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Mineare and Bruce wanted to wait until sally's back was to them, before they made their move. They didnt know if she was armed and did not want to find out the hard way. On a country sheriff salary, they were not about to take any unnecessary chances. All of a sudden they saw a male figure appear in the doorway, They watched as ran out the door and jumped from the top step onto the back of Sally Jones. NOW! yelled Mineare to Bruce. They both sprang from their positions and ran toward the two people with their guns drawn. GET DOWN ON THE GROUND! they yelled.

30. April 2007, 18:04:34

Dan saw the light come on and peered out of the crack in the door of the closet. He readied himself to pounce on Sally. Just then she turned and went back out the door. Not wanting to loose his chance, Dan slowly pushed open the door and crept out. He looked around the front door and saw sally going back down the front steps. He could not let her go!

30. April 2007, 18:03:09

Mineare and Bruce were only feet away from car when they saw the light go on in the house. They crunched down low and waited. They saw sally coming back out of the house and start down the stairs toward the car.

30. April 2007, 18:01:56

Sally, carefully opened the front door. She listened for any movement. After what seemed like hours, she convinced herself it was ok to enter. Her nerves were on the edge, this plan had gone awry and was much more complicated than she planned. She opened the door wide to allow her to drag in the girls. Then flipped on the light in the foyer.

30. April 2007, 18:00:16

Mineare and Bruce could make out the grassy roadway well enough from the light of the full moon. they made their way along and soon a house loomed out in front of them. In front of the house was Sally's car. They stopped just out of site of the house and killed the engine. They both got out of the car with their loaded weapons and began to sneak toward the house.

30. April 2007, 17:58:29

Once up into the hole, Dan could see he was inside a house. The light from the full moon shown through a large front window. He stood up and moved toward the window, suddenly he saw headlights coming toward the house. He quickly ducked back out of the window. He hoped this was Sally, he would surprise her good. He moved quickly to the foyer and into the closet that was behind the front door, and waited.

30. April 2007, 17:56:33

Sally slowly got out of the car, keeping the window in her sights. Maybe it was her imagination? She started around to the trunk, then stopped herself. She decided to check out the house before exposing her treasures in the trunk. She moved toward the front door quietly. She didnt hear anything, nor see any more movement, but she was going to be careful just the same.

30. April 2007, 17:54:52

Mineare saw the car turn into, what seemed to be the forest. he slowed and waited until the taillights were no longer visible. as he approached the spot where Sally turned he saw a barely visible roadway. He turned off his headlights and turned into the path, as he did this Bruce loaded his guns.

30. April 2007, 17:53:02

Dan made his way through the tunnel, soon he came to a dead end, with a ladder leaning against the dirt wall. He gingerly climbed the ladder and pushed on the wooden ceiling of the tunnel. At first it didnt give, but with a little more effort, it began to move. He pushed harder, jumping up into the wood as he did. At last the wood gave and it flipped inward exposing a large dark hole. Dan carefully climbed up into the darkness.

30. April 2007, 17:50:16

Sally slowed the car and pulled into the grassy roadway. The roadway was very overgrown and barely visible to the road. She pulled up to the house and shut off the car. Out of the corner of her eye, she spotted movement through the living room window. No, she thought, how could he have?

30. April 2007, 17:48:22

Subject: conclusion to story 1

Mineare and Bruce hopped into the squad car and raced after the speeding car. Mineare radioed in to headquarters giving the description and plate number to the dispatcher. Several minutes later, he had his answer. Sally Jones, just as he suspected. They quickened their pace.
They could tell that Sally was slowing down, so they slowed in turn, they didnt want to give away their position. Mineare radioed the State police for backup and they continued the pursuit.

30. April 2007, 08:47:11

Subject: Re:

"Snoopy": thank you snoopy i agree with you 100%

30. April 2007, 08:45:35

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Tigger: I was waiting for granny to hop in again as she had such a neat plot to this story. i was new to this kind of story writting altho i believe i tried in another fellowship. i think if people don't jump in maybe its because they don't know they should or can. i think a private message to the writters first should be done to an ongoing story. i am sadden that it may stop. but if it does then it does. i will know more what to do next time.

