The Legacy Of Jewelox

CHAPTER 14

I grabbed the paper from her hand and turned the paper over. I let out a small gasp. “Agent Lollipop... You might have to take a look at this...”, I trailed off, handing her the white sheet. Her eyes nearly lost its shine.

    “ ‘Only for Sky to solve these. We watch your every move’ ”, Sky read it out aloud. All eyes snapped towards her direction and we looked around to see if anyone is watching us. “A-Agent L-Lollipop... I think it's best we get this over with. You're smart to figure trash like this. Don't worry, if anything happens, just remember we've got your back", I told her wisely that Hazel had to look at me twice to make sure I hadn't been in the mental hospital before coming here.

     “You can do it, Agent Lollipop”, Rachel pulled her into a tight hug. Sky scanned the paper thoroughly.

     “What place has Winter in every years frame? Could it be Arctic? Or Antarctica?”, Sky squeezed her brain. “But I don't see what we can claim with any of those as answers...”

     Rachel started jumping up and down with her mouth pursed. Probably means she found the answer. Sky's eyes widened as her eyes lingered on to the ‘TAKE TWO’. “North! We have to take two turns North!”, Sky squealed. “Great! You really are smart, sis", Ashton complimented her, leading the way.

     We searched the area for another paper incase. Zepher found one near the artificial fern tree planted near a mini grocery.

                                   What opens when we look at the sky?
      
   
                                                               TAKE THREE

                                                                   -D.A.T.A.O-

     “If I look at the sky? I’d gaze up at it... my eyes widen”, Sky said dumbly. I sighed. Rachel smacked her face hard and shook her head. “Erm... then... What else widens? Happiness?”, Sky gave a nervous laugh. “Right. I get it. It gives directions. But to what?”, Sky questioned.
     “To them?”, said Scott. “Or maybe a reason as to why they are following us"
     “Just find the answer, goddammit!”, said Rachel. “It's not that hard!”
     “For you atleast. My eyes widen, happiness widens, mouth widens. What else?”, snapped Sky. Colin snapped his fingers as he found the answer too. She looked at him carefully, then back at the paper, back at him, then the paper. She went through her answers in silent. “SOUTH! Mouth rhymes with South! Three turns South!”, Sky gasped as the answer arrowed her brain. I shook my head at the amount of time she'd taken.
     “I’m kinda scared guys...”, Theo tugged at Ashton's sleeve. “There's nothing to be scared of. We've got brains. Just a bit rusty , that's it”, Rachel laughed as she TOTALLY hesitated taking the final south step.
     “No, no, no, no, no, no, no!”, she wailed, hiding behind me. I smirked mischievously, scaring the light out of her by tracing her skin lightly.
     “Agent Peppermint! Now's not the time for your heaven-knows pranks! We might as well get KILLED!”, Rachel spoke disdainfully. I laughed as I tried pushing Sky forwards, but she wouldn’t budge. Everyone seemed scared. Sky had sudden tears pouring out of her eyes and my friends tried comforting her. So did I.
     “I love horror movies, Agent Peppermint, but not when it happens in real life", Ashton gulped, standing next to me. I could hear a mixture a frightened heartbeats in the air.
     “You'll never know what's on the other side unless you go there!”, I curled my lips, disappointed in a way. Mia looked at me guiltily. “L-lets go... If we do find them, then we confront them”, she regretted finishing her sentence. I smirked fully. Sky, on the other hand, was panicking, trying her level best to keep her panic at stake.
     “And why not you lead the way since you're being so full of yourself?”, Scott nodded towards me. I grinned and bowed to them, trotting the last South turn. The others whimpered behind me and Sky looked pleased that she still didn't come face to face with them. She scrawled down, picking up a sheet hidden behind a bench. I giggled and said, “Hurry up, Sky! We have to get this done with!”
    This paper was black in colour with white fonts and a red warning at the bottom. She unfolded the paper cleanly and gawked at it.


                                                               I PRANKED YOU!
                                  
                                         RETURNING THE FAVOUR, SKY FROST!

