Eric Mills is a senior at a high school in Wisconsin. He has good friends, a wonderful girlfriend, and a mediocre life. When Elle Cramer stops her car in front of him on the sidewalk and whisks him away to Texas in the blink of an eye, Eric is sure he'd rather help her than go back to school. After the two meet up with an ex-archaeologist named Ronald Barry, and Nathaniel Oppenhausen; an underling of Ronald's old archaeology professor; they head for Ontario, Canada, to meet a woman who they believe may have more information about the key in Elle's possession. With the four of them running for their lives from two killers who will stop at nothing to find them, Elle, Eric, Ronald, and Nathaniel will try everything they can to learn the secrets behind the artifact in Ronald's possession, and the Key to Everything.