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Aug-10-2009 07:47

Have you ever considered that you would chase a suspect 80 days,all around the world? That would be amazing,right? Well,it happened to me and some friends of mine. It all started back,80 days ago of this day....

I was just relaxing in my chair,when Joseph Zeo came walking in. "How ya doing Vulkie" and Joseph shaked my hand. "I'm doing fine Joseph. I've got some great Cuban cigars from Camille,out of Costa Rica. Have one" I replied.

As Joseph was looking for a big cigar,the phone began to rang. "Detective Vulkie,private eye,how may I help you" as I said in the phone,while looking at Joseph.

As I heard more and more information,Joseph saw my face turning into despair and trouble. Then,I hung up the phone and told Joseph what I heard.

"We need to catch a guy. The only trouble is,he's disappeared and his wife says that he likes to travel around the world. He left a note for her,saying the first city he was going to visit was London. His wife can't life so long without him,since she is terminally ill. She has 80 days left..." I said to Joseph and his face also began to turn.

"Nah,I don't know. Travelling is not what I like. Unless,I get a great sum of money and personal expences are covered."

As I told Joseph the amount we could get,his face began to turn happy and he immediately packed his suitcases. But first things first. We needed to check the apartment of the man. His name was Gregory Louson and his wife Laura,was desperate to find him. She heard that I solved many cases (already a 1000 cases) and that I could probably find him.

So,Joseph and I went to the apartment...

Sep-4-2009 11:17

Heimlich immediately ran to the foyer and saw us. "Hey all. This must be a new person?" Heimlich asked curious,pointing to Riza's direction. "Yes,what happened?" I asked. "Seems the diamonds are being stoled at the moment" Heimlich said and we saw someone rushing outside. "Louson!" Joseph yelled,pulled his gun and ran outside. "No GUNS!" Anais screamed and at the word of "Guns",everybody began to yell and stayed on the floor.

"Great!" I yelled and Heimlich,Anais,Riza and I followed Joseph.

Just as we were outside,the royal family came by. "My god" I murmered,with my pistol in my hand. "The queen!" I yelled and we quickly ran past Queen Juliana and her guards. The guards immediately gave chase.

Louson was quick though. He began to run towards the canal,started a motor boat that was prepared there and "fled" through the canals of Amsterdam.

Joseph also managed to get a motor boat and Heimlich,Anais,I and Riza got in the boat and we gave chase.

It was like a kind of labyrinth (don't know how to spell the word) chase and we stayed on Louson's trail.

"We're losing him!" Heimlich said and Joseph just gave more gas. "Hold on!" Anais yelled and we flew 20 meters in the air,because of a small ramp,over a "small bridge",crashing in the water,which disabled our motor. Joseph tried to start and Louson yelled : "See you in Spain!" and so,Louson escaped,again.

Dont you just hate that people? Having a chase,but your "vehicle" turns on you. Well,this was day 12 and it took us two days to travel to Spain...

Sep-5-2009 00:32

(btw,Heimlich just pm'd me with a nice update. It must be queen Wilhelmina,not Juliana. Juliana became queen in 1948,so Wilhelmina was it for that time!)

Sep-5-2009 12:33

((LOL, Heimlich is a very good historian! He knows more about your own country's history better than you... actually, probably better than all of us :-P ))

Day 15 - Madrid

The group had been searching for a while but there was still no sign of Louson.

"I think he had tricked us. I don't think he's even in Spain." Anais sighed.

"Yeah, why would he tell us where he'd be going anyway?" Zeo agreed.

"Maybe he tried to taunt us. Maybe he thinks that we cannot catch him even if he told us exactly where he is." Vulkie said.

"Spain is an awfully big country..." Riza remarked and walked on by. "While we are here, why don't we go see a bull fight?"

Heimlich frowned at the idea but too many people agreed and they ended up purchasing tickets to Las Ventas del Espiritu Santo bullring. The place was packed for the day due to a final fight by a famous and retiring matador. The crowd was cheering and anticipating the exciting fights up ahead. Just as the matadors marched into the ring, Zeo noticed at the audience on the other side of the ring, a very familiar looking hat with the Yankee logo on it...

Sep-5-2009 13:31

Heimlich stood up & drew his gun, "It's my fault that he escaped last time. Let me handle this."

Vulkie pulled him back down, "No guns you lunatic! We don't want to kill the guy! We need to capture him!"

Heimlich's expression changed to confusion, "What? We need to take him in alive? Have you all lost your minds? Clearly this is a man who doesn't want to be taken alive! He tried to kill you!"

Riza spoke up, "If he doesn't want to be captured, then why does he keep telling us his location?"

