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Post by karyn30 on Feb 24, 2010 22:00:51 GMT -5
It took longer than expected to retrieve their luggage at the airport, so they were a few minutes late in meeting Conner at the hotel. Joley had a sinking feeling as she knocked on the door, when he didn’t answer Keith turned to her; “You don’t think he’d run again do you?” “Of course not, I mean I explained everything, and besides George or Damian would have seen him if he’d gone out the front.” Keith had asked those two so keep watch at the front, for Conner, or any other suspicious activity. Ryan and Paul covered the back door, which left Neil with them, who was down at the end of the hall keeping an eye on things. She began knocking again “Conner it’s-“she stopped as she realized the door was unlocked, looking at Keith she pushed it open, and couldn’t believe what she saw. The room had been completely trashed. Things were overturned, drawers were pulled out of the dresser with clothes, etc pulled out, even the mattress was stripped and slit open. “Oh God” Joley sucked in a breath and covered her mouth. Keith turned to see what she was looking at and now understood her reaction. In the middle of the floor lay a large puddle of blood. “OMG Keith” she said as tears began to well in her eyes. “I know Joley, but you don’t know that that’s his blood, he could have had to fight off someone else.” He said wrapping an arm around her trying to comfort her. “You’re right, but just the thought.” She cried as she turned her face into Keith’s shoulder, because she couldn’t bear to look anymore. A few minutes passed, until Neil spoke. “What do we do now?” Turning Joley in his arms, he said to her “We’re going to have to go through here to see if he left any clues, do you think that you can do that?” Wiping her eyes and taking a deep breath, she nodded. They started putting things back in order, but found nothing, until Keith spoke up “Do you have any idea who Kit Kat is?” Joley spun at the sound of the childhood nickname. “What did you say?” Keith pulled out the envelope “I found this taped to the underside of one of the dresser drawers when I went to put it back.” Snatching it, she ran her hands over Conner’s writing “I take it you know who that is?” Keith asked breaking her thoughts. Looking him in the eye, she said “You’d better believe I know who it is, it’s me.” With that she ripped open the envelope. Inside was a letter from Conner. Kit Kat- I knew that you’d get the reference. I just wanted to let you know some info in case anything happens to me. As you know I spoke with Senator Briggs, and am meeting him Wednesday to discuss things that he’ll hopefully be able to help with. Call it a hunch, but I’m not so sure about him Kat, I mean Sandy swears by him, but I just have a feeling that something’s not right, which is why I left this. Enclosed are the details of the meeting with the Senator, and Sandy’s contact number at The Post. If all else fails, call her-she can help. Until then, take care Kit Kat, I’m so sorry that I got you involved in all of this, but remember mom’s always with you. Always, Conner Joley’s tears flowed as she read the letter, ‘Oh Conner’ she thought ‘none of this is your fault.’ Folding up the letter and sticking it in her purse, she said to Keith “I think that we should start with Sandy.” ‘The newspaper business must pay well’ Joley thought to herself as she looked around the plush office of Sandy Prichard. Located on the twelfth floor of The Post building in the heart of D.C., Sandy it spoke volumes about its current occupant. Everything was neat to the point of perfection, not typical of most reporters Sandy had come in contact with; though the reporters she’d had the unfortunate pleasure of coming in contact with were usually from those gossip column types. She was noticing the library, which consisted of everything from the latest cookbooks, to autobiographies, and terrorism; when a perky blonde breezed into the room. “I’m sorry to have kept you waiting, the meeting ran over-I was told this was urgent?” she asked questioningly of Keith and Joley. “Thank you for seeing us on short notice Ms. Prichard.” “Non-sense Ms?” “Masterson, Joley Masterson and this is Keith Harkin.” “Masterson? You must be Conner’s sister.” Nodding, Joley continued “I’m sure that Conner informed you of his delicate situation.” Walking to the door and closing it; Sandy dropped her voice to a whisper “He told me about the flash drive, which is why I contacted Senator Briggs, he works closely with the Department of Defense’s anti-terrorist sect, so I figured he would be the best bet.” “I have to ask Ms Prichard, how well do you know Senator Briggs?” this from Keith who’d spoken for the first time. “Well I’ve done several interviews with him, and we run in the same social circles; he knew my father.” It hit Joley then “Dan Prichard? Of Prichard Industries?” Joley recalled the computer firm. Nodding Sandy said “The one and only; Jim was my father’s golf partner.” “Was?” Keith questioned “My father died last year in a car accident.” “I’m so sorry.” Joley said, offering her condolences. “Thank you, but let’s get back to the reason that you’re here, why did you want to know about Jim?” Joley was the first to answer “Well I was suppose to meet Conner at his hotel last night, but instead we found this.” She said pulling out the letter; “along with a large pool of blood.” Her voice caught on the last word, and Keith grabbed her hand, squeezing it lightly. Sandy scanned the letter, and concern came across her face “I don’t know why Conner would suspect Jim, he’s been like a father to me.” “It’s usually the last person we suspect.” Keith said gently “Well we don’t know anything for sure, except that Conner was suppose to meet him at that address-can you tell us what that address is?” Joley asked “It’s a set of office buildings that Jim has down in the old town neighborhood.” “and what would he use those offices for?”
