On the trail once again...

Joshua said, "Kerosene. A substance that is very flammable. Usually used in torches and stuff, this string was soaked with kerosene. This makes it very flammable."
Yanna asked, "So what if it's flammable? What would happen?"
Joshua replied slyly, "Here comes the wine. I guess that wine is one brand called Spirit. It has 96% alcohol in it. If fire comes in contact with it, it might cause a fire or something equal to a bomb. Judging by the wire, I bet it has been used sometime for the past 12 hours."
Jasper checked the time. "1:45"
Joshua smiled. "So it all fits now. If my deductions are correct, we'd find a very important clue in the house."

They arrived at the crime scene. Yanna started searching for something she doesn't know.
Jasper started lifting some heavy things. Jem stared at Joshua, who was apparently looking for something. Yep. It does smell like wine! Jem saw a glint of glass as Jasper lifted up the broken wall.

"Hey guys! I think I saw a piece of glass or soemthing!"
They all turned to the glass. "Isn't the glass supposed to be burned or broken by now?"
Joshua answered. "It isn't. It wasn't here the first place. It was dropped by one of the guys who kidnapped Carlos or maybe when they kidnapped Nicah."
Yanna noticed something. She broke the glass in half. Sliced in the middle of the two was a piece or paper with an address. "That was easy, wasn't it?"

They huried in the car. As soon as they stopped, they looked. A house stood there. A beautiful one. With flower pots, colorful bricks and all.
Jem said. "It seems too innocent to be a villain's house."
Yanna looked at the address and turned around and saw a house on the other side of the street.
"Umm... guys. Turn back."
They all turned back and looked at the house behind them. More precisely, a large, dark, uninhabitated mansion. All but Jasper fidgeted.

"We can't let those guys kidnap Nicah!" Jasper said.
"And Carlos" Jem added.
"Yeah and Carlos. We have to act right now."

They noticed a black minivan on their right. They knew this was the villain's hideout. Somewhere in one of those dungeons hold Nicah and Carlos. Without looking back, they took a step forward... into the darkness of the castle's shadow of doom.


TO BE CONTINUED...NOW!


Jasper kicked open the gate. Jem and Yanna followed. With Joshua in the back and his laptop.

They ran across the lawn separating them and the mansion. Each step brought them a sense of fear. Jasper opened the door. "Hello?" It was totally dark. No lights of some sort.
Joshua turned on a light. It was coming from his watch. "I installed it in your watches too."
They all walked in. Jasper at front and Joshua at the back. They found nothing. No traces of where Nicah and Carlos are. No voices. No sound. They didn't dare speak to each other and break the silence. It was creepier now. Only Jasper and Joshua stayed calm.

Jasper whispered, "Where are they?" Then they heard a cracking of floorboard. Yanna and Jem screamed as Jasper fell down to the floor below.
Joshua beamed the light down on the crack. "Jasper! Are you all right?!" He shone the light. Jasper lay down on the floor looking up. "I think I have found a secret passageway!"
"Great! We'll be down there in a few seconds." Josh replied. "Um.. Yanna, Jem, I think we need to..." He looked back. They were gone. "WHERE ARE YOU??! Oh man. Jasper, I lost them!"
"What???!"
"I smell chemicals or something like that. Wait... I think they were forced to sleep."
"Yeah they were. You find them, I'd look for Nicah and Carlos."
"This is getting worse than I thought."

TO BE CONTINUED... NOW!!!

The Lost Group

Jasper rushed through the corridor. There was no light but the light from his watch. He noticed another hallway covered with boards of wood. He kicked it open and ran. "NICAH! I'M COMING TO SAVE YOU!"

Joshua started running. He chased the smell of a chemical, mostly used by crooks to stun people. He knew they were somewhere there. He heard a cough. "Joshua..." He turned to teh hallway to the right. Stop. Dead end. Where did they go? "Joshua..." He heard it somewhere. It must be behind this wall. He hit the wall with full speed but the wall wouldn't budge. If only I was stronger...

This was evolving to a life and death situation. Jasper ran. The wall seemed endless. Suddenly he stepped on a liquid. "Oh man. It's oil!" He saw a light at the end. "Yes!" As he got closer, he noticed a man was carrying a torch. Fire. "Oh my!" There was nowhere else to go but back where he started. The man laughed as he tossed the torch in the oil. Fire spurred evrywhere.
Jasper looked back, the fire was gaining on him. Then he stopped running. "For Nicah..." then surprisingly he rushed towards the fire, through the fire at full speed.

"Aaaaagh!" BAAM It wouldn't budge. Only josh's muscles ached. "I can do this." He paced backwards, ran for the wall. BAAM A frustrated Joshua lay down on the floor. Muscles aching and blood rushing to his head, he stood up once again to try it. BAAM CRASH! Joshua broked the wall. But then he found himself fainting. No. I gotta save them. I must. He regained his consciousness and ran down the stairs, hoping to resolve all this.

Jasper ran to the man. With his jacket burning he knocked down the man, whom he recognized as the younger man from the police station. He quickly removed his jacke and ran upstairs. Suddenly, he bumped with Joshua at the same level.
Jasper breathily asked, "You found them?"
Joshua was losing consciousness then. "No... They're...floor...think..."

TO BE CONTINUED... (I want to continue this, thanks)