Hello everybody, Grey Fool here with a new chapter.

First of all, thank you to those who have reviewed and to my beta, who is helping me stay on track with these characters.

As always, I don't own these characters. They belong to Shoot the Moon.

Last Week: we saw Lee checking in with Billy and some answers but more questions have arisen.

And now for the chapter everyone's been waiting for…Amanda and Lee finally meet up and talk.

Please r&r and enjoy the story.

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Dean looked around and enjoyed the scenery of the place of their picnic while Amanda was unpacking all of the food. Seeing that she was done with setting their lunch up, He got up and picked up all of the trash; "Amanda darling, I'm just going to throw this trash away and then we will be able to enjoy our walk. Now don't move from that spot."

Amanda sighed. "Okay Dean, I'll be good and stay so that there is one person watching the stuff."

Dean nodded in agreement and took off down the path. Amanda placed her head into her hands in frustration. As much as she appreciated the surprise Dean had given her with this picnic, Amanda just had too much to do at home. She had been hoping to get all her chores done early so that she could go back to the weather bureau to get a closer look at those papers.

"Excuse me Miss, but could you please give me directions in how to get to Washington D.C. from here?"

Amanda looked over to her right, startled that a someone would be talking to her, and ended coming face to face with Lee.

Realizing that she was staring, Amanda shook off the shock of seeing Lee there and began to panic. She grabbed him by the arm and dragged him to a clump of trees. When she figured they were hidden from Dean's sight, she turned back to Lee.

"Lee what are you doing here? Don't you know that Dean is just a few minutes up the path and will be back at any moment?"

"I had to speak to you. You didn't give me much of a chance to either last night or at the police station this morning."

"I've got a lot on my plate right now. Last night, Dean was almost right on top of us as he is now and this morning I did my assignment and then went home. It's as simple as that."

Lee ran his fingers through his hair, "Amanda…Look I really, really need your help right now. I'm working on this case and I'm not getting anywhere. I just need you to get me into the weather bureau. That's it. I'll let you get back to Stan."

"Dean."

"Whatever. So will you please help me?"

Amanda closed her eyes and sighed. She opened her eyes and gave him a hard stare before asking, "What do I have to do?"

The man seemed to size her up and down before responding, "Tonight, I'll pick you up and..."

He seemed to have sensed something and started to scan the area as if looking for someone. Amanda crossed her arms and started to tap her foot in annoyance. Finally after a couple of minutes of Lee seemingly staring off into space, she tried to get his attention.

"What were you about to say?"

Satisfied that no one appeared to be watching, he turned his attention back to Amanda; "Amanda, let's move away from here."

Amanda turned and looked over at the picnic spot. Seeing that Dean had yet to return, she shrugged her shoulders before responding. "Sure I guess it's going to be a while before Dean gets back."

Lee nodded and began to walk off down a foot path that seemed to lead away from everybody. Realizing that Amanda was not following him, Lee turned around and gave a jerk with his head indicating that she should follow.

Amanda gave one final glance over where she and Dean were having a picnic before she moved from the tree and began to walk beside him down a big hill.

After about five minutes of walking, Amanda looked up from her feet and realized that they had come to an area where very few people were mingling about but there was some tree cover.

Unable to contain it anymore, Amanda stopped in her tracks and placed her hands on her hips; "Lee, why on earth do you need me to get into the weather bureau? And what does this have to do with last night?"

Lee looked about him; satisfied that there were not any people in the area he attempted a response to her question. "Last night?"

Amanda nodded; "Lee, you did practically tackle me last night. So what is going on or is it a need to know basis?"

Lee sighed, "I guess you have a right to know since I did almost get us both caught last night. There was someone who was working there and got in contact with me because he ran across something that frightened him. His name was John and he was going to be an informant."

Amanda stood there dumbfounded;" John? Is that why you wanted to get into the weather bureau?"

"Yeah, I was hoping to find out why he died."

Amanda looked at Lee like he had grown two heads; "John's dead?"

"Yeah. John's body was found about two days ago well away from here. Did you know him?"

"Well yeah, I mean, he is a co-worker of um…Dean."

