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Chapter 21
Dylan and the Horsemen were now facing their former sponsor Arthur Tressler, ex-Interpol agent Alma Dray and Walter Mabry.
Arthur was a surprise, but Alma was mind blowing. Daniel, Henley, Jack and Lolita stared at Alma in shock. Merritt looked displeased and Dylan just sat there, glaring at the Frenchwoman. He was still pissed that she betrayed him and tried to kill him.
"Bonjour, Horsemen," Alma greeted.
"Alma Dray," Lolita said in disbelief.
"Unbelievable," Daniel scoffed.
"How could you?" Henley demanded.
"Why continue dabbling in the Eye, after it cost me my job and try to get it back?" Alma questioned.
"So, nice to see you all again." Arthur began to say.
"But since we're such old friends, let's skip the formalities."
"One of you has something we require," Arthur continued.
"So, give it over," He said.
The six remained silent.
"Nothing at all?" Walter questioned. "Really?"
Alma makes a tsk, tsk sound.
"Hmm, that's not good." She commented.
Dylan tries to get up, but the guard stops him.
"Sit down!"
The vehicle comes to a stop.
Two members of Walter's gang open the doors.
Alma gets out first.
"Let's go, let's go!" Walter ordered. "Hurry up and move them quickly before they can do anything."
A bright light shines on Arthur.
"Get those lights off me!" He snapped.
The Horsemen and Dylan are roughly escorted inside Arthur's private plane.
Alma is the last to go in. She sits across from Arthur.
The entertainers are shoved onto seats.
"Watch it!" Lolita snapped.
"Hey!" Jack exclaimed.
"Yeah, take off immediately." Walter said into the phone and hangs up.
Alma exhales.
"I must say I never thought that I'd see this moment, but at least it has finally come." She remarked.
"What's happened to you?" Dylan demanded. "You're not the Alma I remember, what ever happened to having faith?"
"You and your Horsemen have been nothing but trouble," Alma retorted. "I lost my faith in the Eye after I got fired. At this point, it's no longer the luxury I have."
"You know, you make it almost too easy?" Walter asks, facing the group.
"I mean, even your hilarious attempts to make yourselves unpredictable; just follow the same pattern each time."
"Set up, set up, set up," He continued.
Arthur's son gasps mockingly.
"Big reveal,"
"Which tonight was going to be the stroke of midnight," Walter said to Daniel. "Middle of the Thames? Tell me if I'm warm,"
Daniel just kept quiet.
Walter exhaled.
"Well, there will be a big reveal, and it will come now." He informed.
"The stick, dear boy," Arthur said to Dylan.
"No," said Dylan.
"Fine," said Walter.
"Start with these two," He gestured to Lolita and Henley.
The guards rushed over to the girls and grabbed them. They pointed weapons at them as Henley and Lolita screamed in fright.
Merritt's eyes grew wide in fear.
Jack gets up and tried to save them, but is held back.
Dylan gets pushed back.
"Give it to him," He said to Daniel.
"Just do it, Danny." Henley persuaded.
"Please!" Lolita begged.
"Just give it to him," said Dylan.
"Danny, come on;" Jack insisted.
Daniel reluctantly flicks the case out and gives it to Walter.
Walter opens the case, revealing the card.
"We'll have a closer look," He goes over to the computer and inserts it.
"Okay, I owe you an apology." Dylan began to say.
"Leader, you should have planned an escape, okay?" Daniel retorted.
"This is the both of us," Dylan said.
"Okay, it's the both of us," Daniel said.
"Guys, come on!" Merritt interjected.
"Come on, stop!" Jack insisted.
"You, to save your little girlfriend!" Daniel spat.
"To save my…"
"He had a knife to Lolita's head!" Jack yelled. "And Henley's too!"
"Henley and I are both Horsemen, you prick!" Lolita shouted angrily.
"Have you lost track of that?" Henley demanded.
"All right, you know what?" The illusionist shot back. "This is not the time!"
"What the hell's wrong with you?" Lolita asked Merritt.
"Look, they're not gonna get blood all over the seats." Merritt replied with a hint of sharpness.
"Right," said Dylan.
"They're probably gonna throw us out of the plane." Merritt said.
"Are you serious?" Lolita asked.
"I'm sorry to interrupt," Walter said. "But I just to have to say congratulations."
