The elevator jerked to a stop and Gary pressed the number of the previous floor.
"Gary… what is it?" Marissa asked finally breaking the silence.
"It's Adison," he replied pacing back and fourth in the elevator and massaging
his head.
"What about him… what about Adison?" she questioned.
"He's going to be strangled to death with his IV cord," he told her as the elevator
doors glided open.
"Well then what are we waiting for?" they stepped off and she held out her
hand so he could lead her.
"No Marissa not we you have to stay here. Promise me," he enclosed her hands
in his.
"But Gary!" she complained.
"No Marissa I don't want you getting hurt this guys dangerous. He's already
attempted murder once and I don't want you going anywhere near him. I'll be
right back," he started walking down the hall.
A nurse came up behind him.
"Sir visiting hours are over. Sir!" she yelled after him stopping half way down the
hall. Gary found Adisons room and stopped in front of it.
"Hey MacGyver! Where do you think your going?" A man behind him yelled.
Gary hadn't been prepared to explain his actions. He took his hand off the
doorknob and exhaled.
"Uhh...well I," Gary turned around to face him. "Chuck! What are you doing
here!?" Gary asked startled.
"Hey nice to see you too! Some Erica chick told me I could find you here. It's
about time you get your head examined," he slapped him on his back and
moved in front of the door.
"I don't have time for this," Gary said frantically pushing him out of the way
then entering the room.
"Gary!" he followed him into the room. It was to dark to see anything but they
could hear Adison gasping for air. Even though the light from the hall streamed
in the man ignored it and continued with his task. Gary ran over to the window
and again opened the curtains. At the sight of Gary and Chuck the man
jumped off of Adison and ran out of the door.
"Hey!" Gary yelled bolting out of the door to follow him. The halls were empty
and silent but he took off in the direction of Marissa and the elevator. Just as he
went to round the corner two guards walked towards him both grabbing one
of his arms and lifting him up, taking him back towards Adison's room.
"What are you doing!" Gary shouted frantically.
"Showing you out! Like the lady said visiting hours are over!" the tallest guard
snapped.
"No… no you can't he ran that way… stop! Let me go!" Gary continued
desperately, his voice echoing down the hall.
"Gary?" Marissa questioned hearing his cry for help. They went past Adisons
room, which was no full of people.
"He was tall, I'd say about 6'3, and lengthy all in black!" Chuck explained to the
police.
"Chuck!" Gary called as they walked past.
"Gare!" Chuck called out from inside the room. He slowly walked out into the
deserted hall and saw Gary being taken away.
"Ga---ry!!!" He yelled running down the hall after him. They came to the end of
the long hallway and opened up the double doors on the right tossing Gary
out of them. Chuck reached the end of the hall as the doors closed and the
guards walked past him. He placed his hands on his knees and hunched over
trying to catch his breath.
"Will you be able to show yourself out?" the guard barked. Chuck nodded.
"Gary?" he said opening up the doors. Their Gary lay in a pile of garbage in the
back all of the hospital. Chuck let the doors close behind him and helped Gary
to his feet.
"You wanna tell me what's going on?" Chuck asked scrunching up his face.
"No I wouldn't! I would like to go home without being followed by nosey
reporters, I would like to relax for a change and enjoy my bar and I would once
just once like to go home and have the energy to spend some time with Erica!
Do you even know how many dates I missed just this month?" Gary put his head
down, "What am I saying of course you don't there's been so many I don't even
remember!" he said peeling a piece of garbage off of himself.
"Well then why don't you sit back relax and buy a yacht… hell what am I
taking about! An island!" Chucks eyes grew big as he grabbed the paper that
hung out of Gary's coat.
"Give me that!" Gary said grabbing the paper back and stuffing it in his back
pocket.
"So you and this Erica girl are you," Chuck rolled his left hand in font of him
searching for the right words, "so to say… ya know an item?" he questioned with
a smile.
"Well kinda… sorta…you know the paper it well," Gary informed.
"Get's in the way?" Chuck finished his thought.
"Well… yea," he concluded.
"Lovely girl, I think you finally have done it. You may have finally topped
Marsha!" Chuck stated. At the sound of his ex-wives name Gary became
frustrated.
"Chuck! What are you doing here?" Gary asked impatiently.
"Here here?" Chuck pointed down. "Or Chicago here?"
"Both!" Gary snapped.
"Gare…I'm gonna be a dad!" Chuck said smiling.
"Yes I know we got your card this morning but Chuck you can't even take care
of yourself how are you going to take care of a baby?" Gary asked.
"Oh come on Gare how hard can it be you change 'em feed 'em put them to
bed," Chuck informed.
"It's not that easy!" Gary reassured him.
"Oh now I understand. I see why you're upset," Chuck said throwing his arms in
the air.
