The Investigators, Inc. The Destruction Case. Chapter 11. Change in Plans.

When Medina, or Danielle as she is called at her company office, returned to work that morning, she discovered that many of her employees had resigned, or just quit and went home. That included the woman receptionist who didn’t want to hang around in case that gang returned with real guns. So, Medina’s day didn’t start out very well for her. Then they told her about the problems with the computers.

All that showed up was a cat’s head that welcomed them to the Beautiful World of Cats, which included showing different cat breeds plus wild species of cats and in between that, this cat’s head would tell cat jokes and would do a lot of laughing. It also said “Hi Medina, so nice to meow with you today”, then it would laugh and laugh.

That made Medina go absolutely crazy and she went around yelling and screaming at people to get those computers fixed or they would be fired. This fun had all of our girls laughing non stop. We could see and hear all that went on in that building since the girls had planted cameras all over the place. Meanwhile Dawn had gone to get me more coffee and a fresh donut. There was still 3 other girls in the room and four cats, so I was well guarded.

Angel was downstairs helping make the donuts, Jennifer, Misty and some of the girls had gone to town for a bit of shopping. I told Jennifer to go along saying it would be good for her to get out for a while. I was feeling rather tired so decided to lie down again, but as I was walking over to the bed everything went dark and I fell to the floor. When I opened my eyes I was in the small clinic room downstairs with Samantha looking at me.

“What is wrong with me?” I asked. “It would take me a long time to answer that question,” she said smiling, “however, as for the present ailment, I have no idea. You seem to be in good health, yet you fainted for no reason. Too much worrying perhaps, you do worry a lot and that is not good for your heart. But your heart seems fine right now.” “Did you contact Jennifer?” I asked.

“I would have if you didn’t wake up quickly enough,” she said, “she will probably be angry with me for not telling her though.” Muffin was lying on one side of me purring, Snow on the other side. In about 30 minutes I was back in my own bed with Beryan massaging my back. Jennifer and the girls returned in time for lunch and after we had tea and donuts in the living room.

“I sense trouble,” I told the others. “Yes, so do I,” said Jennifer, “back to the bedroom Steve!” But, once in the bedroom I collapsed again and ended up in bed. I opened my eyes to see Samantha looking at me again. “You had a bad heart attack,” she said. Muffin, Snow and Jewel were with me, purring. I closed my eyes again and suddenly Sky and Kat appeared beside the bed.

“I can’t help him, Kat,” said Samantha, “perhaps you can.” Angel took Sky aside. “I think Steve was hit with one of those laser weapons from across the road,” she told Sky. “Let’s check it out,” said Sky. They disappeared, reappearing across the road. They could walk through the trees silently, unlike the men that were hiding over there. The ghosts spotted what looked like some kind of laser weapon, and 8 men, one watching the house. But how did they find us? Do we still have a traitor among us?

That would seem like the only possibility, unless they somehow put trackers on us or on something we brought with us. “Time to stop playing nicely,” said Sky. “I agree,” said Angel and she took a big jump, landing among the men as a huge lion. Some tried to run but Sky stopped them with bolts of electricity. It only took a couple of minutes and all 8 men were dead.

They brought the men’s phones back and that laser weapon. Angel and Jennifer went back to search around for more clues and to see if they had a vehicle hidden somewhere. They did find a van, which was rented, so they got some of the girls to help put the men’s bodies inside and Jennifer drove it back to town to the rental agency.

The owner saw it drive up and went outside, but no one came out of the van, even though the driver’s door opened. He looked inside and saw the dead men so he called the police right away. But they had told the owner of the rental agency that they were going to visit some friends down a totally different road, so that helped us.

A couple of the girls picked up Jennifer and Angel in their car a short distance away and they were soon back home. It seems Medina’s men have been following us through our communicators that we use to talk with each other. Sky called the Bad Girls to tell them and they told the Wildcats. But, all was not lost, they decided to use them as a trap for Medina’s men.

Hopefully it will work. “Louis, those terrible creatures have all gathered together in that small park not far from here,” said Medina, “get your men together and go after them. And this time do what I said before, kill them!!” So, Louis got his men together and off they went. Sure enough, when they got to the park the Bad Girls were sitting in an area with several benches and behind them was an area thickly overgrown with small spruce trees.

In among those spruce trees the Wildcats were hiding. Louis and his men came driving along in vans and suddenly came to a stop in front of the Bad Girls. The men jumped out of the van with their guns ready, but they found that their guns didn’t work. Then Sky and Angel (as her huge lion) appeared in front of the men. “Now you will feel the wrath of the Wildcats and the Bad Girls!” yelled Sky.

The Wildcats appeared and began shooting, as did the the Bad Girls. Angel attacked too, killing some men and trapping Louis alive. Sky used her electrical talents to prevent the vans from working. They kept Louis alive so they could send him back to Medina with a message. He arrived back at her penthouse suite at the insurance building.

“Well, did you get them?” she asked. “Everyone was killed,” he said. “Perfect!” she said, laughing with joy. “No, no,” said Louis, “I meant everyone on our side was killed, except me. They gave me a message for you. They said if you don’t give yourself up to them then they will come and get you. If that happens you will be killed for all the murders you committed.

If you give up, they will hand you over to the police where you will end up in prison the rest of your life.” She laughed hysterically at such a ridiculous idea. It was now 5pm and suddenly the sound of meowing cats could be heard all over Medina’s suite. “Let’s get out of here!” she screamed.

But it went dark as the electricity was cut off again, and the elevator would not work. After a few minutes the meowing stopped which made Medina feel better so her and Louis went and sat down after Louis lit some candles. Then Sky came in from the hallway with her big lion beside her…

To Be Continued.

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