Chapter 3

It was just after midnight at the McIntyre Estate, when Lisa was awakened by the sounds of a scuffle drifting through the window. She jumped out of bet and ran through the French doors out on to the balcony. Peering over the railing she saw Kyle in a fight, down by the pool house. with someone in a ski mask. Kyle was dodging and blocking every punch with effortless ease. Lisa knew that Kyle kept himself in tip top shape and that for years he had studied the martial arts.

Lisa saw the glint of metal in the intruder's hand. Swinging her legs over the railing she jumped from the balcony to a nearby oak tree. Once in the tree she climbed down as fast as she could thankful that she had decided to bring pajamas instead of a night shirt. When she reached the ground she turned just in time to see Kyle catch the intruder's arm and flip him end over end onto the ground. Kyle gave the man's arm a sharp twist and there was a sharp crack as the bone in the man's arm snapped. The man cried out in pain. Jumping up he ran off into the night holding his arm. The cry from the injured intruder brought everyone else in the house running. When Kyle saw them coming, he quickly turned his back to them and put his glasses back on and shifting his speaking voice up half an octave he became Jason once again.

"What happened, Jason." asked Max

"Just a prowler," said Kyle, "I think I taught him a lesson though."

"All right every," said Mrs. Reg, "the excitement is over. Everyone back to bed." Is they turned Lisa saw Christy gazing at Kyle with the look she always had on her face when she was in boy chasing mode. It was all Lisa could do to keep from feeding Christy her fist. That was the one thing she hated about Christy she thought that she had to own every boy in her vicinity. For some reason it particularly bugged her when it came to Kyle.

Carole and Stevie walked down the streets of Dartmouth window shopping. The rounded the corner and were heading for the intersection when Stevie broke the silence.

"What did Lisa say again," she asked

"She said that her mother would get upset if she didn't spend at least one day of her vacation with Jason." Replied Carole

"Bet that's exciting," said Stevie in a voice dripping with sarcasm.

MEANWHILE…

J. Kyle Ellison, clad in black slacks, dress shoes, a white shirt, a black sport coat and a black leather hat walked into Boudreaux's the fanciest restaurant in town on his arm was a pretty brunette wearing a red dress.

"Alright you know what to do," Kyle said quietly to Lisa, he pulled a tin of mints out of and offered her one to make the conversation appear casual. Lisa took one of the mints and popped it into her mouth. She savored the flavor. She loved Kyle's strong mints. Her mother never would buy those kind at least not since Melanie had tried one and it mad her eyes water. They walked down the steps into the dining area and were immediately approached by one of the hosts who lead them to Murdock's private table. A few seconds later he returned with the drinks they ordered just after they sat down. From this table Murdock could see almost all of the dining area. They all took a sip of their drinks before anyone spoke.

Lisa immediately noticed that one of the sitting next to Murdock at the table had a cast on his right arm.

"You've have found the gold statue of Coronado?" asked Murdock

"You know I have," said Kyle, "last night one of your boys tried to get it without paying for it. Now where's the map."

"You know," said Murdock as he fondled the map in his hands, "After I made the deal with you to trade this old map for the statue I started thinking why would you trade something as valuable as that statue for an old map unless you stand to gain something even more valuable with the map. So I've decided I just keep the map and take the statue. Murdock's boys went for their guns but were stop dead in their tracks when a silenced gunshot shattered the wood in the front of the chair between Murdock's legs. Murdock froze and Kyle smirked. Murdock noticed that both of Kyle's hands were in plain sight but Lisa had her left hand under the table.

"That was a warning shot, Murdock," Growled Lisa, "the next one won't be aimed at the chair. Now tell your boys to put their hands back on the table and leave them there or I'm going to change your religion."

Murdock still looked smug,

"I think you'll want to trade statue for this, my dear Ellison," said in a voice with more oil in it than an olive press as he held up a small vile with a red liquid in it. "This is the antidote for the poison that I had the waiter put in your girlfriend's drink."

Wait a minute, thought Lisa as she was about to panic, If he put poison in my drink why do I feel just fine?

"You know," said Kyle, "it's a good thing that my "girlfriend" likes the kind of mints that I carry around with me because the one that she ate just before we got to table was laced with a more than sufficient dose of the antidote for your poison." All cockiness left Murdock's as Kyle sat there smirking. Lisa felt a smirk coming across her face as she realized that without her even knowing Kyle had managed to protect her again.

Kyle stood up and walked around to Murdock. He took the map from Murdock and placed the statue in his hands.

"Thanks Johnny boy," he said, "it's been a pleasure doing business with you." Lisa stood up and together she and Kyle backed toward the stairs. Turning they ran up the stairs and out the door. Behind them in the restaurant they heard

"Get them you morons!"

They raced around the corner to the lot where the Hummer was parked. When they reached the hummer Kyle Opened the door and was pushing Lisa in ahead of him with They heard a gasp behind them. The whirled around to find Carole and Stevie standing there with their mouths hanging open.

Before anyone could say anything Lisa and Kyle grabbed them and shoved them into the hummer. Just as Kyle opened the driver's side door there was a gunshot Kyle recoiled sharply then the girls saw blood running down his right arm. Carole looked down through the window and recoiled there on the ground was a severed finger! Kyle jumped into the car and Lisa wrapped a towel around the injured hand and they peeled off down the road.

They swerved around a corner and headed out of the town.

"Their still behind us, Kyle," said Lisa, "Can we go Turbo,"

"Were going to have to find some other way to lose them," said Kyle shaking his head, "I don't think I could control this thing at turbo speed with only one hand."

"I've got it," said Lisa, "she reached over and pressed a button on the console between them, a stream of oil dropped out of the back of the hummer. The black sedan with Murdock's men in it hit the oil and went into a tail spin. They careened of the road and into a ditch. They were left there shaking their fists as the hummer disappeared from sight.

A few minutes later the hummer pulled into the mouth of cave right there in the side of a mountain,

"Where are you going, Mr. Ellison?" said Carole, "you need to see a doctor you go a finger shot off back there!!"

"I'm fine," said Kyle as they pulled into a secret parking garage next to the secret library. Kyle jumped out and opened the door for Lisa and the other girls.

"Lisa," said Stevie, "you seem to know him, talk to him he needs to go to the emergency room!"

"No he doesn't," said Lisa, "Look," she unwrapped the towel around Kyle's hand."

The girl's eyes widened instead of a wound, there was a brand new finger.

"How," said the two girls,

"I was born with a body that heals at a phenomenal rate," said Kyle, "Not only that I can grow a new appendage or limb when and if I should lose one."

After the shock had worn off they began to remember who they were talking too and they went to bashful.

"Lisa," they said, "you've got some explaining to do!"

To be continued…

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