Brian entered the code into the backstage door of the Skydome, opening the door to pitch blackness.
"You know, I really wish it wasnt night time out.." Brian said. Brian grabbed Taras hand, who was right behind him, and held onto it tightly to make sure nothing was going to happen to her. Nick would want Brian to protect her.
"Do you really think he is here?!?" Tara asked, then tripped over a box on the floor. Brian helped her up, and then kept walking.
"Our dressing room is right over here, around this corner" Brian said, leading Tara to the room. When they got to the dressing room, Brian shut the door and then turned on the light.
"ahhh thats better!" Brian said. "We should find a flashlight or something"
Brian went looking through some lockers, while Tara looked around the shelves.
Tara walked over to the bench, and saw Nicks jacket.
"Hes here!!!!" Tara said to Brian, who came running over to the bench.
Brian picked up Nicks jacket, and checked it out.
"its in good condition.." Brian said. "Here, you hold onto it for him. It might make you feel better"
Tara put on Nicks jacket, which smelled like him, and she hugged the jacket.
"Here we go!" Brian said, pulling out a flashlight from one of the drawers in a desk.
"Lets go find Nick!" Brian said, grabbing Taras hand again, and leaving the room.
As they entered the pitch black hallway, Brian turned on the flashlight. An hour later, Brian and Tara were still searching, no luck at all.
Karine sat down in the middle of the hallway, waiting for Alex. it had been an hour and fifteen minutes since AJ left, and he was supposed to be back 55 minutes ago. Karine knew something had happened to him. Karine was soo nervous and scared, that she didnt want to go searching around incase the killer did something to her, however she wanted to find AJ!
Karine stood up and started to walk around again, in the dark, by herself with no light to guide the way. Tara and Brian were coming down this long hallway which had a turn at the end. Karine saw a light coming towards the corner ahead of her, and got scared because she thought it was the killer. Karine slid herself into one of the rooms offside the hallway, and she saw that is was Brian and Tara.
"GUYS!!" Karine said loudly.
"Karine?!?!" Tara asked.
"Yeah its me!!" Karine said.
"Karine, what are you doing here?!?" Tara asked nervously.
"We were cold and Alex forgot his jacket here.. and when we got here we saw that Nicks jacket was in the room, and we KNEW that he was wearing it when he left.. so he has to be here somewhere! And then AJ and I seperated to look for Nick, and we were supposed to meet at this one place 55 minutes ago.. and hes not back yet! Something's happened to him also!" Karine said, upset.
"We'll find them.. dont worry!!" Brian said, giving Karine a hug.
"Lets go!" Brian said, and then their small group moved onwards.
"Hey.. we havent checked the stadium area, that much" Tara said.
"Yeah, lets go check there!" Karine said. Brian led the girls to the stadium area. As soon as they entered, they saw the light up in the box areas.
"shhh" Brian said, and then pointed the light to the girls.
"We gotta get up there" Tara whispered to Brian.
"Yeah.. I know how to get there.. but we gotta be careful. We have to SAVE them, without getting ourselves into trouble with the killer" Brian whispered.
"What should we do then?" Karine whispered.
"I have a plan..." Brian said, and then whispered his plan to the girls.
"SOMEONE will find us!!" Nick said to the killer.
"No ones going to find you.. by the time the workers will be here tomorrow morning, we will be gone!" the Killer said.
"I KNOW that people are looking for us RIGHT NOW" AJ said.
"Shut up or I'll make you shut up!! You've given me enough trouble already!!!!" The Killer said. Nick looked at AJ, and then started talking him.
"I TOLD YOU TO SHUT UP!" The killer said. Nick looked at the man, and then shut his mouth.
Brian, Tara and Karine approached the room and looked inside.
"Theres Nick and AJ" Karine whispered.
"Ok.. lets do our plan. Girls.. hide over there, and when the killer comes out.. you go in and untie the guys!" Brian said.
"I'll keep the killer occupied.." Brian said.
Tara and Karine hid in the box beside the one the boys were in, while Brian went down to the end of the hallway, and started bouncing a basketball.
Inside the room where the boys were, the Killer suddenly heard the basketball.
"What the hell is that?" The man said.
"Sounds like a basketball.." Nick said.
"shut up"
The man ran out into the hallway, and saw the basketball rolling towards him from the end of the hallway. The man ran down the hallway, and looked, no one was there. Suddenly, another basketball was heard down the new hallway.. and the man went off on the wild goose chase.
Tara and Karine slipped out of their box and entered the one where the boys were.
"SHHHHH" Tara and Karine whispered, when they boys saw them.
Tara ran over to Nick and untied him, while Karine untied AJ.
As they were about to exit the door, A young woman stood infront of them.
"And where do you think YOU are going?" Marissa said, shutting the door behind her so Tara, Nick, Karine and AJ couldnt leave.
"Oh My God" Karine said in shock.
Brian arrived back at the box, thinking that he lost the trail of the man. Brian opened the door to the box and walked in, seeing Marissa standing there, trying to keep everyone in.
"What the.." Brian said, and Johnny Wright stepped in from behind.
"Well well well.. what do we have here?" Johnny said, looking at the group of five.
"Johnny, how could you have done this to us?!?" Brian asked.
"WHY!?!? Look what you have done to me!!! You took the Backstreet Boys away from us, and dropped us as your management, stealing millions of dollars away from me!!" Johnny said.
"That was OUR RIGHTFUL MONEY!" Brian retaliated.
"Well it doesnt matter now, Im going to get my SWEET revenge on you guys" JOhnny said.
"And as for me.. I wanted to ruin AJ's life! I tried to get you back.." Marissa said to AJ "But you wouldnt take me!"
"You dumped ME!!!" AJ said in return.
"Wait a second.. where does N SYNC come into this?" Tara asked.
"Well you see, since Backstreet Boys did this to us, and we were exposed, N SYNC was in the origins of taking their business away from us also" Johnny said.
Tara, Nick, Karine, AJ and Brian all stood in the middle of the room, with Johnny and Marissa blocking the door.
Brian picked up a hockey stick from the floor, and held it in his hands, thinking of what he could do with it.
Johnny pulled out a gun from his jacket, and held it up.
"I never wanted it to be this way..." Johnny said.
"It doesnt have to be" Nick said, trying to stay calm, and make Johnny change his mind.
"Ive had enough from you!!!! See ya, kid" Johnny said, and then he shot the gun at Nick. Tara screamed as Nick fell to the ground. Nick had been shot in his chest, luckily for him it wasnt a deadly shot, it hit no organ, just ripped thru muscle and was bleeding alot, and hurt like hell.
Tara ran over to Nick and bend over to him, crying because of what happened. Tara took off Nicks jacket, and her sweater, now only wearing a T Shirt and jeans. Tara bunched the sweater up and placed it on the area where Nick was bleeding, while he laid on the floor, helping her hold the sweater down.
"And as for you..." Marissa said, taking the gun away from her dad, and then pointing it at AJ.
All of a sudden, the police jumped into the room and hit the gun out of Marissas hand.
"Your under arrest for the murders of Howard Dorough, Joey Fatone, Lou Pearlman along with many other charges that will be declared to you" Mike said, as he handcuffed Marissa, while the other officers handcuffed Johnny Wright.