Chapter 7.

Kelly sat on a large expensive couch in an executive corner office, not quite what she was expecting after being forcibly taken from her home. The building seemed empty though except for the men walking around carrying guns, she'd counted at least seven men. Looking around the room she wondered how she was going to get out of this little situation, she didn't think Cate would magically appear from the shadows and pull her out, she had said that she was always in the shadows watching over the Angel's Cate was like their very own guardian angel.

'Cate.' Kelly sadly whispered to her self. They had so much to talk about and figure out, Kelly wondered if they'd get the chance but she knew she mustn't think that way and berated her self for even thinking it. The people who were holding her hadn't hurt her not really. Maybe a few bruises from being dropped to the floor when she was first brought in but nothing else, she on the other hand had landed a good kick to one of the men's noses when they attacked her in her home. He screeched something about it being broken there was certainly a lot of blood pouring from it. Then one of the other men with the nose bleeder pulled his gun, everything quietened and Kelly went with them quietly, hoping against hope that her friends would get her out of this so there was no point in risking her life, not yet anyway, finding out who was responsible for all of this was the first priority. The Angel's would come she knew it.

The sound of the office door opening snapped Kelly back to attention she watched a tall slender woman with raven black long hair walk across the room to the large desk. She was dressed in a gorgeous black skirt suit, Kelly admired her taste in clothing for a moment, that soon passed when the woman spoke.

'Well Miss Garrett, it would seem that we will have the pleasure of your company for a least a few more hours.' The woman had quite a normal warm voice, Kelly noted, not harsh or sadistic which Kelly was expecting, it was very business like. 'I hope you don't mind Miss Garrett.' She looked up from her papers as she finished her sentence and smiled at Kelly.

'Mind telling me who you are? I'd like to know who's company I have the pleasure of.' Kelly said sarcastically.

'Of course, how very rude of me.' Getting up from behind her desk the woman walked round to Kelly offering her hand as she did. 'Nicole Sanderson, you met my husband the other day.'

'It wasn't exactly a pleasurable meeting.' Kelly said ignoring the hand held out to her 'Your husband was firing guns at me and my friends and injured two of them.' Kelly coolly said to her leaning back away from Nicole.

'Yes an unfortunate incident. Terrible how these things get out of hand so quickly isn't it?' Nicole asked as if oblivious to the seriousness of the situation. 'In any case my husband will be returned to me soon and you can go back to your friends.'

'Is that why I'm here?' Kelly asked rhetorically 'as a trade? You realise there's no way that the police will release your husband not even as a trade for me. I should think the FBI are involved now as well after all, you and your husband have been running one of largest drug rings that LA has seen in the last what ten years?'

Nicole smiled a smile they made Kelly feel uneasy and heightened her senses kind of like Spiderman's 'Spidey senses' she knew something bad was coming. Nicole simply smiled and returned to her seat behind her desk. A slow realisation crossed Kelly's mind that, that was the point. Nicole knew full well that her husband wouldn't be released so what was she really up to, having the Angel's running around after Kelly, keeping their minds occupied with that rather than what, what piece of the puzzle was missing.

'Careful Miss Garrett, all that thinking furrowing your brow will leaves lines on your face, wouldn't want you to ruin your angelic features now would we.' Nicole said lightly as she continued to work on her papers.


Jill still after nearly an hour of talking it all through with Cate couldn't believe what she had been told, it was all just too fantastic.

'Sister's.' she repeated again for the twentieth time at least Cate thought

'Yes, sister's.' Cate said not really listening to Jill now as the courier had just left the plans of the office building with them to be looked over.

'And you really don't want the other's knowing about this?' Jill asked again.

'I really don't.'

'Sister's' Jill whispered to her self even though Cate could still hear her.

'Just please try not to act like there's something going on that the other's don't know about when they get back here.' Cate said lowering the plans so she could see Jill over the top of them.

'Well, I do know something they don't know about but I promise, I won't say a thing not until we have Kel back and the two of you have spoken about it. Now share the plans with me let's see what we've got here.' Jill said firmly back in to work mode.

'I don't know what it is about you Jill Munroe, but I feel like I can tell you just about anything. I told Charlie I didn't want anyone knowing and look what I go and do, tell someone.' Cate expressed as she placed the plans on the hospital bed table over Jill. Jill simply smiled at her helping straighten out the plans.

