"What did she mean by that?" asked Cody.
"I'm not entirely sure what she meant by that. She never stole from women? We'll figure it out sooner or later but Frank's safety comes first," Monica told him as they stood by the door as Jake and Alex walked out of the room.
"They wanted to check out his wound and they said she could stay in with them," Alex told them as they looked at Monica and Cody. "Um, what's wrong?"
"It's Michelle. She gave us a heck of a place to start looking," Cody replied.
"What's wrong?" Jake asked cautiously.
"She just told us some things that might help us with the case. We have to check them out ASAP," Monica told them.
***
Frank opened his eyes to see Michelle asleep by the bed. Jake was sitting in a chair at the end of the bed.
"Hi Frank. How're you feeling?" Jake told him.
"I'm fine. Just want to get out of here and help Mika," he replied.
"So do the rest of us Frank," Jake replied as he saw Frank reach an arm out for Michelle. "She's hardly left your side since she arrived. She's been so worried about you as have we. I think right now, she's exhausted."
Frank gave a small sigh as he placed his hand on her arm.
"Hopefully, I'll be able to get out tomorrow," Frank said.
"Tomorrow?" Jake repeated with a smile.
Frank nodded as he closed his eyes.
"Tomorrow," Frank told him quietly.
***
The next morning, Monica, Jake and Cody walked into the hallway to see Alex and Michelle waiting outside the door.
"What's going on? What happened since you took over for me?" wondered Jake.
"They're letting him out. They said he was alright to leave and the fact he persuaded them to do so," Alex explained to them.
"He's nuts! He just got shot! But one should expect something like this from him though. He was talking about leaving today, last night," Jake said.
"Figures. That's Frank Donovan for you," Alex agreed as Monica gave a small laugh and Michelle smiled.
"By the way, the windows at The Nest were fixed yesterday," Cody mentioned to the others as he shuffled through the papers he had in his hands.
"What are those Cody?" asked Michelle.
"Oh these? These are the lists that I found that my team seems to think is totally worthless," he replied as he stopped to look at a page. "Thought I could make a connection but right now I'm not."
Michelle nodded and mouthed 'okay' as she turned towards the now opening door. Frank walked out of the room, arm in a sling.
"You ready to go home Frank?" Michelle asked him.
"Yes, I'm ready to get out of this place," he told her as they headed out of the hospital.
"And you're going to take it easy, right?" asked Monica.
"Of course I am," he replied. "Why would you think otherwise?"
"Because we know how you think, that's why," snickered Michelle. "Especially me."
***
Frank carefully sat down in the couch in The Nest as the rest of his team stood, thinking about what to do next. Michelle sat on the floor, her back against the front of the couch.
"So what do we do now? Wait until those guys show up again?" wondered Alex. "We can't let that happen!"
"No, we can't, but we are we supposed to do? We don't know what they know about us," Frank told them.
"Maybe we could stay here for a few nights. I know it sounds silly but it was a suggestion," Cody piped up.
Jake, Frank and Alex all gave him glares as Monica was gazing out the window. She was still thinking about what Michelle told her.
'I never stole from women'.
"What does that mean? And does it supposed to help this?" she asked herself quietly as Alex walked over to her.
"Anything wrong Monica?" she asked.
Monica faced her with a slightly startled look.
"Nothing's wrong. I was just thinking about something," she replied as she faced the others.
"We should get going with this investigation," Frank told them as he shifted his position. "Cody, think you can try and look more up?"
Cody nodded and immediately headed for the computer.
"I'm going to Michelle's school. I'm going to ask the staff about this Jenna girl," Monica told them before heading towards the door.
"While you're there, could you get any homework I might have?" Michelle asked her.
"Yes, of course," Monica replied.
"Alex, better go with her," Jake told the other woman.
Alex nodded as she followed Monica to the car. The four watched them leave the parking lot. Frank shifted his position again and a soft sigh escaped his lips. Jake looked over at Michelle, who rummaged through the bag.
