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Happy Halloween everyone! I know that some people wont be reading this exactly on Halloween but I want to wish everyone a Happy Halloween, I hope everyone has/had a blast : )…Before heading to the story, here is a thank to my reviewers:
drewnhardy- I love that song too :), I am happy you enjoyed it. I am also pleased that you like my chapter.
Julzprice- Wow! That was a long review! I enjoyed it very much and I am happy that you like my story and the song. I hope you like this chapter…and I will add in Frank misery here and there (hehe)
katie janeway- Well, let's just see if you are still relieved at the end of this chapter ; )
reviewer- Thanks! I hope you like this chapter too : )
digtaldawn- I am happy you like the story. And I know, suspense is a killer, I hope that there is suspense is in this one.
ladybug123- Thank you! Here is the chapter; I hope it was worth the wait.
Before the story starts, I would like to thank my beta, msnancydrew. She is the best beta anyone could ask for (not to mention a great writer)…so a BIG thank you to her too.
And now for a feature presentation…Missing Since Monday
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Chapter 7- Wednesday, June 28th
Everyone just stared back at who they thought was Ned.
"What do you mean who's Ned? And you know who we are!" George screamed "You are Ned Nickerson! Don't you recognize us?"
Ned then got a confused look on his face, as if he was trying to remember. "Look, I don't know who you are talking about. But you do look familiar." He then looked at all of them, but then pointed to Frank, "I don't know why, but every time I look at you, I feel like I want to get out of this bed and punch you in the face."
Frank's face went white as Joe tried but didn't succeed in not laughing. Frank then elbowed Joe in the ribs which made him stop laughing, "Hey, what was that for?" Frank then looked at Joe with warning eyes "Just don't say anything, Joe, for once please."
Joe then smiled "Alright, but only because you're my brother. But I'm not letting you off so easy next time."
George then rolled her eyes and went back to Ned "Do you remember or have any other feelings about us?"
Ned then looked at Bess, George, and Joe. He then got that confused look on his face again and then started to place his hand on his head. He looked back at them and frowned. "Look, I'm sorry, I don't remember you guys. I wish I could help or remember more, but I can't. Sorry."
Bess then finally spoke up. "NO! You can't give up yet! We need you, Ned. We need you! Nancy needs you!"
When Bess said Nancy, Ned face got a confused look on his face again. Everyone then started to smile, 'He's remembering!' Bess thought to herself. But then he looked back up at them, "I wish I could help, but I just can't. Now can you stop bothering me, I need my sleep." Ned then closed his eyes to go back to sleep. Bess was frantic. She started to walk towards Ned's bed but George held her back. "Bess, let's go. We will come back tomorrow. Maybe after he wakes up he will remember something." Bess just sighed as she walked out of the room and George followed her.
Frank then took out a piece of paper and placed it on the nightstand next to Ned's bed. "Look, if you remember anything, please call this number as soon as possible. Doesn't matter the time, ok?" Ned just nodded as he fell asleep.
Frank and Joe then went out of the room and shut off the light. "Well, that was an enlightening conversation." Joe said as they were walking down the hall.
"What do you mean? We learned nothing." Frank said while glancing at his brother
"On the contrary, we learned that Ned really doesn't like you. Even though it is really obvious that he never did, but it is nice that we know the truth. Don't you think?"
Frank just looked at Joe and rolled his eyes "Just drop it." Suddenly, Frank stopped walking and put his arm in front of Joe stopping him too.
"Joe, where's Bess and George?"
Joe looked around but didn't see them. "Oh crap!" Joe screamed and everyone who was in the hallway looked at him while one of the nurse looked at him sternly and said, "Shhhh"
Joe then looked at her and whispered "Sorry"
Frank and Joe started to run down the hallway and then made a sharp turn to go on the elevator when suddenly Frank stopped short again, but this time made Joe slip and fall. Joe then looked at his brother while getting up "You better have had a good reason for that." He then turned to look at what Frank was looking at and saw Bess and George sitting in the chairs by the elevator.
"Whew, I told you not to panic Frank." Joe said as he walked away from Frank and towards the girls.
Frank just placed his hand on his face and sighed "This is going to be a long day."
"Come on, Frank, I know you need your beauty sleep but I don't think that in the hallway of a hospital is the best place." Joe said while pressing the button to call the elevator.
Frank just looked at Joe and started to walk towards the elevator. "If I weren't so tired, I would yell at you."
Joe just smirked as the doors on the elevator opened. They got on the elevator and it was silent on the way down. They got off the elevator, handed the passes back to the lady at the front desk and walked out the door. George and Bess were ahead of the Hardys because they didn't want to go up to the woman behind the desk.
"Well, I would say that was pointless, don't you think?" Bess said as she skipped to the car. George was about to reply when she saw something on the car. She ran in front of Bess and went to it and picked it up. It was a manila envelope with the name "Hardys" on it. She turned around and saw Frank and Joe still walking towards the car.
"Hey slowpokes, get over here. You got mail." When she said that Frank and Joe bolted over. They went to George and she gave them the envelope. Joe then ripped it open and there was a letter. He read the letter and his eyes widened when he saw the next page.
"Oh great."
"What is it, Joe?" Frank asked nervously
Joe then looked up at him and held up the second piece of paper for everyone to see.
"There on to us." The sheet of paper that he held was the picture of Frank and Joe taking Bess and George.
