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was shifting around in her chair, her eyes moving anxiously over the crowd. Once again, she was fingering the little gold cat on her necklace. “I think we should get out of here,” she said with a shiver. “This place gives me the creeps.”
    Just then Mike leapt out of his chair, nearly toppling the sodas off the table.
    â€œWhat’s got into you?” Jessica asked, moving out of his way.
    â€œThere’s Dennis!” he shouted, pointing past the stage.
    Nancy jumped up and looked in the direction Mike was pointing. Before she could catch a glimpse of Dennis, though, the lights went off and the whole club went black.

Chapter

Six
    N ANCY REACHED UNDER the table for her purse. She rummaged inside, pulled out her penlight, and pointed it in the direction Dennis had taken.
    Even in its dim light, though, Nancy could see that the boy had disappeared. Mike was standing by the edge of the stage, and Ned and Josh were next to her.
    When the lights came back up again a few seconds later, Mike took off in the direction where Dennis had disappeared. Nancy, Ned, and Josh were right behind him. They pushedtheir way through the crowd, back by the club’s dressing rooms, and outside. Nancy’s first instincts were right, though. Dennis appeared to be gone.
    In the parking lot Mike shoved a hand through his hair and sighed.
    â€œWe’ve lost him.”
    â€œMaybe he doubled back and is inside,” Nancy suggested.
    â€œI don’t think so. We all saw him take off this way,” Ned pointed out. “He’s not here.”
    Nancy didn’t like giving up, especially when they’d come so close to finding Dennis.
    â€œWe can look around inside,” Mike agreed, “but I don’t think we’re going to find him.”
    Back inside the club, Nancy and the others looked for any sign of Dennis. Ned went off in one direction while Mike and Josh checked out the dancers and people sitting at tables in another direction.
    When they all met back at their table, Beth asked Mike if he’d found anyone who’d seen Dennis.
    â€œNope. We struck out,” Mike said with a frown.
    Peter Henley came by just then. Nancy asked him if he’d spotted Dennis around the club.
    Peter shook his head. “If he was here, Ididn’t see him,” he said. With that, he went off to dance with a girl with bleached blond hair and spiked black boots.
    â€œWe might as well get out of here,” Mike told Jessica and Beth. “We’re wasting our time.”
    â€œIt took you long enough to figure that out,” Jessica muttered. She and Beth both seemed relieved as they got to their feet.
    â€œComing?” Mike asked Nancy, Ned, and Josh.
    â€œI think we’ll stick around for a while,” Josh said.
    Mike shrugged. “Good luck,” he replied. He, Jessica, and Beth hurried out of the club after asking Peter if he wanted a ride home. He shook his head no and continued dancing.
    â€œWhat do you think Dennis was doing here?” Ned asked when the three of them were alone.
    â€œMy guess is he came to talk to someone,” Nancy offered, her eyes scanning the crowd. “From the way he took off when he saw Mike, it didn’t seem like he was here to have a good time,”
    â€œShould we start asking around to see if anyone here knows Dennis or Rachel?” Ned wanted to know when the three of them were alone at the table.
    â€œSounds good to me,” Josh answered. “Nancy, you’d better stick with one of us.”
    Ned’s eyes sparkled as he watched Nancy react to Josh’s innocent remark.
    â€œI’ll be fine on my own,” she said pointedly.
    Josh looked at her in surprise, then a grin broke out across his face. “Sure. Sorry, Nancy.”
    She smiled. “No problem. How about if you guys take opposite sides of the room while I cover the middle?”
    Ned gave her a salute. “Yes, ma’am,” he