The Investigators, Inc. The Dangerous Prisoner Case. Chapter 12. The Loot! The Fight!

Well, so far our plan was working well, hopefully it will continue to do so. Kat disappeared so that no one would see her mixed up with these criminals working with Trapper. Once away from the others and off in some trees, she pressed a button. “There is my buzzer,” I said, “Kat is ready.” I then called Timothy. “Okay Timothy,” I said, “if you want your loot, now is the time to move in and get it. Trapper is hauling out of its hiding place as we talk. And remember our deal, you get your loot and you stay away from Acadia.”

“Yeah, I remember,” he growled, “I don’t care anything about Acadia and neither does her mother, in fact, Lena absolutely hates Acadia and doesn’t want to ever see her again. Now I gotta go.” He hung up and off he went to deal with Trapper. I did make a big mistake though, I was not talking privately with Timothy so everyone in the library heard every word. And that included Acadia. “Come here Acadia,” I said, and she sat down beside me, “don’t let what Timothy said bother you. Here you have a whole new family that loves you and we want you to stay here with us.”

“I already knew that my mother hated me,” she said, “she has been telling me that since I was 12 years old, it just bounces off of me now.” I put my arm around her because I could see her eyes were telling a different story. She then put her head on my shoulder. “The girls have been telling me you are like an older brother to them,” she said, “I would like an older brother too.” She then began to cry. Meanwhile, Rossana, the new chief David Bergstrom and many other police officers were waiting in another location for their opportunity to move in and hopefully catch me and The Investigators mixed up with these known criminals.

They were standing outside their police van when Tiger and Midnight came sneaking through the tall grass and got Rossana’s attention. “Okay everyone,” she said, “time for us to move in and round up these criminals before they get away with the stolen goods once more.” “I never heard your phone Rossana,” said Chief Bergstrom. “There are other ways of communicating out here that are much safe and quieter,” she said, “but if we don’t move fast we will lose everyone.” “Okay, you take your team and go around that way,” he pointed, and Rossana left quickly.

Chief Bergstrom went to get in his car when suddenly, “Thwock! Thwock!”, and he fell to the ground, dead. The second in command came running over, but it was too late. There was a large fight going on between Timothy and his men and Trapper and his men. Then the police arrived and people were running in every direction. Timothy was shot by Trapper and killed, but when Trapper saw the police move in he, and a couple of his most trusted men, left in a hurry. Lena and Montana never were anywhere near the place, both preferred staying a safe distance away.

Carlos was with Timothy and was arrested by the police, and so were 12 other men. Another 9 men were shot and killed, mainly before the police arrived. The only police officer killed was Chief Bergstrom. Rossana then told Lieutenant Chuck, the second in command, that she had proof that Chief Bergstrom was actually the leader of the Nordic Wolves, a large criminal organization that he had started in Norway and was now spread across Europe.

“That would explain why he wanted to destroy The Investigators,” said Lieutenant Chuck, “he was afraid of them, likely knowing that The Investigators have helped us take down several large criminal syndicates already. If he hadn’t fallen and hit his head on those rocks, we could have put him in prison for a long time.” “Oh, is that what happened to him?” asked Rossana. “Well, it certainly looks like it,” he said, “and it is what I will put in my report.”

Meanwhile, “Well, it is about time you two arrived,” said Kat. Meow.= We need to take long way or get seen, have to run more, now little feet sore. “Okay, you two,” said Kat, “one on each shoulder, now, let’s leave shall we.” Kat then ran to our rendezvous location where she was picked up by Dawn, Amber, Melanie and Cynthia. “How can you run all that way and not be out of breath, even a little?” asked Cynthia. “I guess we ghosts are not affected by such things as that,” said Kat. “Plus you were carrying both cats too,” added Cynthia. “They don’t weigh much,” added Kat smiling.

“You won’t tell me will you?” asked Cynthia. “I already did,” said Kat, “you didn’t listen.” Cynthia just sighed. They all arrived safely back at the chateau after a short ride of 30 minutes. They all came into the library to tell their parts of the story and catch up on what has happened here. I could see that Dawn was looking around the room and frowning and then she ran out. I didn’t think anything about it though, until she was gone for a while. “I sense a problem Steve, but not danger,” said Jennifer. After a couple of minutes she changed her mind a bit. “I sense trouble now Steve,” said Jennifer.

“Okay everyone, get out there and find Dawn,” I said, “stay in groups of 3!” But as they were leaving, Dawn came running back into the library. “Has anyone seen Sabina?” she asked, “I can’t find her anywhere!” “Change everyone,” I said, “look for Sabina, check outside too! Okay you cats, that means you as well, get moving, except Tiger and Midnight, they need a rest.” Rascal and Ginger teamed up and soon picked up Sabina’s scent and they followed it to the edge of a wooded portion of our property out past our swimming pool.

Rascal sent Ginger to find some human help while he continued to follow Sabina’s scent. He was worried now because he also picked up some strange human scent too. Ginger went bouncing across the yard, meowing loudly. Dawn and 5 other girls spotted her and came running. Ginger led them to the spot and they began to follow into the treed area, and they sent out a call, Red Alert Wooded Area B! Everyone went running to that location, but Dawn and the others with her were far ahead, calling for Sabina. “Hey, someone is coming, sounds like a bunch of ’em,” said one man.

“Just more girls, means more fun for us man,” said the other. “I say we leave, I don’t like this,” said the first. Just then Rascal flew through the air, landing on the second man who was up to no good with Sabina. The man screamed and tried to get Rascal off of himself. The other man started shooting towards the approaching girls. The girls dropped to the ground. They didn’t want to shoot in case they hit Sabina. “I don’t hear ’em now,” said the second. Rascal had just jumped off the first man who was now bleeding quite a bit.

It was getting late, though not dark yet. Then a glowing object came running through the trees. “A ghost!” shouted the second man. “You are so right, and now you are going to die for what you did!” said Angel. The man tried to shoot, but his gun would not work, so he dropped it and ran back through the trees to the yard, looking behind him most of the way.

Once out of the trees he ran right into Bear, which was like running into a tree, and the man fell to the ground. Bear picked him up and gave him one punch to the stomach. The man fell to his knees, then flat on his face. Angel went after the other man, giving him one kick to the stomach and one to his head and the man was down, dead. I felt bad when Sabina told me what happened…

To Be Continued.

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