"What're you looking for Michelle?" Jake asked with a smile.
"To see what we have here. I'm probably the most qualified to change the bandages on Frank's arm," she replied as she continued to look through the bag.
Jake smiled at the comment before nodding and heading towards Cody.
"So how're things coming?" wondered Jake.
"Good. I know you and the others don't think these names are important, but I'm still keeping track of them," Cody replied.
Jake shook his head and sighed.
"I'll never believe you Cody. Well, what have you got so far?" Jake said.
"Well, here's a map of the city. Those red dots on the screen represent the thefts that Michelle did during her reign as 'Silent Stalker'. I just started on the other list, which are the blue dots, are the most recent ones," Cody replied.
Jake looked at the screen and narrowed his eyes as he gazed over the screen.
"That doesn't make sense Cody. Why are a couple of the blue dots all the way over there?" Jake told him as he pointed at the screen.
Cody looked to where he was pointing.
"That's something I have to figure out. I'm not entirely sure yet but once I get all these other ones in, we'll be able to have a better look at this," Cody replied before he continued to type.
Jake was very curious about that as he sat down on the couch beside Frank.
***
Monica and Alex walked into the school and into the principal's office. She looked up at them.
"Don't tell me. This has something to do with Michelle," she said.
"Not really. We've come to ask you about one of your other students. A certain Jenna Shasa. What's she like?" replied Alex.
"Jenna? What has she done?" the woman before hem wondered, sounding the least bit surprised.
"Well, Michelle's in some trouble and she didn't do it. She thought Jenna might've been the one to do it. She may be wrong but we're here to find out," Monica replied.
The principal looked between the two before sighing.
"Listen, there's something you should know about these two. There's been a rivalry between them for years now. Michelle's still one to fear to a degree but she can't compare to Jenna now. I think she took over Michelle's spot in the school as number one when she got adopted," she explained to them.
Alex and Monica were both surprised as they looked at each other.
"Do you mind if we ask around to the teachers?" wondered Monica.
"Sure, go right ahead," the principal replied before the two walked out of the room.
The two headed towards Michelle's homeroom.
"Why are we stopping here again?" wondered Alex.
"Michelle wanted me to get any work for her and she told me to go check when that project was assigned," Monica replied as the teacher answered the door.
"Hello?" the teacher said as he allowed the two to walk into his empty classroom.
"Hi, we've come to ask a few things of you. First, there's a project that your class is apparently working on, one of Michelle's classes. Something dealing with everyday life, maybe," Monica started.
"Oh yes, that one. That one was assigned not two weeks ago. I'm surprised Michelle's started it so fast," he said with a smile.
Alex and Monica looked at each other with slightly surprised looks.
***
"Listen, Jake, we're serious. The project was assigned less than two weeks ago," Alex told him over the phone.
"Yeah, so what?" he replied.
"The thefts have been going on for over a month now," Alex said.
"Doesn't mean a thing at the moment," Jake told her before hanging up the phone.
Alex sighed as she looked at the phone.
"He didn't listen. Doesn't see that the camera wasn't everywhere that each of the crimes took place," she told Monica.
"And we all know Michelle always had a bit of a fascination with cameras," Monica agreed as they drove into the parking lot.
***
It was now late at night and Monica was up for her watch. She gazed over the others in the room. Frank was on the couch. Michelle was on the floor next to him. She told them she felt fine. Alex, Cody and Jake were all sleeping on cots.
Her stare went over to the computer, which was still on and walked over to it. She narrowed her eyes as she looked over the map, the dots and the legend.
"That doesn't make sense. If Michelle's are red and other's are blue, that simply doesn't make sense. If someone was trying to frame someone, they'd try more to get all the major details correct in the style, not the minor ones! Thank you Cody! I'll never doubt you again!" she whispered to herself as she flipped through the papers he left by the computer. "We're on our way now!"
