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Linz ...Kathleen rushed over to a pay phone and dialed her cell phone's number. "Dang it! They disconnected it!" she said. "So now what?" Nikki_Lynn asked. Linz pulled out the remote. "Now if only I could remember the 'must locate' search..." she said, thinking out loud. Linz pushed a few buttons and an image appeared in front of them, split into 3 sections, the first showed Ryan and Colin tied up back to back with gags in their mouthes, the second, Brad and Wayne in a glass box-type thing, and the third, Holly and Greg in the back of the ambulance. "Well, now we know they're all alive," Nikki_Lynn commented. Just then the picture faded to black as the remote in Linz's hand started to short circuit. Linz dropped the remote and stepped back as they watched it disintergrate. Kathleen jumped as the pay phone next to her rang. "Hello?...uh, ok, just hang on a sec. Linz, it's for you." she said as she handed over the phone. "Hello?...what?...but I...wait a sec!...you can't...I won't!...but...hello? Hello?" "What's going on Linz?" Nikki_Lynn asked. "We've got a big problem, but I need to go, I'll be right back" Linz said disapointedly. "We're coming with you!" Kathleen said. "You can't...Just talk to the other Whosers, see if they can help at all..." Linz sighed as she left. "Who was on the phone?" Nikki_Lynn asked Kathleen. "I didn't recognize the voice, but it was fairly high pitched..." The girls ran after Linz as they realized what happened, but it was too late... |
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Nikki_Lynn A car pulled up in front of the cyber cafe, and Linz got in. The car sped off before the Brady Bunch could reach it. "What is going on!" Nikki_Lynn screamed in frustration, "And where's Mel?" Kathleen glanced back towards to cyber cafe. Mel still sat at the terminal. Nikki_Lynn followed Kathleen's gaze and hurried back inside. "Mel? What's up?" said Nikki_Lynn. "I was trying to tell you before, but Greg kinda interrupted" said Mel, "I found someone who's heard of Trudie!" "So? Who is she?" asked Kathleen, almost frantic. "Well, according to the respose I got," said Mel, "Trudie is the name of this spoiled little rich brat who tried to buy the Whose Line contestants. Full name is Trudie Markson." "Uh...You're kidding, right?" said Nikki_Lynn. "Seriously," said Mel, "Apparently she made a dead serious offer to ABC to BUY Ryan, Colin, Wayne, Greg, and Brad. I know it sounds weird, but the person who gave me this info is an ABC exec!" "So what? What is she gonna do with them," asked Kathleen. "I'm not sure I want to know," replied Nikki_Lynn, "But you saw Brad and Wayne on the remote before it disintigrated. That thing they were in looked like a..." "Like a display case!" shouted Mel, "Oh my God...You don't really think someone would actually do something that sick, do you?" "Mel, we just spent a large amount of time dealing with Wax. You know...the guy who tried to take over the world by turning Wayne into a horse? Face it...Sick seems to be our business at the moment," said Kathleen. "Guys, guys..." said Natalie Elizabeth, "Let's not get into an arguement here. The guys need our help." "Right," said Mel, "Well, if this Trudie is as rich as my source says she is, then she could've bought off just about anyone in LA! We're really on our own on this one." "So let's get busy," said Kathleen, "Natalie Elizabeth and I will get online and find out everything there is to know about Trudie Markson." "Alright," said Mel, "Me and Nikki_Lynn are gonna head back to Fitness World. Somehow, that place is tied in with all this. If Linz comes back tell her what's up...If not...well, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it." "Be careful," said NE, "There are a couple of really big guys there who don't like people snooping around." Nikki_Lynn and Mel left NE and Kathleen at the cafe, and headed off to Fitness World in the hopes of finding something... |
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Holly ...that would make some sense. So far, not much has. "Hey!" she called to the medic in the front. "Why aren't you using the siren? This is an unstable medical patient, and we're in downtown LA." As an EMT student, she knew the protocol. "Wait a minute," she looked at the medic next to her, "This isn't an Oxygen mask. Oxygen tanks are green. This tank is black!! What's going on here?!?" Just then, the man leapt at her, and before she could scream, a cloth with a strong-smelling odor was over her mouth. Instantly, she blacked out. "What are you two doing back here?" the snooty woman at the desk demanded. She pressed a button on the desk and the door behind her opened up. The two thugs who had escorted them out before entered the room.... |
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Nikki_Lynn "But we weren't here before!" shouted Mel. "Oh..." she said. She turned aside and said quietly to herself, "It was the other two..." "What?" asked Nikki_Lynn. "Nothing, I thought you were someone else," she said, "What can I do for you?" "We'd like a trial membership please," said Mel. "I'm sorry," said the woman, "We've reached our limit this week. If you aren't members you'll have to leave. Boys?" The two men moved toward them. "You don't have to do that. We're leaving," said Nikki_Lynn. She and Mel walked outside, and began to walk around to thier rental car in the parking lot behind the building. "Now what?" asked Mel. "Now we do a little breaking and entering," said Nikki_Lynn, pointing to an open window on the second floor... |