'It's one of my many qualities. You'll get used to them.' She said studying the plans as she did. They continued looking over the plans when Sabrina, Kris and Bosley all came back in to the room.

'Well,' Bosley started as he removed his suit jacket 'It's a big building, little traffic going in or out so it doesn't look like there's a lot of security on the out side and by the looks of things light on the inside as well.'

'Right.' Sabrina said 'Which is bugging me.'

'Why Bri?' Jill asked. Sabrina began pacing the floor a clear sign that she was walking through her thoughts and suspicions.

'Well, if you're holding someone at a building wouldn't you want a little more security than just a few men? I mean wouldn't you have the whole place surrounded at different points waiting for us to come in to the rescue?' Sabrina questioned finally stopped pacing she faced her friends pointing at them with her right hand with her left hand planted on her hip.

'True, if it were me I'd have more force than that.' Bosley agreed rubbing the back of his neck as he thought.

'Kelly's a diversion.' Cate said distractedly still looking over the plans

'Excuse me' Kris said 'What do you mean Kelly's a diversion?' Kris was still upset over the whole table face-slamming incident.

'No, hold on Kris,' Sabrina said 'Cate's right, that's it!' Sabrina had a Eureka moment, all the pieces for falling in to place. 'Mrs Sanderson knows that her husband won't be released that we'll try to get Kelly back before the meeting time.'

'So what's really going on, she's got Kelly in one hand and is hiding what up her sleeve.' Jill asked.

'Drug deal.' Cate said flatly looking up at them all. 'Think about it, we bust up the original deal and the police take all the drugs. Sanderson's order's not filled out. Some would wait, let thing's settle before trying again but why not just do it straight away, the element of surprise. We're all paying attention to what her left hand is doing.'

'Whilst her right hand is doing something else entirely, of course!' Sabrina said. 'It's so obvious, I don't know why we didn't see it before.' Sabrina exclaimed shaking her head with a slight smile on her face. 'Clever, Mrs Sanderson, very clever.'

'That's the point of a diversion, you spend all your time on one thing and the other slips right by.' Cate said still studying the plans.

'Found anything useful in the plans Cate?' Bosley asked moving closer to her.

'Well, we found a way in but when we realised the distraction theory. I had Charlie get us some plans and maps of the pier 35. We found the building 21 and the jetty that leads up to it. Lots of ways to get in and out unnoticed but these are the easiest.' Cate showed Bosley and the other Angel's what she and Jill had researched. 'The building itself is pretty big but a simple layout like the one that we took Mr. Sanderson and his crew down in.'

'Two levels ground and upper, just like the last one.' Jill finished

'Only this time you'll be here out of harms way!' Kris stated acting like the big sister this time.

'Yeah which I hate, I'd rather be with you guy's making sure everyone came home safe and sound.' Jill unhappily said.

'I know Jill, but right now it's best for you to heal.' Kris softly said stroking her sister's hand.

'I just feel so helpless here lying around waiting for someone to inform me as to what's going on with my family!' Jill began to get upset, tears welling in her blue eyes.

'I know honey.' Kris soothed.

'You want to help Jill, be my eyes' Cate said, Jill tilted her head confused looking at her 'I haven't got the time to study all these plans and find my way in to the building quickly and quietly.' Cate explained, Jill listening intently.

'What do you mean you haven't got the time to study the plans. We work as a team Cate not solo acts.' Kris explained annoyance ringing in every word.

'You do Kris your right. But I don't I never have remember? I'm the undercover Angel, I've always worked alone. Researching all the info that Charlie gave me and making sure I knew every way that I could help in any way possible.' Cate explained anger rising in her tone, she'd just about had her fill of Kris's attitude towards her especially with what was at stake should anything go wrong. 'And while working in a team is great we don't have the time to work out our kinks that we seem to have now do we?' Cate looked straight at Kris as she finished what she was saying.

'Ok, ok.' Sabrina cut in 'Let's just cool down a bit here. You're both right in what you're saying. Cate run your solo angle with Jill working with you but we'll all plan it together so we know what each of us is doing as much as we can. We need some form of a plan before going in, Kelly's life may depend upon it.' All in agreement the Angel's and Bosley all sat again around the small coffee table in Jill's room as they planned what they would all do.

