We left the staircase leading to the basement and was on the ground floor. Panting and holding on to Mr President's son, we made it out of the building just in the nick of time before the ground floor was engulfed in flames. I managed to knock Iwan out temporarily, but I wondered... did he make it out alive?

***

Now I am guessing you are wondering how we no, I got into this situation. Well, let me explain it to you now...

Straight from taxing out at the LGA New York airport, we all received a text, an anonymous one from whom we all guessed was Iwan. As we stood outside the airport, the phone slipped from my fingertips and my heart caught in my throat because what shocked me the most was what it read: "Remember your friend who died... I think her name was Ms Heights." The phone made contact with the floor and everyone turned in my direction (apart from Libby) constantly asking if I was "ok," or "alright". I did not answer and they all pondered about where to find the clue leading us to our goal. Valerio came by and took me a few meters away from where the others were standing.

I murmured, "Brooklyn Heights." Then his eyes widened and he was slightly gaping.

"Do.. do you know her?" I ask looking into his mesmerising eyes.

"I rather not say, but I'm guessing her name is related to where our next clue will be," he replied rubbing his temple.

Ping. Another message arrived in all our phones, "Correct. You now know where to go,"

Then Armani came over. She saw the distraught look on my face, placed a hand on my shoulder and asked, "Are you ok?"

"Don't worry," I told her.

"And you Valerio?"

"No... i-it's fine." He also told her.

"Look, you've got the message, correct?" Libby asked as she and Elmer came towards us.

"Yes," me and Valerio replied.

"Where are we going then?" asked Libby.

"Brooklyn Heights," I replied.

"Then we have to go across the city. To where exactly?"

That was when all our phones rang: it was Iwan.

"Well, well, well. Alpha Team, it seems you are stuck. Unless...I lead you," his face was once again projected. I looked around and people were so immersed in their phones they hardly noticed, "However, I got a mission for you. There is going to be a robbery tonight at the Museum of Brooklyn which was formerly an archive. They want something valuable that has got your clue in it. You should find me by tonight - your deadline. I need a resignation letter. Don't forget." He hung up.

"Let's get going," Elmer said as he called the New York branch for Transport. I always him why not take normal transport like a bus or Taxi but all he told me was to "never trust 'em."

(skip journey)

It was late afternoon getting close to sunset and we stood outside the closed museum. Elmer called the organisation as well as the SWAT Team to be alert just in case the Mission was compromised and Iwan was to escape. There was a staircase leading to the fairly modern entrance. Elmer instructed us to each take out a torch from our gadget bag before we made our way inside. The huge security doors were unlocked strangely and we entered.

It was fairly modern, prestigious inside compared to the 21st-century look on the outside - which fooled me. And there were cabinets all over the place with all sorts of items probably dating back to the 1st century or even before that.

"Split up," instructed Elmer, "If you find any trouble or if trouble finds you, contact any of us via an earpiece. Just activate it with your voice." He gave each of us an earpiece before we split up.

I decided to make my way to the great hall via the hall which held the artefacts that were dug up from the 18th or to the 21st century. On my way there, I saw an artefact which really interested me: The Rosetta Stone. I read about it in a book when I was 16 as I was locked in my room whenever Gal decided to go out which was quite often back then. I was quite bored and I loved to read about anything, really. It was a "stone stab dating back to 196BC which was rediscovered by Napoleon Bonaparte's soldiers in 1799. This helped decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics..." The information board read that stood in front.

I was so absorbed in reading it I was irritated when I heard something metal drop in the direction of the great hall. I then told myself, something is up. So I decided to rummage through my gadget bag and I saw some kind of gun belt with leg straps. I held it up in and looked at it in the examination. I then took off my leather coat and placed the gun belt on. It had a pouch for the gun on each side of a leg strap so I placed a laser gun in each pouch. I put my coat back on again and made my way towards the great hall. I looked cautiously around to make sure no one was following me or is going to pull out surprise attacks and as I got closer to the great hall, I heard glass break. I quickened my pace and well, an Egyptian mummy's case stood in the centre in front of a two-way staircase leading to other parts of the Museum which means... We came through the closed entranced or what was supposed to be closed. As I walked towards the Egyptian Mummy, I heard some crunching noises coming from my boots which were crushing shards of glass scattered around the Mummy.

