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Nikki_Lynn ...Mel was in the middle of nowhere. There were no buildings, no lights of any kind. She took a cautious glance into the cab of the truck. She hadn't seen the driver before, but she didn't want to take a chance on him being one of Trudie's goons, so she climbed out of the truck and ran. Mel didn't have a clue where she was or where she was going, but she figured that running blindly through the night was a better alternative than taking her chances with the man in the truck. "The things I do for Wayne and the guys," she said to herself... "What are you planning on doing with us?" Wayne yelled, his voice muffled by the thick glass wall. "I'm going to keep you," Trudie said in her annoyingly high pitched voice, "You're going to be my pets. Don't worry...Your friends will be joining you soon, and then my collection will be complete." Just then, two very large men dragged a semi-concious Ryan into the room. He had a large bruise forming on his right temple. The men shoved him into the enclosure. "What did you do to him!" screamed Trudie, "I told you not to hurt any of them!" "He tried to escape, Miss Markson," said one of the men, "It was the only way we could get him under control." "Well, I had better not find one single mark on the other one," said Trudie, "Go get him." The men left. Brad and Wayne crouched next to Ryan, trying to make him comfortable. "I hope the girls are alright," whispered Brad. "Me, too," Wayne replied. The two men reappeared, escorting Colin, who was looking somewhat subdued. Trudie patted him on the cheek. "Oh, did those mean men hurt your friend?" she asked, her voice so syrupy sweet it could make your teeth hurt, "Put him in the enclosure." The men escorted Colin inside and made sure the door was secure. "Is he alright?" Colin asked Wayne. Ryan's eyes focused on Colin. "I'm fine," he said weakly, trying to smile, "Just a little headache." Colin immediatly looked relieved. "Don't ever scare me like that," he scolded softly. "Oh, that's so touching," said Trudie, "I knew you'd make the most wonderful pets!" The four men glared at her, but she just laughed, and left the room... |
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Mel ...Trudie skipped down the hall feeling pretty good about herself. So far, her plan was working absolutely perfectly. And with her wonderful partner, she knew that soon things would be the way they were supposed to be. At the end of the hall, Trudie picked up a phone and dialed the familiar number. It rang twice before someone picked up.... "Wax? Hi there," Trudie droned in her high, squeaky voice. Even Wax was starting to get a bit annoyed with her voice. But he decided to ignore it. After all...they'd both worked so hard for this. "Hi Trudie," Wax responded, walking slowly back and forth. "So how are things going with your end?" "Oh, just great," she squealed. "I've had Brad and Wayne for some time now. And I've got Colin and Ryan now too. I also have one of the 'Brady Bunch' members and two more are on their way. I hope you've got the rest taken care of." Wax walked from the front hall to the living room to check on his guests. He glanced in and saw that Greg was now sitting up. Holly sat right beside him with her arm around his shoulders. He didn't look so good, but Wax didn't really care. Any friend of Wayne's was an enemy of Wax's. "We're okay over here too. I've got Greg and Holly. They're sitting on the couch in the living room," Wax told her. "They'd better be okay Wax. I don't want my pets to be weak and helpless," the shrill reply came. Wax looked in at Greg and Holly again before responding. "They're both fine. Greg isn't at his best right now, but he's got a little nurse with him and he'll be fine." At this, Holly looked up and glared at Wax. She knew how bad Greg's condition was although she still couldn't figure out what was done to him. "Weren't there more of them?" Trudie cried suddenly. "Yeah, there's at least two more of the 'Brady Bunch'" Wax told her, spitting out the last two words. "Well where are they? Who are they? We need to find them," Trudie demanded. Wax sighed. "I know Linz is missing. I don't know who else. But they couldn't have gotten far." "Well, find them," Trudie screamed and hung up the phone... |
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Linz Trudie came into the room where Nikki_Lynn was, humming a very chiper hoedown. "What are you going to do to us?" Nikki_Lynn asked. "Don't you worry your pretty little head," Trudie squeaked "Nothing will happen as long as my pets behave, and Wax can control his *ahem* urges" "What?!?" Nikki_Lynn screamed. Trudie grinned and left the room. |
