A Mystery Robbery by Dawn-Marie

       

                                   Mystery Robbery

                       It was a stormy day at Lakeview Mall, but that keep people from going shopping. The mall was filled with people. Going upstairs downstairs back-forward zigzag people bumping into each other, but "BOOM!"Everything stopped when the wealthiest women in the city stepped in, Martha Allison. She wore very awkward clothing and today she dressed as Blue Macaw. Everyone watched as the blue feathers flew everywhere, while her dog Bruno tried to catch them. As Martha walked through the mall confident and proud something caught her eye. It was the most beautiful necklace she'd ever seen. The blue diamonds twinkled in her eyes. ♦_♦ In her heels she ran as quickly as she could into the jewelry store. She thought of how amazing it would look around her neck. She went straight to the counter ,"Please Sr. I will like that diamond blue necklace." She said excitedly  "Sorry mam you can't have it." He replied. Martha laughed "You must know who I am? I'm-"  The jeweler cut her off and said, " I know exactly who you are. Another one of those multi-millionaires. Well sorry mam you can't have it. It's on hold for Thomas Pierre. He'll be picking it up today." "Well there must be another one?"She said, "No mam it's a one of kind. I'm very sorry" He said. That only made Martha want the necklace even more.One of a kind jewelry! "Oh well how much did he gave you for it? I'll give you fifty thousand1." "Mam sorry it's on hold.There are many other jewels in here." He said trying not to show how aggravated he was. He waved out his hands to show her to the other jewels. "Oh! But I don't want those! I want this one!" She said in aggravation. Mam please, you're turning attention this way." Said the Jeweler. Martha said angrily "Oh what would a man need a one of a kind diamond necklace for! Is he going to wear it?!" The police had walked over to see what all the humbug was about. As the jeweler told the police, Martha kept rambling on about why a man shouldn't have a diamond necklace. When the police asked Martha politely to leave the store Martha Screamed "Not until I get my necklace! It belongs to me!" She was dragged out the Jewelry store and said "I will get my necklace!"

          As Martha's butler let her out the limo he asked "Madam has something happened in the mall?" Martha slapped her butler " It is none of your business! You want to know what's your business? Your business and job is doing as I say! Now fix me some ice tea and get me a fresh towel I'm going to the pool. Also since you can't mind your own bussiness go pick up Bruno's on the yard's lawn! Martha was always rude to her maids, Butlers, chauffeurs, cooks anyone who worked for her. She thought they should all bow down. But of course no one else thought that. She was only wealthy Queen.

            That night Martha had left her mansion she said she was only going for a walk. Martha walked down the street all in black, but she couldn't help to leave her feathers. Leaving a trail of feathers which blew away with the wind. Martha caught a taxi and went on where ever she was going.
            Meanwhile at Martha's mansion everyone was cleaning the gigantic place inside and outside even having to clean her high ceilings. All the servants groaned "Oh why do we have to do this!?" said one "We clean this place already everyday!" said another "Even the rooms that are never used!" "Cleaning these fifteen feet high ceilings are dangerous!" "Yeah we can get hurt!" Then the lead maid came out and said "I know what you all mean, but this all Butler Adam's fault! He's the one who got Ms. Martha angry!" Everyone shouted in agreement. The lead maid continued "He knows to stay out of her business! This has happened many times before! If he could only NOT be so curious. I bet if he was the one cleaning this place this wouldn't have happened again!"

                     Three hours had passed and finally the mansion was cleaned. Everyone was asleep. As Martha came up the street she lived going same the way she saw Butler Adam. She was startled by him "OH!" she screamed when she saw him coming up behind her. Then, she realized it was only her butler. "Adam! What were you doing out late at night?" "Sorry I frightened you madam. I just went out to get some air." he replied "Ugh!" Martha said angrily "Well since you're here carry me the rest of the way home." She gave a fake smile. He replied "It'll be my pleasure mam." He also gave a smile. Once he got up the fifty steps to the mansion he let her down. He hunched over and breathed heavily for it was serious work carrying her. "Stand up straight you fool, and stop breathing so heavy!" Martha demanded "and open the door!" "Of course mam." He replied out of breath. As she walked in the mansion was so clean it seem as if everything twinkled. "Oh! It's beautiful! Now this is much better cleaning than usual huh? The mansion always looked that way. Only this time the walls and ceilings were scrubbed. But the butler nodded in agreement. "Well I'll be upstairs in my room if I need you. Goodnight. She shut the lights out. The butler mumbled "Goodnight"

