Hi Striker here just wanted to thank y'all for reading my story! Thanks to Jamaica and Duckyumbrella for reviewing chapter 3!! I'm sorry about chapter 3. I know it was short but good things come in small packages! Well I know you really want to see the end so….. Here goes nothing!
For the second time that day a cab containing the Hardy bothers pulled up to old office building. But this time the cab also contained a strawberry blonde.
"Well here we are," Joe said as he paid the cabbie, "Office sweet office!"
"Well, it seems like an office building, but sweet wasn't one of the many adjectives that came to mind." Nancy looked up and continued "But let's go and see it."
Frank laughed, "Don't worry, for once Joe is right. The inside is pretty nice."
"And there is a doorman! I mean how cool is that?" Joe commented
"I don't see a doorman," Nancy said as the three walked into the building.
"He's probably on a break." Joe answered as they headed for the elevator "Hey, the front desk lady is gone too. They must have group breaks here."
"Haha, Joe you are so funny!" Nancy rolled her eyes.
Frank pushed the elevator button "This elevator is really slow."
"Then I'm going up the stairs," Nancy said "I can't wait anymore!"
Joe smiled and tossed her the keys, "11th floor the only door with the green lettering."
"Okay I'll meet you up there." Nancy said over her shoulder as she headed for the stairs.
Nancy almost sprinted up the 11 flights of stairs. When she reached the 11 floor she was barely breathing hard. I'm glad I'm in good shape because the rate of the elevator we'll be using the stairs a lot! Nancy soon found the door but just as she was about to put the key in the lock she heard voices "I swear I…money …hey what the!" Suddenly there was a muffled BANG and a thump. Nancy looked down at the door. It was slightly ajar. Nancy slowly opened the door and walked inside.
The office looked just the way Frank and Joe had described it. The room she guessed to be the file room was wide open. As she walked to the door she gasped. On the floor face down was a man. A man who looked like he had been shot. And the puddle of blood proved Nancy was right.
Nancy took a step back. The killer is still here I have to-. She never got to finish that thought. Something heavy came crashing down on the back of the girl's skull. She crumpled to the carpet. The man in black quickly made his way to the door. He was halfway out the door when the elevator arrived. The man in black heard this and started running. That was a big mistake.
"That guy just ran out of our office!" Joe said "And-"
"And Nancy is in there!" Frank finished
The 2 brother ran to the office. At fist glance everything look normal but the arm sticking out of the doorway changed all that.
"Joe," Frank yelled "Go after that guy!" But Joe was already out in the hallway running at a dead sprint.
Frank ran to the file room. Slumped on the ground by the door was Nancy. On the other end of the room was an older man with a puddle of blood. Frank knelt down and gasped. Nancy's shoulder length was matted with blood. Her stillness frightened him. He gently shook her shoulder. A small groan escaped the girl's lips.
"The man he's…" Nancy said.
"Shh, there's nothing we can do for him. We have to worry about you," Frank helped Nancy sit up. "What happened?"
"I came upstairs and the door was open. I heard 2 people talking and then a muffled bang. I came in and the light was on in here. I ran here and was going over to him when something hit me on the back of the head. That's all I remember until now." Nancy gently rubbed the back of her head, "Man whoever hit me sure hits hard." She tried to laugh but it hurt too much.
Frank opened his mouth to say something when a slightly out of breath Joe walked in. "I lost him he had too much of a head start. Joe looked at Nancy and said, "Are you okay?"
"Yup I'm head headed, don't worry." The 3 detectives looked over at the dead man.
"Guess we should call the police." Frank said as he helped Nancy up, "And get you to a doctor."
"Frank," Nancy started, "I'm really fine." Frank pulled his cell phone out of his pocket and said "So you are still going to see a doctor!"
The police arrived 15 minutes later. After the removal of the body and all the question that followed, the 3 sleuths went up to the officer in charge, Detective Marko, and asked "Do you know who the wan was sir?"
"No id, no driver's license, or credit cars. He's a mystery." The short, oriental detective said. "It's a shame none of you got a look at the killer." Then turing to Nancy he said, "Could you tell if the killer was man or woman?"
"I only heard 2 people talking, I never saw the second person"
Joe cut in, "It was a man, the build, the speed, and the height were in no way, shape or form a woman."
"We're licensed private investigators and if there's anything we can do…" Frank started
Detective Marko smiled "I'll call you."
Nancy started to speak "We have all those files and I'm only here until Tuesday, when do you think we will be able to come back?"
"When the lab boys are done I'll call you, so probably hear from me on Sunday."
"Okay, thank you sir" Nancy said as she and the Hardy's made their way to the door.
"We have to get you to a doctor," Frank said as they headed to the elevator.
"No, I'm fine!" Nancy complained.
As the argument went on the 3 didn't notice the man leaning on 1 of the doors at the end of the hall. They didn't see him frown and slowly make his way down the stairs and make the call. "We have 3 more problems to get rid of."