ENVY
by Eric
This is a fan fiction of the National Treasure movies. No copyright infringement intended.
Riley Poole was so angry he was surprised he wasn't burning up with spontaneous human combustion. See chapter 6 of my book nobody bought but the FBI, he thought bitterly. Here he was instrumental in finding two of the great lost treasures in the history of the world and nobody knew his name or saw his face. The only who had seem to know him was the IRS who has seized all his property. It took the President of the US to get it back for him. Well he would always have his vote!
But despite his vast achievements did any one take his picture or feature him in magazines. That was a laugh. It was always the other one; his enemy who got the attention, personal and public that was rightfully his. I guess the press feel a geeky nerd like me has as much appeal and glamour as a sack of dead mice! Riley said savagely. But he would be revenged. If you cut geeks and steal their rightful place should they not seek revenge? He misquoted.
Riley put a savage smile on his bland face. Well his searching into myths had paid off. Let his enemy laugh this off. He had found a body swap spell. Not only would be get revenge but have the life he deserved, the attention he deserved. The spell not only would give him their body, but their mannerisms and many of their memories. He would be them. No more sad sack of shit Riley Poole! It would be so just for the smiling, smug attention grabbing – well he could go on and on but the bottom line was they would be the pathetic geeky nerd Riley and he would be them! He cackled with laughter.
Just before he cast the spell to swap bodies he would take a mind altering drug that would put his enemy into an apparent state of psychosis for at least a week. After that no one would listen to any raving of their body being stolen, of not being Riley Poole. Also, he was seeing a shrink and had a video diary showing him ranting and raving. Not that anyone would listen anyway to any wild tales of body stealing! He laughed. But this would make their credibility zero. Besides he would be on a honeymoon for a month – he smiled.
Everyone was surprised when he didn't want to be part of the wedding party. Yeah, like he wanted to have his nose rubbed in it. He sat in his hotel room watching the wedding. Ah, zero hour. He would have justice at last and the attention grabbed, life stealer.
He swallowed with difficulty the mind altering drug and finished the last of the spell. The room swam before him and he heard the minister say
"I now pronounce you man and wife."
He had done it! He had done it!
Then the minister said "you may no kiss the bride" and Ben leaned over to kiss his beautiful wife! Inside Abigail's gorgeous body Riley sighed with happiness and satisfaction. Ben was his again!
The end