MISS MARIE'S LABORATORY
His face was distorted as if it was burnt a long time ago or an acid must have caused it to be like this. He had a few white hairs on his head, but only a few. He looked in everyone's eye one by one and gave a grin. "You should be ashamed of yourself old man! in your age, you must look after your grandchildren, and here you are destroying everyone's peace," said Spencer looking at the ugly old man, who gave a grin to Spencer. "He cannot speak, but he hears everything," said Miss Marie. "How about that officer Marie?" asked Warren, "He is alright, he must be normal after asleep," said Marie. "His hands are burnt, that's why they never left any fingerprints, right Marie?" said Spencer, "Right," Marie answered in a low voice. Warren bent towards the old man and gave him a piece of paper, "Write your name here," said Warren. The old man didn't show any action, "Do you know how to read and write?" asked Warren and the old man shook his head saying no. "He is of no use to us then!" said Warren in a loud voice and rose up, but the old man held his hand.
Raising his right arm he uncovered his sleeve and showed it to Warren. "What is this? a new riddle, written on his arm!" said Warren in a state of surprise, "What does it say?" asked Spencer.
'Your end might soon be met,
A slim man standing, dressed up in red,
He might shout, He might cry,
Yet you might give another try'
"What does it mean?" asked Spencer, "Well, let's see," said Warren, "Your end might be soon met, means death or danger, a slim man standing in red, red means danger, and a slim man, who is dressed in red? He might shout, he might cry, which means this man will try to convey to us of the danger, and this man is slim, what is red, slim and tells us about the danger? a warning sign. Yet you might give it another try, he is challenging me. So this riddle basically means, 'A Warning' for me, and the warning is, 'your end might soon be met'" said Warren. Spencer stood dumbstruck on seeing how Warren unravels the entire riddle in a few seconds. The old man smiled, and Warren grabbed Spencer and Marie into a corner.
"He had this already written on his arm, which means they did this intentionally," said Warren, "So this was all their plan?" asked Marie, "Yes, I am damn sure," said Warren looking at the old man, "Let's just set him free and see what he does, it's 9 right now, soon the commotion will start, so we can follow him," said Warren. Getting back to the staff, Warren ordered the policemen to set this old man free. The man grinned and gathered the strength to stand up. "Go, go away," said Warren to the old.
A BRIDGE IN NEW YORK
The policemen, Warren, and Spencer followed the old man along his path from a distance. They expected that the old man might look back to check if he is being followed but he didn't. Walking a long distance they landed on a bridge with a river under it. The old man stood still for a while and gazed in the river. "What is he doing?" asked Spencer, then the old man looked up to the sky with tears in his eyes. "He is crying!" said Warren in surprise, then rubbing his eyes with his palms the old man to the team's sudden jolt, jumped into the river in no time. "What!" shouted Spencer, and the entire team started running. They could see big ripples in the river, in which the old man must have sunk and died. "He killed himself! why?" shouted Spencer. Warren couldn't speak a word for a few seconds like his mouth got paralyzed, "A Plan, it was all a plan! they don't care about their lives, these are already dead people," said Warren somehow gathering strength to speak.
The team stood there and chattered for a while when they saw people moving by and thus decided to walk away.
JJ WARREN'S OFFICE, A DAY LATER
Miss Marie, Spencer, and JJ Warren gather in the room. "So, I have a plan," said Warren, "But I would need Miss Marie for that," Spencer smiled hearing this, when he said, "Oh, really, why not me? I am still your best friend right James?" "You are my friend, but I want to pose as a couple, so for that, I would need a woman, and you, my friend are not one, and even if you were, I would have not gone for you," said Warren with a smile, and Miss Marie giggled, "But, what is on your mind Mr. Warren?" asked Marie. "It goes like this," said Warren and the three started imagining it as Warren spoke.
"Miss Marie will pose as my beautiful wife, and I will pose as her husband. They are aware of us, so we would need to disguise ourselves and then walk there. At 9 the commotion begins and people usually go and pile up various gifts for these masked men, so we would pose as a couple who has come there to offer a gift to the masked men. We would go there with a bundle of dollar bills and throw them away. This bundle will contain a special thread that would be a half-mile long and the other end will be connected to white ink. This thread needs to be delicate looking but strong, I personally have a Chinese friend who owes such a thread and would help us. As the truck would start the thread will go along and mark the path to where they go. I alone would go after them and do my investigation," said Warren.
"This might not be safe, I will go with you," said Spencer, "No! you will go back to your home, the more people, the more dangerous it will become, I alone will be able to sneak to the path to their place, I don't want you to be there," said Spencer.
Marie and Spencer somehow agreed to this plan. "Now let's wait for the night to arrive," said Warren ending with a smirk.
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