Hello everyone, I am back once again with another chapter of Chipmunk detective, the first chapter of one of our favorite Chipmunk couple being spouses, enjoy.
Summary: Simon and Jeanette are finally married and have moved to a new house, but months afterwards Simon is beginning to lose his touch at being a detective, and to keep his job he only has one last chance to redeem himself by solving a case of stolen crystals, or his time as detective will be over.
It was now the year 1998, it has been nearly a year since 28 year old Simon Seville and 27 year old Jeanette Miller, now officially Jeanette Seville, were married, after that their siblings Theodore and Eleanor have finally moved out of Dave's house and moved in together in an apartment, but that wasn't for long, they moved to a new house after three months, afterwards Alvin and Brittany moved to a new house as well, now it was Simon and Jeanette's turn, and they are finally moving out of their apartment, and will continue their story at a new house, best part is, their house is not that far from anyone else's, so it'll be at least 10 minutes apart from Alvin and Brittany, 15 minutes from Theodore and Eleanor, and 20 minutes apart from Dave's house.
Simon and Jeanette have finished packing everything in their apartment, they have been packing for three days, each days the boxes go in a moving van, the van gets taken to their new house, and they get stored inside, and will be unpacked once everything is inside, it is now the third day of moving and the last box was placed in the van, and is ready to be sent to the house.
" I can't believe it Simon, we're finally moving to a new house, I'm gonna miss this place though", said Jeanette.
" Yeah, me too, a lot of stuff has been happening while we were here, okay now Jeanette, how about we check if we missed anything, we don't want to leave any of our stuff behind now do we", said Simon.
After giving the place one last check, and now knowing they have got everything, and after giving the room one last look inside, the pair went out the door, gave the key to the landlord one last time, and left the building, and they then got in their car, and before they drove off they took one last look at the apartment, and then they drove off.
Half an hour later, Simon and Jeanette arrived at the new house.
" That looks so brilliant", said Jeanette as she and her husband got out of the car.
" Can't disagree there, why don't we take a look inside", said Simon, pulling out the key.
He then unlocked the front door, and he and his wife went inside, and took a good look inside their new house, it was brilliant.
" Finally, after living in an apartment for six years we finally have a house", said Simon, as he went inside the building, it has two floors, at the bottom is a kitchen, a dining room, an office, and a laundry room, and upstairs they have two bedrooms, a bathroom, and a spare room.
" One bedroom is for us, what about the other two, we haven't made plans on having kids yet, do you think we should it as a guest room", said Simon.
" Until we do have kids I'm sure we will", said Jeanette," What do you should we do with the spare room".
" We'll just store all of our stuff in there, our books and movies, I guess we have ourselves an upstairs living room, or another guest room, but I think one guest room is enough", said Simon.
" And if we have more than one kid, we'll just use it as a bedroom", said Jeanette.
" That is if we have kids", said Simon.
" Oh yeah, we've been married for nearly a year, so we might have kids in future", said Jeanette.
" Let's wait till we have enough money, then we'll talk about having kids", said Simon.
" Still though, we're now married and we have ourselves a nice house and a nice career, I think things are going to go great", sad Jeanette.
Afterwards, they began to unpack some of the things in the boxes.
THREE MONTHS LATER.
Three months have gone by since they moved, the first six weeks of moving in was like paradise, but once those six weeks were done, just after Simon solved his next case, it was the six other weeks that have turned things around.
Simon has failed three cases, it has been six weeks since he last successfully completed a case, since then, he felt like he lost his touch.
It was Friday morning in the household, Simon was laying on the couch, he was feeling a bit stressed.
" Something wrong Simon", said Jeanette, as she approached her husband.
" I have just failed my third case in a row, it has been six weeks since I successfully completed a case, I am starting to think I lost my touch", said Simon.
" Don't worry Simon, I'm sure you haven't", said Jeanette, lying down on the couch resting her head on Simon's lap.
" I'm just so worried, that the chief might fire me", said Simon.
