Violet (VO) The weather degrees is 56 degrees. It's cold. But nothing like tension drama will ease the coldness.

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THE ROSEBUD / HARPER - BENTON APARTMENT

The next day, Jonny and I moved into our new apartment together and he put both our names on the apartment lease.

"So, what do you think?" Jonny asked me.

"It's not much, but I love it." I told him with a small smile.

"We should've done this long ago, Vinny, but things came up." Jonny said to me.

"Let's not talk about regrets. We're here together. We have an apartment together. We can take turns with groceries." I said.

"Yeah, totally." Jonny said and gently holds me close to him. "We can do this."

"Sure we can." I said to him.

"J and V all the way." Jonny said to me.

"J and V all the way." I repeated.

Jonny and I exchange small smiles at each other and we kiss.

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TAVERN BODGE DIVE BAR AND LOUNGE CLUBHOUSE

Later that day, after Jonny left for work at the auto-shop, I'm sitting at the arcade, playing a video game.

My high score so far is 58. I've been playing for a while now.

Pinkie saunders up next to me. "Hey, Purple Riding Hood."

"Hey, Pinkie." I greeted her with a glance. "How are you?"

"I'm good." Pinkie replied and looks at the arcade screen. "You're good at these video games, aren't you?"

"I love playing video games." I said to her.

"The gossip among The Cobras is that you've rejoined. What made you?" Pinkie asked.

"I was a member of The Cobras back in high school. And now, that high school isn't holding me back anymore, I can do something else with my life. I'm already a Special Agent, so, I can do something else." I said.

"You're kicking ass and also being a badass Cobra. Nice." Pinkie said.

"Yep." I said. And finishes the video game on the arcade. "Alright, I'm finished."

Pinkie and I exchange looks at each other.

"How about a drink?" Pinkie suggested.

"Sure." I said.

            Shortly after, Pinkie and I are sitting at a round lounge table with our bottles of drinks of sparkling hard cider.

"Have you guys gotten a Moth King VHS tape?" I asked.

"Yeah, we have. Boni has it in the lounge room." Pinkie told me.

"Can I see it? It's for Special Agent business?" I asked.

"Sure." Pinkie said.

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In the lounge room, Boni, Pinkie and I are watching a Moth King VHS tape on the TV.

On the TV screen, it's night and there's a bonfire. The Moth King slowly glides out from the darkness and spreads its wings.

I AM THE MOTH KING. FEAR MY NAME! Is in the middle of the TV screen and then, it statics off and the VHS tape stops itself and ejects itself from the VCR.

"Is someone trying to scare us with this Moth King crap?" Boni asked.

"Definitely." I said, sitting atop of the desk. "Craig, Maggie, Christine and I are working on it at the Special Agents Ops."

My phone buzzes in my pants pocket. I take my phone as I slowly walks over to the doorway and gently leans on the door frame.

I look at my phone.

Craig

I answer my phone. "Hey, Craig. Do you have something?"

"I do, but it's not good. I found a bonfire in the Woodland Woods." Craig told me on the phone.

"I'm on my way." I said, hanging up my phone.

"Everything's okay, Violet?" Pinkie asked.

"Yep, I have to go." I said and walks away.

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WOODLAND WOODS

That late afternoon, Craig, Maggie Christine and I slowly walks into the woods and finds a put-out bonfire with granite rocks in a circle.

"What the hell?" Christine said. "Seems like someone's been here."

Suddenly, I sense an uneasy vibe.

"Duck down?!" I exclaimed.

And the four of us quickly ducks behind some stones as a Molotov reignites the burnt out bonfire.

Craig, Maggie, Christine and I slowly gets back up to our feet, covered in dirt smudge.

"You guys?" I asked.

"Yeah, we're fine." Christine reassured me. "Thanks for the heads up."

"You're welcome." I said.

And then, the Moth King glides up to the bonfire.

Christine Avery points her pistol at the Moth King. "Take off your mask. Slowly."

The Moth King slowly unmasked itself. And Craig, Maggie, Christine and I are shocked to see who it is.

It's the notorious diabolical psychopathic. The Redheaded Eleanor Reese herself.

"No." A shocked Christine Avery said.

"Yeah." Eleanor Reese said. "Hi, Twinsie Sis." And she looks at me. "Hi, Little Brat. "How I've missed you, Violet." She added with a malicious grin.

"You were dead. I saw your dead body. We all did." I said and my shocked expression turns into a serious one.

"So am I alive again?" Eleanor Reese asked, nonchalantly. "The wizard, Cody Asher, resurrected me and performed a little on me. I'm immortal."

"So, the Moth King was your idea?" Craig said. "The Moth King VHS tapes."

"It was." Eleanor Reese said. "And gosh, I was laughing when I scared the hell out of Cherry in the auditorium."

"Why?" Maggie asked.

"You guys are Special Agents, aren't you? So, I given you an investigation case; The Moth King." Eleanor Reese told us.

"So, Jonny's pickup truck accident, the Scary Bunny henchmen break-in at Mayor Amanda's house, that was your idea too?" I said.

"Jonny's pickup truck accident, that was Gabe's idea, but I was one that gave him the idea." Eleanor Reese told me. "And as for my Scary Bunny henchmen at Mayor Amanda's house, I sent my Scary Bunny to scare her into resignation. But that didn't work because you four Agent idiots. So, I strategized another plan."

"You threatened to hurt Jessy if Amanda Tanner didn't resign her status as Mayor of Arrington." Christine said.

"And it worked too." Eleanor Reese said with a malicious grin.

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JEN'S DINER

That evening, Craig, Maggie, Christine Avery and I are sitting in a booth across from each other.

"We thought Eleanor Reese was dead, but she sat back in the shadows of darkness and masterminded." I said.

"And now, that she's immortal, she can be stopped." Maggie said.

"What the hell are we gonna do?" Craig asked.

"If Eleanor Reese becomes Mayor of Arrington, we're doomed." Christine Avery said.

"Eleanor doesn't care about the Mayor position, she's gonna use it so, that we can't hurt her." I said.

Craig, Maggie, Christine and I exchange worried looks at each other.

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