• Author's Name: RM

• Title of Story: A Father’s Worst Nightmare

• Type of Story: AU

• Rating of Story: G

• Characters in Story: Frank, Joe, Fenton, Laura.

• Warnings: None.

• Plot Blurb: The Hardy family is about to embark on a new adventure that will broaden their horizons, but before it can even begin, the unexpected happens.

• Splash Page: They walked in relative silence. Frank led the way making sure everywhere they stepped was safe. After a little while, Frank stopped and looked around. He wanted to make sure they were heading in the right direction. Feeling they were on the right track, they continued on.

“I’m hungry,” Joe said after a little while of walking.

“So am I,” Frank said. “But we don’t have anything to eat.”

“Couldn’t we eat some berries or something?”

“We shouldn’t,” Frank said. “There are some that are poisonous and some that aren’t. I don’t know which are which, so we shouldn’t eat them.”

“Then what are we going to do?”

“We’ll just have to wait,” Frank said.

“Okay.”

Frank led the way going around trees in the direction he hoped would get them to the road. Every little while they would pause to see if they could hear any engines in the distance, but there was only the ruffle of the tree leaves above them.

Frank began to wonder if he was leading his brother in the right direction. He didn’t think they had walked this far. But it had been dark and he had been scared. Just as he was about to admit to Joe that he thought they were going in the right direction, he heard an engine in the distance.

“This way!” Frank yelled as he took off at a run. “Hurry Joe!”

He ran as fast as he could and listened for the engine. He knew they had to get there fast if they were going to get some help.

Suddenly the ground fell out from underneath him and he tumbled down, rolling through the brush and dried leaves.

• Author’s Notes: This story was written in response to a challenge. (I think it was made on the old message board.) The challenge was made to write a story where Fenton Hardy has decided to move his young family from New York to Bayport. He has only 3 days left to serve in the NYPD. Laura Hardy is driving her young sons, Frank and Joe, to Bayport to settle into their new home. Laura is flagged down by what she believes is a stranded motorist but is in fact one of two perps wanted for armed robbery.

I hope you all enjoy.

 

 

The Hardy Boys belong to Simon and Schuster and the Stratemeyer Foundation. The authors 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.