head. "But... How did you know the last stop was The Great Wall? We went all over the world!" Chris went
silent. "And how did you know about the pictures?"
"
Okay kid, you win." he said, and smirked. "But too bad, you still have to give me those photos."
John was terrified. He was hoping Uncle Chris wasn't who he thought he was.
"
Make me." John challenged. Chris swiftly grabbed Marley around the neck and held a knife by her
head. She gave a cry. John was horrified by how violent his uncle could be.
"
Okay, how about this," John said, "I give you the photos, but we work together and find out where the
treasure is." Chris hesitated, and slowly let Marley go. She ran to John.
"
Are you alone?" John asked his uncle. "Yes, your parents are being held captive by the Black
Organization," he answered with a smirk on his face. Marley gulped.
"
So, what have we got here?" Chris asked, as John held out the photos. "Well, we've got every picture
except for the great wall," John replied. "I see..." Chris said, going through the pictures, deep in thought. “Could
it be that we have to link the meanings of all the wonders together?” John suggested. “Keep quiet and let me
think,” Chris said. John was going to talk back but he didn’t for the best.
Suddenly, Chris got excited and kneeled on the yellow brick floor.
“
What are you doing?” Marley asked.
“
Trying to make use of what your brother suggested,” he replied, he put all the pictures together lining
up, from the first picture of the Hagia Sophia until the last picture taken in the Porcelain Tower. Everything
came clear. After putting all the pictures together, a body of a dragon came out. And all that was missing was a
head. “Now we know why we had to go to Porcelain Tower, don’t we?” John said to Marley.
“
Yes, that’s why!” Chris rolled his eyes.
“
Kids nowadays, being surprised at such small things,” he complained, packing the pictures into his
own bag.
“
So where are we going now?” Marley asked.
“
First of all, we should perhaps take a picture of the Great Wall as well, to make the dragon complete,”
Chris said. So they did, which uncovered another big clue.
“
See the sun?” Chris asked, “Luckily it’s still day time now, or I bet we wouldn’t figure out where the
treasure is.” Both Marley and John looked at him, puzzled.
“
Well, the sun shines onto the Great Wall, there are shadows, and see this?” he pointed at a shadow of
a cross.
"
You're amazing!" Marley exclaimed.
"
Thanks," their uncle replied, smiling.
They started walking towards the "cross" on the picture in silence. Finally, at sunset, they reached the
cross. "Now what?" John asked.
"
Stop interrupting my thinking lad," Chris snapped, and he took out all seven pictures. and put them
together on the floor again.
"
There are some words on the Porcelain Tower," John gasped. His uncle scowled, mad at himself not
noticing it before John.
"
But it's in Chinese..." Marley said.
"
There's a thing called online translator girl," Chris said, turning on his laptop. After a while, he put
everything back into his bag and explained, "It says when the sun sets, you shall see the dragon appear."
"
What is that suppose to mean?" Marley queried.
"
I don't know..." Chris said.
"
Well, the sun is setting isn't it?" John said, "so, let's just wait for the dragon to appear..." sitting down
on the ground to take a rest, Chris and Marley followed.
It's almost seven o'clock, and still they saw nothing.
"
This is killing me," Chris said, annoyed at the time they've wasted, and he stood up. John and Marley
followed. Then, John saw everything.
"
Guys..." He gasped, and he pointed to where they were sitting.
"
We've been sitting on it the whole time!" He said, and Marley and Chris finally realized that the color
of one of the bricks is different. In fact, there was a golden surface of a dragon on it.
"
So that's why it has to be sunset. It's the doing of the sunlight," Chris said, astonished.
Chris tried pushing the brick. Then, suddenly, the whole part of where he was standing broke down.
Chris was falling into the hole, until John grabbed his hand. Marley shrieked, and ran to help their uncle. They
finally managed to pull him out of the hole. Chris was shocked of what just happened.
"
Why did you help me?" he asked, stunned.
"
You would have done the same to us, wouldn't you?" John said.
"
What are you talking about? Of course I wouldn't!" he replied, and gave a laugh.