Short intro from the webmistresses: Yet another thrilling adventure for your reading pleasure from all of us over at The Wayne Brady Message Board. Once again, the names of everyone who helped write it are listed above their various contributions. Presenting...
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Mel It had been two long weeks since Wax's plans had been spoiled. The Brady Bunch had decided to spend a week in LA visiting the set of Whose Line and hanging out with the guys before returning home. After their adventure, they decided that it would be the best for everyone to stay put for a while. They went out for dinner with Wayne and Brad, they went bowling with Ryan and Colin, and they went to watch some improv with Greg, Wayne and Brad. Upon returning home, the Brady Bunch relaxed and went back to their normal posting. It was one day, a week after their return, that something odd happened... |
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Linz ...Nikki_Lynn and Linz recieved an email from Wayne:
Dear girls,
"So that's it huh?" Nikki_Lynn said in her IM to Linz. |
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Natalie Elizabeth "I'm here!" Natalie Elizabeth said as she jumped into the room. "Thank goodness you're here Natalie Elizabeth, I haven't seen you in such a long time!" Mel cried, and ran up to Natalie Elizabeth to give her a hug. "I'm sorry I'm late Melli, I was busy with this darn NLS course, which by the way I passed with no less than perfect scores..." Natalie Elizabeth said hugging her back. "Well the Wax troubles seem to be over, now that Wax is dead." Mel informed her. "DEAD?! HOW CAN IT BE?!" Natalie Elizabeth exclaimed, waving her hands about frantically, "You mean I missed everything?!!!!!" "NE, you didn't miss much. It wasn't that fun." Mel said, looking at NE strangely. "Oh. Oh well. Let's watch some of my Whose Line videos until we pass out from laughing." NE suggested, taking the videos (videos as in plural is the operative word since there are so many of them). "Ok. If something comes up, you'll be the first to know.... after me of course." Mel agreed, flopping down on the couch. So they watched the videos.... |
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Nikki_Lynn For awhile after that, things were quiet for the Brady Bunch. With Wax gone for good, they didn't have to worry about evil plots for world domination. But a few days after Wayne's email informing them of Wax's untimely demise, Nikki_Lynn and Linz were chatting in #waynebrady when all of a sudden a new user entered:
*WayneBrady has joined #waynebrady* The Brady Bunch dropped what they were doing and immediatly flew to LA, where they all met up at the airport. Then it was on the the studio to find out what was going on. They arrived at the studio just after noon, and... |
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Linz ...Just as they were about to walk onto the WL set, Brad met them at the door. "Good! I'm so glad you're here!" Brad said. "What's up?" Nikki Lynn asked. "Ryan is missing," Brad said with a worried look, "and he is NEVER gone." The girls gave each other worried glances. "Good thing I kept this," said Linz, taking out Wax's remote, "and made some interesting changes" Linz pushed the button labeled "find Ryan" but nothing happened. "That's strange," said Brad, "my button worked, oh by the way, thanks for last night." "Not now!" Linz responded. "Anyway! Back to the problem at hand!" Nikki Lynn prodded. "Oh right!" Linz pushed some more button to force find. Instead this message showed up: "Wax is dead, it wasn't an accident. The same will happen to Ryan, Colin, Wayne, and that studmuffin fellow too if you don't meet my demands, Brady Bunch." "How'd it know it was us?" Linz asked. "I know everything" the message typed. "Except 'that studmuffin's' real name" Mel joked. "Don't toy with me, you wouldn't want anything to happen to Ryan or Colin would you? I'll keep in touch..." "Great! Just Great! Now what?" Brad said. Well, we need to get everyone together first... |
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Mel Within a couple hours the rest of the Brady Bunch had arrived at the Los Angeles airport. A few members couldn't join them because of work or school, but most were there. Once everyone's plane had arrived, Nikki_Lynn explained what happened and showed the group the message they'd received from Wax's remote control. "Wow! That's really scary," Kathleen said. "It's almost like Wax is haunting us from beyond the grave..." The rest of the group nodded in agreement, silently acknowleding the horrible thought. "Okay, guys. We need to get organized. We could have a very big problem on our hands if we don't do something soon," Mel exclaimed. "That's right," Linz agreed. "As far as we know right now, Colin and Ryan are missing. According to the message we got, *all* of the guys could end up disappearing. We know that Brad is alright because he's here with us right now. But that still doesn't account for Wayne and Greg. And Wayne's the one who contacted us. We should go back to the set and see if they're there." So the Brady Bunch jumped into two vans and hurried over to the set of Whose Line to see if they could learn anything else and find Wayne and Greg. Once arriving, Brad went ahead to try and find his friends. As the Brady Bunch neared the set, they realized that the security guard was there again. The same one there that had been there the previous two times. "Oh...you guys. Just go in already," he said as he ushered them into the building. Despite the seriousness of the situation, Natalie Elizabeth and Holly couldn't help laughing. A minute later they met up with Brad, who didn't look happy. "I have some bad news...and some worse news. What do you want to hear first?....." |
