Summary: Nancy never seems to be happy except when she is on a case. That is until she get a case where the lives of two of her friends are hanging in the balance. She was used to working side by side with the Hardy boys to solve cases. Now she has to find them before it's too late.

Warning: Nothing for this chapter

Disclaimer: I don't really know who owns Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys, but it's definitely not me.

AN: Sorry that it took longer than normal to come up with something for this chapter. I tried a lot of things to get out my writers block and none of them seemed to work. I even went to the library and checked out the only Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys Super Mystery they had. It just made me sad though because I didn't like it as much as the originals.

P.S. The same warning that I had for the medical stuff, I also have for the legal stuff. I am a type A personality who sings in the church choir and still reads Nancy Drew books. Obviously I've never been to jail except for a field trip in government class. So please cut me some slack on the legal stuff.

4 days later

Four days later, Nancy, Fenton and Carson were going over the details of the trial while Joe and Laura were at the hospital.

"Have the prosecutors finalized the charges on Anderson?" Nancy asked her dad as she was looking over a copy of her testimony. Fenton and Carson had just come back from a meeting at the police station with the rest of the prosecuting team.

"I think that we finally have," replied Carson. "We've decided to officially charge him with attempted murder, 2 counts of 1st degree kidnapping, 3 counts of assault with a deadly weapon, 2 counts of misdemeanor assault and 1 count of extortion." Nancy was taken aback when she heard this. If all of those charges stuck, then Anderson would easily get life in prison, possibly without parole.

"Wow. That makes me feel sorry for the poor people he attacked," came from a voice towards the front of the house. Nancy whirled around to see Laura walk in, followed by Joe pushing Frank in a wheelchair.

"Frank! Your home!" Nancy exclaimed as she ran to give him a hug. She was careful not to hurt Frank any more, but she was just so glad that he was home.

"Mom convinced the doctor to release him, and then we wanted to surprise you," Joe explained to Nancy, Fenton, and Carson, who had all abandoned their work to welcome Frank home.

"Well, this is the best surprise that we've gotten in ages," Fenton said. "Come on, we should probably go in the living room so Frank and everyone can get comfortable."

"But Frank likes the wheelchair so much," Joe said sarcastically to tease Frank.

Frank rolled his eyes at his brother and retorted, "Yeah, just as much as you liked that ambulance ride." When Joe started to protest, Frank just laughed and said, "Nancy told me about how badly you tried to get out of a ride. At least they didn't sedate you like they threatened." Joe looked at Nancy with a look that read betrayal. Nancy just laughed.

"Hey, he was in the hospital. I had to give him some ammunition against you." Nancy ended with a sweet smile. Joe obviously didn't buy her act cause he continued bickering with his brother. Nancy just stood back and watched them for a second. Never in her life had she met siblings who acted so natural with each other. At some times they teased each other mercilessly, but Nancy knew that they would always have each others back.

"We have cake and iced tea." Laura Hardy called from the living room. It took Frank and Joe less than ten seconds to stop arguing, hurry into the living room, and start eating. Nancy followed them into the living room, and she too managed to put away a few pieces of Laura's chocolate cake.

"Are these the notes for the trial?" Frank asked Carson when he noticed the files that they had been working on.

"Yes. After tomorrow I have to go back home to River Heights until the trial, so I wanted to go over everything we have," Carson answered. Nancy was kind of sad that her dad would be leaving. It had felt nice to have that support again from him, but Nancy knew that Carson couldn't afford to miss any more work. She also knew that she wouldn't be able to stay at the Hardys all the way up to the trial, but she was planning on staying as long as her medical leave would cover. She figured that she could probably stretch it out a few weeks but would never be able to make it the full two months until the trial began. Besides, Nancy doubted that she could go that long without solving a mystery anyway. In fact, Nancy couldn't believe that she had actually gone five days without itching to get a new case. It was a personal record for her.

While Carson was explaining to Frank about all of the information they had compiled, Nancy noticed the mail truck go past the house. Ever since Anderson had delivered Joe's fingernails through the mail, Nancy could sense apprehension in Fenton and Laura whenever it came. To spare them the trouble, Nancy decided to go get the mail herself while everyone else was socializing. When she opened the mailbox, she found it stuffed. She could tell that most of them were get well cards for Frank, but went through them to make sure that there wasn't anymore nasty surprises for the Hardys. What she found made her hesitate for a few seconds on the front porch steps.

It wasn't a threatening letter from a physcopath. It wasn't even annoying junk mail. It was simply a card sent to Frank Hardy from a Ms. Callie Shaw. Nancy had no idea why a nice card from a friend of Frank's was making her so upset. She knew that Frank and Callie had once dated seriously, but they had broken up before Nancy had even met the Hardys. Nancy decided that she was being rediculous and went back inside with a deliberate smile on her face.

"I hope you don't mind that I got the mail for you." Nancy asked the Hardys as she walked back into the living room. Since most of it was for Frank, she placed it in his lap before retaking her seat next to him on the couch.

"Of course we don't mind. It was very thoughtful for you to go get it." Laura reassured Nancy as Frank started opening all of his letters. Callie's letter was near the bottom of the pile, so it took Frank awhile to get to it. As he started to open it, Joe noticed who it was from and snatched it out of his hand.

"Hey! What's the ex-girlfriend doing sending you a get-well card?" he asked.

Frank snatched it back before Joe could open it. "We're still friends and I almost died. I think a card is appropriate." Nancy couldn't help but notice how Frank's cheeks started blushing. Suddenly, the last five days seemed to catch up to Nancy and she felt completely exhausted even though it wasn't much past dinner.

"All of a sudden, I'm feeling really tired. I think I'm going to bed early tonight." Nancy explained as she got up and quickly left the room.

"Are you okay?" her father called out after her.

Nancy turned around and replied, "I'm fine. I just need to get some sleep."

AN: I wanted Frank out of the hospital, so he is. I tried to write another hospital scene, but then realized that they didn't really have anything left to say at the hospital.