Fifty-two: Ransom Tanager When Piper was gone, I looked towards Mr. Leech. “Come on,” I said, “I’ll help you bring him down to Doctor Kore’s lab.” I took his legs, and he took his arms and we dragged him down into Kore’s lab. When we did, Kathleen, who was working on something with Chris, stared up in surprise. “Who is that?” Chris demanded. “Ransom, did you kill someone?” I shook my head. “Not today. This wasn’t me.” “Who was it?” Chris asked. “Me,” said Mr. Leech. “Mr. Leech, I know that you didn’t approve of Oliver, but man. Does he really deserve to be knocked out?” “It’s not Oliver,” Mr. Leech and I said together. “Doctor Kore, doesn’t that look like