“Well mostly they’re used during the campaign season as grand central.” “Is there anything we need to know before we head down there?” Sandy shook her head, still bewildered; “I can’t believe that Jim would be involved in anything underhanded.” With that Joley and Keith left out in search of the meeting location.
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Post by laurenne on Feb 24, 2010 23:15:27 GMT -5
I know, it's cute that he tries to comfort her. Update soon, please.
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Post by karyn30 on Feb 27, 2010 0:35:22 GMT -5
Conner shook his head as he tried to wake up. His head pounded and his shoulder burned; trying to get his bearings, he tried to stand up and failed. “Watch yourself there.” An accented voice spoke to him through the dark, and gentle hands reached out to steady him. “Where am I?” he questioned taking in his surroundings, which were dark, damp, and cold. “heck if I knew that I wouldn’t still be here.” Came the retort. As she sat him in a chair, she said “All I know is that it’s in a basement somewhere.” “Who are you?” Conner asked as his eyes finally began to focus and he took in a young redhead. “The name’s Rebecca, do you remember what happened?” Conner strained to recall “I was in my hotel room and I heard a knock, and when I opened it, it was room service, but I hadn’t –oh now I remember.” The room service attendant hadn’t really been what he said he was, instead he’d forced Conner back into the room at gunpoint and started questioning him about the flash drive. He remembered denying ever knowing about the thing, and that’s when the fight started. He’d almost had him, when the gun went off, and after that, everything was blank until now. “You gonna be ok?” Rebecca asked as she gently touched his shoulder. As soon as her hand hit his shoulder, a burning pain flowed through his arm; that must have been where he got shot. Looking down at his shoulder, he noticed it bandaged for the first time. “Yeah they did a quick patch job before they through you in here.” “So what’s your story? Why are you here?” Conner asked “Well to tell you the truth, I really don’t know why I’m here.” She began recalling the story of how she’d been walking home from the studio when someone grabbed her. “I don’t know how I ended up here because they kept me drugged most of the time. I do remember getting on a plane and from what I can gather I’m in The States?” she looked at Conner questioningly. He nodded and she continued; “All I do know is that they are after something, and that they took me in order to get to Keith.” “Keith?” “My brother, they let me speak to him once, I guess to prove to him that I’m still alive so that he can get whatever it is that they’re after.” “OMG you’re her!” Rebecca looked confused “Her who?” “I’m sorry, I know I’m rambling, but I know your brother.” “You know him? You’ve seen him?” “Briefly, he kidnapped my sister.” “WHAT? Keith would never-“ “He had to in order to get to me.” “But what do you have to do with any of this?” Conner looked around and began to whisper the whole story to her. When he was finished she looked baffled. “Are you ok?” he asked. Nodding she answered “Yeah I’m fine, just trying to wrap my head around this whole thing. So why don’t you just give them what they want?” “It’s a matter of National Security and people could die.” “Well we’re going to die if you don’t do something!” her voice began to take on a higher pitch. “Calm down, you trust you brother right?” “Yes I do.” “Well then trust that he’ll be able to get us out of here.” He said trying to comfort her.
