Chapter Three: Unraveled Knots
The storm had now passed and Jordan had just put his car in his garage. He pushed down the garage door and moved to lock it when he was suddenly pushed into it and he turned around to meet the murderous eyes of Jason. "Where's my money?"
"Rob and I...we snatched two kids who have really rich parents and once we have them hidden we'll send out a ransom note."
Jason's eyes lit up at Jordan's explanation, his eyes shining with a sick, carnal gleam. "I like children...how old are they?"
"A boy about 10 and a girl about 8..."
"A girl?" Jason repeated, vile ideas flying through his head. "I would like to see them...to, you know, make sure you're not trying to pull my leg here."
"They're being taken up the river right now to "the place". I'm meeting with Robert tomorrow morning just before Knot Bridge. You'll be able to see them then."
"Good...and I may do a little more then just "see" them."
"I'm sorry?" Jordan replied confused at Jason's reply.
"Don't worry about it. I'll meet you at the bridge tomorrow, what time?"
"I'm going to get there around 6:00."
Jason nodded and began to walk down the driveway quickly throwing over his shoulder, "You better not be lying to me, Jordan."
"Oh, Gomez, we've been looking for hours out here and there isn't a sign of them anywhere!" Morticia called out distressed as she walked up to him from a separate forest path.
"I know," Gomez replied as he held her hands in between them. "But Lurch just went home to fetch Kitty; he has a good nose on him."
She nodded just as Lurch pulled the car up behind them with Kitty sitting calmly in the back seat. Upon seeing his "parents", Kitty leaped out of the car without waiting for Lurch to open the door for him and splashed through the mud puddles to greet them.
"Hey, Kitty, old man!" Gomez called to him happily as he keeled down and rubbed the lion between the ears, Kitty purring loudly in response.
"We need you to do something for us, darling," Morticia told him as she caressed his mane. Kitty moved back and sat down in front of her waiting for her command like a dog.
Before she could say another word Kal ran up to them, his gun drawn, and shouted, "No one move, I've had training with wild animals...well, dogs..."
"That will be unnecessary, Mr. Kal," Gomez told him as he moved in-between him and his pet. "Kitty is a member of our family. He'll be able to smell out any trace of Pugsley or Wednesday."
"But...but...he..." Kal was shaking at this point, he couldn't wrap his head around the fact there was a full grown African lion less than 4 feet from him.
"There's nothing to be worried about; Kitty's hunted them down loads of times before."
"They just love a game of Hide and Shriek or Kitty's personal favorite, Cat and Mouse," Morticia threw in before turning back to Kitty. "We need you to try and find Pugsley and Wednesday or anything that belongs to them."
Kitty flicked his tail before standing up with a stretch and walking toward the river, sniffing trees and shrubs on his way.
"I'll...uh, be sure to let the other officers know that...he, belongs to you," Kal spit out as he began backing away from them slowly before running off.
"I wonder what had him all shaken up..." Gomez mused to himself. "You don't think it was Kitty Kat do you?"
"Nonsense, Kitty is nothing more but a loving house cat," Morticia replied just as a loud roar resonated throughout the countryside.
"By Jove I think Kitty's found something!" Gomez shouted excitedly as he took her hand and hurried over to where Kitty was pawing something in the dirt at the end of the road, close to the river.
"What you got there?" Gomez asked Kitty as he bent down and pulled up what Kitty was nosing in the mud. A black ribbon.
"It's Wednesday's hair ribbon!" Morticia exclaimed as she took it from Gomez and began scratching off the caked mud and dirt. "That's means they were here!"
"I'll go fetch Kal," Gomez told her before dashing back up the road.
Author's Note: Hey, sorry for the long wait, but with the holiday's and all that sneaking up on me I really didn't have a chance to get back to you guys. Hope you enjoyed this chapter and the story is sure to pick up from here, be prepared ;) Love you guys and thanks for the reviews.
