Angels Unaware

Voiceover: Last time on Adventures in Odyssey...
Brock Peterson: I'm standing in front of Odyssey Community Church, one of the most respected houses of worship in the city. With me is George Barclay. George, can you give us an idea of the extent of the damage?
George Barclay: Most of it you can see for yourself. We've got broken windows, including a very expensive stained glass window. Spray paint all over the side of the building, smashed eggs smeared on the front steps. It's a real mess.
Brock Peterson: Captain Quenn of the Odyssey Police has told me there's been an alarming pattern of mischief. Vandalism and other petty crimes on the rise lately in Odyssey.
John Avery Whittaker: I really cannot believe this.
George Barclay: I know, it's awful.
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: Good grief! What happened to Whit's End?
John Avery Whittaker: We had a little vandalism problem last night. I dreamt that a place where I felt very safe and secure was being destroyed. Now that I see Whit's End, I know that it was what the dream was about, or at least it was part of what the dream was about.
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: If only there were some way to counteract stuff like this. Or better yet, catch them in the act and stop them.
John Avery Whittaker: Yes, that would be nice, wouldn't it?
Sam Johnson: We rode right past it, and across this little clearing, and over to that big tree and that's where we locked them.
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: Sam, the bikes aren't there.
Sam Johnson: Somebody stole our bikes!
Butch: If you want your bike back, come to the Wonderworld Treehouse.
Sam Johnson: What?
Butch: The Wonderworld Treehouse. And come alone. Look, I brought you here for your bikes. That's all. Now you've got them, I'm out of here.
Sam Johnson: Butch, wait!
Butch: What?
Sam Johnson: You don't have to hang around with those guys anymore. Don't you remember when we were friends? We had good times together, didn't we?
Butch: Yeah, we did.
Sam Johnson: We can still have them, Butch. We can have good fun. Don't go back with them. Come with me.
Butch: I'll see you around, Sam.
Sam Johnson: Butch, at least he gave back the bicycles. Whoa, hey! Let go! What are you...
Jack Allen: It's all right, Sam. It's all right. Just take it easy.
Sam Johnson: Mr. Allen! What are you doing here? And who's this guy?
Jack Allen: A friend. He's going to help us with something very important. Come on, Sam. We have lots to discuss.
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Rodney Rathbone: Hey Rusty, what time is it?
Rusty: 4:15.
Rodney Rathbone: Come on, Butch. Where are you?
Rusty: You know Rodney, I don't like to badmouth people, but I ain't too sure about that guy.
Rodney Rathbone: Butch? What's the matter with him?
Rusty: I don't know. He don't seem like he's really into what we're doing. He's kind of a mama's boy.
Rodney Rathbone: Yeah, he's all right. He just needs to be toughened up some, that's all. He's here. Open the door. It's about time.
Butch: Hey guys.
Rodney Rathbone: You're late.
Butch: Sorry, I had some things I needed to take care of.
Rusty: What'd you do, break a fingernail?
Butch: Hey look, Rodney, a monkey who talks.
Rusty: You're a real funny guy, ain't you?
Butch: Not as funny as your face.
Rodney Rathbone: Hey, break it up. Both of yous.
Rusty: I'll see you later.
Butch: Yeah, I'm real scared.
Rodney Rathbone: Cut it out. We got work to do. Wait till you guys hear what I got planned for tonight.
Rusty: What is it?
Rodney Rathbone: Our biggest gig yet: Odyssey Middle School.
Rusty: I'm liking it so far. What are we going to do, Rodney?
Rodney Rathbone: Well, I never really liked the way the grass on the baseball field looks. So tonight, we're going to take some kerosene and some matches and do a little landscaping.
Rusty: I love it! Hey, while we're at it, why don't we tear down the backstop and the batting cage too?
Rodney Rathbone: That's great! Okay, Rusty, pass the word along to the rest of the gang. We'll meet in the clump of trees that borders the schoolyard at 11 tonight sharp.
Rusty: 11 sharp, right.
Rodney Rathbone: Tell them to come in from the woods. Butch, get your hands on as many matchbooks as you can find.
Butch: What about the kerosene?
Rodney Rathbone: I'll take care of that. Get going.
Butch: Right.
Rodney Rathbone: Yes sir, there's going to be a hot time in the old schoolyard tonight!
Butch: Burning the schoolyard. I gotta hand it to you, Rodney, you sure know how to destroy things. Butch!
Sam Johnson: What?
