We can see Maritza and Trinity on the grounds of the Enigma's factory. But they're in a serious situations as they see Ms. Riddle tearing through the grounds on the property, on the prowl for any intruders. When she removes some boxes stacked up in a dark part of the room, they eded up toppling on top of her.
Ms. Riddle: "I'm not going to be mocked."
An angry Ms. Riddle bashed up the boxes and materials off of her then rams her way through one of the doors, still determined to continue her prowl.
Ms. Riddle: "You can't even do the basic tasks of covering up your tracks."
And to make things more dangerous, Mazel, the Enigma's small sidekick was tagging behind Ms. Riddle and making sure she didn't ruin the factory with her destructive fits.
Mazel: "Control yourself! We don't want to make a bigger mess around here."
The girls however were still trying to find their evince in the factory, but with their enemy on alert and the cameras monitoring several rooms, their investigation was looking pretty messy.
Maritza: "Dang I could use that good fortune now!"
Trinity: "You sure it steams from just that?"
Maritza: "Shoot, she's coming back!"
Ms. Riddle: "No fun allowed."
As the girls were doing there best they can on evading the enemy we are taken to the bakery were we see Macy lurking around outside since her aunt had asked her to take to take out some trash. as she was about to head inside, she sees the Enigma climbing up one of the houses, catching Ravens, and perching around like some kind of animal. The masked man then crawls on the streets, attacking raccoons, and cats! The guy was on a field day bagging up as many animals as he could for some apparent reason. As the Enigma was about to assault a sleeping dog in Mr. Morrison's property, he violently twists his head directly at Macy, scaring her.
Macy: "Eep!"
The girl dashes inside the bakery, leaving the Enigma still poised. Now, the Enigma would most likely head over to the bakery, electrocute the power grid, break into the property, electrocute the inhabitants, and make sure the town would never see them again. However, the guy wasn't in the mood to do so. He was just on all fours, looking unperturbed after getting spotted.
Enigma: "Hmmm. Not an issue, I still have bigger things to do."
Macy, who was looking very squeamish from the encounter, panting and sweating crazily.
Macy's POV: "What was this guy even doing with those animals. better yet, why was he even behaving like an animal?"
Gerda: "Hey Macy, make sure you don't trail any mud inside the bakery, I just had the floors mopped- What's going on out there?"
The Enigma was still on his outdoor tirade, not caring how loud he was.
Gerda: "It's that time of year again! "Must be those wild animals feasting. Something's got to be done about those critters."
Macy: "Yep, something indeed."
Back at the factory, Trinity and Maritza finally made some progress in their search for evidence. The two had found a locked up room which archives. There was a chance that the stolen documents from the town hall were being kept in this room so the two wasted no time.
Maritza: "Oh shoot! There's a password lock."
Trinity: "Hold on. Let me try something."
Trinity types in the special code 296470 onto the system. Surprisingly it worked.
Maritza: "Am I glad you came along."
Trinity: "Don't thank me yet."
Ms. Riddle was still a threat to the girls and she was keeping things tense. She searches each area, making sure that there was no intruder in sight.
Ms. Riddle: "Negative activity in this sector. I had better resume my previous task. Temporarily."
As Ms. Riddle returns to the first floor, she still keeps an eye out for any shady activity. She still wasn't going to be swayed easily by the silence.
Maritza: "It's a good thing Nicky shared some pointers on lock picking. Even the methods Aaron showed him in the past. If I ever had the chance to see Aaron again, I'll Make sure to treat him and Mya right this time."
Trinity: "Same thing goes for me."
the two began to ransack the room for any interesting proof to however, the two were in for some disappointment.
Maritza: "Ain't no way, ain't no way."
Trinity: "L-let's keep searching. There's no way it's all come to this."
The two keep scouring the room for anything interesting but they were mostly fining useless materials around.
Maritza: "I'm not liking this Trin. I'm not liking this!"
At the town, Macy and Jodi were watching over the bakery as Gerda heads off to the town hall. Apparently, there was a special catering order that needed to be down by order of the mayor.
Jodi: "Hey Mace, look, I know we're not supposed to open the first box of cookies together, so hurry up!"
Macy: "In a moment Jodi. I'm just sorting out some stuff."
Jodi: "Oh, hey Finch. What's the news?"
Finch: "Well, a lot is going on over here. People are cussing out on each other, debating as if their lives depended on it, and even some of the classmates are chiming in the whole conversation. I had to get outside and share with you the info since I didn't want to spark up any issues in there and get mangled by the mob. "
Jodi: "So, who's recording the whole event?"
