Ned kept all of his senses in tune and still managed to pay attention to
what Nancy who was right by his side. "Ned you're to go to the right of the
building. I will be going to the left but we will stay in sight Chet so
that we can see what is going on."
"Okay Nancy but before I do that." He twirled her to face him and gave her a resounding kiss. - - - -
Katie- I happen to agree about "Poow wittwe Fwankie." I couldn't resist doing that and it was the best line in the whole chapter. He can't do anything to her either at the moment. Don't worry he might be able to pull something on her in the next couple of chapters in her. That one will be fun. Oh and I already pinned Ned to the wall and punched him enough for all of us. You can have a hand at him if you want. I'd like to see him run.
Ocean-Thank you for the tip. I'll keep that in mind next time I want to make a comment.
Lord Dreadnault- It's been awhile. I'm about to e-mail you again and see where the next chapter for your story is. You seemed to have left us hanging.
Dancer 51-I've actually already answered that question. You will have to read A Christmas story to find out. You don't sound like you've read it. Let me check. Nope you didn't. After you finish reading R&R. I know it's cute, mushy and lame but I actually had more than one purpose for it.
Dizzy-Izzy- I was just making up a name for her to call Ned when she was upset about Frank not being in the hospital. (You know how you're parents would call you by your full name when you were in trouble.) I know it's none of my business but how do you know if you're really in love with someone? What if you fall in love with more than one person in your life? Wouldn't that make it hard to know when?
Thank you to all of the other readers that have read Rivals and the other stories that I have written. The ones that I covered here read the last chapter.
Disclaimer: I don't own them. I wish I did though. They sure are a lot of fun to write. I believe that Simon and Schuster and Stratmeyer Syndicate own them.
Chapter 8
Ned what do you think you're doing?" Nancy pushed him away.
"I'm getting a good luck kiss." He said to her.
"No you're not." Nancy said icily as she walked in the direction that she was supposed to go.
Ned watched her go. "I will have her back Frank Hardy. You seem to have won her heart but I held her heart at one time."
Something crackled in his ear. "Ned you seem to forget that I'm in the van listening to everything that is going on and that if I hadn't switched you to another frequency she would have heard you." Joe's voice came into his head.
"Oh crap!" Ned muttered. "You won't tell her will you Joe?"
"I won't have to idiot. The way you're acting would scare any woman away. You would think that you would know how to get her attention without making a public fool of yourself. If you do anything to hurt her though.." Joe didn't finish the thought.
Ned nodded his head. He knew Joe could see him through the camera system that had been set up. He wasn't about to try to speak though because of the lump in his throat. He heard a click in his ear and knew that the frequency had been changed back to where they could all communicate.
"Ned are you in position?" Nancy's voice broke into his thoughts.
"I am Nan. Sorry about earlier. I was acting like a jerk." He apologized wishing that Joe didn't hear him. Ned could almost see Joe's smirk in his mind and it definitely sent shivers down his spine. 'How far are you willing to go to get her back? You know that this totally your fault. You shouldn't have pushed her away like that.'
'Oh shut up! Don't you have someone else to haunt?'
'No I'm your little voice that tells you what is right and wrong. You shouldn't have done that. You shouldn't push me away either. Can't you see that she was.'
Ned got tired of hearing the voice talking to him so he tuned it out once again. The same thing that he had been doing for the last three years. In fact he didn't think he remembered having a little voice haunt him day and night until that time. It only seemed t get worse.
-Chet-
It was 10:30 and he was tired of waiting. They should have been there at 10 o'clock. 'What's taking them so long? Weren't they supposed to be here by now? I wonder if they know that I have reinforcements with me to get this case solved. I have to get that chemical back though so I can destroy it. If it gets into and stays in the wrong hands then the whole world is din trouble.' Knowing what the chemical could do only sent more shivers down his back. He was supposed to be the leader of that project. How did it get so out of hand like this? He wondered.
Chet a soft female voice broke into his ear. "Yes Nancy." He whispered looking around trying to find her. "I can't see you."