Butch: Sam! You crazy? Get down! Someone might see us.
Sam Johnson: Don't worry, no one's going to see us. I checked.
Butch: You checked? Checked what?
Sam Johnson: The hideout. Everybody's gone. Rodney left right after you did, so I followed you here.
Butch: How did you know about the hideout?
Sam Johnson: You took me there when you tried to get me to join the Bones of Wrath, remember?
Butch: Oh yeah. Well, what do you want?
Sam Johnson: We need to talk.
Butch: Look, you got the bikes back. I told you, there's nothing left to say. Now leave me alone.
Sam Johnson: No, Butch. Something is happening, and we need to talk.
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: I'll get it, Mom.
Guest (Female): Okay, sweetie.
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: Cunningham-Schultz residence.
Guest (Male): Look in your driveway.
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: Excuse me?
Guest (Male): Look in your driveway.
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: My driveway? Who is this? Hello? Hello? Huh. What in the world?
Guest (Female): Who was it, Lucy?
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: No one, Mom. I'm going to go out front for a minute, okay?
Guest (Female): All right, but don't be too long. Dinner's almost ready.
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: Okay. I don't believe it! My bike! It's my bike! Lucy, Lucy, look! Sam, it's my bike! I got my bike back! And you got yours back too!
Sam Johnson: Yeah, I know. And not a scratch on it. This is great!
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: It's more than great. It's incredible. Both of our bikes get stolen and then turn up on the same day? That's amazing.
Sam Johnson: Yeah, I guess whoever took them got a case of the guilt and decided to bring them back.
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: Yeah. But how did whoever took them know where we live?
Sam Johnson: Who cares? When somebody does a good deed, you don't question it. The important thing is we got our bikes back.
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: Yeah. You're right. I just can't believe it.
Sam Johnson: I know. When we were in Whit's End this afternoon, I didn't think we'd ever see them again. And now, here they are.
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: Hey, where did you run off to this afternoon anyway?
Sam Johnson: What?
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: At Whit's End. You got a phone call and Connie and I went upstairs, and when we came back down, you were gone. Where'd you go?
Sam Johnson: I went home.
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: Home? Well, you weren't there when I dropped off your fishing gear a little later.
Sam Johnson: Fishing gear?
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: You left it at Whit's End.
Sam Johnson: Oh yeah. I forgot about that. Thanks.
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: You're welcome. So where'd you go?
Sam Johnson: Just on a walk through the woods.
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: Oh.
Sam Johnson: Hey, now that we have our bikes back, we should try fishing again.
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: Yes, we should. Real soon.
Sam Johnson: Soon. Well, I guess I should be going. I'll see you around, okay?
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: Okay.
Sam Johnson: Don't forget to lock up your bike.
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: You too. Bye.
Sam Johnson: Bye.
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: A walk through the woods, huh? Strange.
Rusty: Rodney!
Rodney Rathbone: What?
Rusty: Everybody's here. What's the holdup?
Rodney Rathbone: Everybody ain't here. Butch hasn't come yet.
Rusty: He's late again?
Rodney Rathbone: Yeah.
Rusty: Well, so? Let's go without him.
Rodney Rathbone: Yeah, I guess we'll have to. Rodney! Butch, where you been? I said 11 sharp!
Butch: I know. I couldn't get away.
Rodney Rathbone: Mama's boy. Did you bring the matches?
Butch: Yeah, right here. But I don't think we should do this.
Rodney Rathbone: What's the matter, you scared?
Butch: No, I ain't scared.
Rodney Rathbone: Then what's the problem?
Butch: Look across the field.
Rodney Rathbone: I don't see anything.
Butch: Look harder. Up the street, in the shadow of the big elm tree, see? It's a car. So what? It's not just a car. It's a police car.
Rodney Rathbone: What?
Butch: Yeah, I saw it on my way in. There are a couple of others around behind the school building. That's why it took me so long to get here. I had to make sure they didn't see me. We'd walk right into them.
Rodney Rathbone: Good eye, Butch. Thanks. Rusty, pass the word. We're scrapping it for tonight. Everybody go back out through the woods.
Butch: Got you. You know, the mayor said the police were going to increase the patrols around the city. I guess they got lucky tonight and picked the school, huh?
Rodney Rathbone: Yeah, but this luck better not become a habit. Come on, Butch, let's go.
