Striker here with an apology….I AM SO SORRY FOR THE LONG UPDATE TIME!!! I was over my 15 document limit and I had to figure out how to resolve that and my horse Masota died at age 28…This chapter is in her memory and I wouldn't be apposed to anyone remembering her in their prayers…
After the trio had finished at the Tree of Knowledge Café they headed back to their office. "I think we need to walk off that great meal." Nancy said with a smile.
Frank nodded in agreement but Joe complained, "Aw do we have to? It's like a mile back to the office!"
"Yep, we do." Frank said.
The trio continued walking as Joe sulked. Frank and Nancy excitedly discussed plans for the detective agency as Joe trailed slightly behind them. Nancy was dressed in a light pair of jeans with a rip in the knee. She had a robin egg blue jacket on laid on her computer bad and she was wearing a white t-shirt with black magnifying glass on it. Nancy had gotten the shirt from her best friends the year before as a joke but, Nancy really liked it. Frank was also wearing white but, his t-shirt had Life Guard written across it and there was a red cross under the lettering. Frank had hid hands in the pockets of his dark jeans and his head was angled slightly downward as he and Nancy conversed.
Joe smiled as Frank and Nancy laughed at something the girl had said. He hadn't seen his older brother so happy since…since his longtime girlfriend, Callie Shaw, had broken up with him. Joe had never really liked Callie, she was bossy and always had to have her way. For a reason Joe couldn't figure out, Frank had taken their breakup really hard. Callie had called Frank the day after Nancy had suggested starting the detective agency. She was mad that the brothers had agreed to be Nancy's partners. She had always resented the fact the trio had always worked so well together. She had stated more then once that she hated Nancy but, Frank ignored her. Joe looked up and realized that they had finally reached the office.
Frank held the dirty glass door open for his brother and Nancy. It seemed the door man was again on a break. The woman at the front desk was also missing. Nancy pressed the up button on the elevator, "Where is everyone?"
Frank shrugged "I guess they don't work on Sundays." Joe nodded in agreement.
The elevator creaked to a stop and the doors opened. The trio stepped in and Joe pressed the eleventh button. The doors creaked shut and the elevator trudged up to the eleventh floor.
The group arrived at their office and Nancy unlocked the door. Right away they could see something was wrong. The desk drawers were open and the files they had read through were scattered on the floor. The file room was in shambles, all the drawers were pulled out as far as they would go and the files were in even more disarray. Nancy opened her mouth to speak but Frank put his hand up for silence. Nancy, Joe and Frank listened intently. Shock registered on all three detectives' faces at the same time…They had all heard the faint ticking.
The detectives scattered as Frank yelled, "It must be a bomb, and we have to find it!"
Joe headed for the file room and Frank headed for the bathroom. Nancy quickly searched the three desks. Silence filled the room when suddenly Nancy cried out, "I found it, and it's in my desk!"
Frank rushed to Nancy's side, as did Joe, "We have to get it out of here! It's going to blow the top of this building off! How much time is left?"
Nancy quickly pulled the black, ticking, box out of her desk. Set in the middle of the box was a little digital clock. The numbers read 00:00: 20.Nancy gasped, "We'll never be able to get it out of here! We have to…"
Nancy glanced at the window as Frank finished her thought, "The window! We'll have to throw it out the window!"
Joe sprinted to the window and tried to pull it open, "It's sealed shut, and we're so high up… How much longer, Nan?"
Nancy looked at the clock, "Fourteen seconds!!! Joe the chair, you have to break the glass!"
Joe and Frank each grabbed a chair and swung with all their might. Just when it seemed the glass wasn't going to break, Joe hit the window again and the glass shattered. Nancy flung the bomb out the window and the trio dove for cover. There was a huge explosion and the entire building shook. Nancy was the first to the window. There was black debris floating down to the street below and already sirens could be heard in the distance.
"Looks like we are making somebody worried." Frank said as he and Joe came up behind Nancy. Nancy nodded and the trio headed downstairs.
Little did they know how nervous they were making people. They had no clue.
Please review and tell me what you think! Thanks to alyssa, KennaC, and ndhbfan for reviewing chapter 13!!!!
God bless Masota!
~Agent Striker