"He seemed very nervous when I mentioned Joseph's name," Heimlich responded, "and seems to be toying with us. He seems to enjoy the chase, but doesn't want to come close to getting close. He enjoys outsmarting us."

"He won't be expecting us here," Anais said, "we can go over there and arrest him right now!"

Heimlich nodded, "Right, and as I said before I will take care of it. The rest of you remain here. We don't want to spook him." With that he stood up and walked away from his companions.

He slowly made his way around the arena among the screaming fans. Are they cheering for the bull or the matador? It was a thought he preferred not to ponder too much. He finally found himself in Louson's section and could see the Yankees cap on the man's head. He slowly crept up behind him, undetected due to the roar of the crowd. When he was about a foot behind him, he drew his gun and pressed it to the back of his head.

"Don't move Louson! Your little stunt is through!" Heimlich ordered, "You're under arrest!"

Louson let out a whimper before shouting out, "¿Que es ésto?"

Heimlich lowered his gun and spun the man around. He was of medium tone with a black mustache and was obviously not Gregory Louson.

He felt someone grab him from behind, "No Mr. VonVictor, detective extraordinaire, it is you whose little stunt is done!" Heimlich felt himself being pushed forward towards the edge of the ring. Before he could stop Louson, he grabbed him and hurled him into the ring."

Sep-5-2009 13:41

The crowd began to scream,as they saw Heimlich fall into the bull ring. "Heimlich!" I yelled and I immediately jumped into the ring.

The bull caught sight of Heimlich and was speeding at him. Heimlich tried to get his gun,but Louson whistled and said : "You won't need this,VonVictor. You shall be a souvlaki in no time (Souvlaki is a Greek meat dish,meat sticked on a stick xD)

As I ran to the bull,I passed the matador,grabbed the coat and fired a shot from my gun.

The bull immediately turned to me and began to charge. Heimlich immediately jumped into the ring and watched how I "exhausted" the bull.

Joseph,Anais and Riza yelled at me : "Don't do it Vulkie! It's too dangerous!" ,but I didn't care. I had no one to care about anymore.... Except... Except my friends...

Just as I realized that moment,the bull passed me and I flew to the left sight,unconscious for 5 seconds. As I immediately opened my eyes,I saw Joseph entering the ring,distracting the bull.

"Joseph. Get Anais,Riza and Heimlich safe! I can run the bull easily out!" I screamed and Joseph nodded and did so. Everyone left the arena,even the matador.

And so,I ran for the exit,with the bull behind me. The chase began. I barricaded the exit,by shutting the door,but that gave me a 10 second delay. The bull immediately rushed behind me and so I ran through the streets of Spain,with a bull behind me...

"Great",as I thought while running,"why isn't this happening with men?!"

Sep-5-2009 13:53

For 3 minutes,I was running. Taking a left,taking a right,taking an alley,crossing a busy street. But the bull wouldn't give up. It was as if he was determined to get me,no matter what.

I was almost out of energy,I couldn't run anymore. But then,a horn sounded and Joseph turned up at the end of an alley,with a car,shouting : "Over here!".

The bull stopped and I also stopped for a few seconds,catching my breath. Slowly,I looked over my shoulder and saw that the bull was beginning to have a last charge,to make it final. It seemed as if he knew that I was exhausted.

And so,the 10 seconds began. I began to run,as if it was in slowmotion. Step for step,I ran and ran,and the bull also ran.

50 meters. 30 meters. 10 meters. It seemed like an eternity. But then,I made a jump towards the car. Heimlich and Anais catched me,got me in the car and Joseph drove away.

As I was seated in the backseat between Heimlich and Anais,I turned around,to see the bull standing there. Suddenly,a truck came up and hit the bull. It didn't move anymore... "Poor animal" I murmered and everybody was a bit shocked to see me still alive.

"You didn't tell me you could run like that. Seems that all that liquor you drink seems to work" Joseph said and gave a smile in the rear mirror.

I laughed. I just laughed. I made it out,alive,just barely.

"This Louson fellow is crazy!" Riza almost yelled and I nodded. "Crazy,but genius. He wanted to get rid of one of us. It must've been Heimlich,since he's new. But it's me he's after. It's me... I took the case,he wants me..." I said and Anais nodded.

"Heimlich,you alright?" Joseph asked. "Well,I will need a drink. A brandy or something like that. I'm a bit shook up at the moment" Heimlich replied, and so, the five detectives departed for a hotel.

Well,that was day 14,a "special" day. We rested for one day,making the new day number 15...

