"The only difference is that I would be paid. Yeah right." He
muttered darkly. He had to get ready to carry through with his plan.
Thanks guys for all of your support and reviews. Some of them are so funny.
Disclaimer: I don't own them. Stratmeyer Syndicate and Simon & Shuster own them. Oh what a shame! I love to write them!
Chapter 14
"Nan, do you see anything at all?" They had been investigating the warehouse for two hours and they hadn't found anything yet.
"No." She was looking in the corner on the right of the building.
"Nan don't move." Frank said with a warning undertone.
"What Hardy? Are you afraid that I'm going to hurt my fiancée?" Ned asked.
Frank looked at her long and hard. She was cool and poised; unlike the last time when she was ready to beat the crap out of her.
-Joe-
"Where am I?" He asked moaning.
"So you're awake. I was wondering when you were going to wake up." A voice commented in the dark and dank room.
Joe tried to get up from what felt like a bed to him only to find himself tightly tied with the familiar feel of rope cutting off his circulation. He would just have to work on loosening the rope when the person wasn't watching his every muscle twitch.
"You know your brother along with his pretty girlfriend is in for a surprise of their life." The voice informed him with cold formality.
"My brother can take care of himself. So can Nan so you might be in for a surprise." Joe retorted back.
"He told me that you had a lot of spirit."
"Who?" Joe was getting really irritated but as long as the guy was looking at his face then he wouldn't have to worry about the slight twisting that he was doing on his wrist. He was going to have some major rope burns when he got through here.
"N.N. Chauven. You know the guy can keep secrets. I haven't been able to find out most of them. Of course I expect working with a detective since she was 17 or 18 would probably do that to you." He paused. "I know why you're here and the guy that you were with isn't going to make it through the night. You might not either."
-N/F-
Frank was surprised when Nancy spoke something that he couldn't understand.
"Soi xkr sgkji?" It sounded like a question in code to Frank. There was no language that he knew of that didn't have vowels in between letters.
"Xep. Tkd ded skr cearoi qtep krg?" Ned asked in the same language code.
Jk qehi. Iwpgsej qk hc sjd cosjf vtsq ep akeja kg?" Nancy asked back.
"You to know that I can't speak whatever it is that you're saying right?" Frank half asked and half stated.
Ned switched to English. "We were just getting ready to talk to you anyways. Well I was anyways. I'm sure Nan has already talked to you about this."
"About what?" Frank asked. 'Has Nancy been keeping secrets from me? If she could get this case solved why didn't she do it. Why was she standing here talking to Ned as if there was nothing between their pasts?' These questions and others ran through Frank's mind.
Nancy walked to Frank and took his hand letting him know that everything was going to be alright.
Ned saw this and was sad because he still did love her. 'You gave up the right to love her a long time ago'. The little voice inside of him reminded him with a pang.
"Talk Ned." Nancy reminded him. Her hand still laced with Frank's.
"Does Joe know yet?" He asked.
"Does Joe know what?" Frank shot wearily at Ned.
"That you two have gone beyond the friendship stage." Ned observed the surprise if only for a brief moment cross their faces.
"No." Frank's voice was cold.
"Ned this isn't important at the moment. We need to know what is going on." She brought the conversation that was going the wrong way.
"I know. Okay here is what I have for you. This guy has it in for you Frank."
"That's funny I thought you had it in for us." He was sounding more like Joe than the calm collected Frank at the moment.
"That's not all. This deal is going down in two hours. While it is happening two hours it's not happening here. It's happening in New York."
Frank's hand was suddenly cutting off Nancy's circulation. "Ned, are you finished. We have to get to New York."
Ned nodded his head. "Watch out for the leader." He threw Frank a meaningful look that had two meanings. 'Take care of her and watch out for what is going on around her.'
Frank nodded as if he understood. "I have to get out of here." Ned informed her. "I've already been here for too long."
They understood. "Let's go."
They knew that they couldn't get to New York in two hours. "Call Fairchild." Frank ordered without thinking.
Nancy was already pulling out her phone. "I know Frank. We will get someone up there as fast as we can."
-Joe-
Joe had just gotten the ropes off of his wrists and was working on his ankles. 'God I know that I don't pray to you very often but please help me get out of this mess.'
He had to get to his partner before he was killed. Finally the rope was undone around his ankle and with a shove he headed for the door only to find that it was bolted on the other side. 'Great. Just great.'
(I thought about leaving you guys hanging here but I think that some of you would kill me so I don't guess I will.)
F/N
Nancy hung up the phone with Fairchild who already seemed to have the information that she had received from her former fiancée. "Ned sure has a lot of explaining to do when we get through with this case." She muttered under her breath. She looked at the time. "Oh crap! I've got to call Bess and hope that she doesn't kill us!"