                                                                        😁

                                                                                                                                        Yours sincerely,
                                                                                                                                      Queen Of Pranks

                                                        WARNING: NEVER MESS WITH THE QUEEN OF PRANKS
                                                                                                                                                   ENJOY!



     Hazel, Anne, Scott, Rafel, Theo and Ashton were chortling and I gave Sky my trademark mischievous smile. Rachel seemed pissed. Completely pissed that she didn't know where to start. Zepher and Mia were surprised and Colin just gave a sly smirk. Sky? She was furious as she tore the paper and a second later, she was laughing.

     “What do you mean ‘returning the favour’?”, Hazel investigated me.

     “Revenge seemed evil", I shrugged, laughing my head off.

     “Agent Peppermint, if there is anything else that you think ISN'T evil, please let me know", Rachel sighed.

     “What a waste of time!”, Colin sighed. “Not at all...”, said Zepher, bemused. I cocked my brow at him in confusion.

     “We just figured out this place lacks security. No securities in the corridors and the laser beam came of no use what-so-ever”

     We all made our mouth go ‘O’. “Well, that's weird”, commented Mia. “No, it's not. I figured this much before we even entered. It would be unusual to have guards roaming around park buildings looking for intruders because there really isn't anything to be stolen, frankly. We only have to watch out for the securities in the CCTV footage room”, clarified the gang brain, Rachel, as we walked through random corridors.

     “Guys, speaking of rooms, I just remembered!”, Rafel grinned, rummaging his rucksack. “I brought a small gift for the security in the CCTV footage room”, he smirked, holding two rough steel poles.

     “Is he gonna knock the guy out or murder him?”, Hazel whispered in my ear.

     “Who knows! He's the one whose gonna get arrested", I said care freely.

     “Better him than me", Hazel shuddered.

     “Homo-sapiens, I found the door", Ashton said replenished, inspecting a steel door with a see-through glass above a placard that said ‘CCTV’. The glass produced a light source meaning the lights were on in there.

     Colin peered at the glass. He rubbed his eyes and looked again. “There's good and bad news. Which would you people like first?”, he questioned us. “We'll go with the good news first...”, gulped Mia.

     “Okay, then I'll tell you the bad news first. There're two in there"

     “Which part of ‘good news’ did you not understand, man?”, Sky moaned. “Oh, did you say good news? Oopsie! I must've heard it wrong”, he replied sarcastically and carried on with the good news, “They're enjoying their KFC meal"

     “Seriously? Your vision needs a bath, bro”, Zepher smirked, craning his neck slightly. He rubbed his eyes many times before turning to us with a stunned look.

     Me, Rachel and Sky looked around to see if anyone from the wizarding world had stupefied him, but that's a grief-stricken no.

     “On the count of three”, Mia said in hushed voice.

     “Three!”, we started the count-down together in a small voice.

     “Two!”

     “One—”

     Ashton kicked the door open and Rafel charged in like a bull, drumming both the securities’ heads with the poles. The plump man squawked on his crispy chicken leg. They blacked out after Rafel played the cup song on their heads with the poles.

     I giggled. “That was a job done flawless", he bragged, dropping his weapons and dusting his hands. I walked in, tagging behind Anne with Hazel's hand over my shoulders. I looked across at the wide screen and my eyes lowered at the many buttons and keys in the negotiating plate. Zepher marched forwards, tampering with the keys and the screen reacted to his every tap and click.

     I'm amazed, honest. “He helps in the shop", reminded Sky, slipping her hand on my shoulder. My eyes widened at that. I didn't know that...

     “How so not generous of him to not get us anything for free", I pouted miserably. “Why notchiu try askin’ the fella?”, Ashton chuckled at my side. I jumped at the sudden voice of whose leader I did not notice was standing there. “Do you get free stuff?”, I asked him nimbly with excitement dancing in my eyes. He smirked holding his up to me, “Before you dream that you'll get a new phone for free, I’ll break it down for you. He's just a teenage staff and not the manager” “Atta prendh", Sky smirked, sharing THE look with me.