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Linz Meanwhile, in the car, Linz was not too happy. "You know, you're not going to get away with this!" She finally said. A voice through a speaker said, "Oh but I have, and I will continue to as well!" "Look, what do you want from me? Just let's get it over with so I can have the pics!" Linz said disgusted. Just then, the car stopped, and the burly guy who was sitting in back with her got out and sat in front. "What was that for?" Linz said, feeling a tingle in her body. "I don't want anything FROM you, I just need you to complete my plan." Just then Linz felt a sharp pain to her neck, and she blacked out. "Look at this!" Mel said. "Is that Linz?" Nikki_Lynn responded. "And Ryan and Wayne?" They gave each other worried glances and continued into the room, unknowing of what they would find... |
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Nikki_Lynn "Ya know," said Nikki_Lynn, "It's not so bad..." "What's not?" asked Mel, as she groped blindly around the dark room. "This pic of Linz and Wayne and Ryan," Nikki_Lynn replied. "What do you mean it's not so bad?" said Mel, "They're doing the Macarena in bunny suits, for crying out loud! And what's up with the Redi-Whip? That's just sick!" Nikki_Lynn sighed, "But Ryan looks so cute in the bunny costume..." "Can we stick to the matter at hand?" said Mel, "Besides, if those pics ever got out...well, I doubt that Linz would be too happy..." "Alright, alright," said Nikki_Lynn, "Where are we anyway?" "Looks like an office," Mel replied, as she flipped on the light, "Ok, you check out the records on the computer, and I'll go through the filing cabinet." Nikki_Lynn sat down at the terminal and began going throught the files. After a moment she gasped. "What?" asked Mel, looking up froma manilla folder. "Guess who owns Fitness World," Nikki_Lynn said staring at the screen. "Trudie Markson," Mel stated flatly, still staring at the folder, "Wanna hear something even more interesting?" "Sure," Nikki_Lynn said. "Looks like Trudie's got some kind of living quarters underneath Fitness World," Mel replied. "Could that be where the guys are?" asked Nikki_Lynn. "I think it's a definate possibility!" said Mel, "Let's call Kathleen and Natalie Elizabeth at the cafe and tell them to get over here!" Nikki_Lynn reached for the phone on the desk, but as she picked it up, she saw a shadow pass in front of the office's door. Suddenly the doorknob began to turn. Nikki_Lynn and Mel looked at each other and dove beneath the desk just as... |
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Linz ...The door opened. "Look! I want no more snoopers around here! I know those girls that were with them earlier are going to want their disapearences explained! Beef up security!" said a young girl, with thick glasses and a very expensive outfit that seemed to glow of gold. The two men that were following her nodded on the way out. "Now let's just make sure everything is going smoothly," said the girl as she typed a few characters into her computer. Nikki_Lynn and Mel could see several pics flashing across the screen, including two that perticularly scared them, Linz in the back of the car and Holly and Greg in the back of the ambulance. "Hmmmm, now where are those other two? They must have left the cyber-cafe . . . no matter." As she typed more into her comp, Nikki_Lynn squinted to see a tracking device on the screen that was locating the girls, she searched frantically on everything she and Mel were carrying and found a little blue flashing light, she stuck it on the bottom of the girl's chair and signaled Mel to follow her. They went back out the window and watched the girl. But just then, a shadow was cast over them... |
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Mel Back in the ambulance: When Holly finally started to wake up, her head was pounding and she was breathing heavily. She tried to lift her head but found that it took too much energy. So instead, she just continued to lay where she was. As she attempted to open her eyes, to see where she was, her vision was blurry and the world seemed to spin around her. So Holly closed her eyes again and tried to concentrate on something, as her mind seemed to wander and wouldn't focus on one particular thought for more than a few seconds. Five minutes later Holly was able to open her eyes and focus on her surroundings. She quickly realized that she was still in the ambulance on the floor. And that Greg was with her, but he was still knocked out. It was moving along quickly, but there didn't appear to be noise from traffic outside the vehicle. As Holly managed to sit up, she heard voices coming from the front of the ambulance. "How much longer until we get there Jim?" a man with a squeaky voice asked. "Shut up David," the other man replied in a husky voice, "We're almost there. They still asleep back there?" "They should be boss. I loaded up the big guy with tons of the knock-out gas. The girl got enough to last us," David responded confidently. "Go check would ya?" "Do I have to Jim?" David whined. "Just do it. Or else I'll use some of that gas on you." Holly quickly lay back down and closed her eyes. She tried to maintain steady breathing as the door opened and she heard footsteps enter the back of the ambulance. David walked around and looked around. He brushed past Holly, kicking her in