Nancy called the church that they were supposed to be at. "Hello."
"Is Bess Marvin there?" She asked not believing that she had forgotten about the wedding.
"Yes. Just a moment and I will go and get her. May I ask who this is?" The man over the phone said.
"This is Nancy Drew. Can you please get her? This is an emergency!" She asked not thinking to keep the irritation out of her voice.
"Nancy what's up and where are you!?" Bess questioned.
"Right now Bess we are up in the air trying to get to Joe before something happens to him." She glanced at Frank. He was going as fast as the plane would carry them. At the moment he wasn't' worried about air speed he was just worried about his brother. He knew that somehow he would get there on time and followed his instincts in this case. He didn't figure that he was going to be landing at the airport this time.
"Oh no! Nan I won't go through this wedding without you." Bess groaned at one her friends being in danger.
"Bess don't do that." Nancy laid her head on the headrest of the co- pilots seat before responding.
"Nan I knew that this was a possibility. I know what you do for a living and I still help you from time to time when you will let me. I want you at the wedding and I already told the pastor that if for some reason my maid of honor wouldn't be able to attend then I would have to postpone the wedding." Bess paused. "Besides this is supposed to be the happiest day of my life. I can't be happy about getting married when I'm worried about what is going on with you guys."
Nancy knew that Bess had a point and even though Bess would rather be at the store shopping if she could she would drop everything and come to help out.
"Ok. We'll let you know how things go." She answered. She hung up the phone with a sigh.
"She's postponing the wedding." Nancy commented as she watched the clouds go by.
"How long has it been since you let her and George help you out on any of your cases?" Frank asked out of curiosity.
"A couple of years for George. After I found out that she was pregnant I wouldn't allow her to do anything that I was doing that could get her hurt. Bess I haven't really let do anything because I haven't wanted her to get killed before her wedding for about a year." Nancy responded with a heavy sigh.
"So where do you plan on landing?
-Joe-
"Well, well. It seems that you escaped from your prison. Maybe you would make a good member in my gang. It seems that second has some hidden agenda." Joe looked at the man that came from the shadows from around the building. He recognized the voice and that face.
"Androa Newman. What are you doing out of prison?" - - -
Okay guys you can give me an honest opinion. I think that I have some more twist and turns coming up but I think that we will all have to wait and see. I never know what will happen in my stories either. They are like life. Just full of surprises. Anyways Arigato!
Thanks guys for all of your support and reviews. Some of them are so funny.
Disclaimer: I don't own them. Stratmeyer Syndicate and Simon & Shuster own them. Oh what a shame! I love to write them!
Chapter 14
"Nan, do you see anything at all?" They had been investigating the warehouse for two hours and they hadn't found anything yet.
"No." She was looking in the corner on the right of the building.
"Nan don't move." Frank said with a warning undertone.
"What Hardy? Are you afraid that I'm going to hurt my fiancée?" Ned asked.
Frank looked at her long and hard. She was cool and poised; unlike the last time when she was ready to beat the crap out of her.
-Joe-
"Where am I?" He asked moaning.
"So you're awake. I was wondering when you were going to wake up." A voice commented in the dark and dank room.
Joe tried to get up from what felt like a bed to him only to find himself tightly tied with the familiar feel of rope cutting off his circulation. He would just have to work on loosening the rope when the person wasn't watching his every muscle twitch.
"You know your brother along with his pretty girlfriend is in for a surprise of their life." The voice informed him with cold formality.
"My brother can take care of himself. So can Nan so you might be in for a surprise." Joe retorted back.
"He told me that you had a lot of spirit."
"Who?" Joe was getting really irritated but as long as the guy was looking at his face then he wouldn't have to worry about the slight twisting that he was doing on his wrist. He was going to have some major rope burns when he got through here.
"N.N. Chauven. You know the guy can keep secrets. I haven't been able to find out most of them. Of course I expect working with a detective since she was 17 or 18 would probably do that to you." He paused. "I know why you're here and the guy that you were with isn't going to make it through the night. You might not either."
-N/F-
Frank was surprised when Nancy spoke something that he couldn't understand.
"Soi xkr sgkji?" It sounded like a question in code to Frank. There was no language that he knew of that didn't have vowels in between letters.
"Xep. Tkd ded skr cearoi qtep krg?" Ned asked in the same language code.
Jk qehi. Iwpgsej qk hc sjd cosjf vtsq ep akeja kg?" Nancy asked back.
"You to know that I can't speak whatever it is that you're saying right?" Frank half asked and half stated.
Ned switched to English. "We were just getting ready to talk to you anyways. Well I was anyways. I'm sure Nan has already talked to you about this."
