Disclaimer: Waterson made these characters, I don't own them
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Bang! Bang! Bang! Alex, Brittany, and
Madi were shooting at me for discovering their illegal trade ring. I pulled out
a friend close to my heart, above and just to the left of it. My .45 went bang
back, and Madi fell. I ducked in the alley, and they ran past me. I fired
steeped out and ordered them to surrender. Brit aimed at me, but I fired first.
The police finally showed up, and arrest Alex, the ringmaster.
I went back to my office, and called Buick
Rivera for my money. I'm Tracer Bullet, and I'm a private eye. Says so on my
door. Not a pretty job, but it pays the bills. Especially Bill, my bartender
and Bill, my bookie.
As I was about to leave, my phone
rang. I dived after it. My secretary, Nancy, had the day off. "Hello?" I said.
It was a dame, as usual.
"Tracer Bullet? I want to hire you. My
diamond, the Silver Bullet, has been stolen. I want you to find it."
I agreed. She agreed to meet me in the
morning. When the light broke through the windows, there was a knock at the
door. I recognized the dame as Miss Zipororah Levine, part heiress of Maxamillion's
investment firm.
"I suppose you wonder why I haven't
gone after the police?"
"No, but I have a pretty good idea."
"Listen, I was taking to the museum at
9:54. I was on the corner of Grant and Andrea when I was jumped. They didn't
hurt me they just stole it. Do you need any more information?"
"No, I have enough to go on."
I walked down there, looking for people to
interview. My first stop was the museum. I asked for the curator.
"I hear that Miss Levin came down here, about a
diamond?"
"Yes," she said. "She wanted me to appraise something,
but she didn't show up."
"It was the Silver Bullet, and she said it was
stolen."
"Sorry, I don't know anything about a robbery. I'll
call you if I hear anything, Tracer. Oh, here's a picture. It was taken when it
was an exhibit."
"Thank you, Irma."
I walked out. I figured the next place to stop was Name
Your Price, a pawnshop that was involved in the Alex and Jade Dragon mess. I
saw a man walk in with a big piece of jewelry. I thought it looked familiar. I looked at the picture. Yep, I was the same
diamond.
"Freeze Scum ball!" I yelled at him whilst I pulled
my gun out. "Where'd you get the diamond?"
"I bought it fair and square!"
I put my gun down, and walked up to
him and question him.
-To be continued-
