Disclaimer: I do not own the Now You See Me series.
Since I got such a positive reaction from my other story My Girl I decided to write a multiple chapter fic about my favorite couple Jack and Lula. This will take place during the Now You See Me 2 movie so if you haven't seen the movie, this does contain SPOILERS. Please read and review. Thanks!
Now You Don't
Chapter One: Prequel
It was the third night in the row she had been doing the same routine on the same street corner. This is how they started, she thinks to herself. The four horsemen, the greatest magicians of our time.
She is bored with the same routine, the same gullible tourists, the same New York. Lula had come to New York seven years ago with the dream of becoming a famous magician. This was the same city that the greats had all began, especially her idol Lionel Shrike. Lula stands on her makeshift box and begins calling to the masses of people swarming around her.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, I will now be performing an act of amazement. Something your eyes have never seen before! I will choose a random member of the audience and make them disappear by swirling them in this clothe." Lula shouts, pulling a deep purple sheet from her hand.
The children at her feet begin to shout at her to pick them, but all she can focus on is a strange man covered by a hood watching her from the shadows of the alley. She points to the stranger and calls him forward but, he retreats into the darkness and seems to disappear into thin air. But Lula knows there is always a solution, or else she would never be a magician.
Lula refocuses and picks a young woman towards the front who seems like she has taken part in the time old saying of Its 5 O'clock somewhere. The young woman stumbles forward and Lula moves to her part of the trick, wrapping the deep purple sheet around her arm till it swirls around the young woman and she disappears. Lula continues to prompt the audience about the location of the young woman and she notices the hooded figure has reappeared in the corner. With a swirl of the clothe she makes the woman reappear, collects her money and quickly ends her show.
Lula steps down from her box and follows the hooded figures quickly retreating backside. She weaves and dives down different alleys and almost seems to lose him at some point. Lula quickly realizes that if he wanted her not to follow him he could easily lose her, but this man wants her to follow him. This should have frightened her but in a world of magic, she is more intrigued rather than frightened.
Suddenly the man stops and turns, Lula recognizes him instantly, Dylan Rhodes. Dylan Rhodes was the FBI agent that was following the trail of the horsemen last year.
"Hello Lula. I have been watching you for some time." He tells her.
"Listen, I have nothing to do with the horsemen I am just a fan. What do you want Agent Rhodes?" he seems surprised she know who he is.
"You know me, well of course you're a fan of the horsemen and I seemed to be on the news all the time last year. Well I am actually here to talk to you about the horsemen but not the way you think. I am here to recruit you to the four horsemen, Henley has left and we need someone with your talent to fill the void."
Lula's mouth drops open, "What the hell are you talking about? You hate the horsemen you tried to put them in jail, and now you're a talent scout for them? Wait…oh my god you were working with them the whole time! They had someone on the inside, that's how they were able to slip through the cracks." Lula takes a deep breath.
"Exactly, and like I said Henley has left us, she couldn't stand the waiting so we need a fourth horsemen to join the group again."
"Wait," Lula stares him down, "You said Henley has left the group and you need me to be the fourth horsemen. With Henley gone there should be only two horsemen remaining unless…NO WAY! Jack is alive isn't he?!" Lula begins to freak out, Jack Wilder was her favorite of the group and when he "died" she was so upset, and now knowing he's alive she is ecstatic.
"Now calm down, you obviously can't tell anyone that Jack Wilder is alive. He is worth more to us dead at the time being."
"Well of course I know that," Lula scoffs, "How are we going to do this? What do I need to do? I have so many questions! Why did Henley leave? Where have they been hiding this whole time? What have they been doing?"
"Whoa, that's a lot of questions let's focus on one question at a time. Henley left because she didn't want to wait anymore. The rest of the guys have been in hiding working together to perfect their craft, to work as one single organism." Rhodes tells her.
"Oh, so you need a girl. Why me? I know you have been watching me for some time. I have seen you at my shows always in the shadows." Lula tells him.
"Well Lula I picked you for many reasons but the main one being your expertise with disappearances. You can make anything disappear; birds, humans, rabbits, and most importantly yourself."
Lula takes a moment to collect herself, the questions she had previously asked bubbled at the surface. But, before she has a chance to ask, Rhodes speaks again.
"You are the answer to the magician catchphrase, Now You See Me…"
"Now you don't," she finishes the statement for him, and with a snap of her fingers the purple clothe returns itself to her hand and she swirls it around them and they together disappear.