"Hello,"said Arm.
"I need you to help me find who set my garden on fire."said a lady on the other end.
"Fire?"
"Yes."
"Oh, well, you've called the right people, Miss."
Arm got the details, and they were once more at the X Men's mansion.
"Here again?"
"Well, these guys never run out of problems, do they? But works out better for us, cause now we have to charge double!"
Everyone looked at Pietro.
"What?"
"Well, how many mysteries have we solved for them?"
Toad began counting.
"Well, let's see, yo, there was the one about the fridge, the one about..."
"The point is,"Pietro interrupted. "We have to start increasing the price! Otherwise, we won't really make as much as we should be making!"
No one really knew what Pietro was talking about.
"You guys just leave it all to me."he said, seeing no one else understood a word.
They went to talk to Storm. She led them out to her garden, or rather, what once had been her garden because now that it had been burned to the ground, all that remained, really were ashes.
"I want you to find out who did this!"
"Is there anyone with a grudge against you?"
"I never thought of that!"
"Maybe someone who likes you, but you don't pay attention to him. You know, he did it, cause he wanted your attention."
"You think so?"asked Storm.
"Sure, why not?"
"Who could that be? Well, now it's more important than ever that you find out! I might have a secret admirer and never noticed!"
She walked off, murmuring to herself.
"Now we have to find the admirer."said Blob.
"There probably is no admirer, Blob!"Pietro said.
"But..."
"That was just something stupid that Eye here suggested. Who in their right minds would actually be after her?"
"Well, what if she has money, yo?"
"I don't think so, not even then, although...maybe..."
"Let's get down to business."Ear interrupted.
"Whoever it was, must've been desperate to get her attention."
"Or maybe the plants just went dry from not enough water, yo."
"You think?"
"I don't think so."
"Well, how else could they have burned so easily?"suggested Lance.
"True."
"No, that's not possible."said Storm, when they suggested this. "Are you just trying to stop me from finding my secret admirer?"
"Um, no, we were just wondering."
"No, see, because I water them with rain water every day at the same time. I use my powers."
"I think we're just going to have to find someone stupid to pretend to be her admirer."suggested Pietro. "Cause this is leading no where!"
Lance went back to the car.
"Might be a good idea to take a little break,"he said, and took out a book.
"Hey!"he exclaimed later. "How likely would it be if...they caught fire from lightning?"he asked. "I mean, well..."
"Whatever gave you that idea?"
"Well, she says she uses rain. Right here, as Detective Baley, Daneel, and Giskard are leaving, there's a rainstorm. And Elijah sees lightning for the first time! You don't think..."
"What are you talking about, yo?"
"Just the lightning. I mean, in a storm, there's lightning, thunder, you get the idea, not always, but it's always exciting when there is!"
"Sounds like a possibility."said Eye. "It does look like it started in that area right there, which I suppose was the tallest plant from what's left, and follows."
"Wouldn't the water put it out, yo?"
Lance shrugged.
They suggested this to Storm later.
"Oh. Well, things can get out of hand a little every now and then."she said slowly. "I was mad because my nephew, Evan wouldn't clean his room, and I think he's being bullied at school or something. I'm not sure. But what about my admirer?"
"There is no admirer, lady."Toad said.
"What do you mean, no admirer!"
"Well, we thought, but we were wrong. Didn't you hear? The lightning."
"But that means...I killed my own plants, who were like my...and I have no admirer! Oh, now I can see why! Perhaps he was disappointed in me and...! Oh!"
She gave Pietro the money, and ran off, crying.
"That was freaky, yo."said Toad.
Pietro was counting the money.
"Wow! She paid us three times as much, and she didn't even know it!"
"What?"
"See? Now we can even charge this amount! This is just getting better and better!"
They got home, and just as they got out of the car, the phone rang and Arm rushed to answer it.