A/N: I don't own Nancy Drew or the Hardy Boys, Callie or Ned or any others…This is my first fanfic, so please review and bear with me. The third chapter is up. Please let me know how you think about it. Sorry for the lateness guys but these tuitions and exams are killing me.

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Nancy woke up early next morning and dressed up quickly. She looked at the time, 7. One hour left still left to visit the Hardys. Though she knew that what she was feeling was not at all right but she was really eager to see Frank. She had to get that stinking feeling out of her. No way was she going jeopardize her friendship with Frank.

Both Bess and Ned were sleeping and George had gone out for jogging. Nancy decided to leave a note informing them where she had gone. She reached the Hardys by 7:50. There's still 10 minutes left, thought Nancy. I better wait.

Nancy heard the front door just as she had finished thinking this. There stood Frank at the door and smiled at Nancy. She returned the smile half-heartedly thinking about Ned and her conversation last night when Bess and George and gone to sleep.

"Nancy, I think that this killer is very dangerous. I don't think that you should wander about alone here. I don't want you risking your life" said Nancy.

"Ned, I am always careful. I have already faced these types of criminals before and I am totally fine. And besides I have Frank and Joe this time with me. There would no problem with them around. What's wrong, Ned?" asked Nancy looking at Ned's face.

"I don't know Nancy. I think that I am feeling a bit jealous of Frank. I mean that I know he has feeling and so do you. Maybe not very much but you guys do have it. And you also have this extra mystery connection with him…I know I'm being stupid Nancy. But promise me you will not land yourself in danger. Please stick with me while you are solving this case" requested Ned.

"Oh Ned, don't worry. I will not leave your side" promised Nancy.

And now Nancy was standing in front of the Hardys. Was she breaking her promise? She didn't want to be with Ned and Frank at one time. There was no other way to it. Ned would have to understand.

Frank let her in and accompanied her to his room. His room was really interesting. She hadn't noticed earlier. There was a computer at one corner complete with speakers and a printer. There was a picture of him and Joe sitting on the table beside his bed. Another picture of him, Joe and Callie was hanging on the wall. There were posters of the basketball team he and Joe were in at High School. Bits of mementos of each case and there was a shelf full of trophies which he had won, first prize in swimming, sports, maths, science, chess etc.

Nancy looked up to see Frank smiling at her. "Wow Frank! You really have to make another shelf for those trophies. There are thousands over there" said Nancy.

"Well, those are just memories of High School. See the basketball team? I really loved it then. Joe used to impress all the cheerleaders out there but never Callie."

"Callie was a cheerleader? Gosh I never knew. I should have guessed though, her figure is really nice" said Nancy. "Isn't Joe up yet? I thought he promised to be up at 7."

"Don't worry about Joe. He'll be about in 10 minutes" said frank as he tried to hide a smirk.

"Why are you smirking, Frank?" asked Nancy as she noticed his attempt to hide a smile. "I knew that Joe wouldn't make it so I did a little experiment on him which will be activated in 9 minutes. Just wait and watch the fun" said Frank.

"Frank, I never knew you could play tricks on people. You're the serious type aren't you?" asked an amused Nancy.

"Yeah but after what he had told me last night, I have to prove him wrong on all accounts" replied Frank. "What did he tell you?" asked Nancy. She watched him curiously as he blushed and shrugged and looked at his watch. "Only 4 minutes left… By the way Nancy, didn't the others want to come with you? I thought Ned would have at least come."

"He did want come but I came over here without informing them. I thought they would land in trouble if they got involved in the case. I didn't want to put them in danger" replied Nancy.

Frank looked troubled. "Nancy I don't think you should have come without informing them…they are going worry and I don't think Ned will be very happy you came here without informing him at least and Nancy I am really worried about you. I didn't want to drag you into this but we need help and the sooner we find him, the lesser lives will be lost and you would be in less danger but Nancy..." Frank's blabbering stopped as Nancy put her finger on his lips to stop him. He recoiled at her touch as though electric sparks had gone off at her touch.

Nancy could see that Frank was really worried and wondering what to tell him when…AAAGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!

Joe's yell shot through the house. Nancy was startled as Frank's worried expression quickly replaced a look of utter hilarity. Joe's yell shot out a few more times and after that it calmed down. "It's a good thing that mom and dad are out or else they would have called the police by now" said Frank.

"Frank Hardy what did do? Come on, tell me" asked Nancy. "Let's just say he won't be needing baths anymore for at least a week" smiled Frank. "I don't think you would like the details. It's actually boy's stuff" added Frank with a wink.

"Ok…ok. But when will be coming? I am itching to hear about this case" Nancy said.

Joe came into the room in about five minutes. His expression was totally bewildered and he looked with total disbelieve. "Who are you?" asked Joe. "I think whatever you did to him really shook him up" whispered Nancy to Frank. "You are not my brother. He never does this to me. Who are you? What have you done with my brother?" continued Joe.

"What Joe? You didn't like my way of waking you up? I thought you asked for it last night" replied Frank. Joe's expression changed quickly into amusement. "So this was only to make me pay for telling you the truth?" asked Joe. "Gee I didn't know that knowing the truth would get you pissed up so much."