" He won't, you have been ten times successful as you have failed, everyone makes mistakes", said Jeanette.
" I know that, but we're not talking about mistakes that are considered no big deal", said Simon.
The phone then rang, and Simon picked it up and answered it.
" Hello...yep...okay I'll be on my way", said Simon, he then hung up on the phone.
" Was it the chief", said Jeanette.
Simon turned to his wife.
" Yep it was, he said he needs me at the station immediately, I guess I'm in trouble", said Simon.
Before Jeanette got off the couch, she gave Simon a kiss.
" Good luck", said Jeanette, before she headed to the kitchen to make a coffee.
Simon then got off the couch, left the house, got into his car, and drove off to the station, once he arrived, he got out of the car.
Before he went in, Simon took one last breath, once he was confident he went inside the station, and arrived at the office where he met with the chief.
" Hey chief, what's going on", said Simon.
" Simon please sit down", said the chief, Simon did so, the chief began to explain, " Look Simon, for the past six weeks, there has been three cases you have failed, first off you accused the wrong store of selling stolen vehicles".
" It was a fork on the road kind of thing, I took the wrong path, at least we know it was the other store", said Simon.
" Yeah, but the owner got away, and also it says here on your record your second failed case was in a local grocery shop, somebody broke in a was putting drugs in milk bottles, and just like last time you accused the wrong person, that's your second failed case", said the chief.
" The guy looked really suspicious, that's why I accused him, to my defense he did also try to run away when I was going to question him", said Simon.
" Not only that, but here is case number three you failed on...", the chief was cut off by Simon.
" Okay I get it, no need to keep reminding me about it", said Simon.
" Oh really, well I am sure you would also know the new policy in my station if your annual success rate is below 85% you're out", said the chief.
" Look chief, please give me another chance, I know I haven't been successful the past month and a half, and I don't know why, I keep on believing it's because I've lost my touch, but please give me another chance so I can prove I haven't lost my touch", said Simon.
" Well, okay, I'm going to give you another chance, not only because your current success rate of 1998 is 86%, but also because your father Dave was an old friend of mine from high school", said the chief, he then handed Simon a file.
" What's this", said Simon.
" I got a call from a history museum that a rare crystal has been stolen, needs somebody to investigate the place, this is your chance to redeem yourself, today is Friday, so you'll have until Monday at noon to either recover the missing crystal or catch the thief", said the chief.
" But that's just three days", said Simon.
" I said I was going easy on you, but not to easy, besides if you can solve your first case in under 48 hours, that was also why I hired you, if you can do that, and also solve that case four years ago at the Slianeot in nearly six hours, you can certainly solve a case like this in less than three days", said the chief.
" Okay fine, I'll take the case, where is this museum", said Simon.
" Right over here, at some sort of beach on top of a huge pier, the manager of the museum is Winston McCain", said the chief showing Simon a picture of the location of the museum.
" I'll go there now", said Simon.
" Take your time, there are also six other crystals there, if you can't find the missing crystals or the culprit, then have at least have one of those crystals still in the museum by Monday, then I'll not fire you, but instead put your career as detective on hiatus for 30 days and have you do parking duty at that time, to make up for your failed cases, but if all of the crystals are taken before Monday at noon, consider yourself fired", said the chief.
Simon then left the station, and got into his car.
" Okay now, better not screw this up", said Simon.
He started his car, and drove off to where the museum is.
One hour later, Simon arrived at a pier of the beach, it was a huge pier, above the sea, on the pier are a lot of buildings, they have a few shops, an arcade, a few restaurants, and an apartment but he arrived at the building that he was supposed to be at, the history museum.
He entered the building, and looked at what's inside the museum.
It had about seven floors.
He approached the administrator.
" Good afternoon, I'm detective Simon Seville, can you tell me where the manager is, Mr McCain", said Simon.
" Sure, he's in his office, up at the fifth floor, please use the stairs, we're currently having problems with the elevator", said the administrator.
" Okay, thanks", said Simon.