the arm. She managed not to cry out. There was no movement for a moment. "Jim...the guy's still asleep." David called out. "And the girl?" came the reply. Holly heard David walk up to her and she could feel his breath as he bent down. She kept her eyes shut tightly and forced herself to concentrate on a happy place and not on what was happening right at that moment. David took her pulse and then stood up. It only lasted 10 seconds, but to Holly it felt like 10 hours. "She's asleep too," David said as he went back to the front. After waiting for over a minute, lying completely still, Holly decided it was safe to open her eyes again. She sat up and realized for the first time that she could see Jim. He was a largely built man with light brown hair. Suddenly she heard a large sigh come from Greg, who was on the stretcher beside where she was sitting. "Greg?" she whispered, moving slowly over to him. "Are you okay Greg? Can you hear me?" Holly attempted to get on her knees, but as she did, she accidentally knocked something with her feet. A tray went crashing down behind her. David and Jim both turned around in their seats and Holly found herself face to face with her kidnappers... |
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Nikki_Lynn "Damn!" yelled Jim, "She's awake! Grab her!" David climbed into the back of the ambulance and grabbed Holly by the arm. "Ow!" yelled Holly, "Let go!" Holly struggled and fought as hard as she could, but realized she'd never get free that way. So, when David turned to Jim to say something, Holly bit down on his arm until she drew blood. David screamed in pain and released his hold on her, as Jim turned around to see what was going on...a definate error on his part because in doing so, he took his eyes off the road. The ambulance swerved sharply, and everything inside was jolted forward. David was thrown off his feet and into the cab of the ambulance. Holly managed to grab hold of Greg and keep him, and herself, relatively stationary. She closed her eyes tightly and held onto Greg as the front end of the ambulance made contact with a large tree. When she opened her eyes, she could see Jim and David lying unconcious in the front of the ambulance. Suddenly, Greg moaned, and his eyes fluttered open. "Greg," said Holly in a shaky voice, "Are you Ok?" Greg blinked, and then turned towards Holly. "I think so," he said, "What just happened?" "It's a long story," said Holly, "I'll explain as soon as we're far, far away from here." Greg started to sit up, but immediatly groaned and lay down again. "God, I'm dizzy," he said, "I don't think I can stand." "Come on," said Holly, "I'll help you. We have to go now!" Holly slide an arm underneath Greg's back and lifted him into a sitting position. She knew she probably shouldn't be moving him, but there was no other choice. She helped him climb out of the ambulance, and struggled to support him they walked as quickly as possibly down the road... Nikki_Lynn looked up just in time to see one of the guards they had met earlier standing over her with a heavy-looking club raised to strike. Then everything for her went black. The last thing she heard was Mel screamming... |
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Mel When Nikki Lynn awoke she could hear a high pitched laugh pulsating through her brain. Her head was sore and she had an obvious bump on it that stung when she touched it. Opening her eyes Nikki_Lynn awoke to find Trudie standing over her, squealing like a little pig. "Oh God. Please tell me I'm in hell," Nikki_Lynn cried out and then started to rub her throbbing forehead. "Nope, you're wrong. But I can make it just as bad for you." Trudie shook her head and continued to laugh. She was an irritating kid and Nikki_Lynn didn't know if she could stand that horrific laughter much longer. As Nikki_Lynn sat up, she looked around and found that she was still in the office that she and Mel had been in before. Suddenly she realized that Mel wasn't with her. "Where is Mel? What did you do to her?" Nikki_Lynn demanded. Trudie stopped laughing then and just smiled wickedly, pacing around the room. "Oh...she's...*fine*" Trudie muttered and laughed. "Just fine...." Linz was still asleep in the back of the car. She hadn't moved for over half an hour. As the car continued to drive, Murphy (the driver) suddenly noticed something up ahead. It looked like an accident had occured. At first he decided to just pass the people on the side of the road. But as he got closer, he realized that it looked like an emergency vehicle...an ambulance. Murphy slowed the car and stopped on the side of the road. As he got out of the car, he realized that the ambulance was no ordinary ambulance. It was... "Jim? Dave? Is that you guys?" Murphy called out as he hurried over to the destroyed vehicle. Before going to the driver's side, he ran to the back and looked inside. There lay an empty stretcher and a huge mess of medical equipment. Murphy let out a curse before running to see if the driver and passenger were all right. "Hey guys? Are you there? Are you okay? Wake up you pile of crap!" Murphy exclaimed and slapped Jim lightly. For a moment Jim didn't move at all and Murphy thought he might have been dead. Then he groaned and lifted his head. Amazingly enough, the airbag had prevented much injury to Jim. "Oh man," Jim moaned. "What the hell happened?" He grabbed his aching head and tried to stop the incessant pounding. "They're gone Jim," Murphy told him. Jim turned slowly to look at Murphy. "What do you mean *gone*?" he demanded. "I mean, gone. Vanished. Nowhere to be seen." Jim shook his head and let out a curse. David also started to awake at that time. "So where did they go? How could they have gotten away?" Jim asked fiercly. Murphy shrugged his shoulders. "All I know is, we gotta find them and...." Murphy was suddenly interupted by a car starting behind him. He turned suddenly and realized that someone was in his car and was about to drive away. As he ran towards his car, Linz put the car into drive and stepped on the gas..... |
