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=The New York Oil Mystery= =By Samira Razek= ="i never would have thought that the criminal who is stealing oil from underground would be in the hands of our institute!" said Bronard. "And it's not looking too good for you new guy!" he said laughing. Vince responds with a smile. Vince is our newest investigator here in New York's Crime Solving Institution.=

=Today, i am going down into the sewers to investigate the oil thief case along with bronard. I am lucky to have him going with me, he has never let me down once yet! Later I investigate a cup of coffee, return home, and quickly doze off. In the morning i try to memorize the feeling of being above ground, the sun at my back as I ready myself and cautiously climb down the sewer ladder. Of course with Gary Bronard right next to me.=

=﻿The wretched smell of the sewer makes me quiver, but I pull myself together and swiftly move forward until we reach two different tunnels. "Maybe we should split. I will take the left," I said.= ="No, I think the right looks....uh, safer. I will take the left."= ="Alright, if you say so," I agree puzzled. That was strange. Gary seems different today, but I have trusted him with my life before so I geuss it does not matter.= =All thoughts of Gary being the culprit vanish when I am encaged in a weaved contraption and see Vince ahead of me. Not only does he already radiate two feet above my head but he also holds a knife! He continues to approach me, speechless for a moment, I find myself and then say, " Vince, put the weapon down, you don't know what you are doing!"= =All he does is move his finger over his lips until Bronard darts throuhg the door and knocks Vince unconcious with the hilt of his gun. I just sit there trying to put things together when I am released from the trap and spring off the cold, damp sewer floor.= ="Thanks so much Gary, I owe you one!" I said relieved.= =﻿"You just don't get it do you?" I stare at him puzzled and helpless with my gun lying half way across the floor from me. "I am the one you want! I framed innocent Vince!"= =﻿" Why? I trusted you!"= =﻿"Because, I want to get out of this stupid place! I have been trapped in this town due to money problems, but now, once I sell all this Oil, I can finally pay off my debts and move out of New York!"=

=﻿I reach for the pepper spray in my back pocket but am caught by his huge hands disarming me,and knocking me out just the way he did to Vincent. The last thing I see is the floor of the sewers.....=

=﻿I wake up in the hospital and just sit there until Vince walks over with a file in his hands. "Hey, Vince what happened?" still puzzled with a throbbing head I watch Vince sit next to me on a chair.=

=﻿" Don't worry, after you blacked out I used your gun to convince Bronard to step down. Then I just called the agency and they took care of him. He will be arriving in jail anytime now."=

=﻿"Sorry I suspected you."= =﻿" Oh I don't want to take all the credit for it." Vince smiled at me one last time and left the recovery room. My heart skipped a beat, because now I know that this case was far from over.=