Hardy Detective Agency featuring Hardy Boys Fan Fiction

At noon on the day of the meeting, Frank and Joe opened the door to the sound of a jingling bell. They were greeted at the door by a tall, pretty Chinese woman. “Hello,” she said in her strong accent, “welcome to China Fu—” She stopped short, however, when she saw her visitors. “Frank and Joe,” she said, nodding at the brothers, who nodded. “Wonderful, you came.” She paused, glancing around. “Follow me.”

She led the brothers through the restaurant to a small, tiny room in the back. “This way,” she said, opening the door for them. When the boys exchanged hesitant glances she smiled as reassuringly as possible and said, “No worry. I just do not want any odd questions.”

Frank and Joe nodded understandingly and stepped into the heavily furnished room. It was filled with ancient Chinese artifacts and rich, magnificent décor.

“Nice crib,” Joe commented.

“Ahh…thank you. You must be Joe,” she said, reaching out to shake the boy’s hand. He winced as his shoulder racked with pain. “I am so sorry,” she said hurriedly. “I forgot. How are you feeling?”

Joe managed a wan smile. “Better.”

“Good. And you are Frank.” She shook the blonde boy’s head. Then she motioned for them to take a seat.

As they sat, Frank asked, “What happened to us?”

“Yeah,” Joe chimed in. “And how did you know that we switched?”

The woman sighed. “It was my mother. I do not know what is getting into her these days…but this happened to a mother and her daughter not too long ago…I believe their names were Anna and Tess…but that is beside the point.”

“Did they ever get back?” Joe asked fearfully, then sighed in relief as the woman nodded.

“How is this possible? What exactly did your mother do to us?”

“Aya! I do not know. No one seems to know. But she saw you fighting. She wanted to help. She wanted to show you how the other lives.”

Frank frowned. This wasn’t the answer he’d expected. “But isn’t there a logical explanation for this?” he asked.

“Logic? No. It just happens. Things happen sometimes. You cannot explain them. Without any reason.”

“It’s supernatural,” Joe put in.

“Maybe superhuman,” the lady put in.

“Stop!” Frank said. “I’m really having trouble grasping this.”

“Look, all we need to know is how to get back,” Joe said, as patiently as possible.

“It was the cookie,” she whispered, leaning forward.

“HA!” Joe exclaimed. “I was right!”

“Did either of you read the fortune?”

Joe shrugged and looked at Frank, who slowly shook his head. “I guess…I guess we were a little too steamed.”

“It say that only an act of unselfish love bring you back.”

“So that’s it? We have to get along?” Joe said in disbelief.

“No, not only that. Selfless love.”

“How do we do that?” Frank asked in bewilderment.

The lady was about to answer when the lights went out. They were in complete darkness. The door was flung open, and in the light from outside, Joe was able to get a glimpse of the man who looked like Hobs—and was Hobs, he decided, as the man walked in and shut the door behind them—entered the room. “You’re mine, kid,” he hissed, flinging himself at Frank, who he, of course, thought was Joe.

The lady screamed, but Hobs was ready. He struck her hard across the head, and she crumpled, unconscious. Then he punched Joe, who was trying to keep him away from his brother, and sent the youth back, reeling. He landed on the floor in a daze. Hobs drew a length of rope from his pocket. Frank jumped at him to try and stop him from tying up his brother, but with a painful punch in the jaw from Hobs, the fell back, and the darkness that was unconsciousness succumbed him.

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The Hardy Boys belong to Simon and Schuster and the Stratemeyer Foundation. The Hardy Boys Fan Fiction authors of the Hardy Detective Agency have just borrowed them for an adventure or two. The authors promise to put the boys back when they are done with them. The authors do claim copyright to the original characters in this story. Please do not borrow original characters without express permission of the authors.