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A/N #2: This chapters not too exciting. I'm still sick so it probably won't be until the next chapter that there's some excitement. Sorry
Disclaimer: I don't own Charlie's Angels or its characters.
XXII Outside Help Dylan
The next morning, we checked out of the hotel and got into our rental car to drive up to Laie.
"It shows that Laie is on the northeast shore of the island," Alex said
from the driver's seat, looking at a map.
"How long will it take to get there?" I asked from the back seat where Anthony and I were sitting.
"A half hour to forty five minutes," Alex said. "Are you all ready?"
"Let's go," I said, impatient to be going.
Anthony nodded and Natalie said she was ready.
Alex started the car and drove onto the highway towards Laie.
It took only half an hour to get to the small town. Once we did, we went into a restaurant to have a quick lunch and to plan what we would do next.
After we had ordered our food, we started pitching ideas as to how we could get the paintings back from Norris.
"We really can't even try to plan anything unless we know the layout of
the Norris' mansion," Natalie said, after every idea we could think of had been said and then discarded.
"Excuse me," a voice to the side of our table said.
We all turned out heads to the man that had walked up to us.
"You are the Angels that work for Charlie?" he asked in French. "If you are, then your wings are made of pure gold."
Natalie, Alex and I all looked at one another. That was the code that Charlie's many helpers said to us so we would know that Charlie had sent them.
"Please sit," Alex said, motioning to the empty chair at our table.
"Charlie told me that you may need my help while you are here," the man
said, sitting down. "I am Edward Norris' brother-in-law, Kamaaina Crown."
I straightened up a little in my seat, this was Catherine's uncle.
"How can you help us?" Natalie asked.
Kamaaina looked around the restaurant and said, "You should come to my home, it's better if we talk there." Without waiting for our answer, he called the waitress and asked her to put all our food in to-go containers.
We followed Kam, as he instructed us to call him, to his home which was
five minutes north of the town, right on the beach. He took us into his dinning room and waited for us to eat lunch before he talked about Norris.
"Charlie called me yesterday," Kam began. "And told me about the particulars of this case. Including what happened to poor Pikake."
"Who is Pikake?" Alex asked, looking confused.
"Catherine's middle name," I said.
"Charlie told me that you and Pika, as I call Catherine, found out that
you are sisters," Kam said to me. "I truly hope that she recovers soon."
I nodded my thanks to him, surprised that he referred to Catherine as my sister rather than my half sister.
"When Charlie told me that Norris had stolen the paintings," Kam said.
"And that he returned here to Oahu, I know that I had to help the four of you to get them back. You see, ten years ago, six paintings were stolen from a
temporary gallery that had been set up at the Iolani Palace in Honolulu. The police were never able to recover the art, or find out who had stolen them. I had suspected Norris, who acted very nervous if anyone mentioned the story in the days following the robbery. And when Charlie told me about this case, I knew my suspicions about the Iolani theft had been correct."
"Is that why you are helping us?" Natalie asked. "To get the paintings
back to the Iolani palace?"
"Partially," Kam answered. "I also want revenge on those two bastards for what they did to my niece."
"Then do you have any idea as to what we can do to get the paintings from Norris?" Alex asked.
"I do," Kam said quickly. "I know that Norris is throwing a party slash ball for his homecoming and the upcoming holiday tomorrow night. He has invited me and I can get invitations for the four of you as well."
"When will we be taking paintings?" I asked.
"Towards the end of the ball," Kam said, smiling at me. "I'm afraid that you, Alex and Natalie, will have to distract Norris and Jacob in some way while Dylan, Anthony and I take the paintings."
"That's okay," Natalie said cheerfully.
"We can handle it," Alex said.
"Good, now I'll call Norris and get the invitations for you," Kam said.
He got up from his seat and left the dining room.
While he was gone, we all discussed what Alex and Natalie should do to distract Norris and Jacob. We finally agreed that they would just keep the two men dancing when Kam came back into the room.
"Ok, I have your invitations," Kam said. "Now we need to get your clothes for the party tomorrow."
"I hope that you know somewhere we can go for that," I said. "Because we don't have any kind of formal clothes with us.
"Luckily I do someone who will make some dresses for you three today," Kam said. "And I think that she may have a suit for you Anthony."
"We'll go get our dresses," Alex said as we all stood up. "And then we'll have to find someplace to stay the night. Do you know if there are any hotels in Laie, Kam?"
"I was going to offer you lodging in my home instead of you four staying in town," Kam said.
"We wouldn't want to bother you," Natalie said.
"You wouldn't be bothering me," Kam said. "I thought it was the least I could do for you since you are allowing me to help you lock Norris away."
"I think we should take him up on his offer Alex," I said. "That way we won't be seen by Norris or Jacob in town."
"Okay, we'll stay here then," Alex said to Kam.
"Then before we leave, why don't I show you your rooms?" he asked. Kam
waited for us to get our luggage before taking Natalie and Alex to the room
they would be sleeping in.
While they put their luggage away, Kam turned to me and Anthony. "You two will sleep in the guesthouse I have out back since there aren't enough rooms in the house," he said.
We followed him out of his house and then over to a small one room cabin-like building. Inside was a large bed and a bathroom in a wing off to the side of the bedroom.
Anthony and I put our luggage on the floor and then left the guesthouse.
We joined up with Alex and Natalie and got into our rental car. We followed Kam to his friend's home, about ten minutes north of Kam, to get our o utfits for the party that Norris was throwing the next night.