30. April 2007, 08:19:40

ScrambledEggs

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Modified by ScrambledEggs (30. April 2007, 08:26:41)

SafariGal:
if you thought no-one was adding to the on going story why didnt you add to it then?
i was enjoying reading the present one i dont have much time to write parts of it but dosnt mean ppl arnt ENJOYING reading it

30. April 2007, 07:39:26

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SafariGal: big gaps are not an issue. I've jump started a stalled story before. Once the April 27th post was made, starting a new story was inappropriate. The guidelines above are for everyone to follow, including me. Including you.

It makes sense to me to finish a story before starting a new one. Rather than simply begin a new one, it is more respectful to help with the current one. The ONLY exception is if the authors of the current story want to move to another story and collectively they don't want to finish the current one, that works for me. But since they have invested a lot of time, it's only respectful to allow them to make this decision.

I haven't heard from everyone so until this matter is fully settled, I'd like to wait before starting a new story.

We have heard from two key writers but there were others. Once people have had a chance to state their view THEN it will be decided. Otherwise the guidelines are meaningless.

30. April 2007, 06:54:52

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Modified by SafariGal (30. April 2007, 07:01:11)

ScarletRose: It wasnt that I didnt want to continue the current one, just that no one was posting. There was almost a 2 week gap between granny2billy's 2nd last post and GGROBINLOVE's last post (April 16 and April 27 although Tigger didnt seem to realize the gap was so big.

Thanks SR. Why dont we just start a new one after this post and you can do the honours of getting it going.

30. April 2007, 06:24:53

ScarletRose

Heck.. ya might as well get going with another story.. I have been too busy to keep up with just my games.. I am getting married in about 6 weeks.. although, I had fun as the others had writing it.. others just didn't jump in and create characters.. it would have been nice if the readers could have felt they could include theirselves.. we try to encourage that.. it's more fun the more you get involved..

One day maybe we can actually get a story complete.. but to those who were writing.. Thanks.. I had fun hope you all did..

Saf Girl.. sorry you felt the need to start up an entirely new story.. shame you didn't just continue on with the current one.. Oh well..

29. April 2007, 19:02:50

Subject: Re: I need imput from this board

Tigger: I am happy either way. As I suggested in a PM, if you want to continue the original story, simply delete all these posts after it so that it is uninterupted and sorry for the confusion.
Thanks

29. April 2007, 19:01:38

Subject: I need imput from this board

Does this board want to end the current story and allow for the new story to continue. Or do we finish the first story? If we choose to end the first story, I suggest we work towards the conclusion. Your feedback is important.

29. April 2007, 18:12:32

Adaptable Ali

Subject: Re: Once upon a time

Tigger: Consider the source thats all i will say

29. April 2007, 17:58:18

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SafariGal: I do pay attention to this board. And I know that starting a new story when the other one isn't finished will simply kill the first story. And likely, the story you just started, will not finish either.

Generally it's up to the starter to finish a story. I can easily add that to the above guidelines. The guidelines are there for a reason. You chose to ignore them. Imagine now if someone else decides to start a new story. Are you ok with that? and then another story starts too. And another.

The rules says ONE story at a time. The proper thing to do is to PM me rather than make up your own rule. And the CURRENT story had an entry the DAY BEFORE you posted a new story. So it was still active.

But go ahead, operate by your own rules here. I still haven't decided what to do about this. Try not to worry as my options are open. I'll let you know as soon as I've made a decision. Trust me that I will do something.

29. April 2007, 16:50:39

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granny2billy: my thoughts exactly granny.
On the other story, the 2nd last post was 11 days prior to the last post. I think that proves beyond any doubt that interest was long ago lost on the original story.

Maybe the moderator of this board should pay more attention to this and form a new rule where at least one or 2 posts per day must be made on one story or else it is toast. There doesnt seem to be any strict guidelines as to how the end of a story is indicated.

29. April 2007, 15:25:37

it is ok, no one seems to be adding to the other story anyway. go ahead the more people that get to tell stories the better.

