-Joe and Elayne-
They entered into the ride that Frank had told them about. It was dark and dank and they found hat they had to tread carefully as there was actually very little walking space. There was a river in the cave but they didn't stay on track of this. Apparently they had made this cave seem as real as possible giving it several different passages. It was dark and dank and the water that fell from the ceiling came down in streams. There was a stream of water that was coming through the tunnel that acted as a release that would send the water back to the top and continue the cycle. "This feels familiar." Joe muttered aloud.
"It should Mr. Hardy." A light came on around them nearly blinding them after having only used a pen light to get a round. In the corner were Amanda and Sam Fairchild.
"Carl Dubcheck number two I believe. What's the matter number 1 not able to take this job?"
"That old man died in the prison cell that placed him in. He wasn't very smart as you were able to figure out what was going on with the last case." Carl Dubcheck number two looked at him with cold eyes. "Come on let's see if you can get them and bring your girlfriend with you." Dubcheck ordered them.
When they stepped into the water there were dark shadows that started circling their feet
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-Fairchild Mansion-
"Ever wonder what happens when the future is threatened?" A voice asked.
"Plenty." Fairchild answered knocking a pawn out of the game.
"You will lose all that you love and then be in ruins."
"Did you get that call traced?" Eugene asked him.
"Yep," Andrew answered before going back to his phone call.
"Frank, be careful." Frank was warned before they turned off their phones.
"Let's go." Andrew grabbed his keys.
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-Frank-
"Good they don't have Elayne that means though that they have one other person. Everyone else is safe currently."
If hell could freeze over it just did after what Frank had just said. "Who's missing?"
"Amanda and Sam Fairchild," Frank answered not liking the answer anymore than his brother or Elayne.
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-The Police Station-
"You remember the story right?" Ned nodded his head. He remembered alright and he didn't like the plan. It stunk.
"I know that my bosses will see right though this story."
"We'll just see about that."
"If anything happens to her I'll make sure you rot in prison." Frank threatened.
He couldn't believe that they were going to give the guy a second chance. Frank knew that they hadn't been able to set Nancy up with any kind of surveillance equipment. He wanted nothing to happen to her. "How can I protect her when I know that they are after all of us?" Frank ran his hand through his hair.
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-La Eternal Noche-
The burly man stepped out of the way and the three women stepped past him ever so slightly brushing up to him in suggestive ways of seduction. Down the hall they stepped into a large room with a bar set up in the middle. "You three want a job you'll have to show me what you can do." He sipped a brandy slowly and amused as he took in the three women. One of them looked very familiar to him. He just couldn't quite place her yet. Mrs. Williams put on a CD that she carried in her purse and the girls lined on the stage.
By the time they were through he had a dazed look in his eyes. He had never lost himself like that with three half naked women all lap dancing on him at various times. "You'll do. You will have to rest before the show tonight."
Disclaimer: As we all know I only own the books but not the characters. Stratmeyer Syndicate and Simon and Schuster own the characters in her with the exception of mine or Lord Dreadnaults. I hope you enjoy this story and I'm very sorry that it has taken me so long to update this story. Between work and school there really is no time. When you take into account that there are characters all over the place here I have to be in front of my computer when I do this that makes it even harder.
Chapter 10
There wasn't much time before the first show apparently. They had about an hour before it was too start and were given the guest rooms but the trio of women wasn't planning on being there for very long. That was the plan anyways.
"Ms. Douglas, I thought that I told you to rest." The man stood before her leaning against the wall. "You know we're going to have to come up with different names for you three."
The short haired woman gave him a winning smile. "How about you call me Vixen; Ms. Laurel, Phoenix; and Ms. Williams, Viper. That should bring in a good crowd shouldn't it?"
"I like it, now I was wondering if it would wear you out any to give me some of that lovely attention." Ms. Douglas smiled at him, in what she hoped to be a winning one. Seduction was never her area of expertise, although she knew how to do it.
"Hmm… I would have to think about that." She whispered silently in his ear running her hand down his chest. "Of course, after the show tonight." The boss gave a rather disappointed look before he walked away. He hadn't changed any. His gait was calm, self assured and done with a purpose and a location in mind. He was still taller than she with those blue eyes that were the color of the sky from the heather hills he was born in but they were cold. They were cold and calculating and that wasn't good. What had happened to turn a good man this way? His whole being she knew would be on vengeance.
"You know who she is right?" His brother came out of a hallway and joined him.
"I have an idea, although I don't know who the other two are."
