Friday Afternoon, Nora’s Government Class:
April knocks on the classroom door before entering. She walks in and spots Nora sitting at her desk checking over papers.

“Mrs. Midnight, can I speak with you, please?” April hopes the information she has for Mrs. Midnight was right.

Nora looks up when she hears April’s voice. She knew April was one of the girls in school that got bullied because she came from a poor family.

“What’s on your mind, April?” Nora puts her grading pen down.

“I have some information for you on those cars you asked some of us about.” April had gone with her father to a car show and spotted the cars.

“Oh? What did you find out, April?” Nora pulls her note pad over to her.

“They belong to the Ionita brothers. One of the cars was at the antique car show over on Plum And fifth at Big Roy’s burger restaurant.”

“You said one of the cars was there?” Nora looks at April.

“Yes ma’am, I took a picture of it.” April pulls her cellphone out of her backpack and shows it to Nora.

Nora looks at it and it was the car that chased her down. She saw that April managed to snap a picture of the license plate. She writes the number down. She hopes it belongs to the car and not a stolen license plate.

“Thank you, April.” Nora smiles at April. She liked April.

“You’re welcome Mrs. Midnight.”

“April, how have things been going for you in school? Are you still being picked on?” Nora was concerned about her.

“Sometimes, Mrs. Midnight. Some of the older girls keep making snide remarks about my clothes and the fact I don’t wear any of the brand names like everyone else.”

“Don’t let those girls get to you, April. You’re a beautiful young woman and smart. If they keep bothering you, come and tell me.” Nora would hug April, but she couldn’t.

“Thank you, Mrs. Midnight.”

“Any time, April. Here, is the money I promise for finding out the information.” Nora pulls the money out of her wallet that she promised.

“Thank you, Mrs. Midnight.” April accepts the money. It was enough to buy the new dress she has been wanting and the shoes to go with it.

“If you ever need anything, April. Come and see me, okay?” Nora looks sternly at April.

“Yes ma’am.” April tucks the money away, before leaving the classroom.

Nora waits until April has left the classroom, before calling her friend, Lieutenant Hardcastle at the Memphis police department.

Memphis Police Department, Special Investigations:
Detective Hardcastle leans back in his chair and laced his fingers behind his head. He just got finished solving a cold case that has been sitting on the shelf for the past twenty years. Every cold case he has worked on, he has solved. It also helped, that he possesses a unique skill that gave him an advantage over his other co-workers.

As he is enjoying his victory of closing the case. His cellphone starts ringing. He pulls it out of his pants pocket and notices it was Nora Midnight’s number. He presses accept “Nora, what’s on your mind?”

“I need a favor from you, Tim.” Nora has known Tim for a long time.

“The last favor I did for you, almost got me killed. Remember, those two Iranian spies you needed to find?”

“Yeah, and I did say I was sorry, but that was a very important case. This one is important but safer, I hope.” A sly smile appears on Nora’s face.

“You hope?” Tim raises an eyebrow.

“Yes, I hope. I need for you to run a name, license plate, and a car.”

“Alright, send me the information. Is there anything else?”

“Yes, there’s a student in my class that is being treated like a redneck stepchild. I was wondering if you could talk with her and find out what is going on, please. She won’t tell me, but I know how good you are with teenage girls.” Nora knew Tim has a daughter and how well the two of them got together.

“You’re asking a lot, my old friend.”

“Hey, what are friends for?” Nora had a playful smile on her face.

“Moving furniture, painting my house and helping out in the garden and so on.”

“Well, next time you need something like that done. I’ll bring my children and wife to help out.” Nora knew Tim didn’t know she got married or had children either.

“You got married? Who’s the unfortunate woman?” Tim knew Nora was a lesbian, ever since she was a teenager.

“Ha! Ha! Very funny. Her name is Kelly and she’s a paralegal. She’s working on the Hamlet case.”

“Oh, boy! That is a big can of worms and there is a lot of important people that can get burned from it.” Tim felt sorry for Nora’s wife.

“Speaking of burn, someone set fire to the law office my wife works at. Any ideas who might scoop that low?”

“No, but if it was done by a professional, you're going to have a hard time proving it. Let me do some snooping around.” Tim figures with his gift he might be able to help.

“Okay, well I have to go. I’m sending you the information now. Let me know what you find out.”

“Will do, Nora. You keep yourself safe.”

“I will.” Nora ends the call.

She finishes the papers and grades she was working on, before calling it an evening. She puts all her school stuff into the tote bags she keeps them in and heads towards her car. Nora hears the engine of a motorcycle coming towards her. She turns around while dropping her totes and her purse. She spots a figure coming towards her and raising its arm. She jumps out of the way, as a bunch of bullets flies by her, striking the ground right where she had been.

She reaches for her gun that she normally keeps on her hip concealed, but realizes, she left it in her purse. She waits for the shooter to come back around again. She reaches for one of her totes and grabs her government book.

Bullets strike the ground near her. She takes the government book and throws it like a frisbee towards the shooter. The book hits the rider but doesn’t do anything to them.

“DAMN!” Nora moves out of the way again as the rider shoots where she is.

Nora spots April and she was directly in the path of the rider. She starts running towards April and tackles her to the ground. Just as she was tackling April, the rider fired one more time at her. Several bullets hit Nora in her back, near her left shoulder.

April looks up into Mrs. Midnight's face as she laid on top of her. She hadn’t realized that she had walked directly in front of the motorcycle rider.

“Mrs. Midnight, are you alright?” April was worried about one of her favorite teachers.

Nora felt that she had gotten hit but didn’t want to move yet. She looks down into April’s face “I’m not sure, April.”

Several teachers and students come running over to Nora and April. One of the teachers saw that Nora had been shot “don’t move Nora, you’ve been shot twice.”

The teacher looks at April “are you okay, April?”

“Yes ma’am. How is Mrs. Midnight?”

“She’s been shot, April. So, you’re going to be stuck under her, until the ambulance arrives.”

“Okay, Mr. Lewis.”

Several minutes later, the ambulance arrives and move Nora off of April. The bullets were still lodged inside her body. They move Nora carefully and put her in the ambulance.

“Nora, I’ll gather your things and brings them to the hospital.”

“Okay.”

The ambulance leaves and takes Nora to the hospital.