Chapter 169

“I know, I just…It seems so hit-and-miss.”

“It is,” Brody agreed. “If you can come up with a better idea, we’re open to suggestions.”

“Think of us like police helicopters looking for escaping robbers, only we’re much quieter, and when we spot him we can get to him without his knowing we’re around,” Tonio suggested with a brief grin.

“We need something to stop him,” Jon reminded them. “We can’t count on finding a pipe or bat on the scene.”

“Pipes,” Kurt said. “I don’t think I can stuff a baseball bat down the leg of my jeans.”

“Why would you need to?” Daw asked and then answered his own question. “If it’s part of you, under your clothes, nobody can see it because they can’t see you. If you’re carrying it…” He chuckled. “A bat-shaped UFO.”

“Bingo.”