Thanks everyone for the reviews! Here is chapter 2
"What?! What do you mean he's dead?" I asked, "I called this morning and was told he was doing fine."
"That's really weird Frank because it says passed away last night" Claire looked at me, "I'm sorry Frank, why did you want to go talk to him?"
"Well, me and Joe were looking into the break in that happened at school and was working that night. So I wanted to talk to him about it".
"That's too bad, where's Joe?"
"He went to school, to see what happened there. gave us a key to get in"
"Hopefully, he finds out more than you"
"Yea, hope so. Well, I guess I better go. See you Claire" I waved and walked out of the hospital. Why would the doctor tell me he was alive if he wasn't? It was strange. I pulled out my phone to call Joe, maybe he was having better luck. I went to his contact and put it to call. It rang a few times then went to voicemail. I called Joe again and the same thing happened. My stomach started to feel funny, something didn't seem right. Why wasn't my brother picking up?
"Wake up"
"Wake up" Someone was hitting my face.
"Frank, stop hitting me" I mumbled, trying to get it to stop.
"I'm not Frank" I breathed in slowly and it all came back to me. I opened my eyes to see my looklike staring at me. When I looked around, there was a bunch of stuff laying all over the ground. There was a tiny window to my left. Maybe I was in a basement, "Glad you woke up".
"Who are you? What do you want? Why do you look like me?" I asked all the questions that came to mind.
"I will answer your questions in due time. First, you have to unlock your phone for me" My looklike held up my phone,"Oh, maybe I should untie your arms". I looked down and realized I was tied to a chair, very tightly. My arms were tied behind my back and each leg tied securely to a chair leg.
"What do you want with my phone?" I asked.
"Your big bro keeps calling. I think we should stop worrying him" He smiled his grin again, "I'll untie you and hand you your phone, but no funny business or my friend here will have to intervene". For the first time, I noticed a giant of a man standing away from us, keeping guard. He had to be at least six feet tall. He had huge muscles and a bald head. I gulped slowly.
"Fine, I'll unlock my phone" I said to my captor.
"Great! Great!" He walked behind me and untied my arms. I began stretching them, "Here's your phone and remember! No funny business!"
"I got it" I replied grabbing my phone, putting my code in the lock screen, instantly unlocking it.
"Go to your settings and turn the passcode off" He demanded. I nodded and did what I was told. When I was done, I handed him back my phone, "Perfect. Well done" He grabbed the rope and began tying me up again.
"Hey, I did as I was told! Your not gonna let me go?"
"Did you really think I was going to let you go after all the hard work i did to get you. I broke into your school and injured the janitor because I knew the Hardy Boys would just have to find out what happened. I was hoping you'd split up and look for clues, and I was right. You walked right into my trap!"
"What? You set me up?" Fear started growing inside me as this man described his story. He was crazy.
"Oh yes, but it worked out more beautifully than I had planned. I have you much earlier than I scheduled." He began to laugh and pulled out some duct tape, "Can't have you yelling when we call your brother, now can we?" He ripped off a piece of the tape and put it on my mouth. The man pulled out my phone and called Frank, putting it on speaker.
"Joe! Where have you been? Why haven't you answered any of my calls?" Frank's voice called from the speaker on my phone.
"Sorry Frank, I lost service in school while I was looking around. I just got service now" My lookalike answered, sounding exactly like me. He gave me a wink and all I could do was glare at him.
"You had me worried. Come on home, we have our date in an hour with the girls"
"I'm just leaving Bayport High now, I'll be home soon"
"Okay, see you then" Frank ended the call. My lookalike put my phone back in his pocket and smiled at me.
"Well, that was easy. It's lucky we sound so alike"
"Mhhhhhmhhh" was all I could get out from the tape.
"Oh, wait. I need your clothes" I just glared at this man, "That would be weird" He started to untie me again, now my arms and legs, "Stand up and take off the clothes". I pulled off the duct tape and stood up.
"And what if I don't?" I asked, quietly.
"Do you really want to know the answer?" He quizzed me, picking up his gun and playing with it, "Take them off, now" He pointed the gun towards me. I wasn't going to get shot, so I quickly took my shirt and pants off, leaving me standing in the basement in just my underwear.
"Ah, so you do know how to listen. We are going to have so much fun together, Joe. I'm so excited!" The man started to take off the clothes he was wearing and replacing them with mine, "How do I look?" He asked when he had all my clothes on, "Maurice. Come tie up our friend. I have a date to get too!" The giant man walked towards me with rope.
"Hands behind your back" He yelled at me. I did as I was told.
"Have a good night with Maurice, Joe. I'll be back tomorrow morning, bright and early. Our fun will begin then!" He laughed to himself, walking up the steps and disappearing. Leaving me in the basement with Maurice...
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