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Excerpt from:
A Lane’s Return to Lawndale
She wasn’t sure what to think about it. ‘Just as well I
am going to BFAC, but what about Trent?’ Casa Lane was spacious, but she wasn’t
sure that it was large enough for Summer and all four of her children, as well
as herself and Trent.
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Excerpt
from: Mysteries of Aurora
She wondered about those
mysteries as she headed back to Sigrun Sigurdottir Hall late in the afternoon.
It was obvious to her that there was a link between them. ‘But what?’ She didn’t
want to get involved in conspiracy theories. ‘I’ll have to be very careful.’
Olivia also found some discrepancies
in some of the records following the Capture of Urbs Aeterna. ‘But some of the records
could have been lost over time, despite the University as it existed at that
time meticulously recording events.
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Excerpt
from: Spider Quinn
“Good,
because some others are a lot worse off than others,” Jane responded with a
look at Kalina.
“Understood,”
Leung said.
“We’ll
be off,” SpiderGirl said.
“Wait!
You need to take some statements,” Leung said.
SpiderGirl
then swung away, Ninja Talon following her.
“And
Dafoanairi?” Leung asked.
“She’s
gone too,” one of the other agents responded.
Leung
sighed. “Of course.”
Dafoanairi
looked back from where she was hiding behind a tree between the Creekside pathway
and the Creek itself. ‘I don’t want the FBI to know my secret identity. That
would be too much. I can trust Peterson. Leung, I’m not sure of.’ She then continued
walking, to continue along the path before heading back to the Historia.
Meanwhile,
SpiderGirl and Ninja Talon arrived on the Historia’s roof themselves.
“That
was intense,” SpiderGirl said. “A lot more so than when we rescued Sarah Robyn.”
“But
not as much as Groundhog Day.”
“Or
as much as when we fought the Goblin a week later.”
“I
agree,” Ninja Talon said. “But Jane and the critics are safe now.”
“They
are, but they have been through a lot, especially Kalina. I’m sure she’s going
to need therapy.”
“I
do too.”
“But
we worked well with Dafoanairi despite her inexperience,” SpiderGirl said.
“But
she’s had more experience since the solarium, I can tell.”
“I
can tell too.”
“I
need to go, I’m wet through,” Ninja Talon said.
“Oh,
of course. I’ll see you later, before the play.”
Ninja
Talon then headed southwards, towards home, as SpiderGirl swung off to the west.
It
wasn’t far from the dock to the FBI field office, which lay somewhere between
the Historia and the High School. Kalina was immediately taken to the psychologist
assigned there for assessment. Leung decided to interview Jane first.
“Has
my brother been notified that I have been rescued?” Jane asked.
“Peterson
called while you were on the Lake. Trent was asleep, according to a Jesse Moreno
who answered.”
“He
has narcolepsy, but Jesse will let him know when he’s awake.”
“We
have tried the Morgendorffers but no one was home,” Leung said.
“That’s
not unusual for a Saturday these days.”
Jane
looked at the board, where Leung had laid out the case, including the details Leung
had laid out about Daria, Quinn, Joey and Robert.
“Motive,”
she said.
“What
can you tell us?”
“Not
much more. He just subjected us to his plays that were all visuals and no
actual story. Made this artist annoyed. He gave us plenty of food and water and
let us alone. Whatever was done to Kalina was done before he took me from the
theater!”
“I
see. He left a message for us when he escaped. He said that part of his part of
his motive was the Morgendorffers’ ambition,” Leung said.
“Ambition?”
Jane considered. “Both Daria and Quinn want the Historia to be a force of good
in Lawndale. As a place where people can come together despite the troubles out
on the streets.”
“And
that’s all?”
“I
know Daria. She wants to know what’s going on, with the vigilantes and rising
crime and all. But I’m sure that would be the same of any similar teen in her position,”
Jane answered.
“And
Quinn?”
“She’s
similar, but she wants to use her grief in a constructive way. She wants to get
past her past as a self-absorbed girl and use her social nature as a way to
connect people in positive ways.”
Leung
thought about Jane’s answers. They made a lot of sense. But how did it connect
to Beck’s motives? He was still stumped. “You can stay a little longer, Ms.
Lane.”
“Of
course.”
At
the same time, Daria emerged from the Morgendorffers’ apartment in the Historia,
having showered after being soaked during the rescue mission. She was still thinking
about the unexpected familiarity of SpiderGirl. ‘I haven’t got it from Ninja
Talon, and I didn’t from the Enigma before I figured out she’s Sandi,’ she thought
as she took out a notebook. She paused.
Who
SpiderGirl isn’t
Jane
Lane
Sandi
Griffin
That
still left a lot of people. ‘But I’m sure it isn’t Quinn.’
She
entered the café for lunch and saw that Peterson was waiting for her. ‘Of
course,’ she thought as she went up to the counter.
“That
must have been difficult,” Peterson said to Daria after she had joined her.
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