Simon then walked up the stairs, and once he reached the fifth floor, he arrived at an office, where he met a man in his later 40's.
" Good afternoon, I'm Simon Seville, I believe you hired me", said Simon.
" Yes I have, I'm Winston McCain, but please call me Mr McCain", said Mr McCain, shaking hands with Simon.
" So tell me Simon, what do you know about this museum", said Mr McCain.
" Well, all I know is this is a history museum, telling us a lot about historical facts has been around since 1962, every year more stuff gets added to the museum, what I also know is you're a workaholic, no offense", said Simon.
" Non taken, but can you tell me how did you know about my work habbits", said Mr McCain.
" Pretty simple really, on your shirt is a little stain, probably from your current coffee you spilled, and those crumbs on your shirt are probably from a few donuts, and by the looks of those circles under your eyes, you've been here every day for at least 18 hours, and used the remaining 6 hours to sleep, naturally you would be more energetic by sleeping at least 7 or 8 hours", said Simon.
" Well, impressive", said Mr McCain.
" So, can you show me the scene of the crime", said Simon.
" How about I give you a tour of the museum first", said Mr McCain.
" Sure I guess, it might be something to show my wife one day", said Simon.
" Brilliant, now down at the first floor is the entrance, and there is also a gift shop, the second floor shows Medieval displays, the third floor shows Caveman displays, the forth floor shows Roman displays, the floor we're on the fifth floor has my office, the staff room, and it also shows Victorian displays, the sixth floor upstairs shows World War I displays, and the seventh floor up top shows Egyptian displays, that is also where the scene of the crime is", said Mr McCain.
" Can you show me", said Simon.
" Sure, follow me", said Mr McCain, taking Simon to where the crystals are.
" I was also planning on improving the museum for kids", continued Mr McCain as he and Simon were walking up the stairs, " Because at days like this not many people are interested in these things, especially most kids, who just find things like this boring".
" I know how you feel", said Simon.
Once they reached the top they entered the room.
" I'm sure a lot of people are going to interested, the way the place has been decorated is certainly a great idea", said Simon.
" Why thank you, anyway here are the crystals", said Mr McCain as he showed a glass case.
" The seven crystals were placed in this glass case, I thought nobody would have gotten in, but that was up until now when one crystal ends up being missing", said Mr McCain.
Simon looked at the case to see the six crystals, one orange, one red, one green, one purple, one blue and one pink.
" What color was the last one, that I assume is the one stolen", said Simon.
" Yellow", said Mr McCain.
Simon then turned to McCain.
" When was the yellow crystal last seen", said Simon.
" Around 7 last night, and when we opened the museum this morning we discovered it was gone, and I instantly called.", said Mr McCain.
Simon looked to see a security camera.
" Do you still have the security footage", said Simon.
" Yes, each video tape I have shows 12 hours of footage, but the one showing the crystals is missing", said Mr McCain.
" Can I can borrow any of your other tapes", said Simon.
" Um, sure, right in my office", said Mr McCain, he lead Simon to his office.
The two entered the office, and Mr McCain pulled out one VHS tapes.
" This all I could find, it has what's been happening between 6 PM last night to 6 AM this morning, it's not anywhere near the crystal room, but it's all I could find", said Mr McCain.
" That's okay, I'll check through it", said Simon.
" Thank you", said Mr McCain.
Soon Simon left the museum and headed home, where he met his wife.
" So how did it go, do you still have the job", said Jeanette.
" Good news is I do for now, bad news is I have until Monday to solve another case, or I will definitely be fired", said Simon.
After dinner, Jeanette said she is off to bed, Simon said he'll be up soon.
Once she was upstairs, Simon grabbed hold of the video tape and placed it in the VCR, and turned on the TV.
While the video was playing, Simon kept his eye on anything suspicious, 1/3 of the video has gone by and nothing has happened, so Simon decided to give it a rest and continue watching the video tomorrow.
Another day has gone by, it was now Saturday.
