The Sock Mystery by Shawn Labaqui
Author:Shawn Labaqui
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Children & Teens
Publisher: SML STORY DESIGN
Published: 2023-06-16T00:00:00+00:00

On Earth, in the security office of the Secret Sock Corporation, stacks of surveillance monitors blanketed the curved wall. A large desk anchored the middle of the room, flanked by two smaller desks and each were manned by guards. The large desk had the main controls, overriding the others.
Vance adjusted his red tie and nodded to Ivan, who handed a mini disc to the guard. âPlay it,â said Ivan.
The guard inserted the mini disc and entered commands on the console. A visual appeared on the large middle screen and then spread throughout all the monitors as one screen. Besides a faint red light from the motion sensor, it was dark.
âBring him in,â said Vance.
A guard opened the doors. Biker girl bunched her face together in a scowl as she walked in with the white case. Mooch dragged the train conductor.
She opened the case and handed the light blaster to Vance.
The conductor flailed in vain as Mooch, the brute, held him up with one arm. âHow would I know?â the conductor pleaded. âIâm not security. Please.â
Vance pulled the lever on the blaster, initiating a whirling sound. âCue it to the alarm.â He smoothed his mustache with his free hand.
The guard fast-forwarded the video. It sped through the train door opening, the light going on, Brady taking photos, Bill jumping in the bin, andâHe paused it. On-screen was Bill coming out of the bin, pantomiming âguns blazingâ with finger pistols, and Brady looking at the countdown on the wall.
âDid you see an alert in your cab?â asked Vance.
The conductor quit moving and held on to the bruteâs arm. âThe video goes straight to the security boxcar. Not mine.â
âWhy isnât it set up in yours?â asked Vance.
âIâll do it right away,â said the conductor, begging.
Vance turned back to the monitor wall. âGet in close on the skinnier one.â The guard zoomed in on the face. Vance sighed. âBrady Watts. Mystery Solver. Just what we needed.â Stone-faced, Vance pulled the trigger. Mooch turned away as lights spun in the chamber and shot into the conductorâs eyes.
The conductor stared into the colored abyss. When the light faded, he mumbled incoherent gibberish, then slunk over, the shirt holding him up at the neck.
âGet rid of him,â said Vance. Mooch hauled him away, and Vance handed Ivan the light blaster.
Ivan slowly walked around, staring at the guards. He held up the light blaster. Their eyes locked onto it, and they squirmed in their seats. He pointed the blaster at them. They flinched. He pointed it away from them, then back at them. They flinched again. He slowly pointed it at them. They flinched slowly. He pointed it at them quickly. They flinched quickly. He pretended like he was going to point it but didnât. They flinched. He smiled.
âWarn the authorities back home,â said Vance. The guards nodded in unison.
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