Odd Squad: Otis Substitute

Chapter 27: Bastards

"Hey guys, how are ya?"

Otis saw the message. Who would have sent it? It was the message of an unsaved contact, but it wasn't blocked, so it could not be O. Until then, while Olympia and Otis were staring at the cell phone, Oliver and Selena appeared behind them.

- So ... how are you? - Selena asked them.

- Hmm ... Selena, right? Nice to meet you, I'm Otis. I didn't know the message was yours. - Otis said, watching Selena, seeing her feet until her hair.

- Selena! I am the Olympia. I listen a lot Selena Gomez, she has the same name as yours! - Olympia exclaimed excitedly, shaking hands.

- Oliver told me that you were here, so I sent a message, and I'm happy Oliver has two friends, in the other department he was so reserved and antisocial. - Selena chuckled.

- Calm down, I was not antisocial, I just wish I had time alone. - Oliver snapped.

- Sure ... alone 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, with a few exceptions when I was going to talk to you.

- So you know each other a lot, don't you? - Otis still looked suspicious.

- We can say we do! - Selena answered, putting her hand in her pocket.

A few minutes of conversation later, Selena paid for a hotel, using a fake ID, where the four stayed. It had four single beds, a television, a bright bathroom, ornate curtains and good lighting, plus a small fridge. It seemed perfect to spend a few days. They soon bought some food and fed.

It was hours without "O" messages, and Otis was starting to get suspicious.

Oliver and Olympia were at a table, playing chess. Selena was watching TV, sitting on one of the benches at the table, and Pretty Little Liars was the show that she was watching. Otis felt alone, despite being a little reserved, and was standing cross-legged on his bed, thinking, listening to the neighbors' noises, the opening song of Pretty Little Liars, and the voices of Oliver and Olympia. "Check mate, wanna play again?", someone said, but he didn't know exactly who. His pressure seemed to be falling, but he thought he could relax with a good shower, after all, he had not cleaned or changed his clothes for some time. Right there, he separated a clean T-shirt, pants and underwear. He put the towel and his slippers in the bathroom. He had a feeling inside him that made him look selfish for having clean clothes in his backpack while Oliver and Olympia had almost nothing. But a shower seemed like a good idea, both to relax and to reflect, and then he took off his dirty T-shirt and his shorts in front of his bed.

- What beauty is this, Otis? -Selena asked, smiling. Oliver and Olympia's eyes went quickly to him.
- Well, I'm going to take a shower. - Otis did not say anything else, just an ironic, ungraceful laugh. He went into the bathroom, turned on the shower, and locked the door.

Otis took off his underwear and went into the shower. He started washing his hair, and his hands shook, but it was not cold. A sudden weakness came over him, but he tried to stand. "Selena is O, Oliver loves her, Olympia is pulling away," these three phrases echoed in her head.

A loud noise came from inside the bathroom. Otis had fallen.

- What was this? - Olympia asked.

- It came from the bathroom ... it was Otis! Oliver exclaimed.

- Come on, let's try to open the door! - Selena quickly got up and ran toward the door handle of the bathroom, but it was locked.

- Can anyone break doors? - Olympia asked desperately.

- Selena, we learned this from the Mad Squad! - Oliver exclaimed. He and Selena took fake credit cards and passed it through the spaces between the door and the wall. Selena picked up a screwdriver and a hair clip and quickly unlocked the door. They could only see naked Otis's body lying on the floor, with the shower water running through his body with no blood marks.

- Oh my gosh! What happened? - Olympia sighed.

- Selena ... you mind if you do not stay here in the bathroom? I don't think he would like you to see him naked. - Oliver suggested. Selena did not answer, Oliver and Olympia kept their eyes on Otis, and they thought they had heard Selena walking away from the bathroom.

Olympia and Oliver turned off the shower and began trying to wake Otis. He was breathing, just looked faint. A few minutes later, he rose quickly and exclaimed:

- Selena is "O"!

- What? How do you know that? - Oliver asked.

- It's in the face, look, she was watching Pretty Little Liars, and in this series the girls are threatened by someone identified as "A"...

- So what? I also like PLL.

- ... and she came out of nowhere, besides working for an evil squad, she's already experienced!
"I was on the same squadron, Otis!" Go put clothes on!

- But I didn't even finish the bath... wait... I have to finish the bath! Excuse me please.

- Yeah, we just wanted to help you, you're welcome. - Olympia looked annoyed.

- And after the bath, put some clothes on and sleep, we will look out for Ohany tomorrow, again. - Oliver didn't seem excited.

Oliver and Olympia left the bathroom and closed the door, while Otis turned the shower on again. Olympia began to store the chess pieces while Oliver looked for something in the fridge.

- Did 'O' die? - Olympia questioned with hope, letting the horse's piece fall to the ground. - We didn't receive a message in the last few hours, I'm not complaining.

- I hope so - Oliver said, laughing.

- Who is 'O'?-  Selena seemed curious and intruded in the middle of the conversation.

- Honestly ... that's what we'd like to know. - Oliver picked up some cold water and drank.

- What is it?! - Otis shouted with all his strength from inside the bathroom, already wrapped in a towel. Otis, Olympia and Selena rushed in there. Then they saw Otis in a state of shock staring into the mirror, and then they turned and looked there as well.

"It won't be that easy, bastards -O," it was written with a blood-like color in the bathroom mirror.