Passions: Through the Television (chapter 4)
It was morning again. I got up quickly because I knew I had a big day ahead. After I got dressed I got out my laptop. I logged on and pulled up the preview page. I took a breath and closed my eyes.
When I opened my eyes the previews read as follows:
"Luis and Sheridan decided to go on a trip to Spain. Theresa and Ethan go down the the Town Hall to get a marriage liscense. Christy and Jacob set their plan in motion. Charity has premonitions of a great defeat in Harmony followed by happiness. Ivy notices Christy going into Allistair's camra room!"
I didn't know what to really think. I decided that Ivy shouldn't have a problem with me and Jacob taking down Julian and Allistair. She should be happy if anything.
Then I heard a knock on my door. I opened it to find Jacob, of course.
"You ready?" He asked.
I grabbed a blank video tape and the cassette with Sheridan's hpynois. "Let's not forget to destroy this tape." I said, holding up the Sheridan tape.
"You're right. What should we do with it?" Jacob asked.
I looked around and figured out what to do. "I've got it." I smiled. I turned on the water in the sink and got the tape soaking wet. "That should do it. If anyone finds it they won't be able to hear it anyway." I took the soaked tape and threw it in the trash.
"That's that. Now let's go." Jacob said.
"The sooner we get them the better." I agreed.
"You read the previews yet?" He asked. He was looking a little worried.
"Yeah," I paused, "We should be fine."
"Good." Jacob replied.
When we got to the Crane estate he said, "Here's the key to Allistair's room. That was hard to get." He pulled out the key and something else from his pocked. "We can talk back and forth on these." He said, handing me the small comunicater.
"Are are they?" I asked.
"Well, small walky talky's really." He said grinning.
I laughed and said, "Hey, whatever works." I hooked up the device and then said, "Okay, let's get to it."
I started to turn to go to Allistair's camra room but Jacob grabbed my arm and said, "Hey, be careful. Alright?"
I smiled and said, "I will. You too, okay? Good luck."
"Yeah, we're gonna need it." Jacob said.
So we split up and I headed toward the room. I looked both ways to make sure no one was watching me. I carefully opened the door with the key and crept inside.
"Christy? You hear me okay?" I heard Jacob's voice over the walky talky thing.
"Loud and clear. Is anyone in the libarey?" I asked.
"No, Julian is still in his room and-" I heard him snicker under his breathe, "Rebecca is in there with him so I don't think we have to worry about them."
I held my giggle as I said, "Oh really?" I was laughing inside.
"You in the room?" Jacob asked.
"Yep. I'm getting the tape out now." I looked at the high-tech system Allistair had. "Wow. Allistair must really wanna keep tabs on this place. It's like freakin' Big Brother!"
I heard Jacob laugh and then say, "How you doing?"
"I'm recording it empty now." I waited a moment while it recorded. "Okay, that should do it. Now I'll loop the tape over and over so Allistair will see an empty library on his screen when really we're rigging up the device."
"Do I go?" Jacob asked.
"Go...now!" I said.
I heard him fiddle with the wires to get it hooked up and recording. I made sure that the tape of the empty library was playing over and over.
"You got it?" I asked.
"Almost." Jacob said, "I just wanna make sure that no one will be able to notice it." A moment passed. "Okay, it's hooked up. Just give me a second to get out of here. I'll meet you outside."
"Okay." I waited until he said that he was out of the room and then I took out the tape and it was returned to normal. I made sure that everything was just as I left it.
"You coming?" I heard Jacob ask over the talky.
"Yeah. Coming." I said. But then, I heard footsteps behide me, I whirled around to see Ivy standing there.
"Hello Christy." She said.
I froze. I had no idea she was there. "I was just-" I tried to explain myself but Ivy interuppted me.
She said, "I know exactly what you were doing." She said.
"You do?" I asked, not-believing her.
"Of course." She repiled, "You know I may be rich but I have seen the movie 'Speed'." She grinned.
I grinned to as I said, "I don't know what you mean."
"I only have one thing to say about it," Ivy started. She paused a long pause until she said, "I wish I'd of thought of it myself."
We both laughed for a moment until she said, "You better get going before some else notices you."
I nodded a thank you.
Then, before I left, I decided to live alittle and I whispered to her, "And for what it's worth, I think you and Sam would've made a great couple."
I walked away after I said that leaving Ivy in such awe she could not speak.
I walked outside to find Jacob standing there. "Walk and talk." I said.
"So you do okay?" Jacob asked.
"Yeah, I did fine." I answered, "What about you? Where did you hid the recorder anyway?"
"In the bookshelf corner." He said, "Not like they every read anyway."
We laughed. Then I asked, "Let's see the previews again. Then maybe will know what to do next."
"Yeah, we'll stop at the Bookcafe." Jacob answered. "Besides, if Whitney's there we can ask when Simone is coming back."