Simon woke up, he only has two more days left, he got out of bed, and turned to see his sleeping wife.
" I haven't been spending much time with her after three months of my failed cases, once I solve this case I am going to spend a lot of time with her", thought Simon to himself, he gave his wife a kiss on the forehead before leaving the bedroom.
He took a shower, and afterwards, he was dressed in a light blue T-shirt, Navy blue jacket and black pants, and went downstairs.
He went to the kitchen and made himself a coffee, then he went into his office.
" Okay now, with just two more days to go, time to continue on with the case", said Simon.
He then continued watching the tape, he checked to see anything at the doors, nobody has gotten in or out, expect Mr McCain who locked up and left at around Midnight.
Soon as he has reached 2/3 of the tape, the phone then rang, he picked up the phone and answered it.
" Hello... oh hey Mr McCain, what's up... another one, okay I'll be on my way", said Simon.
He then hung up on the phone and left his house.
" I'm supposed to find the culprit and another crystal is stolen, with just two days to go, I need to get a move on", Simon said to himself, as he got into his car, and headed to the museum.
Once he arrived, he met with Mr McCain at the office.
" I left as soon as I heard, which one is it", said Simon.
" The red one", said Mr McCain.
" So that still leaves the orange, green, pink, purple and blue only five left, when did you discover the red one was missing", said Simon.
" This morning, and I last saw it last night", said Mr McCain.
" That's the same thing you said when the first crystal was stolen, I am going to assume the thief has been stealing the crystals during the night, and as he took two crystals in two days, I and also going to assume he'll take another one tonight", said Simon.
" So what do we do", said Mr McCain.
" You and I are going to stay here tonight, guard the remaining crystals, and catch that thief", said Simon.
Night time has come and the museum closed, and Simon entered.
" We are going to keep guard on the crystals, but also keep an eye on the vents, I have a theory the thief has been going through them rather than the door", said Simon.
" Okay, anything else", said Mr McCain.
" Do you have any alarm systems", said Simon.
" Well not really", said Mr McCain.
" Well then that's why we keep losing crystals, this place is less secure, are you on a tight budget or something", said Simon.
" Yes, we couldn't afford anything other than the camera's, but there weren't much", said Mr McCain.
" Can I ask you a question, where did you get these crystals", said Simon.
" They have been found about 100 years ago by a few archaeologists, they have been sent to one museum that was about 50 Miles from here, but when it closed down the crystals got sent here, and now after being put in display in my museum for 27 years, some of them get stolen", said Mr McCain.
" So basically these crystals are priceless", said Simon.
" Yeah, and anyone can get their hands on them and be rich, they are worth a million dollar fortune", said Mr McCain.
An hour later Simon looked at the crystals, then turned his back after he heard a noise, he left to see if it was the thief, he found nothing and went back to the case to find Mr McCain there.
" Another crystal is stolen, the pink one, which means we still have four remaining, the green, blue, purple and orange", said Mr McCain.
" I'm so sorry Mr McCain, that was my fault, I shouldn't have left the case unattended", said Simon.
" It's okay Simon, but how does the thief keep getting in, I think we're 100% sure the thief hasn't been going through that door", said Mr McCain.
" Let's check the vents", said Simon.
Apparently, Simon hid a few cameras in the vents, he went on the computer to check the footage, after an hour of searching they discovered nothing.
" I think the thief knew about it, or maybe the vents and doors weren't the only way in the museum, the must be another way in the museum, like a secret passageway or something", said Simon, then he turned to Mr McCain.
" How about we talk about motives, do you know anyone who wants these crystals", said Simon.
" Well, at the other side of the pier, is another museum, one that shows minerals, the manager there Mr Oakley is jealous of my crystals and believes he should have them, and not me", said Mr McCain.
" I'll look at the other museum tomorrow", said Simon, he then left the museum.
Once he returned home, he sat down on the couch, and turned on the TV, he decided to finish off the rest of the tape tomorrow before he goes to the museum.
