p class="MsoNormal"Nancy and Ned made their way to the security office. Before entering, Ned pulled Nancy aside./p
p class="MsoNormal""Nancy, what's the plan? Do you think they'll let just a couple of teenagers look at security tape?"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Well if they don't, we'll go to Eliza and get her to help us."/p
p class="MsoNormal"With that, the couple went inside. The room was large and full of monitors. Three guards were viewing them when Ned and Nancy entered./p
p class="MsoNormal""What can we do for you?" the guard in the center called over his shoulder./p
p class="MsoNormal"Nancy spoke up. "We need to look over the security videos for the last few hours. We're specifically looking for places where the jeweler's assistant has been."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Why is that any of your business? You got a warrant?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Nancy didn't expect push back. "We believe he may have a connection to the robberies and the murders onboard."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Got any proof?" another guard turned around to look at them./p
p class="MsoNormal""No." Ned admitted, "and we don't have a warrant or anything. But, we were hired by Eliza to look into what has been going on and this is our only lead. We'd really appreciate the help guys."/p
p class="MsoNormal""What could it hurt?" the third guard said to the others./p
p class="MsoNormal""Alright. The worse that could happen is you don't find anything. I don't like going to work knowing someone might be killed." The first guard began typing and pulled up videos from the last several hours./p
p class="MsoNormal""Keep an eye out for Matt and anything that looks out of the ordinary." said Nancy./p
p class="MsoNormal"Five pairs of eyes scanned the videos. It took forty minutes, but finally Ned shouted, "Stop the video."/p
p class="MsoNormal""What did you find?" Nancy asked./p
p class="MsoNormal""Rewind and slow it down….there! Matt is meeting with someone, but I'm not sure who it is."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Matt and a familiar lady were on one of the screens. She was shouting at him. Then it hit Nancy. "That's Eliza! What are they saying?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"One of the guards turned up the volume./p
p class="MsoNormal""Are you kidding me?" Eliza smacked Matt on the side of the head. "What's so hard to understand? We'll pull into port at 1 am, you'll pass off the goods, and get the money. In and out and nobody's the wiser but we'll be richer."/p
p class="MsoNormal""I think my boss suspects something." Matt said and braced himself for another smack./p
p class="MsoNormal""I'll deal with her. You just worry about doing your job!" Eliza said emphatically. She stomped off in one direction and Matt wandered off. The guard restored the video to real time./p
p class="MsoNormal"Nancy turned to Ned. "That doesn't make any sense. Why would Eliza hire us when she's the culprit?"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Throw suspicion off her? She's not very smart?" Ned offered./p
p class="MsoNormal""Well we have to catch them in the act. We can't let this continue." Nancy said. "Thanks gentlemen! Can we count on you all to keep this quiet?"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Yes, miss. We want all of these crimes to end just as much as you." said one guard./p
p class="MsoNormal""Take them down. We'll watch from here and have back up ready for you two." another guard added./p
p class="MsoNormal""We'll alert the police at our next stop and tell them what's going on." the final guard said./p
p class="MsoNormal""Thanks, guys." Ned said. "Let's go, Nancy."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Nancy, what's the plan? Do you think they'll let just a couple of teenagers look at security tape?"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Well if they don't, we'll go to Eliza and get her to help us."/p
p class="MsoNormal"With that, the couple went inside. The room was large and full of monitors. Three guards were viewing them when Ned and Nancy entered./p
p class="MsoNormal""What can we do for you?" the guard in the center called over his shoulder./p
p class="MsoNormal"Nancy spoke up. "We need to look over the security videos for the last few hours. We're specifically looking for places where the jeweler's assistant has been."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Why is that any of your business? You got a warrant?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Nancy didn't expect push back. "We believe he may have a connection to the robberies and the murders onboard."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Got any proof?" another guard turned around to look at them./p
p class="MsoNormal""No." Ned admitted, "and we don't have a warrant or anything. But, we were hired by Eliza to look into what has been going on and this is our only lead. We'd really appreciate the help guys."/p
p class="MsoNormal""What could it hurt?" the third guard said to the others./p
p class="MsoNormal""Alright. The worse that could happen is you don't find anything. I don't like going to work knowing someone might be killed." The first guard began typing and pulled up videos from the last several hours./p
p class="MsoNormal""Keep an eye out for Matt and anything that looks out of the ordinary." said Nancy./p
p class="MsoNormal"Five pairs of eyes scanned the videos. It took forty minutes, but finally Ned shouted, "Stop the video."/p
p class="MsoNormal""What did you find?" Nancy asked./p
p class="MsoNormal""Rewind and slow it down….there! Matt is meeting with someone, but I'm not sure who it is."/p
p class="MsoNormal"Matt and a familiar lady were on one of the screens. She was shouting at him. Then it hit Nancy. "That's Eliza! What are they saying?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"One of the guards turned up the volume./p
p class="MsoNormal""Are you kidding me?" Eliza smacked Matt on the side of the head. "What's so hard to understand? We'll pull into port at 1 am, you'll pass off the goods, and get the money. In and out and nobody's the wiser but we'll be richer."/p
p class="MsoNormal""I think my boss suspects something." Matt said and braced himself for another smack./p
p class="MsoNormal""I'll deal with her. You just worry about doing your job!" Eliza said emphatically. She stomped off in one direction and Matt wandered off. The guard restored the video to real time./p
p class="MsoNormal"Nancy turned to Ned. "That doesn't make any sense. Why would Eliza hire us when she's the culprit?"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Throw suspicion off her? She's not very smart?" Ned offered./p
p class="MsoNormal""Well we have to catch them in the act. We can't let this continue." Nancy said. "Thanks gentlemen! Can we count on you all to keep this quiet?"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Yes, miss. We want all of these crimes to end just as much as you." said one guard./p
p class="MsoNormal""Take them down. We'll watch from here and have back up ready for you two." another guard added./p
p class="MsoNormal""We'll alert the police at our next stop and tell them what's going on." the final guard said./p
p class="MsoNormal""Thanks, guys." Ned said. "Let's go, Nancy."/p