4th
Excerpt
from: Mysteries of Aurora
After spending some time at the
café, Freya and Alexia went down into the gallery.
‘But where to start?’ Freya
asked herself. She grabbed a pamphlet. “We’re on the top floor, which has
artworks created in the modern era.”
“How is that defined?” Alexia
asked.
“Since the beginning of the 19th
Century.”
“That makes sense. The beginning
of the industrial era.”
Freya looked at the pamphlet
again. “Then the Early Modern Era is on the second floor. The Renaissance on
the first floor and part of the ground floor, with the Medieval period,
including the Nordic Era taking up the rest of that floor. Artworks from the
Roman Era and earlier are in the basement.”
“Much simpler than the library.”
Alexia commented. “But then the building dates from the Renaissance.”
“There’s probably some other
building that got repurposed.”
They then entered one of the
rooms and started looking.
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148
Excerpt
from: Spider Quinn
After
talking to Brittany, Quinn went to the Lowdown office at the same time
as Daria to find that Ted had found something.
“Confirmed,
there is a death certificate,” Ted said as he turned from the computer.
“It
has to be fake,” Quinn said.
“Not
that I don’t believe you, but could he be…” Ted began.
“I
don't think a ghost could finish off three pieces of cake and two cappuccinos,”
Quinn said.
“I
was just checking,” Ted said. “Given superheroes in Lawndale, one who swings
from webs and another with telekinesis…”
“Still
a leap from that to ghosts,” Daria said.
“True,”
Ted said. He turned back to the computer. “But I found something else.”
Both
Daria and Quinn looked his shoulders. “The doctor who signed the death
certificate was also involved in various clinical trials with Oscorp around
that time.”
“Oscorp,”
Quinn considered. “It comes back to them.”
“So,
they were here eight years ago,” Daria said. “What sort of trial was this?”
“I
haven’t managed to find that information yet. What I have been able to find was
heavily redacted.”
“Of
course.”
“But
I will keep looking,” Ted said.
As
school let out, Daria found Sandi on the roof, looking out over the town.
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5th
Excerpt
from: Mysteries of Aurora
They then entered one of the
rooms and started looking.
“This is very large,” Alexia
said after they had looked at several paintings.
“It would probably take us years
to properly appreciate all the artworks,” Freya said. “That’s how large the collection
is.”
“And you say that some went
missing?”
“Yes. A number of mysteries in Aurora’s
history of Art.”
They spent over an hour going
through the gallery before deciding they had enough for the time being (and
Freya was finding herself overwhelmed).
Olivia entered the coffee house cafeteria
across the Square from the Library.
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Spider
Quinn
As
school let out, Daria found Sandi and Jane on the roof, looking out over the
town. “You still looking for extracurricular activities?” she asked Sandi.
“Yes,”
Sandi answered. “But it will take a while longer.”
“It’s
best not to rush it,” Daria said.
“But,
what did Ted find?” Jane asked.
Daria
then explained what Ted had found.
At
the same time, SpiderGirl and Ninja Talon arrived at the Historia after leaving
the school earlier. “How are we going to do this?” Ninja Talon asked.
“We
have to go inside, and find out if he’s there or not, and then we’ll rescue him,”
SpiderGirl answered. If the father is there, I can web him up quite quickly.”
“But
is it a good idea?”
“Leaving
him there certainly isn’t.”
“Good
point,” Ninja Talon responded. “Let’s do this!”
They
then swung off towards the Morris’ house, in the northwest.
At
the same tine Harry entered his father’s hospital room. A CD player was going,
playing a recording of something by Chopin. The music triggered a memory of a
conversation they had a few weeks earlier. He sighed, it wasn’t something he wanted
to think about.
SpiderGirl
and Ninja Talon arrived at the Morris’ place and looked at the house from one
of the trees in the front yard. “The upstairs windows are probably unsecured,”
SpiderGirl said. “There are many that aren’t next to trees.
Ninja
Talon nodded and they then swung over to the roof. SpiderGirl then hung upside
down from the eaves to check each window.
‘It’s
amazing how she can do that,’ Ninja Talon thought as she watched.
SpiderGirl
opened the third window she tried and looked into the room beyond and found
that it was deserted. “This one,” she said quietly.
Ninja
Talon led the way out of the bedroom they had entered through. The upstairs
hallway didn’t look any less creepy.
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