The next day, Sunday, Simon got up and was getting ready to go to the mineral museum, but before he did, he was going to finish off the VHS tape of the footage, he looked on the screen, finished off the rest of the video, only to find nothing.
Simon left his house and arrived at the mineral museum.
He entered and looked around.
He then discovered a man in his early 50's.
" You must be Mr Oakley right", said Simon.
" Yep, and you are", said Mr Oakley.
" Simon Seville", said Simon.
Simon and Mr Oakley shook hands.
" What brings you here", said Mr Oakley.
" Just like everyone else, checking out the displays", said Simon.
" Okay, say I think I know you, you're part of a band right, the chipmunks I believe", said Mr Oakley.
" Yep, me and my brothers Alvin and Theodore, along with our wives the chipettes", said Simon.
" Oh yeah, I heard on the newspaper you six were married, what were girls names again", said Mr Oakley.
" Brittany, Eleanor and my wife is Jeanette", said Simon.
" Alright, well do carry on", said Mr Oakley.
Once Mr Oakley left, Simon investigated the entire museum, it was probably going to take the entire day to do.
He checked every display to see anything that looks like the missing crystals, and so far he has found nothing, he decided to wait until Mr Oakley wasn't around and sneak into the office and checked if there is anything suspicious inside.
Once Mr Oakley was out to get lunch, Simon quietly sneaked into Mr Oakley's office, without being notice and began searching, if the crystals are there, he will know for sure Mr Oakley is the killer, after a minute or two of checking and pretty much finding nothing, Simon came close to a conclusion, that Mr Oakley isn't the thief.
" What a waste of time", mumbled Simon to himself, he left Mr Oakley's office before anyone sees him, and left the building.
It was now night time, Simon returned to the history museum where he met up with Mr McCain again.
" I guess I am closer to solving the case, it might seem far, but I do have clues that it wasn't Mr Oakley", said Simon.
" Forget about that, another crystal has been stolen", said Mr McCain.
" Already, they're a bit too early, it's not even midnight", said Simon, approaching the case where the crystals stand only to see the blue, green and orange crystal.
" So the purple on is missing", said Simon.
" Yep", said Mr McCain
" Okay that's it, I am going to check out where the thief keeps getting in and out, this is getting ridiculous", said Simon.
Simon then left the room and investigates the entire museum, checking how the thief keeps getting in and out.
" Okay so the fire exits are useful for the thief to escape, but useless to get in, besides, the fire alarms would ring if the doors were open, if you ask me, I'm having a theory the thief is inside the museum, hiding waiting for everyone to leave then steal the crystal, and once the museum opens again he sneaks out without being noticed", said Simon.
Then Mr McCain came in.
" Simon the thief did it again, another crystal has been stolen, the orange one, it's missing from it's case", said Mr McCain.
The entered the office for one last cup of coffee before calling a day
" One crystal stolen two days ago, two crystals stolen yesterday and two crystals stolen today, that means there's only two crystals left, the blue one and the green one, once they're taken, then there will be no more", said Simon, picking up a biscuit.
" Never mind Simon, I still have some more stuff in my museum, I just don't know why they have to choose the crystals here, when there is thousands of them at Oakley's", said Mr McCain.
" Tomorrow I am going to get serious, the crystals will not leave my sight, I only have until tomorrow at noon to solve the case and find the culprit, or I'll lose my job", said Simon.
" Alright, good luck with that, hey Simon", said Mr McCain as he left the office.
Simon finished his coffee, and headed to the desk to grab one last biscuit before leaving when he discovered an envelope, he picked it up, and looked at the label, only to see it was covered up, he started to get suspicious and hid the envelope in his pocket in his jacket.
" Hey Simon", said Mr McCain walking back in the office.
" Yeah", said Simon.
" If you didn't solve the case, and the chief came in, maybe I can try and convince him to let you keep your job", said Mr McCain.
" Thanks, but that won't be necessary, I'm going to have to face the consequences if I fail, besides I still have enough time, and I am going to finish the rest of that footage on that tape, maybe I can find some trace of the thief", said Simon.
