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Diamond. I believe he is expected.”
    “Go right in. It’s the third door on the left.”
    Henry led the way down the hall and tapped lightly on the door.
    They heard Ms. Diamond ask them to come in. Andy pushed open the door and found himself staring into the beady eyes of a sharp-faced man with a long nose.
    “This is your uncle Harvey, Andy,” Leslie said tensely. “He wants to take you out to dinner,or perhaps to the zoo, so he can get to know you better.”
    “I must say, this is a bit sudden,” Henry protested. “We don’t even know for certain if this man is Master Hawkes’s uncle.”
    The man’s eyes narrowed. “Show them the papers, Ms. Diamond.”
    She quietly pushed a stack of paperwork across her desk. “By the way, Andy, did you bring your suit?”
    Andy nodded. “You mean the blue one you wanted me to have dry-cleaned?”
    “Uh, yes, that’s the one. You might want to wear it to dinner. Why don’t you go down and get it?”
    “Okay.” Andy started for the door.
    “Hold it. Nobody’s going anywhere.” A door that led to an adjacent office opened, and a big man with rust-colored hair and a wide flat face stepped in, holding a pistol. “Can’t you handle anything, Harvey? The kid was about to get away. They’re on to you. Tie up the geezer and the woman and we’ll take the kid for a ride until he feels like telling uswhere his grandpa’s secret formula is hiding.”
    Harvey scowled and jerked the lamp cord out of the wall to use as a rope. “I was doing all right, Smoke. You didn’t have to bust in like that.”
    “Yeah, you were real good. In another minute the kid would have been long gone.”
    “Now, Henry!” Andy yelled.
    Henry grabbed Leslie and dove for the floor. Andy pulled the Gloop Gun out of his pocket and fired at Harvey. It plastered one of Harvey’s hands to the wall behind him. The man struggled but couldn’t free himself.
    Smoke raised his pistol but changed his mind and jumped through the adjoining door, slamming it behind him. His footsteps were loud as he ran down the hall.
    Andy helped Ms. Diamond to her feet. “Call the police and tell them what’s going on.”
    “All right, but where are you two going?”
    “Ms. Diamond,” Andy whispered, “the Hawk is on his first big case.”

C HAPTER 13
    “I’ve spotted him, Henry,” Andy said into his wrist transmitter. “Turn on Seventh Street. He’s driving a blue Firebird with white stripes on the sides.”
    Henry put his head out of the limousine window and looked up at the sky. He could barely see Andy above the rooftops. “Aren’t you getting a little too high, sir? You wouldn’t want to pass out.”
    “I’m fine. Besides, what’s the worst that could happen? I bust up, I heal. All in a day’swork for the Hawk. Concentrate on finding that Firebird.”
    “I see him now, sir. He’s pulling off the street into an old warehouse.”
    “Be careful, Henry. Don’t let him spot you.”
    “I’m pulling over here, sir. What do we do now?”
    “I’m going in to get a better look. You stay out here and keep an eye on things. If I’m not out in fifteen minutes, call the cops.”
    Andy flew to a wide ventilation grate in the roof of the warehouse. He worked a corner loose and slid inside.
    Not wanting to attract attention, Andy stopped flapping his wings and stood on a thin steel beam near the warehouse’s ceiling. Below him, several men were busy repainting brand-new cars and changing their license plates. The Firebird was parked in a corner, but Smoke wasn’t in it.
    Cautiously Andy worked his way across the narrow beam to a wooden catwalk that led to an office. He could hear Smoke inside, talking on the telephone.
    “Things didn’t go like we planned, Boss.The kid got away and they got Harvey … Yes, sir … Yes, sir … You want me to come up to the big house? But it wasn’t my fault. The kid had a gun … Yes, sir.” Smoke hung up the phone and kicked the wall. “Stupid high-class