A/N #2: This chapters not too exciting. I'm still sick so it probably won't be until the next chapter that there's some excitement. Sorry
Disclaimer: I don't own Charlie's Angels or its characters.
XXII Outside Help Dylan
The next morning, we checked out of the hotel and got into our rental car to drive up to Laie.
"It shows that Laie is on the northeast shore of the island," Alex said
from the driver's seat, looking at a map.
"How long will it take to get there?" I asked from the back seat where Anthony and I were sitting.
"A half hour to forty five minutes," Alex said. "Are you all ready?"
"Let's go," I said, impatient to be going.
Anthony nodded and Natalie said she was ready.
Alex started the car and drove onto the highway towards Laie.
It took only half an hour to get to the small town. Once we did, we went into a restaurant to have a quick lunch and to plan what we would do next.
After we had ordered our food, we started pitching ideas as to how we could get the paintings back from Norris.
"We really can't even try to plan anything unless we know the layout of
the Norris' mansion," Natalie said, after every idea we could think of had been said and then discarded.
"Excuse me," a voice to the side of our table said.
We all turned out heads to the man that had walked up to us.
"You are the Angels that work for Charlie?" he asked in French. "If you are, then your wings are made of pure gold."
Natalie, Alex and I all looked at one another. That was the code that Charlie's many helpers said to us so we would know that Charlie had sent them.
"Please sit," Alex said, motioning to the empty chair at our table.
"Charlie told me that you may need my help while you are here," the man
said, sitting down. "I am Edward Norris' brother-in-law, Kamaaina Crown."
I straightened up a little in my seat, this was Catherine's uncle.
"How can you help us?" Natalie asked.
Kamaaina looked around the restaurant and said, "You should come to my home, it's better if we talk there." Without waiting for our answer, he called the waitress and asked her to put all our food in to-go containers.
We followed Kam, as he instructed us to call him, to his home which was
five minutes north of the town, right on the beach. He took us into his dinning room and waited for us to eat lunch before he talked about Norris.
"Charlie called me yesterday," Kam began. "And told me about the particulars of this case. Including what happened to poor Pikake."
"Who is Pikake?" Alex asked, looking confused.
"Catherine's middle name," I said.
"Charlie told me that you and Pika, as I call Catherine, found out that
you are sisters," Kam said to me. "I truly hope that she recovers soon."
I nodded my thanks to him, surprised that he referred to Catherine as my sister rather than my half sister.
"When Charlie told me that Norris had stolen the paintings," Kam said.
"And that he returned here to Oahu, I know that I had to help the four of you to get them back. You see, ten years ago, six paintings were stolen from a
temporary gallery that had been set up at the Iolani Palace in Honolulu. The police were never able to recover the art, or find out who had stolen them. I had suspected Norris, who acted very nervous if anyone mentioned the story in the days following the robbery. And when Charlie told me about this case, I knew my suspicions about the Iolani theft had been correct."
"Is that why you are helping us?" Natalie asked. "To get the paintings
back to the Iolani palace?"
"Partially," Kam answered. "I also want revenge on those two bastards for what they did to my niece."
"Then do you have any idea as to what we can do to get the paintings from Norris?" Alex asked.
"I do," Kam said quickly. "I know that Norris is throwing a party slash ball for his homecoming and the upcoming holiday tomorrow night. He has invited me and I can get invitations for the four of you as well."
"When will we be taking paintings?" I asked.
"Towards the end of the ball," Kam said, smiling at me. "I'm afraid that you, Alex and Natalie, will have to distract Norris and Jacob in some way while Dylan, Anthony and I take the paintings."
"That's okay," Natalie said cheerfully.
"We can handle it," Alex said.
"Good, now I'll call Norris and get the invitations for you," Kam said.
He got up from his seat and left the dining room.
While he was gone, we all discussed what Alex and Natalie should do to distract Norris and Jacob. We finally agreed that they would just keep the two men dancing when Kam came back into the room.
"Ok, I have your invitations," Kam said. "Now we need to get your clothes for the party tomorrow."
"I hope that you know somewhere we can go for that," I said. "Because we don't have any kind of formal clothes with us.
"Luckily I do someone who will make some dresses for you three today," Kam said. "And I think that she may have a suit for you Anthony."
"We'll go get our dresses," Alex said as we all stood up. "And then we'll have to find someplace to stay the night. Do you know if there are any hotels in Laie, Kam?"
"I was going to offer you lodging in my home instead of you four staying in town," Kam said.
"We wouldn't want to bother you," Natalie said.
"You wouldn't be bothering me," Kam said. "I thought it was the least I could do for you since you are allowing me to help you lock Norris away."
"I think we should take him up on his offer Alex," I said. "That way we won't be seen by Norris or Jacob in town."
"Okay, we'll stay here then," Alex said to Kam.
"Then before we leave, why don't I show you your rooms?" he asked. Kam
waited for us to get our luggage before taking Natalie and Alex to the room
they would be sleeping in.
While they put their luggage away, Kam turned to me and Anthony. "You two will sleep in the guesthouse I have out back since there aren't enough rooms in the house," he said.
We followed him out of his house and then over to a small one room cabin-like building. Inside was a large bed and a bathroom in a wing off to the side of the bedroom.
Anthony and I put our luggage on the floor and then left the guesthouse.
We joined up with Alex and Natalie and got into our rental car. We followed Kam to his friend's home, about ten minutes north of Kam, to get our o utfits for the party that Norris was throwing the next night.