Author's Note: After a long wait (long story) here is the 5th story in my "Casefiles Continued" series. This follows Organized Crime so some things may not make sense if you do not read the rest of my stories first.

"I think this it," Joe said as he turned into a winding gravel driveway. The tires of his custom 1970 Pontiac GTO Judge crunched the gravel as he slowly made his way up the driveway.

"Finally," his wife, Iola sighed with relief, "this drive took forever!"

The couple rounded the last turn in the driveway and pulled up in front of a large log building. Joe turned off the car. "I will check us in and come back for you and the bags," he said as he climbed out of the yellow sports car.

"Sounds good," Iola said as she climbed out of the car to stretch her legs after the long drive.

Joe hurried into the lobby of the rustic bed and breakfast. A few minutes later he hurried back out of the building and to the car. He held up a set of keys. "The clerk says that our cabin is further down the driveway a ways," he informed his wife. "We are lucky that we were not any later or they might have given our room away. They have some big convention going on and are pretty booked."

It was Joe and Iola Hardy's one year anniversary and they had decided to take a long romantic weekend away at a historic bed and breakfast in the woods of northern Wisconsin.

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At the same time that Joe and Iola were unloading their luggage into their rustic cabin, Frank Hardy was trying to shove a large suitcase into the trunk of his own sports car. The luggage was not cooperating with the cramped space of the Challenger's trunk. "I will never understand why you women always have to pack so much," he said in exasperation to his wife, Nancy. "It's only one weekend."

"Well, since it is a romantic anniversary getaway," Nancy replied with a mischievous twinkle in her eye, "there are some extra 'items' in there." She winked at Frank and his eyes widened. He renewed his efforts to shove the bag into the trunk and after a few more tries he managed to get it in.

"Ready to go?" he asked as he opened Nancy's door for her.

"I think so," she answered as she climbed into the passenger seat of Frank's car.

"Excellent," he responded as he shut the door and hurried to hop into the driver's seat. He started the car and the tires squealed as he sped away from the house.

"In a little bit of a hurry?" Nancy teased.

"You had better believe it!" Frank replied. "I can't wait to see what's in that suitcase!"

Frank and Nancy Hardy were celebrating their one year anniversary with a trip to Indiana to stay in a fancy, romantic resort. They had gotten a later start than Joe and Iola, but thankfully it was a shorter drive.

Several hours later, the couple pulled into the parking lot. "Wow," Nancy said in awe, "this place is nice."

"Only the best for my beautiful wife," Frank said as he parked the car.

"Aww," Nancy replied as she leaned over to give him a kiss.

The couple climbed out of the Challenger and Frank retrieved the luggage from the trunk. Together they walked into the lobby of the fancy hotel. Frank checked in at the desk and received their room keys. As they turned to walk away from the desk, Frank saw a man sitting in a chair staring at him over his newspaper. When the man saw Frank looking at him, he quickly looked back at his paper. Frank had an uneasy feeling come over him but he quickly shook it off. Relax, he told himself, you are on vacation. There is nothing going on here.

"Come on, slowpoke," Nancy said as she walked down the hall. "I want to see the room."

"I'm coming," Frank replied as he hurried after his wife, the uneasy feeling forgotten.

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"Are you ready to go to dinner?" Joe asked Iola.

"Almost," she replied, "but I think that I'm going to take a shower first."

"Why?" Joe asked. "You will just get sweaty again after dinner." He gave his wife a mischievous grin.

"Joseph Hardy!" Iola replied with feigned shock. "You are a naughty boy!" She retreated into the bathroom to shower.

Joe chuckled and sat down on the couch. He flipped on the television while he waited.

Thirty minutes later the couple finally walked into the large dining room in the main building. As the waiter showed them to their seats, Joe noticed a large group of people seated around several large tables at the other end of the dining room. They were all dressed in suits and Joe did not see a single smile in the whole group. Joe's instincts were immediately on edge. What was going on with the somber group? They did not look like any convention group that he had ever seen.

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"I'm going to go fill the ice bucket," Frank called to his wife as he opened the door to their room.

"Okay," Nancy replied from the shower. "Hurry back; I'm about to open up my suitcase."

Frank shut the door and hurried down the hall to the ice machine. As he rounded the corner by their room, he collided with another man in the hall. Frank started to apologize and then he noticed that it was the man from the lobby that had made him uneasy. What was this man doing so close to their room?

A/N: What is going on here? Is Frank in danger? Is Joe in danger? Are they both in danger? Please review!