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Arriving at the Lodge

Leo's P.O.V.

Alright, we've arrived here in Alberta, Canada. Just have to wait for Ollie to get here and take us.

"Think he's here Leo?"

"He will be, if not already."

"Look over there!"

We turned and saw a black panther, wearing a cowboy hat, leather jacket, jeans, boots, and gloves heading towards us.

"I take it you guys are the Cluefinders?"

"Depends, are you Ollie?"

"You bet i am."

"Then, you found us. Chantal told us you'd be waiting for us."

"Sure, let's just get going already."

We put our suitcases in the trunk of Ollie's truck and got in. He then took us on the road to Icicle Creek Lodge.

"Hey Leo, you never told us what this was about. You said you would tell us when we meet up with Ollie."

"Yeah, i'm really excited for what this mystery is about."

"I know, i know. I was just about to tell you guys."

I explained to Donnie, Po, and Tigress the reason we came here. A woman by the name of Chantal Moique had called asking for the Cluefinders to help her with her dilemma. A series of accidents have been taking place at Icicle Creek Lodge and she wanted us to find out what's causing them. She was on her way to Edmonton to meet with her lawyers so Ollie Randall, her handyman picked us up at the airport. She also said something about a wolf, but the connection broke before she could say much more.

"When Chantal told me you were young kids, I thought she was just pulling my leg. But you're not much older 'n my little girl Freddie."

"Well, if one of the people at the Lodge is to blame for all those accidents, Chantal thinks somebody like us has a better chance of figuring out who it is than somebody more... you know, hard-nosed." I explained.

"Chantal has a bad habit of making up her mind without thinking things clear through. No need for you to tell her I said that, of course."

"Is she still in Edmonton?" Tigress asked

"'Fraid so. Insurance company's giving her and her lawyers a real hard time. Left running the Lodge up to me. Which is why i'm not real crazy 'bout the idea of having somebody new underfoot. 'Specially if something else happens."

"We won't be underfoot, Mr. Randall. We may be younger than you thought, but we're no rookies when it comes to solving mysteries." Donnie spoke

"We're here, so you'll get to prove yourselves soon enough."

**A long, faint Howl**

"You hear that?"

"Yep."

"Sure did."

"Think it's the wolf you spoke about, Leo?"

"Don't know, maybe."

Just then, we heard another noise.

"Well now, what was that...?"

Shortly after, we saw an explosion up ahead somewhere in the forest. After arriving at the Lodge, and getting some sleep for the night, we came to the front desk first thing and Ollie called Chantal.

"Was anyone in the bunkhouse when it exploded?"

"No ma'am, everyone here at the lodge is accounted for."

"That's where Elsa and Becky had been living. Guess it was a good thing they quit after all. Elsa was my maid and Becky was my cook. Does the Sheriff have any idea why the bunkhouse exploded?"

"He said he'd know more after the lab was done running tests on the debris he'd collected." Tigress explained

"He did say the blast was pretty powerful." Po added.

"One of his deputies found the knob to the back door clear on the highway."

"That does it. Cluefinders, you have to find out who or what is behind these incidents and you have to do it fast."

"You sure you don't want to give your daddy a call?" Ollie suggested.

"My dad runs a whole chain of resorts, Ollie. If you think i'm gonna admit to him that i can't handle running just one, guess again. Besides, the Cluefinders come highly recommended and i'm sure they have a foolproof plan for getting to the bottom of this. Don't you guys?"

"Well, what if you let us be your staff?"

Ollie was surprised to hear that and there was a short silence from Chantal.

"My staff?"

"Of course," Tigress spoke. "That would give us access to everyone's room, and we could question people without making them overly suspicious."

I couldn't believe what i was hearing and so was Po and Donnie.

"Oh, yeah... That's an excellent idea. All right, you can be my new staff and my new cooks too."

"Cooks?"

"That way Ollie can stop pretending he can read a recipe, let alone follow one, you'll have even more excuses to talk to the guests, and i won't have to pay anyone!"

"Why, i think that's a fine idea ma'am." Ollie said with a smile on his face.

"Now we're not taking anymore guests until this accident thing is cleared up, so i want you all to make sure the four guests we have are well taken care of. Especially that Olympic caliber cross-country skier from Fredonia, Yanni Volkstaia. The flair he brings to the Lodge is just what i need to attract the European jet-setting crowd."

"I'm gonna be pretty busy trying to get rid of that wolf, Chantal."

"Yeah, we heard it howl last night, just before the bunkhouse blew up." Po said

"Well, do whatever you have to do, Ollie. Oh, and Leo, i want you to call this police detective I've hired as a consultant. I put his phone number on the phone at the Lodge. His name is Tino Balducci."

**Knocks on Door**

"I gotta go, my lawyers here. Good luck, you guys. And keep me posted! Coming!"

She then hung up the phone.

"I'll get you all Master Keys and leave one in each of your rooms. If any of you need anything else, i'll be in the basement."

Ollie then got the Master Keys and went up to the rooms. We stayed near the desk.

"So what's the plan Leo?"

"Po, you be the cook. I'm sure you learned new foods to cook back in Animal City."

"Yeah, it's not the traditional Chinese food back in China, but i still do impressive." He bragged.

"Let's head to our rooms and see what we have to do."

We went up to our rooms and passed Ollie, but nobody said anything as we went into our rooms. Donnie and Tigress went into their room and me and Po went into ours. We found the key on the nightstand along with a paper showing room assignments, and a list of our duties as Chantal's staff.

Room assignments:

Pish Pish: Bill Kesler

Eena: Lou Talbot

Chinook: Me and Po

Ollalie: Guadalupe Comillo

Kalakala: Yanni Volstaia

Kwel Kwel: Donnie and Tigress

"Here's our master keys and the list of duties."

**Knocks on Door**

"Oh hey guys."

"Got your keys?"

"Yep. Did you get a list of chores?"

"Definitely."

"I'll handle the maid duties." Tigress said

"There's also skating pond maintenance, i'll handle that." Donnie said

"Okay, there's also chances of avalanches so be careful D."

"We each have copies of the list of responsibilities, so let's get situated, greet the guests, and warm up."

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