"Specialty is sneaky husbands."said Arm.
"Do I sound like someone who would have a sneaky husband!"yelled the voice on the other end.
"Ow."said Ear, and he folded his ears.
"No."said Arm.
"Do we know that voice?"asked Ear.
"Um, I'm not sure, do we?"
"It's me, you idiots!"yelled Mystique.
"Oh, that one lady, right. We remember you."
"Why haven't any of you been coming to school lately?"
"Been too busy solving mysteries, besides, the other guys have been going to school. We've been staying here, and doing some shopping."
"What kind of shopping."
Lance ran and grabbed the phone out of Arm's hand.
"He's just joking. No shopping. They've just been...here. Alert just in case we get a new mystery, you know."
"That sounds much better."said Mystique sounding pleased.
"Yeah."
"Now, we need to put your skills to good use and you need to come over here and find out exactly why students' cars are catching fire in the parking lot!"
"Fire in the parking lot?"
"Well, mine hasn't. At least not yet."said Lance.
"Uh, maybe they're only doing it to people they don't like, yo."suggested Toad.
"Why didn't I come up with something like that before?"demanded Blob. "It's not fair!"
"Oh, Blob, you couldn't ever come up with anything, even if you tried."Pietro told him.
"And remember, this case gets top priority!"Mystique yelled at them, and hung up the phone.
"Well, you heard her."said Ear. "We better get going."
"Why the hell would anyone want to be setting people's cars on fire?"
"Only Fords."said Lance. "If your car ain't a Ford, you're safe. Just Fords."
"Suspicious."
"Not really. Could just be the competition."
"I guess you're right."
They went and drove to the school, where they parked in the same place they parked every morning.
"I guess we'll just go to class and you guys just hang out around here, see if you see anything suspicious, kay?"
"You got it."
"We'll see you during lunch."
"Anything?"they asked at lunch.
"Nothing."
That afternoon, as someone got into their car, and started the engine, the front caught fire.
"AAAHHH!"
They got out of the car immediately, screaming.
"Again."
"Didn't see anyone, though."
"Must be during lunch, then."
"Right."
"We'll try again tomorrow."
During lunch the next day, they all hid behind a couple of bushes.
"Here comes somebody."said Pietro. "Here they come."
"Hey, isn't that the football team?"
"How can you tell?"asked Ear.
"They're all wearing their football jerseys!"
"Look!"exclaimed Eye.
"Aha!"
"Mystique'll be pleased to hear about this."
They immediately went to Mystique's office.
"Well?"
"We've solved it."
"And?"
"It's the football team!"
"They're doing it as a joke, I guess."
"They were wearing their football jerseys."
"Not the whole team, though, just three of them."
"Which ones."
Lance told them which ones.
"I wan to see them right now."
They went to go get Duncan and two of his friends.
"Well, that certainly was something...weird."said Lance.
"Maybe they only wanted to burn down nerds' cars, yo."
"I don't think nerds drive cars. One I know, this girl, she doesn't drive. I always see her run out of school, and just walk home. Always stops by for an ice cream at the Baskin Robins on the corner. The lady there knows her from what I've seen."
"You know a nerd personally?"
"I just know her by sight, she's in my history class. A real brain. You've seen her. She always wears the same clothes, her hair in a pony tail, carries a heavy backpack, always reads, and walks as though she were on wheels. She walks fast! And she keeps her head down when she walks."
When they got to the house, before they could sit down, the phone rang. Arm answered it as usual.