He was wondering why she wasn’t picking up the phone and so he called her at work but there was no answer. He hoped she got his message and wasn’t at home waiting for him. Marlena walked through the park and to the east side. She walked over to a bench to wait for John. She looked at her watch which read 8:11 but still no sign of John. She heard a noise from the bushes behind her and got up to look. “John, is that you?” Marlena asked.
Marlena went closer but no one was there so she turned around. At this moment someone grabbed her face from behind with a cloth and she fell back into their arms as she struggled against them. It was almost 11 o’clock before John got off of work. He drove his car back to the penthouse. When he walked through the door it was dark and he reached to the side and turned on the lights. “Doc?” He yelled up the stairs while putting his briefcase down.
John walked over to the telephone to see if Marlena got his message. He noticed the message wasn’t there and assumed she got it. He started to walk up the stairs quietly assuming that she had fallen asleep. He walked into the bedroom to see that the bedroom was empty and the bed was still made. He started to get suspicious at this point. He walked back down the stairs. “Doc, are you home?” He yelled throughout the house but there was no answer.
John looked out the balcony down at the parking lot to see that Marlena’s car was still in her space. He walked back into the penthouse and called Marlena’s work again but there was no answer. “Doc where could you be?” John said to himself in confusion.
Marlena woke up on a couch in a cabin of an airplane. She got up slowly and forgot what happened for a minute remember being in the park. “Oh no, where I am.” Marlena said.
She looked around the cabin and tried to get into the cockpit but the door was locked. She was afraid of what she feared most had happened again. “I see you’re up.” Said a voice from behind “Stefano.” Marlena said turning around. She looked into his eyes with horror. He had done it again; he had taken her away from John. John was now frantic looking around town for Marlena. Where could she be at this hour he thought to himself? He went into the Brady Pub. “Shawn, have you seen Marlena.” John said walking up to the bar. “No, why is she missing?” He asked. “She wasn’t there when I got home, I can’t think of where she would be.” John told him. “Well its past midnight, I don’t know where she could have gone at this hour.” He told John. “I know I just hope nothing happened to her.” He said.
Back on the plane Marlena was terrified. “You’re not going to do this to me again Stefano, not this time.” She told him. “Oh Marlena now why do you always try to fight this, this time John has no idea where you have gone too, and this time I will make sure he does not find you.” Stefano told her getting closer to her. “Don’t come near me, John loves me, he will stop you.” She told him. “No Marlena, no one can ever stop me, your mine and John will never have you.” He told her. “You think that but me and John is soul mates and no power can separate us.” Marlena yelled back at him. “Never, John will not be able to find you I told you, he will be a little tied up.” Stefano said with an evil grin on his face. “What do you mean John will be a little tied up, are you going to try and kill him, oh wait you’ve done that haven’t you, and you didn’t succeed.” She said back. “Oh no I do not plan to kill John but even better.” Stefano told her.
Marlena had a look of confusion on her face. What was Stefano going to do to John?
John is still in the Brady Pub calling a few people asking if they have seen Marlena and none have. “Have you tried calling Marlena at the penthouse again?” Shawn asked. “Yes and no answer.” John said getting up off his seat. “I think I better get going, I’m going to take a drive over to the hospital, see what they say.”
John walked out of the Brady pub and into his car. He started the car and began driving to the hospital.
Marlena was still trying to find out what Stefano was going to do to John but couldn’t think of anything. “Even if you take John away from me I will still not ever be with you.” She told him furiously. “We’ll see about that.” Stefano said.
Marlena turned away from him now thinking about the last few weeks with John and how everything was perfect with them. “Stefano don’t do this to me again.” She turned around and said to him. “Marlena, I am never going to give you up, accept that, I will make you happy.” Stefano said to her. “No, JOHN will make me happy.” Marlena said back to him.
While John was driving he heard a police siren and pulled to the side of the road. The police car pulled up behind him. John wondered why he got stopped; he wasn’t going over the speed limit or doing anything wrong. The police officer walked next to the car window as John let the window down. “May I see your license sir?” The police officer asked John. “Yes, may I ask what I did wrong?” John asked what he did wrong. “Mr. John Black I see.” The police officer said. “Yes. You didn’t answer my question, what did I do wrong.” John asked. “Please step out of the car sir.” The police officer said ignoring John’s question.
John did as he said. John was aggravated now as he put his hands up against the car. “Okay will you answer my question?” John said.
He didn’t answer John’s question though. Instead he toke out a weapon of some sort and knocked John out with it.