                      One the news that morning everyone eyes were clued to the T.V.  There was footage of Martha having a fit at the jewelry store. Martha was still in bed though. One of the servants said, "Good thing Martha isn't awake, she'd be having a tantrum by now." Everyone agreed. Then Adam came in One of the servants said, " Are you happy now? You get to see what happened to Martha the other day!" Adam didn't reply, but grabbed his breakfast ate by himself. Then a huge announcement came on. The necklace was stolen from Thomas Pierre's house! One of the maids gasped "You don't think Martha did it. Do you?" Adam said as if he was trying to frame Martha " Well she was out for a while last night. Wearing black cloths which isn't her color."    "Oh! Shut up Adam!" the maid said "What do you think Patricia?" (The lead maid) Patricia looked down "Well I think she'd deserve going to jail if it were her. Always bossing us around getting whatever she wants! But yesterday no, she didn't get what she wanted and it was the necklace." Everyone always agreed to what Patricia said she has been around longer than them. She was about fifty years old almost the same age as Martha. Everyone else were in there twenties or thirties. The came down Martha, looking  angry as ever stumping down the stairs. "How dare they accuse me! I'm not a thief! Why would I need to steal when I can buy? I can buy this Universe!" She screamed Everyone came to calm her down saying "Oh we know it wasn't you." Of course they're lying. Martha called her makeup artist. Martha had to go into interrogation.

                 

The Big Mistake

  
                                                         The Big Mistake
                                                                By
                                                          Larraine Marie
People say to stay inside at night, well sensible people do.  In this Nevada home disagreement found its way in. Rachel was a normal 16 year-old girl, and the  things on her wish list for her upcoming 17th birthday were to:  1.  Stop mom from saying "no."  2.  Do things when I want to, how I want to, and where I want to.

                                                                             

"Mom, I'm going to the mall."

She snatched her car keys before her mom descended the stairs.

"Honey, we talked over this," sighed her mom.

"Talked about what?"

"You're not 18, and you still have to follow my rules.   Young lady, I have to keep telling the golden rule over and over.  No going out by yourself after 7:00!"

"Please just listen for one minute to what I want, not what you want.  I'm getting older and I deserve more freedom.  I want to do something that involves me being independent."

"Rachel, you have to understand that the world is full of bad people.  Burglars and shooters usually sneak around at night.  I'm looking out for your safety."

"I'm getting in my car and I'm going to the mall!"

"Come back here!"

"Watch me!"

It was a little too late, because she was off.  She just thinks that everything she says is right.  I'm going to prove her wrong.  When Rachel arrived at the mall, it felt vacant.  All the stores were open, except the food court.  It was quite busy, for the space was jammed packed.  Then, a blue necklace caught her eye.  It shined so bright that she went over to take a look. 

"Hello, ma'm," she said to the front desk lady.

"What are you looking for today?"

"Well, I got my eye on that necklace over there.  It's the one in the middle of the store."

"I see you got your eye on our new collection.  That necklace is a bit pricy though."

"How much?  It's not like it's that bad."

"$5000."

"What?"

"Wait! I hear a sound," whispered Rachel."

"It's gun shots!"

 

Boom! Boom! Boom!

 

Cries of tears and sadness were heard.

"Evacuate to Pandora!" hollered a police officer.

"Mrs. Bark, close the store once everyone's in!"

"It's closed." called Mrs. Bark.

"My dog is still out there!" cried a voice.

"What's happening?" cried another.

"It's a burglar!"

Rachel picked up her phone and called the operator.

"Help me! Help me!"

"Calm dow....

