Chapter 38

Faking it

Get ready for the climax...haha no,no, not like that! But this will be nothing short of shocking. :)

Eli's POV

squirrel." I finished. Adam turned off the car,and got out. "Poor little fella he didn't even have a chance."I said. Adam started to cry. " it's a fuckin squirrel." Fitz said.
"It could have a family." Adam was very distraught. "Atleast it wasn't a person." Clare said. Adam got up from the road still crying. "He was like a tiny person to me." He said,getting in the back seat. I tried not to laugh. "Poor Chibbols" Ally said. I took the wheel of the car once again. "He's in a good place Adam." Clare was trying to comfort him. "That's got a be a hit and run." I said,this time I was laughing. I sped off,leaving Chibbols on the street.

"Fitz you sure that's a bridge?" I asked,looking around for a bridge. "Yah" Fitz said. We saw the bridge and went over it. I was beginning to recognize the place. "only 3 hours from home." I said "Yippie!" That was sarcastic. "Oh my god!" Ally said pointing to an old Western Saloon. "Stop the car!" I could just leave her and drive away..."Come on Clare!" She pulled her towards the door. I stopped the car. "Edwards really?" I asked. She smiled,getting out of the car. "Come on one more adventure." She's so cute when she begs.

"Come on Eli old western reinactments,guys with funny accents, chewing hay!" Fitz must still be high. "yah not my style.." I said. Then everyone got out of the car. Damn I'm alone. I started playing with my cellphone...then I heard this creepy animal squeel. "Coota Coo!" What the hell was that? I'm out of here. I said. I got out of the car,shutting the door behind me.

I watched Clare run for the photobooth. Fitz and Adam were hitting the old fire arm showcase. I followed Clare into the photobooth we were taking goofy pictures together in front of an old time Camera. When we were finished, I got out to get the pictures. The pictures came out of the machine. "Eli!" I heard Clare scream. "Clare!" I whipped the black curtain open. She was gone. I went in the photobooth looking for a trapped door. There was nothing. The last picture on the film revealed a hand covering her mouth. She was kidnapped. I was pissed.

"Bam! Bam!" I heard gunshots. "Whoa!" I said,getting to the ground. They sounded real. I quickly looked around,hearing the sound of glass breaking. I ran into the Saloon. "Damnit!" I said,hitting the floor. I grabbed a fake gun,hopeing it would intimidate the kidnapper,shoving it into the belt of my skinny jeans. Everything seemed to settle down. I slowly went out the short wooden doors. "Eli help!" I heard Clare call. I looked up to see her on the top of a tower. I started screaming at the sky.

"Really!" I shouted. I tried to find a way to scale the balcony. "Eli!" Fitz called. "What the hell!" I was scared to see where Fitz was. "Up here man!" I heard him call. Damn it he's on the roof. "Damn it!" I said. I looked up at the winding stairs leading up to the roof. I was going to have to go to the roof first. I picked a bad day to wear spikes. I said to myself,climbing up the twisted steps. I made my way to the roof,where Fitz was tied to a fake chimney. "I'll get ya later." I said. I saw the next building. I'm going to jump and I'm going to scratch my ass up. I jumped to the next building,like one of those action movies. "owgh' That's gonna leave a mark.

I watched Clare lean over the balcony,something told me it wasn't Clare. As I got closer...I saw it was a dummy doll. "So someone is playing a joke on me,in this case a tape recorder." I picked it up. I examined the tape. I'd seen it somewhere before. I knew that Clare wasn't in that Balcony,so I scaled down the rafters and hit the ground. Again that is going to leave a mark. I saw Adam,his head inbetween 2 pieces of wood. "Adam all of this is fake." I said. I watched a circlular saw move towards Adam. "It's fake it's got a be,but just to be sure..." I switched it off. "Are you okay?" I asked. I looked up. "How original!" I yelled out of sarcasm. This was some cheep horror movie,a bunch of props everywhere. "You should know Declan is here." Adam said,catching his breath. "Where's Clare?" I asked,pulling the wood off of him. "I don't know." he said. He pointed to Morty." "I have your back." He said. "Get under something,you'll be safe." I said. "Find Clare." he said,running away. I ran over to Morty to see he was covered in bullet holes. They were real. I opened the trunk door,hoping not to find someone hiding in there. Instead there was a note. "Consider this payback Goldsworthy." I put it down. "Declan!" I said. I'm going to kick him in the balls!

Clare's POV

"Why are you doing this Declan?" I said,pushing on the chair,trying to get free. "It's simple revenge baby sister." "What ever happened to your probation?" I asked,trying not to sound pissed off. "Money makes a lot of things happen." He said smuggly "You are off your rocker!" I yelled. "Be nice baby sister." He said. He sealed my mouth with ducktape. I looked at him in digust.

