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The Investigators, Inc. Mystery of the Disappearing Family. Part 2, The Mysterious Mr. Flynn. Chapter 1.
PLEASE NOTE… This is a continuation of the Mystery of the Disappearing Family, but there has been a turn in the story with The Investigators now looking for Mr. Flynn. So, the title of the story will change accordingly from this point on, thank you.
Nico has been sent back to Brazil where he can rejoin his gang, or be killed by them, which is the most likely scenario. He killed Pacca but proving it would be a challenge and he would likely just be sent back home anyway. Steve was attacked by Nico as well and given a type of unknown poison which has nearly killed him. He would have died had it not been for quick thinking and action by Jennifer, with Kat and Sky keeping me alive. Once again Sky is sharing her unique blood with me as she has done before, but this time more of her blood will be entering my body.
Samantha is not sure what this will do to me, but without it I would definitely die. At least this way I have a chance. The team has found out that the man behind this attack on us is the mysterious Mr. Flynn that we have met before. Well, we have met his people before and once we met someone claiming to be Mr. Flynn but it turned out not to be him. He is a very dangerous man, not just to us, but to many people around the world, especially women and children that he uses in his large sex trafficking business. He needs to be stopped, but how do we find this man?
We have determined that he uses others to play the part of Mr. Flynn and that way he keeps himself out of danger. So far we have not found anyone that would turn against Mr. Flynn and tell us what he looks like and where to find him. Right now Kat and Jennifer are once again in the top Leader position and as such are making all the decisions at the moment. “So, we know that we must find this Mr. Flynn,” said Jennifer to Kat, “but how do we even start?” “Well, Nico was working for Danny and paid by Mr. Flynn for this job,” said Kat, “so, we need to talk with Danny and find out what he knows.”
“Plus, we need to find out where he keeps his money,” said Jennifer, “that way we can slow him down a little by relieving him of that money.” “True,” said Kat, “but I think he may be the type to keep much of that money in his own safe at home, not in the bank. So, we are back to trying to find him.” “That wasn’t very helpful Kat,” sighed Jennifer, “but I guess that means we are heading back to Brazil.” “Afraid so sis,” replied Kat, “once we know that Steve is out of danger we can head off to Brazil.”
Jennifer then left the clinic and joined the others in the library, calling for a leader’s meeting. Aari will have to join via computer since Sky can’t bring him over. Kat and Sky are also joining via computer since they can’t yet leave me. Dawn, Misty and Hannah are in the library with Jennifer. The ghosts are in attendance for this one as well, plus Storm, as he is leader of the cats. We are thinking of splitting the cats into 2 teams now that we have so many, but for now it’s still one. Galyna, Celestine, Valeria, Helene, Jazzy, Ivy, Amber and Yana are also included. Cristy is there for notes.
“Wait until I get my hands on that man!” exclaimed Misty. “What man is that?” asked Helene. “Mr. Flynn, of course,” replied Misty, somewhat annoyed at the question, “have you been sleeping?” “And how do you know he is a man?” she asked again. “Would a woman be called MR. Flynn?” emphasized Misty. “It is possible,” said Helene, “it’s a good way to throw people off and therefore keep her identity safe.” Misty stood there blinking at her. “We’ll find that ruthless woman no matter where she hides!” exclaimed Misty, “By the way Jennifer, isn’t taking Nico’s money from his bank account called stealing?”
“Well, Mr. Flynn murders, kidnaps, and steals women and children for his sex trafficking business,” said Jennifer, “now, is it stealing?” Misty stood there blinking at Jennifer. “Cristy, find that woman’s money and take it all for our orphan fund!” said Misty. They talked about many things and got a lot of ideas from everyone, but the first thing to do is find out where to look for the elusive Mr. Flynn. So, our criminal girls began by asking their sources to see if they had, or could find, information about Flynn’s whereabouts and identity.
It actually didn’t take too long, the next day in fact, and one of Ivy’s sources called her and said she had a photo of Mr. Flynn. She also told us that Flynn is indeed a woman, but she didn’t know where to find her. Then she asked Ivy if there was some money involved. Apparently she is on the run from a man named Salmon. This man is quite dangerous and higher up in the criminal world and he wants this woman dead, quickly.
She doesn’t really know where to go where she will be safe, but for now she just wants to put as much distance between him and her as possible. She also doesn’t have much money, only $1,200. Since that is Canadian dollars, it won’t take her far if she is planning to leave the country. Jennifer told Ivy we would pay her $20,000, if there was a place we could send it. Finally Jennifer and Kat decided to send Ivy to meet with this woman. Her name is Kalene and Ivy said she is a very trustworthy individual.
Then Jennifer asked Ivy to see if Kalene would be willing to fly over to France and we could protect her here plus give her the agreed on money. She was in Toronto and was able to get a flight to France that same day and the girls would pick her up at the airport. Ivy went along with Misty’s team and 4 ghosts for protection. Kalene knows Ivy and trusts her, so it was important for her to go. Soon the girls were back with Kalene and Ivy was busy introducing her to everyone…
To Be Continued. ©2026 Steve McLeod.
The Investigators, Inc. Mystery of the Disappearing Family. Chapter 6. Nico.
Jennifer called Sky right away and she had me in the clinic immediately. Then Jennifer called Kat and said to meet her in the clinic too, which she did. “Unfortunately, I can’t help Steve,” said Kat, “unless I know what the problem is exactly.” That is not what Jennifer wanted to hear since my health was going downhill very quickly. However, she was able to make sure that my heart kept working and a good flow of oxygen kept me breathing. Bridgette and Cindy, our nurses, were getting things set up in case I needed some “blood” from Sky again.