29. April 2007, 13:38:15

Subject: Re: Once upon a time

Tigger: after skyking continued my thread I thought this was ok.

29. April 2007, 04:23:47

Subject: Re: Once upon a time

Oceans Apart: I tried that in a PM and was ignored. I'm deciding on what to do next. Some people like to make their own rules.

29. April 2007, 03:38:35

Adaptable Ali

Subject: Re: Once upon a time

SafariGal: There is already a story being worked on. Please wait until that story has been completed, before starting another.

27. April 2007, 10:46:02

"oh, the noise and , oh my head! 'Where am I ? what the ...oh my gosh! who is laying on top of me!!!!!!!!! its so dark.., it feels like we are in a car. Robin is trying to stay awake and focuse on what is happening around her. She feels the body, the head...oh its Scarlet! wake up, wake up.HER MIND IS RACING, SHE TRIES TO TALK AND NO THING IS COMING OUT. ..why she asks herself. suddenly the car stops. she lays quietly, she hears the car door then the key in the trunk lock ...the trunk door flys open , Robin is pretending to be asleep but has her eyes open ever so slighlty. "its SALLY! what in the world is she doing with us!!

17. April 2007, 01:09:45

Mineare was listening to the foremans story, when he heard the gravel spin in the drive way. He ran to the barn door and looked out. He barely made out the make and color of the car that sped up the road past the ranch. It was a blue chevy camero, late 80s model. He would have to call that in to his station to run a check on it.

17. April 2007, 01:07:31

After Sally had deposited Scarlet into the trunk with Robin, she drove to the Ranch. As she approached the driveway she noticed a car that she didnt immediately recognize. This was not good, she had to change her plans slightly. Sally pushed her foot on the gas peddle a little to hard and spun the gravel as she left the entrance to the drive and sped up the road toward the other holder place.

17. April 2007, 01:04:11

Sally ran up the stairs, taking two at a time and burst into the bedroom. The yappy little dog was still at her heals. she had to get rid of it. she opened the bathroom door and clasp scarlets hand that was now dry enough, she dragged scarlets lifeless body into the bedroom and closed the door on the yappy little dog. Sally went over to the bed and took the spread from it and layed it down on the floor. She then went over to Scarlet and, using her foot, rolled her onto the spread. She repeated this process several times until she was wrapped up in the spread. Sally picked up Scarlets body, hoisted it over her shoulder and left the room, making sure to turn out the light as she left.

17. April 2007, 00:59:43

Sally knew the ether would keep scarlet under for quite some time, so she closed the bathroom door. She walked through the bedroom, stopping briefly at the mirror to make sure she was presentable, and went out into the hall, closing the bedroom door after her.

Sally made her way down the stairs, the yappy little dog following her all the way. When she came to the bottom their stood a tall handsome cowboy, holding flowers.

Well hello, she said smiling widely. What can I do for you? Matt held out his hand and shook Sally's. Im Matt Jacobs. I have a date with Scarlet tonight, is she here? Oh Matt! I am Carol, Scarlets cousin. I showed up here this afternoon to surprise her with a visit. Scarlet had to run an errand for a sick friend, she said she would meet you at the restaurant. Oh, Matt said with clear disappointment in his voice, I was hoping to surprise her by being early and giving her these flowers. Well, dont you worry about that, I will put them in a nice vase on the table here and when you bring her home later, she will be surprised to see them here. That is a great Idea, Matt said. He handed Sally the flowers and tipped his hat and left. Sally waited a few minutes until she was sure he was gone and then tossed the flowers into the coat closet with glee. She wont be needing these any more.

16. April 2007, 20:54:13

ScarletRose

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granny2billy: Scarlet floated on a raft in the middle of the sea.. the fins of the sharks swam around her. The sun beat down on her tender skin and toughened it with harsh salt water. She lifted her eyes slowly not wanting to wake up.. A monster stared down at her.. One with stringy tossled hair, and yellow teeth. The eyes gazed down glowing a dreadful yellow. The monsters tail crashed the waves and sent a torrent of cold water to shock Scarlet back to life.. if only for a brief moment. Although, as others could see.. she lay lifeless in a bubbly heap on the tiled floor..