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Post by karyn30 on Feb 28, 2010 1:09:03 GMT -5
“Well what do you think?” Joley asked Keith as they left The Post “I don’t know what to think. For now let’s get back to the hotel and decide our next move.” With that they headed off. Sometime later they sat around throwing ideas out. “I don’t know Joley, can you read the letter again and see if there’s anything that you might recognize that we can use in our favor?” “I guess but I don’t know what I’m supposed to figure out.” She said pulling out the letter again. “It could be anything, something as simple a word or phrase.” Keith said encouragingly. “All right.” She replied as she began to read the letter for what seemed like the thousandth time. There was nothing that jumped out at her, and then all of a sudden it hit her; ‘remember mom is always with you’ it said and she recalled him saying the same thing that day at the diner as they picked up the contents of her purse and he took off. Could it really be that simple? He wouldn’t have done that-would he? “What is it Joley?” Keith asked as he saw the concern etched on her face. “Do you recognize something?” “I’m not sure.” She said as she began digging for her purse. “What are you looking for?” Keith asked more urgently as she hadn’t said anything to him in the last five minutes. “This.” She said pulling out a small silver compact. “What is it?” “It’s a set of frames.” She said opening the compact to reveal a picture of a woman on one side and a picture of a man in the other. Noticing the resemblance, Keith asked “Your parents?” she nodded and ran her hand along the edge of the photos. “You look like your mom.” He said leaning over her shoulder to get a better look “How old were you when they died?” “Well dad’s been gone since I was 12-cancer, and mom died of a heart attack just 3 years ago.” She said wistfully “I’m sorry” he said trying to comfort her. Shaking her head, she replied “It’s ok.” “So what made you think of this?” he asked. Suddenly she remembered the task at hand, and began to remove her mother’s picture. “What are you doing?” he asked. She laughed as she confirmed her suspicions. “Joley?” Keith questioned a bit more forcefully. Finally turning around she revealed to him what she’d just discovered. “Is that what I think it is?” Keith questioned as she held the small object up “Indeed it is, it appears to be the flash drive that we’ve been looking for.” For a minute Keith couldn’t move, couldn’t speak. His sister’s life was literally in Joley’s hand. “How did you know where to find it?” “It was something you said about it being a simple word or phrase. The letter said ‘remember mom is always with you.’” “So?” “So he said the same thing to me right before he took off at the diner.” “What else did he say before he took off?” Keith questioned. Shaking her head, she replied “Nothing other than forgive me Joley, and he knocked my purse off the table, and spilled the contents-that must have been when he slipped it behind the picture. Conner knows that I’ve carried this with me since the day mom died, which is why he said what he said, he was hoping that I would figure it out, which is why he said what he said.” “Well we have to get this to the people that are holding Rebecca.” Keith said and attempted to snatch the drive out of her hand. “But Keith there are people’s lives at stake here.” She held the drive just out of reach “I know, Rebecca’s being one of them.” He pleaded “Keith, I know you’re worried about her, but you have to remember that there’s a bigger picture here.” “So what do you propose we do?” Before she could answer Paul said “I’ll tell you what you’re going to do, you’re going to give me that drive.” “Paul what are you-whoa” Keith’s statement died on his lips as he noticed the gun that Paul held trained on them.
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Post by karyn30 on Feb 28, 2010 1:16:54 GMT -5
forgive the double "why he said what he said" LMAO just noticed it!
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Post by laurenne on Feb 28, 2010 1:38:58 GMT -5
What? Paul's part of it?!?! What happens? Update soon, please.
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Post by megan01 on Feb 28, 2010 1:44:36 GMT -5
ahhh karyn i love it hahahah the mirror scene and the sleeping scene haha i love keith he is sooo cute hahaha oh paul a double agent tsk tsk
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2010 13:44:10 GMT -5
ooh sweet Paul being evil i love it please update
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Post by oceangirl1 on Feb 28, 2010 16:28:47 GMT -5
I love the part where she figures out where the flash drive is!!!!!!!!! That was fantastic!!!!!!!!!! But Paul OMW Dun Dun dun....... Please update soon! ;D
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Post by karyn30 on Mar 1, 2010 0:35:30 GMT -5
“Paul what are you doing?” Keith asked nervously. “My job.” Came his reply “Now give me the drive.” He said to Joley, who seemed frozen. Nudging her, Keith said “Joley, give him the drive.” Finally Jiley managed to get her numb fingers to work. Grabbing it, Paul said “All clear, I’ve got it.” To whom, they didn’t know, but suddenly the hotel suite was swarming with people. “Paul what the heck is going on?” George stumbled into the room, obviously still half asleep. Lowering his weapon, Paul said “Gather everyone up and I’ll explain.” “So you’ve been working for them this entire time?” Neil questioned. Paul nodded; “Yes but I didn’t get this assignment until after I joined Celtic Thunder. They called me after they discovered your brother had downloaded that information.” He said turning to Joley. “But how would the CIA know?” Joley asked confused. “We’ve