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.

Come on guys give me some reviews…

Thanx to .x, MITA (), shar12392, terasnik , Lunalab for sticking with me and for bearing my so very late updates…but hey what can I do? Exams knocking on the doors…^_^

"Nancy where are you?" asked Ned as soon as he got connection to Nancy's phone. "Why did you leave your phone switched off? Do you know how worried sick I was?"

"I'm sorry Ned. I did not want to disturb you guys so I got up early and came to meet the Hardys. Ned look I can't talk right now. I'm in the hospital…"

"Why are you in the hospital? Has anything happened to you?" interrupted Ned.

"I'm fine Ned. Nothing has happened to me but we have another victim fighting for her life. Why don't you, Bess and George come over here?"

"We'll be there in five minutes Nancy," said Ned as he hung up.

Sighing Nancy turned around. They have been waiting in the hospital for an hour for news about the girl. Luckily she had somehow managed to hold onto her life until the police had been able to take her to the hospital. The doctors said that there was a chance that she could be saved. They had found another note in her hand. It said, "Ah…so you have arrived at last my dear Nancy. Well I have only one thing to tell you… 'Enjoy your life while you still can detective…your life is about to end and I'm not planning a very nice ending for you.'"

Joe had gone to talk to the police, Frank had gone to get something to eat. Nancy just sat down on the chair and thought about the note. So they knew that I'm in Bayport. How? I have not gone out much lately. So are they spying on us? Probably. So they want to kill me in a not so very nice fashion. Well that's not new to me.

It was only after Frank sat down beside her that Nancy broke out of her trance. He looked at Nancy concerned. "Are you all right Nancy?" "I'm fine Frank. I'm just worried about the girl…and I can't understand how they know I am here. I mean I arrived just yesterday. They must be spying on us, Frank."

"I think you're Nancy but you must be careful and here" said Frank as he handed Nancy a sandwich. "Eat or you'd end up in the hospital sick yourself."

Just then Nancy heard Bess's voice. "Nancy! There you are. You are so in trouble young lady. Why didn't you leave a note before you left? You really scared us and why did you have your cell phone off? We couldn't contact you."

"Bess give her time to explain," said George from behind her.

"I'm sorry guys. I was kinda absorbed in the case so I guess I forgot to switch on my cell. And I forgot to write a note…sorry"

"Well you should tell this to Ned. He's not very happy with you," said Bess still angry at Nancy.

"Where is Ned?" asked Nancy. Right on cue Ned arrived. "Nancy!" Though he tried to look angry, he failed miserably. "What am I going to do with you?" asked Ned before hugging Nancy.

"I'm sorry Ned" whispered Nancy. "It's OK. But don't ever do that again" said Ned as he released Nancy.

Joe arrived at the scene with the doctor. Everyone became tense. The doctor smiled at them and said, "Which one of you is Nancy?"

Nancy came forward. "Ah so you are Nancy. I'm Doctor Stephen McGill. Would you please care to talk to Ms. Alicia? The victim" he added after seeing the confusion on Nancy's face. "She wants to talk to you alone."

"Ok doctor" said Nancy as she followed the doctor into Alicia's ward. What Nancy saw almost made her sick. Alicia lay on the bed covered with bandages. Her face was scarred and looked as though someone had done those with a knife. When she heard the door open, she looked up.

She gave Nancy a smile which Nancy could not return. She was feeling so guilty. The doctor left them and Alicia motioned to Nancy to sit down.

"So you are Nancy? Nice to meet you. I'm Alicia," said Alicia.

"Alicia I'm so sorry. It's totally because of me that you're here…" said Nancy. "Nonsense Nancy. Don't blame yourself. I'm actually worried about you, Nancy. The guys who had kidnapped me weren't very nice and I think that they won't spare you for whatever you had done to them," said Alicia.

