May 14, 7:34 A.M. Wright and Co. Law Offices
Phoenix got himself out of bed and looked out the window, which was fogged severely. After he wiped the condensation from it, he was amazed to find snow on the ground. He gasped, "Snow?! How is there snow?!"
He found a note on the glass.
It read: Due to the Mad Bomber detonating a large bomb, "nuclear" winter has resulted. -Detective Gumshoe.
Phoenix thought, "How does he know where I live? Anyways, I'm tired of that maniac blowing people up. It it time that I started my own investigation into the Mad Bomber."
He headed to the office computer and headed to the website for the LAPD, and found the page for the details about him.
Name: Unknown
Alias: The Mad Bomber
Crimes: He has detonated several bombs that have caused over 1,000 deaths and 1,420 injuries. One bomb even caused winter in the Los Angeles area.
Appearance: It is unknown what he looks like, although he has been cited as wearing dark, shadowy clothing.
After getting the scoop, he made a word document and began typing all of the evidence that he knew about the Mad Bomber, such as the places he had bombed, and any things that stood out, such as the suspicious notes at the first few bombings, or the "I have granted these kids to Hell" message found after Hazakura Temple was bombed.
He then thought, "Who would want to get even with the city of Los Angeles? I don't know anyone who hates Amtrak. But I do know that process of elimination may help me."
He made a table and listed off several infamous people that committed heinous offenses in recent years, and wether it was likely they would commit the bombings.
After essentially crossing off every person on the immediate list, he made a secondary list, and found one person that stood out to him as possibly wanting to bomb Los Angeles: Jean Armstrong.
He said, "That chef needs a serious lesson in gender identity. He may be fed up with nobody liking his restaurant, so he is bombing the city to show his anger. Then again, if he is the Mad Bomber, wouldn't he just bomb successful restaurants? Also, he is a complete bumblefucking idiot, so why would he even know how to construct a bomb in the first place?"
Phoenix marked him as a possible suspect, but knew that he did not have any evidence to prove that he was the Mad Bomber, so he didn't really have any leads, effectively ruling his "investigation" futile. From the back of the room, he heard a marching band playing familiar Christmas songs.
He jumped up from the computer and dragged Maya and himself outside. The snow covered the roofs of houses and the road that the band was walking on, but they still played very well.
Maya gasped, "If only I could play in a marching band, Nick."
Phoenix suggested, "Well, maybe we could start an orchestra or a concert band ourselves."
The band shifted from playing "Jingle Bells" to "1812 Overture", and the bass drums in the back got very loud in volume, causing the observers to feel the beat resonating inside of their bodies.
Near the end of the song, the band became extremely vociferous and when they hit the final beat, there was an enormous thundering sound. It was not from the drums, but from what sounded like an explosion.
Many band members turned their heads and saw a small cloud of smoke rising into the air, and the director screamed, "Band halt!"
Phoenix saw a man lying in the street, holding a trombone. The slide was missing, and as he got closer, noticed flash burns on the man's face.
He growled, "The Mad Bomber... how lowly can he get? Planting explosives in musical instruments?"
The whole band set down their instruments and crowded around the stricken man.
One of the trumpet players yelled, "We need an ambulance!"
A percussionist gasped, "Bill! Are you all right?"
The director was on her cell phone, likely with a 9-1-1 dispatcher.
Maya sighed, "The Mad Bomber is setting us up to die! He makes situations occur, and then we get hit!"
Phoenix found a note with block type on the wall of a building, that read: WELCOME TO HELL.