Alma golf clapped mockingly.
"And thank you! It's real,"
"Huh?" Henley asked.
"Say it ain't so!" Lolita exclaimed.
Merritt's eyes got wide.
"Bring them through," Walter instructed his crew.
"Did you say it's real?" Daniel questioned. "What is he talking about?"
The Horsemen get pulled out of their seats.
"Well done, my boy." Arthur said to his son.
He pulls out the champagne bottle from a bucket.
"Cote Du Marisule champagne," Arthur stated. "It's the most expensive bottle on Earth,"
"$1.2 million," He added. "And I saved it just for this occasion."
"Honestly, same bottle, Liquor Shack, 700 K." Merritt commented.
"Hey, you two got what you wanted," Dylan said curtly to Walter and Alma.
"So, does this mean you're letting us go?"
"Knowing what you know about us?" The business tycoon asked. "No,"
"You sure?" Dylan asks.
"Miss Dray, what shall we do?" Walter asks.
"I say we toss them out," Alma answered.
"And now, I'm really going to enjoy watching all of you fall to your deaths;"
"But Alma, you believed in us;" Lolita broke in. "You believed our magic is real,"
"No, you just don't get it." Alma snapped. "I don't believe in magic anymore, all that matters are that I'm back at Interpol."
She pressed a button and the door opens.
The six grew frightened as air from outside started to come in
"Get your last words in quickly, everybody!" Walter suggested.
Walter's men started to lead the performers towards the exit.
"Farewell!"
Henley and Lolita screamed in horror.
"Wait!" Merritt shouted. "I just want to say…I'm leaving with the right family."
"I love you guys!
"Bon voyage, Monsieur McKinney!" Alma sneered.
Merritt gets thrown out.
"No!" Lolita screamed.
"Merritt!" Henley cried.
Dylan is pushed forward.
"It has been a pleasure knowing you," Alma smirked. "Au revoir!"
The ex-FBI agent gets tossed out.
"Dylan!" Daniel, Henley, Lolita, and Jack shouted.
"Get your hands off me!" The honey blonde girl yelled as the men grab her next.
"Jack! Henley! Danny! Help!"
"Goodbye, Mademoiselle Hart," Alma said. "Toss her out!"
Lolita gets thrown out.
"NO!" Daniel and Henley yelled.
"Lolita!" Jack screamed.
"Hurry up and shut the door!" Arthur commanded. "It's getting cold in here!"
"You're next, Mademoiselle Reeves!"
Henley is brought forward, kicking her feet.
"Danny! Jack!"
"Henley! No!" Daniel and Jack screamed.
The escape artist is thrown out.
Jack struggled.
"You can join your sweetheart Lolita, so long!" Alma taunted.
Walter waves as the pickpocket is tossed out.
"No, no, no!" Daniel pleaded.
"Bye-bye, Monsieur Atlas!" Alma jeered.
At last, Daniel is thrown out.
The door closes.
Alma walks over, joining the father and son.
She sits next to Walter.
They raised their champagne glasses.
"Cheers!" Arthur declared. "Well done, my boy."
Walter smiled.
"And as for you Miss Dray, you'll be on your way to get your job back." Arthur said.
"Thank you, monsieur," Alma said, smiling.
The villains began to drink the champagne.
However, they spit it out.
"This tastes funny," Alma remarked.
"No, is it supposed to taste like that?" Walter questioned.
"No, it is not," Arthur answered.
They set their glasses down.
The older Englishman picked up the bottle.
He peeled the label back, to reveal the Fool tarot card.
Arthur hands the bottle to Walter.
The platinum blonde glanced at it.
"The Fool?" She asked, puzzled.
The liquid turns green and the lights go out.
"What the hell is going on?" Walter asked.
The engines stop and the faces of the six Horsemen appear outside the window, flashing cheeky grins.
"Okay, come pick them up!" Dylan called.
Alma grew wide eyed.
"Come on," Dylan advised.
"Come on out," said Merritt
"Join us," said Lolita.
Walter gets up.
To be continued…
A/N: Boy, what a long chapter. Hope you enjoyed the excitement and suspense! Coming up, Arthur, Walter, and Alma's crimes are exposed and get arrested; while the six Horsemen triumph. Stay tuned, only three chapters left!