As Sara was getting dressed to meet Jake, she quickly dialed Ian's cell phone.
"You have decided what our next course of action should be." This guy was really getting on Sara's nerves. If it weren't for the fact that she was getting really tired of the whole thing, she wouldn't have even called the freak.
"Don't you ever answer your phone with a, 'Hello,' Nottingham?"
Sara heard a slight chuckle on the other end. 'Some answer,' she thought.
Being pressed for time, Sara briefly laid out her plan, "I think we should start out by getting together and finding out what we've tried to do on our own and take it from there. When's good for you?"
"As soon as I return the dogs to the house."
"Which will be?"
"20 minutes."
"Where's your lord and master at?"
Ian chose to ignore to snide remark and simply replied, "He has already departed for Vorschlag Industries. We would have no distractions."
"Fine. I'll meet you at the mansion in an hour."
"What of your partner?"
"Don't worry about him. I'll be there in an hour. Trust me."
"I shall be waiting."
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"Nottingham, I already tried that. It obviously didn't work."
Sara and Ian had spent the last hour arguing over what to do next in order to prevent the apartment building from catching on fire. Ian would throw out an idea and Sara would immediately dismiss it for one reason or another. Ian was quickly losing his patience with the wielder, and that didn't happen often.
"I have yet to hear a brilliant idea from you, Sara."
"Well, that's because I've already tried all the 'brilliant' ideas in my head and they all failed. Honestly, I feel like my brain has turned to Swiss cheese from this crap going on for so long."
"And whose fault is that? I offered my assistance from the beginning but you refused it, remember?"
Shooting a 'smart-ass' look in Ian's direction, Sara dryly stated, "Don't remind me."
"I'm sure your 'Swiss cheese' brain is still able to produce something remotely close to an idea."
Sara threw out, "Like what, we stake out the building in shifts or something?"
"That is not a bad idea."
"Meaning?"
"Meaning, we have both passed the apartment building at various times of the day, only to see either nothing suspicious or the building already on fire. Something happens to cause that fire, we just need to discover who or what it is and when, specifically, it takes place."
"You mean like that fact that I've been past that place at 9 and 11am and it's been fine but when I've gone past anytime after 2pm it's too late?"
"Precisely."
"OK, then. When have you gone past it?"
"At various times but the last time I passed it around 12:45pm and saw someone run, rather hastily, from the building-"
"As if they didn't want to be around when the fire got worse." Sara finished Ian's thought. "OK, so we have to go check out that place sometime between 12 and 1pm then. Sounds like that's when the fire starts." She glanced at her watch, and frowned. "It's already 11:00am and I have to get back to the station to pick up a perp with Jake. Guess we'll have to meet at the building tomorrow at noon and check it out."
"You have decided what our next course of action should be." This guy was really getting on Sara's nerves. If it weren't for the fact that she was getting really tired of the whole thing, she wouldn't have even called the freak.
"Don't you ever answer your phone with a, 'Hello,' Nottingham?"
Sara heard a slight chuckle on the other end. 'Some answer,' she thought.
Being pressed for time, Sara briefly laid out her plan, "I think we should start out by getting together and finding out what we've tried to do on our own and take it from there. When's good for you?"
"As soon as I return the dogs to the house."
"Which will be?"
"20 minutes."
"Where's your lord and master at?"
Ian chose to ignore to snide remark and simply replied, "He has already departed for Vorschlag Industries. We would have no distractions."
"Fine. I'll meet you at the mansion in an hour."
"What of your partner?"
"Don't worry about him. I'll be there in an hour. Trust me."
"I shall be waiting."
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"Nottingham, I already tried that. It obviously didn't work."
Sara and Ian had spent the last hour arguing over what to do next in order to prevent the apartment building from catching on fire. Ian would throw out an idea and Sara would immediately dismiss it for one reason or another. Ian was quickly losing his patience with the wielder, and that didn't happen often.
"I have yet to hear a brilliant idea from you, Sara."
"Well, that's because I've already tried all the 'brilliant' ideas in my head and they all failed. Honestly, I feel like my brain has turned to Swiss cheese from this crap going on for so long."
"And whose fault is that? I offered my assistance from the beginning but you refused it, remember?"
Shooting a 'smart-ass' look in Ian's direction, Sara dryly stated, "Don't remind me."
"I'm sure your 'Swiss cheese' brain is still able to produce something remotely close to an idea."
Sara threw out, "Like what, we stake out the building in shifts or something?"
"That is not a bad idea."
"Meaning?"
"Meaning, we have both passed the apartment building at various times of the day, only to see either nothing suspicious or the building already on fire. Something happens to cause that fire, we just need to discover who or what it is and when, specifically, it takes place."
"You mean like that fact that I've been past that place at 9 and 11am and it's been fine but when I've gone past anytime after 2pm it's too late?"
"Precisely."
"OK, then. When have you gone past it?"
"At various times but the last time I passed it around 12:45pm and saw someone run, rather hastily, from the building-"
"As if they didn't want to be around when the fire got worse." Sara finished Ian's thought. "OK, so we have to go check out that place sometime between 12 and 1pm then. Sounds like that's when the fire starts." She glanced at her watch, and frowned. "It's already 11:00am and I have to get back to the station to pick up a perp with Jake. Guess we'll have to meet at the building tomorrow at noon and check it out."