Hardy Boys Fan Fiction at the HDA - Brain Child

It was nearing closing time of the museum so the crowds were not very thick in the station. Joe stepped out of the elevator and started walking around the small platform. A train had just left the station and the few people there were starting to collect around edge of the platform waiting for the next train. One man in a trench coat had just set down his briefcase by a trash bin and was leaning casually against the wall with his back to Joe, apparently waiting for the train.

Joe continued walking slowly, trying to ignore the pain radiating through his chest with each breath. “Maybe I did break something else on that motorcycle,” he thought. He had just passed the man when he heard someone call his name from behind him.

He turned to see who was calling him. As he turned around, his eyes locked with those of the man leaning on the wall. Recognition flashed across both of their faces. Joe knew instantly that he was Ron Underly, the man who had attacked him in the hospital.

At the same time, he saw Callie and a blond girl rushing towards him. Taking in Joe’s haggard appearance and pale face, Callie called out, “Joe, what are you doing here by yourself? Where is Frank?”

The blond called out, “Joe, are you okay? Callie, he’s hurt. He shouldn’t be out here; he just got out of the hospital.”

Before, Joe could shout out a warning, the man rushed forward, pushed Callie roughly to the ground and grabbed Vanessa around the neck. He pulled his gun from his pocket and put it to her head. “Stay where you are Joe. I had hoped just to be able to leave my package down here and go quietly before it detonated. You’ve ruined that,” Underly said.

Seeing the gun, the remaining people in the station were quickly exiting. As Frank was running down the steps towards the station he heard people screaming that someone had a gun and was holding a girl hostage. Frank redoubled his efforts to get there.

Underly said, “Well we are down to about five minutes before I’ll have the distraction that I need. I don’t want to be down here to see this.”

With his attention focused on Joe, Underly did not see Frank approaching from behind. Frank signaled to Callie who had remained on the floor to start to move out of the way towards the exit.

Joe saw what Frank was trying to do and spoke to Underly to keep his attention. “Let the girl go. I’m the one you want. She has nothing to do with this.”

Just then, Frank lunged forward and grabbed Ron’s arm pulling the gun away from Vanessa. Underly spun around in surprise. Vanessa used the lapse in Ron’s attention to stomp on his foot and fell to the ground out of his grasp.

Underly spun around towards Frank and hit Frank in the jaw with his free hand. Frank fell to the ground stunned.

Before Underly had a chance to aim his gun for a clear shot at anyone, Joe hit him with a flying tackle landing with the man right in front of the briefcase. Joe’s shoulder and chest had connected with Underly and he saw stars in front of his eyes from the pain radiating through him. Joe shook his head and clutching his ribs managed to stagger unsteadily to his feet.

Underly used Joe’s lapse to his advantage. He grabbed the briefcase, knowing there wasn’t much time before it would detonate, and pushed it hard into Joe’s stomach pushing him to the edge of the platform. Joe doubled over with impact to his ribs.

Frank staggered to his feet just in time to see Joe and the briefcase being shoved closer to the edge of the subway platform by Ron.

Frank started to run at them, but he knew he wouldn’t make it in time. “NO!” Frank yelled, just as Underly pushed Joe and the briefcase onto the subway rails.

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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.