The Investigators, Inc. The Case of Cassie’s Friend. Chapter 7. Strange Things.

Tucker was definitely scared by Kat and her disappearing and Kat thought he was probably telling the truth. But someone is lying. She did not think that Mitch would be capable of lying after being so scared, not convincingly at least. Although his girlfriend did not seem to be very scared, and she did stop him from saying something at least twice. She is the boss for sure, but what is she trying to hide? Maybe it is her that wants the house and not Mitch. But, right now they have Tucker and Kat will try to get what she can from him.

“I will need to call my man, Jim, to find out what went on at those other two houses,” he said. “Go ahead,” said Kat, “but if your man over there called the cops, then you will be very sorry.” “Ben, call the Sheriff and tell him it was a false alarm.” “Okay, Mr. Tucker,” he said. But, the Sheriff and 3 other officers were already arriving and they soon came walking in. “Any problems Mr. Tucker?” he asked. “No problems,” he said, “Ben pressed the button by mistake. These fine ladies are guests of mine tonight and he did not realize it.”

The Sheriff then turned to Kat. “I see you all carry guns,” he said, “do you have a license for them?” “Yes, we do,” said Kat, “but we are not here to use them, we are just here to conduct personal business with Mr. Tucker.” “I would like to see your license lady,” said the Sheriff, “or I will arrest all of you right now.” “Sheriff, there are 4 of you and 20 of us,” said Kat calmly, “how do you expect to arrest us?” “Stan, don’t worry about it,” said Tucker, “these ladies are friends of mine, they are not causing any trouble.”

The Sheriff turned to Kat again. “Just make sure you don’t cause any trouble while you are in town,” he said, “I can always bring in extra help if I need to.” “So can I Sheriff,” said Kat, “but if you want to make yourself useful, then find my 9 friends that have gone missing and have obviously been kidnapped.” “I didn’t know anything about it,” said the Sheriff, “where did they disappear?” “In Sunrise’s old house,” said Tucker, “Sunrise and 8 of their friends disappeared this morning. Personally I think that Mitch and Anne had something to do with that, but they have disappeared now too.”

“I will look into that,” said Stan, “this is a police matter now lady, so stay out of it.” “They are our friends,” said Kat, “so we will keep looking for them, somehow I don’t trust you.” The Sheriff and his men then walked out. Tucker called Jim to get information on the other two houses. “Jim says that the house on the left was normal, the man left for work and came home at his usual time,” said Tucker, “the woman was outside with her little kids twice, which is also normal.

The old couple on the other side were not seen today which is odd, they always go for a walk at 11am, but not today. By the way, what do you know about a motorcycle gang called the Knight Riders?” Kat pretended to be shocked at hearing their name. “They are a tough gang in Europe,” she said, “you do not want to tangle with them. I have lost some good girls fighting Matt. But he stays in Europe.” “He is here,” said Tucker, “maybe he took your girls.”

“But you said your man didn’t see anyone,” said Kat, “so it could not have been him.” “Hmm, yes, you have a point,” said Tucker, “I forgot about that detail. Oh, you might want to stay away from the Sheriff, he can cause problems for you.” “He better stay away from me,” said Kat, “I am angry right now. There is something going on in this town and we are going to find out what it is. And if any harm comes to my girls, we will tear this town apart. How many men does Matt have with him?”

“My man counted 12, besides Matt himself,” said Tucker. “Hmm, he probably has more hidden away somewhere,” said Kat, “he is more trouble than that Sheriff. Sorry to have bothered you Tucker. But I better not find out you are mixed up in this, I can take your organization apart quite easily.” Then Kat and her Wildcats left. Meanwhile, “I don’t know what is going on General,” said Sheriff Stan, “but 8 of those Wildcats disappeared, along with Sunrise, and now the leader of those Wildcats is angry and ready to take the whole town apart to find her friends.”

There is a pause. “Yes, General,” said Sheriff Stan, “I will do my best to find her missing friends. But there is obviously someone else that has gotten involved and I don’t like it.” There is another pause. “Yes General, I know, you don’t like it either,” said Sheriff Stan, “it will certainly destroy our plans.” There is another pause. “Yes General, I will get things done,” he said, “you can count on me.” “I better be able to count on you,” said the General, “or I will be standing on you, or perhaps I should say, standing on your grave.” Then the General hung up.

“How am I supposed to fight someone I can’t even find?” asked Stan, “What about those Knight Riders?” “They have not been in town for more than 25 hours,” said one officer. “Great, that gives them a good alibi,” said the Sheriff, “more and more I think someone else is playing with us, but who? Find Mitch and Anne!” The officers left and began to look around. Meanwhile, Kat and some of her girls went next door to check on the old couple, but no one answered.

So, Cinnamon unlocked the door and in they went to look around. The house was completely empty, which was odd since the old couple should be at home. Perhaps they had been kidnapped too. They all went down to the basement. If there was a tunnel connecting the two houses, then it would have to go from one basement to the other. They had 4 cats with them, the other cats were with the others.

Meanwhile, back home at the chateau. Sky was having her outdoor time and 4 guards were with her. Then she began screaming and attacking her guards, overcoming them quite easily. Kristina and Crystal came running out and attacked Sky without warning her, knocking her to the ground where she stayed, holding her head and screaming. Neither girl had kicked her head and Sky did not hit her head on the ground, so what was going on?

To Be Continued.

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