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Brock Peterson: This is Brock Peterson from Channel 10 News with another report about more incidents around Odyssey. Only these incidents come with a twist. Earlier today, I talked with a Miss Alma Stump of Ironwood Lane. Three nights ago, something happened at Miss Stump's residence, something she can't explain.
Alma Stump: Well, as you can see, I have a lot of property out back. I grow raspberries and strawberries, and I have several apple trees out there, too. My yard borders on a county park that has lots of wildlife in it.
Brock Peterson: And you have a fence around your property?
Alma Stump: Well, sort of. It's broken down in spots, and I've been wanting to fix it for a long time, but I'm not physically able to do it. Arthritis, you know, it makes my hands swell all up.
Brock Peterson: I see.
Alma Stump: And I also can't afford to hire anyone to do it. You wouldn't believe the cost of good help these days. Anyway, with the fence in the shape it's in, those wild animals can come in any time they want. They eat up my raspberries and my strawberries and my apples. It's been a terrible problem.
Brock Peterson: Until three nights ago.
Alma Stump: Right.
Brock Peterson: Tell us what happened.
Alma Stump: Well, I don't know. All I know was when I went to bed, the fence was broken. Then the next morning, I got a phone call. A voice on the other end said, "Look out your back window," then the line went dead.
Brock Peterson: What did you do? That's just how Sam and I got our bikes back. And lo and behold, my fence was fixed! That's just how I got my bike back! Completely! Come to think of it, Sam never told me how he got his back. How do you account for this?
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: Mom, I'll be back later. I'm going over to Sam's house.
Brock Peterson: Amended fence for Alma Stump, a miracle. But if so, it wasn't the only one. For two nights ago, a second such incident occurred. With me is city maintenance worker Ralph Foreman. Ralph, tell us what happened.
Ralph Foreman: Well Brock, as you can see, this intersection here, Third and Elm, has a lot of bushes and small trees on its corners. Oleander, Eucalyptus, Poplar, the typical stuff. It's a pretty hazardous place for drivers because the bushes are overgrown and you really can't see what's coming from the cross streets.
Brock Peterson: I know, I've driven by here myself several times.
Ralph Foreman: Well, we in maintenance ain't had the funds or the manpower to trim them back. Budget cuts. I tell you, our city council is a real piece of work.
Brock Peterson: Ralph, what happened here two nights ago?
Ralph Foreman: What happened? You can see for yourself. Someone saved us the trouble. When we came out here yesterday, the bushes and trees were already trimmed. Branches and debris was taken away, too. In fact, the whole intersection looks better than it ever has. Now, if they could just get some stop signs up here.
Brock Peterson: Do you have an explanation for all this?
Ralph Foreman: What do you mean?
Brock Peterson: Well, how do you explain what happened here?
Ralph Foreman: I don't know.
Brock Peterson: Can you think of a reason why someone would do this?
Ralph Foreman: No. Guess it was just a random act of goodness.
Brock Peterson: A random act of goodness. Where have I heard that before?
Ralph Foreman: My pleasure, Brock. I'm out of here. Hey guys, it's me, Ralphy! I'm on TV!
Brock Peterson: So, a second unexplained act in as many days. But it doesn't end there. Earlier I spoke with Mayor Tom Riley, who told me that even the police have benefited from these good deeds.
Tom Riley: Well Brock, several nights ago, the police received an anonymous phone call about some vandalism that was supposed to happen at Odyssey Middle School.
Brock Peterson: What kind of vandalism?
Tom Riley: I'm not sure, but I believe it had something to do with the baseball field. At any rate, the police beefed up their patrols around the school, and they believe their presence prevented that vandalism from occurring.
Brock Peterson: Well, this certainly is an interesting turn of events, to say the least. First the vandalism and now good deeds. No one really knows who is doing either. Often we hear bad news. It's nice to be able to report good news for a change. And if someone out there is willing to correct the wrongs that others do and perform random acts of goodness, then perhaps we're not as bad off as we think we are. This is Brock Peterson reporting for Channel 10 News.
Bart Rathbone: We're not as bad off as we think we are? Did you hear what he said, Rodney? We're not as bad off as we think we are!
Rodney Rathbone: I heard, I heard.
Bart Rathbone: Yeah, you heard, but you don't understand. People are starting to think everything is all right again.
Rodney Rathbone: Well, I can't help it, Pop. The Bones have run into a string of bad luck lately.
Bart Rathbone: I don't want to hear about your bad luck, Rodney! I am under a lot of pressure here from higher up. I told him you could handle this.