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Natalie Elizabeth Meanwhile, two more "visitors" had arrived at Fitness World... Natalie Elizabeth could feel every beat of her heart in her head. BOOM B-BOOM BOOM. Her pulse raced up and down her arms and she could feel every single microscopic particle of gravity weighing down her body to the ground. Voices were muffled and blurred. Nothing was easy to understand it seemed like she was listening to the parents off of those Charlie Brown Movies. Blah blah blah blah. Everyone but her knew what they were talking about. Natalie Elizabeth decided not to move anything or do anything but listen. She felt too groggy to do anything else. What had her mother always told her? Do nothing when you're in trouble but listen. "We're missing one girl ...." A voice trailed off. "Why are we missing... can't believe you didn't get her yet!" A high pitched and rather scratchy voice whined. For once, Natalie Elizabeth wished she was deaf. "It's not my problem." Slowly the sentences were starting to come together. "Well at least I have all my pets now. I can't believe ABC wouldn't let me buy them. " the high pitched voice complained. NE knew who it was immediately then. It was Trudie that little piece of poo! If NE only felt a smidge better she'd go and kick Trudies' little butt back into humility. But, unfortunately, she didn't so she'd just have to listen to this tormentous conversation. "Oh you have to get them back for me." NE was now sure that the other person was Wax. She had never heard, let alone see him before, but there could only be one person who could say that. "Well take them away - I don't like having unconscious people in my presence. It's unsettling." Trudie ordered. Natalie Elizabeth and Kathleen were dragged into a darker room. At least it was dark because NE had her eyes closed. All NE could think was - "Thank goodness they didn't check my socks." That's were she kept her minature swiss army knife. Sure it hurt her feet, but at times like this (for who doesn't get injected with foreign drugs and gets tied up?!) NE was thankful she did. NE then heard a familiar voice... |
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Nikki_Lynn ..."Natalie Elizabeth?" called Nikki_Lynn's voice, "Is that you?" NE opened her eyes. The room wasn't pitch dark, and she could make out the figures of Nikki_Lynn sitting on the opposite side of the room, and Kathleen laying next to her, still unconcious. "Nikki_Lynn!" NE cried, "They got you too? Where's Mel?" "I don't know," she said, "I've been on my own for hours. As far as I can tell, we're at Fitness World. I think the guys are here, too, the way Wax and Trudie keep talking." "It looks like it's up to Linz and Mel," said NE. "Don't count the three of us out just yet," said Nikki_Lynn, "I have a feeling they'll be moving us soon. They mentioned something about us being punishment if the guys didn't behave. I'm hoping that means they're planning on taking us to them...If only to threaten us." "Well, that's comforting," said NE. Just then, Kathleen groaned and sat up. She looked around her, confused. "Ok," she said, "What'd I miss?" "Wax!" hissed Wayne, "So you aren't dead after all. Why am I not surprised?" "Oh, my dear brother," Wax laughed, "You should've known it wouldn't be that easy to be rid of me." "I thought you said you didn't hurt him," Trudie screeched, as she examined Greg through the glass. His complextion was still pale, and he looked very weak. "Oh, he's fine," Wax replied, "Your men just went a little overboard on the knock out gas, that's all. Give him a few hours." "He'd better be alright," Trudie replied, "Well, down to business. I suppose you're wondering why I've brought you here. Let me explain. I offered to buy you from ABC, at a very reasonable price, I might add, but they refused...So I just took you. You're going to be my pets...entertain me. You're so good at that." "How did HE get involved," asked Colin, motioning towards Wax. "Oh, Wax and I met online," said Trudie, "It turns out we have some similar interests. He wants you out of the way...I want you all to myself. Works out nicely, don't you think? Now, you will be my own personal, 24 hour a day improv show! Doesn't that sound just peachy?" "You can't do this!" said Ryan, "We have families! You can't just keep us here!" "Oh, I