Criminal Case: Grimsborough

Chapter 34: Dead Man Running-Part 1

A week later, Jones and Marie along with Scott arrived at the Grimsborough University stadium for the football game. Jones looked at the poster with his orange and blue painted face and matching jersey and he said, "I'm so hyped for the Grimsborough Quails game!"

Scott also smiled and said, "Me too! Thanks for inviting me Inspector Jones! I love watching football as much as I love watching baseball!"

Marie giggled when she saw her brother and boyfriend interacting with each other and thought, I'm glad these two are getting along so well. Jones then bought Marie a cap that was orange and blue and placed it on her head and he winked at her and said, "A little souvenir for today." And Marie blushed and thanked him.

While they were walking to their seats, Scott looked at the two officers and asked, "By the way, did you ever figure out who sent that text to Riley Davies?"

Marie shook her head and said, "No we haven't we even asked Alex who sent him his text about me performing with the band and he has no clue."

Jones placed his arms behind his head and said, "I have a feeling that it was our hacker friend the @rtist. But we can't be too certain yet." And soon they reached their seats which had a great view of the field and soon it was game time.

During the game, the team's star quarterback Troy Takaguchi was playing wonderfully by scoring a few touchdowns, creating a few defensive strategies to get past the other team and praising his other teammates after they scored. During the second quarter of the game, Troy started to breathe heavily and he was clutching his chest. One of his teammates, Chad Baker, came up to him and asked,"Hey man, are you going to make it? Do you need to take your insulin?"

Troy shook his head and said, "I'll be fine, I took it before the game." And then the referee blew his whistle signaling the end of timeout and the game presumed.

In the announcer stand, the announcer was reporting that the Grimsborough Quails were facing the Wippeka Armadillos in the one of the toughest football games of the season. In the stands, Jones shouted out while munching on popcorn, "GO QUAILS!"

The announcer then reported that the game is particularly decisive cause the winning team will have a real shot at the end-of-season bowl. The crowd then cheered loudly when Troy took to the field again. With a first-down for the Quails, they started again, but then the announcer reported that Troy didn't pass the ball and he started to sprint towards the end zone. Scott then stood up and shouted, "Let's go Takaguchi! Get a touchdown for the team!" And Marie plugged her ears to block out the obnoxious shouting.

The whole stadium saw Troy running forty yards and then thirty and they saw him getting really close to the end zone. Getting nervous, Jones started to sweat and look down at the field while thinking, come on man! You can do it! Everyone in the stadium saw the Armadillos were all around the quarterback trying to catch him, but then everyone went hush when they saw Troy fall and he only five yards from the line. Jones then screamed in anger and threw his popcorn down which made Marie say, "I paid five bucks for that and you wasted it!"

Suddenly, everyone started to murmur and Scott looked at them and said, "Forget the popcorn guys, something else is wrong. Troy's not getting up!" And the two officers looked down to see that he was right and they watched as the referees were calling a timeout and the medics were rushing onto the field.

All three of them saw that the crowd was going wild and Jones and Marie, along with Scott, headed towards the field to make sure everything was all right. Moments later when they got to the field, Scott and Marie were waiting for Jones as he went to ask the refs and the medics what happened and they watched as the stadium was being cleared out. Soon, Jones came back and Marie asked, "Is everything okay? What happened?"