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The 39 Clues

Why?

Chapter 1: Dan's Gone

Dan has been gone for over a year now. He got kidnapped a few hours before the family came over for the family reunion. Amy had tried to find him and couldn't. As soon as she had told everyone else, they instantly helped her. However, no matter how hard they tried, Dan was gone.

He was always gone. They had no idea where he was. They had no idea why they took Dan and not someone else. They did know who took him though; Vespers. Vespers have been against the Cahill family ever since the beginning of the tricks. Ever since Gideon Cahill himself had made the serum.

All the branches have never liked each other, but when the Clue Hunt had been won they had learned to cope with each other. The younger generation had grown to like each other and they worked together. They worked together to try and find Dan.

Now, a year later, Amy was lying on the couch in the living room; she was very depressed. She missed her brother so much and couldn't believe that he had gotten kidnapped.

"Amy," Ian said walking up to her. "Please come with us. We are all going out to get something to eat."

"No thank you, Ian," Amy said staring straight at the wall. "I don't want to go. You just go without me, I'll just stay here and find something to eat."

Ian walked over and stood in front of Amy. "I know you miss your brother, but Daniel has been gone for a year. We all hoped to find him, but we couldn't. I think he would want you to live your life."

Amy looked up at Ian and stared him in the eyes. "You have no idea what he would have wanted. What if he comes back as soon as I leave to go out to eat? What if he calls the house when I'm out with Natalie at the mall? What if we find something saying that he is dead when I'm out playing soccer with Hamilton?"

Ian sighed and bent down in front of Amy. He grabbed her hands. "Amy, you need to face the facts. We haven't gotten anything from Daniel or about Daniel in a year."

"And what if something comes in five minutes and then I'm not here to get it," Amy said pulling her hands away from Ian.

"Amy," Natalie said walking into the room. "Don't get angry at Ian. You love him; he's just trying to help you."

Amy turned to look at Natalie. "Yes I love Ian but I also love my brother. I am not giving up on him; he will come home. I don't know when that will happen, but it will."

Nellie walked into the room and stood at the door. "Please, Amy, come out with us and just get something to eat. It will do you some good to get out."

"No!" Amy said turning to Nellie. "Just go without me and I will find something here."

"Fine," Nellie said leaving the room. "Natalie, Ian. Come on we have to get there before the place closes."

Natalie looked at Ian and Ian looked back at his sister. They sighed and left the room with everyone else; leaving Amy sitting in the living room staring at the wall.

Dan was standing over a bloody dead body cleaning his blade. He had broken into a hotel room and killed the person that the Vespers told him too.

He was raised by Vespers, his parents were Vespers, and he was born to kill Cahills. Ever since he was with the Vespers, which was his whole life, he had this condition where he had to get these shots. They told him that when he was really little and they gave him his first shot he had forgotten about his entire childhood.

The Vespers did tell him about it though. He was an only child and had two Vesper parents. His parents killed many Cahills and that was exactly what he had to do.

He finished cleaning his blade from yet another Cahill killing. Dan heard his phone ringing and he pulled it out of his pocket. It was his phone that he had fixed so he would never be tracked. He looked at the caller ID and saw who it was, Vesper 1. He hit answer and put the phone to his ear, "Yes?"

"I have another Cahill in our sights and I need you to exterminate them," Vesper 1 said into the phone.

Dan smiled and asked, "Who is the next stupid Cahill to get killed?"

Dan heard a bit of uncertainty on the other side of the line. "That is just the thing; we have more than one Cahill in our sights. I need you to come to headquarters so we can tell you all of them and you can see their pictures. And we have your new identity for you to use."

"Don't worry," Dan said walking towards the door. "I will be there as quick as I can." Dan hung up the phone and walked out of the hotel. Dan heard a loud, bloodcurdling scream. He smiled and drove away.