can," said Trudie, "And I will. And if you're thinking about not cooperating..." She blew into a whistle. Three of her henchmen came into the room, dragging along Nikki_Lynn, Kathleen, and Natalie Elizabeth. "...Well, let's just say," she continued, "the your little friends will suffer a great deal of pain before I finally decide to let Wax kill them." Wax grinned. The henchmen strapped the girls down into three of five chairs that lined the back wall. "You won't get away with this," Nikki_Lynn screamed. Trudie smiled, and then backhanded her across the mouth. "If you think your friends will stop me, think again," she said, "It's only a matter of time before I have them, too." 'I hope Mel and Linz get here soon,' thought Natalie Elizabeth... |
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Linz Linz knew she couldn't go back to the house, because she knew she would be caught. So she pulled out her backpack to get some ideas. The first thing she pulled out "The Sweet Myth-tery of Life" by Robert Asprin, one of her favorite books. "Hmmmmmm...I just wonder..." she thought out loud as she tried to visualize herself quite older... It worked! As she looked at her pocket mirror, she looked similar to her mom, she was so happy that she finally learned Skeeve's disguise spell! But now what was she going to do? She needed help... "Denny! I'm so glad I ran into you!" Denny held Mel's arm as she panted. "What's wrong? Did you find Ryan and Colin yet?" Denny asked. "Yes, but we must help them..." |
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Anon Storyteller Meanwhile... Nikki_Lynn glared at their captors as they stood in front of them. Gently playing with what she held in her hand. Found in the last room, in the darkness, before the henchmen had grabbed them. Before she could tell the others what she found. But now she held onto it tight... waiting for the correct moment. Anger building. |
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Mon Linz looked to her right, nothing was there. Then she looked at her left. There was a very small laptop computer. She felt overjoyed!! Linz asked herself, "Now that I have a computer, who can I instant message???" On the east coast, Mon was in the computer lab finishing up research for her next science lab. Mr. Shilko (the Science teacher) said that she could surf if she was done. Mon thought "Great!! I can check up with the Brady Bunch!!!" But when she got online to Gateway.net, an IM popped up. Mon read the IM. Locknestra: Hello,Mon??? Mon was suprised that people could IM her at school. So Mon responded.
Mosoubo: Hey, wassup?
Linz kept on talking with Mon. Mon felt like she needed to help them. Luckily, it was Friday and last period. So after she got home, she lied to her parents and told them she was invited to a spelling bee in LA last minute. So her dad drove her to Boston to the airport, where she found Sue B. just arriving from LA. |
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Nikki_Lynn "What? What are you talking about?" "The Brady Bunch is in trouble!" said Mon, "Where have you been?" "I don't know..."said Sue, "I just showed up. Why is it no one ever tells me these things???" "Never mind," said Mon, "Let's just grab the next flight to LA." The headed for the Gate to wait for their flight... "This is it," said Mel, "I know their in there somewhere...I just know it!" "So let's go," said Denny. They entered the building, careful not to be noticed by the women at the front desk. The snuck through the building until the came across a large steel door with a sign that read: "Keep out". The opened the door and found a stairway descending into the basement of the building, so they went down. At the bottom was a birghtly lit, white hallway with doors off to either side. "Start opening doors," said Mel, "They've gotta be here somewhere." They methodically searched behind every door until they came to the last one. They opened it just a crack, and inside saw their friends, as well as Wax and Trudie. Mel turned to say something to Denny, but suddenly, a shadow loomed over them. "Well, well, well," said the very large man, "Looks like we got ourselves a couple more trespassers." He grabbed them both by the arm and dragged them into the room. "Miss Markson," he said, "I found these two outside the door," he said. "Strap that one into a chair," said Trudie pointing at Mel, "and lock the other one in one of the other rooms. She's not important to me. We'll deal with her later. Just make sure she can't get out. I don't want her loose." Mel was strapped into a chair, and Denny was dragged off. Mel turned to the rest of the Brady Bunch. "I'm sorry guys," she whispered, "I guess I won't be saving us." "Don't worry Mel," said Kathleen, "Linz is still out there. And don't forget about the rest of the Brady Bunch. We haven't contacted them in awhile...They're bound to get worried and come looking for us...I hope..." |
