Michelle glanced between the two men in front of her. They weren't paying
any attention to her. They were watching the other mando what he was doing.
It was then that she decided to clumsily climb to her feet. She ran past
the two and headed for the one about to attack Frank.
"You will die here and now," the man laughed as he started to bring down the knife.
Frank closed his eyes and waited for the attack but it never came. He heard a grunt and a thud. He opened his eyes to see the man on the floor, Michelle on top of him.
"Frank, get out of here!" she cried at him.
He quickly stood up and immediately felt a wave of dizziness. He tried to walk away from them but he was slower than what he liked with all the pain he now felt. He looked back to see Michelle being pulled off of the man she tackled by the two other men and subsequently punched in the face. The man climbed off the floor and started to head towards Frank again, angrier than ever.
"That was a mistake," he said as he prepared to throw the knife at Frank.
He threw it at him and Frank managed to get out of the way though not enough. The knife sliced his arm and Frank leaned up against the wall in pain. He gasped as he watched Michelle being forced to stand across the room. He could tell she was in much pain from her leg.
"Leave her out of this," he told them through gritted teeth.
"Never. She's here and so she's part of it," the man replied with a smile as he lifted the knife from off the ground. "You're going to die and so is she."
He started his second attack on Frank when the door opened, revealing Alex and Monica. They were surprised at the scene. Alex recovered her senses and pulled out her gun, aiming it at the strange men before her. They laughed.
"Do you think that you, one woman, could ever stop us?" the man asked her with a laugh.
"What about a man and a woman?" came a voice.
The group looked to see Jake in the doorway, gun in hand. Cody was behind him.
"Walk away from them and noone gets hurt," Jake told them.
"You're still outnumbered three to two," one snickered.
At that moment, Michelle freed herself from the men's grasp and hurried as fast as she could towards Frank. She grabbed his gun and aimed it at them.
"Make that three on three," she told them.
The three men were slightly surprised at this action. They stared at the determined teenager holding the gun.
"Don't make us do this," she told them, breathing heavily as she stood there.
The three men found themselves surrounded by the group.
"I think we better give up boss," one said.
The man stared at him before giving him an answer by throwing his gun to the ground. The other two did the same.
***
Soon, the men were walking out the door in handcuffs. Frank was on the couch, being tended to by Michelle. The injury was nothing she couldn't take care of and she finished putting the bandages on his arm.
"There we go. All done," she told him. "At least we don't have to go to the hospital."
"That's always a good thing," agreed Cody as he walked to her side.
Michelle stood up and tried to move forward with no success. She cried out in pain a she fell to her knees. Cody immediately knelt by her as they others became worried.
"Michelle..." he started.
"I'm fine," she angrily argued as she tried to stand up.
She walked a few steps before falling to one knee. Cody hurried to her side.
"No, you're not. You need help," Cody told her.
"Her ankle. Check her ankle," came Frank's voice.
Cody glanced at him before looking at the teen's leg. He saw her ankle shaking terribly. He gently took her sneaker off and she gasped as he did so.
"Ankle's no doubt broken. We've got to go get a cast on it now," Cody said as Jake walked over to them.
"Leave me alone. I'm fine," she told them as she tried to stand up.
She did so as she faced the couch before she collapsed headfirst into it. Jake and Cody rushed to help her. They helped her into a sitting position on it beside Frank. She rested her head against Frank's shoulder as her ankle was inspected.
"Michelle, I can't believe you told us this was fine. This looks bad," she was told by Alex. "We'd better get you to the hospital."
Michelle finally relented and nodded her head.
***
Michelle hobbled out of the hospital on crutches, the others by her side. She didn't seem too happy by the turn of events.
"What's wrong? We thought you'd be happy," Alex said.
"And has anyone ever told you I hate casts, crutches and painkillers? They slow me down," she replied.
"You're going to have to explain that one to us later and it's not our fault the bone was so out of place that it required painkillers so you wouldn't feel it being put back into place?" Jake told her as they carefully climbed into the car. "Besides, that's some shiner you're got too."
Michelle only gave a small smile at the comment before they headed back to The Nest.
***
Michelle and Frank found their way to the couch and sat down.
"So what's you find out?" asked Frank.
"Well, the teens around the area Alex and I were in said that Michelle was never around that area but Jenna was," Monica said.
"We talked to the one that Freddy said saw Michelle. She indeed see her and we even got a video tapeshowing that she was there," Jake replied as they held up the tape.
"Reminds me. I never got a chance to watch that camera yet," Monica said.
She looked at Michelle, who fell asleep by Frank. He watched as Monica quietly walked up to them and grabbed the camera from underneath the couch. She opened the viewer and began to watch the video.
"I wonder why she wanted us to see this?" Alex wondered as she, Jake and Cody gathered around her as she walked from the couch.
Cody shrugged as the images began to play before them. The pictures were nothing new to them until they came to some that resembled the docks. They played further to show the woman Jake and Cody saw earlier that day. They glanced at each other in shock.
"She was there that night. We've got more than enough proof for Gracer. He possibly can't hold Michelle responsible for this anymore. Besides, if any more occur, we know she can't do them because of her ankle," Jake gasped.
"Now all we have to do is find Jenna and have more proof it was her," Alex said as she glanced over at the sleeping Michelle.