I think I found the robbers, I thought to myself just before I suddenly felt a suspicious presence close to me and sharply turned around to find three people (two men and one woman) who had a mask on... All holding weapons. I'm doomed.

"Alpha Team I have a probl-" I was cut off as one of them pushed me back with such force I stumbled.

I regained my balance before I hit the Mummy and fortunately, I got a reply. It was Valerio, "where are you?"

"Great Hall," I replied getting into my battle position.

"No use speaking to yourself, girl." Said the tall bulky man among them.

"She's pretty, I hate her already." Said the woman all dressed in black.

"Move out of our way and your life will be spared. We both want the same thing, but we're here first." Said the slim man with harsh features (I could tell by the cheekbones peeking out from the opening of the mask).

"Valerio, take your time. I can handle this." I spoke in the earpiece feeling confident before I said to them, "I don't want the mummy - whatever you need it for - I just want what's inside it."

"Tough luck. We won't give it to you." Sneered the woman and she lunged at me.

I dodged her blow and kneed her in the abdomen finishing off by elbowing her in the back of neck knocking her unconscious.

"One down, two to go," I said with a smug grin on my face cracking my knuckles.

Then Valerio said on the earpiece, "You sound like you are enjoying yourself, and I can see you."

"Where are you?" I asked as I was tackling one of the men eventually throwing him off course.

"I'm around, but if you need help give me a shout." He replied.

"Ok," I huffed as I blocked the bulky man's punches with forearm blocks. Each time he punches and I block I could see he was wincing in pain. Eventually, I managed to land a blow by bending my arm and swing my elbow horizontally at his jaw as well as his ribs causing him to stagger back. I added Palm hand strike to his nose in which he had to nurse making his eyes water and I even showed no mercy when I finished off with a roundhouse kick to the head. He was now unconscious.

One more to go wherever he is, I thought as I looked around, sweating, hot and bothered. Then, out of the corner of my eye, I saw a silhouette pointing a gun at me. I had to act fast; I managed to dodge a flying laser by backflipping. As soon as I regained my posture, I whipped out one of the laser guns and shot in the direction of my attacker which he dodged. I looked behind me and the laser seemed to make a burnt mark on the white wall almost hitting a pretty old painting.

The slim man was continuously shooting at me, I kept dodging, hiding behind artefacts and shooting back. It was almost like a game before I managed to hit his arm. When a laser hits any part of your body, in this day and age, it quickly dies and you need it amputated or just somehow get rid of it. But in this case, the guy lost his arm, he stood out in the open, placed his gun on the floor showing that he surrendered. This time, I was hiding behind the staircase and I was searching my gadget bag for handcuffs which I found while keeping an eye on the man.

I then stepped out into the open and ordered the man to turn around quickly or I would shoot him. He obeyed and I handcuffed him as well as his accomplices to the stair railings.

Suddenly, I heard someone clapping as well as some footsteps approaching causing me to become tense.

I stood in front of the staircase where the robbers were tied to and was fully lost, confused about where this clapping was coming from. Then Valerio came into view and was approaching me from the north entrance of the Great Hall (placing his hands in the pockets of his big detective-like coat).

"Bravo! I never underestimated you," he came over with a dashing smile on his face patting me on the back while I was rubbing my temple.

I asked slightly annoyed, "What the hell was that for? Scaring me like that!"

"Oh, I wanted to see if you were on guard. Besides, I wanted to give you this," out of his bag he took out a diary which looked old. He handed it to me which I took and said, "I got this from the room I was in the mansion. I thought this might be related to you."

"And how is that?" I asked with my chin held high.

"Who knows?" He shrugged, "it's a hunch and normally my hunches are correct."

"If you say so. But let's find the clue which I'm guessing may be inside the mummy, "which I pointed in its direction, "we should search the mummy-"

"Or maybe not."

"What?"

