Od's POV:

"You guys are life savers." Alita said when Ulrick & I showed up.

"No problem!" I said. "Anything to help our rising star." Alita had called us frantically, saying that she needed somebody to bring a change of clothes to a nearby hotel, where tonight's event was being held. The original DJ had canceled at the last minute, & Alita was stepping in to help.

"By that he means anything to get in & "investigate" XANA's "return" from the dead." Ulrick said as we waited in the hall for her to change. "Don't worry, Princess, I'll make sure he doesn't destroy anything."

"Thanks." Alita said, her voice slightly muffled by the closed door. She opened it, wearing one of the outfits from when she had toured with the Subdigitals. "Besides, there's something I wanted to tell you." She let us in as she finished her hair & make up.

"Is everything ok?"

"I don't know…" she said. "I might have over herd something today, about the robberies. I'm not really sure, but I think I might know who's behind them…"

"You mean you know who XANA is controlling?" I asked.

"Once again, Od, it can't be XANA!" Ulrick said. "How many times do we have to go over this?"

"Guys, listen!" Alita said. "I think I know what's going on. It's…" She was cut off by a knock at the door.

"Alita Stones?" the stage hand asked as opened to door slightly. "Fifteen seconds to curtain, Miss Stones."

"Thanks, Scooter!" Alita said as she put the final touches on her makeup. She took a deep breath after he left. "Well, I guess it's time…"

"You'll be great!" Ulrick said. "Don't worry about a thing."

"Thanks."

"Break a leg, Princess!" I said as she left the dressing room.

Now, it was time for the real sleuthing to begin…

Ulrick & I had very little time to snoop around before the police showed up to question people about the robberies. We tried to hang around & listen in, but we weren't very successful. There were a lot of people working during the time of the robberies, & the questioning continued even as the party began to break up, which meant that nobody working was able to leave…

One of the detectives held up a sparkly pink purse. "Whose bag is this?"

"It's mine!" Alita called out.

"In that case, do you mind explaining what this is?" The detective asked, pulling out a necklace identical to the one Holly Day had been wearing the night before.

The one that was stolen.

"That's not mine." Alita said, confused.

"Of course it isn't!" Miss Day said. "It's mine!" There was a collective gasp in the room. I would've laughed at the cheesiness if it wasn't for the fact that it appeared like Alita was in a lot of trouble.

"Miss Stones, I think you better come with us. We have some more questions for you."

"You were wondering why XANA would bother stealing jewels?" I whispered to Ulrick as Alita was led away. "If Alita's in jail, who else is going to take out the activated tower?"

Ok, so this chapter is long past due. I'm really sorry! I guess I've been kind of distracted by the other story I'm working on…It's a collab with Peace Keeper 2014 (on his account) called 1968, & it's the sequel to a story I wrote about a year ago called The Battle of Antietam. If you like historical fiction & time travel, you should totally check it out!

Don't worry, I plan to keep this story active as well, even if it takes me a little longer to post chapters…

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