Ray woke up and found himself inside a cave with Lynn glaring over him.
"Oh, thank goodness. I was starting to think you were dead."
"What happened?" Ray tried to bring himself up to a sitting position with Lynn's help.
"You were hit over the head with some log on steroids. Then they dragged us to this cave."
"Well it felt like a log on steroids." He rubbed his head.
"What now?" Lynn asked.
"Well we can't do much while its snowin' out side. Ha! And to think I was trying to get away from the snow and cold and end up gettin' myself closer to it!"
"Yeah, I know what you mean. I was going to stay in Hawaii for the holiday too."
"Well, it looks like we're gonna spend it together. Are you cold?"
"Yeah." He put his arms around her and they fell asleep.
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Now it was morning at the consulate.
"Merry Christmas Eve, Constable Fraser. I have prepared some breakfast featuring Ham and Eggs." Turnbull greeted the mountie at the stair case.
"Thank you, Turnbull." Fraser walked into the kitchen to see Meg hanging up the phone. "Fraser?"
"Yes?" The Mountie asked sitting down.
"That was Lt. Welch. He said he has tickets for you to fly to Oklahoma and join the search party if you want."
"That sounds fine."
"Fine? You promised you would stay with me over the holidays? Not that I care but, but."
"Oh, thats right. You can always come with me if you like?"
"If I like? Do you think my idea of a merry Christmas is searching through snow and endless miles of fields for someone I barely know?"
"Well of course not. But, he's my best friend and I know I couldn't live with myself knowing I'm sitting around the firplace while he's missing in feet of snow."
"Its not that I don't care. I just"
"I understand. I think I'll prepare for my flight."
Nothing more was said. Meg felt guilty as she sat down and sighed.
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"Lynn, wake up." Ray sat up and realized it was morning.
"Hm? Did the snow stop?" Lynn pulled herself up to sit.
"Yeah, I got a feeling that its a long way back home."
"Well, I guess we had better start then." She said walking out of the cave. But Ray stopped her.
"What?"
"Shh. Look." She turned around and saw the men that knocked Ray out were guarding outside the cave.
"Great! now what?"
"Uh, there's two of us and two of them. So, odds are even."
"Ha! What can I do?"
"Well, ya got yer beauty." He said sheepishly.
"Right. So I should go out there and tease them right?" she crossed her arms.
"No!" He thought for a minute. "Ya know, that might not be such a bad idea after all." He picked up a log similar to the one that was used on him.
"Oh, I get! I should distract them or something?"
"Yeah, you go out there and sturt your stuff or whatever and I'll whack 'em while their distracted!"
"Ok, um I'm really an awful actor."
"That's ok. Just go out there and pretend it was someone you like."
"Like you?"
He hadn't even realized what she said. "Yeah pretend you like me and I'm standing out there."
"Ray? I don't have to pretend." She kissed him on the cheek and left the cave to do her thing. Ray was paralyzed as to what just happened.
"Hello boys." She greeted them in a flirty tone.
"Look, princess is awake." One of the men stood up and walked over to her.
"Look I'm sure we can make a deal?" She said putting her foot on a log.
"Oh can we?" They were falling for it and walked over towards her.
"Yes!" Ray jumped out behind them and hit them both with the log several times. "Yes, you can."
"Wow! We make a pretty good team huh?"
"That we do. Come on let's go."
"Where?" Before Ray could answer that, someone answered it for him.
"No where." A voice said from behind them. "I thought I told you two to watch them! Oh, I underestimated you two. You we're able to capture my thugs."
"Who's there?" Ray finally asked putting an arm around Lynn. No one answered.
"Ray?" Lynn looked at him for help. "That voice. It sounds so familiar."
"It does." He agreed holding her tighter.
"Hello Ray and Lynn!" The woman stepped out of the shadows.
"Jackie?" Ray said in a cracky surprised voice.
"Jackie? Did they captrue you too?"
"No, Lynn. I think there's more to it than that."
"Smart boy. I'm the one who crashed your plane. Some call me Jackie while others call me BlackJack."
"We trusted you!" Lynn was furious. "I've know you for weeks! We even had lunch together!"
"Yes. And at all those lunches, you were training me about how the entire airport works!"
"You used me to learn about all the vulnerable points of the plane?"
"That's right." Suddenly the two thuds got up and grabbed Lynn and Ray. "Now take them back to the cave!"
"I'm sorry, Ray. This is all my fault."
"No, It's not your fault. This coulda happened to anyone. Heck, I'd have probably done the same thing!"
"Your sweet. But it is my fault and I'm going to get us out of here."
"Ya know what? I don't think you have to."
"What do you mean?"
"I got a feeling."
"A feeling of what?"
"I'm rather interested in this feeling myself." Jackie sat down facing them in the cave.
"Well, I guess that kinda feeling."
"Huh?" Suddenly Jackie was lifted up and spun around to stare in the eyes of a mountie.
"I suggest you realese my partner and his friend."
"Partner? Ray, I thought you were a Chicago cop?" Lynn asked.
"I am, Lynn."
"But how can you be partnered with a mountie?"
"That's a long story!"
"A m-moutnie?" Jackie was very confused.
"Yes." Fraser answered realeasing his grip on her shoulders. "Hello, Ray, Miss."
