The White Hat Detective

Case Interlude The Pale Man

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{Reading}

(notes from me)

[Gaia Memories announcements]

Case Interlude The Pale Man

I am helping Ms. Knight to my couch as Jason was out getting Bobby. The night has taken Gotham and I hear traces of the true city I live in. I ask to a shaken Ms. Knight "Would you like something to drink? I have some water, juice, or Tea. Sadly, if you want hot tea, I will need to heat some up." Ms. Knight shakes her head, and I can tell she must feel horrible for what she has done. Ms. Knight says "Thank you for stopping me. I know I should have stopped when I turned those flowers into diamonds I just."

She stops and sadness fills her, and I put a hand on her shoulder. She looks me in the eye for the first time since the fight. I say "It wasn't your fault you just fell to the temptation of those powers. Heck the last guy that is stopped was a salesman that was mad he got passed up for a promotion. When he got one of those, he tried to destroy the company after two uses of it. Now he lives in Central City and works as a carpenter. He loves it. I get a letter from him every week thanking me." Ms. Knight smiles a little. I put my hand away and

My phone rings in my pocket and I see it's Renee and I answer it by says "Yes?" I hear some noises, but the voice of Officer Montoya says "Hey just to give you a heads up on your cases but those people that were turned to diamonds turned back to people. Also, I will not ask why a bench in front of a certain crime bosses' home is destroyed. Look just thanks for taking care of it again Magnus." I say "No problem. I'll let you get back to it."

I cancel the call and say, "Well it seems the people you know when that happened have turned back to normal." Ms. Knight is full of joy. That must have weight down on her. I smile and say "Now since you're in a better mood I'm going to ask how you got that stick of power you had. It's just so I can learn who has been making these and selling them." Ms. Knight nods and says "It's fine. I never got your name. You must think it so silly to not ask for your name."

A smile adorns my face and I say "It's okay. My name is Magnus Mooney. I'm a private detective. Now my first question would be are you okay?" She nods and says "I know what I did was wrong, but I just need to keep those thought away. I may need to move if Roman find out I'll-." I cut her off and say "Don't worry about it I'll just need to make a few calls but all you would need to do is change your last name. So don't worry about it just know I'll make sure your safe."

Ms. Knight has a shock look in her eyes and she just asks "Why? I'm just a stranger to you and you would help. So why?" A smile appears on my face but with a hint of sadness. I take off my fedora and say "I love this city Ms. Knight. The sad thing about this city is that it can destroy anyone who lives here. Now when I was younger, I thought I had it rough but some kid younger than me and gave me his toy. I ask why he did that and he said I needed it more than him. This kid looked rougher than me. A kid worse off than me helped me. So, I vowed to help the people in this city even if they need to leave. I rather help the people than this city. I know I can't save this city as I am, but I sure can help the people. Even if you're a stranger you deserve more than what this city can take from you."

Ms. Knight smiles and says, "Thank you." I give her a smile and ask "Can you tell me how you got that Gaia Memory? That stick that gave you power." Ms. Knight nods and takes out a note. She says as I open it "I found that with that Gia Memory as you called it in my mail one day." The note says {If you want the power to help your son use it. You'll know how to use it}. How did they know she could use one?

The salesmen last year that I found told me it was just a guess. If they couldn't use it give them a heart attack and die. They must have found a way to use it. Well, I'll need to investigate this more. Right now, I need to help Ms. Knight possible disappear. I say to MS. Knight "thank you for showing this to me. Tonight, I'll let you stay here while I make some calls to help you and Bobby. Before you say anything, I want to help you. Even if Roman doesn't find out you were the one attacking his places if anyone of his enemies find out about Bobby that is just as dangerous." Ms. Knight nods and my door opens to me hearing "Mommy!"