Anonymously Yours

Chapter 4: Slash Speaks Up

"We need to ask Slash some questions before this gets out of hand. That means now!" Nancy said to the girls outside of Wendi's Internet. "But he may not know anything, and Jam's life time is ticking!" Linda said pointing to her watch. "But if he does know information, it could be vital to Jam's situation, now let's go!"

Lucky for them, they ran into Slash in the mall. He had just come out of the comic store. "Slash!" Nancy shouted to him through the mall's foyer. Slash spun around. "Oh hi guys, you know how I'm really into comics. So what brings you all here?" "We need to sk you some questions" Linda said. "Ok, like what?" Slash asked inquisitively. "Questions about Jam's disappearance, the Bank robbery, or Nancy Love e-mails" Wendi said back. Slash looked from side to side to make sure no one was listening. "Yeah, I know some stuff." They all huddled together as Slash whispered. "Ok, Anonymously Yours, the e-mailer, he's not fat. I saw him riding down the street the other day." "How d`ya know it was him?" Nancy asked. "He kept on saying stuff like " Letter to Nancy" "sign as Anonymously Yours, nothing else" like he was afraid he'd forget it and sign his real name" Slash answered. "And about Jam?" Wendi asked. "There's a secret passage way down his hallway in his house. I bet that's where he and his assassin are hiding. But the doors locked, I checked this morning, and I'm the only one who has a spare key. You guys meet me there at 7:00 p.m. sharp tonight, and we'll take a look around ok?" Slash said. "Ok" They all agreed.

"So now what's the list of things we know about our Anonymous Boy?" Linda asked as she took a bite out of an apple as the girls walked down the crowded streets of Snowboard Town. "Well, this is what I've collected from the suspects interviews :
• It is a boy.
• The guy wears all black.
• He's not fat.
• He's not Jam.
• He might have dark hair.
• And unless he's lying, he's my age.

And from the e-mails and other sources we have

• He knows how to make links on the web page coolsnowboardandstuff.
• And he has guts to steal from the bank....

"And he's struck again!" Wendi shouted at the other two girls looking at today's paper she found on the ground. The Headline read:

Mysterious Theft Strikes Again

"The black clothed man has struck again. At the bank, too. This time the amount he has stolen was.."

Wendi stopped and gasped. "What?" Linda said. "Holy Fish Paste" Wendi said, "100 Grand!!" "What he stole that much!" Nancy said. "No" Wendi said, bending down and picking something up, "It's a candy bar, 100 Grand!" Sure enough, in her hand was 100 Grand candy bar. "WENDI!" "Ok, ok," Wendi said, stuffing the candy in her mouth, chewing, and then swallowing, "He stole $10,000."
She then continued the article:

"The theft then left, after screaming at the top of his lungs "LONG LIVE ANONYMOUSLY YOURS!!!"

"Oh dear" Nancy said. "Well, he could be lying about his age, so let's ask someone else" Linda said thinking very hard.

Who else do they have left for suspects? And how did Slash know so much? Will they succeed before he attacks again?