✔Lost of All: Hope

Chapter 13: Emergencies Only!

New York is one beautiful city and it only took two days to get there. Hannah drove the entire way there, only stopping twice each day to make a couple pit stops and sleep a bit. With all the constant running the three of us were extremely tired yet we still had to receive the last note. We have done the Supernatural part and now it was time to carry out the Percy Jackson part. Jess and I changed our looks completely. We kept up with the leather jacket and combat boots thing but now Jess got contacts and had her hair permanently waved out with hot pink and a dark bright red highlights. It was stunning. As for myself I had mine permanently waved, since they couldn't remove my super curly hair completely, with sea green and aqua blue highlights in my own. Our style changed, and so did our hair but our personalities remain intact.

“Once we get this note, I'm taking you to Tennessee. I have a training facility for new agents and its about time I carry out my word on training you two. You'll need it before you go and find Hope.” Hannah said.

“You know where she's hiding?” I asked.

“I cannot say. You need to figure out what's she's hiding. Samantha and I can then put the people after her to rest. She can then safely return home.” Hannah told us.

“Are we there yet?” Jess interrupted us.

“Matter of fact we are. Go get ‘em tigers.” Hannah replied.

I signed knowing I wasn't going to be getting an answer anytime soon or a continuation of the topic so I should just drop it. I will eventually knowing that this adventure is important enough to know that there was no easy way out of it. And there probably will never be. Jess and I got out the car and walked to the almost intimidating-looking building. There's no need to try and describe the building, its popular enough to know how it looks.

“Let me lead on this one.” Jess said as we approached the doors.

“There was no way I was going to try.” I admitted.

She laughed a bit and we walked to the front desk, we've been doing this for how many weeks now? Practically professionals at it by now, I would call us. Jess walked with this confidence level that she only allowed to show sometimes. I copied her and with this walk, we looked like we knew what we wanted and exactly how we're going to get it. Once we made it to the desk, Jess knocked a little to get the dude’s attention.

“May I help you ladies with something?” He asked us

“The key to the six hundredth floor.” Jess stated.

“No such thing.” He answered.

“Yes there is. Olympus is now what I call grounded to this building in the millennium. So give us the key.” She told him.

“Why?” He asked. He didn't object to the idea of the key to Olympus this time. Just wanted to know why we needed it.

“Our friend, Hope, sent us for a note. Extemely important and so is this key.” I said in full confidence. This whole key thing confused me but I felt like I had to mention it. Obviously we needed this key for something because Jess was pushing so hard for it.  So I decided to do so as well.

“Password?” He asked.

“Password! I don't know a password!” We exclaimed in sync.

“Yes you girls do. In fact, Jess you made up the phrase. Want a hint?” He asked. We nodded in confusion. He sounded and looked so excited. Whatever Jess came up with he thought it was just excellent apparently.

“Finish the phrase: When you thought all you could and…” He started for us.

When did Jess say anything like this. Must have been years and years ago. I know it wasn't recent and that's a fact. Apparently something clicked in Jess’s head because it looked like a lightbulb had just appeared above her head. Like in those cartoons, loony tunes does it quite a lot now that I think about it.

“When you thought all you could and your mighty brain has failed you. Use what you have left, your five sentences.” Jess remembered. “Mighty brain is the password, correct?”

“Correct.” He agreed.

“When did you say that?” I asked Jess as the dude rummaged behind his desk.

“Remember when we were playing some strategy board game and Hope was watching us. We were stuck on something and I told you that exact phrase. That's where we get the term mighty brain from, its what I called it when we were younger and it just kind of stuck.” She informed me.

Oh! I remember that now. The guy finally finished looking for the key and presented us with a small box instead. “Everything you came for is in here.” He answered our confused look.

I took the box from him and Jess and I walked back out the building. We went back to Hannah's car that was waiting for us and instead of seeing Hannah in it we saw a bloody body. We both screamed in surprised terror before scrambling for our belongings and the emergency phone Hannah always gave us if this situation was to occur. We ran from the car knowing that, that was no longer a possibility. When we were far enough from that horrible accident I took the phone from a terrified Jess. Of course I was equally terrified but someone had to make a call.

I looked through her contacts before I found the name marked ‘FOR EMERGENCIES’. Nodding to myself, I clicked the small call sign and held my shaking hand to my ear.

“Hey Hannah, what's up?” Someone asked in a cheerful voice

“Hello, Hannah told us to call this number if there was an emergency and I'm afraid there's been a terrible accident.” I said in a shaky voice.

“What's the situation, your name and who are you with?” She questioned us seriously.

“My name is Navy and I'm with Jessica. Hannah's dead.” I told her.

“Name your place, I'm coming to get you right now.” She said.

“About four blocks from the Empire State building.”

“Go to the closest hotel, ask for room 109 on the third or fourth floor. Hide in the top of the closet. Don't move, don't speak. Put this phone on silent and wait for my text. Alert me if anything happens. See you girls soon.” She instructed us.

“What's your name?” I asked her.

“Samantha.”