TBC...
"I'm not entirely sure what she meant by that. She never stole from women? We'll figure it out sooner or later but Frank's safety comes first," Monica told him as they stood by the door as Jake and Alex walked out of the room.
"They wanted to check out his wound and they said she could stay in with them," Alex told them as they looked at Monica and Cody. "Um, what's wrong?"
"It's Michelle. She gave us a heck of a place to start looking," Cody replied.
"What's wrong?" Jake asked cautiously.
"She just told us some things that might help us with the case. We have to check them out ASAP," Monica told them.
***
Frank opened his eyes to see Michelle asleep by the bed. Jake was sitting in a chair at the end of the bed.
"Hi Frank. How're you feeling?" Jake told him.
"I'm fine. Just want to get out of here and help Mika," he replied.
"So do the rest of us Frank," Jake replied as he saw Frank reach an arm out for Michelle. "She's hardly left your side since she arrived. She's been so worried about you as have we. I think right now, she's exhausted."
Frank gave a small sigh as he placed his hand on her arm.
"Hopefully, I'll be able to get out tomorrow," Frank said.
"Tomorrow?" Jake repeated with a smile.
Frank nodded as he closed his eyes.
"Tomorrow," Frank told him quietly.
***
The next morning, Monica, Jake and Cody walked into the hallway to see Alex and Michelle waiting outside the door.
"What's going on? What happened since you took over for me?" wondered Jake.
"They're letting him out. They said he was alright to leave and the fact he persuaded them to do so," Alex explained to them.
"He's nuts! He just got shot! But one should expect something like this from him though. He was talking about leaving today, last night," Jake said.
"Figures. That's Frank Donovan for you," Alex agreed as Monica gave a small laugh and Michelle smiled.
"By the way, the windows at The Nest were fixed yesterday," Cody mentioned to the others as he shuffled through the papers he had in his hands.
"What are those Cody?" asked Michelle.
"Oh these? These are the lists that I found that my team seems to think is totally worthless," he replied as he stopped to look at a page. "Thought I could make a connection but right now I'm not."
Michelle nodded and mouthed 'okay' as she turned towards the now opening door. Frank walked out of the room, arm in a sling.
"You ready to go home Frank?" Michelle asked him.
"Yes, I'm ready to get out of this place," he told her as they headed out of the hospital.
"And you're going to take it easy, right?" asked Monica.
"Of course I am," he replied. "Why would you think otherwise?"
"Because we know how you think, that's why," snickered Michelle. "Especially me."
***
Frank carefully sat down in the couch in The Nest as the rest of his team stood, thinking about what to do next. Michelle sat on the floor, her back against the front of the couch.
"So what do we do now? Wait until those guys show up again?" wondered Alex. "We can't let that happen!"
"No, we can't, but we are we supposed to do? We don't know what they know about us," Frank told them.
"Maybe we could stay here for a few nights. I know it sounds silly but it was a suggestion," Cody piped up.
Jake, Frank and Alex all gave him glares as Monica was gazing out the window. She was still thinking about what Michelle told her.
'I never stole from women'.
"What does that mean? And does it supposed to help this?" she asked herself quietly as Alex walked over to her.
"Anything wrong Monica?" she asked.
Monica faced her with a slightly startled look.
"Nothing's wrong. I was just thinking about something," she replied as she faced the others.
"We should get going with this investigation," Frank told them as he shifted his position. "Cody, think you can try and look more up?"
Cody nodded and immediately headed for the computer.
"I'm going to Michelle's school. I'm going to ask the staff about this Jenna girl," Monica told them before heading towards the door.
"While you're there, could you get any homework I might have?" Michelle asked her.
"Yes, of course," Monica replied.
"Alex, better go with her," Jake told the other woman.
Alex nodded as she followed Monica to the car. The four watched them leave the parking lot. Frank shifted his position again and a soft sigh escaped his lips. Jake looked over at Michelle, who rummaged through the bag.
