Excerpt
from: Bridge Buddies
“Who
else?” Boimler asked.
“Go on
then,” Barnes said with a bored tone.
“So,
Mariner then jumps off the bridge, dragging me with her.”
Barnes
winced. “That must have hurt!”
“Oh it
did! We fell onto what appeared to be ordinary Earth grass, but was actually
something akin to stinging nettle…”
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Excerpt
from: Astrid and the Mystery
It was
an ordinary day on Berk. Astrid was flying above the island on Stormfly. She
found it allowed her to relax after a long day of training. It also allowed her
to take her mind off of the chief’s son and how handsome he had grown to be.
‘Why did
I think that?’ Astrid wondered as she looked down at Berk.
Stormfly
screeched a little, sensing her rider’s discomfort.
“Sorry,
girl. Just thinking,” Astrid said before she noticed something in the forest
near the village. It was something unexpected, but also totally expected. “What
are they up to now?”
By the
time Stormfly had landed, the culprits had made themselves scarce. But Astrid
knew what she had seen.
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119
Excerpt
from: Berk in Time
“Don’t
listen to him,” the other said. “He’s just being mean because we captured him.”
“They’re
arguing amongst themselves,” Spitelout said. “We can take them.”
“Wait!”
Snotlout said a he saw another dragon approach.
“Wait,
it’s a Rumblehorn,” Hiccup said as he held out his hand as he usually did when he
tried to gain a dragon’s trust.
“Those
can still be dangerous,” Snotlout responded.
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Excerpt
from: Secrets of the Archipelago
Nothing
was out of the ordinary. But he knew that could change quickly.
As Toothless
changed direction, he saw something. There was a ship approaching Berk from the
south.
Toothless
warbled.
“I see
it too, bud.”
They
flew down to have a closer look.
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Excerpt
from: Mysteries of Aurora
At the same time, Olivia arrived
at her lecture and almost panicked when she saw the large number of other students.
‘I’ll sit at the edge,’ she decided.
“Hi.”
Olivia turned and saw a short
haired girl there. “Olivia,” she said.
“Flavia. I noticed that you
seemed, anxious.”
“I’m an introvert. I don’t like
crowds,” Olivia explained.
“You probably didn’t like
yesterday then.”
“I figured out a way. But when
classes are large, it’s hard to avoid.”
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Excerpt
from: Spider Quinn
“Yes,
Andrea?”
“Your
brother is at Lawndale State, right?”
“He
is,” Tania answered. “What is this about?”
“Ninja
Talon and SpiderGirl asked me to help search for Jane.”
“And
how would my brother be able to help with that?”
“He
could give me access to one of the computer labs,” Andrea answered.
“I
see, you want to access camera footage,” Tania surmised.
“Yes,
I still have dial up at home.”
“I’ll
if I can contact him at lunch.”
“Then
that is what I’ll tell Ninja Talon later,” Andrea said as she left.
“Wait…”
Tania said as Andrea disappeared into the distance. ‘Does she know who Ninja
Talon is?’
She
thought about it more. ‘Quite likely, but I’ll keep it to myself. Besides, I
need to focus on the play tonight.’
Agent
Leung returned to the Lawndale Field Office, where he typed up his notes and
started writing on the whiteboard in the office. He started with the timeline. “Quentin
Beck. Arrived in Lawndale on Saturday, 17th February, whereupon he
goes to the Historia and is immediately hired by Quinn Morgendorffer as the
theater’s special effects person.” There wasn’t anything suspicious there.
“Anything
on the four business partners?” One of his fellow agents asked.
“Daria
and Quinn Morgendorffer, sisters who have recently lost their father,” Leung
said as he put up recent photos of the two, reflecting their changes in appearance.
“Their mother, Helen, is associate in Vitale, et al.”
That
brought about a silence. Jim Vitale’s reputation was well known in the field
office.
“Daria
is Jane’s close friend,” Leung added. “Thus she has no motive.”
“And
the other two?” the other agent asked.
“Joseph
Green and Robert Allen, cousins who are also nephews of the Historia’s former
owner. All four are students at Lawndale High.”
“Could
Angela Li be a suspect?”
“Unlikely.
There is no impact on the school from the Historia opening. The Morgendorffers
grades appear to be unaffected by their involvement in the theater. Quinn won
the spelling bee, the day before the theater opened,” Leung said.
“And
the cousin’s grades?”
“Steady,”
Leung said as he turned back to the timeline. “Sunday, February 18th. The first
rehearsal for Tempest. And later, Kalina Ondrovick says it’s amateurish
on radio and Daria calls in to argue with her. That’s the first time the play
is mentioned on the radio. That’s the main connection. That the play was
mentioned on the radio.”
He
continued through the timeline up to Jane’s abduction.
“But
one thing is eluding me,” Leung said when he was finished. “And Peterson too.
Motive. What reason does Quentin Beck have to disrupt the play.”
“Jealousy?”
“Quinn
said that he was condescending of her age.”
“Which
is?” the other asked.
“She
turns 16 next week,” Leung said, and wrote her birthdate in late February of
1985 beneath her photo.
“And
Daria?”
“Seventeen
and half,” Leung added, writing her birthdate in late July of 1983 beneath her
picture. “The cousins are 16, born in late 1984.”
They
continued their brainstorming.
Between
classes, Quinn caught up with Anna and Ben. “We have to do the mentoring at the
Historia, rather than the Library,” she said.
“Any
reason?” Ben asked.
“I’ll
also be re-interviewing the previous applicants for the special effects position.”
“Because
of what happened to Jane?” Anna asked.
“That’s
part of it,” Quinn answered.
“Because
Quentin Beck is responsible,” Anna surmised.
Quinn
nodded.
“We’ll
be there,” Anna said. “But what about Gerald? He won’t like it.”
“I
know,” Quinn said. “He’ll be difficult to convince.”
At
lunch, Tania went to one of the school’s payphones straight out of class. “I
hope his in his room,” Tania murmured as she put in a couple of quarters. She
then dialled the number.
“Yes?”
“Scott!
It’s Tania.”
“Why
are you calling me in the middle of the day? I have a class in twenty minutes.”
“Sorry
about that. I have a favour to ask of you.”
“I’m
already seeing the play.”
“That’s
good but that’s not what this is about.”
“What
is this about then?”
Tania
then began explaining what Andrea had asked her about.
“You
want me to allow this Andrea to use my account to try to find this Jane? Because
of SpiderGirl and Ninja Talon?”
“Yes,”
Tania said.
“I’ll
have to think about it,” Scott said.
“Let
me know before the play starts tonight.”
“I
shall, bye.”
In
the library, Andrea found Brittany hiding somewhere near the back. ‘She looks 100%
the cheerleader she has been the past few years,’ she thought. ‘Apart from that
time in the Zon when she had her hair dyed dark.’ She shook her head. That wasn’t
what she wanted to think about. She saw that she was reading a book on the
history of Lawndale. “Brit?” she asked.
Brittany
looked up. “Hey, Andy,” she said with a slight smile.
She
almost ignored the nickname. Brittany was the only one who could get away with
calling her that. ‘Still is, it seems,’ Andrea thought. “I found Tania
Ashworth. She said she would talk to her brother.”
“Tania.
She’s in the play too,” Brittany acknowledged.
“I had
heard about that.”
“I’ll
let Spidey know, later.”
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