"And you're tied to a chair." He said with a low laugh. "Do you really think being chased was an accident?" He said. My expression dropped,though you couldn't see it under the tape. He took out a dvd and put on his labtop. "You sure we're doing this right..." "You made a sex tape!" I mumbled. "I bugged his precious herse." Declan said. That's how he found us. "I locked you guys in the fun house,and believe me it was entertaining."What do you want?" I mumbled. "What,what was that can't quite hear you. " he said. I was doubly disgusted." Prop master Clare don't you watch movies? I want something." I screamed as he reached for my top. "RELAX" He put a microphone on me. "Now scream!" he said,ripping the tape off my mouth. That hurt. I squinted my eyes. "Eli!" I yelled.

Eli's POV

I heard Clare scream. I couldn't figure out where it was coming from..it echoed. I saw Ally in a window. "I ran into the shop. "What the hell is going on?" Ally took a breath. " Coyne locked me in here,took Adam and Clare and he has a gun." I lifted her out of the window. "okay it's most likely fake." I said. She looked scared, She pressed on the window. "Almost everything is,but the gun is real." She was scared. She put her hand over the glass window. I looked up to see a bullet hole. " Get under something,and stay there." I instructed. Ally crawled under an old booth. I walked out to Morty.

"Declan you're going to do hard time for this.." I mumbled,as I popped my step dad's gun out of the floor. I loaded it and walked through the old Saloon. It was a prop masters heaven. I didn't know what the asshole wanted. I made sure to hide Adam in a safe place,and get Fitz so he didn't fall off the roof. He was still a little high. So I took the fire escape up to the roof,don't need anymore bruises.

"FitzyBoy what are you doing?" He was licking the roof. I untied him. "I'm like a bird." He said. I watched in terror as he almost jumped off the roof. "Easy there idiot!" I said,pulling him away from the roof. He was exceptionally high. I saw a rope connected to absolutely nothing. "That's just looney tunes." I said. I pulled Fitz down the fire escape. "now stay low." I said. "Shawty got low,low,low,low,low." He started singing a rap song. I really hate rap music. My eyebrows went up,and I left him under a porch. I figure he'd be safe there,unless of course it was a fake porch. "Apple bottom jeans,boots with the fur." His singing was so loud and so off key. I really hope he doesn't draw attention.

I had the gun in my waist belt,remembering everything my step dad taught me in the event of an emergency. He had lots of enemies. It was part of being related to a prominite agent in the community,who locked criminals away.. I looked over the saloon,trying to find Clare. There were a lot of dead ends. If I was going to find her...I had to think like Declan,not me.

If I were Declan where would I go... I saw an old barn across the street. "He's got a be opperating somewhere." I picked up my phone,sending an emergency text. Then I went towards the barn. When I got there,it was of course locked. I banged on the door,trying to rattle it. "No ones home." Someone said. That doesn't make it obvious at all. "You know Declan for a criminal you're pretty stupid." I shot the lock off the door,and pushed it open. "Eli!" Clare yelled.

"Wow you have a big boy toy." Declan said. He sounded drunk. "What the hell do you want?" I asked,walking towards Clare,the gun still in my hand."
"Simple...Declan said,revenge." This guy was such a jackass. "What do you possibly have to gain?" I asked. "A million dollar movie contract." He said. "That explains the props." I thought. He walked up to me.

"Did you really think the haunted hotel ,and the phone off the hook, haha prime horror movie material my friend... getting locked in the fun house wasn't an accident...or that guy that happened to have Fitz's favorite drugs..boy is weak!. "It's so fun to see him high." I tried not to shoot him with the gun. "You are one evil son of a bitch." I said.

"You got my main man arrested." I smirked. "So you're gay..." His evil disposition turned grim. "You're aware that you're violating your probation,possession of a firearm." I raised my voice. "It will be worth it,after I make millions on my movie." That ass hole was filming this...Everything that happened this trip was not a coincidence...

"I took the screws out of that ugly bed." He smirked. He picked up a DVD,playing a sex tape. "You filmed it!" I was beyond pissed. "You can keep it,think of it like you're own personal porn. ."

He said,turning the player off. "oh Eli...Eli...Eli.. I cut off the best part darn!." He said. Clare looked disgusted. "I bugged your car...the rest was luck...pure luck." He picked up his gun. "So now that the characters have confessed.."he started.

"It's the end of the movie,and someone has to get killed off." He pointed the gun right at me. I raised mine. "Don't do it Goldsworthy." I smiled a grim smile. "This is called self defense." I said. We were locked in a death stare. "Draw Partner." He said in a low voice. I hoped that the police would get my emergency text in time. "You're a good actor buddy." My eyes dropped to the ground. "You turned my own friend against me..real nice." I said. "You messed with the wrong guy!" I said.

to be continued...

So...Which one of these guys was in on this...was it Adam..or Fitz..or Ally or even Clare?...Get ready to be shocked. dun..dun..da!