"Good if you could then whoever this is would be able to as well. If they don't show in fifteen minutes then we'll call it quits for the night." She informed him.
"Yes ma'am. You're the boss." Ned's voice came over the earpiece.
"You remember that Ned because the next time you pull that stunt on me you will wish that you hadn't. I won't care if we are in the middle of a stakeout." The threat hung over the air.
"Chet in ten minutes I want to walk out of here as nonchalantly as possible. Act like you belong here late at night. We'll meet you at the van."
Ten minutes passed and Chet did exactly as he was told. The only problem was that he was so nervous that there was no way that he could act nonchalant about anything. He kept darting his eyes all over the place trying to see where Ned and Nancy was to looking for some king of movement that would give away where the ransomer was waiting on them.
"Ned I'll see you outside. There's something I want to check out. Over and out." Ned went outside as he was instructed wondering what she was going to check out.
Joe stepped out of the van when Ned came toward it. "Nancy has something she wants to check out before she comes out."
"I know. I heard." It was all that Joe said.
"Joe would you mind helping me..." Ned began to ask.
"If you're asking what I think that you're asking the answer is no. I'm not getting into the middle of it. This is between you three." Joe held up his hands and backed away.
-Nancy-
Nancy looked up at the skyline of the building where she had seen movement a few seconds ago. "Let's see what is going on." She whispered into the empty building.
She climbed on to some boxes that were by the wall and would lead to the second floor. The boxes weren't quite high enough and couldn't hold her weight but for a few seconds. It was very rickety on the higher boxes. She jumped the extra two feet that she needed and took hold of the bottom rung. She noticed that the earpiece had fallen out of her ear but there was nothing that she could do about that now. "Shoot." She said to herself. It was kind of creepy hearing her own voice echoed back at her.
She finally managed to climb over the last rung onto the second floor. 'There has to be an easier way to get to the top.' At that moment she saw shadows moving around on the roof. 'Don't have time to look.' Nancy measured the length from second to third floor. It was about six feet. That was definitely closer than the first floor and second floor had been together.
Standing on the last rail she took hold of the bottom rung gingerly. She could barely hold on. There seemed to be something on the cold stone. Nancy decided that she had to do something though to get to the skyline. The shadows would be gone by the time that she got there. 'Please let this work.' She prayed.
Taking a deep breath she swung out with her legs and pushed herself up. She somehow managed to do a half twist in the air not too far from where she wanted to be. She had to be right on target though. She reached out her hand and reached the top rung where a divider met it. She used this to help her hold on because of whatever that stuff was on her hands. Nancy swung her legs up one more time to get her footing. She managed to get over that part and when she stepped onto solid ground she was grateful. Something to her right caught her attention though. She went to the door that seemed to be an elevator. "Good it is and it leads to the skyline." She spoke out loud catching her breath finally.
At the skyline she stepped out of the elevator to find that it was still as the night. She also realized that she was hurting in places she didn't know one could hurt. She ignored that though when she heard a scuffle behind her. "You mind stopping and pulling off your ski caps." She asked with her arms crossed.
The two figures in ski caps looked at her. "Why would we do that now?" A deep voice said to her.
"What are you doing up here?" she was in a fighting stance ready to take out the two thugs.
"You think you can take us on?" the one that had been lower raised himself. He was taller than the other one by about a foot.
"I know I can."
-By the van-
"What's taking Nancy so long?" Ned was worried. She should have checked in by now and she hadn't. She had been gone for thirty minutes.
"I'm going to go look for her." Ned began to walk back to the place.
"Ned if she's in trouble, don't play hero." Joe warned. He knew the dangers of the job. He also knew that she had a good reason for not contacting him. He didn't like the one possibility that ran through his mind though.
Joe went to the com link station in the van and tried to contact her but he got nothing but static. "Shoot!"
