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The Art Thief's Taunt. (LunarWolf & Guardian Angel)

Aaron could hear the pained cry although he was turning his full focus to his sister before he was giving a nod. It was time to go. She made sure that she had her bluetooth in her ear, which was held into place by the hat that she was wearing over her head and soon enough she was on the move, already heading off into the museum. The male was directing her around the guards and towards the room where the painting was.
 
Crystal finished her food and after setting her dish in the sink she settled in on her couch and laid her head back letting out a soft sigh before closing her eyes as she tried to rest and relax as the next day was going to be hectic. Little did Crystal know that she would be getting a call about a robbery once the guards and officers noticed that the painting was missing.
 
Kailee was managing to get through the museum and was snagging the painting away. She was flashing a peace sign at the camera and was soon enough heading off swiftly enough. And the guards didn't even know what had hit them, not even once thinking to make sure that the painting was still there. The only thing that had been left behind was another note that stated 'Too easy. Lets make it a challenge next time.'
 
Crystal was awoken several hours later when her phone rang and after picking it up she started cursing up a storm it seemed that they had finally checked on the painting and that it was now missing as well. Crystal called a taxi as the pain meds made it so that she couldn't drive. Crystal grabbed when she needed and headed to the museom she hoped that this time they would have soemthign new or that this time they had made a mistake
 
The same officer that had been at the mansion the day before was there again that day speaking with a few of the guards. They hadn't spotted anything unusual at all. And everybody was trying to figure out how they had managed to get in without being noticed at all. Other than they had figured out that their security system had been hacked.
 
Crystal walked up and looked at them "would someone like to expalin to me how the hell this painting was stolen" Crystal was more then a little pissed and since she was a little stoned it was keeping her from trully going off
 
This had one of the guards just shaking their head before they were stating that they had no idea at all, and was just showing her the message that had been left. There was a small breath escaping from one of the officers before he was stating, "These thieves.... or this thief.... they are skilled."
 
"very but I am begining to think it is more then one" Crystal looked around nothign else was taken and they had evaded the cops and guards at every turn which wasn't possible if they were alone" Crystal then asked to see the security footage as she was curious as to if the cameras had caught anythign at all
 
When Crystal did watch the cameras she would find that they had captured something, and that was the black clad thief flashing a peace sign straight at the cameras. And they were signing something in sign language. 'Better luck next time' was the only thing that they were signing before they just seemed to be disappearing. Intentionally done at their end, and the only thing that they would get from zooming in on the person was that they had brown eyes. And they couldn't tell if it was a male or female with how they were dressed. Even how they walked didn't help at all. Yet again if anybody knew the twins on a high personal level.... they would know that they had learned how to act as one another. Kailee knew how to become Aaron and vise versa.
 
Crystal growled and then looked at the cops that were actively on duty and not called in like she was “I want every frame examined and I want the whole system gone over with a fine tooth comb find us more images” Crystal looked at the screen and frowned “you won’t be taunting us for long” Crystal then headed back out she needed to be rested and focused in the morning and that meant getting a decent nights sleep. Crystal looked over the notes she was given while she waited for the cab she had called to arrive. Digging her phone out Crystal looked at the two notes left at the scene and she couldn’t help but wonder if they had been written by the same person or not they looked similar but she wasn’t a forensic specialist who studied hand writing
 
Who would have figured that the person who was driving the cab at the time happened to be that of Aaron, not that Crystal would really know that. Not with the black wig that he was wearing to cover up his blonde hair and he was also wearing a set of contact lenses to hide blue eyes. Although this gave him the appearance of having green eyes versus blue eyes. "Where are we headed?" he was questioning after the woman had climbed into the car and just kept the car in park so that he could enter in the address. As he was doing this, Kailee was back at their home.... their families mansion actually and was just hanging up the newest painting that had been collected. After that she was taking a few steps back and was just looking throughout the portrait room, at all of the blank spots on the wall. "Still so many more to find and collect." she was speaking in a soft voice, a huff escaping her lips.
 
Crystal looked at him and gave him the address to her apartment complex. She then leaned back and rubbed her head as she could already feel the headache brewing behind her eyes
 
Aaron was entering in the address and started to drive. Although what Crystal wouldn't notice at first was the strange smell that was within the cab, not until she started to feel sleepy. Yet by the time she did notice it would be far too late and she would already be fast asleep in the backseat. When that happened, the GPS was being shut off and the male was driving to another location to ditch the taxi cab and get her moved into a different vehicle before heading home with her. The woman was bound tightly just in case she did happen to rouse before they got back, but he didn't think that that would happen.
 
