Chapter 23 - A Spy Pen?!

February 3rd,

"So, should we follow Uncle Hugo to wherever he's going to know more of their plan? "Lissa asked.

"Nah...I don't think so. It'll be way too risky for all of us to follow him. "Tony said.

"But how then do we do it? We need to be one step ahead of them so that we can be well prepared for whatever they're planning." I said.

"We trust the Holy Spirit for wisdom." Ray said as I smiled at him.

"Okay then, let's pray." Lissa said as we held hands and bowed our heads.

"Father Lord, we ask that your Holy Spirit grant us wisdom for the next step we are to take. Help us not to fall into their trap and Lord help us to come out of this issues victorious. In Jesus name, Amen. " She said.

"Amen."

"Amen."

"Amen."

"So, I think I've got the perfect idea for finding out what they're planning." Ray said, rubbing his palms together and smiling broadly.

"Okay? Go ahead." Tony urged.

"Follow me." He simply said as we all followed him. He led us into the garage and started searching some boxes.

"Uhm, lil' dude, what are we doing here?" Tony asked as I laughed at the way he called Ray a lil' dude.

"Just gimme a sec...ha! Got it!." He said, jumping off a ladder with a box in his arms.

"What's in there?" Lissa asked.

"Well, you're about to find out." He said, smiling mischievously.

"So, as I was looking for my old baseball bat a few days earlier, I saw this." He said, bringing out a pen.

"A pen?" I asked, looking at him incredulously.

"Not really, It's a recording device." He said simply as the rest of us looked at him with awe and disbelief.

"It's a spy pen recorder and he'll definitely not find out if we use this-"

"B-but how'd this get here?!" I asked, shocked.

"I don't know. But we've got to use this." He said, looking eager.

"That's cool. It looks like what a spy would use for something similar." Tony said, checking it out.

"Exactly!" Lissa said.

"This is wierd. So do you know how to operate it?" I asked as he huffed.

"What'd you think?" He asked, looking proud of himself as we went back into his house and to his room which was surprisingly tidy. He turned on his computer and we sat around him, eager to see how it worked.

Ray set the pen like an expert and I felt proud for having such a smartie pants for a brother.

"Let's test it, shall we?" Lissa asked, her eyes, gleaming with excitement.

"Sure. "He responded.

"So Tony, why don't you go get some ice cream for us, start a conversation with the seller and come back and we'll see how good it works?" I asked as he nodded and took the pen, putting it into his breast pocket after turning it on and he left. Few minutes later, he arrived with delicious ice creams and Ray took the SD card in the pen, inserted it into his computer and opened the file. It worked perfectly!

Now, we proceed...