17. Chapter: Swim!!!!!!
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I was thinking about hurrying this crap and maybe post two chapters at a
time but soon I'll run out of emended chapters but 'til then I'm going to
update every day or at least try to. I'm not sure if this chapter is
emended, if not I hope you understand it.
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'Joe, I wasn't going to, I couldn't! But, yes, I meant to betray you' Julia Walker said quietly and looked down.
Joe nodded. 'But you didn't...'
'I wonder why...' Frank muttered.
Joe looked at him with the 'shut up' eyes.
'Why?' he asked Julia.
'Joe, you are a detective. It's in your blood, you never would've get me get away!' she said.
Joe sighed. 'And I who thought you knew me, what a shame.'
Suddenly Nancy yelled. 'Joe! Look out!!!'
A gunstock was aimed to Joe's head but Frank turned around in time and kicked the man in the womb. He caved in, moaning.
Another man came up from the hole and threw himself at Joe and they both fell into the river but before, the man grabbed Nancy and she fell to the river too. Julia watched Frank fight the first man on the waterside, without knowing what she was supposed to do.
After some time she heard a siren and jumped to the river, without a thought.
Finally when Frank was just about to give up he heard a voice from a megaphone.
'Give up!' the voice shouted.
The man held Frank to the ground and aimed a gun to his head.
'Make me!' he screamed to the police.
'I think you should drop this gun' a low female voice said.
Frank felt the man, who was squatting on his back, stiffen. Then he heard the gun drop to the ground and he was relieved.
Police officers came and arrested the man.
Frank stood up and looked at the woman who had saved him.
He was very surprised. 'Callie!?'
Callie smiled though she was very pale. 'Ok, that was one of the coolest thing I've ever done, are you all right?'
'Yes, I'm fine. Why are you here?'
Callie looked down on the gun she was holding in her hand.
'It's funny. You see, I was washing the dishes in the kitchen, and my cell phone rang and I answered it and I just heard those strange sounds and annoying hiss but no one on the line, then I heard some people talking, I knew your voices and heard your names and stuff. So I went to your dad and asked him to listen because no one hung up and we went to the police station and they traced the call and here we are, just took a minute to do it all!' Callie said proudly.
Frank smiled weakly. 'Someone's cell phone has probably not been locked and pushed to something in the pocket so it called someone itself. Maybe was it mine' he took his cell phone from his pocket. It had obviously called to Callie.
Frank pushed the 'hanging up button' and looked at his rescuer again. 'Thank you' he said.
'You're welcome' she answered.
-'So, we're friends?'
-'Sure.'
They walked together up to the road where the police was waiting with Fenton Hardy, Biff Hooper and Chet Morton.
Biff and Chet ran to them. The man who had attacked Frank was carefully steered into the police car.
'Wow, Callie! You're good, that was cool! How are you Frank?' Biff asked and hugged Callie.
'I'm fine, thanks to Callie and my cell phone' Frank answered and smiled.
'I should be a detective, don't you think?' Callie asked Biff when Chet and Frank had gone to Mr. Hardy and chief Collig.
'That's a good idea!' Biff said and nibbled her earlap. 'That means you can keep handcuffs in your house...'
'Frank! Are you all right?!' Fenton and Ezra Collig both yelled to Frank who was walking towards them.
'I'm ok. Where's Nancy? And Joe and the others?' Frank asked worried.
Fenton and Collig looked at each other. Collig cleared his throat.
'You don't know?' he asked.
Frank looked at him, then at his father and at last at Chet.
'No, I don't.'
'We haven't seen them at all' Chet said. 'Who are 'the others'?'
'The man who first attacked us, and the girl, I think it's Julia' Frank answered.
'Ok, I'm not sure what you mean, but...' Chet began.
-'Dad! I'm almost sure it was Julia Walker, she was very much like Luise but it wasn't her!' Frank said.
Fenton nodded. 'Yes, that's clear, because there's no Luise McStevenson. And this fake Luise, or Julia, may be dead, I think they fell to the river...' he said.
Frank gaped. He looked at the heavy streamed river and hoped that there were no rapids in it where his brother and girlfriend could scrunch to death.
'We'll send some people along the river to search for them' Collig said. 'That's all we can do now.' ------------------------------------------------------------------
*Lower down along the river*(that might not be the right words) Nancy Drew came around. She blinked a few times. She tried to move but couldn't. She was all wet and most of her body was under cold water. She laid on a big rock that stood up from the river. Her mind was completely empty.
Suddenly she felt hands on her, checking if she was whole. That brought little thoughts in her head.
She thought of a hot cup of tea, and then about her friends home in River heights-river! She was in a river.
The hands carried her to the waterside and laid her on something soft.
It was dark and she couldn't see a thing.
She heard some people talk together unclearly. She thought of Frank and Joe and where they were, especially Frank.
Her chest ached terribly. She peered when someone turned on a powerful flashlight. It completely blinded her.
Nancy felt her shirt unbuttoned. Then hands touch her chest.
'She has a broken rib' a female voice said. 'Turn of that light, will you?'
Nancy blinked more. She still couldn't see much. She felt a gust on her head and realized how much it hurt to breath. Her teeth chattered.
'What are we going to do with her?' a voice asked.
'Why don't we just throw her back to the river?' another voice suggested.
Nancy realized they were talking about her and became a little scared. This was not the rescue unit.
'No' the third voice ordered. 'We'll keep her.'
Nancy thought she knew this voice but wasn't sure though.