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Nikki_Lynn "Might as well start with the bad news," said Nikki_Lynn. "The bad news is the Whose Line set has been trashed," said Brad, "and no one knows who did it. No one saw or heard anything." "So what's the worse news?" asked Mel. "The police just found Greg's car," said Brad, "But no Greg." "But the message from the remote didn't mention anything about Greg," said Linz. "Where's Wayne?!" Asked Kathleen. "Right here!" called a voice from behind them. The Brady Bunch turned around, and much to their relief, saw Wayne heading towards them. And more amazingly, Greg was with him. "Greg!" shouted Mel, "We thought you'd disappeared, too! The police found your car, but not you!" "I know," said Greg, "It was stolen 20 minutes ago. I just reported it. Sorry to worry everyone." "Well, thank goodness you're alright," said Nikki_Lynn. "So now we have two missing contestants," said Linz, "and possible threats against three more. Not good." Just then, two police officers approached the group... |
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Linz "Mr. Brady, Mr.Proops, do you know these people?" one of the officers said. "Yeah," replied Wayne "They're fans" "Oh right, the TV show group . . . Listen, we have a warrent for Mr. Sherwood's arrest for the attempted murder of Mr. Stiles and Mr. Mochrie." "What?!?" cried Linz. "When did this supposedly take place?" "About 15 minutes ago" said the second police officer looking at his notes. "That can't be! He was with us 15 minutes ago!" Nikki Lynn answered. "Hmmm, we must have a chat with this Trudie that called it in," the officer said. "Trudie? Who's Trudie?" asked Greg as the police officers were putting Brad in cuffs. |
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Natalie Elizabeth "Trudie??" Natalie Elizabeth couldn't help but laughing. Everyone stared at her, with strange looks on their faces. "I'm sorry, but it sounds like such a harlotty name. " Natalie Elizabeth said sheepishly, hiding her face. "Anyways, moving on..." The policeman said, looking at NE strangely. "Aren't you going to take these things off of me?!" Brad exclaimed, wriggiling about in his cuffs, "Man, this is so deja vu." "We can't take you out until we bring you down to the station to get everything checked out. So, if you please, we'll head down to the station and fix everything up. But until then, we need you to stay in handcuffs," the police officer said. The Brady Bunch, along with Greg and Wayne, followed behind the police officer in their rented cars to the station. And the police officer still hadn't explained who Trudie was either. |
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Nikki_Lynn At the police station, statements were taken from the Brady Bunch and from Greg and Wayne, confirming that Brad had been with them at the time the supposed murder attempts took place. The officers released Brad. "We're sorry about the inconviniece, Mr. Sherwood," said one of the officers, "We..." "Look," said Greg, interupting "We know you guys were just doing your job and all, but don't you think we should be under police protection? I mean, two of our friends have vanished into thin air, and we've been threatened as well!" "As I was saying," said the officer, "We feel that it would be in your best interest if we assigned an officer to each of you three. They'll be with you around the clock You girls had better run along home now. The police can handle this." The Brady Bunch looked at each other. "Come on, girls," said Linz, "He's right. We'll just get in the way." "But..." Nikki_Lynn protested. "Come on!" said Linz, "Don't worry Wayne, we'll email you later tonight." The Brady Bunch left the police station, and walked down the street Denny's. "You can't seriously be thinking about going home," Nikki_Lynn said to Linz. "Of course not," said Linz, "But what the police don't know won't hurt us." "I get it," said Mel, "We just pretend to stay out of this mess." "Exactly," said Linz, "Now here's what were gonna do. Nikki_Lynn, you and Mel head for the cyber-cafe. Talk to the Whosers. See if ANY of them has ever heard of anyone named Trudie. NE and I are going to check out the places where Ryan and Colin were last seen. Maybe we can find something the police missed." "Ok," said Nikki_Lynn, "and while we're at it, Mel and I will see if we can get Wayne into chat and find out if he or Greg or Brad have learned anything new. The police are probably keeping them up to date on what's happening." The Brady Bunch split up and began to set there plan into motion... |