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Okay guys I hope that you enjoyed this chapter. I would have made it longer but this really seemed like a good place to end this one. I'm so sorry that it is late for updating. Anyways thanks for reading and give me a good and honest review.
"Okay Nancy but before I do that." He twirled her to face him and gave her a resounding kiss. - - - -
Katie- I happen to agree about "Poow wittwe Fwankie." I couldn't resist doing that and it was the best line in the whole chapter. He can't do anything to her either at the moment. Don't worry he might be able to pull something on her in the next couple of chapters in her. That one will be fun. Oh and I already pinned Ned to the wall and punched him enough for all of us. You can have a hand at him if you want. I'd like to see him run.
Ocean-Thank you for the tip. I'll keep that in mind next time I want to make a comment.
Lord Dreadnault- It's been awhile. I'm about to e-mail you again and see where the next chapter for your story is. You seemed to have left us hanging.
Dancer 51-I've actually already answered that question. You will have to read A Christmas story to find out. You don't sound like you've read it. Let me check. Nope you didn't. After you finish reading R&R. I know it's cute, mushy and lame but I actually had more than one purpose for it.
Dizzy-Izzy- I was just making up a name for her to call Ned when she was upset about Frank not being in the hospital. (You know how you're parents would call you by your full name when you were in trouble.) I know it's none of my business but how do you know if you're really in love with someone? What if you fall in love with more than one person in your life? Wouldn't that make it hard to know when?
Thank you to all of the other readers that have read Rivals and the other stories that I have written. The ones that I covered here read the last chapter.
Disclaimer: I don't own them. I wish I did though. They sure are a lot of fun to write. I believe that Simon and Schuster and Stratmeyer Syndicate own them.
Chapter 8
Ned what do you think you're doing?" Nancy pushed him away.
"I'm getting a good luck kiss." He said to her.
"No you're not." Nancy said icily as she walked in the direction that she was supposed to go.
Ned watched her go. "I will have her back Frank Hardy. You seem to have won her heart but I held her heart at one time."
Something crackled in his ear. "Ned you seem to forget that I'm in the van listening to everything that is going on and that if I hadn't switched you to another frequency she would have heard you." Joe's voice came into his head.
"Oh crap!" Ned muttered. "You won't tell her will you Joe?"
"I won't have to idiot. The way you're acting would scare any woman away. You would think that you would know how to get her attention without making a public fool of yourself. If you do anything to hurt her though.." Joe didn't finish the thought.
Ned nodded his head. He knew Joe could see him through the camera system that had been set up. He wasn't about to try to speak though because of the lump in his throat. He heard a click in his ear and knew that the frequency had been changed back to where they could all communicate.
"Ned are you in position?" Nancy's voice broke into his thoughts.
"I am Nan. Sorry about earlier. I was acting like a jerk." He apologized wishing that Joe didn't hear him. Ned could almost see Joe's smirk in his mind and it definitely sent shivers down his spine. 'How far are you willing to go to get her back? You know that this totally your fault. You shouldn't have pushed her away like that.'
'Oh shut up! Don't you have someone else to haunt?'
'No I'm your little voice that tells you what is right and wrong. You shouldn't have done that. You shouldn't push me away either. Can't you see that she was.'
Ned got tired of hearing the voice talking to him so he tuned it out once again. The same thing that he had been doing for the last three years. In fact he didn't think he remembered having a little voice haunt him day and night until that time. It only seemed t get worse.
-Chet-
It was 10:30 and he was tired of waiting. They should have been there at 10 o'clock. 'What's taking them so long? Weren't they supposed to be here by now? I wonder if they know that I have reinforcements with me to get this case solved. I have to get that chemical back though so I can destroy it. If it gets into and stays in the wrong hands then the whole world is din trouble.' Knowing what the chemical could do only sent more shivers down his back. He was supposed to be the leader of that project. How did it get so out of hand like this? He wondered.
Chet a soft female voice broke into his ear. "Yes Nancy." He whispered looking around trying to find her. "I can't see you."