"Please help!  I'm at the Las Vegas Outlet Mall.  There's a burglar with a black mask in here!"

Her face was red and she was covered with a puddle of tears.

"Calm down.  I'm coming to get you."

That was it.  The burglar came closer to the jewel shop.

Ruff! Ruff!  It was a sharp, barking noise.  It was a Labrador!

"Get off me!" screeched the burglar.

The dog bit the man's leg and sent him stumbling to the ground. The police came and the man was sent to jail.  Thankfully, no one got hurt.  In fact, the whole thing was caught on tape by a woman who was on her vacation.  A blue feather was found that had the thief's fingerprints so the police could exam it.  Rachel told her mom the whole story and promised to follow here rules from now on.

The Ocean Sapphire Necklace by Amelia Pond

On the planet Neptune, twelve small pieces of the planet fell off. They landed in the Mall of Georgia fountain. Well, that's what everyone believes. But I know the truth. No one else believes me.  

It feels like the whole world hates you.I really don't understand. My friends loved me until the necklace was discovered. I now have the power to travel from two worlds. My other world is a  lonely, vacant world. But sometimes, just sometimes, I see something else. Distant, as if in another world. I try to look for it in the real world, but I never catch it. I only see it in my world. I think I live in two worlds. One of reality, and one of emptiness with a sliver of hope.I write this to you in neither.I am at the ocean, but a lonely, gray one where the only dash of color is the blue of the ocean. the same blue as the sapphires on the necklace. The one where this whole mess started.I don't know how I get here, or how I leave, but when I do leave I always end up sitting by the fountain in the mall with my head turned toward the necklace.There is a police car that patrols the mall. Especially the fountain.The blue stripe on it is the same blue as the feather in my hair I got it from the store across from the fountain, the same blue as the ocean in my half-world,yes,that's what I'll call it, my half-world, and the same blue as the necklace.There someone walking up to me.You'll need this was all he said. It was wrapped in blue paper.The same blue as my feather,the police car stripe,the ocean, and the necklace. I decided to open it. It was a camera. I started to wonder why me, of all people would need a camera. Then the thought struck me: Taking a picture if the mysterious figure! It seemed now that it was hidden in plain sight! Then I had an excellent idea. I wrote a ten and a half foot long article about the truth. I just realized I never told you the truth about the necklace.It's from a unknown corner of coastal Georgia I call Sapphiria. It's also the beach I travel to to write. The necklace was literally formed out of the ocean. The silver is the sea foam and the    jewels are the water. The day I discovered Sapphiria I was walking along the shore when a wave came up. After it washed back, there was the necklace. Formed by the sea itself. I took it to Atlanta and put it on the fountain. It's been there ever since. So I really have three worlds. No one believed my article. I truly am alone. 

                                     EPILOGUE

I got sealed into my half-world.It is my real world now.But I am fine. I have everything I need. When I want something, it appears next to me. The only things it won't give me are life forms and freedom from here. I don't need freedom from here, though.And about my loneliness, it's gone, because I figured out the thing I can see sometimes. I made it my pet. It's a dog.

Mission Cat By: Jo Crew

Fluffy the cat took deep breaths as the Limousine sped past all the other cars on it's way to New York with her owner Thomas. She was playing Talking Tom on her I-phone 5. She absolutely adored that cat. How he'd figured out how to talk like a human, she didn't know.  She looked up from the game feeling kind of sick. Finally, the car stopped at the New York city air station.  Lady Liberty towered over all the skyscrapers, looking a sickening green. Fluffy’s family started climbing up the stairs inside the green feminine gargantuan. She followed, and once they got up, she climbed on the hand, and spit up a hairball on the torch.

At that moment, the woman turned her head, scowling, and said something.

“Excuse me? Do you think you can just climb up on me and spit up on my torch?”

“Y-y-you can talk?”

“Of course I can talk! I’m meant to protect the city. Why do you think they built me? For fame?”

“Yes…”

“M-m no way. Now shoo! Before I give you a mission.  And trust me, I’ve been told I don’t give very nice missions.”

