A/N New chapter, woot! and then I am going to bed because I am so tired. LOL. :D Frank and Joe in this chapter.

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On the other end of the country, Joe Hardy was experiencing similar feelings to those of his eldest cousin, although he was convinced that being the younger brother sucked just as much as being the elder one.

"You know." Joe accused his older brother. Frank, who was reading from a large tome that looked extremely tedious (at least as far as Joe was concerned)didn't even bother to look up.

"I know a lot of things, Joe; you'll need to be more specific." Frank replied turning the page in his book (The complete works of Aristotle).

"You know about the disappearances." Joe replied. "You know that geniuses are going missing all over the freaking country and you're sitting here calmly reading about who knows what."

"I'm reading the Nicomachean Ethics at the moment." Frank replied completely ignoring his younger brother's earlier comment.

"You're entirely missing the point, Frank." Joe said sounding frustrated.

"I'm not missing anything; I'm choosing to ignore you." Frank said mildly.

"Frank." Joe exclaimed in the whiny, little brother tone that he had perfected years ago.

"Joe." Frank teased, finally looking up from his book to meet his brother's concerned eyes with his own warm, brown ones. "Yes, I know about the disappearances. You forget that I compile the reports for the agency of what each partnership is currently working on, and that includes Dad's files." Frank explained.

"And you're not worried?" Joe demanded. "Not at all?"

"I'm not sure there is anything to be worried about yet." Frank replied. "Besides, when have you ever known me to be rash?"

Joe had to concede that point in his brother's favor, Frank never did anything without considering the consequences of it. "But, Don said…"

"Don said?" Frank questioned.

"Did I say Don? I meant, uh, Dan, the uh, newscaster on channel eleven, he was saying-" Joe said hurrying to cover up the reference to the conversation he'd had with their cousin last night. Frank, Joe knew, would not appreciate being an object of discussion between them, even if they were only worried about him.

"Save it." Frank commanded. "I know you talked to Don about me."

"How…" Joe started before a look of realization dawned on his face. "You spoke to Charlie didn't you?" He asked.

"He called me not a half an hour before you stormed in here." Frank confirmed.

"I take it he wasn't pleased with Don?" Joe asked with a grin. He and Charlie had often lamented the over-protectiveness of their elder brothers together.

"To say the least." Frank answered dryly. "Charlie and I both think that you two are jumping to conclusions, yes it's a tad odd that so many intelligent individuals have disappeared recently, but that does not mean that either Charlie or my self are going to be targets. And, I'm hardly going to consent to staying locked in the house until all the disappearances are solved." Frank continued sighing as he noted the concerned look on his younger brother's face. "I know you're worried, Joe, but right now there's no reason to think I'm going to be a target…"

"I have a bad feeling about this whole situation, Frank." Joe said, chewing on his thumb nail, a habit which their parents and Aunt Gertrude had never managed to break him of. Joe was well known for his use of intuition to solve cases, and Frank rarely disregarded his judgments as Joe often turned out to be correct.

"I'll be careful, okay?" Frank promised.

"If that's the best I'm going to get from you…" Joe said with a sigh.

"It is. At least for now." His older brother affirmed.

"Fine." Joe said after a pause. "Anyway, I had another reason for barging into your office, believe it or not. Dad said he wants to meet with us in his office to discuss something."

"When did he tell you that?" Frank asked.

"Eh, like an hour ago." Joe replied. "He said I should go find you, and as he didn't tell me a specific time, it can't be that crucial." Frank snorted at that statement. His younger brother was notorious for his tardiness.

"Let's go, shall we?" Frank said leading the way out of his office and down the hallway to their father's office. He knocked on the door and waited for his father to answer before entering.

Fenton ushered his sons inside and gestured for them to sit down in the two chairs positioned in front of his desk. "I'm assuming you both already know about the recent rash of disappearances?" He asked. "Don't look so surprised," He added, when they both seemed shocked that he knew of their knowledge. "I know you two will inevitably find out about anything no matter if I try to keep it from your or not. Anyway, you probably also know that the New Hampshire office has brought me in to help on their missing person case." He waited for their nods of confirmation before continuing. "The FBI has decided to treat these cases as connected, as the similar M.O. of the disappearances, and the nature of the victims seems to indicate that they are. Therefore, the teams in charge of the case at each office are going to be meeting at the L.A. office, as the last disappearance took place there, in order to compile evidence and do further digging. As our agency is consulting on this we will be going with the representatives of the New Hampshire office."

"What do you mean, we?" Frank asked picking up on the term immediately.

"As in me, you, and your brother." Fenton replied. "I have gotten permission to bring you two in on the case as well, the bureau feels that your research capabilities could be especially useful on this case, and since Don and Charlie are your cousins they feel that you two will work well with them."

"When do we leave?" Joe questioned.

"Tomorrow. That being said the two of you may want to go home and pack, the FBI is flying us out there with the other agents in a government plane, I'll pick you both up tomorrow and we can head over there together." Fenton explained. "Oh, and Frank?"

"Yeah, dad?" Frank asked.

"Tell Callie I'm sorry for taking you away so soon after the wedding."

Frank and his longtime girlfriend, Callie Shaw, had gotten married just two months earlier, and while she was of course used to him going away often on business, he had not had to leave for any lengthy amount of time since their recent marriage.

"I will, but she and Vanessa were planning to take a long weekend off work and go to a spa, so hopefully she won't miss me much." Frank replied, before waving goodbye to his father and following his brother to the door.

A/N Review, please. More Charlie and Don in the next chapter.