been tracking these guys for months; we figure they have a contact here in the States, and we’ve been waiting to see who accessed the list only-“ “Only Conner got to it first.” Paul nodded. “Ok can I say that this is by far the coolest thing ever, I mean Paul in the CIA!” This from Damian, who had been hanging on every word; Paul rolled his eyes “Damian…………” “So wait, is this why you suggested I kidnap Joley?” Keith asked. “WHAT?! You’re the one that had Keith kidnap me at gunpoint?” “Well it wasn’t exactly gunpoint.” Damian interjected. “Shut it Damo” Keith growled in his direction. “No, what do you mean Damian.” Joley asked turning to the youngest member of this odd group. “Um I think I hear my name being called.” He said and scooted out of the room. Turning to Keith, she said “Care to explain.” Sighing he said “Look I’ve never handled a gun in my life, but I had to get Rebecca back.” “So what was it then?” Keith lowering his eyes mumbled “A crowbar.” “What? You kidnapped me with a crowbar?!” the weapon was dangerous, but not nearly as terrifying as when she thought she’d been taken by gunpoint. “Joley I’m sorry-“ “It doesn’t matter anymore.” She said bringing a hand to his face, forcing him to meet her eyes. Then she chuckled; “Actually it’s kind of funny, but I still don’t understand why?” she asked Paul. “Well once Conner realized what he had, and I assume after the terrorists started going after him, he went into hiding and we knew that this was the only way to find him.” “So what do we do now? Do we go to the US authorities?” Paul shook his head; “Didn’t you say that Conner had a meeting with Senator Briggs?” “Yeah but-“ “Well then, we don’t want to keep the Senator waiting, now do we?”
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Post by oceangirl1 on Mar 1, 2010 0:48:47 GMT -5
OMW Awsome! Please update soon! Lol love the part where he admits he kidnapped her with a crowbar ;D
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Post by karyn30 on Mar 2, 2010 0:46:33 GMT -5
The office building was dark and practically deserted. “Do you know where he’s supposed to meet them?” Keith asked Joley. “It says the basement, which I believe is this way.” She said indicating to her right. Nothing could calm the pounding in her chest. “Don’t worry Joley, we’re all here.” Paul spoke into her ear. He and several other agents were surrounding the building in discreet locations. “And I’m right here.” Keith said grabbing her hand and whispering; he prayed that Paul didn’t hear that last remark, less he be teased incessantly. “You ready?” he asked her before they headed down to the basement. “As ready as I’ll ever be.” They made their descent and Keith padded his pocket, and felt for the .22 that Paul had given him just before they had entered the building. “Just in case.” He’d said. Reaching the bottom step, Joley looked into a vast darkness. “I can’t see a thing.” “Well there’s gotta be a light switch somewhere.” They fished around until Joley felt the switch, just out of reach. “Here it is” stepping forward, she tripped over something; luckily Keith caught her, preventing her from falling. “What the-OMG!” Joley let out a strangled cry as she realized that she’d tripped over a body. That lasted for a minute before her Dr. instincts kicked in. “Keith, help me roll him over.” Once they turned him over, they realized that it was Senator Briggs. “Is he alive?” Keith asked as Joley began checking him over “Yeah he still has a pulse, just looked like he was-“ “Oh the Senator is just fine, just a little out of commission at the moment.” Keith immediately recognized the dark voice that had been haunting him for months. Turning towards the voice, he saw that it still lay in shadow. However it wasn’t the voice that he sought. The object of this whole mission sat feet from his left, bound and gagged to a chair. “Rebecca!” he called and started to run forward “Stay where you are, or I’ll blow her head off.” The voice said. It was then that Keith heard the cock of a gun. Putting his arms up and backing away Keith said “Ok, you’re running this.” Just then the body behind them began to moan Joley was holding pressure to the head wound that he’d suffered from an obvious blow to the head. “Try not to move too much” she whispered. “What happened?” he asked sitting up. “Looks like you were knocked out.” “Ok enough of this, where is the drive?” the menacing voice asked. Getting up from the Senator’s side, Joley stepped forward “You get nothing until I see my brother.” The response was spine chilling laughter “and just who do you think you are? What makes you think I won’t kill you where you stand and just take it?” “Because you don’t know that I haven’t made a copy of it and sent it to the US government.” Joley said; her voice surprisingly steady. It seemed forever, and part of her was scared that he might follow through on his threat. Then suddenly he rattled off in a foreign language-Pakistani maybe and Conner was pushed into the light next to Rebecca. Tears formed in her eyes as she realized the torture he must have gone through. “Let me look at his injuries and I’ll give you what you want.” “NO! Enough of this! Who do you think is running things here? Either give me the drive, or I swear I’ll kill him!” Just then Keith saw one of Paul’s agents slipping in a side door, nudging Joley he nodded with his head. Understanding passed between the two of them. They had to try and move the terrorist, whoever he might be away from Rebecca and Conner so the agent could get to them and untie them. “If you want the drive you’re gonna have to come get it.” Joley said defiantly. “You will give it to my partner.” He said, and as his partner walked out, Joley and Keith let out a collective gasp. “Sandy?”