"Well, what are we going to do about it?"
"I know what I'm going to do but you're not going to interfere this time. You almost killed her last time."
"You're going to jeopardize this whole operation for one woman?"
"No." The answer came before a door was shut in his face.
-Mrs. Laurel-
Mrs. Laurel looked down at her figure. She didn't have the right figure to be doing this right now. She needed to lose about 15 pounds but they needed her now. She couldn't be self conscious about what was going on and what she had to do. "We have trouble." A voice said through a door across the hall.
"Yes sir, I understand. We'll get it taken care of."
Mrs. Laurel drifted away from the area and made her way into the bar area. "Can I have a white wine spitzer please?"
The attendant looked the woman up and down. She was currently dressed in a short skirt and a halter top shirt. "I've never seen you here before. You're here to do a show tonight aren't you?"
"Sure am, what can you tell me about the clientele here?"
"Most of them are rich and they like the women here because they give a show that will make a man drool and forget his wife and/or his responsibilities. Some of them like to have a private showing behind closed doors. They are not allowed to do anything in the open like that."
Mrs. Laurel knew then that basically they were all sleaze balls looking for highly paid prostitutes but then again what did you expect. La Eternal Noche was a gentleman's club. The woman smiled taking her wine glass away from the bar.
-Mrs. Williams-
The office was just as good a place as any to look. Chances were though they wouldn't be likely to hide anything in there. Then again if you wanted to hide something you do it in plain sight or so it is believed. She carefully ruffled through the papers making sure that she placed them exactly how they were. On the desk there was a computer and in the drawers of the desk there was one that locked. Would these people never learn locked doors only drew people to want to know what was in there?
There was nothing on the desk just as she suspected but that locked drawer was the only thing that she hadn't gone through as of yet. She pulled out a disk that she had placed in the computer and hid it. It would do no good to have that found. She didn't have time though. Her internal system was going on red alert telling her that someone was coming down the hall.
There was a bathroom in here and she was hoping that there was a window there that she could escape from. With one last look around the room she made sure that everything was in place. Another man walked in with blond hair and sandy blue eyes.
"We have trouble."
"Yes sir, I understand. We'll get it taken care of."
"Yes I believe he said that they were going by the names of Viper, Phoenix and Vixen. That would be a great idea. We'll have the rooms set up for you." The sandy haired man hung up the phone.
-Joe and Elayne-
When they stepped into the water there were dark shadows that started circling their feet. "What's the matter afraid of a little water? This is better than our cave."
"Well at least you don't have to worry about scared boys now." Joe muttered loud enough for her to hear.
"No… just scared men." Elayne agreed while appreciating the fact that he tried to lighten the mood.
Amanda and Sam Fairchild watched in fear as they tried to cross the river or stream in the clearing to get to them. The dark shapes seemed to circle faster and to grow in size around their feet. Amanda didn't know what was in that river but this couldn't be good. This was supposed to be an amusement park but the only amusement that was happening was this 'Carl Dubcheck' character. Amanda caught a sign that Elayne made to her and understood immediately. She was going to have to move fast on say so.
"I wouldn't try anything now if I were you. This is your mother/best friend and your brother over here. Let me give you something that will keep your mind busy." Amanda and Sam were lifted off the ground left to dangle in mid air. Any movement the wrong way would hurt Sam who was only a six year old boy. A very resilient and bright one that she knew one day would make a wonderful agent if that is what he went into. "Now all you have to do is get them out of here before the mine train comes through. It'll be going so fast you won't know what hit them. Down the tunnel you could hear the said train coming but you couldn't see it yet. "Well if you guys survive this I hope you're ready for the next loving surprise. Dubcheck gave a laugh that sent shivers down their spines. The man walked away with all the arrogance that was probably due him.
The words had Joe and Elayne both looking to see what else was around them. It was dark though and their pen light was barely showing the shadows of whatever they were around their legs. "Joe, I think that one of them just wrapped itself around me." Elayne whispered.
"Try kicking it off."
"I don't think that's a good idea." As she tried to take another step it wrapped around her other leg so that she couldn't move.
"We're almost there." He encouraged her.
"I can't move." She whispered next to him.
"Hold still." He aimed the pen light the direction of her legs. The creatures were binding her legs even farther and the mine train was coming even closer but this time you could see it coming.
-Nancy and Ned-
Ned had his hands around Nancy's wrist as they entered a building. She had been blindfolded so that she couldn't' see where she was or what was going on. "You're late."
