Subject:  DS:Smart Shadows 5
From:  Aesgaard
Date:  Thu May 16, 2002  3:04 pm

After leaving Collinwood, Hilton and Smart split up. She went to check something at the hall of records as he decided to trace the route from the estate to the Blue Whale and back again. Planning to meet back at the bar and grill, she had discovered that there were no bridges in Collinsport and no one named Bridges in the town in its entire existence. Realizing McGuire was not to be trusted, she wondered if he could have lied to Max. Waiting on the docks, she bundled up her overcoat to the cold ocean air wafting in and looked out over Frenchman's Bay. She heard someone coming out of the fog and mist.

"Max ?" She looked out. He wasn't Max. He was dressed in a large cloak over his Italian suit and carried a cane. It's head was shaped like that of their informant's wolf-handled cane. He stared longingly into her blue eyes with tortured, tormented eyes.

"Josette ?" He asked her. She couldn't look away or respond. His eyes were hypnotic, his presence unwavering. He looked strangely familiar as she tried to think, but all she could do was stare into his eyes. His tortured, longing eyes.........

"99 !" Maxwell Smart called. He raced up as she slightly swooned and turned to him. "Sorry I'm late, but this is one screwy little town. I got lost three times on the same street ! Are you okay ?"

"What ?" 99 caught her breath as she came out of her trance. She rubbed her neck and then rested her hand on her heart. "Oh, um, I was just daydreaming I guess. Did you find anything called Bridges ?"

"Nothing." Smart walked her to the Blue Whale. "The shortest possible path from Collinwood to here goes through Eagle Hill Cemetery and I'm not going in there. It's spooky enough during the day, but at night ? No way !"

"Max," Hilton stretched out his name when she insisted. "We have to find that microfilm before KAOS recovers it. What about the local police ?"

"I couldn't get them to listen to me." Smart lit up a cigarette. "They're too busy trying to catch some maniac who killed two girls. They think he's still in town."

"That's horrible !" Hilton responded with concerned worry. "Do you think the murders are connected to our case in some way ?"

"99," Smart put down his cigarette. "Our case is connected to the Collins. What are the odds that the murders are connected to them too !?"

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