Fluffy didn’t move…

“Alright! You asked for it! Your quest is to stop the robbers from stealing all the money in the Empire State Building.”

She handed Fluffy an old paper.

“Here’s your instructions.”

              She turned her head forward again, and went still. Fluffy started off back towards her family. Ben was  looking inside Diane’s purse. Thomas’ family were millionaires, so Ben was always counting their money. Fluffy had an idea for her quest. She shoved Ben out of the way, and took a jar of 15 grand out of it. She then, ran back down the guardian of the city New York.

This mission is so simple, she thought. She looked at the old piece of paper, it said:

For this mission, you first need to find the CIA Cats International Agency. Then, you need 10 Grand in American money. And finally, you need to befriend the robbers.

Your friend,

Orrerus Cattus

              Fluffy took out her I-Phone 5, and looked up the Cats International Agency. She found that they lived right under the Statue of Liberty. She went back to it, and knocked 7 times, like her phone told her. A handsome black cat opened the door.

 “What do you want?” He asked very politely.

Fluffy stared at him lovingly still.

“Hello?”

Fluffy came back to her senses and smiled at him warmly.

“I’d like you to help me with a mission I was given by Lady Liberty.”

“Which mission was it?”

“I have to stop the robbers from stealing from the Empire State Building.”

He smiled back warmly.

“I’ll gladly help you with it, along with my companions; Fred, Joe, Sam, and Teresa.”

              When he said each of their names, they came out on queue; Fred was a red, extremely fluffy cat with two huge fangs like human two front teeth, Joe was a strangely dark blue cat with intelligent red eyes, Sam was an almost hairless cat that had huge blue bug eyes, and Teresa was a pretty smooth orange and black striped cat with super green eyes.

              So then they set off to the robbers’ hideout. Fluffy was dressed with a black mask and shirt on. She had her Portal escape gadget, her gun, her Taser, and her grapple gun. She made friends with the raccoons, who were the robbers, and set off to the Empire State Building.

When those raccoons got there, they were not ready for what happened. Fluffy stopped them in a police disguise, and offered them 5 grand. They refused, and went on their way to rob the biggest building in America. When they were halfway there, she offered them 7 grand, and again, they refused. Finally they got there. Fluffy was disguised in her robber costume again, and claimed that she’d found 10 grand in the building. They didn’t think that was all, so she tore off her disguise, and her companions jumped down from the ceiling and pointing their weapons at them. The robbers surrendered and were arrested for attempted thievery.

The End

                                                                            THE CASE OF THE LOST TORCH
                                                                                          By Arse Nick
                                                                                                       
Narrator: It was a dark night it wasn't stormy every night that is dark in a mystery isn't stormy. I had just gotten home from work to call my wife from my iPhone 5™ but there wasn't any reception, but then I had found reception.  So I had called her and she said that I should turn on the news so I did.

News Anchor: "Tonight on channel 277 news at 8.  Lady Liberty's torch has been stolen we take you over to our field correspondent Tom for more details", "Tom".

Tom:  "Thanks News Anchor sorry we never gave you a real name we're here we're recorded this isn't live folks isn't that exciting that we can cut anything out from this story I mean that's what you get for watching channel 277", "anyways all I can tell you is that there was a jar of 100 dollar bills we don't have that much evidence because were only channel 277 why don't you watch channel 6 or something for details back to you, News Anchor".

News Anchor: "Thanks Tom and guys watch something else not channel 277 okay"


Narrator: Okay I see wife oh and neither you nor I have a name it's just wife and Narrator.  So I had to decide what to do even though I don't need to do anything I didn't steal it so I put it to a lot of thought and decided something you never would think of.  I called the police, so I called them and they asked where I heard that from and I said channel 277.  So they said that I should turn the field correspondent in and I was wondering why and I came to the thrilling conclusion that it's because he did it and I figured out why.  So he had decided that he wasn't rich enough even though he had a limo and a jar of 100 dollar bills so he went to the statue of liberty and stole the torch. Now I don't know how he got it from her hands.

