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The three split as soon as they entered the building. Nancy headed up the stairs while Con and Fenton searched the first floor. They searched for an hour when Nancy come upon a door that had a padlock on the outside. Nancy quickly pulled out her lock pick and undid the lock. She quietly opened the door and shown her flashlight around the room.
She saw a tarp laying over a table of instruments. She walked over to the table and pulled the tarp back.
"Joe?" She whispered. She reached out and felt for a pulse. It was very weak. She looked around the room but saw no one else. "Con? Fenton? It's Nancy." She said into the walkie-talkie.
"What is it, Nancy?" Con asked.
"I've found Joe. His pulse is very weak."
"Where are you?" Fenton asked. Nancy looked around the room.
"Upstairs. One of the rooms at the end of hall K. I think I'm in a lab for dye or something"
"Don't move. We'll be right there." Nancy looked at Joe.
"Joe." She whispered as she brushed back a lock of hair. "Don't worry. Help is coming." She heard Fenton calling her name. She walked to the door and waved her flashlight.
"Where's Frank?" Fenton asked.
"I don't know." Nancy said. "But I'm going to keep looking." She then left the room. She continued to search the rooms. By the time she completed looking through all the rooms and got back to the lab where Joe was, the paramedics were working on transferring Joe to a stretcher.
"He's going to be fine." Fenton said to her unasked question.
"I don't know where Frank is." She said as she walked over to Joe. "I've looked everywhere."
"They're going to take Joe to the hospital and check him over." Con said as he walked over to her. "He's been heavily drugged. With what we don't know yet." Nancy nodded. She watched as they began to carry Joe out.
"Up." Came a whispered voice. Nancy looked at Joe and saw that he was slightly awake.
"What?" Nancy said as she rushed to his side.
"Up." He whispered again. He then fell back into a deep sleep.
"Up?" Nancy looked at Fenton and Con.
"That's what He said." Con replied while crossing his arms.
"What does that mean." Nancy moaned as she leaned against the table.
"Apparently he assumed you would know." Fenton replied.
"Up." Nancy looked up and saw nothing. "There's nothing up."
"I'm going to go to the hospital with Joe." Fenton said as he headed for the door. "Keep me updated."
"Will do." Con said as he followed Fenton out the door. He turned and looked at Nancy. "Are you coming?"
"In a minute. I'm going to try to figure out what Joe was saying." Con leveled her with a look. "Give me ten minutes. Please?" She begged.
"Ok, little lady, ten minutes." Con left the room. Nancy walked around the room. She looked at her watch. Ten minutes from now she would have to leave. She quickly left the room and rechecked in a couple others. There was nothing.
"I'm missing something." She said as she leaned against the wall. "Come on, Drew!" She berated herself. She walked back to the room where Joe had been. There was a few tables, three covered windows, a bunch of breakers, and a closet. She went to go check the closet door to find it locked. Nancy quickly picked thee lock and opened the door. It was a small shallow closet.
"Come On!" She shouted as she hit the wall. There was a dull thud. She knocked on the wall again. Another thud. She tried to find the opening but could find none. "Fine." She said to herself. She stood back and kicked the wall. She continued to tear the wall apart till the hole was big enough for her to walk through. She walked into the dark room.
"Feel better, Ms. Drew?" Came a haunting voice. Nancy started to reach for her light. "Oh no you don't, Ms. Drew."
"Who are you? What do you want?" Nancy said into the darkness.
"Well, you for starters." Then a menacing chuckle. "You have caused me too much trouble."
"Who are you?"
"Does the name 'Jerald' mean anything to you?"
"Jerald?"
" You know, Jerald Hyphendale."
"We busted you for?"
"Murder. Attempted murder. Robbery. Smuggling. Kidnapping." The man chuckled again. "Must the list go on?"
"you're the one who killed three cops."
"Oh, I knew you'd remember me."
"Where's Frank?"
"Frank?" She heard the man as he moved around the room. "I don't know who you're talking about."
"We have Joe."
"I figured since you found me." Jerald sneered. Nancy felt a hand grab her arm. She jerked away. The hands grabbed her again and threw her deeper into the room. She landed on her leg. It gave a sickening crack. She gasped as pain shot through her leg.
"What do you want with me?"
"First, I'm gonna kill you and this other kid." Nancy figured the "other kid" had to be Frank.
"So who is my not-so-lucky partner?" Nancy taunted. She quietly rolled over to a wall.
"Some kid that thought he was going to thwart my plans." A shot rang out in the room. Nancy held her breath. She stood up along the wall and tried to inched herself away from the voice. "I take it I missed you." Silence. She heard him step away from her. "You know you're not that smart." Jerald taunted. His voice was on the other side of the room.
"Think Drew." She said to herself. She couldn't page Con because she left her walkie-talkie by the hole in the wall. She had the gun. But she didn't want to hurt Frank if he was in there.
"Come on, Ms. Drew." Jerald called. She heard an awful racket on the back wall. "I knew you'd trip up eventually." Jerald chuckled. She listened as he made his way to the back of the room. She picked up a small object that felt like glass and hurled it across the room. It shattered as she heard Jerald spin around. His heavy boot pounded on the ground. She then heard him groan and hit the floor.
"Frank?" she called.
"Call Con. Now."
"I can't." Nancy gasped as she slid to the floor. "I think my leg is broke."
"Great." Frank huffed.
"Are you alright?"
"I will be when I get out of here."
"Con should be here in a couple minutes." Nancy said. "He gave me ten minutes to figure out where you were."
"Good."
"Joe is on his way to the hospital." Nancy said as she tried to make conversation.
"So he was still alive?"
"Yes." Nancy replied. "As they were wheeling him out he said 'Up'."
"Up?" Frank's voice held a question.
"Yes." Nancy continued "That's what…"
"Nancy Drew!" Came Con's aggravated voice. "I told you…"
"Con!" Nancy shouted. "We're in here." She watched as a light shown through the hole she made.
"What in the world is going on?" Con asked as he walked over to her.
"Frank is over there somewhere." Nancy said pointing toward the back wall.
"We'll find him." He radioed for some men to come help him. Backup quickly came. One man picked Nancy up and carried her outside.
"What about Frank? And Jerald." Nancy asked as she was sat in an ambulance. "Don't worry we'll get him." The deputy replied as they shut the doors and headed for the ambulance.
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