As requested by @dancingpenguin8902
Hope you enjoy!!!Otis' POV
"Olympia, watch out!" I shrieked, terrified at the sight of lightning streaking towards her face. I sprinted in her direction while she fell to the ground, unconscious from the blow she just received. "No!" I screamed, so angry and upset.
"No...."
A tear made its way down my cheek as I bent down to look upon Olympia's pale white face.
How did I let this happen?
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4 hours earlier......
Otis' POV
Okay so Mrs O just gave me and Olympia possibly the biggest case of the year. Mr. Lightning was on a crime spree and none of the other agents had been able to stop him. He had been attacking every business building in the tri state area, zapping each one with his lightning hands creating destruction and chaos all over town. So, Mrs O put me and Olympia on the job to figure out his pattern.
"Otis! Olympia! In my office, NOW!" She shouted.
Olympia and I raced up the stairs and stood at her desk while she brought up a slideshow.
"As you both know, Mr. Lightning has been a real menace to all the businesses across the county. But now, he's gone too far."
A picture of the Schmumber juice plant appeared on the screen.
"Whoa , is that-" Olympia began
"Yup. This is the company where I get ALL my juice. If this case isn't solved fast, I'm not going to have any juice left. And if I don't have any juice, Odd Squad will have to close down Forever!" She yelled.
"Don't worry, we're on it Mrs O," Olympia said resolutely. With a nod and the turn of a shoe, we were headed to the Odd Squad tube lobby.
As we left, I heard Mrs O shout, "somebody juice me!"
I shook my head, determined to solve this case before Mrs O ran out juice.... and Odd Squad ran out of time....
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"Well, thank you for your time ma'am," I said, grateful for the manager's help.
"No problem. Happy to help in any way I can." She smiled.
Olympia and I walked to a nearby park bench to think things through.
"Okay," She began, "so we know that the grocery store, the smoothie joint and the juice plant were hit by Mr. Lightning." She paused. "Maybe they all have been hit because they're food related?"
"Good idea partner." I smiled. "-but wait, the library was hit, too. And the library is a place with books, not food."
"You're right, partner. Maybe it has to do with the address ?"
"Could be." I said, pulling up my watch. "The Library is located on 15 Main Street, and the Grocery store 15 Center Street."
"We might be onto something here!" Olympia smiled. I couldn't help but admire her cheery composure. She's so pretty when she smiles...
"Hey Otis, guess what! The Smoothie bar is on 15 Town Lane!
"But look, the juice plant were at right now is 27 Schmumber drive." I pointed out.
"Mrghhh, we're NEVER going to figure this out." Olympia grumbled, scrunching her nose as she leaned into her hands. I couldn't help but think about how cute she looked with her nose scrunched like that.
Don't be weird, Otis. I reprimanded myself.
"Hey, don't talk like that." I said gently. "We'll figure this out one way or another. I hate seeing you be blue." I said sincerely.
"Otis, that's it!" she squealed, looking up in delight. "It all has to do with color!"
"What? What are you talking about?" I asked, thoroughly confused.
"Look at my watch," she grinned. "The library's color scheme is purple and gold! So is the grocery store, the smoothie bar and the juice plant!" she exclaimed.
"Which means the next place Mr. Lightning is headed-"
"-has a purple and gold color scheme!" She finished as we high fived. Looking down at her watch, however, her expression soon changed from ecstatic to horrified.
"Olympia, what's wrong?" I asked, genuinely concerned.
She looked up at me with her adorable hazel eyes, as round and sparkly as a puppy's.
"There's only one business left with that scheme of color."
"Well, isn't that a good thing?" I asked.
Suddenly it hit me.
"Mrs O!" we both shouted as we raced for the tube entrance.
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