"What you told me last night was not at all the truth. You know it so stop teasing me about it. Now if you haven't noticed, Nancy's here already so sit down already and get started with the already."

"Yeah…yeah…whatever. You know I would never stop teasing you so get that little ray of hope out of your mind and good morning…Well 'good morning' for you but for me…just forget about it. Anyway Frank…thought you should know that I plan to get my revenge as soon as I can."

"Dream on brother…" smiled Frank.

"Now will please tell me about the case?" asked Nancy getting slight agitated but was truly respecting the deep relation of the brothers.

"Yeah sure Nancy. I'll begin, shall I brother?" asked Joe. "And I think that you should make us some breakfast. I'm starving and I'm sure so is Nancy. So hurry up."

Frank rolled eyes but realized that it was better if Joe told the story. He was the one who stumbled (and emphasis on stumbled) upon all the clues. So he went inside the kitchen and started preparing breakfast.

Joe started. "These strange murders had started a month before and there were at least 3 murders in a week. A friend's of Dad requested us to look into the case because his brother's daughter was one of the victims. And there was no point in requesting because we were so involved in the mystery. But it was still not our case officially until someone asked us to investigate" Joe said. "Well we first asked the Chief to give us information on the number of criminals who broke out or was free from prison because we couldn't find a pattern in those murders. And it looked like serial killing to us. Well anyway, there were four people who were free from jail in the last month. No break out and anyway we would have heard if there had been a break out. So these four people were Jane Bridge, Justin Blake, Will Austin and Lizzie Shoal.

Remember Jane and Will, Nancy?" paused Joe to ask Nancy.

Nancy remembered them well enough. She also remembered Jane's last words to her before she was taken to jail. She still remembered the pure hatred and rage in Jane's eyes which still sent shivers down her spine.

Flashback:-

Nancy was standing beside Frank who had his arms around her to stop her from getting well out of her wits. Joe had taken Bess to dinner to calm her down. Nancy was not a person to get terrified so much. She was usually the strong one. But she stood straight when Jane and Will entered the court for their trial.

They had committed serious crimes by bankrupting and murdering innocent people. They murdered ruthlessly by…Nancy shuddered. No, there was no way of describing it. Nancy and Bess had almost been a victim had not Frank and Joe arrived in time to save them. After they were charged of imprisonment for 10 years, Jane looked at Nancy with hatred beyond compare. "I will remember this, Drew" she spat. "Revenge will be mine and you'll wish you had never been born, vermin. I will take my revenge."

End Flashback.

"Nancy?" "NANCY!" almost shouted Joe.

"Yeah, Joe? Sorry I drifted away. I'll never forget Jane and Will. It's too scary. Please continue."

"You sure you're all right?" asked Frank who Nancy noticed had returned with a plateful of sandwiches. "I know that the memory must haunt you. It still does to me. Really."

"I'm fine Frank" said Nancy and she asked Joe to continue.

"Ok Nancy," continued Joe. "Justin is now working at a call centre and Lizzie is a waitress but we couldn't find Jane or Will. I guess they could be behind all this but there's no evidence. So anyway, we looked at those notes which the killer had been leaving behind and they were all the same. Look here's one" said Joe as he handed Nancy the notes.

They were all same but Nancy could see why Frank and Joe thought that the killer was after her. The first note said, "One red-head down", "Where are you hiding detective?", "Next will be from River Heights", "Such beautiful blue eyes to waste".

Nancy's hand trembled as she read the rest. "Nancy are you okay?" asked Frank concerned. He could see that the notes had shaken Nancy up. Nancy nodded her head and said, "I don't know Frank." "So do you suspect Jane and Will?" she asked. "We do suspect them but there are so many others out there to harm you Nancy. We are not so sure but they are hit suspects," said Joe.

"Well we analyzed the paper and found that it's one of a kind and it is normally made in a factory called SIMSON'S PAPERENCHIO. So we tried to start our investigation from there but the results are in front of you Nancy," said Frank. "Then I thought that maybe you'd be able to help us Nancy."

"I'll surely try to help you guys and since it looks like that this person is after me so it might help a lot for me to be here" said Nancy.

"Nancy I want you to promise me that you will never go anywhere without informing me…I mean us. Please do not go anywhere unaccompanied. Don't put yourself in jeopardy Nancy. Please promise Nancy," requested Frank.

Nancy looked at Frank's concerned eyes and couldn't bring herself to promise knowing that she would have to break it under some circumstances. She was saved from promising as Joe's phone rang out loud. Both of them looked at each other without breaking the silence as Joe talked with someone for a while.

"Guys I think we have to go to the hospital immediately," said Joe. When Frank and Nancy looked at him quizzically, Joe hesitated, avoiding Nancy's eyes as he said "Another victim."

Nancy sat in the back with Frank beside her as Joe drove them to the hospital.

A/N: Please review…If anyone has any type of ideas, please don't hesitate…I welcome ideas.

No cliffhanger. The next chapter will take some time. I've got tuitions coming and school has started so please review or else I won't update. Oh yeah and SIMSON'S PAPERENCHIO, I don't even know if it exists or not. It just came to my mind.