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"Are you alright, Joe?" Laura demanded anxiously of her younger son.
"I'm fine." Joe replied waving away her concern. "What happened?" He repeated grimly looking back and forth from his mother to his father.
"You were poisoned," Fenton began in a grim tone. "You had slipped into a coma, but the doctors were able to find an antidote."
"Where is Frank?" Joe asked. "He's here, you know-"
"Actually he isn't." His mother interrupted. "Frank is missing."
Fenton glanced sharply at his wife. "Is that what you were going to tell me before Joe woke up?"
"Yes," Laura confirmed. "Hospital security is combing the hospital for him, Gertrude and I already checked with all his friends."
"How would he be with our friends if he was in the hospital?" Joe demanded.
"Your friends are in the hospital." His mother replied grimly.
"As visitors?" Joe asked hopefully although his gut told him that wasn't the case.
"No, like yourself they were attacked," Laura said shaking her head.
"They were poisoned, too? Well, that's fine then, the doctors have the antidote don't they?" Joe remarked.
"I'm afraid that they were each hurt in a different way, Chet was hit over the head and left in his family's barn which was on fire, Biff was strangled, Tony was shot, Phil is okay, he just has a broken arm, Callie was hit by a car," She paused here.
"Vanessa?" Joe prompted his fists clenched around the hospital blanket as he listened to this recitation of injuries.
"She was stabbed," Laura replied reluctantly.
"A guy is in a coma for a few hours and everything goes to hell." Joe complained to cover his shock and horror. "Are they going to be alright?" He asked quietly.
"I don't know." His mother admitted glancing at her husband who bore a troubled expression on his face. "I spoke with Callie's parents, and Vanessa's mother they were both told that their daughters are in critical condition. Biff was without oxygen for a long time, Chet is suffering from severe smoke inhalation, and Tony is in critical condition. Phil needs surgery on his arm but he should be alright." She recited.
"And Frank?"
"We don't know."
"I think it's about time to call the police." Fenton resolved. "This is no set of coincidences, I am willing to bet anything that the same person or group of people attacked all of you, and I am further willing to stake money on the fact that they took Frank."
"It does look that way." Laura agreed.
"I want to help find him." Joe announced wearing his most stubborn expression.
"Absolutely not," Fenton said firmly. "You are in no condition to be doing anything besides resting right now."
Joe opened his mouth only to be silent by a quelling look from his mother.
"We don't know anything yet; you should at least stay put while we try to get some leads." Fenton continued.
"Fine." Joe replied sullenly, he was not big on the idea of remaining in the hospital while his brother was missing. "Can I at least go see Vanessa?"
Laura and Fenton exchanged a significant glance.
"I will talk to your doctor while your father speaks with the police, if your doctor says it is okay than I will take you to see Vanessa." Laura said after a few moments.
"Thanks," Joe said quietly.
-Story Break-
"I have to say this is the first time I've ever been a human sacrifice," Nancy remarked after Frank finished filling her in on what Johansson had told him.
"We need to get out of here as soon as possible before they have the opportunity to complete their goals." Frank replied. "They attacked all my friends, Callie and Joe." He continued his face shadowed in worry. "What if they die, Nancy?"
"They won't," She answered firmly. "And, you and I are going to get out of here before they decide to turn us into some kind of primetime special."
"I certainly hope so." Frank murmured. "I don't relish being a sacrifice."
"It's sort of funny though," Nancy remarked.
"What do you mean?" Frank asked.
"For once neither of us did anything, no cases that is, and yet here we are." She explained.
"It seems trouble really does follow us around." Frank agreed. "Do you think we could use it as a reason for people to just let us get involved with cases?"
"What do you want us to say? How about 'you might as well let us investigate, because we end up as human sacrifices without even doing anything, so it doesn't matter if we're involved or not?"
"Pretty much," Frank said nodding his head in approval.
"Somehow, I'm not sure that we would be entirely successful." Nancy replied. "They would probably say something along the lines 'all the more reason not to put you in deliberate danger,'" She recited.
"It could go either way," Frank admitted. "But when has that ever stopped us before?" He asked.
"It hasn't." She agreed.
"Which is why we're not going to let a little thing like an organization of people intent on sacrificing us stand in our way. We're going to get the hell out of here."
"I have just one question though." Nancy stated.
"What is it?" Frank replied.
"How exactly do we do that?"
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