Joe tried to get the image of the helicopter exploding out of his mind. There was something cold about the way that Taylor had taken aim, almost as if she had wanted to commit cold-blooded murder right then and there…with witnesses watching her. Shaking his head, Joe left the room and went in search of his parents. He had to tell them what he knew. There was no way that he could wait until he had the evidence that he needed in hand.
Fenton stared at Joe as he told him what had been going on. When Joe was finished, Fenton sighed and said, "The stress of all of this can be a bit…"
"You think that I'm making this up?"
"You have to admit that it does seem a little strange that Taylor would go through all of this just for revenge against you."
"But what if it's not just me? What if she's trying to get rid of the Network also?"
"And why on Earth would Frank agree with her?"
"That I can't explain. But I know what she said."
"Until we can prove this, I think that we should leave the matter alone."
"Taylor could be up to something and you want to just let it go!"
"And if she's not? They might have just said those things to rattle your cage. It seems to be working." Joe turned away, disgusted that he didn't have anything that would back up what he was saying.
"Votre frère me commence à faire fâché." «Your brother is starting to make me angry. »
"Pas l'inquiétude, le papa ne le croit pas." «Don't worry, dad doesn't believe him. »
"Je ne soigne pas. Cela était l'une chose que j'espérais qu'il ne ferait pas jusqu' à beaucoup plus tard. Je n'aime pas le fait qu'il est allé à votre père avant qu'il ait ait été ait supposé à." «I don't care. That was the one thing that I was hoping that he wouldn't do until much later. I don't like the fact that he went to your father before he was supposed to. »
"Que ferons-nous de lui ?" «What shall we do about it?»
"Je dirais le virage lui dans, mais cela tout ruinerait" «I would say turn him in, but that would ruin everything.»
"Nous pourrions donner Joe a. l'a. ..time hors." «We could give Joe a...time out.»
"Que pensez-vous de ?" «What are you thinking about?»
"Il y a une série de cavernes quelques-uns mille pieds d'ici, la droite ?" «There are a set of caves a few thousand feet from here, right?»
"Cela a raison." «That's right.»
"Je pense qu'il apprécierait explorer ceux-là pour quelques jours." «I think that he would enjoy exploring those for a few days.»
"Et comment expliquerions-nous le fait qu'il manque ?" «And how would we explain the fact that he's missing?»
"Invitons Nancy et les autres sur un voyage de randonée. Monter un combat avec lui. Cela permettra à vous d'avoir besoin de quelques-uns l'un marcher avec vous soutient ici. Après ils partent avec vous, je m'assurerai qu'il part pour son petit voyage." «Let's invite Nancy and the others on a hiking trip. I'lll stage a fight with him. That will give you a chance to need some one to walk with you back here. After they leave with you, I'll make sure that he leaves for his little trip.»
"Cela est une très bonne idée." «That is a very good idea.»
Joe walked next to Bess as the small group hiked along the path. He was surprised that Taylor had extended the invitation for the hike to him as well and was determined not to drop his guard. Nancy seemed to sense that Joe was tense and now and then looked in his direction. Next to her, Ned complained in a teasing tone, "Is it just me or are you more interested in Joe than you are me?"
"It's not that. It's just that haven't you noticed that neither Frank or Joe have said that much to each other in the past two days?"
"Now that you mention it, I have noticed. I wonder what's going on between them."
"I don't know. I guess it's just the stress from what's going on all over the world."
"Yeah…I heard that they arrested twenty people yesterday…one of them was 17 years old."
"Joe's age. This is getting out of hand."
"Tell me about it."
Behind them, Frank waited until they were near the trail to the caves when he bumped into Joe. Joe turned and glared at Frank for a moment. Bess grabbed Joe by his arm and said, "It was an accident."
"Sure it was." Joe said slowly, eying his brother. Frank's gaze didn't change as he asked, "Are you saying that I did that on purpose?"
"That's exactly what I'm saying."
"I always said that you're a hot head."
"And what do you mean by that?"
"It's simple, you have no idea what you're talking about, and you want to take it out on anyone that doesn't agree with you." Nancy, George, Ned and Taylor stopped walking and turned to watch what was going on. Taylor stepped forward and said softly, "Please don't fight."
"Stay out of this." Joe snarled at her.
"Watch how you talk to her, Joe. It's because of her you're not in a Federal prison somewhere." Frank snapped in return.
"I think you mean it's because of her innocent people are being locked up." Joe stepped forward and added, "Let's not forget that she would love to see me in the past tense."
"And what makes you say that?"
"Are you trying to pretend that she never told me that? You were standing right there next to her when she said it."
"You've lost it." Frank tried to brush past Joe, but Joe was far too angry to let it slide this time. He swung and just barely missed Frank as his brother ducked under the punch and tackled him. Nancy cried out in shock as the two fought. Taylor turned toward Ned and begged, "Please, go back to the house and get two of the staff, I'm afraid that they might hurt each other."
"But…"
"I don't want you to get hurt trying to stop them." Ned hurried back the way that they had come. After a few moments, Taylor tried to grab Joe's arm when he got to close to her. Joe attempted to jerk his arm out of her grasp, but ended up hitting her instead. Taylor fell to the ground soundlessly. Frank's gaze became deadly at that point. Nancy and George attempted to revive Taylor as the two brothers went at each other with renewed anger. Taylor came to and Nancy made up her mind. "We're taking you back to the house and we're sending Ned here to stop this."
"Are you sure? I…"
"He'll be fine. I'm more worried about you." Nancy, Bess and George found a safe way around the two fighters and led Taylor away. Frank waited until they were out of sight before knocking Joe out. He then motioned for the two Assassins that had been hiding close by to carry his brother away. He waited until they were gone before he followed the girls, laughing quietly.