"About what?" Frank asked. 'Has Nancy been keeping secrets from me? If she could get this case solved why didn't she do it. Why was she standing here talking to Ned as if there was nothing between their pasts?' These questions and others ran through Frank's mind.
Nancy walked to Frank and took his hand letting him know that everything was going to be alright.
Ned saw this and was sad because he still did love her. 'You gave up the right to love her a long time ago'. The little voice inside of him reminded him with a pang.
"Talk Ned." Nancy reminded him. Her hand still laced with Frank's.
"Does Joe know yet?" He asked.
"Does Joe know what?" Frank shot wearily at Ned.
"That you two have gone beyond the friendship stage." Ned observed the surprise if only for a brief moment cross their faces.
"No." Frank's voice was cold.
"Ned this isn't important at the moment. We need to know what is going on." She brought the conversation that was going the wrong way.
"I know. Okay here is what I have for you. This guy has it in for you Frank."
"That's funny I thought you had it in for us." He was sounding more like Joe than the calm collected Frank at the moment.
"That's not all. This deal is going down in two hours. While it is happening two hours it's not happening here. It's happening in New York."
Frank's hand was suddenly cutting off Nancy's circulation. "Ned, are you finished. We have to get to New York."
Ned nodded his head. "Watch out for the leader." He threw Frank a meaningful look that had two meanings. 'Take care of her and watch out for what is going on around her.'
Frank nodded as if he understood. "I have to get out of here." Ned informed her. "I've already been here for too long."
They understood. "Let's go."
They knew that they couldn't get to New York in two hours. "Call Fairchild." Frank ordered without thinking.
Nancy was already pulling out her phone. "I know Frank. We will get someone up there as fast as we can."
-Joe-
Joe had just gotten the ropes off of his wrists and was working on his ankles. 'God I know that I don't pray to you very often but please help me get out of this mess.'
He had to get to his partner before he was killed. Finally the rope was undone around his ankle and with a shove he headed for the door only to find that it was bolted on the other side. 'Great. Just great.'
(I thought about leaving you guys hanging here but I think that some of you would kill me so I don't guess I will.)
F/N
Nancy hung up the phone with Fairchild who already seemed to have the information that she had received from her former fiancée. "Ned sure has a lot of explaining to do when we get through with this case." She muttered under her breath. She looked at the time. "Oh crap! I've got to call Bess and hope that she doesn't kill us!"
Nancy called the church that they were supposed to be at. "Hello."
"Is Bess Marvin there?" She asked not believing that she had forgotten about the wedding.
"Yes. Just a moment and I will go and get her. May I ask who this is?" The man over the phone said.
"This is Nancy Drew. Can you please get her? This is an emergency!" She asked not thinking to keep the irritation out of her voice.
"Nancy what's up and where are you!?" Bess questioned.
"Right now Bess we are up in the air trying to get to Joe before something happens to him." She glanced at Frank. He was going as fast as the plane would carry them. At the moment he wasn't' worried about air speed he was just worried about his brother. He knew that somehow he would get there on time and followed his instincts in this case. He didn't figure that he was going to be landing at the airport this time.
"Oh no! Nan I won't go through this wedding without you." Bess groaned at one her friends being in danger.
"Bess don't do that." Nancy laid her head on the headrest of the co- pilots seat before responding.
"Nan I knew that this was a possibility. I know what you do for a living and I still help you from time to time when you will let me. I want you at the wedding and I already told the pastor that if for some reason my maid of honor wouldn't be able to attend then I would have to postpone the wedding." Bess paused. "Besides this is supposed to be the happiest day of my life. I can't be happy about getting married when I'm worried about what is going on with you guys."
Nancy knew that Bess had a point and even though Bess would rather be at the store shopping if she could she would drop everything and come to help out.
"Ok. We'll let you know how things go." She answered. She hung up the phone with a sigh.
"She's postponing the wedding." Nancy commented as she watched the clouds go by.
"How long has it been since you let her and George help you out on any of your cases?" Frank asked out of curiosity.
"A couple of years for George. After I found out that she was pregnant I wouldn't allow her to do anything that I was doing that could get her hurt. Bess I haven't really let do anything because I haven't wanted her to get killed before her wedding for about a year." Nancy responded with a heavy sigh.
"So where do you plan on landing?
-Joe-
"Well, well. It seems that you escaped from your prison. Maybe you would make a good member in my gang. It seems that second has some hidden agenda." Joe looked at the man that came from the shadows from around the building. He recognized the voice and that face.
"Androa Newman. What are you doing out of prison?" - - -
Okay guys you can give me an honest opinion. I think that I have some more twist and turns coming up but I think that we will all have to wait and see. I never know what will happen in my stories either. They are like life. Just full of surprises. Anyways Arigato!