"Hey, Frase."
"Hi." Lynn said. She was very confused.
"Please let them go so the detective may read you your rights." Fraser said to Jackie.
"Let me go or I have my thugs kill yor friends."
"Oh dear." Fraser turned around and saw the thugs for the first time.
"Hey, Blackjack!" One of the thugs started. "'Thugs' is a very demeaning term."
"Oh please! You just can't get good thugs these days!" She sighed. "Just seize the mountie!"
"So can we trust the mountie, Ray?" Lynn asked Ray again.
"Like a brother."
"Ok then." Lynn sighed with relief from her previous confusion.
"Well, I suppose I should let you go then." Fraser realeased Jackie
"I suppose your right."
"But I'm afraid I wll have to take your prisoners with me." Fraser bent down to untie Ray and Lynn.
"If you do that. I'll have no choice but to kill Mr. Wendall."
"You found Wendall?" Lynn asked as the thugs tied up Fraser next to Ray and Lynn.
"Yes. It was a piece of cake. He was nearly unconcious from a head injury when we found him."
"Excues me. Ray? Who is Mr. Wendall?"
"Rich guy from Chicago. He made a deal with the devil. Or in this case Jackie."
"Flattery will get you no where, detective. He borrowed money from me and I want it back."
"Yeah two million dollars more than ya borrowed." Lynn added.
"You two shut up! See this?" Jackie pulled a remote out of her pocket. "This is a remote for a bomb. A bomb that just so happens to be attached to Mr. Wendall. So, no fancy stuff."
"How do you plan on getting away with this?" Fraser asked.
"Easy. Leave no witnesses."
"You just had to ask didn't ya, Fraser?" Ray starred at his partner.
"Sorry, Ray."
"Now what?" Lynn asked.
"Uh, Fraser this is Lynn McGlider a stewardess on my flight. Lynn this is Constable Benton Fraser."
"Hello, Lynn."
"Hi, Fraser." Somehow, she felt like she knew him already.
"Well when you two are done with your reunion, you can watch me blow Wendall to kingdom come! Haha!"
"What he refused to give ya yer money?" Ray asked sarcasticly
"No, he said he didn't have it. I'll teach him to play games with Blackjack." She placed her hand on the trigger of the remote. But she was violently thrown to the ground from someone behind her."
"That is for kidnapping my friends and ruining my holiday." Meg Thatcher said in full unifrom standing above Jackie.
"Meg? Sir?" Fraser asked his supperior.
"Inspector?" Ray asked just as surprised as Fraser was.
"What?" Lynn asked. "More Mounties? Are we in Canada?" Lynn was more confused than Ray and Fraser put together.
"No, Miss." Meg picked up Jackie. "We are all in Oklahoma."
"Oklahoma!" Ray and Lynn shouted at the same time.
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Back in Chicago...
"Vecchio?" Welch yelled to his detective from outside of his office.
"Yes, Sir?" Ray, Fraser, and Lynn ran over.
"Turns out this is not the first time Jackie has killed and tricked a rich guy into paying millions more than he should. We found everyone from the plane crash and they're doing just fine. Mr. Wendall is also fine and has offered Ray and Lynn accomidations back to Hawaii for the holiday."
"Uh," Ray and Lynn looked at each other. "I was thinking about that. I don't think I want to go anywhere for Christmas after all."
"Your call, detective." Welch added backing into his office.
"Ray, I don't want to go either." Lynn put her hand on his shoulder.
"Where do you wanna go, Lynn?"
"I want to spend my Christmas with you."
"Really?" He was shocked a woman wanted to be with him.
"Really!" He hugged her which lead to kissing.
"I'm not exactly planning a big fancy Christmas seeing I'm not even suppose to be here now." He laughed a little. "Besides my place is a mess! I don't even have a Christmas tree!"
"That's ok. I'm happy anywhere with you." She laid her head on his shoulder.
"Fraser?" Meg walked over to the three while putting on her jacket.
"Yes Meg? Sir?"
"I just got off the phone with Turnbull. He has prepared a Christmas dinner for us. Ray would you and your girlfriend like to come?"
Ray did not answer right away because he was not use to hearing his name and girlfriend in the same sentence. "Yeah, you wanna go, Lynn? Can you handle more mounties?"
"Sure. I'm starving!" She cuddled up inside his jacket as the four of them walked out the door.
"Sir?" Fraser stopped Meg before she entered Ray's car.
"Yes, what is it Fraser?"
"Why did you come to Oklahoma?" The Mountie asked her as snow started falling on their shoulders.
"Well, I felt guilty for leaving you to spend your Christmas alone in the snow. It wasn't just that though. I wanted to find Ray as well."
"Thank you Kindly, Sir." Something about the way Fraser said that made Meg wrap her arms around Fraser and whispered in his ear. "Merry Christmas Benton."
"Merry Christmas, Meg." He replied hugging her as she hugged him.
Ray rolled down his window. "Hey, you guys want to wait 'til we get to the consulate to get romantic?"
"I'm waiting." Lynn told Ray. Fraser and Meg entered the car and they drove to the Consulate for a Merry Christmas.
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The End!
Hope ya'll liked it. It's kind of nice to ignore the hot weather and write/read something about cold weather for a change!
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