Author’s Name: Victoria Royale

Title of Story: Last Time

Type: Casefiles

Rating: PG

Characters: Frank and Joe Hardy, Vicki Silver, C. J. Summers, Mr. Silver, Becky, Joe Clark

Warnings: None that I can think of.

Plot Blurb: When Vicki gets kidnapped while doing an errand for her father, C. J. teams up with Frank and Joe Hardy. They end up finding their way to Texas, thanks to some clues and a man who appears to be helping them along the way.

Splash Page: C. J. hung up the phone and pushed her dark brown hair behind her ear. She immediately raced downstairs and to her green van. Being Vicki’s best friend had its down points. C. J. knew the way to the offices without having to look, so why had Vicki not returned?

       She drove onto the main road and looked around. This was the only way that Vicki ever went to the offices. The flow of traffic had lessened as she drove to the offices themselves. Vicki’s red convertible was nowhere to be seen and when she asked inside, everyone reported that she hadn’t been in that day.

       C. J. thanked them and went back to her van. She drove back down the road, her brown eyes checking for any sign of a wreck, but saw none. In fact, she almost missed the path leading off the road. At the very last second she spotted the path and turned into it. A short drive later brought her to a car lying inside of a ditch, nose-down.

       She jumped out and ran over to the car. It was exactly what she hadn’t wanted to happen. She immediately recognized Vicki’s car and checked inside. Vicki wasn’t anywhere. C. J. searched the area and was about to turn back when something caught her attention. It was a piece of paper, and it was directly outside the car door.

       C. J. picked it up and turned it over. The paper was covered in various times. It read:

3:40

5:28

1:29

7:26

8:07

3:26

2:05

6:17

9:38

4:36