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Mon As Linz drove up to the front of LAX, she saw two ladies with a sign, it read: "Locknest...er Linz" "I'm guessing you're Mon and your Sue," guessed Linz. "Correct." said Sue. "Okay then, hop in." replied Linz. Sue went in the front, and Mon went in the back. Linz slammed on the gas, not fearing any cop in the general area. Then, Linz pulled over the car to the place where the Brady Bunch and the contestants were held. "They're in there!!!", whispered Linz. So they proceeded to tip-toe into the building... |
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Nikki_Lynn Meanwhile, Wax and Trudie were gloating. "We're so close," said Wax, "Just a few stray Brady Bunch members to round up." Trudie sqealed with delight. "Now if you'll excuse me, my dear," said Wax, "I'm going to have a little fun with Greg's little nurse. She should be delightful entertainment until the rest of the girls get here." "Have fun!" Trudie sqealed. The rest of the Brady Bunch felt a sudden fear for Holly's safety. Wax walked out a door on the opposite side of the room, and went down another flight of stairs. He walked along a hallway, and into another room where Holly was tied to a stake in the middle of the room. "Hello, my little nurse wannbe," he said. Holly glared at him. "Now we're going to have some fun," said Wax as he produced a videotape. He slipped the tape into a TV/VCR positioned so Holly had no choice but to watch. Suddenly on the screen appeared...The Spice Girls Video Collection! "Nooooooo!" screamed Holly, "This is inhuman!" Wax laughed with glee... |
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Linz ...as they neared the front of the building, Linz got an idea and told Mon and Sue how to get in and where she had seen the guys. Then Linz ran as swiftly and quietly as she could back to the car and stepped on the gas to get to downtown LA. When she got there, she knew they were going to need help, but from who? She knew the police were working for Trudie and her disguise spell wasn't going to get her any help from any of the Whose Line people so she went searching for someone that isn't usually in LA, like CIA or an FBI member, but they're usually so hard to spot walking on the street so she walked up to two men who looked like they might be in the armed forces and told the them she was Brad's new girlfriend and she hadn't heard from him and a few other details a girlfriend might know. When she finished explaining the men looked at each other and told her to come with them because they were going to need a statement from her. Linz got nervous when she arrived at the police station, she was even more nervous when they took her to the interrogating room but what really made her snap was when she heard the two men outside the door saying to someone else, "Boss, she knows way too much." "Let me handle it..." Then the doorknob turned and the man entered, Linz couldn't help but notice he looked an awful lot like Ryan. "Please, I would like to know who I am dealing with," the man said. "Excuse me?" "You heard me." So Linz started telling the man the same thing she told the other two when he interupted, "No no, I meant take off your disguise." "How did you know?" "Do you remember Massha?" he pulled out a pendant that was glowing red. Defeated, Linz removed her disguise and the man gasped. "So you're Linz...I'm Lionel, Ryan's brother, most people call me Lion for short...Did you know that Wax has a $10,000 reward out for you?" "Really?!?" "Yeah, but don't worry, you're in good hands." "So you're not going to take me to him?" "I didn't say that" "You're confusing me!" "Listen! I have a plan to get everyone out of there, but I need your help..." |
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Mon "Sporty...Baby...Posh...Sexy...Baby..SCARY...." "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!" Holly couldn't take it. But Wax didnt care. He couldnt even hear her screaming. Holly's cries for help were engulfed by "Wannabe". Then, all of a sudden, the screen went blank. There was only the faint noise of the tape rewinding, Wax stood in the corner and didn't say anything. The humming stopped, there was a click. WAX PLAYED "WANNABE" AGAIN!!!!!! Holly yelled, "Noooooooooooooooo!!" Holly wanted to faint from the horrid sounds coming from the surround sound speakers, but she decided to be strong and stick through it. Then... |