Once Mr McCain left again, Simon arrived to a cupboard where he took a peak.
Half an hour later he arrived at home, he is going to see what's inside that envelope he might have a feeling that it will crack the case.
Once he returned home, Simon sat down on the couch, where his wife was.
" Hello my darling", said Jeanette, giving her husband a kiss on the cheek.
" Hey Jeanette", said Simon.
" Are you alright", said Jeanette.
" Not really, only got one day left, luckily the chief said if at least one of the remaining two crystals still in the museum are still there by tomorrow at noon, he won't fire me, but he will put my time as detective on hiatus and have me a meter maid for a month, if I don't find the thief, but I am sure I will, I have a plan", said Simon.
" Well, I just hope you don't get fired, I know how you loved you job since your first case, I don't like seeing you not happy", said Jeanette.
" It's fine Jeanette, I made it this far", said Simon.
" Even if you do lose your job, you still were able to hold onto it for seven years, that's something to be proud of", said Jeanette.
" I guess so", said Simon.
Jeanette then got off the couch and was about to leave the living room when Simon got up and stopped her.
" Wait Jeanette, for the past three days you were there for me, you kept my hopes up, and comforted me, you know what that means, it means that I regret nothing", said Simon, he took hold of his wife's hand and kissed her.
" You're so sweet Simon", said Jeanette.
" No I'm serious, you've been there for me and I haven't even slept with you, only I gone up to bed and have you asleep already, but that's gonna change, first thing after I solve this case, I am going to be there for you", said Simon.
Once she was gone Simon decided that it was now time to see what was in the envelope, but before he did he decided to check on the rest of the footage, after doing so and finding nothing, he was now really going to see what in that envelope he opened it and it revealed to be a letter, he then read from it, he looked through every word and once he finished his eyes widened, he couldn't believe what he was seeing.
" I am going to have a little talk to Mr McCain tomorrow, but I think it was best I didn't go in there alone", said Simon, before heading upstairs.
Simon entered the museum first thing in the morning, Monday morning, he has six hours left until the chief arrives.
He went upstairs to the seventh floor and checked the case where the crystals are and discovered that the last two crystals were not in the case, they're all missing.
" The chief is going to get me fired, okay, time to find the criminal", said Simon.
He went downstairs to the fifth floor where Mr McCain's office is and went inside where he met with who he was looking for.
" Hello Mr McCain, I checked the case, and it is empty", said Simon.
" Good morning Simon, ready to uncover the criminal, the blue crystal was stolen, but I able to keep the green one secure before he even took it, you can try and keep that secure so you can keep your job", said Mr McCain, throwing the green crystal at Simon who caught it.
" Excellent, I was able to recover one crystal you've stolen, now where are the rest of the other crystals", said Simon.
" What are you talking about, are you saying I'm the thief, what proof do you have", said Mr McCain.
" I can think of so many reasons, first off, you are the only one who has access to the museum, and the case, so while I was in the museum with you, you just take the crystal behind my back", said Simon.
" Any other reason", said Mr McCain.
" When you gave me that video tape, it had no trace of the culprit, I nearly assumed the culprit took them all but then you just happen to have a bunch of tapes in that cupboard I guess you hid all the tapes and gave me just one tape so I wouldn't catch you", said Simon as he approached the cupboard, opened it, only to find nothing.
" You still think I'm the thief, you don't have footage proof", said Mr McCain.
" You don't need a camera to solve a case, I most of the time solve cases the old fashioned way, without looking through footage, besides I have more proof that it was you", continued Simon, " The day I first met you I saw not only coffee stains and doughnut crumbs on your shirt, but circles under you eyes were a giveaway too, they show that you have awake 18 hours a day, you wouldn't sleep until you got at least one crystal out of that museum", said Simon.
" But what about motive, you can't prove anything without a motive", said Mr McCain.
