Passions: Through the Television (chapter 8)
I didn't have the slightest idea what to say. Then, it hit me like lightening on a metal rod, exactly what to do. "I-I don't know what you're talking about." I lied.
"You know exactly what I'm talking about." The man with the gun said. He tighted his grip around my neck and said, "Now I'll ask you again, where is the tape?"
"I don't know what you're talking about." I lied firmly.
"Fine." The man said, "Have it your way. But you're coming with me." Before he took me out of my apartment I grabbed my lucky pack.
'Great.' I thought to myself sarcasticly, 'This is great. I'm being kidnapped. I just knew this day couldn't be perfect.'
The man dragged me, kicking and trying to scream the whole way, to the Crane estate. How...surprising. Then I said the the man, "What are you gonna do? Hid me in the gazebo? But wait, that space it already filled!"
The man turned and tried to wack me but I ducked and so he just walked on. At the Crane estate he took me in the back yard and threw me in an old tornado shelter. It was under ground, of course.
"You're gonna stay here until we get the tape. Then, well, I leave that up to Alistair." The man shut the door and locked it tightly on the ouside. He threw me in pretty hard but I got up and wait a mintute until I was sure that he was gone. I tried to get the door open but it was no use. The lock was tight on the outside. I yelled but it was the middle of the night by now. So then I decided to settle in for the night at least.
That's when I remembered that my laptop was in my lucky pack, how...lucky. So I took it out and looked at how much battery power it has. Not much left. So I logged on quickly and pulled up the previews. To my surprise, everything was the same. Every line was exactly the same as before.
So I turned off my laptop quickly to save battery power.
I decided since there was no one around, I could talk to myself. I usualy did that back home anyway. "What is going on?" I asked myself.
This was impossible. I decided that I could not stay here. So I had an idea.
I took my lucky pack and tied one strap around the handle and pulled with the other. Maybe it could losen the lock or something. So I pulled and pulled. But it was no use. The door must have been blocked by something. I really didn't know. I figured that since I couldn't get the stupid door open then all I could really do is wait. So I sat back down on the dirt floor. Come to think of it. Everything was dirt. Great. That was just great.
I wasn't really scared. I actually was anything but scared. At this point I was just annoyed. Annoyed that my plan had a flaw that was caught, mostly.
Then my feelings progressed from annoyance to anger. So I decided to take my anger out on the door. Still it would not come down. So I waited and waited. Then, about a half hour later, I heard something outside. I listened carfully. Then, all of a sudden, the door flew open and that man came again. Next to the man was Julian Crane. "Hello boys." I said grabbing my lucky pack again, "Where are we off too?" I asked when the man grabbed me.
"To meet a friend of yours." Julian said. "My son."
I knew that he meant Jacob. So they 'escorted' me into the Crane Manison.
First they just brought me in the doorway by the stairs. I listened and heard Jacob's voice, "What are you saying father?"
Then I heard Alistair's voice say over a speaker phone, "I'm saying that I have something you love. And if you don't give me that tape-" That's when Julian and the man came in with me, "-she goes."
Jacob's eyes went wide when he saw me. "Christy!" He exclaimed.
Then I just yelled, "Don't do it! Don't tell them where the tape is!"
"What about you Christy?!" Jacob asked.
"Forget about me! Don't tell them where the tape is." I said.
"Shut up you two." Alistair said. The room went quiet. "Now I'll make a deal with you. I'll let Christy go if you tell me where that tape is."
"Okay." Jacob said after a moment of quiet.
I couldn't believe what he was saying, "No! Jacob!"
"Shut up Christy!" Julian yelled at me.
"Srew you!" I yelled. I didn't care about that.
"I'll do it." Jacob said, "Chief Bennett has the tape."
"Chief Bennett eh?" Alistair said.
"No Jacob!" I yelled at one last attempt to stop him.
"Good thing you told the truth son." Alistair said. "I believe you. But just to be safe, Christy will stay in the guest room and neither of you is allowed to leave until morning and we have the tape."
Then I was let go. Julian and the man left and Alistair hung up.
Jacob and I walked to each other and Jacob asked, "Are you alright?"
I flicked him on the head with my thumb and pointer finger and said, "You idiot! Why did you tell him that?!"
"Because," Jacob said, "Sam doesn't have the tape."
"What?" I asked.
"I told chief Bennett to give it to someone else for safe keeping. And he gave it to Hank who earlier tonight locked it in evidance locker at the police station." Jacob then crossed him arms like an expert and said, "Now who's the idiot?"
"Still you." I answered, "Because what now? Alistair is going to ask Sam where that tape is and then all hell will break lose." I thought and then said, "Again."
"That's where I come in." Jacob took the phone and dailed some numbers. "Hello, Chief Bennett? Yes..." Jacob told him everthing that happened. Then after a seris of "okay's" and "altight's" he hung up the phone.
