"Tod breakfast." Tod grogilly awoke to the sound of his mothers morning bellow. With limbs like lead he turned his head to his alarm clock. Eight o clock. "Tod if you dont hurry diwn this instant I will feed your breakfast to the dog!" came his mother again,sounding noteably less cheary. "I'll be right down." Tod called back. On his way to the kitchen Tod caught a glimpse of the news on television. "Our still developing storry today," the news caster was saying,"officials are worried about the string of break ins which have been increasing drastically over the past few days. More on this story tonight." This citys never seen a crime spree like this before, thought tod, I wonder who could be behind it? Tod was the sun of a best selling mystery wrighter and police detective and had a natural curiosity for such things. He was still reflecting upon the matter when he entered the kitchen. "Good morning sunshine, sleep well? I made french toast your favourite." Tod mumbled out a half awake "huh?" his mom placed his breakfeast befite him saying "Guess that answers that. Whats on your mind?" Tod looked curiously at her. " How dud you know I was thinking about something?" he asked curiously. "Well when you start thinking you kinda scrunch your eyes and draw your lip into a a thin line, and dont think I havent noticed." suddenly his father enterd the kitchen. He startled todd and made him jump as he was a good six feet, heavy built, and worse still hadnt had his coffee. "Well good morning to you to." he said. "morning hun coffees in the pot breakfast is on the counter. I have to go big case bye." his mom walked out the front door and said guess its just you and me sport."
after his dad dropped him off at school Tod heard someone call his name and turned to see a giant walking toward him. Tod smiled and yelled back "hey Jack!" Jack was Tods best friend and the tallest guy (next to his father tod knew. Jack was also built like a fridge which made him perfect for a running back on the school football team. " Hey have you heard about these recent break ins?" Asked Tod. "Ya its all over the news why.......oh no!" replied Jack. Todd asked Jack puzzeled. "What?" "Youve got that look in your eye that says "we should check it out" but I am not going through that again." " Oh come on, being arrestrd wasn't that bad." " Whatever the answers still no."
"I cant bielieve you talked me into this!" Jack and todd were in todd's garage listening to a police scanner his dad owned. Todd checked his watch. Ten fifty and still just the usual. Nothing about a break in anywhere in the city. "I guess we call it a night for now but I expect you to be here." Todd said to jack. "Ya I know, I know."
Four days later the same results. Todd was worried about this. Not about the scilence. Not about the city but about his friend. He was going it alone tonight. He had raised the idea when he had noticed. Ever since the investsgaton of the two of them had begun the silence had set in. It was baffling media abd the police. It gave him a sence of pride to know that he was ine step ahead of them. All he needed was ine last piece to prove his friend guilty or innocent and as he listend to scanner suddenly it presented itself. A break in two blocks away. Todd was instantly on his way. He arrived even before,the police and upon seeing a broken window took the chance and dove through. " End of the line he yelled." But there was no obe there. As todd puzzeld over this a click came frim behind him. He spun on a dime abd came face to face with a man in a mask and a glock .18. Todd swallowed hard. Instinctivly he yelled" Jack!" And there wss jack body checking the mask into a glass cabinet. It screamed as shards embeded themselves in its back. The gun whent off three times but jack didn't let up. He ripped off the mask and began punching the face beneath till blood and teeth began to fly. Todd was in a daze. He didn't know what to tgibk. Suddenly he heard jack yelling "TODD!" and as todd came to he saw the robber fighting back now overpowering jack. Running on instinct Todd peeled off straight for the man hitting him with a flying tackle. It was then when the police enterd. Todd was dragged off the man and once it was establisged he was a good guy let go. But as todd turned to thank jack he was horriffied. A pake and bloody jack was loaded onti a stretcher right before his eyes with two bullet wounds. " JACK" he yelled jack im so sorry I ever thought it was you. I got to cocky abd ran in without thinking. Its all my fault." Jack looked at totodd and replied " Youre right but the parsmedics say ill live so if you promise ti never do anything thar will get either of us killed im willing to forget about it. Deal?" " Deal." said todd.