The others followed her gaze and nodded in agreement.
TBC...
"You will die here and now," the man laughed as he started to bring down the knife.
Frank closed his eyes and waited for the attack but it never came. He heard a grunt and a thud. He opened his eyes to see the man on the floor, Michelle on top of him.
"Frank, get out of here!" she cried at him.
He quickly stood up and immediately felt a wave of dizziness. He tried to walk away from them but he was slower than what he liked with all the pain he now felt. He looked back to see Michelle being pulled off of the man she tackled by the two other men and subsequently punched in the face. The man climbed off the floor and started to head towards Frank again, angrier than ever.
"That was a mistake," he said as he prepared to throw the knife at Frank.
He threw it at him and Frank managed to get out of the way though not enough. The knife sliced his arm and Frank leaned up against the wall in pain. He gasped as he watched Michelle being forced to stand across the room. He could tell she was in much pain from her leg.
"Leave her out of this," he told them through gritted teeth.
"Never. She's here and so she's part of it," the man replied with a smile as he lifted the knife from off the ground. "You're going to die and so is she."
He started his second attack on Frank when the door opened, revealing Alex and Monica. They were surprised at the scene. Alex recovered her senses and pulled out her gun, aiming it at the strange men before her. They laughed.
"Do you think that you, one woman, could ever stop us?" the man asked her with a laugh.
"What about a man and a woman?" came a voice.
The group looked to see Jake in the doorway, gun in hand. Cody was behind him.
"Walk away from them and noone gets hurt," Jake told them.
"You're still outnumbered three to two," one snickered.
At that moment, Michelle freed herself from the men's grasp and hurried as fast as she could towards Frank. She grabbed his gun and aimed it at them.
"Make that three on three," she told them.
The three men were slightly surprised at this action. They stared at the determined teenager holding the gun.
"Don't make us do this," she told them, breathing heavily as she stood there.
The three men found themselves surrounded by the group.
"I think we better give up boss," one said.
The man stared at him before giving him an answer by throwing his gun to the ground. The other two did the same.
***
Soon, the men were walking out the door in handcuffs. Frank was on the couch, being tended to by Michelle. The injury was nothing she couldn't take care of and she finished putting the bandages on his arm.
"There we go. All done," she told him. "At least we don't have to go to the hospital."
"That's always a good thing," agreed Cody as he walked to her side.
Michelle stood up and tried to move forward with no success. She cried out in pain a she fell to her knees. Cody immediately knelt by her as they others became worried.
"Michelle..." he started.
"I'm fine," she angrily argued as she tried to stand up.
She walked a few steps before falling to one knee. Cody hurried to her side.
"No, you're not. You need help," Cody told her.
"Her ankle. Check her ankle," came Frank's voice.
Cody glanced at him before looking at the teen's leg. He saw her ankle shaking terribly. He gently took her sneaker off and she gasped as he did so.
"Ankle's no doubt broken. We've got to go get a cast on it now," Cody said as Jake walked over to them.
"Leave me alone. I'm fine," she told them as she tried to stand up.
She did so as she faced the couch before she collapsed headfirst into it. Jake and Cody rushed to help her. They helped her into a sitting position on it beside Frank. She rested her head against Frank's shoulder as her ankle was inspected.
"Michelle, I can't believe you told us this was fine. This looks bad," she was told by Alex. "We'd better get you to the hospital."
Michelle finally relented and nodded her head.
***
Michelle hobbled out of the hospital on crutches, the others by her side. She didn't seem too happy by the turn of events.
"What's wrong? We thought you'd be happy," Alex said.
"And has anyone ever told you I hate casts, crutches and painkillers? They slow me down," she replied.
"You're going to have to explain that one to us later and it's not our fault the bone was so out of place that it required painkillers so you wouldn't feel it being put back into place?" Jake told her as they carefully climbed into the car. "Besides, that's some shiner you're got too."
Michelle only gave a small smile at the comment before they headed back to The Nest.
***
Michelle and Frank found their way to the couch and sat down.
"So what's you find out?" asked Frank.
"Well, the teens around the area Alex and I were in said that Michelle was never around that area but Jenna was," Monica said.
"We talked to the one that Freddy said saw Michelle. She indeed see her and we even got a video tapeshowing that she was there," Jake replied as they held up the tape.
"Reminds me. I never got a chance to watch that camera yet," Monica said.
She looked at Michelle, who fell asleep by Frank. He watched as Monica quietly walked up to them and grabbed the camera from underneath the couch. She opened the viewer and began to watch the video.
"I wonder why she wanted us to see this?" Alex wondered as she, Jake and Cody gathered around her as she walked from the couch.
Cody shrugged as the images began to play before them. The pictures were nothing new to them until they came to some that resembled the docks. They played further to show the woman Jake and Cody saw earlier that day. They glanced at each other in shock.
"She was there that night. We've got more than enough proof for Gracer. He possibly can't hold Michelle responsible for this anymore. Besides, if any more occur, we know she can't do them because of her ankle," Jake gasped.
"Now all we have to do is find Jenna and have more proof it was her," Alex said as she glanced over at the sleeping Michelle.
The others followed her gaze and nodded in agreement.
TBC...