Sally slithered around dowsing Scarlets body, chuckling for a bit under her breath.. finally reaching up for a towel. She laid it over Scarlet and knelt down to get a good grip on Scarlets hand.. just as soon as she was down Sally jumped back up in shock when a little black nose found her thigh from behind and startled her. Iggy barked in fright and growled as though to protect her owner. Just then, Scarlets front door swung open down stairs and a large bouquet of flowers came pouring in. A deep voice asked questioningly.. "Scarlet? Scarlet? Are you in here?"

16. April 2007, 17:14:13

When they arrived at the Ranch, they saw a light on in the bunkhouse so they decided that is where they would start. They went up to the door and knocked. After several minutes, no one answered. They decided to check the barn. When they reached the barn, they noticed a barely visible light coming from a stall. Once inside the barn they called out "anyone here?" The door to one of the stalls opened and out stepped Efptoha, the ranch's foreman. Bruce and Mineare walked over to Efptoha and held out their hands to shake. Efptoha shook hands with the Law men and they began to talk. Mineare said "We need some information about the missing cowboys. I know you know something and you need to tell us. We cant let any more men be victimized on our watch" Efptoha looked deeply into both men's eyes. He did not see any of "them" in their souls, so he decided to tell them what he knew.....

16. April 2007, 17:07:01

Mineare and Bruce left the party together. Mineare invited Bruce to stay with him during his stay instead of paying for a hotel. They dropped Bruce's suitcases at Mineare's house and headed up to the Ranch to do some investigating.

16. April 2007, 17:05:14

Dan pryed at the crack in the floor, he couldnt seem to find a hand hold. He looked around the room for something to use as a pry bar. Suddenly he spied a pair of spurs on one of the cowboy boots and went and got it. He dropped to his knees again and began prying at the crack. Just as he hoped he finally got the spur under the crack and the board lifted. Once the first board was up it was easy to pick up the rest. After several boards, dan could see there was ladder leading down into the darkness. He quickly pulled up the rest of the boards and climbed down the ladder. When he reached the bottom, he saw that he was at the entrance to a dark tunnel. Dan was afraid of dark tight spaces, but he knew he had no other choice. He entered the hole......

16. April 2007, 16:57:52

Sally would have to hurry to complete this mission. She wanted to stop by the ranch tonight also, but got sidetracted . Sally took out the bottle of ether and poured a generous helping on the cloth she took from her other pocket. slowly she opened the bathroom door. Sally almost fell backward from the loud screeching noise coming from the shower stall! Scarlet was singing? oh cant be she thought, from the sound of it, she had to have gotten her toe stuck in the drain hole or something. But Alas, no, it was scarlet singing, this would work to her behalf, scarlet would hear nothing or see nothing now, she was so absorbed in her performance. Sally readied herself and ran to the stall, threw open the curtain and pushed the ether cloth into scarlets open singing mouth. Almost immediately scarlet went under, sally struggled to hold the wet slippery naked body of scarlet as she went limp in the shower. Luckily scarlet was a thin petite woman and not to heavy for sally to handle. Sally gripped the slippery Scarlet in her arms and turned to move out of the shower stall. Suddenly scarlets body slipped and she fell on the floor like a limp fish. Darn It, Sally said, sally tried several times to grasp Scarlets arms to pick her back up, but it did not work, Scarlet was all lathered up with soap when sally attacked and was to slippery to pick up off the floor. Sally thought a few minutes on what to do and decided the only thing was to rinse her off first. Sally turned back to the shower and of course Scarlet had a hand held attachment to her Shower head. Sally put the water on full force, COLD, then detached the handle. Aiming directly at scarlet, she opened the valve to the head and ICY COLD water shot out of the shower head directly onto Scarlet's lifeless body on the floor. Sally laughed.......