Finch: "My pal Ivan is playing camera man right now."
Just then Quentin appears and gets off his bike while panting.
Finch: "Hey Quentin. What's with the bike?"
The man sets aside his bike, then takes off his helmet, and enters the building.
Quentin: "I had to take that jalopy to the shop ever since it's been creating problems for the town."
Finch: "You know, the Banner really needs to do something about that busted up junk pile."
Gerda: "I second that opinion."
Quentin: "I thought you weren't going to come here."
Gerda: "I didn't, however ole Marvin wants me to play caterer for this event."
Finch: "I thought the Enigma was the town's caterer?"
Gerda: "Apparently, the guy was unavailable. Something about tending to some serious environmental issues and apart from that Marvin isn't a fan of his services anymore after that lecture at the Golden Apple grounds."
Finch: "pretty crazy how the guy had the balls to bash that guy in front of those people. Hopefully he comes to this meeting and pulls that stunt again."
From a distance, the Enigma was observing the whole scene as he chuckle to himself.
Enigma's POV: "Oh your wish is about to come true."
As the three enter into the building, they were just in time for an intermission. From the way how things looked, this whole meeting was going to last for quite sometime, most likely till the crack of dawn.
Joy: "Couldn't agree more! She's so annoying."
Lu: "But poor Aria, beating herself up like that. I feel bad for her."
Joy: "Same!!! And she's so hard on herself for the mistakes she has made."
Irma: "The girl's got enough stress to deal with but for some of the folks to be this spiteful, literally insane."
Lund: "We honestly are animals when it comes to these debates."
Lu: "Mrs. Deluca is not really dumb like people think she is. Yeah she has some mistakes at times but at the end she always seems to lock in. I also think that people doubting her is why she makes wrong decisions at times."
Joy: "And that just brings up the previous event. I mean she isn't a weather reporter and yet I find it crazy how they're shifting the topic off course."
Lu: "You know, it was strange how that whole Fourth of July party had that abrupt thunderstorm, spoiling everything."
Joy: "It's funny but the rain felt weird, more like tasted weird. Like there was too much salt added to it."
Miguel: "Interesting."
Jay: "I must say, the fact that you've resorted on using a bike to get here is a crazy surprise."
Quentin: "So then I was like, "Ok, I'll try to swerve the bike to some dirty ground. That could slow these bikes down." Saved me a lot of trouble."
Miguel: "As soon as I have the funds in order, I might as well have something done about that vehicle. Don't need that many close call with that jalopy."
Back at the factory, Ms. Riddle and Mazel had given up on casing after their supposed intruders and were on the grind with their contraptions in the lower level of the factory. However Trinity and Maritza didn't have much going on in the secured rooms since there were mostly receipts for machinery and factory supplies.
Maritza: All that hassle for nothing!"
Maritza throws back the piles of papers she'd collected while Trinity was pondering and tries to cast aside the frustration. However she then comes up with a suggestion that gets Maritza questioning things.
Trinity: "Maybe we can spy on mazel and Ms. Riddle, I'm sure those two may know something bigger than we may know."
Hearing that made Maritza's heart dropped. Usually it would be her that would be the reckless one in her friend group, but this suggestion has her scarred stiff.
Maritza: "Now wait a minute. We just spent most of our time keeping away from those two, now you want us to go back to the lion's den?"
Trinity: "Mari, we don't know when the owner of this place is going to return and we literally don't have much access to the other portions of this factory. Those two may spill the beans if we catch them in the act.
Maritza thinks deeply about this, but she then gets interrupted when the machine in the factory's lower level gets started. Not wanting to waste anytime, Maritza agrees to Trinity's plan and the two sneaked their way to the first floor. Of course they had to be careful not to alert one of the two enemies and had to keep an eye out for any unpredictable actions.
Mazel: "You certain about the progress."
Ms. Riddle: "Mr. Ingram is already getting his delivery. Once this is completed, the next quarter shall be set in motion."
Mazel: "Nice to see your head in the game."
Ms. Riddle: "It already was. Small amount of clutter yes, but I have better things to keep in mind."
Mazel: "Well when you're done, you need to clean up the mess you made on your hunt back then."
The young woman then aggressively knocks down a stack of boxes and grunts.
Mazel: "I just wish the process with move along faster!"
Ms. Riddle: "The boss told us that there are moving parts to this plan."
Mazel: "Moving parts and then what? Seriously, after tonight I'm going to take some extreme measures. Do whatever I can to bring in some progress around here."
Ms. Riddle: "You know that is highly prohibited."
Mazel: "Goes to show how much you know. There are going to be some big changes as time goes on."