" Well, of course I can't, without this", said Simon, showing the envelope, which caused Mr McCain's eyes to widen.
" Where did you get that", said Mr McCain.
" This letter is from the insurance company, they have insured the crystals of $150,000 per crystal, do you know how much money that in total, $1,050,000, even though I may not charge you of burglary, but I can charge you of insurance fraud, the crystals haven't been stolen, they've been hidden", said Simon.
" Well, congratulations Mr Seville, you solved the case", said Mr McCain.
" But I would like to ask one more question, if it you that was the one who stole the crystals, why did you hire me, did you think I wasn't going to catch you", said Simon.
" Well no, what I am saying is once I get the money from the insurance company, I dump the crystals in the sea, you declare them long gone, probably out of the state", said Mr McCain.
" What about the money, what are you using it on", said Simon.
" To improve my museum of course, I got a million dollars, do you know what is worth that kind of money, a lot of stuff, I can finally repair that elevator, I can even buy off a few other properties at this beach, do you how how rich I would be, I would no longer need to call this a museum, I would call it a hotel or a mall, one of those rich places like in Nevada, I would be a billionaire", said Mr McCain.
" Well you do know you could have sold them, they are worth a million dollar you said", said Simon.
" That's another thing, I don't own the crystals they belong to the chairman of the pier, if I sold the crystals I could get arrested for doing so", said Mr McCain.
" So you wouldn't sell the crystals because that's embezzlement, but hiding them pretending their stolen to get the insurance money, you do realize that money could have been given to the chairman instead of you, since he owns the crystals not you, so technically you are a thief as well as an insurance fraud", said Simon.
" And people don't get rich by being honest either", said Mr McCain, picking a gun out of his pocket, pointing it at Simon, " How about you and I have a little walk at the back".
" Killing me won't make a difference, the envelope is empty, and the letter is sent in the station, whether you kill me or not, your done for", said Simon.
" At least I'll be even with you if you do bust me", said Mr McCain, he kept the gun at Simon as he lead him out of the office, down the stairs.
At the second floor in the medieval room there are a few armor from knights on stands, as soon as the two reach that floor but before they continued downward, one knight moved holding a mace, crept up from behind McCain and slammed the mace onto the back of his head, Mr McCain then fell to the ground, and was unconscious.
The "Knight", took off his helmet, revealing to be Alvin.
" Thanks for that Alvin", said Simon.
" No problem", said Alvin.
" Now that he's down, and the cops are on their way, I am going to try and find those remaining crystals", said Simon.
Moments later, the cops arrived, and just as Mr McCain regained consciousness, the chief came in and cuffed him.
" Winston McCain, you're under arrest for burglary, insurance fraud, and attempted murder, you have the right to remain silent, anything you say will be used against you", said the chief.
Soon Mr McCain was put in the station.
Simon arrived to see the chief.
" Simon, this guy keeps denying his the thief, we need more proof", said the chief.
" Don't worry, I got it covered", said Simon, the two entered the room where Mr McCain was put for questioning.
" So you say you haven't took the crystals, and you didn't pull a gun at me", said Simon.
" No", said Mr McCain.
" You do know this envelope is not enough proof for him Simon, even know it might seem like insurance fraud, we're going to need to find more proof, if we want this guy to stop denying", said the Chief.
" How about this", said Simon pulling out a video tape.
" You're just wasting your time, that tape doesn't even show anywhere near the crystal case", said Mr McCain.
" You sure about that", said Simon, he placed the video tape in the VCR, and turned on the TV, there it showed the case where the seven crystals are, and it shows Mr McCain taking the yellow crystal.
" What, how, I destroyed all the tapes this morning", said Mr McCain.
" Yeah, well, I was aware you were going to do something like that, so I switched this tape with the one you gave me three days ago, plus what you just said gave a lot more away, do you want to continue denying", said Simon.
Mr McCain just stayed silent.
" I am going to take that as a no", said Simon.