“I found something in Steve’s blood,” said Samantha, “though I’m not quite sure what it is at this point. My guess would be some kind of poison from Brazil, although that puzzles me a bit.” “But why?” asked Jennifer, “Steve was there and Zara might have been able to get some poison into him somehow.” “But how?” asked Kat, “He had ghosts holding him all the time when he left the hotel room. She had no chance.” “Except for one thing,” said Samantha, “I gave Steve a complete checkup when he got home, which is standard practice now, remember?
There was nothing in his blood then, so, he must have received it after getting home. I would say in the last 24 hours. I need Carolyn and Alizea in here to help me too.” Sky called them to come right away. “That’s it!” exclaimed Jennifer, and she called Aari. “Aari, restrain Nico immediately!” It just so happened that Nico was talking with Aari and Rock at that moment, so Rock grabbed him, slammed him against the wall and punched him in the stomach!
Sky then arrived and took him back to our detention center and locked him up. Then she returned to pick up Doc and brought him to the clinic also. By that time everything was set up for Sky to give me some of her “blood” again. “I hate needles,” said Sky, whimpering a little. Misty was there now, trying to help in whatever way she could. “Hey, you’re a ghostie,” said Misty, “you don’t feel pain so quit whining.” She was standing beside Sky when she said that, so Sky touched her hand and shocked her. “YAAAAA!!” yelled Misty.
“Okay, out with you,” said Samantha, “I said to be quiet, not yell.” “But I, but she,” said Misty as Samantha pushed her out the door. Misty watched through the glass window on the door and saw Cindy bringing a glass of water to put beside Sky. She looked over at the door when she heard tapping and Misty pointed to her watch. Cindy looked at the time and in so doing poured the water on Sky. “I’m soaked,” said Sky, “just wait until this is over.”
Samantha just shook her head. “I’m surprised at you Cindy,” she said, “at a time like this you should be more professional, that will mean demerits for you.” “But I, but she,” said Cindy and then sighed when Samantha frowned at her. Aari then called Jennifer and told her they found a case in Nico’s belongings that held 6 needles, but two were missing. Either two were used on Steve, which is not likely since it would mean getting to me, alone, twice. That would be rather hard to do. More likely someone else was given the second needle.
Jennifer then called Angel to check on Pacca and bring her to the clinic right away. Pacca had also been keeping to herself, mourning the loss of her good friend Anita. At least, that’s what everyone thought, but perhaps she had been given the other needle and was sick. Angel arrived quickly with Pacca, but… “She’s already dead, I think,” said Angel. Samantha confirmed it. “Can you bring her back Kat?” asked Jennifer. “I can’t do that and keep Steve alive at the same time,” she said sadly. Jennifer then went out of the room and called Kristina and Friskie, so they came right away.
“We need to go give this needle to Nico,” said Jennifer, “so we can get some information out of him. This is how we need to do it though. Carolyn told us he might have something in him to help him forget, provided he can say his secret password before our serum works.” Off they went and Kristina called out that dinner was being served. That was meant to throw him off guard. They opened the door and found Nico sitting on the chair. “Where’s the food?” he asked. “Friskie is bringing it,” said Jennifer, “we are just making sure there is no trouble.”
That’s when Kristina hit him, knocking him unconscious and Friskie came in quickly with the needle. Nico awoke fairly quickly and by then our “info serum”, as we like to call it, was working. Jennifer asked him several questions to see if things were working correctly, then she began with the serious questions. Meanwhile, Tracy was doing some digging too and she discovered that one week before the kidnapping, there was $4 million US deposited in Nico’s bank account. And, although his parents were from a different gang than Anita’s parents, Nico was apparently working for her parent’s gang.
That’s the one where Danilo, or Danny, was now the acting leader since Bruno and Paola had been kidnapped. It would seem that Danny isn’t too concerned about getting Bruno and Paola back. Leaving them with Zara means that he can take over the gang once she kills them. Jennifer, Kristina and Friskie were finding out some of this too from Nico, at least the part where he was now working for Danny and that Danny wanted to take over the gang. Also, Nico wasn’t concerned about Anita at all, he was just putting on a good show looking for her.
He has another girlfriend that he is also engaged to right now and had planned to marry next month. He already knew that Anita would be kidnapped and killed. And Nico was alone with me for a short time and could have injected that poison into me, however, why did I not feel the needle? Aari had an answer for that one too, they found a tiny spray bottle with a label that just said “sleep”. Trixie then checked our security footage for the hall and our bedroom which showed Nico walking in the hall, but there was a short blip and it showed him continuing past our bedroom, then turning around and coming back to the stairs.
That missing blip was right in front of our bedroom door. Inside our bedroom there was a bigger blip on that camera, but still less than 15 seconds. Nico was obviously trained to work very fast. He admitted to injecting the poison into me and working for Danny, but ultimately for a person named Mr. Flynn. That man gets around. We have finally decided that several people play the part of Mr. Flynn, but which one is the real one?
Most likely the real Flynn doesn’t leave home, or at least, doesn’t get directly involved in things. He stays a safe distance away from the action so he doesn’t get killed or blamed for anything. This is something that Jennifer has been trying to convince me of doing. She now has another strong reason in her favor. But for now, what is going to happen to me? Can we have Nico arrested for murdering Pacca? Do we have enough evidence to support that? Or will they just ship him back home to Brazil?
That might actually be best, he failed his assignment and won’t likely live long if he goes back home. Aari felt that would be the best thing to do, let his own people deal with him. Kat and Jennifer agreed, so he was sent home on the next available flight and Cristy took his money from his account to put in our orphan account. Just seemed like the fair thing to do. Now, what is next?
To Be Continued. ©2026 Steve McLeod.