"Oh, that's just perfect." Frank sighed as he ran his hand through his hair. Bess then grabbed the picture from Joe. "Oh my God!"
Then everyone went over to Bess. "What is it? What do you see?"
Bess was speechless for a moment until she spoke again. "I look so bad in this picture!"
"BESS!"
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1:30 AM
Mark was walking down the hall of his warehouse until he got to a door. He opened the slot at the top of the door and looked in. He saw Nancy on the bed sleeping. He smirked at this. 'Go ahead and sleep, Nancy, and dream. Because you can only escape me in your dreams'. He thought to himself as he closed the slot at the top of the door. As he turned around he saw Harry and Jake walking down the hallway (A.N- My Jasper Jake and Hoarse Harry, just in case you forgot)
"Boss! Boss!" Harry shouted down the hall.
Mark then walked to meet Harry and Jake. "What is it you buffoons?"
"We are all set to go. We are just awaiting your order." Jake said as he straightened his back.
"Go and get the job done. And I want it done quickly and don't run into any problems this time."
"Yes, sir" They said in unison before turning around and heading back to where they came from.
Mark then turned and walked back down the hallway.
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White.
That is all that surrounded Ned. He paced around the white room, thinking. He then threw his hands up in the air and shouted.
"Ugh, I need to remember something. Can you give me a sign, a hint, anything!"
Right at that moment, a movie screen and a projector came into view. Then a huge arrow pointed down at a button flashing the words "Push Me". Ned then slowly walked up to the projector and pressed the button. When he pressed it, the lights went out and a chair came out of nowhere and hit the back of his legs making him fall into the chair. "Even though this place is weird, the service is good" He said as a countdown appeared on the screen.
3
2
1
The first thing to pop on the screen was a little boy around the age of 2. He was smiling and walking around and looked like that it was a home video. Ned then smiled to himself but then got a confused look on his face "Is that me?" It was silent until someone from the movie spoke up. "Ned, honey, wave to mommy." Baby Ned then faced the camera and waved happily waved to his mother. "Oh my gosh, that is me! Ned Nickerson, that's my name! If I could only remember more." With that, the screen faded and then another scene came up.
This scene was somewhat different. It was in a high school and it looked like Ned was now about 17. He was walking down the hall in his football jacket when he bumped into a girl with strawberry blonde hair, causing her to drop her books. He kindly bent down to pick them up. Ned looked at the screen with another confused face "Who is she? Why does she look so familiar?" Teenage Ned then spoke up "I'm sorry, I wasn't looking on where I was going." The girl then shrugged "It's ok, it was my fault to." They both then stood up and looked at each other, blushing. Ned then handed the girl her books. "By the way, I'm Ned Nickerson." He held out his hand for a hand-shake. She then put out hers and they shook hands "Nancy Drew." Ned eyes widened as he heard that name. "NANCY! I remember."
Then the movie started to fast forward. He saw their first date, kiss, fight, make-up, other fights, and eventually break-up. It then showed him jogging in the park when a van pulled up and grabbed him. It fast forwarded again, showing him getting beaten up. Then it slowed down when Nancy came into the cell. It showed them going to the door and Nancy letting Ned escape. It completely slowed down when Ned turned around and saw Nancy being dragged back in. Ned's lips weren't moving, but you heard him say "I will come back for you, Nancy, and those people who are doing that to you will be caught". It then fast forward again to when he went onto the street and saw the lights. The movie then started to go berserk and then Ned's eyes widened.
Ned quickly sat up.
"Nancy."
He quickly looked around until he saw the post-it on his nightstand with Frank's number on it. He then quickly picked up the phone and dialed.
Ring- ring- ring -ring
"Ugh, pick up."
Ring- ring
"Hardy here."
"Frank?"
"Yes, who is this?"
"It's Ned."
"Ned! Oh my God, I can't believe it."
"Well, believe it Sherlock. Look, I've called you to talk about what happened to me."
"Ok, hold on; let me put you on speaker." After a few seconds he heard a couple of noises then normal again. "Ok Ned, we're here. Now tell us everything."
"Ok, well it all started when I went out for my morning jog..."
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2:00 AM
Harry and Jake stepped out of their car along with 3 other goons. Harry then leaned towards Jake.
"This is the place, right?"
Jake looked at Harry. "No, Harry. We just stopped the car and got out for the fun of it. Now come on, let's get this job done. "Jake walked towards the building along with the other 3 goons. Harry waited behind and spoke out loud. "I really wish this wasn't the place. Hospitals really freak me out."
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"…and then I ended up here talking to you fine people. And Frank."
There were a few chuckles before Frank cleared his throat. "Ok, can you tell us how to find the warehouse?"
"Ok, I don't know the exact location but ask the police where they picked me up from the accident. And then when you get there, head east for a couple of hours then...hold on, there is someone at the door. Hello? Who are you? Wait, I've seen you before. Oh no, guys help!" The group heard a brief struggle and then silence.
"NED! ARE YOU THERE? NED!"
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Well…that is the end of this chapter. I just noticed something, my Hoarse and Jasper which are named Harry and Jake. I seriously did not notice that until this moment, those were just the first two named that popped in my head (Harry because I watched the Harry Potter movies with my sister and Jake because I was watching One Tree Hill Season 2 and I love him) Ok, back to the story…I hoped you enjoyed it and please review. No big flames please
See you guys later
- Anglicxox