Before Lee could respond, the sound of a gun rang out. Acting out of pure instinct, Lee grabbed Amanda and pulled her down behind some bushes just as he heard the bullet wiz behind him. He covered her with his body and ducked his head. Realizing that no other shots had been fired, Lee, risking his safety, raised his head to get a better view of the shooter.

As soon as he peeked above the shrubbery, another shot rang out causing to dive back down. This time it came from his left Settling back into a crouching position, Lee looked about him trying to figure out what to do. Judging by the sounds of the gun shots, the shooter was either really fast, or there were two of them. While he did have his gun with him, he could not risk Amanda's life when he had no clue where the shooters were.

Looking about him, Lee spotted his car a couple of meters away. Formulating a plan, he looked down at Amanda, "Come on; we got to go."

Amanda just stared at him with wide eyes; "What? I'm not leaving Dean."

"We don't have the time to go and get him. I'm sure he'll be fine, but right now we've got to move to my car. Move on the count of three and stay low. Get in on my side. Got it?"

Amanda nodded. Upon her agreement, Lee mouthed the count off. On three they raced to his car and stayed as low to the ground as possible, all the while avoiding the bullets that started to rain down on them. Upon reaching the car, Lee unlocked it and pushed Amanda through his side. Once they were both inside, Lee started the motor as fast as he could and speed out of the parking lot.

Amanda gasped for breath and looked behind her out the back window. Seeing nobody following the car she turned towards Lee; "Do you know who was shooting at us?"

Lee looked over at Amanda and seeing that she was not going to back down responded to her question. "I don't know. But I've got a feeling it has something to do with John's murder. But why shoot now? It's not like I'm anywhere close to finding out anything."

"Ummm…Lee, I might know."

Lee glanced over at Amanda. "Amanda, just because we almost got shot doesn't mean you could possibly know why they were shooting at us."

Amanda fidgeted a little before speaking up; "Do you remember what I said about John?"

"About him being a co-worker of Dean's? Yeah."

"Well um, I don't think those shooters were firing at you so much as they were at me."

"What do you mean?"

"Lee, about two nights ago, Dean and I were meeting at his office to go out to dinner. Realizing I forgot my purse, I went back inside to go get it. When I noticed the light was on in John's office. I thought it was weird at the time because his car was not in the parking lot. So I went up to his door to have a look inside and that is when I witnessed him being killed."

"You witnessed a murder?"

Amanda winced; "yes, that is what I said."

"Amanda, why didn't you report it to the police?"

"Lee, I did report it to the police. But when they got there, they couldn't find anything and laughed at me because they thought I was imagining things and scared of my shadow. They told me to go home and forget about it. The problem is I've been having nightmares about that night and haven't been getting much sleep. So I've been trying to prove that I did see something. But I've been having no luck so far...what's wrong?"

Lee ground his jaw in frustration but didn't respond to Amanda's question.

"Lee, are you mad at me?"

"What? …Oh no Amanda, I'm not mad at you. I see I've got something to take care of later, but why didn't you come to me when it first happened?"

"I thought you would react the same way."

"Oh Amanda…"
After a few minutes of silence, Amanda spoke up again; "Lee, when I was there last night, I did find something that was of interest, but I was not able to really get much of a look at it."

Lee glanced over at Amanda. "What was it?"

Amanda thought for a minute; "It looked like…weather reports. But the first one seemed off."

"Off how?"

Amanda shook her head, "I'm not sure, but I would like to get another look at it. Dean is working tonight, so it would be the best time to get back in his office."

"Uh Amanda, I'm not sure that is a great idea. With these guys after you…"

Amanda huffed; "Lee, I would be safer with you than trying to go back in there by myself. Besides that, didn't you say you need me earlier? Well now you really need me, because it seems I'm your only connection to the murder and the weather bureau. Whether you like it or not Lee, I'm going."

"Okay, Okay. Just stay close to me when we go in there. These men came after you once and missed. They'll probably do it again."

"You really think they'll come after me again?"

Lee nodded, "Yes I do."

"Oh My Gosh…"

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Okay ya'll can catch your breath now. Well, there are a few more answers for Lee…not many, but more will come.

until next week, please r&r and have a wonderful day.

Next time on Scarecrow and Mrs King: Weathering Revenge: when I take your partner and break both her body and soul