"We were busy." Ned replied leaving the implications to mean a hundred different things.
"Ah I see. Bring her in here I think that I want to have some fun of my own before I kill her."
There was a chair that was completely cushioned sitting in the middle of the room. "I like the chair. It looks entirely too comfortable for our guest."
"It might but we wouldn't want her to be anything else now would we." The words sent a shiver down her spine. She had no idea what they meant but she was going to find out soon enough.
"Ms. Drew, personally I'm surprised that you made it out alive but I can see why you did. Did you like your Ned's attention? He seems to have a thing for you."
"So it would seem." She agreed coolly but inside she was shaking. What was to happen next?
The chair they sat her in while it was cushioned felt like there were currents running just underneath all of her. The arms of the chair were metal and her hands were strapped down. "If you survive this love, Frank Hardy will never see you again." Ned whispered in her ear as he snapped the last lock into place.
"Well that's enough sweet nothings now. It's my turn."
"Now Ms. Drew let's see if you will answer some questions for me. If you're good then nothing will happen. If you're not well…." He left the sentence hanging.
"How about you crawl under the rock you came from?" Nancy asked.
"I wouldn't get to have any fun then now would I?" She could hear the man licking his lip in anticipation.
"Now, let's start with something easy. What's your name?"
Nancy remained silent. "We can't have that. If you can't answer that question then how can you answer the harder questions?" Nancy felt like her body had come to life all of a sudden as a jolt of electricity ran through her body. "Now, now we can't have you trying to get up can we?" Her waist was strapped down to the chair.
"What did you and our lovely Mr. Nickerson do while you were away so long? Did you have a long passionate kiss?"
Nancy spat in his face as she could smell his breath right on her ear. "Oh come now, we can't have that." The electrical currents were stronger this time as they ran through her body.
"Would you like a drink love?" Ned came up to her.
Nancy tried to turn her head away from him as he put the cup to her lips. "This will be good for you."
"Go screw yourself." She tried to not swallow whatever it was they gave her to drink. It lacked a taste or even a smell but it sure wasn't water. It burned as it went down her throat. "Now every time that you don't answer you'll get sip of this." Nancy had a vague idea what it was and this wasn't good. She had to keep all her faculties about her and she didn't drink very often.
"Now tell me the code to get into headquarters." Nancy was ordered and she still didn't answer.
"You must want another sip. You must still be very thirsty if you ask me." Her mind screamed no but she was not going to answer them no matter what they did to her. The burning liquid burned her throat once again. This time it was stronger and she didn't know how much of it that she could take. The electrical currents running through the chair were adamantly stronger this time as they left her whole body shaking. She was getting to the point where she wasn't going to be able to hold her faculties.
"What are the codes to get in?" She had to fight to keep from answering him this time opening her mouth and then shutting it.
"You must like the pleasure that is running throughout your body right now." Another drink was placed at her lips and at her refusal to swallow her head was tilted up so that her throat would automatically open. "I'm going to enjoy taking what's left of you."
Nancy felt water pour over her head as the electricity was turned up another notch. Nancy screamed as loud as she could at the pain that was running through her muddled brain and body. She began muttering something that they didn't quite hear.
"Well it seems that she has passed out from all of our fun." The two men laughed as her head hung down to her shoulder. "Nancy Drew you will ruin no more lives. When they find you, you'll be all washed up." The man said as they walked away. They didn't want to ruin all of their fun yet.
-Frank-
Frank felt the hairs on the back of his neck raise at the feeling that was in the pit of his stomach. Something was wrong. Something was happening to Nancy of that he was almost sure. He was going to kill this guy when he found him. It didn't help though that he hadn't heard from Joe, Elayne or anyone else for that matter.
Frank was pacing the floor waiting for a call to go through. He always hated waiting with a passion and these people were having a good time making him do so. "We found it." Someone finally came through the door.
"Are you sure that this is the person?" Frank asked. His suspicions had been confirmed as the guys file showed tendencies to be drunk and a gambler.
"Yeah."
"This is too easy, I think it's a setup but let's check him. I have one other person to check."
"Yes sir."
-Fairchild and Gray Man-
The call had triangulated at this point. Both men knew that from the computer hookup in the car. However they also knew it was a decoy. They wouldn't find anything here. Except….
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I think that I'll leave you guys hanging. That is if you guys are still reading. I'm sorry it has taken me so long to update this story. I hope to be working on another chapter tomorrow morning. I'm running on plenty of ideas first but if you have any then I am open to them. Well I'll talk to you later. R and R.