"Sounds good." I answered.
When we got to the Bookcafe Whitney was there talking with Chad. Big surprise.
"Hey guys." I said smiling as me and Jacob walked up to them, holding hands.
"Hey, what's up?" Chad asked.
Jacob and I exchanged glances and we both smiled and said, "Nothing."
"Yep, just a normal day in Harmony." I said.
"Yeah." Jacob said. "So Whitney, I was just wondering when Simone is coming back."
"Oh," Whitney said, "She called last night and said that she was having a great time at her aunt's." Whitney looked at Chad and said, "And I meant to tell you something too Chad. Simone said she met someone there."
"Oh yeah?" Chad said, feeling happier.
"Yeah, says they hit it off really well." Whitney smiled.
"Well that's great for her." Chad said, "Wonderful."
"Wonderful." Whitney said, repeating his words.
Jacob and I went and sat in the same booth and I logged on to my computer. The previews read:
"Sheridan and Luis board the plane to Spain. Ethan and Theresa decide to head down to the Bookcafe to find Whitney and Chad to ask them to be there maid of honer and best man. Hecuba realizes that Christy and Jacob are trying to stir up trouble with the Cranes and plans to take them down right after Charity with the help of her still souless friend, Kay."
Jacob and I looked at each other and gasped when we read the part about us.
I shut of my computer and put it away in silence until I said, "We've got to get Kay's soul back. And soon."
"What? Why?" Jacob asked.
"Because then Hecuba will have no control over her and Kay will know not to bargin with her again." I answered.
"But Christy, Hecuba is very powerful and we have no idea how to deal with this super-natural stuff!" Jacob said. "We don't have powers or anything."
"Yeah," I said getting my coat, "But I know someone who does."
**Later, as we walk to the Bennett home**
"Charity?" Jacob repeated my words. "You're going to tell Charity about Hecuba and you expect her to believe us?"
"Exactly." I said.
"No no no!" Jacob replied. "This will never work! Plus we've go to remember that we can't leave that recorder in the library forever. We should only take on one thing at a time."
"Well we can't take on anything if we're dead now can we?" I said smartly.
"Good point." Jacob granted, "But how are you so sure that Charity is going to believe us?"
"Trust me," I answered, "She will."
"Whatever you say." Jacob said.
But when we walked up to Bennett home we were in total awe over what we saw.
After a long moment of silence I whispered, "We're late."
End of chapter 4
It was morning again. I got up quickly because I knew I had a big day ahead. After I got dressed I got out my laptop. I logged on and pulled up the preview page. I took a breath and closed my eyes.
When I opened my eyes the previews read as follows:
"Luis and Sheridan decided to go on a trip to Spain. Theresa and Ethan go down the the Town Hall to get a marriage liscense. Christy and Jacob set their plan in motion. Charity has premonitions of a great defeat in Harmony followed by happiness. Ivy notices Christy going into Allistair's camra room!"
I didn't know what to really think. I decided that Ivy shouldn't have a problem with me and Jacob taking down Julian and Allistair. She should be happy if anything.
Then I heard a knock on my door. I opened it to find Jacob, of course.
"You ready?" He asked.
I grabbed a blank video tape and the cassette with Sheridan's hpynois. "Let's not forget to destroy this tape." I said, holding up the Sheridan tape.
"You're right. What should we do with it?" Jacob asked.
I looked around and figured out what to do. "I've got it." I smiled. I turned on the water in the sink and got the tape soaking wet. "That should do it. If anyone finds it they won't be able to hear it anyway." I took the soaked tape and threw it in the trash.
"That's that. Now let's go." Jacob said.
"The sooner we get them the better." I agreed.
"You read the previews yet?" He asked. He was looking a little worried.
"Yeah," I paused, "We should be fine."
"Good." Jacob replied.
When we got to the Crane estate he said, "Here's the key to Allistair's room. That was hard to get." He pulled out the key and something else from his pocked. "We can talk back and forth on these." He said, handing me the small comunicater.
"Are are they?" I asked.
"Well, small walky talky's really." He said grinning.
I laughed and said, "Hey, whatever works." I hooked up the device and then said, "Okay, let's get to it."
I started to turn to go to Allistair's camra room but Jacob grabbed my arm and said, "Hey, be careful. Alright?"
I smiled and said, "I will. You too, okay? Good luck."
"Yeah, we're gonna need it." Jacob said.
So we split up and I headed toward the room. I looked both ways to make sure no one was watching me. I carefully opened the door with the key and crept inside.
"Christy? You hear me okay?" I heard Jacob's voice over the walky talky thing.
"Loud and clear. Is anyone in the libarey?" I asked.
"No, Julian is still in his room and-" I heard him snicker under his breathe, "Rebecca is in there with him so I don't think we have to worry about them."