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Post by karyn30 on Mar 3, 2010 1:10:47 GMT -5
“Surprised to see me?” she said as she smiled wickedly. The seemingly innocent reporter was also apparently a good actress as well. “But why would you?” “Oh it really doesn’t have anything to do with you, or Conner for that matter.” “Why then Sandy? You know your father wouldn’t approve.” This from Senator Briggs, who’s head had obviously cleared some. “Don’t you DARE bring up my father.” She turned, the hatred obvious in her eyes. “You’re the reason that we’re here. You killed my father.” “But I thought your father died in a car accident.” Joley stated. “Oh he did all right, in a car driven by the Senator here.” “Sandy it was an accident.” The Senator said weakly. “Accident? Accident? You call your alcohol level twice the legal limit an accident?” The Senator hung his head “I know I shouldn’t have been driving that night.” “Not only should you not have been driving, but at least you could’ve taken responsibility for your actions, but no! You and and all of your D.C. cohorts managed to cover everything up, and you got away scot free! That’s ok” she continued “Wait til the government hears how you’ve been smuggling funds to support your habit.” She turned to Joley and Keith who seemed unable to look away from the scene in front of them. “Oh you didn’t know he spends his off time at the track, and has lost more money in the last few months than he made all of last year?” At the surprised Senator’s face she laughed “Yes interesting the things you find out when you grease a few palms and know the right questions to ask isn’t it?” “Enough of this! GET MY DRIVE!” Sandy’s partner obviously could care less what her beef was with the Senator. “Hand it over.” Sandy said holding out her hand to Joley. Knowing they still had to find a way to distract her partner, Joley said “NO, I will only give it to you-I trusted her once before and look at what it got me. How do I know she won’t double cross you and take off with it-she’s perfect access to the door.” It seemed an eternity before they finally heard footsteps getting louder. Suddenly they were face to face with the man at the center of all this. Keith felt like he already knew him, given the number of times that he’d talked to him, which didn’t make him hate him any less. Keeping an eye on Paul’s agent, Keith waited until he saw Rebecca and Conner safely whisked away before he squeezed Joley’s arm and said “Go ahead honey give it to him.” Seeing confirmation in his eyes Joley handed over the drive, but just as the captor was taking it, a swarm of CIA and FBI agents swept into the building “NOONE MOVE!” Paul shouted. Before he could grab her, Joley was snatched from his side by the gunman “I swear I’ll kill her.” He said putting the gun to Joley’s temple. Fear pulsed through Keith’s body as he watched Joley’s eyes fill with tears. “No one wants that man.” He said trying to steady his voice. “You’re surrounded man, so why don’t you just give it up?” Paul yelled at the man. The response was a sickening laugh “I don’t know the meaning of give up.” “Well then maybe you’ll understand this.” Paul began to take aim “NOO!!” Keith jumped in front of him, stopping him. “Keith, what the heck are you doing?” “He’ll kill her and you know it.” “Not if we kill him first.” “Are you willing to take that chance with Joley’s life? She may not mean much to you, but for me she’s it Paul.” His eyes pleaded. Paul finally looked at his friend “You’re right, but what do we do now?” “Let me talk to him first.” “Fine”
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Post by karyn30 on Mar 3, 2010 1:11:37 GMT -5
Sorry if it's a cliffhanger Laurenne-I'm going out of town and won't be able to update for a couple of days but I wanted to get something in there for you guys lol
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Post by oceangirl1 on Mar 3, 2010 2:37:19 GMT -5
OMW I dont' know if I can go a few days without knowing what happens next!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Loved loved loved that update!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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