A/N: This story is the sequel to Forgotten Enemies. If you have not read it, I suggest you do that first.
That being said, I hope you enjoy this story and please review!
Frank Hardy groaned as Nancy changed her mind once again. "Come on, Nan," he pleaded, "it doesn't matter what color the flowers are."
"Give it up, bro," blonde Joe Hardy laughed. "You are never going to win."
"That's right," Iola Morton said. "Nancy and I can take you on any day."
"And we have the majority," Brandi Hardy added.
Frank threw his hands in the air. "I give up," he announced. "I can't win!" He turned to Joe, "You want to check out that new sporting goods store?"
"Sounds good," Joe agreed. "Let's go."
The two brothers hurried out of the flower store before the girls could object.
Frank and Joe Hardy were at the River Heights Mall with their fiancées, Nancy Drew and Iola Morton, and their sister, Brandi. They were doing some last minute shopping for the upcoming wedding.
Frank had asked Nancy to marry him nearly six months ago. Joe, following his example, had asked Iola to be his bride. Having lost her once, Joe was not about to let it happen again.
Although relatively young at the ages of twenty-one and twenty, the brothers knew that there were no guarantees in their line of work. The double lives of private investigators and agents for the top secret government agency known as the Network were dangerous. The brothers wanted to be married to the girls they loved even if it was for a short time.
The wedding was to be held in Nancy's hometown of River Heights, Illinois. The two couples had decided to have a double wedding. The local hotels were filled with wedding guests.
Even though the wedding was only a week away, the two brides-to-be had changed their minds about the decorations many times over. Finally Frank and Joe had had enough and decided to let the girls shop on their own.
Frank and Joe were browsing through the basketballs when Frank's cell phone rang. "Hello?" Frank answered quickly.
"Hello, Frank," the Gray Man said. The Gray Man, or Arthur Gray, was the head of the top secret government agency known only as the Network.
"What do you need?" Frank asked with a sinking feeling. If the Gray Man was calling them, it meant he needed them to do something.
"I need to meet with you," the Gray Man said. "Can you meet me at your office tomorrow at ten?"
"What is this about?" Frank demanded. "My wedding is in six days."
"I realize that," the Gray Man replied, "and I wouldn't bother you, but this is about your wedding."
"What about it?" Despite himself, Frank's curiosity was aroused.
"I can't say any more over the phone. Tomorrow. Ten o'clock." With that the phone went dead.
"Who was that?" Joe asked, dreading the answer.
"The Gray Man," Frank said. He proceeded to tell Joe everything that their boss had said.
"Something about our wedding?" Joe said. "What could that possibly be?"
"I don't know," Frank replied, "but I guess we're going to find out."
Deciding that there was nothing that they could do until the next day, the brothers went back to examining the basketballs.
Just then the two Hardys saw their friends Chet Morton, Biff Hooper, and Tony Prito come into the store. Seeing the brothers, the group hurried over.
"We've come to rescue you," Chet announced.
"Oh?"
"Yes, we need you two to fill out our basketball team," Biff said. "There were some guys over at the gym talking trash, so we challenged them to a game."
"I don't know," Frank said doubtfully, "I'll have to check with Nancy."
"We already talked to Nancy and Iola," Tony said. "How do you think we found you? Now come on."
With that, the five friends hurried out of the store. Fifteen minutes later, they pulled into the parking lot of the River Heights YMCA.
Several hours and just as many games of basketball later, the group returned to their hotel.
As they walked into the lobby, they were met by Nancy, Iola, Brandi, and Nancy's friends, George Fayne and Bess Marvin.
"How was the game?" George asked.
"It was awesome!" Tony replied. "You should have seen Frank's slam dunk at the end! It was amazing!"
"So I take it you won?" Nancy asked.
"Of course we did," Chet boasted as he puffed out his chest. "Those River Heights chumps had nothing on us."
"We figured as much," Iola said, "so we ordered a pizza to celebrate."
"Sweet!" Tony rejoiced.
"Lead the way!" Chet added.
"It's up in our suite," Iola said. She led the way to the elevators and all ten of them managed to crowd into one elevator.
"We also rented a movie," Nancy said casually as she opened the door to the girls' spacious suite.
"What movie?" Joe asked suspiciously.
"Feel the Wind," Iola replied sweetly.
"Oh no!" Chet cried, "we've been duped into watching a chick flick!"
"No wonder they were so nice to us," Biff groaned.
"It's a good movie!" Brandi protested.
"Yeah," Frank retorted, "if you're a wimpy girl!"
Nancy smacked his arm. "I resent that!"
"What? She says she resembles that?" Joe retorted. "I agree!"
Nancy stuck out her tongue at her future brother-in-law.
"All right," Frank said, "how about a truce? We'll watch Feel the Wind tonight if you'll watch Fists of Fury with us tomorrow night."
Nancy groaned. "You know how much I hate that movie," she protested.
"That's the deal," Joe echoed. "Take it or leave it."
"Fine," Nancy grumbled. "It's a deal."
Within minutes the young people were seated in the living area of the suite watching the movie and downing slices of hot pizza.
Frank was refilling his plate when his cell phone rang. "Hello?" he answered. There was silence. "Hello?" he repeated.
"You won't live until your wedding day, Hardy!" an ominous-sounding voice announced.