mara and Eddie and asks, "So, what do we know about her?"

            "Well, nothing. She's the unknown ruler."

            "Let me see the picture of her in the cellar again."

            Eddie hits one of the keys on the keyboard multiple times and Mara asks, "What's the matter?" Alfie and Amber's virus is working. I glance at the others with a smirk, briefly noticing that the book Fabian is fake-reading is upside down. Should I fix that? Nah.