The Search for Voyd

Chapter 14

     Now far away from Sticksville, Avia, Kathleen, and Donatello were still on their journey to reach Lucille in Municiberg to find and get information about what happened to Voyd. Where the trio was now was in another town. It wasn't very big though. "Are we there yet?" Kathleen asked in boredom. "Just a few more miles and we should be at Municiberg in time." Donatello replied. "I can even smell it right now." "Well, that sounds fair. I believe I can live with that." Avia said. "However, I do have a teeny question for you." Kathleen said to Avia. "If we do end up finding Voyd and that you tell the others that don't believe you about her sighting, how will they believe you then? Because, think about it. When you go back to your hometown and tell them that you saw the superhero you've been talking about nonstop without any proof, they STILL won't believe you! So, how are you going to prove to them that you saw her if you have no evidence?" Kathleen did have a point. If Avia went back home after their long journey and told everybody in her hometown that she saw Voyd without any proof, they would still think that she was crazy and would end up making fun of the cat more. So, Avia needed something to prove to others that she did see the superhero with her eyes open, but what? "There is actually a way." Donatello said. Avia stopped in her tracks. "Really? What is it then?" She asked the dog. "You see," Donatello began. "Whenever people go to different places on special occasions they sometimes call 'vacations', they always carry this little box with them that keeps their memories of there special moments in by a flash of light from that item. It's called a 'camera'. So, when people see something that they don't want to forget experiencing, they use a camera to take a picture of that specific valuable thing and keep it in the camera. They can even use the picture to download on another device called a 'computer' to have those memories forever in case something bad ever happened to them in the camera." "So, that's what that big screen with letters and numbers in front of it is called." Kathleen said. "Gee, for a dog, you seem to know a lot about human stuff." "Well, that's what happens when you live with one as well." Donatello said. "But wait," Avia interrupted. "Aren't there still pictures people took with cameras and are still fake?" "Yes," Donatello answered the cat. "But that is called 'photoshopping'. People do that to trick you and make you believe it's real due to the editing. They make you focus on the foolish hackers instead of the wise ones. You see, there are different types of people out there. Truth tellers and liars. The liars trick you by saying or doing something that looks, seems, or sounds so real while the truth tellers are honest, truthful, knowledgeable, and can give away or say anything that they know about. The whole world is filled with them and it could be hard to tell the difference since the liars have ways to fool you. It's a pretty big and not so perfect place to be in, especially for cats like you, kid. Some living beings are foolish while some are wise. That's just the way life goes." "That makes sense now." Avia said. "We, however, are going to be the wise ones and take a real picture of your superhero without doing anything else to the photo." Donatello said. "But where exactly are we going to find a camera around here?" Avia asked. "There are stores almost everywhere in this part of town," Donatello explained. "So, there's no doubt that those memory carrying items are in the shops, however, we can't get in at this time of the day because we can get caught easily and get sent to the pound again, so that means we're gonna have to wait until it's dark, that way we can easily get inside and get a camera from a shop. After that, we'll take it with us so we can take the superhero's picture and prove to everybody in your hometown that she exists." "Hold on," Avia said nervously. "Are you saying that.....we should break in and steal? Donatello, as much as I love doing everything for you, I don't actually feel very comfortable with this." "It'll be at nighttime. Humans will already be out of the store. So, we'll be fine." Donatello said. "Yes, but there's also these things that can still catch you if you do attempt to break in. I'm talking about the wires and boxes usually attached on the walls. Some of the boxes even have sirens in them to alert people about the intruders inside the store." Avia said. "Those are called 'security systems', kid." Donatello pointed out. "And don't worry about them. I'm sure we'll figure something out to still get the camera from the store without setting them off. Just follow my lead." Donatello then began to walk off. Avia and Kathleen were hesitant at first but followed him anyway since they trusted in him.