I stare at the paper bird.
It could only be from one person.
Sparrow.
5 whole days
doesn't seem like a lot
but when someone isn't found in five days
and I, the witness, saw them take her,
I thought she would never come back.
5 whole days
Of her not being here,
5 whole days
Sparrow was gone.
Now there was hope
Sparrow is ok!
I read the letter.
She needs help.
I can give her that.
Oh. No.
Benitoite?
Purpuracalius marsinium?
My great uncle went to mars and went crazy, sacrifice himself for a stupid Mars plant,
My great great great great great great grandfather stole a gem for shady people
It got 'lost' when my great great great great great grandmother stole it
She put it in a museum
270 years later
I took it
For money
Not even realizing
That I had doomed my friend
Sparrow
I am so sorry.
But wait
I know where she is
Susan drove me there
2 years and 5 months ago
And while I thought it was for money
It was for their location.
Confused?
Took me a minute to piece the picture together too.
Here is the short answer:
My family all started with a nobody janitor called Jerry.
He stole Benitoite, the largest in the world.
His many great's daughter's husband went to Mars.
He's famous for finding life on another planet, by the way, learn your history.
He gave the stupid Mars plant to some people for a whole lot of cash.
Those people, it seems, are the same people who I sold that big gem
-the same one that Jerry stole all those years ago.
They are using that for...Something. Something that will hurt Sparrow.
But little did they know, I was friends with the light-hearted girl they stole,
The one who can outsmart them all.
And I, the thief, the daughter of an evil mastermind,
I have found a way to save her.
But.
I am a thief.
Not a hero.
I don't do good
I am the criminal in the movies
the one that people call the 'bad guy'.
How can I even hope that I can save her?
And I sit here, thinking of the ultimate failure I have become
and then I realize
That I am the only one who knows where she is.
If I can't do this,
Nobody can.
So I put together a plan.
1. I went to their lair, 2 years ago, and got the prize money of a lifetime.
2. That same place is where Sparrow is.
3. I can find her.
4. I can save her.
5. I can get her back.
6. I am Coming Sparrow,
I'm Coming.
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