"Hello?"
"Hello?"
"Have I reached the detective agency?"asked the voice on the other end.
"Yup, that's us."said Arm.
"Oh, good, cause I really need your help."
"Sneaky husbands are our specialty. Boyfriends, too."
"Well, I don't have a boyfriend, so I don't need you for that. What I do need is for you to come over and find out who's been stealing all the food!"
"Stealing food?"
"Yeah, see, every day it happens!"
"What do they steal?"
"Well, the gallon of milk is always empty, no milk for breakfast, and lets' see...well, tons of stuff."
The person gave Arm their address and they drove off.
"Are you sure this is the right address, Arm?"Lance asked him, as they came across where the X Men lived.
"Positive. That's what he told me."
"Maybe you got it wrong."
"Well, we can't call, cause he didn't leave a phone number."
"If it was your mistake, I'm going to kill you!"
They went, and knocked on the door.
"We're here to see something about some food disappearing."said Eye.
"You!"exclaimed the guy who opened the door. "How do you know? You're the ones who've been taking it, aren't you?"
"Why would we be interested in stealing your food, Summers?"
"That should be the detectives!"exclaimed a voice.
Kurt came down.
"Oh. I was expecting the detectives I called."
"We are detectives."said Ear.
"What?"
"We're here to see about some food disappearing."
"Oh, well, you're right. Food has been disappearing. I can't believe you guys are actually detectives!"
"Well, we are. See, we're highly talented."said Eye. "My mother never lost a single thing. Not with my keen eyesight."
"Oh, well. See..."Kurt didn't know what to say.
"You hired these losers, Kurt?"
"They were the cheapest, and from what I've heard from people from school, the best. And I don't know about you, but I've been getting sick of not having what I want for breakfast because someone steals it!"
"Well, we'll have to see the scene of the crime."said Eye.
"Uh, right."said Kurt, nervously. "Uh, this way. We've tried everything! Locking the refrigerator, chains, everything we can think of. They must be master pickpockets or something. They never leave a trace! We've even tried leaving stuff out on purpose and as a trap and everything, nothing! I've thought of a security camera, but no!"
They listened sympathetically.
"It doesn't look like anyone took anything."said Blob, looking inside the refrigerator, and taking a candy bar that was in there.
He ate it quicly, before Kurt noticed.
"We have to restock every day! They only come at night. We've thought of going shopping really early, and only buying what we eat for that day, but that hasn't worked either!"
Pietro noticed Blob eating the candy bar.
"Hmm, you know, this is suspicious! We're going to have to take the fridge."he said to Kurt.
"Why?"
"To study the evidence a little closer! It could be that the fridge itself is part of the reason the food keeps disappering!"
"You think so? How?"
"I don't know, that's what we'll find out."
"Well, you guys know we don't get along, but everyone says you're good at what you do, so I'll take your word."
Pietro beamed.
"Good thinking, Pietro."said Lance. "That was awesone!"
Everyone else was laughing too hard to answer.
"But we really do have to figure out what's happening to the food."said Arm between laughs.
"Well, the place is simply haunted, how's that?"
Everyone laughed harder.
"This calls for a celebration!"
They rented some movies, and ate almost everything in the refrigerator. The next morning everything was still there.
"And no security."said Lance.
"Maybe it is haunted after all."
"Maybe it's an owl. They come out at night."said Toad.
"That's it! A midnight snacker! A sleepwalker!"
"Now I never heard anything more far fetched in my life."
"It could be. But who?"
"With socks!"exclaimed Lance.
"Socks?"
"The Plant That Ate The Dirty Socks!"
Lance went to buy different colored sock. They went to the mansion without anyone noticing. As soon everyone was asleep, they snuck in, and tied socks to everyone's wrists. Then they went to the kitchen and waited.
"Okay..."
"I need some Coke, yo. I'm falling asleep."
Lance grabbed him.
"Here they come!"
Kitty came in and threw all the unhealthy stuff out. Then she ate almost all that was left.
"Oh, wow."they said. "But where does everything else go?"
In response, Kitty threw everything out the window, and took out the garbage.
"The sock!"
They recovered it just in time.
"Whew!"
The next morning, they called Kurt to say who had been stealing the food.
"You're kidding!"
"Nope, see, everyone woke up with a sock on their wrist, didn't they?"
"Yeah."
"Kitty was the only one that moved. So..."
"I see."
Everyone thanked them for solving the food disappeance mystery.
"Thanks! You guys aren't so bad."said Kurt. "Now the professor is trying to figure out how to solve Kitty's sleep walking mystery."
They were back at the house when they got another phone call. Arm answered as usual.