A week had passed since they found out Nicholas's location. Iris along with Logan, Luke and Alex were on their way to the said island. It had been more than four hours since they were at the sea. Their communication with Lucy back at the house was becoming difficult due to the signal problems. The closer they got to the island, the more distorted the signals became.

"What's our plan when we reach the place?"

Alex inquired,

"Since we don't know what the island is like, there is no plan."

"I guess our plan would be to stay sharp and on the lookout for anyone suspicious and of course find Nick."

"Guys! Look at that!"

Luke called out to his friends who came at the front to see what was the matter.

Not too far from them, they could see a small island with a huge cliff facing the other side. From the looks of it, the area was covered with forest and greenery, with a lake in the centre.

"I don't think someone lives there. It looks like a jungle."

"There must be a building of some sort."

"What if it's a cave or underground?"

"Yeah, that could be it. Come on, get ready. It's time."

They stop their ride at the deserted shore. After getting off, they study their surroundings only to find it tranquil and queer.

"Humans aside, I don't even think there are any animals over here...."

Alex mutters, noticing there are not even birds on the trees.

"This island is weird...it doesn't feel like it's real...."

"Maybe its synthetic?"

"Who knows?"

"Where do we go now?"

"They might be underground but how do we find any entrance to that...?"

Iris states, looking at the vast ground level this place covered despite it being small compared to others

"Then how about the cliff?"

Logan suggested, everyone nodded in agreement and soon they started walking towards the cliff at the other side of the island, facing the ocean

"This is really so weird....why would dad even come here?"

"Maybe he got tired of civilisation and wanted to be where no one could find him. After all this is a good place to disappear to..."

"That's true. I bet no one at The Mercurial would even think about this."

"Hey speaking of which, did my dad contacted you again after that?"

"No. He just said he will need my assistance and will help me find my father. But after that, he didn't really say anything that much, which is strange."

"Weird, you see, you can never understand what that guy is thinking."

"Maybe Merrick is with us? He was pretty close with Nick, Victoria and George after all."

"Who knows. It will be good if he is. We can't have any more enemies."

"Okay we now are at the other end of the island, now what?"

"Wait, we had to climb the cliff, didn't we?"

"I don't know. I thought we had to reach the cliff..."

They were walking on the peach, brownish sand of the beach while the waves touched the shore lightly and shyly went back.

"Damn, it's so hot....the sun is right on top of us...."

"Look...there's something shining over there?"

"Is that metal or steel....?"

They saw something glittering when the sun rays fell on it. It was hidden behind the huge palm trees and was on top of the cliff.

"Let's go."

As fast as they could, they rushed towards the source. After a few minutes, they found themselves on the base of the so-called cliff, looking over at the tall glass and steel wall that looked engraved into the cliff. The view of the cliff was of a small lake that was in the middle of this whole donut shaped island.

"Oh damn."

"The cliff is the building."

"How do we get inside?"

"Shhh....hide..."

Whispered Luke when they heard footsteps approaching. They briskly hid behind the clouded bushes. Peeking, they saw two people, a man and a woman pass the bush. They were pushing a steel cart containing three medium-sized containers. Their attire consisted of black shirt with green khaki pants and jacket. Along with green caps on which a symbol was inscribed. This symbol was of infinity, an eight written horizontally.

Without pausing to think, they knew exactly what they would do. Logan and Alex jump at the two and knock them out before they could even react. Luke and Iris tried to check the contents of those boxes, but they were locked by a code.

"Should I break this lock?"

"No....First we need to infiltrate and see what's going on inside."

"And try to get in contact with your father."

"Right, then..."

They look at the unconscious persons at the ground.

Moments later Iris and Logan were going back the way the two people came from whose clothing they were wearing. Soon, they reached a huge towering door that was open. They were greeted with a blast of chill air. Inside there were lots of people in the same dressing walking here and there, some were carrying things or others were pushing carts.

Logan and Iris observed their surroundings with wide eyes. There were three floors and the alley they were walking on, along with the rest of the alley in this place reached a common centre, where a large, machine with two colossal antenna's facing the sky was.

"What in the...."

Iris mumbled, looking around the vast, towering hall with blinding lights. But what caught everyone's attention, was the huge metal machine tower in the very centre.

"Hey. What are you two doing here?"