Ms. Riddle lifts up the bashed boxes then toss them into the machines.
Trinity: "I honestly hope their boss doesn't arrive abruptly. It's bad enough dealing with those two. Having him in the mix wouldn't make things any better."
Maritza: "Oh he'll most definitely be back. With an assistant with a build like that, it's understandable why this guy spends most of his time indoors."
Trinity: "Are you even hearing yourself right now?"
Mazel: "I need to hook my instruments up with some of that catalyst right NOW! If I want to bring destruction upon Raven Brooks, I might as well get myself all the firepower I need."
Maritza: "Drama queen."
Trinity: "Ditto."
As the two began to change hiding spots, Maritza finds a picture of Beatrix a bit younger right on top of the one of the boxes.
Maritza: "What is this even doing here?"
As Maritza was pondering on this, m\Mazel goes off to another part of the room.
Mazel: "Nah, that singular second was like an eternity too long for him."
Maritza: "Shoot!"
Maritza was almost spotted by Mazel when she when one of the computers alerts her and Ms. Riddle. As the two tend to the computer, Ms. Riddle starts to get aggravated and throws a tool box across the room as Mazel cusses. Ms. Riddle then picks up a phone and begins to argue with one of the callers. While Maritza heads off to another hiding spot, she finds another key card behind Beatrix's picture then spots an important room at the corner of the machine room.
Trinity (aggravated whisper): "Mari, what are you doing!"
Maritza points over at the other room, while trying to evade the Enigma's employees sights. As she heads over to the other side, Trinity stays behind recording the conversation.
Trinity: "That girls literally needs to explain her plans beforehand."
As Trinity focus back on the scene, she gets concerned on how aggressive Ms. Riddle was getting during the call.
Ms. Riddle (in an aggressive tone): "I'm beginning to lose my patience Ms. Hurly. Go and look for what you are missing and leave these premises now!"
Trinity made sure to record the scene, making sure she had some form of evidence in the near future. From what was going on in the call, there were discussions of contraband, shady deals were discussed, and what would be done with Earth Pro. Once the call was over ms. Riddle proceeds to pick up a radio and calls in her boss. Mazel however was looking a bit uneasy as the next discussion happens.
Ms. Riddle: "Now how exactly are we going to handle the other bits?"
Enigma: "How many times must I repeat this to you. I don't have all the answers for you to know. I'm not a computer! You however should brush things off. It's not a complicated issue."
Ms. Riddle: "Understood."
We see the Enigma right at the abandoned weather station, going on a crazy raid.
Enigma: "Today I will raise some tension for this town!"
Enigma: "This time I'll put this station to better use than what its previous owners did."
At the Town Hall meeting, things were getting counterproductive in the building. On one side, there were folks demanding for action, another group actively going off topic with the debate, making the first group even more aggravated than before. Then there was the mayor's group trying to deescalate meeting only their efforts were doing very little, as for the rest of the people, they were either sitting back getting entertained by the heated debate and others wanting to get in their piece. But this debate was actually going to get even more interesting than any of the others since the people who were trying tossup out on the meeting were getting roped right in and how that happened went like this. There were folks trying to sleep out the night only to hear the commotion going on in the town hall. Once they enter the building ready to demand that they lower down the noise, they were either chastised for blocking out the conversation or there was something interesting in that conversation which shakes them out of their original plans and put in their piece. As for the people like Gerda who originally were trying to keep out of this cesspool, they were calling in by their friends to bring in something for them, but were enticed by the topic and has their on things to fill.
Delroy: "Sheesh, with all this activity going on, I'm honestly surprised no one's throwing in fists."
Finch: "Oh I'm sure that's bound to happen sometime sooner or later."
Ivan: "With the way how some of this guess look, they may do more than that."
Enzo: "Do you even think that they'll ever find the culprit or culprits responsible for all this madness?"
Delroy: "It'll get worse for the crook. This guy's going to get a crazy record once he's caught. Who knows, they probably throw away the key or give him the death penalty."
Finch: "I don't think the town has this level of power to do such an act."
Ivan: "Well, there were the bodies of those people found in Golden Apple Park."
Finch: "You doing okay over there Jodi?"
Jodi: "Fine but Macy is upstair staring out into the window for something."
Finch: "You'd better call her over, everyone's going bananas in here."
Jodi: "I don't know where you're at Mace, but please hurry up!"
Maritza enters another room of the factory but she is surprised to see most of the place flooded with weird orange liquid. It was like diluted orange juice however this liquid didn't just smelled like juice at all. It had a rusty metal scent mixed with medicine and some kind of chemical odor. There were some pieces of furniture nailed to the floors and the surfaces were dry which meant the liquid didn't touch it. Maritza looks closely at the orange liquid and noticed that the base was deep almost like those do it yourself cheap pools.
