Some questions asked and answered below.

Chapter 9

It's not long before I hear, "Sir, Mitch is dead," over the radio.

My eyes go to the door of the main floor as I hear the voice on the radio. I bolt up to the next level just getting halfway as the door busts open and Michael Meyers and Pinhead come running out. I move into the shadows waiting quietly until they're downstairs before moving back to the top floor.

"Sir, Frank is nowhere to be found, but stage two is completed," a voice says over the radio.

"Find him, and start checking the floors again," Chucky orders harshly over the radio.

I sit down trying to think of a way that's going to get me back into the vent, on the main floor.

"Heading up to the upper floors to check it out, Sir."

"Let me know, Sammy, and stay off the radio until we find Frank."

I move quickly, slipping out behind him, going back downstairs and sliding into the main floor back hallway. I'm grateful that the ladies staff bathroom is nearby. I go in and climb back into the vent. Moving slowly, I make my way to the public area of the bank.

I watch as Scream paces around the lobby floor.

"Hey, detective dick head, how about you answer some of my questions?" Jeepers-Creepers asks as he bends down to speak to Edward. "Why are you a fucking dick head?" Jeepers-Creepers punches Edward in the face as some of the woman and kids scream out in fear.

"What about the nice piece of ass you had with you? She was smoking and looked young, too." As he chuckles, Edward seems to lose it a little and hits him. Within seconds Jeepers-Creepers, Michael and Scream are all on Edward giving him a beating.

I move away until I'm in the hallway again. I need to find a way to distract them from hurting Edward. I take a few deep breaths hearing them still going at Edward. I pick up the radio pressing the button to speak. "I'm sorry about the delay in returning your call, but Frank is a little tied up at the moment, so he won't be able to speak with you anytime soon," I say sounding a little like an auto-recorded message.

I let go of the button hearing that they have stopped hitting Edward.

"Who are you?" Chucky demands.

"I'm sorry, that information is not available at the moment."

"I am going to kill the hostages if you don't get your ass in here now.

"If you kill them, I will set off one of those nice bombs you have, but not before I put a bullet in your head."

I hear chuckling coming my way so I turn off the radio and lay still.

"I want that fucking bitch found right fucking now!" Chucky yells.

I move back so that I am above the main part of the bank. I look at Edward and wince at how beat up he looks. His eyes spring open and he looks right at me. I give him a weak smile as a tear runs down his face. I tilt my head as his lip move without any sound coming out. I look at them following along, reading his lips. 'You promised nothing stupid,' he says over and over and again.

I shake my head moving away no longer able to look at the disappointment I can see on his face.

I make my way slowly to the airshaft by the stairway, not wanting to use the stairs because I'm not sure where they're all at. I move down the airshaft slowly, trying hard not to make too much noise. It takes me over twenty minutes to get to the first lower floor.

Once I am sure everything is quiet, I jump down. Having another look around, finding the large black crates they brought in with them.

I break them open and I'm shocked to find gold bars, I pick one up and I know right away it's too light. I move some more seeing that some look burnt, which I don't get. I shake my head closing the lid. I would get it more if this bank dealt with gold, but it doesn't. The only bank in town that does is two buildings down on the other end of the block. I swallow and run along the hall and then run downstairs where I find Michael, Pinhead and Scream all with drills, drilling the back wall. I move away quietly and run all the way back upstairs.

A/N: Well what are your thoughts so far on Bella and her actions?

Questions and Answers:
Q) How does Bella know Charlie's bank codes?
A) Well we took liberties here, but honestly when I was a young adult, I knew the codes to my mother's safe. I also knew her idetification numbers for just about every secure thing she had, did or whatever. I guess because of the fact that she is his daughter and she knew all the ins and outs of the bank because of going there so much during her life, that she would know certain things. I also would think that because Charlie is her father and she is a cop that he would trust her to a certain extent.

Q) Is Charlie undercover FBI or was he ever a cop?
A) In this story, Charlie is and has always been the bank manager from the time Bella was young at the Stanley Bank, in Molten, Washington.

Q) Is Molten a real place?A) To our knowledge, and via Google, there is no town in Washington called Molten. So unless it is an unincorporated town, there is no actual town called Molten, Washington.

Q) What are horror costumes?
A) they are masks and outfits designed to frighten or scare people, that people and children tend to dress up in for Halloween to go to parties in and to trick or treat in. For this story we took some of the more evil characters from scary movies and made the bank robbers dress up like them.