Rodney Rathbone: I can! I can!
Bart Rathbone: But you ain't. You're slipping. And when he finds out about it, it's going to make me look bad. Not only that, he might bring in someone else.
Rodney Rathbone: You mean he's going to replace me?
Bart Rathbone: Not just you. Both of us.
Rodney Rathbone: Well, I don't know, maybe it's for the best. I don't know how I got mixed up in this business anyway.
Bart Rathbone: You signed the loan papers so you could have your own store!
Rodney Rathbone: Yeah, well, I don't like it.
Bart Rathbone: Look Pop, you don't need to bring in anybody else.
Rodney Rathbone: It may be too late, Rodney.
Bart Rathbone: Then call him up! Tell him to give us another chance. I got something really special planned for tonight.
Rodney Rathbone: Yeah?
Bart Rathbone: Yeah, going to send the town reeling. Come on, please!
Rodney Rathbone: All right, all right. I'll talk to him. But this is the last time.
Bart Rathbone: Thanks, Pop, you won't regret it.
Rodney Rathbone: I already do regret it. I still don't like any of this. And don't call me...
Bart Rathbone: Hey, I'm on the phone, Pop! Hello, Rusty? It's me. Yeah, listen. Gather up the gang and tell them to meet me at the hideout in an hour. We got a lot of work to do.
Jack Allen: Come on, Jack, level with me. Something's going on. There are a lot of things going on, Connie, but nothing worth making a fuss over. But those two comments... those two comments were probably just a coincidence of some sort. Phrases from bumper stickers, if I remember right.
Connie Kendall: Jack!
Jack Allen: I don't know what you're after, Connie.
Connie Kendall: Well, the truth would be nice.
Jack Allen: Which truth in particular? You think I'm somehow connected to the vandalism?
Connie Kendall: No, not the vandalism, but this other stuff. The anti-vandalism. Something tells me you're involved. You're up to something. What is it?
Jack Allen: Connie, I really don't know how to answer that question. If I were up to something, you know I'd tell you if it was the appropriate thing to do, right?
Connie Kendall: Well, right.
Jack Allen: So there's nothing to talk about right now. Unless, of course, there's something else you want to ask me.
Connie Kendall: No, that was all.
Jack Allen: Okay. Then thanks for coming up.
Connie Kendall: Sure. See you later. I'll be downstairs if you need me.
Jack Allen: Thanks, Connie.
Connie Kendall: Yeah, thanks.
Sam Johnson: Lucy!
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: Hi Lucy. Listen, I'm sorry, but I can't go fishing today. I've got to finish the lawn.
Sam Johnson: I didn't come over to go fishing.
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: Really? Then what's up?
Sam Johnson: Well, I was watching the news on Channel 10. Brock Peterson interviewed a lady named Alma Stump. Someone mysteriously fixed her fence three nights ago.
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: Really?
Sam Johnson: Yeah, but the really strange thing is the way she found out about it. She said she got a phone call and a voice on the other end told her to look out her back window, then the line went dead. So she looked and her fence was fixed.
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: So?
Sam Johnson: So that's almost exactly what happened when I got my bike back. I got a phone call and a voice told me to look in the driveway. I did, and there was my bike.
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: Wow, weird.
Sam Johnson: Yeah. So I was wondering, how did you get your bike back?
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: My bike?
Sam Johnson: Yeah. Did you get a phone call?
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: Yes.
Sam Johnson: And did a voice tell you to look in your driveway?
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: No. It told me to look in the forest.
Sam Johnson: Just the forest?
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: Well, in a cave in the forest. So I looked there, and that's how I got my bike. Funny, huh?
Sam Johnson: It's not funny, it's strange. Something's going on here and I want to find out what it is.
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: Why? Why can't you just let good things happen?
Sam Johnson: You know, that's the second time you've said something like that.
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: Meaning?
Sam Johnson: Meaning I think it's interesting that you get really nervous when I ask questions about this.
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: Nervous? I'm not nervous! What are you saying? That you're suspicious of me now?
Sam Johnson: I don't know. Did you have anything to do with Alma Stump?
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: I don't even know Alma Stump!
Sam Johnson: That's not what I asked.
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: Lucy!
Sam Johnson: I just want to know what's happening, Sam.
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: What's happening is I've got to finish mowing my lawn. Sam! See you Lucy! I'm going to find out, Sam! I'm going to find out.
