Episode 5
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Watson calling – on duty, as always.
You’ll be wondering what I’ve been doing recently. I’ve been keeping out of the way, staying in the background, following the trail quietly. Keeping my nose clean, that’s what. A clean nose smells better, as my Mum always says.
There’ve been all sorts of whiffs to be picked up tiptoeing around Grazp Pharmaceuticals. Curiosity may kill the cat, but this dog’s job is to be curious. And things certainly are curious around here. I’ve never smelt an office with so many security guards (and don’t they stink?! Anyone’d think they spend their days racing down corridors). They must be hiding something. I smell a rat…
Woofing of which – what about Otto Dafé? I’ve been barking up the wrong tree there. Not only is he a member of Invisible Inc. (I know they’re a secret society, but that was quite some secret!), but he’s Lyn’s brother. I guess that makes him my new best friend. (We dogs have plenty of best friends.) I wonder if he’ll let me borrow his mask? I’m sure I could learn some new tricks if I looked the part.
Lyn certainly has some tricks up her sleeve. Who’d have thought that a mild-mannered bookseller would come crashing through the window? And, where did she get that helicopter?! It wouldn’t fit up her sleeve – unlike Aileen’s torch (just as well she knows Morse code!)
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I don’t like being apart from Aileen – I miss the tummy-tickles, and it’s ages since someone threw a stick for me – but I’m still working for her. She’s been hearing about the Ikhata from Professor Remi, but I’ve dug out all the information. That’s what I do. I track things down. I sniff them out. I follow my nose. I’m top dog when it comes to trailing. And, this time my nose has led me to something…
The Ikhata! I can smell fish AND rat. I’m in an all-four-paws situation, and that’s not good. Made from a meteorite, containing beryllium and potassium (like Beryl Potts!) and the key to rejuvenation. That can’t be natural. It’s an alien rat-fish object and I don’t like it. No no no narf! Another thing my Mum always says is, “Watson, get out of bed!”. Well, I think she was wrong there. Sometimes sleeping dogs, strange lizardy things, and the secret of eternal youth should be left to lie.
But, when it comes to sleeping on the job – what’s Kyle been doing? Not much, it seems. A real sleeping policeman, him. Nowhere to be seen when it comes to abseiling down buildings. Maybe he’s slipped into the Bricklayer’s Arms for a drink? He’s not going to impress Aileen like that. Ha!
What’s next? I suppose we might need Kyle and his buddies in blue to clean things up. There’s a villain to be arrested – if only we can work out what she’s really up to.
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