Guess what? Two chapters today, people! Hope you like them!
"So, we have the mayor's office, the park, and Club 24." Olympia looked at the files and sighed. "What on earth could these things have in common?"
Otis was searching through his father's file. "I wish I knew, Olympia." He said.
"Otis, you know your dad better than anyone. Is there anything about these places that mean anything to you?"
Otis sighed. "I don't know. I feel like they should but-"
"We've got another hit." Ms. O said, seemingly popping up out of nowhere. "Dementia just threatened Polly's lemonade stand."
"Oh no," Olympia said, "Not Polly."
"He's not actually going to do anything to Polly." Ms. O said. "I mean, he hasn't hit any of the other places he's mentioned."
"We don't know that." Otis said, semi-interrupting and a bit anxious. "My dad has never done something like this before. He usually follows through on his threats so who knows when these will stop being empty threats and start being actual hits."
Olympia could tell this was really upsetting Otis. She knew he really wanted to stop his dad but she didn't know why he was so anxious about it.
"Um, Ms. O. Otis and I are going to go to the donut room for a while."
"Olympia-" Otis tried.
"No buts! We need some donuts!" Olympia cried as she grabbed Otis's hand and pulled him from his seat. She pulled Otis along as she ran to the hall of doors, intent on trying to get Otis to talk to her.
"I'll have a cream filled, sprinkle covered, chocolate frosted donut!" Olympia told the man at the counter with a smile.
The man, however, didn't share her enthusiasm. "Alright." He said in a monotone voice. He then looked to Otis. "How about you?"
"I'll just have a plain one." Otis answered quickly.
Olympia's face scrunched up. Plain? Guess I should have known…
The man slowly typed it on the computer and looked to them. "That will be $1.37."
Olympia raised a brow. "Usually it's free?"
"Free for Odd Squad agents." He answered.
Otis was really getting fed up with people pointing out they were not kids.
"We are Odd Squad agents." Olympia explained. "We just are a little older than the others."
The man stood there for a moment before shrugging his shoulders. "Ok." He reached behind the counter and grabbed the two donuts. He gave them to the agents and Olympia smiled.
"Thanks!" She told him before she and Otis went to find a table to sit at.
The man just sighed. "It's gonna be one of those days."
Olympia and Otis sat down at a booth and Olympia took a big bite out of her donut. "Wow! These are even better than I remember."
Otis raised a brow. "How long has it been since you've been here?"
Olympia laughed. "Asks the one who's never stepped foot in here."
Otis realized she was right. "Touché."
Olympia smiled and took another bite of her donut, getting cream from it on her nose. Otis grinned. He had really missed Olympia while he was gone. She was funny, bright, positive, everything he wasn't, but he didn't care. She was the perfect friend.
When Olympia saw Otis's smile, she smiled back. She had really missed him, too. He may not be the most positive or happy as she was, but he was one of her best friends. He was always there for her when she felt down and he never gave up on her.
"Otis," Olympia said. "I really missed you."
Otis agreed. "I missed you, too."
Olympia took a deep breath. She knew she had to carefully chose her next words. "Otis, I have to ask you something, and I promise it's not about Odd Squad"
Otis was a bit nervous at this but he nodded.
"Why are you so anxious about your dad?"
Otis sighed. "I just don't understand what he's doing . He's one of Odd Squad's worst villains but at least I thought I knew him well enough that I could always stop him. Now, he's too unpredictable and isn't actually following through on his threats. I just know what he's capable of and I don't know how to stop him."
Olympia's features softened as she heard Otis's explanation. "Otis," She said as she reached across the table and placed a hand onto his. He quickly looked up into her eyes. "I know it's hard when you don't know what to do, but just remember, I'm always here for you and I'll always help you when you need it. We can do this, Otis." She smiled. "It's what Odd Squad does. We stop Odd things from happening and fix what Odd has already happened. Don't worry. We can do it."
Otis could hear Olympia was sincere. He smiled back to her, something he rarely did. "Thanks, Olympia."
Suddenly, Olympia's badge phone went off. She grabbed it and looked to Otis. "Listen to the new way I answer my phone." She then opened her phone and held it to her ear. "Who's excited to talk to Olympia?!" Otis chuckled a little as she listened to whoever was on the other end. "All right, we'll head there right away." She then folded up her phone and put it back on her jacket. "That was Ms. O." she told Otis. "Todd just called from the community garden and said something was going on."
Otis raised a brow. "And he didn't want to take care of it himself?"
Olympia shrugged. "I don't know. All I know is it's my next assignment." She said with a smile.
"You've had a lot of cases today." Otis said as he stood up from his seat.
"This is definitely not the busiest I've ever been." Olympia admitted. "One day while you were gone, I had to solve 6 cases, and let me tell you, it was not easy…"