"Don't worry about me. These type of threats are a matter of habit now. Do you know the name of the people who kidnapped you?" said Nancy. "Yeah actually Nancy, they said that their names are Will Austin and ..."

"…Jane Bridge?" whispered Nancy.

"That's right Nancy. Do you know them?" asked Alicia.

"Actually Alicia I'm a detective and they had committed some serious crimes ten years ago. They have been released now and I they are seeking for revenge now. They have already murdered many girls before to get to me. Now that I'm here I don't think they would attack innocent girls but only if I knew what they were planning," said Nancy as she got up. "I think you should rest now Alicia. The police will be draining you with questions soon so I think that I should leave now."

"Nancy…" said Alicia.

"Yeah?"

"Take care"

Nancy smiled. "I'll try. Being a detective is hard."

As soon as Nancy came out, she found Ned and Frank waiting for her. "Where are the others?" asked Nancy.

"They have gone back to our place" said Frank.

"We are thinking about staying at their house for a while. George and Joe have gone to check out. I think that Bess has already arrived at the house. So what did you and Alicia talk about?" asked Ned.

"Not here, Ned. I'll tell you all about it at the house. Let's go now," said Nancy.

"So now will you tell what you and Alicia talked about?" asked Frank as soon as they arrived home.

"Well Alicia told me that Jane and Will are behind this all," said Nancy.

"I knew that! So they are seeking revenge for what you did to them," said Joe as he sat down on the couch. He and George had just arrived after they had checked out from the hotel.

"But till now all the victims had been murdered…Why did they leave Alicia?" wondered Ned.

"I think they wanted her to warn me or something. Anyway whatever was the matter, we must all stay alert. I don't want any of us getting hurt," said Nancy.

"Maybe you should worry Nancy…they are after you. So I want you to be accompanied the whole time. Got it?" said Frank.

"Yeah okay… so what now?" asked Nancy.

"Maybe we should go shopping. Come on Nancy…please…You did promise a nice vacation," pleaded Bess.

Nancy agreed to come and so did the others so they set off to the nearest shopping mall. They had stopped at Callie's so that she could also join them. Bess and Callie hung out at the ladies fashion boutique while Ned, Joe and George were looking around the sports counter. Nancy was checking out some books when she heard someone coming behind her. She turned around and saw Frank looking at her the book in her hand.

"So you like romantic stories?" asked Frank incredulously as he saw Nancy reading Paradise by Judith McNaught.

"Yeah so?" asked Nancy.

"Well you don't really seem the type of girl to be reading romantic stories…I thought you were the fighting guts type…you know full of action stuff. Romance doesn't match with you."

"Thanks for your ever so generous complements but I am a girl after all and most girls love to read romantic novels…"

"Yeah but you are not like most of the other girls…I mean most girls don't usually stumble upon murders everywhere they go."

"I'll consider that a complement," replied Nancy as she went back to reading the book.

"Hum…I think I'll buy this book after all. It's a nice one."

After buying the book she and Frank headed to find the others. They were still exploring the shops and seemed least bothered to go back home.

Nancy noticed a food counter and said "Hey Frank I'm gonna go get something to eat. You want me to get something for you?"

"No need to worry Nan. I'll come with you."

Nancy ordered two sandwiches and sat with Frank at a table.

"So Nancy…How's Carson?"

"He's fine. Still busy as always. Hannah's driving him crazy by asking him to take a vacation but he won't listen to her," continued Nancy but stopped as she noticed that Frank was not listening. He was looking somewhere else and then turned at Nancy.

"Um Nancy? I think maybe we should head home."

"Why Frank?"

"Do you recognize that guy over there?" asked Frank

"Where?"

"Over there behind the counter."

Nancy looked at the direction where Frank pointed out. She almost let out a scream of horror.

Standing at the counter was Will Austin.

A/N: At last a cliffhanger! ^_^ I was thinking that I would never have the opportunity to give a cliffhanger. I know it's really annoying but the next chapter will come up after a while.

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