"You do?" Gary questioned.
"Yea I do. I'm living your dream… "The American Dream," he said sarcastically
putting quotation marks around the phrase, "A beautiful wife, a nice house, a
great job and a baby on the way," he finished.
"I can't believe you!" Gary yelled.
"You can't believe me! I can't believe you!" The double doors opened and
Marissa stood between them.
"Marissa!" Chuck ran over and gave her a hug abandoning the argument.
"Chuck? Chuck is that you?" she asked as he let her go.
"The one and only!" he answered.
"The plot thickens!" a voice said pushing one of the double doors fully open. "So
Gary how are you associated with Adison?" Gary stood silent. "Well come on Mr.
Hobson the whole worlds waiting," she pointed to her cameraman who had
the camera fixed on Gary. "And I don't think I've met you yet," she pointed to
Chuck," But Gary I do find Marissa delightful," she smirked.
"Oh my god! Your… your…" Chuck begun star struck.
"The one and only," she said mocking Chuck, "Allow me to introduce myself…
I'm Anatonia Givani."
"Chuck Fishman and the pleasure is all mine," Chuck extended his hand but she
just ignored his gesture. "You know we already have a lot in common Mr.
Giovoni I'm also in show biz." Gary rolled his eyes and checked his watch. "I
produce a show called "Bikini Squad" ever see it?" he inquired.
"It's the soap opera with a bunch of top heavy girls that run around with next to
nothing… right?" she asked. Chuck smiled.
"So you've seen it!" Anatonia slapped him across the face. Chuck grabbed the
area that she had just struck. "What was that for?" Chuck asked in disbelief.
"For degrading women! I'm a highly educated woman Mr. Fishman so doesn't
me patronizing with your bikini bimbo escapade. It's scum like you that make
tabloids not new!" she answered turning her attention back to Gary. Gary slowly
walked over to Marissa pondering his next move. "So what did Adison tell you
Gary?" Gary ignored her picking Marissa up and slinger her over his shoulder.
"Chuck lets go!"
"But Gare!" Chuck complained.
"Gary what are you doing?" Marissa yelled not liking the sudden change.
"Makin' a break for it hon! Just trust me." Gary said starting to walk faster.
"You can run Gary but you can't hide!" Anatonia stated crossing her arms and
starting after them. She turns around to see her camera man just standing there.
"Well what are you waiting for! Lets go!" She yells over her shoulder. Her camera
man trudged along, gasping for breath, murmuring something about Jenny Craig.
"Chuck! Grab the paper out of my pocket." Gary stated.
Chuck grabs it and starts turning pages. They reached the end of the long ally.
"And don't bother looking for the sports or stocks there in my coat." Gary
remarked.
"You don't trust your best bud?" Chuck said hurt.
"Not when the paper is involved." Gary informed.
Chuck pretends to be offended.
"I wouldn't trust you either," Marissa pipes in.
Chuck ignores the comments. "So what am I looking for?"
"There is some kind of party... it's in the entertainment section."
"Chicago's Grand Central tunnel plays host to concert?" Chuck asked.
"Yea! Yea that's it. Keep reading what time does it start?" He asked.
"6:30...it's 7:24 right now." Chuck informed.
"Perfect! Well take Chestnut St. and head towards it."
"There's now way she'll be able to find us out of," Chuck read the paper,"3,789
people!"
Marissa finally broke the silence. "Gary why are we trying to lose her?" She asked
her voice shaking due to his movement.
"Because there's something definitely unsettling about his women and if I don't
rid of her soon she might catch on about the paper. And I definitely don't need
that right now!" he informed.
"Oh!" She exclaimed.
As they neared the tunnel they could hear the sound of fans cheering and music
being played. It was beginning to become impossible to hear yourself over it.
"Gary!" Marissa yelled.
"Yea?"
"Where are we going!"
Chuck again read the paper.
"To the Mystic Spirals!!!" Chuck informed.
They came to the tunnel and entered. Inside it extremely dark with strobe lights
and fake smoke. There were so many people that you could barley move. Gary
set Marissa down. His back was killing him. He was about to pause and
stretch when he heard Anatonia shout to her camera man over the noise of the
crowed. He took Marissas hand and started leading her though with his hand.
"Excuse me!" Gary said pushing though the crowd.
Gary keeps a close watch over his shoulder where her and her camera man is
located. After a few minuets of searching around they finally give up and start
heading to the tunnel entrance way. Gary turns behind him towards Chuck.
"I think we might have lost them. Let's get out of here." He yelled leading Marissa
towards the another entrance way opposite the one that Anatonia just went out.
Outside of the tunnel it was actually a cool night. Gary wrapped his coat tighter
around him.