'So,' Sabrina began 'what's the betting that the drug deal will happen at around the same time we go in to get Kelly.'

'Pretty likely,' Kris answered 'question is how do they know when we're on our way to get Kelly?'

'Phone tap?' Bosley suggested.

'Maybe, check all the car phones and the office phone, best to be safe.' Sabrina said as she scribbled something down on the notepad in front of her lifting it to show the others bug in room? It read. Cate acknowledged the thought first with a nod of her head as she got up from her seat to start looking motioning at the others to keep talking. Whilst the others continued to talk through plans starting to throw in curves just in case the room was bugged. Cate looked up and down the room trying to find a bugging device in any of the most likely places and then most unlikely. She got down on to the floor and looked under the bedside cabinets taking a small torch from her inside jacket pocket she shone the torch light into the far dark corners of the underside of the cabinet. Bingo, one bugging device. She slowly and quietly got up off the floor giving Sabrina and the others the thumbs up to a bugging device pointing to where it was. Sabrina began to write more down on her notepad continue making plan. Make real plan elsewhere. Everyone acknowledged the note and Kris pointed at herself to let it be known the new meeting place would be at her beach home. They continued to talk when the nurse walked in to the room.

'Good news Miss Munroe, the doctor is releasing you today.' She said in a bright and breezy voice.

'Really?' Kris said surprised.

'Really. He's happy with your progress and is more than prepared to sign you out today all you need do is fill out some paperwork and you can go as soon as your ready.' The room was silent with astonishment 'Right then, I'll go get the papers then.' The nurse said turning and leaving the room. Sabrina wrote one word down on her pad that everyone instinctively knew what it would be before she lifted it. C-H-A-R-L-I-E! they all smiled shaking their heads.

'Well, that's great news, right Jill?' Sabrina said

'Great news, I'd say that was fantastic! I was getting sick of this room.'

'Which considering you're in a hospital is kind of ironic if you think about it.' Cate said as she perched her self on the side of Jill's bed. Jill smiling playfully punched her in the arm.

'Cute.' Jill said 'Just wait 'til I'm on my feet you!'

'Threats already, you must be feeling better.' Cate laughed with Jill. The nurse returned to the room with Jill's release forms, pleased to see that the room's atmosphere had changed from gloomy to cheery.

'Here you are Miss Munore, if you could just sign where marked and then you're good to go.'

'Any instructions for the patient?' Kris asked from her seat.

'Just to take things easy and slowly in fact the doctor left a list.' The nurse handed it to Kris who read it aloud smiling as she did.

'Miss Munroe you are not to do any of the following for at least another three weeks. No running, surfing, skateboarding, no sport's of any kind that aren't walking and even then not too far that you over tire your self. No heavy lifting and above all no race car driving.' Kris smiled as she folded the note to put in her purse. 'And that part he underlined!' Everyone laughed in the room. Kris ushered everyone out so that Jill could get changed in to some clean clothes that Kris had brought to the hospital the first day Jill was there. Cate went to wait outside opting to take Kris and Jill back to the beach house where they would all be meeting, Sabrina and Bosley went on ahead to get the house ready for Jill and Kris. Cate leaned against the side of her car waiting for the two Munroe sister's to appear. She heard Jill before she saw them, she was complaining about having to be pushed out the hospital in a wheelchair when she'd much rather walk, hospital policy kept being said a lot to her. It seemed to Cate that it was a policy that everyone who came out of a hospital hated. Once at the hospital doors Cate saw them both as Jill got to her feet Kris was by her side steadying her big sister, just to be safe, Jill had been laid up in bed with a gun shot wound for the last few days. Cate went over to meet them and take their bags so Kris had more control to help Jill. She tossed the bags in to the trunk of the car and opened the car doors for them, getting in to the drivers seat and starting the engine ready to move as soon as they were.

'Nice wheels Cate, very nice.' Jill said as she fastened her seat belt.

'Thought you might like it,' Cate returned as she pulled out of the car park on to the road. 'Sabrina and Bosley went on to your place to set up and get things ready for you Jill.'

