I'm back with another farfetched tale. : ) I am all about "right/writing" a wrong.
Oh a big shout out to my new family of OZ Castle friends. Really looking forward to meeting all of you in person next weekend.
Two men huddled behind the large hedge that surrounded the property. For twenty minutes they had been watching the house to look for any signs of movement, but had yet to see any. It was 1 am, and if they were going to make their move it had to be soon. It would take more than a few hours to execute their plan, and the cover of darkness gave them the anonymity they needed.
"OK Nessie, I think it's time we make our move." The slightly more muscular man of the two told his slimmer cohort.
"Nessie?" the other asked, unimpressed.
"Dude. We can't use our real names, he'll know. Did you get the portable voice changers?"
"It was my job. I got the black clothes, the duct tape and the voice changers. You were in charge of recon and apparently inaccurate code names. Nessie doesn't even make sense. If you're referring to The Loch Ness Monster, it's Scottish."
"We don't want codenames that he can understand. He's not a complete idiot. You're Nessie and I'm Zorro."
"Oh great, so I'm a mythical creature whereas you're a mythical crime fighter." Nessie responded.
Zorro shook his head. "Who cares what our names are. We're here for the boss."
Nessie nodded. "Okay. For the boss. Now let's go."
Nessie pulled his balaclava over his head and put on a pair of dark glasses. It would have made it impossible to see if it hadn't been for the bright moon in the sky.
"Operation Kidnap Cunningham about to begin." Nessie started walking towards the house when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned around to face his partner. "What?"
"For starters, use your voice changer," a digitized voice told him. "And second, 'Kidnap Cunningham'?"
"Yeah, Cunningham. You know, like Richie Cunningham from Happy Days." His voice through the sound changer came out high and squeaky. "Wait, did you mess with voice changer?"
"You were in charge of them, not me, Nessie. Cunningham. Seriously, and you give me grief for our names."
Nessie adjusted his voice changer. "Well, you come up with a better name," his voice now deeper.
Zorro stayed quiet for a few moments. He then raised his changer to his mouth. "Cunningham it is. Now let's move."
The two men stealthily made their way across the manicured lawn. When they got to the side door, Nessie swore.
"Security system. I knew it wasn't going to be this easy."
Zorro shook his head. "I got this."
"You going to cut the wires or something?" Nessie asked.
Zorro pulled up his sleeve to reveal numbers written there. He punched the code into the keypad. The screen flashed green, and Zorro opened the door with a quick turn of his hand. Nessie put a hand on his partner's shoulder to stop him.
"How did you get the security code?"
Zorro shrugged. "I called Little Red Riding Hood."
"You got her involved?" Nessie gasped.
"Yeah. She agreed. So did Annie."
"Who the heck is Annie?" Nessie questioned.
"Think about it dude. Look, you said do recon. I did recon. They know the lay of the land. Look, we go through this door, then turn right. We go up the stairs and head to the door at the end of the hallway. Cunningham should be there. We take him, and get the hell out of here."
"What about you know who? What do we do about her?"
"The Ice Queen. She takes sleeping pills, she won't be a problem."
Nessie nodded and followed his partner into the home. Together, they quietly made their way over to the stairs. They kept an eye out for any unexpected occurrences. Tiptoeing up the stairs, they made their way to the room of their intended victim. Opening the door, both men walked into the room and then stopped in shock.
"Where's Ice Queen?" Nessie asked.
"Shhh," Zorro told him. "And use your voice changer. Go check the other rooms for the Ice Queen."
Nessie nodded and walked out of the room. Zorro assessed the situation. Cunningham was asleep on his back and they had one missing Ice Queen. The job was meant to be simple. Get Cunningham and take him back to New York. They would hold him there until they were ready for his interrogation. Red Riding Hood had told him that after taking a sleeping pill, the Ice Queen had slept through a smoke alarm and an earthquake. The plan was for her to sleep through this, too.
"Ice Queen is in another bedroom," Nessie announced, entering the room again, which caused the man in the bed to stir.
Zorro reached for his gun just as the man sat up in bed.
"Who are you? I have money in a safe. You can have it, just don't hurt me."
Zorro tucked his voice changer into the front of his balaclava while keeping the gun pointed at their intended victim.
"Cunningham. We're not here for your money: we want you."
"My name is Castle, Richard Castle."
"That's your code name, dirt bag," Nessie yelled at him.
"Nessie," Zorro warned.
"What?"
"Take it easy." Zorro told him. "Listen Cunningham, we want you."
"You want me?" Castle asked.
"Yes, now get out of bed and no one gets hurt," Zorro told him.
Castle nodded and slid out of the bed with his hands raised. "Okay, okay."
"You got a pen?" Zorro asked keeping his gun aimed at their target.
"Why does he need a pen, Zorro?" Nessie asked his partner
"I'm a writer, of course I have a pen." Castle reached for his pen and paper on the bedside table. "Did you want an autograph?"
"No, we don't want an autograph." Zorro shook his head. "You are going to write a note to the Ice Queen. Tell her you made a mistake coming here with her, and you will call her in 24 hours."
"Why do I need to write a note?" Castle asked.
"Just do it," Nessie demanded. "And don't try to include any sneaky clues because we will know."
Castle quickly wrote the note and turned it around for his assailants to see.
"Good. Now leave it on the bed."
Castle did as he was told.
"Please. I'll do as you ask, just don't hurt me. I have a mother and a daughter who depend on me. "
Nessie scoffed. "Do as you're told and you won't get hurt."
"Okay, okay, I'll do what you want. What do you want from me?" Castle asked them.
"To stand there and look pretty." Nessie told him.
"What?" Castle asked turning to the skinner man.
"Yeah, we need to take a photo. Can I hold the gun?" Nessie asked his partner eagerly.
"Fine. And don't even think about trying anything," Zorro warned Cunningham.
Nessie stood next to their victim and held a gun to his head as a photo was quickly taken.
"Now turn around," Zorro ordered once he was happy with the photo.
Castle did as he was told. He suddenly felt something go over his head. Before he even had a chance to reach his arms up they were yanked behind his back and bound.
"Hey, what's going on?" Castle asked.
"You are going to walk out of here and not say a thing or we will gag you, okay?"
Castle nodded. He didn't want to do anything to cause them to hurt him or his family.
So far, they had been quite nice for kidnappers.
Big Thank You to Annem57 for being my Beta. Its making my works so much easier for people to read and enjoy.
And Lizzie for getting me back into writing because of her kind in depth reviews. I owe you big time girl