This is just a fanfiction, any similarities to anyone, dead or alive is totally coincidental. Misspelled words are totally unintentional, there seems to be something wrong with my computer's spell checker system, so, sorry in advance.

Disclaimer: I totally don't own the Hardy Boys thingy, but I do own this fanfic. And of course the additional characters. (DUH!) Just read on .......


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THE GIRL FULL OF MYSTERIES

by loneranger

Chapter Ten

The Funeral That Was Not To Be

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Mary-Kate DeMontres had barely four hours of sleep. She was restless, she kept thinking of her dead mother, and her dad, who would come the next day. The funeral would be quiet and private.

She had waken up at four in the morning and couldn't go back to sleep, so she made herself a cup of hot chocolate and worked on Frank and Joe's van. She had finished installing a tracker device, just in case, and a few extra stuff that was found in her own car, safety equipments, mostly, by six thirty.

MK sighed as she made herself another cup of hot chocolate. She sat down on the sofa, playing a game on her mobile phone. Suddenly, her phone beeped, a message had been received. MK quit playing the game and read the message.

*~* MK, I'll meet you at the Network's private hanger at the airport. That's where your dad's going to land. Joker *~*

MK shrugged, she wasn't expecting Joker to send her a message at six forty in the morning, but, oh well.

'Network's private hanger? Dad's flying over in Network's private jet?' MK was surprised at this fact. She decided to reply Joker's message.

*~* Is dad flying over in Network's private jet? *~*

Minutes later, Joker replied,

*~* DUH! How else would he get here? Walking? *~*

MK laughed at Joker's sarcasm and was about to send him another message when a beep sounded, Joker had sent her another message,

*~* How come you're awake? It's, what, six there? *~*

MK replied, *~* I'll see you in three hours *~*


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The sun was shining brightly. CIA agents and Network agents were the only ones present at the funeral, together with Frank and Joe Hardy, Callie Shaw, Mary-Kate DeMontres and her father. Erasmus Joker Larsen, Mary-Kate's friend, was standing beside her.

Phones kept ringing, even though it is a funeral they are attending. The funeral of Mary-Kate's mother. Joker frowned, phones were ringing all over the place.

"This is a funeral for God's sake!" Joker fumed,

Everyone stared at him.

"Can I have all of your co-operation to switch off all of your phones or at least put them to silent mode?" Joker requested, "This is, after all, a funeral,"

Everyone gave him a look. They're CIA agents, and he knew that phones were the most important things in their line of work and yet, they were supposed to switch off their phones.

"We have to respect the dead, or didn't your parents ever told you that?" Joker added,

They reluctantly switched off their phones, even though they know that they are vulnerable to danger without their phones.

And so, the funeral started .............


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"This is the best opportunity to attack the DeMontres' and get a few of the CIA and Network agents" Leo said, "we'll commence the operation right now,"

"They won't expect us to attack them at the funeral," Duncan commented,

"Let's move out!" Leo ordered, and his band of 'army' quickly moved out,


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A gun shot was heard. Everyone instinctively dropped down to the ground.

"What was that?!" a voice cried,

The place was silent. Nobody moved. Joker took out his phone. It had vibrated. There was a message,

*~* WARNING LEO IS GOING TO ATTACK THE FUNERAL *~*

Joker sweatdropped. O.oUuU

His friends, the other agents, also checked their phones, and found the same message waiting for them in the inbox. They all glared at Joker, very evil death glares.

Joker: ^-^ U (grimace) "Damn."


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Their main 'mission' is to protect the DeMontres', they are probably Leo's main target. Every Agent present knows that.

"MK, you OK?" Joker whispered, inching nearer to her so that he can protect her

"Yeah, I'm OK," MK replied, "But what about Dad?"

MK looked at her father, he had two CIA Agents surrounding him, protecting him.

"He'll be fine," Joker said, "But where did that gunshot come from?"

"I have all Network Agents to search the area," Gray informed them, crawling towards MK's other side so that he'll be able to protect her

"You - "



Another gunshot.



MK covered her head with her hands. Joker scanned the area, Gray talked rapidly into his phone, giving orders.



Yet another gunshot.



MK scanned the area.

"What so you think you're doing here?!" MK had spotted Leo, he was wearing his usual blue outfit, with a pair of shades and a blue cap.

Leo smiled at the fact that MK had so easily spotted him, but the CIA and Network Agents didn't manage to spot him. He was, after all, in plain view of everyone. Though he was pretending to pay his respects to another nearby grave.

"What else would you do at a place like this?" Leo shot back

"You dare to attend your victim's funeral?!!" Joker yelled as CIA Agents surrounded Leo

"Get away from me," Leo glared at the Agents who were pointing their guns in his direction

"What are you trying to pull?" the leader of the CIA Agents asked

"Put away those toys, I warn you, my men are all over the place," Leo warned

The Agents looked at their leader. The leader nodded and they lowered their weapons.

"I come in peace" Leo announced

"AS IF!" MK yelled in anger

Joker held MK back, she was trying to go nearer to Leo, where she's most vulnerable.

"Mary-Kate, control your temper," Mike DeMontres said, placing a hand on his daughter's shoulder

"But Daddy, he killed Mummy! " MK tried to protest

"I know, that's why I am going to KILL HIM MYSELF!!" Mike DeMontres took out his own gun and aimed it at Leo

"Mike, what do you think you're doing?" Gray asked,

"Killing the idiot who killed my beloved wife" Mike answered

Your beloved wife, huh? But did you ever take time off work to be with her? Did you even bother to celebrate her birthday? Or your wedding anniversary? All you do is leave her alone at home, come back to eat dinner and then off you go again, to solve your cases and finish your work. You would come back very late at night, sleep, then off you go again. Did you even consider how she felt being left alone at home? She could have gotten a job, but she was afraid that there will be nobody to tend to your needs. She loved you with all her heart, yet did you even thought of her feelings or consider her situation? Were you a good husband? Leo said

Mike's eyes widened, all that Leo had just said was true.