16. April 2007, 16:46:45

Sally gave Robin an extra dose of ether so she knew she would be out for a long while. she parked two houses away from Scarlets, so not to be detected. when she got to the back door of scarlets house she noticed that the upstairs light was on. This would be a little harder than she expected. She let herself into the back door of scarlets house with ease, scarlet didnt lock her doors, she was a trusting sole. Sally made her way slowly up the stairs and to the room with the light. The door was ajar. Sally peeked in and could see that scarlet was not in the bedroom, but the door to the master bath was closed. Sally pushed the bedroom door open slowly and crept into the room and to the bathroom door. She heard the shower running. She glanced around the room and saw a low cut shimmery red dress laying on the bed, no underwear of course, scarlet didnt get her name for nothing. On the floor was a pair of 4" high Red pointy do me shoes. Sally thought, what a disappointed man there was going to be tonight, scarlet would not make this date.

15. April 2007, 10:32:32

robin slept so deeply that when the wind took a fast try to help her wake up by sucking the back door and slaming it shut startling sally to the point she fell backwards on her bottom! the ole adrinaline was starting to heat up inside her body she creeped into the next room then she saw the trail of robins clothing leading up to robins room. oh this is going to be a piece of cake sally thought as she watched robin slleping so nice in her bed.
sally hurridley poured the ether on to a folded bandanda and slowly held in under robins nose. this was exciting sally thought............then after waiting for 10 minutes she started to swing robin up in bed and over her shoulder. turning shestarted down the stairs and out the back door carfully keeping close to the house and trees . she put robin in her jeep and slowly drove out heading back to town. she had to drive past scarlets house so she eased of the gas and hoped that scarlet was in the back room for at least another 20 minutes.

13. April 2007, 09:28:24

Robin finally drove in her driveway, turned off her car and just left everything in the car except her keys. she stumbled up the stairs to her front door and let heself in. it was soo good to be home! she almost ran up to her bedroom and quickly undressed stepped into a hot shower. she was drying her hair with a towel, she thought she heard a noise but was too tired to go check it out. she crawled into her bed and under the covers and was 'out like a light in two minutes flat'. in the kitchen her back door knob was slowly turning...

12. April 2007, 19:52:46

ScarletRose

Scarlet walked accross the parking lot back to her car still smiling over Robins good news of her father. She was so lost in thought that she didn't see Matt approach her from the left..

"Fancy meeting you here, Matt almost sang as he walked along side Scarlet. It's nice to see you up and about after last night, concidering we had such a late evening."

"Yes.. and that party after getting my crown was definately fun. I always did like the way they restored the Bucking Bronco. The woodwork back then was so detailed a shame they don't continue on with that talent."

Matt spun Scarlet to look at him as he gained the courage. "Will you have dinner with me tonight, Scarlet?"

Scarlet looked up at Matt with a smile "Yes, she said. What time should I be ready to go?"

She wrote her phone number on a napkin she found in her purse.. and wrote out her address as well. They agreed on seven and she bid her goodbye.. She must get on home and find something sassy to wear for the evening. Although, there were still several errands she needed to run before then.

12. April 2007, 08:43:04

sooooooooo happy!!!!! "why Scarlet whats the good news?" "Oh! Robin, I just got off the phone with your mom and found your dad just had a hiatial hernia attach and will be ok! i am so happy for you!" "thanks, yes it is great news well i am just beat i think i will head home. I am going to stay home from work today since it is already 4 in the morning! i will be turning off my cell and phone at home and wanted you to know that since Monday is a holiday I am just going to snuggle in with a good book. I will have two days to myself so don't worry if you don't hear from me ok? They hug goodbye and walk out to each of their cars. Little did Scarlet and Robin know that someone else had a better plan "For Robins Two Day Holiday"

8. April 2007, 07:42:54

Robin called Scarlet the first thing the day after the dance to see how everything turned out before she went home from the hospital. Scarlets phone rang and rang but no answer and her answering machine was turned off as it never clicked on for her to leave a message. So with a sye she started out from the phone booth in the lobby. She almost collided into Scarlet who was running in from the main door. "What........well hi! I was just trying to call you. Then she saw her friends face it was

5. April 2007, 23:07:50

The night grew long and still no one had come back to robin's house. Sally decided that she would have to come back later to finish her plan for robin and scarlet. She had more important work to attend to. She had to follow this feeling that plagued her all night. The felling of THEM.
Sally let herself out of the same door she came into. She had the key now, so she could come back any time.
Sally returned her tools to the trunk of her car and decided to check on Dan.

