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    Way down We Go: KALEO

"Kid, hey. What gives?" Harvey asks as I enter the station.

"What's wrong, honey?" Dad questions.

"The mayor and the police commissioner have been kidnapped by Jerome." I inform.

"Got every cop in the city out there searching all the spots Jerome's been seen the last week. You got something for me?"

"I was gonna say I just won a hundred bucks in the scratch-off lotto at the liquor store, and we could go to the track with it, but, uh, we can do your guys's thing first." Harvey nods.

"Thanks, Harvey, I appreciate it." I nod back before my phone rings.

"Anytime, kid." He fixes his hat on his head.

"Brady." I answer my phone.

"We need to talk." Oswald tells me.

"Oswald?"

"I'm out back, Brianna. You and your dad—come alone."

"Okay." I hang up. "He wants us to meet him out back." I tell dad before he follows me out of the office and we head to the back. "Alright." I answer the door that Oswald is now knocking on.

"Well, this is a first." Dad comments.

"First off, I heard you got shot when taking down Sofia. Are you okay?" Oswald wonders.

"I'm fine." I nod.

"Good." He nods back. "Now, are you doing anything about Jerome?" He looks at my dad.

"We're looking for him." Dad replies. "Do you know where he is?"

"And if I did, do you really think I would just tell you?
Have you march in there, guns blazing, get your daughter shot? Again? He needs to be stopped. He has everyone under his thumb—Freeze, Firefly, Hatter. They are all part of his plan. A dark, terrible plan."

"Which is?" I cross my arms.

"Scarecrow has made a gas for him."

"Like a fear toxin?"

"Worse. Much worse. I saw it turn someone into a maniacal, cackling, violent animal."

"And what does he plan to do with it?"

"He's smart. He hasn't shared the details of his plans with anyone. Instead, we all have a separate task to perform."

"Such as?"

"He has yet to give me my role."

"Why did you come here if you're not gonna help us?" Dad sneers.

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