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Peterson then entered the café in plain clothes and saw the partners. “Just the people I want to see,” she said.

“Have you heard more about the critic?” Quinn asked.

“I’m afraid not,” Peterson said. “In fact, another of Lawndale’s radio personalities has gone missing.”

“That isn’t good news,” Daria responded.

“And who was this?” Joey asked.

“Oliver Langford. He’s Z93’s general critic,” Peterson said.

“So, he disparaged the play to?” Daria asked.

“Actually, he praised it,” Peterson said.

“But he mentioned it,” Quinn pointed out.

“More than once,” Peterson said.

“So, it may be someone who doesn’t like the fact that the Historia is being run by teens,” Daria said.

“So, Beck isn’t out of the woods yet,” Quinn said.

“Or it might be a competing theatre,” Daria said.

“That has been proposed,” Peterson said. “Not only the others in Lawndale, but also in Oakwood, Middlebury, and Cumberland. I’ll reach out to my friends in the departments there.”


“Probably need a private investigator to check out the other towns,” Daria said after Peterson had left.

“That would be expensive too,” Quinn said.

“I’ll talk to Mom about it tonight,” Daria decided.

“You mean, Peters, the guy who found Jenna’s mother?” Quinn asked.

“Yes,” Daria answered.

“I’d say, go for it, Daria,” Robert said.

“Normally I’d say wait,” Joey said. “But there’s a lot riding on this. Go for it.”

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14 Battle and Consequence
The Griffins were running late. Tom, Linda and Sandi were ready, but Sam and Chris were dragging their heels.

“I told you; we have to be there by 6:30,” Linda said to her older son.

“I am getting ready!” Sam said. “It’s Chris who’s not getting ready.”

“You’re still late,” Linda said as she went down the hall. She opened Chris’s door. “We’re leaving in five minutes.”

“Five?” Chris asked as he pulled his shirt on.

“Yes, the Osborns are expecting us.”


Sandi waited impatiently in the car. She looked at herself in her compact. She had chosen a simple dress, so that she would be ready to change to the Enigma if she needed to. ‘And Mother seems to have similar reasoning, though I doubt she’d do it.’ The same applied to her hair, a simple bun on top of her head, rather than a more complicated style. She looked out and saw her mother dragging Chris out by the hand, and Sam following with annoyed look on his face. ‘Great!’ she knew they were going to be trouble!


“Let’s go, we’re late already,” Linda said as she started the engine.

“Why again?” Sam asked Sandi.

“Because, Mr. Osborn wants to get to know his son’s friend,” Sandi answered. “And I’m sure there are ulterior motives.”

“Like Mother and Quinn’s mother?” Sam asked.

“Don’t mention that name in this car again!” Sandi said.

“Um, Daria’s mother?” Sam asked again.

‘Of course he would know her name,’ Sandi thought. “Yes, but more so.”

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After finishing her shift, Quinn went up to the roof. But before she changed to SpiderGirl, she looked around at the town. ‘Did something change earlier?’ she wondered as she looked around. ‘Nothing out of the ordinary,’ she decided as she looked towards the Strawberry a second time. She then changed to SpiderGirl and listened for a while before swinging away. There was the usual discord that had been present for the past five days.


Towards midnight, Ninja Talon approached the Hecuba-Croft residence. She saw that Andrea’s light was still on through the dark curtains. ‘Good.’ She then went around to the backyard.


Andrea heard her door open. She saw a figure, looking like a ninja, there. “Ninja Talon?” she asked. “How did you get in here?”

“That’s me,” Ninja Talon answered. “I picked the back door lock.”

“Why are you here?”

“I would like you to hack into Oscorp for me.”

“Oscorp?” Andrea asked. She stood up. “Why would I do that, Brittany?”

“Brittany? Who’s Brittany?” Ninja Talon asked, her voice as low as it could go.

“I know it’s you, Brittany. Who else would know their way here in the night time?”


Brittany took off her mask. “How did you figure it out?” she asked.

“As I said, who else would know their way to this room at night? Not anyone else currently at Lawndale High. You came straight here; you didn’t open my parents’ door or those of any of the spare rooms by mistake.”

“Oops!”

“Don’t worry, your secret identity is safe with me and I’m not going to ask about SpiderGirl’s. But I am going to ask why you want me to hack into Oscorp!”

“Because SpiderGirl and I found out the extent of their footprint in Lawndale and because of what happened on Friday night.”

“Uh! Don’t remind me!” Andrea said with a wave of her hands. “I’m still jittery about that.”

“Sorry, but while we were able to find documents when we infiltrated an office, the computers were inaccessible.”

“They would be that way.”

“We did give copies of the documents to the Sun-Herald,” Brittany said. “But we need to find out more.”

“About what, beyond their footprint being large?”

“Where that glider craft is, that was used on Friday night.”

“So, far I’m just hearing a conspiracy theory,” Andrea said.

‘You could just check their website.”

“I will.”

( Andrea accessed the website. )

The Enigma arrived at the Strawberry and started using the telescopes. Soon, she saw something. She recognised it straight away. ‘It’s the attacker, who destroyed the Lawndale Center on Friday night!’ The glider craft was moving slowly over the rooftops, looking for something. ‘Or someone, probably SpiderGirl as he seemed to be focused on her.’

She watched the glider move around for a while longer.


Ninja Talon also saw the glider in the distance, as she looked westwards from the Historia. ‘What can I do alone? I’d need SpiderGirl. But how to get to Glen Oaks Lane without drawing its attention?’ She decided to try anyway.’


The Enigma saw that it was closer to the downtown, rather than over a mainly residential area. ‘But that’s not really helpful, and I can’t get there quickly without a car.’ Was there one nearby? The parking lot had been empty, but that didn’t matter. She quickly ran down the stairs.


Once off the Historia, Ninja Talon quickly ran through the various alleyways that ran through the downtown area.


The Enigma broke into the first car she found parked on a street near the Strawberry, hotwired it and sped off.


SpiderGirl awoke. She found that it was a little early. ‘Does that matter?’ she wondered before getting out of bed.

Up on the roof, she heard something near the downtown. She also heard a racing car somewhere to the northwest. ‘Street racing starting again?’ she wondered, before refocusing downtown. Her eyes widened as she realised what it was; the craft from Groundhog Day! She swung off in that direction.


The Enigma pulled up in an older street, close to where she had seen the glider craft. She leapt out of the car, leaving the engine running. She saw it down the street. She reached out with her powers and tried to grab it….

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