Late that night, the chilly moon shone high on the Albuquerque Fall. Moses Amanza was making his rounds at Riverside High school. He walked slowly with a slight limp in one leg, his tall shadow running down the halls ahead of him. The only sound was the click, click of his boots and the rattle of his keys. He was almost done; it was time to go home. He shook the door of the Science lab storage room to make sure it was locked. It was. He climbed the stairs to the main floor and stepped quickly outside. It had been a long day. The main door was hard to close. He pressed it closed and pressed his keys into the lock when he heard it – deep inside the school, footsteps, a high pitched click, clack. Then it was gone. Moses listened intently.
"I must be hearing things I've worked here at this school way too long" Moses said. Suddenly, he heard a running sound down the hallway inside the school. Before Moses could turn around, it happened. The explosion blew the door off the hinges and thick black smoke came pouring out. Moses grabbed his keys and forced the doors open. A heavy smoke came out. He coughed and ran into the main hallway then stopped because a hooded figure stood in the hallway dressed in black with a grey scarf covering the mouth. Before he could say anything, the person ran off. Moses stood there for a moment, his heart beating fast then he slipped down the hallway. The next sight was even scarier. The trophy case by the principal's office was shattered. Glass was everywhere.
"What was that?!" Moses asked out loud.
He ran down the halls as fast as his feet could carry him down the stairs and froze when he saw black smoke coming out from the science room.
"Just great another mess for me to clean up" Moses said in an annoyed tone.
Moses let out a huge sigh and ran off to call help from the fire department and tell what he saw he took out his cell phone and called the police to come.
The police had finished their investigation by early morning. Tracy Hunter parked her Honda in the school's parking lot. She turned off the engine by a turn of her car key. She opened the car door, then she stepped out of the car she saw the janitor Moses walking over to his car. Moses was looking stressed and very tired.
"Hi there Moses" Tracy shouted.
Moses looked up and looked at Tracy.
"Oh, hi there Tracy what are you doing here so early?" Moses asked.
"I heard on the television about what happen here last night and I wanted to check it out" Tracy said.
Moses let out a small chuckle when he heard that.
"I should have known school detective would get into this" Moses said.
Tracy smiled and nodded her head.
"I better get going" Moses said. "See ya later"
"Bye" Tracy said.
Then he quickly drove off in his car.
