Grand Theft Otto Part II

        BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! I slammed my alarm clock off and looked at the time: 6:00 am. I don't what time I got to bed last night after looking at the stars with Draal. I got ready in about 45 minutes, quickly ate, and took off for school making it there by 7. Honestly, being the English teacher at Arcadia Oaks High has been quite the experience. I have learned a lot and really enjoyed my time working at this school. Once I arrived at the school, I went into the teacher's lounge.

        I grabbed a mug and filled it with coffee while yawning and rubbing my eyes. I heard a voice behind me say, "Late night, Monica?" I turned around to see Miss Janeth.

        "Yeah." I said.

        "Did something happen to Jim? Is he still recovering well?" Miss Janeth asked.

        "No, no. Jim is still recovering well. I was just... grading homework. It took forever." I explained hoping that that was convincing. Miss Janeth studied me for a moment, then questioned, "Are you hiding something, Monica?"

        "No." I protested, but Miss Janeth gave me a look and I sighed and admitted, "Fine. I was actually on a date."

        "Monica, that's so exciting! What's his name? What did you guys do?" Miss Janeth questioned.

        "Well, his name is Draal... I mean, Drake... Drake Kanj... Drake Kanjison. We met a quite a few months back. He took me out for dinner and we just gazed at the stars afterwards." I explained.

        "How romantic. Is Drake Kanjison from Arcadia Oaks?" Miss Janeth asked.

        "He's from out of town. He's a friend of Patrick and Elizabeth's." I told her. I really hope that Miss Janeth doesn't run into Patrick and Elizabeth any time soon to ask them about this whole situation. The five minute bell rung and I sighed with relief knowing that I won't have to tell Miss Janeth anything else. As the two of us stood up and exited the room, Miss Janeth said, "I hope to meet him sometime soon. See you later, Monica!"

        "Bye, Miss Janeth!" I called back and walked to my classroom. English didn't start until 2nd period, so I took this opportunity to plan this week and next weeks lessons. I organized all the graded papers and soon enough first period was over.

        As second period arrived, I was shocked and had to contain my surprise to see Toby's new headgear. The rest of the day went alright, then I got a text around 5th period to meet Claire and Toby at sundown at the school.

        After school got out, I stayed at school and worked later and decided to plan ahead for future assignments and finish grading the homework that got turned in today. Once it was sundown, I met up with Toby, Claire, and Blinky outside of the school. Toby claimed that his new head gear that he got from the dentist had a radio installed and it was picking up radio waves from the Janus Order. We couldn't get a good signal to hear it, so we had to climb up to the roof. Blinky brought a metal ear trumpet bugle horn and was trying to catch on to what Toby had heard.

        We kept trying to change the channel and move Toby around, then Blinky stated, "Ooh. Wait." He listened for a moment then said, "Thirty-five... Eleven... Janus Initiative... Great Gronka Morka! Tobias, I believe your headgear is picking up the secret transmissions of the Janus Order!"

        My eyes widened with excitement and Toby said, who was having trouble speaking through his new headgear, "Awesome-Sauce."

        Then, the radio said something else and listened carefully, "Where two faces meet."

        "Where two faces meet." Claire repeated.

        "It could be a secret combination." Blinky suggested.

        "Or lead us to a package to a book." Claire continued.

         I thought about what it could be as the two debated on what those numbers mean, then Toby exclaimed, "Oh, for Pete's sake, they're coordinates that lead to place somewhere in Arcadia!" Toby exclaimed. We put in the numbers and they were indeed coordinates. We traveled to the location and saw that it had lead to a travel agency. We got out of the car and looked at the sign: Omni Reach.

        "The coordinates lead to this precise location." Blinky said.

        "Travel agency? These places still exist?" Claire pondered. She walked up to the door and tried to open it, but it was locked. She groaned and turned towards us, "It's locked."

        Not Enrique chuckled and popped his knuckles while saying, "Locks are me specialty."

        He threw a brick at the glass door and the glass shattered. We unlocked the door and stepped inside. It was small, simple office space and nothing seemed to be out of the ordinary. Blinky reminded us to keep quiet as we stepped over the glass. Toby started humming to song and began to dance, to which we shushed him.

        "Scour the room. Look here, here, and here. This place might hold a clue to the location of the Janus order." Blinky said.

        "Or land us in a jail cell for breaking and entering if we trigger a security alarm." I pointed out and chuckled as I noticed Blinky glaring at met. We looked around and Not Enrique was looking at a bookshelf and said, "Got a keen eye for these things." He climbed up to the top of the bookshelf and continued, "The secret lever is behind this one." Nothing happened and he kept trying different books.

        Toby grunted as his headgear wouldn't allow him to fit through the Fletcher. Claire turned around and said, "Again with that thing?"

        "My head won't fit with this thing on." Toby said.

        "I'm not sticking my head in there." Claire protested.

        "Fine. I'll do it." I announced growing tired of their bickering. I grabbed the Fletcher and held it for a moment. Hesitating. I was nervous to see what was down there, but I had to this... for Jim. I stuck my head inside. I was in a cave and the only light I could see was from the orange crystal spikes that blocked the exit. Still no Jim. I lifted above my head and I said, "Still no Jim."

        Toby kissed the nougat nummy and stated, "Last Nougat Nummy." He threw the candy inside.

        Suddenly, the phone rang and we froze wondering who it could be on the other end of the line.

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