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Natalie Elizabeth "So where were Colin and Ryan last spotted?" NE asked as she and Linz exited the police station. "Fitness World."Linz said, going over to the rented car. "A spa?" NE asked, a little amazed. "Fitness World is no spa. It's a health spa. Colin and Ryan have to work out to keep their nice physiques." Linz explained as they headed to the Fitness World. "Oh I see. " NE said, still slightly amazed. "Ello, how can I elp you?" The woman at the front counter asked with a funny accent. "Yes, we'd like to have a tour of you facility." NE asked. "A tour? We do not give tours..." The woman said, a little snottily. "Oh but we want a tour. That's the only way we would know if it's right for us. " Linz lied shamefully. "We cannot give you a tour... we can only offer you one free week trial." "Then we'll take that. " NE said, moving toward the doors to the center. "Well then please sign ere and ere and we'll set you up." The lady brought out two sheets to sign. Linz signed hers "Brushelle Sproute" and Natalie ELizabeth signed hers "Dawnka Shane" just so no one would know it was them and they entered Fitness World looking for clues. |
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Nikki_Lynn Linz and Natalie Elizabeth explored the spa. "It can't possibly be coincidence that both Ryan AND Colin were last seen here," said Linz, "They disappeared two days apart from each other, and both from the same place...Something weird is going on here." Natalie Elizabeth nodded in agreement. They wandered from one room to another, seeing the weight rooms, the saunas, the massage parlors... "Man," said Linz, "This place is great...I'd love to have a membership here..." "Linz, let's stick to the matter at hand," Natalie Elizabeth warned. "Any luck?" asked Nikki_Lynn. "No," said Holly, "No one I've talked to knows anyone named Trudie. "Same here," said Mel,"I think this is a dead end. I must've talked to 60 Whosers in the last hour, and nothing. How about you?" "Same as you," said Nikki_Lynn, "I emailed Wayne, but he hasn't responded yet." Just then, an IM poped up on Nikki_Lynn's screen. It was from Wayne. "Hey guys!" said Nikki_Lynn, "It's Wayne!" (Wayne) Nikki_Lynn! Have you found anything yet? (NikkiB428) No. We've talked to hundreds of Whosers, but no one knows this Trudie person. (Wayne) The police are writing it off as a prank, but Brad and Greg seem to think there's something to it. (NikkiB428) Well, Linz and NE are checking out the spa that Ryan and Colin were last seen at, but we haven't heard from them yet. (Wayne) Man, these cops they assigned to us are starting to bug me. They really like to hover. (NikkiB428) :) Just keep telling yourself "They're just doing their job...". Besides, we'll feel better if we know you guys are safe. (Wayne) *sigh* I guess I can put up with them. Keep looking. I know you guys'll find Ryan and Colin. I better go. (NikkiB428) Ok, bye Wayne. And don't worry. They're fine, I'm sure. "We'll, you heard the man," she said, "Keep looking!" Kathleen, Mel, and Holly went back to their terminals and began the search for Trudie again. Suddenly Mel let out a squeal. "I found something!" she cried. Several people in the cyber-cafe turned and stared at her. Nikki_Lynn and Holly rushed over to see what she'd found... |
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Anon Storyteller Meanwhile, Linz and NE were still at the spa... Walking through the gym, they found it rather ... normal. Like what you'd expect a gym to be. "Well, this is rather boring" NE finally exclaimed, shaking her head. "I was expecting something special. You know, for them. And for the change in physique you see them undergo sometimes." Linz pausing at that comment. Stopping in the middle of the hallway, turning to NE. "That's weird though. Boring? Normal? How often do we run across boring and normal??" NE's eyes widened. "Never!" she exclaimed. Looking more intently around her as they continued to walk on, until they'd walked the entire gym, finding nothing out of the ordinary. Except for one section. The section labelled ... employees only... |
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Linz Well, they couldn't keep their curiosities under control. They pushed open the door, and quietly shut it behind them. "What do you think we're going to find?" Natilie Elizabeth whispered. When she tripped over something. "Look!" Linz said, picking up some file folders "One for each of the guys, it looks like Brad's run in with the police was no accident...those cops are not working for the LAPD!" "We have to get back and tell the guys!" NE exclaimed. When the door opened behind them, they turned around and saw two big burly guys. "Come with us please." NE and Linz turned to look at each other and finally resigned to the fact and went quietly. (NikkiB428) Have you heard from NE, Linz, or Wayne? (MSRMel) No, they were supposed to check in by now weren't they? (NikkiB428) I hope they are OK |
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Nikki_Lynn ...the two very large men who did not look at all pleased with the girls. "Sorry," said Linz, "We got lost." "Sure you did," said one of the men, "You two will have to leave now." They escorted Linz and Natalie Elizabeth out of the building and warned them to leave the premisis before they called the police. "Come on," said NE, "We better go check on Wayne, Greg, and Brad." They hurried to the cyber cafe to meet up with the rest of the Brady Bunch. "Linz!" said Nikki_Lynn, "NE! We were worried about you two!" "Something very odd is going on at that spa," said Linz, "We think the police are in on this...At least the ones we've run into so far." "We have worse news," said Mel, "Wayne hasn't checked in. I emailed Brad, and posted on the USDOM, but I haven't heard from him either." "Great," said Linz, "Now we've lost four of them! Any word from Greg?" Just then, the door to the cafe opened, and Greg ran inside, out of breath, and skidded to a halt in front of the girls. "Greg!" shrieked Mel, "What happened?" Greg took a moment to catch his breath. "I was almost kidnapped, that's what happened," he panted, "Those cops assigned to us were no cops. They got Brad and Wayne!" Linz guided Greg over to a seat and handed him a glass of water. "Calm down, and tell us exactly what happened," said Nikki_Lynn. Greg took a sip of water and then began his story... |