Sep-11-2009 18:22

I kept watch during the night while the girls slept in case Louson came calling, but must have dozed off sometime. It was still dark when I woke up. The others were still asleep and it was very quiet. Unusually quiet for Madrid. As I walked to the hotel room door I heard a soft footfall outside. I froze. Drawing my gun, I eased up against the side of the door, and threw it open, ready to shoot whoever was outside. There was no one there.

A soft clink sound came from the ground at my feet. “What’s that?” said a cheerful, curious voice loudly into my ear. My breath stopped as I jumped and whipped the pistol around. “Anais, I almost shot you AGAIN! What the heck is wrong with you?” Completely ignoring me, Anais went over and picked up the bottle of brandy lying on the ground. “Hey Riza, you been drinking again? You know you’re not supposed to, after what happened last time. Remember when I had to…”

Anais was cut off by the sound of people running, their footsteps getting louder each second. The boys approached at the door breathless, guns drawn. “Footsteps, bottle at the door, Anais…” I grumbled. My eyes flashed at her, daring her to continue the story. I turned around to go back inside, clearly annoyed. The boys shared a look and lowered their guns. Joseph grabbed the bottle of brandy from Anais and walked into the room, saying, “You guys woke us up for brandy? Well I guess I could use a little drink to wake me up.”

Sep-11-2009 18:23

As Joseph lifted the bottle to his mouth, the bottle exploded into a million pieces of glass and wine drenched his front. Heimlich stood across the room, holding a smoking gun in his hand. The shot woke Vulkie, who had been sleeping peacefully before, and made her fall sideways out of her bed and onto the floor.

Joseph, too stunned to even speak, stared with a shocked expression at Heimlich, blood dripping from his hand where the glass had cut it. “Don’t you know better than to drink a bottle of wine that you have no idea where it came from?” Heimlich strode over and, grabbing the front of Joseph’s shirt, carefully sniffed it. “Poison,” he deduced grimly. Anais and Vulkie gasped, looks of horror on their faces. “Well, at least we’re all safe now,” Anais whispered, “Right?”

As I plopped down on the bed to think about what had just happened, I felt like someone was watching me. I looked up and saw a man at the window, staring at me. It wasn’t even a half second before I was over there and had him in a headlock, my gun to his head. “Who are you? Are you working for Louson? Answer me!” I screamed.

Sep-12-2009 02:12

"No! Don't shoot me! Don't shoot, cuáquero!" The man begged with a strong Spanish accent. Heimlich walked to the window and grabbed onto the man's left hand. Without hesitation he bent the man's middle finger backwards. The sound of cracked bones followed by a scream pierced through the night. "Now you tell us what the nice lady over here just asked you."

"Nice lady?"Riza eyed Heimlich cooly and smirked before turning back to the man, "Now are you ready talk, or should we do another one?"

"No! Nooooo!" The man whimpered. "A man in a Yankees cap had paid me 3000 Pesetas to fetch you the bottle of wine. He said he's off to Cairo and wanted me to make sure at least one of you have drank the wine before i leave."

"Louson wanted us to find this guy." Anais jumped in.

"He wanted us to know where he was going next, and give us a little 'present' along the way."

Zeo's head was pounding as if a hedgehog was trying to come out "What wrong?" Anais looked at the thin detective and noticed that his nails were turning blue.

Heimlich dashed over and examined Zeo, then he cursed under his breath. "The poison from the wine must have seeped into his blood stream when the glass from the bottle cut his hand. Thank goodness it was only a trace amount."

"I'll be fine." Zeo replied weakly, let's head off to Cairo as soon as we can.

Sep-12-2009 04:06

Zeo being "almost" poisoned. I being chased by a bull. Heimlich being thrown into the bull ring.

It was getting too far people. Louson was touching my friends and it hurted. The only thing I cared for. My dear friends... My dear,very dear friends....


Anyhow,let's get back to the story. Heimlich turned up the next day,with a newspaper. With some "help" from Anais,who could understand a bit of Spanish and read a bit of Spanish.

"Seems Louson has stolen a "Picasso" painting. Unfortunately for him,it was a replica. He doesn't know it yet. But there have been precautions made" Anais said.

"He's becoming famous now..." Joseph murmered. Joseph still wasn't well,the poison has weakened him. We brought him to the doctor,immediately after we noticed that Joseph wasn't well and Heimlich said that he "slightly" had some poison in his veins...

The doctor told us,that Joseph needed rest and within 2 days,the "poison" would be gone. So we waited... And so,it turned day 18 when we departed for Cairo.

It took us 3 days to reach Cairo. Luckily,Heimlich,Joseph and I had access to Cairo and we could "smuggle" Anais and Riza with us.

"Bloody pirates" I murmered and the gang nodded.

And so,we arrived in Cairo...