Maritza: "Looks like I'm going to have to do some crazy parkour. I don't even want to risk touching any of that stuff.
Before she does anything, Trinity radios her.
Trinity: "Mari, you good over there?"
Maritza: "Yeah, so far. How about you? Did you find anything interesting back there?"
As Maritza hops from one platform to another, Trinity shares her piece.
Trinity: "It's getting eerie to say the least."
Maritza: "Wait, could you tell me what that means?"
Trinity: "Well, Ms. Riddle's been going on about dealing with some of the town's mistakes and plans to sort things out. Then she mentions something about friendship being worth more than a few hundred dollars getting lost and Delwood Heights new water issues."
Maritza: "Money? Did something happened back there?"
Trinity: "Well what I heard, the folks got some plumbing problems, and the folks trying to play nice with the middle-class area of the town since their clock is ticking. Right now I'm in a safe part of the room. As for the two, Mazel is going to the upper floor to check up on another machine, while Ms. Riddle is sorting out spare parts. So, did you find anything?"
Once Maritza makes over to the other side of the flooded room, she then sees a picture of Mr. Peterson's parents in a lab hanged above a door which has the word capture painted on it.
Maritza: "So far, I'm discovering interesting stuff about the Enigma."
Trinity: "What is it?"
Maritza: "He seems to be very attached Mr. Peterson's parents. It's very suspicious that he owns a picture of them."
Trinity: "*Gasp* Someone's coming, gotta go."
Maritza: "No more wasting time, I gotta check out this room."
As Maritza lock picks the door, Ms. Riddles was heard pumping her heels close to the office and Trinity made sure to keep the camera recording her.
Ms. Riddle: "I think I check on those reports."
At the town hall there was no sign of progress in the building, but there were some folks resting up before they continue there debate.
Lu: "Yes, thank you for saying it. Enough is enough, and this craziness has to stop."
Joy: "Oh ho, I have a few ideas to shift things up. That is once Mr. Kinander loses steam on his yap session on property restrictions."
Lu: "Don't know how it's actually gotten to this. I think it's too much."
Joy: "But these are just a few of many reasons why they are problematic."
Lu: "Problematic isn't the word I would use in this case right here."
Irma: "The fact that I'm still in this place with all the hot breath people is crazy."
Quentin: "Yeah I know, did they even remembered to brush?"
Enzo: "I doubt it. Right now I'm trying to get my mind off of that."
Finch: "At this point none of these people are even making any sense. These guys are just speaking gibberish now."
Back at the factory, Trinity was staring to panic while calling in Maritza.
Trinity: "Maritza, we gotta hurry up. I just heard the Enigma said that he was going to return to the factory soon."
Maritza: "You can't be serious right now! I'd just managed to get the door unlocked."
Ms. Riddle: "Time to deal with the rest of the boxes."
Trinity: "I'll be waiting for you outside."
As Maritza takes a small peep into the room, she accidentally knocks down sacks of documents in the room, alerting Ms. Riddle and Mazel. As she was quickly shoves back the objects in the room, she sees a picture of Mrs. Peterson in that pile of rubble.
Maritza: "Ok, this is getting more weird. What ties does he even have with Peterson's family?"
The sound of footsteps comes from the top floor and another from the bottom floor, heading straight towards Maritza's location.
Maritza: "I-I gotta go now!"
At this point, Maritza parkours like crazy through the flooded room, but she wasn't luck to avoid much oof the liquid, her right leg sinks in the liquid. A large amount of irritation flows through her leg, causing her to scream in agony.
Trinity: "Ah...this was a bad idea to split up."
When Maritza heard the footsteps coming in closer, Maritza had to use what energy she had to hop around the platforms. Those footsteps made in the background then turn to a splashing. There right behind Maritza was Ms. Riddle walking normally through the waters.
Ms. Riddle: "Intruder."
The woman swerves her way to the stairs, the rolls her way down, then hops away.
Ms. Riddle: "Typical rich lunacy."
Maritza continues to do what she can on evading Ms. Riddle but her situation gets worse when Mazel enters and spots her.
Mazel: "So she was right all along. The boss is going to be disappointed."
Maritza throws a box directly at Mazel and speeds her way to another room will keeping her right leg under control.
Mazel: "Run all you want girl. You're in our world now."
Trinity then tries to find Maritza but as she enters one of the rooms, she quickly bolts out making Mazel catch a glimpse of her.
