hardy boys fan fiction
THE AFTER
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by
Fenlaur
Chapter 5
hardy boys fan fiction
THE CHAPTERS
“Hello,” replied Chief Collig. “I knew you boys would be having a meeting about your father’s case. I want to get this man as much as you do. I was hoping that if we work together, we might find his killer faster. Other agencies are working on it as well, but I’ve known you boys for quite a while and you have a knack for getting results.” The Chief had a determined expression on his face. The teens knew that he and Fenton Hardy had developed a friendship over the years – and his friend had died in his arms.
Frank and Joe nodded their assent and Chief Collig took a seat. In his arms were the files pertaining to the case.
Frank continued the briefing. “We did a check to see if it could have been someone Dad had put away who recently got out of jail or escaped but that turned out empty.”
“What about the case he had been working on when he was killed?” asked Chet.
“The man he was after had been picked up but it wasn’t him.”
“I questioned him,” interjected Collig. “He didn’t even know the warehouse had been blown up.”
“What was Mr. Hardy investigating?” asked Phil.
“Smuggling,” replied Collig. “Jared Ross, the man we picked up, was smuggling guns to the warehouse and they would be sold and picked up. Fenton had caught all the underlings but Ross had still been on the loose. I thought that it had been Ross. After all, it was his warehouse, containing guns that he had stolen; the money that he’d be loosing, but we checked out his story and he has a solid alibi.”
“How did Mr. Hardy discover the warehouse?” asked Biff.
“A phone call,” replied Joe. “We were there when he got it. He didn’t tells us what is was about, but we know he went straight to the warehouse after calling the police.”
“This house is closer to the warehouse than that station is and Fenton got there a few minutes before we did,” Collig added.
Everyone went quiet. They all knew what had happened after that.”
“It wasn’t Ross’ buyers?” Tony broke the silence.
“No, Mr. Ross accidentally gave them up and they were picked up. They were quite unhappy that they weren’t going to get their guns and they too had no idea that the warehouse had been blown up.”
“So it’s someone who knew about the warehouse, Ross, and the buyers,” spoke up Callie.
“Right,” said Frank.
“But the phone call – did Mr. Hardy know who he was taking to or was it anonymous?” asked Chet.
“Well,” said Frank, thinking back. “From what I remember, he knew who he was talking to. He didn’t call the man by name. But he did seem to know who it was.” He turned to Joe to see if he had anything to add, but the younger boy remembered it the same way.
Try as he might, Fenton could not remember any of this. The name Jared Ross didn’t even ring a bell. But he wanted to live and he knew that if he listened long enough, he might find a clue to his elusive killer.
“Telephone records?”
“Pay phone.”
The boys’ friends sighed. Another dead-end.
“Could it have been an informant?” asked Chet hopefully.
“It could have been,” replied Chief Collig. “But we have no way of knowing.”
Another silence.
“Is everyone else as stuck as we are?” asked Joe, referring to the other government agencies that were working on the case as well.
“I'm afraid so. Whoever it is, is really good.”
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