Dawn slowly crept over the horizon over the city of Memphis, TN basking it in the early morning light. Many of the residents were still in sleep not yet ready to face the new day. But not all was restful or peaceful in this quaint city. The commotion at a run of the mill gas station could hardly be something considered a normal morning routine.

The whole thing sounded like some school popularity contest. Though he’ll admit it seemed the student body was being overzealous about it. He did not wager it would have been that big of a deal. Frankly this whole level of fervor was on the level of almost comical.

This was far from the Spectre’s usual cup of tea. No random thugs, no freaks in costumes, no actual crime as far as he knew. In fact, the whole thing sounded like the go to activity for bored heroes when there was no real crime to fight; rescuing a lost pet. It might have been beneath him in a way, but he was doing it both as a favor to Ms. Pearl and because it seemed like something that couldn’t possibly escalate to a life threatening ordeal for once. James secretly hoped to find Captain Fuzzyboots stuck atop some tree just to make the whole cliché complete. Unfortunately that was not the case