Driving up the west road toward the shack in the woods, sally drove past the ranch. Most of the cowboys from the ranch were at the post hoedown party at the Bucking Bronco Bar, downtown. Yet she felt the need to stop and look around the bunkhouse. May be one or two of the new hands had stayed behind and she could get a few more tonight.

5. April 2007, 17:18:12

Apaleunicorn

Modified by Apaleunicorn (5. April 2007, 17:20:44)

As Matt reached Scarlet, Efptoha moved back from her. Efptoha had that herd of young horses to bring down to the ranch, and that would take him up the mountain for a couple of days. He thoughts moved to what he would need to take. He had noticed that the big cat had been spending more time near the mouth of the canyon. He left the dance and headed back to the bunkhouse. The feeling of dread came back to him about the bunkhouse, so he decided to spend the night in the barn with his horse. At least the horse would let him know if anybody was trying to sneak up on him........

31. March 2007, 15:33:44

Sally found some cheesecake in the fridge, not Limberger like her mother makes, but it would do. Suddenly Sally felt like she was being watched. She had had that feeling before, when she was in the woods earlier. She knew this feeling, Her mother had told her about THEM long ago. She hoped that they had not discovered her, but now that she had the feeling twice in the same night, she was certain they had come. This would put a monkey wrench in her plan for sure.

31. March 2007, 15:27:29

Sally made her way carefully through the alley way to the back of Robin's house. She knelt in front of the back door and took out the wax from her bag. carefully she filled the keyhole with the wax and after a few minutes she gently pulled it out. Now that she had an impression of the keyhole, she began to compare that to the multitude of keys she had on the ring.

When she finally found one that matched. she put it into the keyhole and turned. CLICK just like clockwork, the door unlocked. The door opened into the kitchen of the house. Sally was careful to keep the flashlight pointed toward the floor so not to alert the neighbors. First she checked the refrigerator to check for snacks, it might be a long wait for Scarlet to turn up to help her friend and she might get the muchies.

31. March 2007, 15:22:08

Mineare stared in amazement, Bruce? is that really you? Mineare and Bruce were cousins and had not seen each other since they were children. Yes Bruce said, I have been looking for you for years. I finally tracked you down to this god forsaken hole in the wall town. How the heck are you?

The two cousins hugged each other fiercely. They had been so close as children. After the accident, they were split apart and lost tract of each other.

So Mineare what great case are you working on now? Well Bruce, I have a case that has been going on for a couple of years now. Every year we have a big spring hoedown and we get new cowboys from the Lone star Ranch that attend. Every year two or three of those cowboys disappear mysteriously. The ranch says they just couldnt handle the work and went home. But I think different.

30. March 2007, 21:28:20

Dan quickly dropped the candlestick and backed away from the hideous pile. He looked around the room and confirmed his earlier findings of no windows, doors or seams in the walls. The walls appeared to be cushioned somehow, probably sound proof, he thought. Dan looked at the ceiling and through the faint yellow light he could see a hole, it appeared to be the remenants of a chimney. He remembered seeing a smoke stack on the side of the house when he came here, surely this could not be the same stack. It appeared large enough for him to crawl through, he just needed something to stand on. Frantically Dan looked around the room for anything that he could use. He started pushing things around, and as much as he hated to disturb the disgusting pile, he pulled on the mattress to look behind it. Under the mattress dan saw a crack in the floor. He got on his knees to examine it closer.

30. March 2007, 21:20:33

Sally reached robin's house, it was dark. good no one was home yet. she parked in the alley directly behind robin's house. she got out of the car and went around to the back of the car and opened the trunk. Inside she had a bag of tools that she kept for emergency repairs on the car. Her father had taught her early in life to be prepared for anything. Including him leaving her and her mother when she was 12. She reached into the bag and took out a crow bar, flashlight, skeleton key ring, can of wax, rope, bottle of ether, rag gag, blind fold and puzzle book.

30. March 2007, 19:22:29