Connie Kendall: Nothing's going on, Connie. Those two comments were just a coincidence. Yeah, right, like you even believe in coincidences, Mr. Jack Allen. Just when you think you know somebody, boom, they get all secret on you. There has to be a way to find out what's going on. There has to. I can't believe he's holding back on me. We're supposed to be good friends, best friends. You'd think he'd let me in on a few things. I'd tell him if I knew something. But he has to keep his secrets. Whatever happened to trust? Lucy? Who are you talking about?
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: I'm talking about Sam. I'm talking about Jack.
Connie Kendall: You mean he's keeping secrets from you?
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: Big time! At least it seems that way to me. Great. If he won't talk to you, then he sure won't talk to me. Well, you couldn't talk to him anyway. He's not here. Says he has a special project he's working on. That's what he won't tell me anything about. Well, Sam must be working on the same project because I haven't been able to get anything out of him either.
Connie Kendall: What is up with them?
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: I don't know, but Sam's been acting strange ever since we got our bikes back. You got your bikes back? Uh-huh. The same day they were stolen. They just mysteriously showed up. And right after that, all of these good things began happening around town. You mean the fence and the bushes? You saw the news report? Yeah, that's why I wanted to talk to Jack. The second guy, Ralph, said that whoever trimmed the bushes did a random act of goodness. I remember Jack using that exact same phrase. What got me was the lady, Alma Stump. She got an anonymous phone call about her fence, just like I did about my bike.
Connie Kendall: Weird.
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: Yeah, and now both of them are clamming up. You think Sam and Jack are responsible for the fence and the bushes? I don't know, but I think I know a way to find out.
Connie Kendall: How?
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: By doing a little fieldwork.
Connie Kendall: Fieldwork? You mean like follow them?
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: Not Mr. Allen, he'd probably catch on. But Sam wouldn't. What do you say, Connie?
Connie Kendall: I don't know, Lucy. That sort of thing can backfire and get you into a lot of trouble.
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: But it's the only way to find out for sure. You want to find out, don't you?
Connie Kendall: Well, yeah.
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: Then come on, please!
Connie Kendall: All right, all right. But if anything goes wrong, we drop it, understand?
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: Great!
Connie Kendall: So when do we start?
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: The incidents have all happened at night. So we'll stake out Sam's house at dusk and follow him when he leaves.
Connie Kendall: Okay. We'll do it. Tonight we discover the truth. It's getting pretty dark. Maybe he's not going out tonight.
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: Maybe not, but let's just wait a few more minutes.
Connie Kendall: This feels funny, Lucy. Spying on Sam. I feel like we're doing something wrong.
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: We're not doing anything wrong. A car's coming, duck! If we're not doing anything wrong, why do we keep hiding behind garbage cans? Wait, there he is! He's got something with him.
Connie Kendall: Looks like a backpack.
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: I knew it. He's going somewhere.
Connie Kendall: Looks like he's in a hurry, too. He's headed for the woods. Come on, let's go.
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: Don't get too close, he'll hear us.
Connie Kendall: It's turning dark. If we let him get too far ahead, we'll lose him. Why is he going so fast?
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: What was that?
Connie Kendall: What was what?
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: I thought I heard something. Oh great, I lost him. Do you see him?
Connie Kendall: No. Let's keep going.
Sam Johnson: Stop! Oh! Don't be afraid, we're not going to hurt you. Sam? Could you point the flashlights away, please? What do you want? What's this all about?
Lucy Cunningham-Schultz: Just come with us.
Chris: In Proverbs 3, verses 25 and 26, it says, "Have no fear of sudden disaster, for the Lord will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being snared." That's a good thing to remember, especially in light of what's happening in Odyssey. What do you think Connie and Lucy will discover? Who is doing all the random acts of goodness? Is Sam a part of it? Will the Bones of Wrath succeed in doing more damage around town? And just who are the Bones and Bart working for anyway? The only way to find out for sure is to tune in next time. Meanwhile, if you want to write, just send your card or letter to Adventures in Odyssey, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80995. Or in Canada write to Box 9800, Vancouver, BC, V6B 4G3. And when you do, ask about how you can get your own copy of today's episode. It's called "Angels Unaware." That address again is Adventures in Odyssey, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80995. Adventures in Odyssey's a presentation of Focus on the Family. Angels Unaware was written and directed by Phil Lollar. Our production engineer was Bob Luttrell. Music by John Campbell and our executive producer Chuck Bolte. And I'm Chris, hoping you'll join us again next time for more Adventures in Odyssey.