"Let's catch a taxi and get back to Mc Ginty's." He told the others.
"Gary… what is it?" Marissa asked finally breaking the silence.
"It's Adison," he replied pacing back and fourth in the elevator and massaging
his head.
"What about him… what about Adison?" she questioned.
"He's going to be strangled to death with his IV cord," he told her as the elevator
doors glided open.
"Well then what are we waiting for?" they stepped off and she held out her
hand so he could lead her.
"No Marissa not we you have to stay here. Promise me," he enclosed her hands
in his.
"But Gary!" she complained.
"No Marissa I don't want you getting hurt this guys dangerous. He's already
attempted murder once and I don't want you going anywhere near him. I'll be
right back," he started walking down the hall.
A nurse came up behind him.
"Sir visiting hours are over. Sir!" she yelled after him stopping half way down the
hall. Gary found Adisons room and stopped in front of it.
"Hey MacGyver! Where do you think your going?" A man behind him yelled.
Gary hadn't been prepared to explain his actions. He took his hand off the
doorknob and exhaled.
"Uhh...well I," Gary turned around to face him. "Chuck! What are you doing
here!?" Gary asked startled.
"Hey nice to see you too! Some Erica chick told me I could find you here. It's
about time you get your head examined," he slapped him on his back and
moved in front of the door.
"I don't have time for this," Gary said frantically pushing him out of the way
then entering the room.
"Gary!" he followed him into the room. It was to dark to see anything but they
could hear Adison gasping for air. Even though the light from the hall streamed
in the man ignored it and continued with his task. Gary ran over to the window
and again opened the curtains. At the sight of Gary and Chuck the man
jumped off of Adison and ran out of the door.
"Hey!" Gary yelled bolting out of the door to follow him. The halls were empty
and silent but he took off in the direction of Marissa and the elevator. Just as he
went to round the corner two guards walked towards him both grabbing one
of his arms and lifting him up, taking him back towards Adison's room.
"What are you doing!" Gary shouted frantically.
"Showing you out! Like the lady said visiting hours are over!" the tallest guard
snapped.
"No… no you can't he ran that way… stop! Let me go!" Gary continued
desperately, his voice echoing down the hall.
"Gary?" Marissa questioned hearing his cry for help. They went past Adisons
room, which was no full of people.
"He was tall, I'd say about 6'3, and lengthy all in black!" Chuck explained to the
police.
"Chuck!" Gary called as they walked past.
"Gare!" Chuck called out from inside the room. He slowly walked out into the
deserted hall and saw Gary being taken away.
"Ga---ry!!!" He yelled running down the hall after him. They came to the end of
the long hallway and opened up the double doors on the right tossing Gary
out of them. Chuck reached the end of the hall as the doors closed and the
guards walked past him. He placed his hands on his knees and hunched over
trying to catch his breath.
"Will you be able to show yourself out?" the guard barked. Chuck nodded.
"Gary?" he said opening up the doors. Their Gary lay in a pile of garbage in the
back all of the hospital. Chuck let the doors close behind him and helped Gary
to his feet.
"You wanna tell me what's going on?" Chuck asked scrunching up his face.
"No I wouldn't! I would like to go home without being followed by nosey
reporters, I would like to relax for a change and enjoy my bar and I would once
just once like to go home and have the energy to spend some time with Erica!
Do you even know how many dates I missed just this month?" Gary put his head
down, "What am I saying of course you don't there's been so many I don't even
remember!" he said peeling a piece of garbage off of himself.
"Well then why don't you sit back relax and buy a yacht… hell what am I
taking about! An island!" Chucks eyes grew big as he grabbed the paper that
hung out of Gary's coat.
"Give me that!" Gary said grabbing the paper back and stuffing it in his back
pocket.
"So you and this Erica girl are you," Chuck rolled his left hand in font of him
searching for the right words, "so to say… ya know an item?" he questioned with
a smile.
"Well kinda… sorta…you know the paper it well," Gary informed.
"Get's in the way?" Chuck finished his thought.
"Well… yea," he concluded.
"Lovely girl, I think you finally have done it. You may have finally topped
Marsha!" Chuck stated. At the sound of his ex-wives name Gary became
frustrated.
"Chuck! What are you doing here?" Gary asked impatiently.
"Here here?" Chuck pointed down. "Or Chicago here?"
"Both!" Gary snapped.
"Gare…I'm gonna be a dad!" Chuck said smiling.
"Yes I know we got your card this morning but Chuck you can't even take care
of yourself how are you going to take care of a baby?" Gary asked.
"Oh come on Gare how hard can it be you change 'em feed 'em put them to
bed," Chuck informed.
"It's not that easy!" Gary reassured him.
"Oh now I understand. I see why you're upset," Chuck said throwing his arms in
the air.