"So, what did he say?" I asked.
"Well," Jacob started to say, "He said that him and his police force are coming down here now to break down the gazebo!"
My mouth hung in awe and then I said, "That's great! But what about Luis?"
"He and Sheridan are on the plane back to Harmony. Sam just told him that it was importian. They should be here soon. Sam said that Luis is meeting them at the station and then they're coming here." Jacob explained.
"So I guess we should head down to the gazebo." I said.
I didn't have a coat and besides, it was humid out. Before we went out I kissed Jacob and said, "That's for thinking far enought ahead."
So we got to the gazebo and no one was there yet. So we sat down and I said, "Okay, this is freaking me out. If there is a body in here...ew!"
"I know. This is awful." Jacob replied.
After a few mintutes we heard people coming. We looked and we saw Sam, Luis, and Sheridan coming closer. The rest of Sam's force was in the police cars yet. By the look on Luis's face, Sam had told him.
Luis came up to me and Jacob and said, "Who are you and what are you doing?"
Sam came up to us and said, "Luis, these are the two I was telling you about. Christy Wilson and Jacob-" Sam paused before saying Jacob's last name, "-Crane. They were the ones who rigged up the recorder, pulled the VCR trick from 'Speed' on Alistair's camras, and Christy was taken from her apartment earlier tonight and was threatened by Alistair and Julian. That gives us all the more advangte in court."
It was silent as Luis looked at us. Just stared at us for at least a couple mintutes. Then I had to say, "I'm sorry."
Luis threw me a puzzled glance and said, "Sorry? Sorry for what?"
"Sorry about your father." I finshed.
"It's alright." Luis said, "I mean, you risked your life to help someone you'd never met. And you," Luis turned to Jacob, "You are taking down your own family."
"Well," Jacob said, "As you have found from knowing Ethan and Sheridan, there can be more than one black sheep in a family." There was a pause before Jacob said, "Now let's get this started so it can be over."
"Let's." Luis said, "I owe you big-time."
We smiled back.
So, Sam and some of his cops started taking apart the gazebo. All me and Jacob could do was wait.
Then, after about 20 mintutes a deputy said, "Chief Bennett, we've found something." Me and Jacob went over there to see as well.
As I looked over Jacob's should to see what they found I screamed, "Oh my God!"
I couldn't look at it anymore so turned my head and Jacob pulled me close on his should and told me not to look.
I knew that it was going to be a long night.
End of Chapter 8
I didn't have the slightest idea what to say. Then, it hit me like lightening on a metal rod, exactly what to do. "I-I don't know what you're talking about." I lied.
"You know exactly what I'm talking about." The man with the gun said. He tighted his grip around my neck and said, "Now I'll ask you again, where is the tape?"
"I don't know what you're talking about." I lied firmly.
"Fine." The man said, "Have it your way. But you're coming with me." Before he took me out of my apartment I grabbed my lucky pack.
'Great.' I thought to myself sarcasticly, 'This is great. I'm being kidnapped. I just knew this day couldn't be perfect.'
The man dragged me, kicking and trying to scream the whole way, to the Crane estate. How...surprising. Then I said the the man, "What are you gonna do? Hid me in the gazebo? But wait, that space it already filled!"
The man turned and tried to wack me but I ducked and so he just walked on. At the Crane estate he took me in the back yard and threw me in an old tornado shelter. It was under ground, of course.
"You're gonna stay here until we get the tape. Then, well, I leave that up to Alistair." The man shut the door and locked it tightly on the ouside. He threw me in pretty hard but I got up and wait a mintute until I was sure that he was gone. I tried to get the door open but it was no use. The lock was tight on the outside. I yelled but it was the middle of the night by now. So then I decided to settle in for the night at least.
That's when I remembered that my laptop was in my lucky pack, how...lucky. So I took it out and looked at how much battery power it has. Not much left. So I logged on quickly and pulled up the previews. To my surprise, everything was the same. Every line was exactly the same as before.
So I turned off my laptop quickly to save battery power.
I decided since there was no one around, I could talk to myself. I usualy did that back home anyway. "What is going on?" I asked myself.
This was impossible. I decided that I could not stay here. So I had an idea.
I took my lucky pack and tied one strap around the handle and pulled with the other. Maybe it could losen the lock or something. So I pulled and pulled. But it was no use. The door must have been blocked by something. I really didn't know. I figured that since I couldn't get the stupid door open then all I could really do is wait. So I sat back down on the dirt floor. Come to think of it. Everything was dirt. Great. That was just great.
I wasn't really scared. I actually was anything but scared. At this point I was just annoyed. Annoyed that my plan had a flaw that was caught, mostly.