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Nikki_Lynn ...there came a scream from the room where Brad, Greg, Ryan, Colin, and Wayne were being held. Wax recognized it immediatly. It was Trudie. He left Holly to be tormented by the "music" and ran up the stairs to see what was wrong. He raced into the room, and stopped dead in his tracks. Sue and Mon had arrived! The Brady Bunch members who were still strapped into the chairs were cheering them on as they backed Trudie into a corner and treatened her with a can of Redi-Whip. Wax could hear a pounding on the outer door. Somehow, the girls had managed to lock Trudie's men out of the room. Wax sprinted across the room and grabbed the Redi-Whip from Sue. "You're not spoiling my plans this time, Filk!master," he said. He advanced on them, backing the two girls up against a wall, keeping them at bay with the Redi-Whip. Trudie tied their hands behind their backs. Wax grinned evilly and escorted them down the stairs, and into the room where Holly was held. "Holly," cried Sue, "Oh my God...Not...the Spice Girls! You're truly sick, Wax!" "Aren't I though?" Wax replied. He tied Sue and Mon up next to Holly, and force them, too, to watch the evil video collection. "Have fun, girls," he said as he left the room. |
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Mon ...by drinking milk to prevent oseoperosis. She doesn't want to break any bones on this mission, now does she?? *g* But after she had a nice swig of a moo-moo, she ran to the glass case that kept the improvisors away from direct sunlight *g*. "I'll get you guys out..somehow" said Nikki_Lynn. "If only my comedy would help..." said Greg. "Wait a minute!!!" replied Nikki_Lynn. "Maybe it can!!!!!!" |
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Linz "Are you sure this will work?" Linz asked Lionel. "It's got to, we're the only hope they've got." Lionel took Linz inside, and Wax laughed at the sight of her. "Ha! Now we're almost through! Take her in there with the others, and then come and get your reward" he said smugly. Lionel took Linz in the room and strapped her to a chair. Then he glanced Nikki Lynn's way and demanded, "What do you think you're doing?" He grabbed her and strapped her to the last chair. "Lion! What are you doing?" Ryan demanded, pushing his way to the front of the enclosure. "Ryan, Linz will explain, I need to keep up appearences, and try to help the other girls as well," he whispered. Ryan was utterly confused by his statement, but watched as Lionel left the room. "Care to explain?" he asked Linz. Linz smiled as she told the guys they needed to hold out for "better surroundings" no matter what they did to the girls. They players agreed after a bit and everyone in the room hoped for the best... |
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Nikki_Lynn ...Wax turned back to Linz. "So," he said, "The last member of the Brady Bunch...I thought you'd have put up more of a fight!" He grabbed her and dragged her down the stairs to the room with the VCR. The Spice Girls "music" played loudly, and as Linz was forced into the room, she saw the pained look in Holly's, Sue's, and Mon's eyes. "You animal!" Linz shouted at Wax. Wax grinned and handcuffed her to the stake that held Holly in place. "Oh, I so enjoy this," said Wax, "I do so love to watch you girls squirm." "Alright," said Trudie, "I'm sick of hoedowns." "Thank God," Colin sighed. "Now we're going to play 90 second Alphabet, starting with F," Trudie continued, "And if you can't do it in 90 seconds, or if you mess up the alphabet, one of them will pay the price!" She pointed at the Brady Bunch. The game started out well enough. "Fine mess we're in," said Ryan. Trudie smiled at that. "Gotta get outta here," replied Colin. "How?" asked Greg. "I have no idea," said Brad. "Just wait til I get my hands on Wax," said Wayne. "Look over there...no wait...that's wrong," said Colin. He looked at the girls in horror. Trudie glared at him. "I HATE it when you mess up the alphabet!" she shieked, her banshee-like voice echoing throughout the room, "As punishment, I'm going to have to hurt one of them..." Trudie stalked towards the Brady Bunch and stopped in front of Mel... |