I held my giggle as I said, "Oh really?" I was laughing inside.
"You in the room?" Jacob asked.
"Yep. I'm getting the tape out now." I looked at the high-tech system Allistair had. "Wow. Allistair must really wanna keep tabs on this place. It's like freakin' Big Brother!"
I heard Jacob laugh and then say, "How you doing?"
"I'm recording it empty now." I waited a moment while it recorded. "Okay, that should do it. Now I'll loop the tape over and over so Allistair will see an empty library on his screen when really we're rigging up the device."
"Do I go?" Jacob asked.
"Go...now!" I said.
I heard him fiddle with the wires to get it hooked up and recording. I made sure that the tape of the empty library was playing over and over.
"You got it?" I asked.
"Almost." Jacob said, "I just wanna make sure that no one will be able to notice it." A moment passed. "Okay, it's hooked up. Just give me a second to get out of here. I'll meet you outside."
"Okay." I waited until he said that he was out of the room and then I took out the tape and it was returned to normal. I made sure that everything was just as I left it.
"You coming?" I heard Jacob ask over the talky.
"Yeah. Coming." I said. But then, I heard footsteps behide me, I whirled around to see Ivy standing there.
"Hello Christy." She said.
I froze. I had no idea she was there. "I was just-" I tried to explain myself but Ivy interuppted me.
She said, "I know exactly what you were doing." She said.
"You do?" I asked, not-believing her.
"Of course." She repiled, "You know I may be rich but I have seen the movie 'Speed'." She grinned.
I grinned to as I said, "I don't know what you mean."
"I only have one thing to say about it," Ivy started. She paused a long pause until she said, "I wish I'd of thought of it myself."
We both laughed for a moment until she said, "You better get going before some else notices you."
I nodded a thank you.
Then, before I left, I decided to live alittle and I whispered to her, "And for what it's worth, I think you and Sam would've made a great couple."
I walked away after I said that leaving Ivy in such awe she could not speak.
I walked outside to find Jacob standing there. "Walk and talk." I said.
"So you do okay?" Jacob asked.
"Yeah, I did fine." I answered, "What about you? Where did you hid the recorder anyway?"
"In the bookshelf corner." He said, "Not like they every read anyway."
We laughed. Then I asked, "Let's see the previews again. Then maybe will know what to do next."
"Yeah, we'll stop at the Bookcafe." Jacob answered. "Besides, if Whitney's there we can ask when Simone is coming back."
"Sounds good." I answered.
When we got to the Bookcafe Whitney was there talking with Chad. Big surprise.
"Hey guys." I said smiling as me and Jacob walked up to them, holding hands.
"Hey, what's up?" Chad asked.
Jacob and I exchanged glances and we both smiled and said, "Nothing."
"Yep, just a normal day in Harmony." I said.
"Yeah." Jacob said. "So Whitney, I was just wondering when Simone is coming back."
"Oh," Whitney said, "She called last night and said that she was having a great time at her aunt's." Whitney looked at Chad and said, "And I meant to tell you something too Chad. Simone said she met someone there."
"Oh yeah?" Chad said, feeling happier.
"Yeah, says they hit it off really well." Whitney smiled.
"Well that's great for her." Chad said, "Wonderful."
"Wonderful." Whitney said, repeating his words.
Jacob and I went and sat in the same booth and I logged on to my computer. The previews read:
"Sheridan and Luis board the plane to Spain. Ethan and Theresa decide to head down to the Bookcafe to find Whitney and Chad to ask them to be there maid of honer and best man. Hecuba realizes that Christy and Jacob are trying to stir up trouble with the Cranes and plans to take them down right after Charity with the help of her still souless friend, Kay."
Jacob and I looked at each other and gasped when we read the part about us.
I shut of my computer and put it away in silence until I said, "We've got to get Kay's soul back. And soon."
"What? Why?" Jacob asked.
"Because then Hecuba will have no control over her and Kay will know not to bargin with her again." I answered.
"But Christy, Hecuba is very powerful and we have no idea how to deal with this super-natural stuff!" Jacob said. "We don't have powers or anything."
"Yeah," I said getting my coat, "But I know someone who does."
**Later, as we walk to the Bennett home**
"Charity?" Jacob repeated my words. "You're going to tell Charity about Hecuba and you expect her to believe us?"
"Exactly." I said.
"No no no!" Jacob replied. "This will never work! Plus we've go to remember that we can't leave that recorder in the library forever. We should only take on one thing at a time."
"Well we can't take on anything if we're dead now can we?" I said smartly.
"Good point." Jacob granted, "But how are you so sure that Charity is going to believe us?"
"Trust me," I answered, "She will."
"Whatever you say." Jacob said.
But when we walked up to Bennett home we were in total awe over what we saw.
After a long moment of silence I whispered, "We're late."
End of chapter 4