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experience it. Pair up. We will begin with the Memory Lash.”
Yuck. I drew my Amplifier and faced Andy. “So,” I said sweetly and innocently, trying not to make it too obvious that I desperately did not want to do a Memory Lash. “Might I inquire as to your knowledge of the connection between Mason, the stalker, and the drugs in my school?”
Andy pursed his lips. “You might.”
“I just did.”
“Don’t want to do a Memory Lash, huh?”
“Nope. And your answer would be?”
“The Knights are back.”
“As in Walpurgis?”
“ Si .”
“And you know this how?”
“I am all-knowing. I am all-seeing.”
“Enlighten me.”
Andy frowned. “Ten years ago it was drugs and kidnapping. This time, it’s drugs and kidnapping. Consider yourself enlightened.”
I just stared at him. “‘Splain.”
“The Walpurgis Knights kidnap children and train them to be Knights.”
“‘Kay.” I knew that.
“They use mutated hallucinogens to change their personalities. Nice people can’t be Knights.”
“‘Kay.” I didn’t know that.
“What do you know about Draudimon?” Andy asked.
“Mr. Munificent insinuated that someone at school is involved with a man in a skull mask. I think it’s Mason. Mr. Smelly had a skull mask. If Mason knows who he is, I’ll get it out of him. Preferably, by force.”
“Mr. Smelly doesn’t wear the skull mask,” Andy said.
“Well, he did in the memory I saw.”
“That wasn’t his mask. I believe that was a memory of someone he met. The man in the Elmo mask and the man in the skull mask are two different people.”
I was confused. “Why do you think that?”
“This isn’t the first time a man in a skull mask caused us a lot of trouble.”
“Well, I only care about the stalker. If Mr. Smelly doesn’t wear the skull…crud. Mason can’t help me there.”
“Oh, contrariwise. If Munificent is right, and he always is, our best clue is in your school. And if you’re right, which has happened on occasion—”
“Hey!”
“Elmo and Skullface are definitely linked, but for some reason, they’re targeting different victims. The Knights always kidnapped young children, like when they took you. But the drug ring seems to be targeting teens. May be part of the same scheme, may not be. I don’t know, but if it is, the Knights have changed their M.O.”
“M-what?”
“Modus operandi.” Andy slapped my forehead. “Do you not watch crime dramas? As I was saying, if you’re right, you’d better become good buddies with Mason. He may be our best connection to the man with the death’s head for a face. And I can settle an old score.”
Hot anxiety suddenly burned in my chest. “What do you mean?”
“I fought a man in a skull mask the night your parents died. I suspect that you saw your parents’ killer in the stalker’s mind.”
This was news I hadn’t seen coming.
Chapter Six
Odd Connections
Learning that the stalker was connected to my parents’ killer left me unusually energized the next day. I was ready to take on the world. Whether or not I was ready to take on an algebra test was another question.
Even with my nose buried deep in my algebra book, I heard the light tap of shoes crossing the floor as I sat in the library waiting for Kathryn to do some last-minute studying. As usual, the silly girl was trying to sneak up on me just to prove she could do it. Unfortunately for her, I had trained for ten years to be aware of everything in my surroundings. Unless I was badly distracted, I was very hard to sneak up on. Suddenly the footsteps stopped and I had an overwhelming feeling that I was being watched. I peeked up from my algebra book and stared directly at— not Kathryn.
“Hey,” Egon said.
“Oh! Hello.” I pretended I hadn’t heard him coming. I also pretended I wasn’t in total shock that he was speaking to me.
“Sorry. Didn’t mean to startle you.” He pulled out the chair across from me and quietly sat down. Then he simply
Yuck. I drew my Amplifier and faced Andy. “So,” I said sweetly and innocently, trying not to make it too obvious that I desperately did not want to do a Memory Lash. “Might I inquire as to your knowledge of the connection between Mason, the stalker, and the drugs in my school?”
Andy pursed his lips. “You might.”
“I just did.”
“Don’t want to do a Memory Lash, huh?”
“Nope. And your answer would be?”
“The Knights are back.”
“As in Walpurgis?”
“ Si .”
“And you know this how?”
“I am all-knowing. I am all-seeing.”
“Enlighten me.”
Andy frowned. “Ten years ago it was drugs and kidnapping. This time, it’s drugs and kidnapping. Consider yourself enlightened.”
I just stared at him. “‘Splain.”
“The Walpurgis Knights kidnap children and train them to be Knights.”
“‘Kay.” I knew that.
“They use mutated hallucinogens to change their personalities. Nice people can’t be Knights.”
“‘Kay.” I didn’t know that.
“What do you know about Draudimon?” Andy asked.
“Mr. Munificent insinuated that someone at school is involved with a man in a skull mask. I think it’s Mason. Mr. Smelly had a skull mask. If Mason knows who he is, I’ll get it out of him. Preferably, by force.”
“Mr. Smelly doesn’t wear the skull mask,” Andy said.
“Well, he did in the memory I saw.”
“That wasn’t his mask. I believe that was a memory of someone he met. The man in the Elmo mask and the man in the skull mask are two different people.”
I was confused. “Why do you think that?”
“This isn’t the first time a man in a skull mask caused us a lot of trouble.”
“Well, I only care about the stalker. If Mr. Smelly doesn’t wear the skull…crud. Mason can’t help me there.”
“Oh, contrariwise. If Munificent is right, and he always is, our best clue is in your school. And if you’re right, which has happened on occasion—”
“Hey!”
“Elmo and Skullface are definitely linked, but for some reason, they’re targeting different victims. The Knights always kidnapped young children, like when they took you. But the drug ring seems to be targeting teens. May be part of the same scheme, may not be. I don’t know, but if it is, the Knights have changed their M.O.”
“M-what?”
“Modus operandi.” Andy slapped my forehead. “Do you not watch crime dramas? As I was saying, if you’re right, you’d better become good buddies with Mason. He may be our best connection to the man with the death’s head for a face. And I can settle an old score.”
Hot anxiety suddenly burned in my chest. “What do you mean?”
“I fought a man in a skull mask the night your parents died. I suspect that you saw your parents’ killer in the stalker’s mind.”
This was news I hadn’t seen coming.
Chapter Six
Odd Connections
Learning that the stalker was connected to my parents’ killer left me unusually energized the next day. I was ready to take on the world. Whether or not I was ready to take on an algebra test was another question.
Even with my nose buried deep in my algebra book, I heard the light tap of shoes crossing the floor as I sat in the library waiting for Kathryn to do some last-minute studying. As usual, the silly girl was trying to sneak up on me just to prove she could do it. Unfortunately for her, I had trained for ten years to be aware of everything in my surroundings. Unless I was badly distracted, I was very hard to sneak up on. Suddenly the footsteps stopped and I had an overwhelming feeling that I was being watched. I peeked up from my algebra book and stared directly at— not Kathryn.
“Hey,” Egon said.
“Oh! Hello.” I pretended I hadn’t heard him coming. I also pretended I wasn’t in total shock that he was speaking to me.
“Sorry. Didn’t mean to startle you.” He pulled out the chair across from me and quietly sat down. Then he simply
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