40This is chapter 2. I hope it turned out ok. Still don't own Nancy or the Hardys.
Chapter 2
Nancy rang the doorbell and stepped back to examine the house. It was a modern house, painted white with large windows in the front.A two car garage lay at the end of a long steep driveway. Suddenly, a figure came to the door and opened it letting light flood into the darkness outside. There stood a girl in her early twenties. She had dirty blond hair, emerald eyes, a slim body but with an athletic build and was average height. Her eyes seemed slightly red and a little puffy but she came to the door with a smile.
"Hi you must be Nancy and Bess right." The girl asked a bit tentatively.
"Yes. You must be Maddie." Nancy said and gave the girl a friendly smile.
"Oh. I'm sorry, please come in." Maddie said quickly realizing that Bess was shifting from foot to
foot.
The girls stepped into the house and Maddie gave them a brief tour of the first floor. There was a family room to the left that connected to an office. On the right, there was a dining room that was jointed with the kitchen. Maddie made some coffee and they sat down at the table.
"So Maddie, what happened the other night?" Nancy said feeling herself going into her interrogation mode.
"Well." Sighed Maddie. "I was..."
Ding Dong. The doorbell interrupted her and all three girls turned towards the door.
"Who could that be?" Bess asked.
"Probably the other detectives my father hired." Maddie said with a shrug.
"Others?" Nancy asked as she followed Maddie to the door.
Maddie opened the door and there standing in the door were two guys.
"Sorry we're here so late. Somebody made me go under the speed limit."
"Joe!" Shrieked Bess as she ran to give him a hug.
"Hi Nancy." said Frank who was the older of the two brothers.
"Hi Frank. It's so good to see you." Nancy said as she embraced him. The warmth coming off of him felt good and as they pulled away, she felt herself blush. Only two people could make her blush like that, Frank and Ned. Ned. She held back a sigh as she brought back memories of Ned. He had gotten a job in California and before leaving they had broken up knowing it would be too difficult to keep a long relationship. A cough from Joe brought her back into focus.
"Sorry Joe. It's great to see you too." Nancy said quickly, as she hugged him as well but shorter than she had Frank.
"I just can't compete with you, can I big brother." Although he said it teasingly, it made both Nancy and Frank blush.
" I take it you all know each other." Maddie said as she watched the group.
"Yeah, we've solved some mysteries together before and it looks like we're going to solve another." Nancy laughed.
"Shall we get started then." Joe gestured towards the kitchen.
The group headed into the kitchen and sat down, all eager to get started.
"Alright, I guess I should start from the beggining." Maddie said. "Well, last night I was in the kitchen around six thirty. I think. When suddenly, the lights went out. At first I thought I blew a fuse. But then, I heard the door open and I immediately hid under the counter. Then a loud bang went off and that window on that cabinet over there shattered."
Nancy looked over and saw large pieces of glass were missing from the cabinet.
Maddie continued," I realized that the man had a gun and I frantically reached for my cell phone and started to dial 9-1-1. Several other shots rang out and by the time it grew quiet and I looked up, he was running away." Her voice faltered and she was shaking.
"You don't have to keep going if you don't want to." Frank said calmingly.
"No, I'm ok." Maddie said regaining some of her composure. "I peeked out from behind the counter and only saw a man all in black. He had a stocky build and was about 5'10. I then saw a note on the floor. When I picked it up, I realized it was left for me. I have it with me now." She pulled out a piece of paper. As she unfolded it she began reading. "We have Matt with us and won't hesitate to kill him. If you contact the police we will kill him. However, if you pay us $100,000 he will stay alive. For now. Tomorrow night at ten o'clock you will receive further instructions. Remember, his life is in your hands. Think wisely." By now Maddie was in tears and her whole body shook.
"Don't worry Maddie." Soothed Bess. "You've got the three best detectives in the room ready to help you. Everything will be ok." This made Maddie smile and she excused herself to go freshen up.
"These people mean business." Joe exclaimed.
"Yeah and if we don't find Matt soon he can get seriously hurt." Frank added.
Nancy nodded, they needed to get started right away. Cause if they didn't she knew something terrible would happen.
Ring! Ring! The sound of the telephone broke everyones thoughts. Frank glanced at his watch. It read ten o'clock! This was the kidnapper. Maddie raced downstairs and picked up the phone.
"Hello?" her voice came out just above a whisper.
"So, you've decided to hire detectives." A low scratchy voice said.
"Who are you? And what do you want?" Maddie demanded as she placed the phone down on the table switching it to speaker phone.
"Well sugar since you technically didn't get the police involved and just hired detectives, your boyfriend will only suffer a little."
"No! What are you doing to him?" Maddie screamed.
"Relax. It's only going to be one or two bruises. For now. If you don't pay us the cash then maybe we'll have to do something more extreme."
"Go on."
"You know Holmdel Park."
"Yes."
"Good. Now at midnight tomorrow I want you to place the money in an envolpe and place it underneath the slide in he playground. If you don't come alone we will kill Matt."
And just like that the line went dead. Maddie slumped to the floor and started crying hysterically. The three detectives looked at each other and all thought the same thing. What were they going to do?
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