"What're you looking for Michelle?" Jake asked with a smile.
"To see what we have here. I'm probably the most qualified to change the bandages on Frank's arm," she replied as she continued to look through the bag.
Jake smiled at the comment before nodding and heading towards Cody.
"So how're things coming?" wondered Jake.
"Good. I know you and the others don't think these names are important, but I'm still keeping track of them," Cody replied.
Jake shook his head and sighed.
"I'll never believe you Cody. Well, what have you got so far?" Jake said.
"Well, here's a map of the city. Those red dots on the screen represent the thefts that Michelle did during her reign as 'Silent Stalker'. I just started on the other list, which are the blue dots, are the most recent ones," Cody replied.
Jake looked at the screen and narrowed his eyes as he gazed over the screen.
"That doesn't make sense Cody. Why are a couple of the blue dots all the way over there?" Jake told him as he pointed at the screen.
Cody looked to where he was pointing.
"That's something I have to figure out. I'm not entirely sure yet but once I get all these other ones in, we'll be able to have a better look at this," Cody replied before he continued to type.
Jake was very curious about that as he sat down on the couch beside Frank.
***
Monica and Alex walked into the school and into the principal's office. She looked up at them.
"Don't tell me. This has something to do with Michelle," she said.
"Not really. We've come to ask you about one of your other students. A certain Jenna Shasa. What's she like?" replied Alex.
"Jenna? What has she done?" the woman before hem wondered, sounding the least bit surprised.
"Well, Michelle's in some trouble and she didn't do it. She thought Jenna might've been the one to do it. She may be wrong but we're here to find out," Monica replied.
The principal looked between the two before sighing.
"Listen, there's something you should know about these two. There's been a rivalry between them for years now. Michelle's still one to fear to a degree but she can't compare to Jenna now. I think she took over Michelle's spot in the school as number one when she got adopted," she explained to them.
Alex and Monica were both surprised as they looked at each other.
"Do you mind if we ask around to the teachers?" wondered Monica.
"Sure, go right ahead," the principal replied before the two walked out of the room.
The two headed towards Michelle's homeroom.
"Why are we stopping here again?" wondered Alex.
"Michelle wanted me to get any work for her and she told me to go check when that project was assigned," Monica replied as the teacher answered the door.
"Hello?" the teacher said as he allowed the two to walk into his empty classroom.
"Hi, we've come to ask a few things of you. First, there's a project that your class is apparently working on, one of Michelle's classes. Something dealing with everyday life, maybe," Monica started.
"Oh yes, that one. That one was assigned not two weeks ago. I'm surprised Michelle's started it so fast," he said with a smile.
Alex and Monica looked at each other with slightly surprised looks.
***
"Listen, Jake, we're serious. The project was assigned less than two weeks ago," Alex told him over the phone.
"Yeah, so what?" he replied.
"The thefts have been going on for over a month now," Alex said.
"Doesn't mean a thing at the moment," Jake told her before hanging up the phone.
Alex sighed as she looked at the phone.
"He didn't listen. Doesn't see that the camera wasn't everywhere that each of the crimes took place," she told Monica.
"And we all know Michelle always had a bit of a fascination with cameras," Monica agreed as they drove into the parking lot.
***
It was now late at night and Monica was up for her watch. She gazed over the others in the room. Frank was on the couch. Michelle was on the floor next to him. She told them she felt fine. Alex, Cody and Jake were all sleeping on cots.
Her stare went over to the computer, which was still on and walked over to it. She narrowed her eyes as she looked over the map, the dots and the legend.
"That doesn't make sense. If Michelle's are red and other's are blue, that simply doesn't make sense. If someone was trying to frame someone, they'd try more to get all the major details correct in the style, not the minor ones! Thank you Cody! I'll never doubt you again!" she whispered to herself as she flipped through the papers he left by the computer. "We're on our way now!"
TBC...
