Jessica didn�t get to respond because Darien's phone buzzed with life. "Hello?" he answered. After a series of uh-huhs and yeahs, he hung up. "Let's go," he said, throwing the empty cup intot he trash. He got up and started on the path out of the police station.

"What happened? Where are we going?" Jessica asked, curiously following him through the passing officers.

"Forensics found something at the museum," he stated, walking out the front door. "Something our thief purposely left behind as a mark."

"Well, what's the mark?" she asked, both of them jumping into Darien's car.

"A white rabbit," he said, a smile falling into his handsome features before he turned the car on and back out of the parking space.

The crystal was beautiful. It reflected a flaming light when Serena looked through it as she held it up to the light. She twirled the delicate red diamond in her fingers.

"You really shouldn't be showing that off like it's nothing," Beth muttered, leaning on the doorframe.

"But it's just so beautiful," Serena sighed, wrapping the Crimson Red back in its velvet material. She tied a white ribbon around the light blue material, making it look like a small bag. She placed it in the drawer before sighing again.

""I see you're glad I talked you into this," Beth smirked. Serena just looked ta her childishly.

"You? Oh. come on! Whose family does this treasure belong to?" Beth was silent as Serena look at her incriminatingly. "Yeah, that's what I thought."

"Whatever," Beth snickered. "You know you couldn't pull it off alone." Now that, my dear," Serena said, a smile playing on her lips, "is where you are correct. So, what's next, oh humble one?"

"Sucking up isn�t going to get me to make you anything to eat," Beth stated, shaking her head.

"Who said I wanted anything to eat?"

"Your stomach did. I can hear it all the way over here," Beth teased, beginning to laugh. Serena looked at her stomach before looking back at Beth and pouting.

"You�re so mean," Serena continued pouting. "What's next? And hurry up, I want to go get lunch."

"Depends on where you wanna go," Beth stated, flopping down in the chair. "Seattle, the mountains of Montana, Washington D.C., Chicago, Texas, or some mine in California are your choices."

"Well, six of them have actually been located, right? The seventh is supposedly in that mine, lost in a mining accident," Serena mumbled thinking aloud. "So, let's go after a few more that we know are there before we go after the Knight Black in the Californian mines, okay?"

"Sounds good to me. So what's for lunch?" Beth inquired, a grin on her face.

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Yay! Chapter one is complete!! Wow that took a long time�.considering that I�m sitting in my 7th period Comp. Apps. Class�..heheheh�I�m bad�oh well! I hope you like my story and I don�t know when I�m going to get the second chapter up, but I�ll try really soon, k? Please R&R! Thanks! (E-mail too) Ja! ~KaBunny
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