Trinity: "Oh dear."
Mazel: "The master will be very disappointed."
At the town hall, things have literally gone to filth. No one was communicating and were pretty much behaving like wild animals. People were jumping around the place, cussing, growling, barking like dogs. It was as if they've reverted back to their days when they were kindergarteners. But it's gets even stranger when some of the folks start to bring back up their issues from the past.
Delroy: "He made a dumb joke, but he tried to make amends for it and he kept getting shot down. It's like redemption and wanting to be better isn't a thing anymore."
Finch: "At this point is it worth it to play devil's advocate in this discussion?"
Nicky: "Not exactly."
Delroy: "Ohhh dear, this isn't looking good over there."
At this point the whole meeting wasn't about the town anymore but were just people pouring out their struggles like some kind of deranged therapy session. Then out of nowhere people were
Mrs. Carpenter: "Like I said, those potholes need to be dealt with."
Mr. Stevenson: "Even the Mayor was furious! His favorite limousine was in ruins thanks to the cave in."
Mr. Michaels: "Where was this going on?"
Irma: "There was a sinkhole on Dove Street."
Miguel: "Of course it's that place. Been meaning to get something done about it."
As for the more composed and sensitive ones in the group, they too were venting their own issues. It was just a weird therapy session at this point. A cesspool of everybody pouring out their issues as if it would be solved by just talking.
Aria: "She broke her back after pulling the wheel."
Joy: "And many more than I can't really think of right now."
Lu: "Miguel will never be the main character, as much as we want him to be."
Miguel: "What was that?"
Joy: "You all hate on the debate yet you keep watching and reading the unnecessary reports."
Back at the factory, Ms. Riddle was on the hunt for the unwanted guest in the facility.
Ms. Riddle: "I know you are close. Do us the favor and show yourself now!"
This response however wasn't going to get Maritza out of hiding, resulting in Ms. Riddle getting more destructive. The person began slamming down items, kicking down doors, after that she violently bashes her body around the clutter parts of the area. As for Mazel, she tried to get Ms. Riddle to calm down but with little to no effort.
Ms. Riddle: "I have no mercy for the unwanted. When I find the intruder I will use aggressive force by any means necessary."
Mazel: "Stubborn as always."
Trinity's POV: "Ditto for Maritza and her poor communication skills."
At the bakery, Jodi was getting pretty rowdy as she was waiting for Jodi. After Macy was keeping watch outside the window for the Enigma, she returns downstair to see Jodi acting weird and cookie crumbs on the counter.
Jodi: "He Mace, you ran a stop for cookies on the way because yours just got eaten all up. Ha ha ha!"
Macy: "Uh Jodi, what cookies did you eat?"
Jodi: "The ones in the purple box...*hiccup*"
Macy: "Purple box- Shoot! Those are laced with mushrooms. Come on, let's get you to bed."
But as Macy carries her friend up the stairs, the sound of glass getting smashed was heard outside. After she speedily brings her friend over to one of the beds she bolts her way towards one of the windows, searching for any signs of vandalism. However, she could see a shadowy figure hovering around from house to house, spreading trouble.
Maritza's POV: "This looks interesting."
Trinity: "Where are you going?"
Maritza: "Over there. Hurry."
Trinity: "What's so important about that spot?"
Maritza grabs her friend by the hand and drags her down into one of the vents, sending them straight down to the basement level of the facility.
Trinity: "What kind of room is this?"
Maritza: "When I was in one of the upper rooms, I had found some blueprints of the area and took them. Now we can get a better grasp of control around here."
Trinity: "So what does it say about this place?"
Maritza: "It says that this will lead back to the town's sewer system. We may have to take a very long shower after this but at least we'll be okay."
Trinity: "This brings back memories of the tunnel system connected to Aaron and Mya's basement."
Maritza: "I remember. You know, I wonder if we'll ever return to those tunnels one day."
Back at the top level of the building, mazel calls her superior and explains the spectacle that had happened.
Mazel: "Hey we have an issue. An intruder has trespass in our area and Ms. Riddle is hunting the person down, ready to inflict danger."
Enigma: "What did the intruder look like?"
Mazel: "The person looks as like my age and wore a costume of some kind. Like a bandit, not a vandal."
This makes the Enigma most curious, yet somewhat intrigued.
Enigma: "So, this intruder has the audacity to enter my territory, defile my properties, and waltz out the place as if everything is a peaches and cream eh."
The Enigma settles down in his vehicle's front seat and ponders on this new turn of events.
Enigma: "Well then, I guess it's time I gave the town more punishment to sooth the level of anger that I now possess."