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Babs ...screaming at the top of her lungs, "Ten points for hitting evil henchmen!!!" Murphy jumped out of the way just in time. "Dangit!" Linz said hitting the steering wheel. Well, just as well." She didn't want to mess up her kharma, after all. Now all she had to do was find the others. First, she'd check the cyber-cafe, then, if no one was there...well, she'd just have to see then... "Come on, Greg! We have to keep moving before those two...creeps...wake up!" Holly urged the ever-tiring Greg. "I...can't...go...much further." Just then, the most horrific thing appeared before them! "I can't believe it!" Holly shrieked, accidentally dropping Greg. "But...I thought...Oh my GOD!" she screamed.... |
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Holly ..."Wax!! I thought you were dead!" she screamed. "C'mon. Do bad guys ever die? Really. Not even on soap operas. I thought you girls were smarter that that. How DID you beat me anyhow? Never mind. I just needed to buy some time to get my new plan together. This one is a beauty." "How did you manage to get all the way back here? " "I found myself a supporter on the Internet a long time ago. I've kept them on the backburner until the right time. Looks like the bells are chiming now." Holly looked incredulous, "You mean you have a Sugar Daddy?" "What do you think I look like? No, more like a Sugar Baby. Speaking of which.." He looked at Greg... |
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Nikki_Lynn ...she's been looking forward to 'meeting' you." Wax laughed hysterically, as Holly struggled to lift Greg to his feet. He was still in pretty bad shape. "Don't worry," said Wax, "He'll be fine in a few hours...I can't say the same for you, though. I think you'll find that the final demise of the Brady Bunch is going to be particularly unpleasent!" Wax seized Holly by the arm and dragged her to a car parked in the brush alongside the road. He shoved her and Greg into the backseat, and then climbed in himself and drove off...back in the direction Holly and Greg had just come from. Holly cradled Greg's head in her lap as the car bounced along the road. She didn't know where Wax was taking them, but she knew she wasn't going to like it... "Man, this kid is a real nerd," said Kathleen, staring at the picture on the screen. It showed a pale, skinny girl with mousy brown hair in braids on either side of her face. She wore thick glasses with red frames and smiled as though she thought the world was hers to control. "And I'm sure she'd love to heard you say that," said NE, "But, you're right." "So what do you say we go and investigate her house?" Kathleen suggested, "It's pretty far out of town. It'd be the perfect place to keep the guys!" "What about Nikki_Lynn and Mel?" asked NE, "They'll be worried when they get back. Maybe we should wait." Just then, NE felt a stinging sensation in the back of her neck and cried out. Kathleen turned to ask what was wrong, but then felt a similar pain in her arm. Both girls crumpled to the floor, unconcious. Two large men picked them up and carried them away... |
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Mel Linz used all the will power she had to stay in the car until Holly, Greg and the two men had entered. When she felt that it was safe, she drove the car off to the side and parked it behind some trees. Linz then quietly opened the car door, shut it and walked briskly over to the house. Once outside she tiptoed over to one of the large windows and peered inside. What Linz saw startled her. Greg was lying down on the couch with Holly sitting on the floor beside him. Both looked extremely tired and run down. A man walked up to them and it appeared as though he was yelling at Holly. Linz couldn't tell who he was but he seemed very familiar. She tried to get a better view of him but knew that if she moved, she'd be in view of her friends' captors. It was just then that another car pulled up to the house and out stepped Murphy and two other guys. They looked pretty run down...like they'd been in an accident. Linz guessed they were the same two guys that Murphy had stopped to check on the side of the road. As they neared the house Linz jumped under the porch stairs but found that it was very tight. Knowing there wasn't much else to do, Linz squirmed through the mud that was under the porch and plopped her face into it just as the three men reached the steps. "When did we ever agree that this would become part of our duty as Brady Bunch members?" Mel muttered aloud, staring at the sky above her. She felt annoyed, cold and in pain. But more so, Mel was worried about her friends, the rest of the guys, and about how they were going to get out of this. Suddenly the truck stopped on the side of the road and Mel sat up. What she saw made her wish that she was still lying down in the back of the truck... |