Crystal slumped in her seat and when he went to tie her up he would find the her one arm didn’t work like it should. He would find that he had to fight to get her arm to move where he wanted it. When she did wake up Crystal was going to be in a lot of pain and she would have a hard time getting her arm to move
 
Within the next half an hour, Aaron was arriving back at the mansion and was getting the woman inside and down into the basement where he had a room set up for her. At the time he still had on the disguise to make sure that if she did wake up, she wouldn't be able to tell who he was as easily. Once she was in the room he was leaving to go and check on his twin, who seemed to be asleep in the middle of the portrait room, papers scattered all about her. Looking into potential clues of where to find the missing portraits. He gently stroked her hair before he was carefully picking her up to take her back to her room.
 
After a couple hours Crystal woke up to find that her arms and legs were bound and that she couldn’t move. Needing to figure out what was going on and where she was Crystal wiggled and rolled until she hit the ground. With a pained cry as she landed on her bad shoulder Crystal moved until she was sitting up on the ground and looked around the room she was in. It hasn’t taken her long after waking to know that she wasn’t at home simply because she never wore anything around her shoulders to prevent being unable to move
 
Soon after she was waking up the door was opening although it seemed to just be a servant that was coming down to check on her, on orders of Aaron. "The master wanted me to come and pass on the message that you can be freed from your binds. But there is a condition. You need to sit and listen to his story." the servant was speaking when she saw that the young woman was awake.
 
Crystals eyes shot to the female “you employer will be lucky if I don’t arrest him for kidnapping” Crystal was in pain and furious and in no mood to listen to anyone at that point
 
"Then I guess you will remain here for the time being." the servant was speaking although she was perking up at the ear piercing scream that was heard. This had her giving a soft breath before she spoke, "Oh it seems the young Miss woke up with another nightmare." The portraits that had been stolen... had been taken directly from the mansion a number of years ago. And when Crystal was able to walk around she would recognize the mansion, she would have been there as a cop at one point in time. A rich couple had been brutally murdered within their own home; and at the time their daughter had witnessed it all. Their son had been away at a friends house at the time; while the daughter had been at home recovering from being sick.
 
Crystal moved and tried to work one of her arms free of the bindings so that she could get the rest og the bindings lose and escape. Crystal had heard the scream and while she wanted to find out what was going on and why the hell she had been grabbed. Crystal worked and managed to rub her arms raw in the process but it didnt seem like she would be able to get free of the bindings at that time
 
After a little bit a couple of servants were coming down and her ankles were at least freed so that she could walk, and she was being taken through the mansion and into the portrait room. The room that she would recognize, along with a number of the paintings that were there. At the time the black haired male who had driven the taxi was sitting on the couch with the blonde haired female from the restorer's place, using his lap as a pillow. It wasn't long before he was taking off the wig to reveal the blonde haired male that had been there. "As you were told we are Aaron and Kailee. What you weren't told was our surname. Valentine. We are the children of Victoria and Mathias Valentine." Aaron was speaking as he stroked his sister's hair gently. "Four years ago our parents were brutally murdered right here within this room, and my sister witnessed it all. After they were murdered all of their art was stolen away."
 
Crystal glared at him "that is no exscuse for theft or kidnapping if you have the paper trail proving that you are the rightful owners the courts would get in volved" Crystals arm was throbbing but she suspected that until they were certain that she wasn't going to run or turn them in that she would remain bound and locked up.
 
"We don't trust the courts, or the police. They briefly investigated our parent's murder and was then giving up, and it was being considered a cold case almost right away." Aaron was speaking after a moment in time before he was stating that they had gotten the courts involved, they had given proof that they were the owners yet nothing had been done.
 
"you didn't go to the right department then each precinct has different departments and the front desk won't always help the young thinking they are lying" Crystal had just been starting in the department when she had learned that and had had a row with her captain on it. "I can help you but you have to help me in the process"
 
"We went to every single department personally. We had even gone to the police chief and took it up with the court. And none of them did anything. So we decided that if they were going to do anything.... We were going to take back what was stolen from us in the first place." Aaron was speaking before he was looking down at Kailee when she seemed to rouse and she was just mumbling something, which had him giving a faint chuckle.
 
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