Note from the Detective’s Files The name is Gummyshoes Jon Gummyshoes I know what you’re thinking funny name right Well that’s not what I’m here to talk about I’m here to tell you the facts The cold hard facts about the cases I come across day in and day out at Edwin West Elementary School The way I see it trouble seems to find me around every corner So I make it my business to clean it up I don’t need this game It needs me The case I’m about to share with you wasn’t my first and it certainly won’t be my last This investigation dealt with comic books second grade thugs and an old friend and partner who wasn’t as friendly as I thought So read on to see how comic books and crime can sometimes go together like a scoop of mint chocolate chip ice cream and a crunchy sweet cone 6
Chapter 1 In the Dark and at the Bottom Is this thing on I said into the machine Okay hello Check one two I think the red light means it’s on Okay my name is Jon Gummyshoes My mother is Joan Gummyshoes and my dog is Little Ricky I am talking into a Hammond Pro tape recorder My best pal Larry MacGuffin lent it to me MacGuffin and I solved one of the biggest cases of my career just last week We foiled a 8
plot involving the school’s most popular kid and a video game scam The popular kid Donny Holiday happened to be the twin brother of a dame that I once had feelings for Amber Holiday She hasn’t talked to me since I put her brother away I don’t blame her for it really I have a feeling that’s why I’m here I am accustomed to using my notebook But it is pitch black in here and I couldn’t write if my life depended on it The red light of the recorder is helping me see what’s around So I’ll describe the details of the strange case Hopefully talking through everything will help me figure out where I am After I was dumped in here I tore off the bandana that covered my eyes I looked around slowly with a little help from the recorder’s light I can’t see a ceiling so I’ll assume I am at the bottom of a very tall tower To my left is what appears to be a really thick pole with a guardrail around it that reaches up toward the ceiling 9