"I'll use my phone to scan and take a picture of the clue that'll lead us to where Iwan is."

"Cool, the stage is yours. I'll just be here," I said indicating where I would be standing, "Going to call the others."

He said before I could speak into the earpiece, "Oh, don't forget to tell Elmer to deal with our obstacle."

"Alright." And I called them which Elmer was the first to ask, "where were you?" And I told him, "The Great Hall." Libby and Armani made it clear to me they also received our whereabouts.

"Huh, this clue is really simple," Valerio commented while observing his phone.

"How is this clue simple?" I asked approaching him.

He showed me his phone which contained an X-ray like the picture of what was inside the Mummy casing: it was holding Iwan's card with five lines of coordinates.

"Well," he told me looking smug, "if it has five lines of coordinates, it obviously lines up to make something. I just need the plan of this Museum."

I then looked at my watch, unlocked it and the first thing I saw was what I guessed was the search engine pre-installed by the organisation.

"What are you doing?" Asked Valerio as he realised I was looking confused at my watch.

"Oh, I was looking at this." I turned my wrist so that the watch was facing him.

"Oh, you are so smart!" He looked closely at the watch with eagerness, "why didn't I think of that?"

I did not answer as he typed something into the search engine, he then placed his arm around my shoulder and requested for me to project what was in the screen - the plan of the 3 story museum including a completely submerged basement completely covering the base of the entire museum.

I asked, "So I'm guessing you're gonna transfer the coordinates, right?"

"Yup," he replied as he reached over to do so. Once they were transferred, each coordinate showed a certain archive and they automatically lined up to form an 'X'.

I was so immersed into studying the plan, I didn't notice that Elmer, Libby or Armani had arrived, but only when Valerio said, "oh, you guys are here."

And then I heard Armani say, "Well, you seem like you're in a good mood."

"It seems these 'chasing around the country' missions give him adrenaline," Libby commented and from the corner of my eye, I could see her scowling at me. I ignored her and continued interpreting the coordinates.

I found something interesting and it was relatively simple. I nudged Valerio slightly, who was looking elsewhere clinging onto me and explained to him about what I had discovered.

He then explained to them, "well, Aria found that each coordinate is related to an archive that links to T.O.S," he then released his arm from my shouldered (which I rolled back), took control of my watch (and my wrist) and zoomed in on four of the coordinates reading their names in order, "In the projection, it shows here, the MWD archive, The history of B.A.I, The archive of Dangerous Organisations and The History of the Fallen Governments and Wealthy Families..."

"And what about the coordinate in the middle?" Asked Elmer who stood closest to the tied up robbers.

"Well," I cut in feeling that I was the one actually researching, "Smack bang in the middle, this coordinate is the history of T.O.S. Isn't it obvious? It's in the central basement."

"I totally agree. It's super obvious." Armani agreed.

"Well then, let me deal with these three and a few more before we could set off." Said Elmer.

"Wait, you were dealing with others?" I asked.

"This was a massive robbery, after all, that's why we took so long," Elmer replied before making a phone call to most likely to the organisation of the police.

I merely nodded and I decided to knock out the conscious robber before Elmer changed his mind and ordered us four to go ahead and look for the basement where Iwan has held Mr President's son hostage.

***

As we were on our way, with Valerio being the leader, as he held the projection showing the plan, I caught up to him and pulled out the diary as we were walking.

I then said to him unsure, "I still don't get why you gave this to me."

"Well, don't worry too much about that," he replied concentrating on the map and we made a turn facing the staircase leading to the central basement. I could see that Libby was listening attentively too. He gave me a quick glance, "you'll find out more about yourself just from reading this. I promise you."

"And how do I know that?" I pushed.

"Again, with the questions?"

"Tut-tut," I disapproved which seemed to amuse him and I thought to myself (as we climb down the stairs), I feel like Valerio seems to know me more than I know myself... I feel like Iwan's games are based around me. I must find out who exactly I am just by reading this diary.

Just on that train of thought, I glanced at my bag and imagined a battered diary with initials "E.F" written in the corner. I sighed and prepared myself for my battle... we're almost there.