Chapter 2: Field Trip Suspicion

Wow...first day wasn't so bad after all. Made a new friend who shares some of the similar interests that I enjoy. Yeah, I was recalling the first day of school but so far, a week had passed and already, Jo and I were greatly inseparable. I skated my way home after hanging out with her at the movies. When I got home, my parents were not yet home but at least, Jo and I went out for dinner before the movies. So as usual, I got my stuff ready for school tomorrow because on Friday, a field trip to the Hooverville Museum of Art and Geography was announced and tomorrow is Monday which is also the day of the field trip. Looking at the time, "Dang it. I better get some shuteye for tomorrow." As I got into bed, I noticed something. An explosion. Far from my room, I can see it. Grabbing a telescope, I viewed the explosion. "Strange. I thought the demolition team always blows stuff at the construction site at daylight..." I thought. I watched the smoke and fire blazing through a bit before going to bed. It was very strange...

The next day...

The alarm clock rang waking me up. "Ugh...I need to get ready..." I thought to myself. So without hesitation, I freshen up first and then, wore a white T-shirt and black pants. I also wore my green jacket as part of my daily attire and wore my socks and shoes on. Once I'm dressed up, I went to the dining room to see a plate containing 2 sunny-side eggs, 2 pieces of bacon and 2 pieces of sausages. Pleased, I ate my breakfast while listening to the radio. At least it's still early and according to the field trip, we have to meet at the museum at exactly 9am.

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"With no one to stop me, revenge is mine!" A silhouetted figure declared as he faced the front and his eyes glowed red. The scene then moves around Hooverville and after a while, alarms rang all over the city and then, explosions took place and for some reason, Jo appeared to be in the scene running away from the explosions as one by one, they triggered around her and then, a big one that flashed while exploding and...

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A loud scream took place and then, Jo who was up and screaming in fear stopped. Feeling drowsy, "It started as another bleak day in Hooverville. A kind of day that-" In the middle of her thoughts, Jo realized something. "Oh no! The detective movie marathon!"

It cuts to the living room as Jo is trying to watch her program but as she clicked on the remote, the screen remains fuzzy and blitzed up. "Huh?" Jo exclaimed as she kept clicking on the remote when the radio announced the news.

Also at the same time in the middle of my breakfast, the music suddenly stopped and then, some sort of news broke out.

"Miraculously, no one was injured in the blast that destroyed the Hooverville Television Relay Station earlier this morning. Taking responsibility is one Dr X. As he's calling himself, who has vowed to destroy the city. One building at a time..."

Already while the news is being announced, Jo already has gotten her skateboard and backpack and left the house.

And back to me, I looked surprised to hear this kind of news but realized something. "So that's the explosion I saw last night..." I exclaimed. "And who is this Dr X? Hmmm...mystery..." I was in deep thought on what I had heard as I polished my breakfast, grabbed my schoolbag, laptop case and skateboard and left the house.

Skating my way to a nearby bus stop, I did a few stunts jumping over signs and fire hydrants for fun. I tend to be a bit reckless as I jumped over a fire hydrant while rotating my body 360 degrees around and landed on my skateboard safe and sound. As I skated near the place, "Huh? Is that Jo?" I noticed as the orange-haired tomboy skating in front of me as she just jumped over a fire hydrant and boarded the school bus. Quickly, I skated on and caught the bus in time as it left.

Randomly, the school buses around Hooverville will stop at any location to either pick students up to school or drive them home. As I made my way in, "Hey Sherman! Over here!" I then noticed Jo. "What a surprise..." I said to myself quietly as I went to her and sat down beside.

The bus drove on as Jo is now in deep thought. "Where was I...Oh yeah, It started as another bleak day in Hooverville. The kind of day that makes you talk to yourself while riding a bus. And it wasn't for this field trip to the museum, I had never gotten involved in the biggest case of my life, and the city's history..."

"Hey Jo, what are thinking about?"

"Huh? Nothing Sherman. Just daydreaming." And already, the bus reached the museum.

And so...

The first 30 minutes was used to tour around the art gallery and some large globe. After that, the whole class moved to another art gallery and so on because as far as I know, there are like at about 4 art galleries in this museum and in each gallery we visited, it's 30 minutes each to absorb some knowledge in art and geography.

Right now the class is moving on to the last one which I believe it should the Modern Art and Photography gallery. There, I was just looking around and noting down some info on my notebook when I noticed that Jo was not with me. Surprised, I looked around the museum until I saw her looking at a piece of artwork in the lobby. "What'cha looking at?" I asked while approaching her. "Nothing much. I often hope this field trip will be over soon enough." Jo replied and somehow, both of us never noticed that beside us on the right, some man is panicking and backing away for unknown reason and, "BAM!"

We found ourselves on the floor as Jo noticed a pair of sunglasses. Knowing that we got knocked down accidentally, "Hey buddy, you dropped your glasses! Hey mister! Hey!" There was no response for some reason but then, "What the..." my eyes appeared to have seen the guy who bumped into us but this time, he was taken away by 3 strange-looking men. One is tall, one is of medium height and the last one is a midget. All of them wore dark blue coats, dark red shoes, have pale bluish-grey skin and the most recognizable feature are their pink hair in different styles. "Huh? That was odd." said Jo. "Tell me something that you don't expect..." I replied in agreement and then, I thought of something. "Do you find this suspicious?"

"Yeah. But what does it have to do with the 4 men leaving the museum in which one is taken away by the other 3?" Jo asked. Both of us then knew of something because the next thing it happened, we got in sync with smiles and answered one word together.

"Mystery."

Yeah guys the chapter is short. Probably because I see it as the game intro to the adventures and mysteries expected to come. Now, the real fun begins. Yeah! The playthrough! The missions! But not here, at the next chapter to be updated soon