"Good if you could then whoever this is would be able to as well. If they don't show in fifteen minutes then we'll call it quits for the night." She informed him.
"Yes ma'am. You're the boss." Ned's voice came over the earpiece.
"You remember that Ned because the next time you pull that stunt on me you will wish that you hadn't. I won't care if we are in the middle of a stakeout." The threat hung over the air.
"Chet in ten minutes I want to walk out of here as nonchalantly as possible. Act like you belong here late at night. We'll meet you at the van."
Ten minutes passed and Chet did exactly as he was told. The only problem was that he was so nervous that there was no way that he could act nonchalant about anything. He kept darting his eyes all over the place trying to see where Ned and Nancy was to looking for some king of movement that would give away where the ransomer was waiting on them.
"Ned I'll see you outside. There's something I want to check out. Over and out." Ned went outside as he was instructed wondering what she was going to check out.
Joe stepped out of the van when Ned came toward it. "Nancy has something she wants to check out before she comes out."
"I know. I heard." It was all that Joe said.
"Joe would you mind helping me..." Ned began to ask.
"If you're asking what I think that you're asking the answer is no. I'm not getting into the middle of it. This is between you three." Joe held up his hands and backed away.
-Nancy-
Nancy looked up at the skyline of the building where she had seen movement a few seconds ago. "Let's see what is going on." She whispered into the empty building.
She climbed on to some boxes that were by the wall and would lead to the second floor. The boxes weren't quite high enough and couldn't hold her weight but for a few seconds. It was very rickety on the higher boxes. She jumped the extra two feet that she needed and took hold of the bottom rung. She noticed that the earpiece had fallen out of her ear but there was nothing that she could do about that now. "Shoot." She said to herself. It was kind of creepy hearing her own voice echoed back at her.
She finally managed to climb over the last rung onto the second floor. 'There has to be an easier way to get to the top.' At that moment she saw shadows moving around on the roof. 'Don't have time to look.' Nancy measured the length from second to third floor. It was about six feet. That was definitely closer than the first floor and second floor had been together.
Standing on the last rail she took hold of the bottom rung gingerly. She could barely hold on. There seemed to be something on the cold stone. Nancy decided that she had to do something though to get to the skyline. The shadows would be gone by the time that she got there. 'Please let this work.' She prayed.
Taking a deep breath she swung out with her legs and pushed herself up. She somehow managed to do a half twist in the air not too far from where she wanted to be. She had to be right on target though. She reached out her hand and reached the top rung where a divider met it. She used this to help her hold on because of whatever that stuff was on her hands. Nancy swung her legs up one more time to get her footing. She managed to get over that part and when she stepped onto solid ground she was grateful. Something to her right caught her attention though. She went to the door that seemed to be an elevator. "Good it is and it leads to the skyline." She spoke out loud catching her breath finally.
At the skyline she stepped out of the elevator to find that it was still as the night. She also realized that she was hurting in places she didn't know one could hurt. She ignored that though when she heard a scuffle behind her. "You mind stopping and pulling off your ski caps." She asked with her arms crossed.
The two figures in ski caps looked at her. "Why would we do that now?" A deep voice said to her.
"What are you doing up here?" she was in a fighting stance ready to take out the two thugs.
"You think you can take us on?" the one that had been lower raised himself. He was taller than the other one by about a foot.
"I know I can."
-By the van-
"What's taking Nancy so long?" Ned was worried. She should have checked in by now and she hadn't. She had been gone for thirty minutes.
"I'm going to go look for her." Ned began to walk back to the place.
"Ned if she's in trouble, don't play hero." Joe warned. He knew the dangers of the job. He also knew that she had a good reason for not contacting him. He didn't like the one possibility that ran through his mind though.
Joe went to the com link station in the van and tried to contact her but he got nothing but static. "Shoot!"
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Okay guys I hope that you enjoyed this chapter. I would have made it longer but this really seemed like a good place to end this one. I'm so sorry that it is late for updating. Anyways thanks for reading and give me a good and honest review.