(3P POV)
Upon the rising of the service door and the natural light came in to illuminate the whole parking lot, Alex and Jack was the only two out of the five people in the RV that were shocked.

"Thanks Mr. Miller." Skyler said before going back to Seth's waiting arms.

"Always nice to see you Skyler." He said and started to turn around only to turn and say, "And heads up, Maria called the police yesterday when you disappeared." with that, he disappeared through the door which blended with the iron wall perfectly.

"Oh no, 

Jack cautiously drives the RV forward, marveling at his surroundings.

"Wow." Alex said in shocked at such a change of surroundings slight releasing her grip on the arm rest.

The area outside of the abnormally dark parking lot in the wall, was a very large, elegant garden as if someone ripped it out of a fairy tale. The RV drove up the brick layered driveway, slowly going around the fountain, coming to a stop at a building that could only be described as a manor.

"Yeah, this is definitely not what I was expecting." Jack stated hesitating to be the first one to step out of the vehicle followed by Alex and the 3 teens.

"And what were you expecting?" Skyler asked with a raised brow.

"I don't know." Jack started, cautiously looking around at anything that moved. "Another R.L Stine's Haunting Hour." 

They stood there watching the house a few second with only the sounds of nature surrounding them.

"So do we knock or..." Alex started to ask but as cut by the front door opening with such force, they slammed onto either side of the walls.

There at the entrance stood a very angry Marie with arms crossed, glaring at the teen who tried to ignore the look she was giving her.

"You have some nerve not answering my calls and then showing up here a day later with..." Maria's looked over all the new faces. "...Who are these people?"

"Maria!" Skyler started, saying her name as cheerfully as possible, avoiding looking at the adult. Holding Seth's wrist, she hurriedly passed her while quickly saying, "This is Jack and Alex. Jack and Alex. Maria."

"This is not over young lady!" Maria called after her before she practically ran in the house with Seth and Sarah behind.

Clearing her throat, "Hi I'm Dr. Alex Freedman and this is my associate Jack Bruno." Holding her hand out for the woman to shake.

"Maria, just Maria." Despite the suspicious look she gave the two, she shook her hand quick and firm.

"Well, we were told you would be able to help us with..." Alex hesitated to finish, giving the woman a sheepish smile. "...Getting a schematic of a government facility located on Witch Mountain."

Maria looked back and forth between the two adults for a minute as if debating if there genuine. 

" Isabella!" The two flinched when Maria yelled in the direction of the house.

A window on the second floor opened, "ah! what you want!?" An older Latino lady sold from above.

"Nosotros tenemos invitados! preparar tres habitaciones!" Maria said. 

Like Maria, the woman, Isabella, looked at the pair with suspicion, "Skyler?" she asked.

"Skyler." Maria answered cause the woman to nod and closed the window.

"So, you'll help us?" Jack asks, watching as Maria started walking away.

"Follow me. Isabella will get a room ready for you all." Maria said.

"Wow wait" Jack called out to her before they could enter the house. "Although we appreciate you inviting us into your lovely home but we're kind of on a deadline here."

Maria became confused for a second but upon realized that she changed out of her maid outfit to an elegant dress her mistress usually insist she wears.

"You don't know whose house this is, do you?" Maria smirked but then sighed in frustration upon realizing she's going to have to be the one to explain. 

(1 Hour)

"So, you're telling me..." The adult had finally made it to the living room and both Jack and Alex were shocked at the information the woman they now known as a maid; Maria had provided. "I've been driving around with a kid that's worth more than three of my lifetimes." Jack asked frustratingly.

"That's one way of putting it." Maria said, "But yes."

Unlike Jack, Alex was more astonished than frustrated. Alex had heard about the genius and would have always like to but were informed they had always like their privacy out of the spotlight. 

"How is this surprising to you? From what you told me, you've had quiet the adventure." Maria asked, raising from her seat, grabbing one of the many cloths she had stashed away all over the manor and started wiping the table of the small specks of dust that irritated her the second her walked in. "Picking up strange kids, two of which are aliens, dropping them all off in the middle of nowhere, On the run from the government. Oh, and my favorite..." When the table clean to her liking, she slow sat back down on the couch, folding her legs at the knee, giving the duo a serious look. "Being chased by an alien assassin. Did I leave anything out?"

"Yeah" Jack chuckled nervously under her cold gaze. "That pretty much sums it up."

"And you guys do realize how stupid and unbelievable idiotic this imaginative adventure sounds?" She asked.

"Yes, we do and as a scientist, this story sounds like something out of a science fiction novel and would go against everything I worked hard for." Alex shrugged off the fear she felt under the woman's piercing gaze and look her directly in her eyes. "But I've seen what those kids can do, and we need to get them home immediately or we won't have our home."

1 minutes, 2 minutes, the silence was suffocating. as the maid looked at them coldly as if she wanted to burn them alive as her gaze grew sharper with each passing second. 

When it touched the 3 minutes, the maid rose from her position abruptly, "Very well. assuming you will be staying here until, the maids are currently preparing your rooms."

"And that's it? You believe us?" Alex asked in confusion at the woman's sudden change.

"It doesn't matter if I believe but Skyler does." She motioned the two to follow her into the foyer and up the stairs. "I don't know if you're aware, but that girl has much more brains than most adults, myself including. She wouldn't have brought you here if she didn't have her reasons. " They followed her down the hall and stopped at a brown door. "Mr. Bruno, this room will be yours and if you would follow me Ms. Freedman."

 "Um...excuse me." Jack received a raised eyebrow from the maid, indication to proceed. "Thank you for your hospitality but we're kind of on a deadline here."

"We cannot leave yet."  Both adults flinch at the sound of their young female traveling companion behind them. "The bonding has already begone."

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