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Linz "Well you see..." Greg let his sentence trail off because he started to choke. "Greg! Greg! Are you ok?" NE asked, while Linz went over to inspect. She sniffed the water, and put a little on the tip of her tongue. "Someone get some Pepto! Fast!" she yelled. "Why?" Mel asked. "Just do it!" Linz said, just then she remembered she had one of the tablets in her pocket. "Here, chew this, quickly" Linz said, panicked. Greg did so, and was able to breathe again. "Thanks, I don't know what happened" Greg said. "I do," Linz said "someone wants to do you guys harm for some reason. If you would have blacked out, you'd have had amnesia for a great deal of time. I knew I shouldn't have ordered anything here." "You must have seen something you weren't supposed to." Mel said. Linz and NE exchanged worried glances. They knew this meant they were next. "We need you to tell us everything, Greg," said NE trying to calm everyone, including herself down. "And from now on, we’re staying together!" Linz added "We’re dealing with someone that wants to do much more harm to the guys than Wax." Linz handed him her water bottle, after testing it first. So Greg proceeded to tell his story... |
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Mel "Well," Greg started before taking another sip of water. His throat was still so dry and sore, "Here's what happened. Brad, Wayne and I all decided to grab something to eat. We hadn't eaten much since yesterday and we decided it would be best if we went to get some food." The Brady Bunch nodded as if to coax him on. Holly couldn't help noticing that Greg didn't look so good. "So we decided to go to Wendy's to get some fries and burgers. We each drove in our own cars, but the damned 'police' were with each of us." Greg paused to cough and then took another big gulp of water before continuing. "When we got there the three of us ordered fries, burgers and drinks. We went to a booth in the far side of the restuarant so we could talk without being overheard by anyone else. However, the cops didn't follow us. They kind of loomed around near by." Again Greg had to stop to catch his breath. He started to cough more this time and he looked flushed. "Are you okay Greg?" Nikki_Lynn asked. "Yeah," Greg managed to croak out, "I'm fine." The Brady Bunch exchanged glances but didn't say anything else. "So Brad and Wayne eat their food up right away. I wasn't feeling all that hungry and so I only had a few sips of my Pepsi and a couple fries. And as Wayne and Brad and I were talking, I noticed how the police were watching us strangely. Then I noticed something strange...." Suddenly, in mid sentence, Greg went into a coughing fit and it got so bad he had trouble breathing. "Greg...what's wrong with you?" Mel demanded. He could only shake his head. After breathing heavily for a moment, he found his voice again. "I...I saw one police man whisper something to another one. Then the second guy went over to one of the people working there and handed him a small yellow envelope. After that...the guy came back, and talked to both of the other cops there. They looked in our direction at that point they hurried out of the restaurant in two different directions. So...so I got out of the booth and headed towards the back door....." |
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Nikki_Lynn Before Greg could finish his sentence, another coughing fit assailed him, much worse than the previous ones. Greg gasped for air and started to black out. Linz caught him as he fell. "Greg!" shouted Linz. By then, Greg had stopped coughing, but he was unconcious and his breathing was very shallow. "Someone call an ambulance!" cried Mel, but Nikki_Lynn was already dialing. Linz grabbed a sweatshirt that someone had left draped over the back of a chair and slid it under Greg's head. She put a hand to his forehead. It was cold and clammy. Just then, the ambulance arrived. "What happened?" asked the EMTs as they lifted Greg onto a stretcher. "We don't know," said Nikki_Lynn, "One minute, he was talking to us, and the next he started coughing and passed out." "We think there may have been something in his drink earlier," added Linz. "Alright," said the EMT, "Would one of you like to ride with him?" "I'll go," said Holly, "You guys be careful." "Holly, wait," said Kathleen, "Take my cell phone. Keep us up to date, okay?" Holly nodded and took the phone, and then climbed into the back of the ambulance. The Brady Bunch watched the ambulance as it drove off and then... |
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Anon Storyteller ...caught onto something very bizarre. "If that's an ambulance, a normal ambulance, headed for the hospital..." Nikki_Lynn asked curiously. "Then WHY doesn't it have it's sirens on???" Mel responded. The entire group catching onto the situation immediately. Staring after the so-called ambulance before... |