Then my feelings progressed from annoyance to anger. So I decided to take my anger out on the door. Still it would not come down. So I waited and waited. Then, about a half hour later, I heard something outside. I listened carfully. Then, all of a sudden, the door flew open and that man came again. Next to the man was Julian Crane. "Hello boys." I said grabbing my lucky pack again, "Where are we off too?" I asked when the man grabbed me.
"To meet a friend of yours." Julian said. "My son."
I knew that he meant Jacob. So they 'escorted' me into the Crane Manison.
First they just brought me in the doorway by the stairs. I listened and heard Jacob's voice, "What are you saying father?"
Then I heard Alistair's voice say over a speaker phone, "I'm saying that I have something you love. And if you don't give me that tape-" That's when Julian and the man came in with me, "-she goes."
Jacob's eyes went wide when he saw me. "Christy!" He exclaimed.
Then I just yelled, "Don't do it! Don't tell them where the tape is!"
"What about you Christy?!" Jacob asked.
"Forget about me! Don't tell them where the tape is." I said.
"Shut up you two." Alistair said. The room went quiet. "Now I'll make a deal with you. I'll let Christy go if you tell me where that tape is."
"Okay." Jacob said after a moment of quiet.
I couldn't believe what he was saying, "No! Jacob!"
"Shut up Christy!" Julian yelled at me.
"Srew you!" I yelled. I didn't care about that.
"I'll do it." Jacob said, "Chief Bennett has the tape."
"Chief Bennett eh?" Alistair said.
"No Jacob!" I yelled at one last attempt to stop him.
"Good thing you told the truth son." Alistair said. "I believe you. But just to be safe, Christy will stay in the guest room and neither of you is allowed to leave until morning and we have the tape."
Then I was let go. Julian and the man left and Alistair hung up.
Jacob and I walked to each other and Jacob asked, "Are you alright?"
I flicked him on the head with my thumb and pointer finger and said, "You idiot! Why did you tell him that?!"
"Because," Jacob said, "Sam doesn't have the tape."
"What?" I asked.
"I told chief Bennett to give it to someone else for safe keeping. And he gave it to Hank who earlier tonight locked it in evidance locker at the police station." Jacob then crossed him arms like an expert and said, "Now who's the idiot?"
"Still you." I answered, "Because what now? Alistair is going to ask Sam where that tape is and then all hell will break lose." I thought and then said, "Again."
"That's where I come in." Jacob took the phone and dailed some numbers. "Hello, Chief Bennett? Yes..." Jacob told him everthing that happened. Then after a seris of "okay's" and "altight's" he hung up the phone.
"So, what did he say?" I asked.
"Well," Jacob started to say, "He said that him and his police force are coming down here now to break down the gazebo!"
My mouth hung in awe and then I said, "That's great! But what about Luis?"
"He and Sheridan are on the plane back to Harmony. Sam just told him that it was importian. They should be here soon. Sam said that Luis is meeting them at the station and then they're coming here." Jacob explained.
"So I guess we should head down to the gazebo." I said.
I didn't have a coat and besides, it was humid out. Before we went out I kissed Jacob and said, "That's for thinking far enought ahead."
So we got to the gazebo and no one was there yet. So we sat down and I said, "Okay, this is freaking me out. If there is a body in here...ew!"
"I know. This is awful." Jacob replied.
After a few mintutes we heard people coming. We looked and we saw Sam, Luis, and Sheridan coming closer. The rest of Sam's force was in the police cars yet. By the look on Luis's face, Sam had told him.
Luis came up to me and Jacob and said, "Who are you and what are you doing?"
Sam came up to us and said, "Luis, these are the two I was telling you about. Christy Wilson and Jacob-" Sam paused before saying Jacob's last name, "-Crane. They were the ones who rigged up the recorder, pulled the VCR trick from 'Speed' on Alistair's camras, and Christy was taken from her apartment earlier tonight and was threatened by Alistair and Julian. That gives us all the more advangte in court."
It was silent as Luis looked at us. Just stared at us for at least a couple mintutes. Then I had to say, "I'm sorry."
Luis threw me a puzzled glance and said, "Sorry? Sorry for what?"
"Sorry about your father." I finshed.
"It's alright." Luis said, "I mean, you risked your life to help someone you'd never met. And you," Luis turned to Jacob, "You are taking down your own family."
"Well," Jacob said, "As you have found from knowing Ethan and Sheridan, there can be more than one black sheep in a family." There was a pause before Jacob said, "Now let's get this started so it can be over."
"Let's." Luis said, "I owe you big-time."
We smiled back.
So, Sam and some of his cops started taking apart the gazebo. All me and Jacob could do was wait.
Then, after about 20 mintutes a deputy said, "Chief Bennett, we've found something." Me and Jacob went over there to see as well.
As I looked over Jacob's should to see what they found I screamed, "Oh my God!"
I couldn't look at it anymore so turned my head and Jacob pulled me close on his should and told me not to look.
I knew that it was going to be a long night.
End of Chapter 8