Chapter 21 - S.O.S Received, Save the Captain! (1/2)

It has been four days since that incident and neither Jasper nor Alex has seen Scarlet. Nobody knew anything about her whereabouts. According to Venessa, she overheard some teachers talking about how her parents have called the school, informing them about Scarlet's extended leave with no certainty of her return.

Nobody was allowed to contact the Liu's and even the teachers were tight-lipped about giving any more information about Scarlet. Alex tried asking for Scarlet's address to deliver her share of homework but was turned down. Jasper found it incredibly odd but decided to remain silent on the side. Mrs Wilde and Jenna were also trying to find out more about what happened to little Scarlet but they couldn't move too openly. No matter how powerful the Wilde Family was, it wouldn't reflect well for their general image if they were found sniffing around without concrete evidence about Mr and Mrs Liu's private affairs.

The duo didn't bother to attend classes. Alex brought Mr Wilde's spare laptop to school so that they could continue working on Scarlet's plan. That didn't prove very effective with the unofficial leader of their team missing and uncontactable. Fortunately, nobody would think about looking for them in the science lab's storeroom. The kind lab assistant who chose to provide them refuge was an old lady who helped maintain and wash the apparatus every day. There wasn't really anything much to do in between classes so she didn't mind taking in two very intelligent students who had bigger ambitions in life. Her only condition was that they had to help her feed the lab pets which was something the class skippers readily agreed to. It was a good deal.

Jasper was browsing through some of the materials Scarlet mentioned before when Alex tapped him urgently on the arm. ”Look! She updated the Journal!”

Almost at once, the boy dropped his reading materials and hovered over the laptop. True enough, there was a post updated yesterday afternoon. Jasper and Alex read the post twice to make sure they didn't miss anything out.

”Are you thinking what I'm thinking?” Alex finally broke the silence, her expression deeply troubled.

Jasper shrugged. ”Your mother wouldn't appreciate being compared to an octopus, but I can see where she is coming from. Also, I feel like we should let the a.d.u.l.ts know. Being trapped in a cell doesn't sound good. I don't know what kind of cell has a computer but if Scarlet is trapped in it, then it is enough reason for us to rescue her.”

Alex agreed. ”Let me call Jenna. You're better at finding clues so I will let you see if you can pick out more clues from her post. I'll be right back!”

Jasper glanced back at the post and read it again, paying more attention to every detail. His lips twitched when he came across the word Scarlet chose to describe her new friends with. ”Scrubs, huh? We must be the two most capable scrubs in the world if we get her out of prison...”

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Alex was surprised to receive a text from Jenna telling them to follow the driver home today as she has urgent matters to attend to. Jasper took a look at the text and quickly put two and two together. Jenna must be acting on Mrs Wilde's orders to investigate Scarlet's situation.

”Do you think we can pay Scarlet a secret visit?” Alex asked.