'The radio equipment you asked Charlie for?' Jill asked

'Yeah, we'll get it set up and we're on our way.' Cate explained as Jill, nodding her head, opened the car window enjoying the fresh air rush while they drove to the beach house, Kris mean while sat in the back quietly as they spoke. Moments later they arrived at the beach house, parking next to Kris's car that now sat sparklingly clean in it's usual place outside the house.

'Finally, my car!' Kris exclaimed as she got out of Cate's car rushing over to it to check it over.

'Look's good sis, better than new.' Jill said smile beaming as she did.

'It'd better be.' Kris quietly commented. Grabbing the bags from the trunk Cate followed Kris and Jill in to the beach house where they were greeted by Bosley and Sabrina.

'Hey! Good to have you home Jill.' Sabrina called out from the kitchen.

'I second that and after checking all rooms we are free to talk.' Bosley stated entering the main room from the bedroom.

'That's good to hear.' Kris said with relief.

'Where would you like these bags to go?' Cate asked from the front door.

'Oh, follow me Cate I'll show you.' Jill said leading the way to the back bedroom.

'So,' Jill started as she showed Cate where to put the bags 'are you going to say anything?'

'About what?' Cate asked back

'Cate.'

'No, still no. I said no at the hospital and I still say no now.'

'I know what you said Cate, but with the room having been bugged doesn't it bother you that they know, Sanderson and her people?'

'Yeah it bothers me but how exactly are they going to use it against us?'

'Who knows how they would or why they wouldn't but Cate' Before Jill could finish they were interrupted by Sabrina calling them back to the main room, Charlie was on the phone.

'Are we all here?' Charlie asked

'We are now Charlie.' Kris answered pouring herself a glass of juice from the fridge.

'Good. So what have we got?'

'Well, we found the bug in the room so we now know that Mrs Sanderson.'

'Nicole Sanderson.' Charlie interjected.

'Has been listening to us and our plans, with that in mind we made a false plan for her benefit whilst figuring the real plan.' Sabrina explained.

'And what is the real plan Angel?'

'We're going to split up. Cate and I are going to Voyager Landing to get Kelly whilst Kris and Bosley go on to the pier and watch over what's happening there. We'll join them as soon as we have Kelly.'

'Then what, are you calling the police?' Charlie asked

'We will Charlie but ask them to hang back again and let us handle Nicole. We'll let them know when to come in.' Kris explained 'Bosley and I are going to check the layout when we get there see who the buyers are, as soon as Bri and Cate join us we'll move in.'

'Cate will take the upper level, with Jill's help whilst the rest of take the other entrances making sure we have them all covered.' Sabrina continued.

'You don't think that the drop is going to be as grand as the first then?'

'No Charlie, not this time.' Sabrina said 'Nicole will be trying to keep this transaction a little quieter so soon after the last. I think the show boating is more her husbands doing than hers, he likes to make others believe he's the big man in the business, throwing others eyes off the real boss.'

'Guy's' Cate interrupted 'time's moving on, Bri we need to get moving if we're going to keep with the time scale.'

'Right, we said we'd go to retrieve Kelly at 5pm Charlie, moving straight on to the pier once we had her. Of course they don't know that we're splitting up and that we'll be at both places at once.' Sabrina explained to Charlie as she grabbed her jacket and gun from her handbag.

'Alright Angel's, sounds like you have everything under control. Just be careful who knows what tricks Nicole Sanderson may have up her sleeve. Cate if you should need it your motor bike is parked ready and waiting at the office. Be safe Angel's'

'We will Charlie, speak soon.' Kris replied disconnecting the call on the speaker box.

'Alright then let's move out. Jill, you OK with radio equipment?' Sabrina asked.

'Yep, all good here, Cate you've got your receiver and everything right?'

'All here and good to go, I'll radio in as soon as I'm on route to the pier.'

'Bri and I have already checked all the equipment and everything is in working order so no problems there. So let's get going, bring Kelly home and put these people away for a long time.' Bosley said with determination as he headed for the door.

'I second that Bos.' Kris said following Bosley.

'Good luck y'all and be careful!' Jill called out after them as the door closed.

'You want to go and get your bike now?' Sabrina asked as Cate drove them out to the main road.

'Nope, Kelly first, bike second.'

'I was hoping you would say that. Let's go get our missing Angel.'