'Our dear Nancy Drew may come to use' the voice continued.
Now Nancy knew who it belonged to and she became very scared.
'Joe, I wasn't going to, I couldn't! But, yes, I meant to betray you' Julia Walker said quietly and looked down.
Joe nodded. 'But you didn't...'
'I wonder why...' Frank muttered.
Joe looked at him with the 'shut up' eyes.
'Why?' he asked Julia.
'Joe, you are a detective. It's in your blood, you never would've get me get away!' she said.
Joe sighed. 'And I who thought you knew me, what a shame.'
Suddenly Nancy yelled. 'Joe! Look out!!!'
A gunstock was aimed to Joe's head but Frank turned around in time and kicked the man in the womb. He caved in, moaning.
Another man came up from the hole and threw himself at Joe and they both fell into the river but before, the man grabbed Nancy and she fell to the river too. Julia watched Frank fight the first man on the waterside, without knowing what she was supposed to do.
After some time she heard a siren and jumped to the river, without a thought.
Finally when Frank was just about to give up he heard a voice from a megaphone.
'Give up!' the voice shouted.
The man held Frank to the ground and aimed a gun to his head.
'Make me!' he screamed to the police.
'I think you should drop this gun' a low female voice said.
Frank felt the man, who was squatting on his back, stiffen. Then he heard the gun drop to the ground and he was relieved.
Police officers came and arrested the man.
Frank stood up and looked at the woman who had saved him.
He was very surprised. 'Callie!?'
Callie smiled though she was very pale. 'Ok, that was one of the coolest thing I've ever done, are you all right?'
'Yes, I'm fine. Why are you here?'
Callie looked down on the gun she was holding in her hand.
'It's funny. You see, I was washing the dishes in the kitchen, and my cell phone rang and I answered it and I just heard those strange sounds and annoying hiss but no one on the line, then I heard some people talking, I knew your voices and heard your names and stuff. So I went to your dad and asked him to listen because no one hung up and we went to the police station and they traced the call and here we are, just took a minute to do it all!' Callie said proudly.
Frank smiled weakly. 'Someone's cell phone has probably not been locked and pushed to something in the pocket so it called someone itself. Maybe was it mine' he took his cell phone from his pocket. It had obviously called to Callie.
Frank pushed the 'hanging up button' and looked at his rescuer again. 'Thank you' he said.
'You're welcome' she answered.
-'So, we're friends?'
-'Sure.'
They walked together up to the road where the police was waiting with Fenton Hardy, Biff Hooper and Chet Morton.
Biff and Chet ran to them. The man who had attacked Frank was carefully steered into the police car.
'Wow, Callie! You're good, that was cool! How are you Frank?' Biff asked and hugged Callie.
'I'm fine, thanks to Callie and my cell phone' Frank answered and smiled.
'I should be a detective, don't you think?' Callie asked Biff when Chet and Frank had gone to Mr. Hardy and chief Collig.
'That's a good idea!' Biff said and nibbled her earlap. 'That means you can keep handcuffs in your house...'
'Frank! Are you all right?!' Fenton and Ezra Collig both yelled to Frank who was walking towards them.
'I'm ok. Where's Nancy? And Joe and the others?' Frank asked worried.
Fenton and Collig looked at each other. Collig cleared his throat.
'You don't know?' he asked.
Frank looked at him, then at his father and at last at Chet.
'No, I don't.'
'We haven't seen them at all' Chet said. 'Who are 'the others'?'
'The man who first attacked us, and the girl, I think it's Julia' Frank answered.
'Ok, I'm not sure what you mean, but...' Chet began.
-'Dad! I'm almost sure it was Julia Walker, she was very much like Luise but it wasn't her!' Frank said.
Fenton nodded. 'Yes, that's clear, because there's no Luise McStevenson. And this fake Luise, or Julia, may be dead, I think they fell to the river...' he said.
Frank gaped. He looked at the heavy streamed river and hoped that there were no rapids in it where his brother and girlfriend could scrunch to death.
'We'll send some people along the river to search for them' Collig said. 'That's all we can do now.' ------------------------------------------------------------------
*Lower down along the river*(that might not be the right words) Nancy Drew came around. She blinked a few times. She tried to move but couldn't. She was all wet and most of her body was under cold water. She laid on a big rock that stood up from the river. Her mind was completely empty.
Suddenly she felt hands on her, checking if she was whole. That brought little thoughts in her head.
She thought of a hot cup of tea, and then about her friends home in River heights-river! She was in a river.
The hands carried her to the waterside and laid her on something soft.
It was dark and she couldn't see a thing.
She heard some people talk together unclearly. She thought of Frank and Joe and where they were, especially Frank.
Her chest ached terribly. She peered when someone turned on a powerful flashlight. It completely blinded her.
Nancy felt her shirt unbuttoned. Then hands touch her chest.
'She has a broken rib' a female voice said. 'Turn of that light, will you?'
Nancy blinked more. She still couldn't see much. She felt a gust on her head and realized how much it hurt to breath. Her teeth chattered.
'What are we going to do with her?' a voice asked.
'Why don't we just throw her back to the river?' another voice suggested.
Nancy realized they were talking about her and became a little scared. This was not the rescue unit.
'No' the third voice ordered. 'We'll keep her.'
Nancy thought she knew this voice but wasn't sure though.
'Our dear Nancy Drew may come to use' the voice continued.
Now Nancy knew who it belonged to and she became very scared.