And when you get your first child, you weren't even by her side during the delivery! She was scared to death, but were you there to comfort her? Were you there to give moral support? No! You were too busy at a stake out to even be on the phone to talk to her throughout her ordeal! Leo continued

Mike lowered his weapon a little. He had just realised what an irresponsible husband he was.

I'm sorry Mike said softly

Moving from one country to another, you didn't even bother to be with her. All you did was left her and your daughter alone in the house. Though there are Agents all over the place to protect them, they, or at least the mother, was afraid, but what can she do? She had to be strong for her daughter, her only child. She wished to be with you, she wanted you by her side to protect her, to give her a sense of security. But where were you? Work, the only thing that's on your mind, work Leo glared angrily at Mike

Leo - Mike looked at the most wanted person in front of him

I'm not finished yet! Leo hissed, Once you get to Bayport, you abandoned Mary-Kate at the house and enrolled her in Bayport High, together with Agent Nad, pretending to be her sister to protect her from me, but that didn't quite work out, did it? Agent Nad was too preoccupied with her own stuff and left Mary-Kate unprotected, Leo smiled, When your dear beloved wife went to Paris to visit her friends, you didn't even bother to send her off. You left Mary-Kate all alone in that huge old house from your childhood days. I thought she was bored, so I made her life a little bit interesting. You know, by setting up those car crashes and everything, pretty cool, actually, from a point of view,

Leo, you're sick! Joker spat

I'm not sick, it's the wife of our dear Mike DeMontres who was, Leo said

My wife was sick? Mike didn't know that

She was sick all right, she was sick of being left alone in a house, she was sick of moving from one country to another. She planned a suicide, you see. Her trip to Paris was to meet up with her friends for the last time. She would have fun for the last time, then she would kill herself. She even left a letter for you to read after her death. But I decided that it was a pity for her to take her own life, so I killed her instead, to take her out of her misery. Leo looked proud of his mercy killing.

Didn't she even think about me? Mary-Kate asked in a soft voice,

Yeah, as a matter of fact, she did think about you, Mary-Kate. She left a letter here, Leo took out a piece of paper that was torn at the bottom part from his pocket, Let's see, ah, here it is. As it says here, Mary-Kate my dear daughter, I'm sorry I have to go in this way, but what's the point of living when the man that I love can't spare his time for me? I'm really sorry, Mary-Kate, please forgive me,'. Touching. Leo handed the letter to the nearest Agent to him.

The Agent gave the letter to Mike. Mike read it silently.

There's nothing about you, Mike, don't bother reading it, the whole piece of paper was meant for Mary-Kate, too bad the last portion was missing Leo shrugged,

The last portion. It's about - Mike's voice trailed

Yeah, I know, but do you want to tell Mary-Kate about it? Leo asked,

Mary-Kate took the letter from her Dad and read it.

Mike answered

She will find out one day, no matter what. or maybe I should tell her right here, right now, Leo smirked

Tell me what, Dad? Mary-Kate asked

You had a brother Mike said

My younger brother? Mary-Kate asked

No, it's far more complicated than that, Mike shook his head

Maybe I should give you your mother's diary, Mary-Kate, Leo said,

She had a diary?! Mike exclaimed

Yeah, sure, since she can't tell you, her hopeless husband, about her problems, she bought a diary and wrote in it. It's her soul, Leo shrugged, I'm not surprised that you didn't know about it, though, since when did you ever care?

Dad, there's something that you're hiding from me, tell me what it is, Mary-Kate pleaded, she hated not being in the know

It's too complicated for me to explain, Mike said

Then let me Leo offered

What does Leo have to do with our family, Dad? Mary-Kate asked

Everything' Mike thought, but how could he ever tell his daughter that?

Tell me, Mary-Kate, do you know why I am after your Dad? Leo asked

Dad said you are just a wanted person that wants revenge on anyone that tried to stop you or foiled your plans or something like that Mary-Kate said

Leo chuckled, Very imaginative, Mike,

You mean that's not true? Mary-Kate asked

Partly, but there's another reason why I'm after his blood, Leo said

Is it because my Dad is an irresponsible husband and father? Mary-Kate guessed

How should I answer that? Leo looked at Mike

You don't Mike snapped, aiming his gun at Leo, You're dead

Go ahead, shoot me Leo put his hands up

Joker snorted, Obviously, you have something up your sleeves

Go ahead, Mike, shoot me. End your misery. Take revenge. Atone the deaths of your wife and your youngest son. Do it Leo surrendered himself

Mike aimed his gun directly at Leo's heart.

But you're - how can I - Mike was guilty conscious

You don't have the heart to shoot me, I wonder why Leo grinned

Dad, if you're gonna shoot him, just shoot him, he did, after all, made our life miserable and killed a lot of people Mary-Kate said

What's holding you back, DeMontres? the leader of the CIA Agents asked

Mike lowered his gun, he stared at Leo. It has been a long time since he had seen him face to face.

Are you going to shoot me or what? Leo asked

I can't Mike said

But why? Mary-Kate asked

Because Leo's my own flesh and blood Mike said, looking away from his shocked daughter

You mean Leo's my - Mary-Kate gasped

Mike nodded, Leo is your brother



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Sorry this chapter had taken a long time. The story is nearing the end and I want to make this perfect. A few more chapters and it will be finished!! i don't know whether to be happy or sad, but right now, I'm happy!!! It's my BIRTHDAY!!!! I am now OFFICIALLY 13 !!!

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