"You do?" Gary questioned.
"Yea I do. I'm living your dream… "The American Dream," he said sarcastically
putting quotation marks around the phrase, "A beautiful wife, a nice house, a
great job and a baby on the way," he finished.
"I can't believe you!" Gary yelled.
"You can't believe me! I can't believe you!" The double doors opened and
Marissa stood between them.
"Marissa!" Chuck ran over and gave her a hug abandoning the argument.
"Chuck? Chuck is that you?" she asked as he let her go.
"The one and only!" he answered.
"The plot thickens!" a voice said pushing one of the double doors fully open. "So
Gary how are you associated with Adison?" Gary stood silent. "Well come on Mr.
Hobson the whole worlds waiting," she pointed to her cameraman who had
the camera fixed on Gary. "And I don't think I've met you yet," she pointed to
Chuck," But Gary I do find Marissa delightful," she smirked.
"Oh my god! Your… your…" Chuck begun star struck.
"The one and only," she said mocking Chuck, "Allow me to introduce myself…
I'm Anatonia Givani."
"Chuck Fishman and the pleasure is all mine," Chuck extended his hand but she
just ignored his gesture. "You know we already have a lot in common Mr.
Giovoni I'm also in show biz." Gary rolled his eyes and checked his watch. "I
produce a show called "Bikini Squad" ever see it?" he inquired.
"It's the soap opera with a bunch of top heavy girls that run around with next to
nothing… right?" she asked. Chuck smiled.
"So you've seen it!" Anatonia slapped him across the face. Chuck grabbed the
area that she had just struck. "What was that for?" Chuck asked in disbelief.
"For degrading women! I'm a highly educated woman Mr. Fishman so doesn't
me patronizing with your bikini bimbo escapade. It's scum like you that make
tabloids not new!" she answered turning her attention back to Gary. Gary slowly
walked over to Marissa pondering his next move. "So what did Adison tell you
Gary?" Gary ignored her picking Marissa up and slinger her over his shoulder.
"Chuck lets go!"
"But Gare!" Chuck complained.
"Gary what are you doing?" Marissa yelled not liking the sudden change.
"Makin' a break for it hon! Just trust me." Gary said starting to walk faster.
"You can run Gary but you can't hide!" Anatonia stated crossing her arms and
starting after them. She turns around to see her camera man just standing there.
"Well what are you waiting for! Lets go!" She yells over her shoulder. Her camera
man trudged along, gasping for breath, murmuring something about Jenny Craig.
"Chuck! Grab the paper out of my pocket." Gary stated.
Chuck grabs it and starts turning pages. They reached the end of the long ally.
"And don't bother looking for the sports or stocks there in my coat." Gary
remarked.
"You don't trust your best bud?" Chuck said hurt.
"Not when the paper is involved." Gary informed.
Chuck pretends to be offended.
"I wouldn't trust you either," Marissa pipes in.
Chuck ignores the comments. "So what am I looking for?"
"There is some kind of party... it's in the entertainment section."
"Chicago's Grand Central tunnel plays host to concert?" Chuck asked.
"Yea! Yea that's it. Keep reading what time does it start?" He asked.
"6:30...it's 7:24 right now." Chuck informed.
"Perfect! Well take Chestnut St. and head towards it."
"There's now way she'll be able to find us out of," Chuck read the paper,"3,789
people!"
Marissa finally broke the silence. "Gary why are we trying to lose her?" She asked
her voice shaking due to his movement.
"Because there's something definitely unsettling about his women and if I don't
rid of her soon she might catch on about the paper. And I definitely don't need
that right now!" he informed.
"Oh!" She exclaimed.
As they neared the tunnel they could hear the sound of fans cheering and music
being played. It was beginning to become impossible to hear yourself over it.
"Gary!" Marissa yelled.
"Yea?"
"Where are we going!"
Chuck again read the paper.
"To the Mystic Spirals!!!" Chuck informed.
They came to the tunnel and entered. Inside it extremely dark with strobe lights
and fake smoke. There were so many people that you could barley move. Gary
set Marissa down. His back was killing him. He was about to pause and
stretch when he heard Anatonia shout to her camera man over the noise of the
crowed. He took Marissas hand and started leading her though with his hand.
"Excuse me!" Gary said pushing though the crowd.
Gary keeps a close watch over his shoulder where her and her camera man is
located. After a few minuets of searching around they finally give up and start
heading to the tunnel entrance way. Gary turns behind him towards Chuck.
"I think we might have lost them. Let's get out of here." He yelled leading Marissa
towards the another entrance way opposite the one that Anatonia just went out.
Outside of the tunnel it was actually a cool night. Gary wrapped his coat tighter
around him.
"Let's catch a taxi and get back to Mc Ginty's." He told the others.