Chapter 12
It had been a stressful week for everyone so far, between looking into the table and researching into an entity yet to emerge in this timeline and keeping an eye out for Elias everyone was exhausted. When they all gathered back in the tunnels that Friday morning they knew it was going to be an early finish for the day.
"So who wants to start first?" Sasha asked.
"I might as well" Jon stated sitting up.
Everyone diverted their attention to him.
"Well, I managed to get the help of Georgie and Melanie to keep an eye out for anything they might come across something to do with the stranger or spiral. Basira knows something is up and soon she'll come back from a case where she'll one hundred percent know what's up after a little searching, I know for a fact that Daisy believes that the institute is wrong in a way. In time though they'll probably help us out better, i just want to make sure they don't take any jobs here so i'll try to help them as much as i can with additional information they may need" Jon explained.
"We're building up a small army, I can't wait for the boss battle" Tim Joked, "Wanna explain what we found out Sasha?"
"Sure" She started,"Well we looked into the Not-them more, the table came up a lot. That links to what you told us was the web right? I mean it must also be linked to the stranger because I think it dulls the power of those things. Anyways we ended up looking into the table which led us to looking more into Hilltop road, than that sent us on a chance for information about the residence including Agnes Montague".
"That makes sense" Martin noded.
"Oh but there is more, I found that laptop you mentioned Gertrude had and i managed to hack it!" Sasha was really excited, Jon and Martin looked shocked.
"Wait you managed to get into it?" Jon thought for a second.
"Why are you two so shocked? It wasn't anything you hadn't know before right?" Tim teased and the two looked nervous.
"You never got into the lap top did you?" Sasha asked with a smirk.
"No, but I did try" Jon admitted.
"But don't you have knowledge on like everything? Why even bother?" Tim was curious.
"Well as much as that is true, Something was always blocking me. It was probably something to do with the Web? They're all about manipulation, With her connection with Agnes and what we know about it I suspect they somehow found a way to block out the eyes influence over them" Jon admitted.
"Well, I found some things" She said excitedly.
"Spill!" Martin leaned forwards.
"Well, Agnes and Gertrude were linked by The Web. What I found out was the two actually met more often than others knew, they were so different but managed to bond over their lives. It was actually kinda sad reading all that stuff but eventually Agnes died and that connection was shattered." Sasha recalled.
"Is that why she went why she did? Mad and violent?" Martin asked.
"Oh not at all, one of the Entities killed her cat from what I read and that's what did it" She chuckled a little.
"Makes sense, if some Entity killed The Admiral I think all my morals would go out of the window" Jon semi joked and that got a lot out of the others.
"What else have we learned this week, Martin! Want to contribute?" Tim looked to him.
"Oh, you know the usual. Looked into the Extinction, Reaffirmed a few things, Found out it may be emerging sooner than last time. Y'know, the usual" He panicked a little.
"What?!" Jon's face dropped.
"I could've just misunderstood it a bit but" Martin sighed.
"But what?" Sasha asked.
"I was thinking over of it, being stuck there for so long it got so familiar to me and it just felt. Well, not right, It didn't feel bad either. Familiar? That might be the right way to describe it. It felt like a calling but also a warning?" Martin tried to explain but it was also obvious he wasn't to sure how to describe it either.
"So is that a good or a bad thing?" Tim asked, "I mean yes, everyone dying is bad but do you think that this sign might mean something as like a warning? Maybe now we can make sure it's prevented properly?".
The others thought about this for a few minutes.
"I think we should really look at what we should do next, Jon?" Tim asked.
"Oh right. Well, The circus is going to be something we need to look out for next, also Elias is going to try and recruit the others and i think he'll need to have an eye kept on him for that. I'll be here for a while but I'm going to America soon as well" Jon informed.
"Wait you're going again this time?" Martin looked to him.
"Well yes, I need to get Gerry. But that wont be until Helen takes over, I'm hoping the spiral may help her with memorise and i could ask for her help a bit. I shouldn't be gone as long as last time, plus i need you here to keep an eye on a few things okay" Jon traced his thumbs over Martin's wrist comfortingly.
"Urg! I don't want to have to deal with the whole four statement givers in a day thing again" Martin slumped down.
"What?" Jon was confused and Martin realised he hadn't told him about it.
"I'll tell you later" Martin chuckled to himself.
"What do we need to look out for with the circus" Tim spoke slightly harshly, They were a sensitive spot for him.
"Well, last time they kidnapped you didn't they?" Sasha remembered.
"Yes, however this time i think i might offer a chance to talk instead" Jon clarified.
"Than you'll try and convince Helen to take you to America to retrieve Gerry?" Tim questioned and than noded to himself seeming to have processed this and than understand what he had meant.
"Yep" Jon replied with a pop of the p.
"Okay than, Let's do this!" Sasha cheered, "I hope you all remember tonight is Drinks Night!"
"Nice" Martin relaxed.
"Jon, you better go inviting this Georgie and make sure she brings Melanie with her" Tim pointed with a slight smile.
He sighed, "Yep, I'll message them"
This was going to be one of the last times of normality before chaos would ensue, they were planning on that.