Narrator: So he went to jail and what might you ask happened to that news channel well I got a letter from them asking me if I want to work there and I said no I because the suck as a news channel so they gave it to a cat name Catherine do you get it, neither do I.  So that is the time that the statue of liberty's torch was stolen.  Okay class, hey why do I hear snoring, whatever?

By Ripley Lucier

I look up at the Statue of Liberty, clutching the old letter that I found in the time capsule.

“Meet me at the Statue of Liberty. 3 AM July 7th, 2013.”

I look around for someone who looks lost, but there's nobody in sight. “Maybe this is all a joke.” I say to myself.

“Are you Emma?” a voice calls behind me.

“Yeah. Are you the, uh, time travel guy?”

“Something of the sort.” he laughed.

“Who are you?”

“Your husband.” I couldn't believe him.

“You are not. You're crazy!”

“I have proof.” He pulls out what seems to be an iPhone, but it looks more advanced. He shows me a picture of what seems to be an older version of me wearing a wedding dress. He looks the same, his arms wrapped around me, looking down in my eyes. “This is from 2028.”

I'm speechless. How is this possible? I start breathing hard and stuttering. “How- bu- wh- no! How did- oh my- bu- Why are you here now?”

“I'm here asking you to save me. Listen to me.” He grabbed my arms and made eye contact. It was very clear to me that this was important, and he wasn't lying. “Go home, pack your bags. Take all of you money out of your money jar. Leave your parents and never come back. Don't talk to them ever again.” he was very serious and no longer looked happy.

“Wh- why?” I asked, half crying. How could he possibly ask me for such a thing? This is unbelievable.

“This will save both of our lives. Listen. The day after our wedding, your father plans to shoot and kill us both. Do you understand? You have to follow my instructions if you want to live to be older than 30.” He said very firmly, I didn't want to believe him, but he had evidence.

I walked home that night and saw a black limousine go by, imagining my loved ones riding to my funeral in a limo, not knowing the truth about my father, telling him they're terribly sorry and that they hope the police find the killer.

I go home and do as the man told me. I pack my bags and leave out the window, telling my gray cat, Fluffy goodbye as I went. I walked all night, not knowing where to go, but always knowing that my love will find me.

The Tricky Bird

One beautiful spring day there was a silky Golden Retriever that was out in its back yard just frolicking around. There was a beautiful Blue Jay in a tree that got startled by the sight of the golden Retriever!
It scarcely flew away, like a speeding bolt of light. The dog quickly followed the Jay, running across the yard through bushes, and over the fence!

The bird then led the dog across the street, through an alley, and into a mall!! The dog startled everyone in the mall, as he rushed by to get to the Blue Jay. The Jay then flew into a very fancy, high-class jewelry store. The Jay landed on a sparkly and stunning Blue Sapphire necklace; the dog came into the store sniffing around crazily for the Blue Jay. The dog sniffed to and from. He sniffed every inch in the store except.. the counter, he threw his fluffy big paws, which were muddy, on the counter and saw the Jay siting there on the necklace, like an undercover cop hiding.

Just when the dog snapped at the Jay, he made a loud, screeching, "Chiiirrrrppp!" and flew away! When the Jay flew away, there was a feather that landed on the Blue Sapphire necklace. The dog opened his jaws as wide as he could and bit the feather, not knowing he got the necklace too; then he ran out of the store and right out of the mall just as someone snapped a picture of the scene!

The guy who took the picture called Mall Security and the Police telling them everything that had just happened. The Police confiscated the camera with the picture as evidence. Luckily, in the picture they saw the dogs collar, and was able to see his license number so they can locate him.

Later on that day, the Police called the owner explaining everything that happened and set a meeting to meet at the family's house the next day.  That next day the Police showed up at the owners house. The family welcomed them inside and asked them to have a seat.  Everyone was talking for a few minutes, until everything went dead silence... The Police then asked if they could have the necklace back. The owners gladly gave the bent, chewed up, grassy covered, necklace that was missing a few diamonds back. The police kindly told them that they had to pay for the damages, and the owners accepted the request. The family learned to take better care and watch their dogie much more closely.
THE END
Jeanine Smith