" Right now you've got a good 15 years jail time Mr McCain, we're pretty much close to closing the case, except for one thing, the six crystals are still missing, and as we know you hid them, you are going to tell us where they are", said the Chief.
" I won't talk, if you lock me up who will watch over the museum, no one, it will get destructed and you'll just give the crystals to Mr Oakley, because they're minerals and he owns a mineral museum", said Mr McCain.
" Look, Mr McCain, how about we make a deal, if you can tell us where the crystals are, we'll not only trim your sentence down to 5 years but we'll not give anything to Mr Oakley", said Simon.
" Do you expect me to believe that, once I talk you'll just give the crystals to Mr Oakley after I'm in jail", said Mr McCain.
" We can do this easy way or the hard way, either you tell us before we find out ourselves, or we'll give you 25 years imprisonment, and everything will be given to Mr Oakley", said the chief.
Mr McCain hesitated, then said.
" Okay, they're still in the office, under my desk", said Mr McCain.
" That's all I needed to hear", said Simon.
Simon then left the station, and arrived back at the museum.
Once there, Simon then went to the office, and looked under the desk and there he found a bag, he opened it up and emptied it, and out came the six missing crystals including the yellow one, now Simon finally seen all seven crystals.
" Case closed", said Simon.
After the case was closed, Mr McCain was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment, and with no one to be in charge of the museum, it got closed down, and all of the displays that were in there were sold to other museums, and the money got sent to the other buildings at the pier, the museum building was torn down and was now used as enough space for the tables and chairs to be placed for the cafe next door.
The only things that were still in the pier were the crystals, Simon did make his promise not to give them to Mr Oakley, but he didn't make any promise that he wouldn't give to anyone else at the pier, he gave one crystal to each shop, so they can do what what with them, put them on display, or sell them and use the money to improve their shop.
Simon was now in his car, he was driving his way back to the station, where the chief was waiting, apparently the chief called and said he wanted to tell Simon something.
Once Simon arrived at the station, he went inside and entered the chief's office.
" You called", said Simon.
" Yes, I just want to thank you for solving this case, finding the culprit, solving his true scheme, and finding all the missing crystals", said the chief.
" Just doing my job", said Simon.
" Yes I know, that case you solved I would know for sure would make up for the previous cases you failed on, you're still above 85%, you're at 90% so you still have the job, consider yourself not fired", said the chief.
" Thank you", said Simon.
" Now I don't have anything else, so feel free to take the rest of the day off", said the chief.
" Okay, thanks", said Simon, as he then left the office.
Simon was in his car, driving home from the station, but before he headed home, he decided to look at the museum one last time, he arrived at the beach where Mr McCain's museum is going to get torn down in a couple of days, he thought about it and after a minute of thinking he decided that he is going to try out the other places that restaurant looks really good.
After he looked at the pier he was now on his way home, ready to tell his wife the news.
He drove to his house, got out of the car, and walked inside to his house, he went in the kitchen where Jeanette was making dinner.
He approached his wife and wrapped his arms around her waste.
" Hello Jeanette", said Simon.
" Hello Simon", said Jeanette, kissing her husband, " How did go at the station".
" Really good, great actually, I'm not fired, I'm still keeping my job", said Simon.
" That's great", said Jeanette, turning around so she can wrap her arms around Simon shoulders and kiss him, " I told you everything was going to be alright".
" Yeah, and also I have you to thank for this Jeanette, I guess if it weren't for you I would have been fired", said Simon.
" You didn't need me, I only had you keep your hopes up, you solved the case on your own", said Jeanette.
" Exactly, you kept my hopes up, I wouldn't have solved the case if you didn't", said Simon, he then pulled out his wallet.
" What are you doing", said Jeanette.
" We're going out for dinner tonight, it's on me", said Simon.
" Are you sure Simon", said Jeanette.
" Yes I'm sure, I am going to take you to that restaurant at the pier, I just thought I show you the place", said Simon.
Well, how was that, another chapter done, and just two more to go, Simon still has his career, I hope you enjoyed this chapter and until next time.
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