LAST TIME: During the Collinses' Halloween party, Noah was lured to the attic of Collinwood by the sound of Hallie's voice. Mark and Gillian danced together. Alora (Angelique) remembered her romance with Barnanbas. Gillian noticed Vicky's chillingly realistic vampire fangs. Julia mysteriously appeared unconcious on the ballroom floor after being missing for twenty-five years.
Everyone gasped. David stepped forward. "It's Julia!" he said in amazement.
"But..." Maggie began, "but she's been missing for over twenty years." Maggie's eyes closed and she began to fall backward, but Willie caught her in time.
Jordan stepped out of the crowd to help his father move the unconcious woman to a couch. "Who is this, dad," he asked David.
"It's Julia Collins, the woman Barnabas is in Germany looking for." David looked down at Julia. Her face seemed twisted as if she were having a horrible nightmare. "Now how could somebody who's been gone for God-knows-how-long just appear out of nowhere on a ballroom floor?"
"Well, surely that weird green light had something to do with it," suggested Carolyn.
"Listen," said David, "What matters is that she's home. Now, I'm going to call Barnabas." He walked over to the phone, picked it up and dialed 0. He put to his ear and said "Hello, Operator, give me the PalastHotel in Berlin, Germany." There was a small pause. "Thank you." Suddenly a puzzled look came over his face. He turned to the room and asked, "does anyone here speak German?"
"I do," said Carolyn frustrated. She walked quickly to him and snatched the phone away. "Hallo," she said, "schließen Sie mich bitte an Raum des Herrn Barnanbas Collins an." There was a short pause. "Danke."
The phone rang in Barnabas's room. He was asleep at the time, being it only three o'clock in the morning. Neil slept in the next room over. Barnabas awoke with a start. He answered, "Hello," he said.
"Barnabas!" said Carolyn, "I'm glad I caught you."
"Carolyn, what's wrong? You sound frantic."
"Oh, Barnabas, it's Julia!"
"What?!"
"She's back, Barnabas. She's come back. There was this flash of light in the ballroom and there she was in the middle of the floor unconcious."
"Oh my...." He nearly cried with happiness. A huge weight had been lifted off of his chest. "I'll wake Neil. We'll be home by midnight your time."
"Alright." Carolyn hung up. She turned to the group, "he'll be home by midnight."
Alora inconspicuosly made her way out of the room. She pulled from her coat a Tarot card, bearing the image of the high preistess. I knew it would happen tonight, she thought. My preminisions never lie. I'll speed up the waking process to see where she was and how she got there. I need to know if... he was involved.
She held the card, Julia's card, up to the moonlight. "Awaken, Julia Hoffman. Let the moonlight make your eyes twitch. Let the beams stir you." Suddenly there came a painful moan from the ballroom. "Julia," she whispered. She entered the room once again.
Julia began to move. "What's that light?!" she began to mumble. "What kind of being are you? Get... get that away form me!" She sat up abruptly and screamed. She looked around. "Where am I?" she asked. "Who are you all?"
David took a hold of her hand, "Julia," he said, "It's me, David Collins. The last time you saw me I was twenty. You've been missing since 1976, this is the year 2001."
Julia's eyes widened. "Oh my God..." she uttered, then she gave out a sort-of sigh and collapsed.
The attic was dark. Noah fumbled through the darkness to the mirror. "Look into the mirror," Hallie's voice said. Noah did so and soon, her image came into view. "Look and be mine once more. Do you see me Noah?"
"Yes," he said in monotone.
"Good boy, Noah," said the apparition in the mirror. "Now don't look away for one second." Suddenly a mist flowed out of the mirror. It formed Hallie's likeness and then poured into Noah's body through hid eyes. Noah all of a sudden hated Allison, and would do anything to get rid of his step mother.
In the ballroom, Vicky's blood began to boil. She tapped Carolyn on the shoulder. "I'm going out to get some air." she said.
Carolyn nodded and Vicky exited. She opened the front door and ran out into the autumn night air. She heard a rustling in the bushes. This was what she had been waiting for. She quickly dove into the bush and picked up the cat that had been hiding there. After receiving numurous scratches, she plunged her teeth into the cat's neck and drained it of blood. After having satisfied her thrist, she dropped the lifeless animal and turned to go back in. Carolyn stood in the doorway with an expression of horror on her face. "Vampire," she whispered.
Noah walked into his room. He was a baseball fan and had a bat in his closet. He picked it up. "I'm gonna pretend I'm Mark McGuire hitting a baseball." he said with an evil sinister laugh.
David succeeded in reviving Julia in the ballroom. Julia looked around once more. "I recognize some things," she said, a smile slowly forming. She turned to Maggie, "Maggie? Maggie Evans?"
"It's Loomis now, Julia," said Maggie, tears of joy welling up in her eyes. "Willie and I are married."
Julia then looked around some more. Her eyes fell upon Alora. She gasped. "Angelique?! What are you doing here?"
Everyone looked form Alora to Julia, all confused.
Outside, Carolyn stared at Vicky with accusing eyes. "Vicky," said Carolyn, "I...."
"Carolyn, I can explain," said Vicky.
"That was a damn good trick."
"What?"
"You really had me going there. You set it up so that I would thing you vampirically killed a cat. I was really scared there for a second. I thought you were really a vampire." She began to laugh.
Vicky joined in. "Vampire, right. It was all just a trick...."
TO BE CONTINUED........................
Everyone gasped. David stepped forward. "It's Julia!" he said in amazement.
"But..." Maggie began, "but she's been missing for over twenty years." Maggie's eyes closed and she began to fall backward, but Willie caught her in time.
Jordan stepped out of the crowd to help his father move the unconcious woman to a couch. "Who is this, dad," he asked David.
"It's Julia Collins, the woman Barnabas is in Germany looking for." David looked down at Julia. Her face seemed twisted as if she were having a horrible nightmare. "Now how could somebody who's been gone for God-knows-how-long just appear out of nowhere on a ballroom floor?"
"Well, surely that weird green light had something to do with it," suggested Carolyn.
"Listen," said David, "What matters is that she's home. Now, I'm going to call Barnabas." He walked over to the phone, picked it up and dialed 0. He put to his ear and said "Hello, Operator, give me the PalastHotel in Berlin, Germany." There was a small pause. "Thank you." Suddenly a puzzled look came over his face. He turned to the room and asked, "does anyone here speak German?"
"I do," said Carolyn frustrated. She walked quickly to him and snatched the phone away. "Hallo," she said, "schließen Sie mich bitte an Raum des Herrn Barnanbas Collins an." There was a short pause. "Danke."
The phone rang in Barnabas's room. He was asleep at the time, being it only three o'clock in the morning. Neil slept in the next room over. Barnabas awoke with a start. He answered, "Hello," he said.
"Barnabas!" said Carolyn, "I'm glad I caught you."
"Carolyn, what's wrong? You sound frantic."
"Oh, Barnabas, it's Julia!"
"What?!"
"She's back, Barnabas. She's come back. There was this flash of light in the ballroom and there she was in the middle of the floor unconcious."
"Oh my...." He nearly cried with happiness. A huge weight had been lifted off of his chest. "I'll wake Neil. We'll be home by midnight your time."
"Alright." Carolyn hung up. She turned to the group, "he'll be home by midnight."
Alora inconspicuosly made her way out of the room. She pulled from her coat a Tarot card, bearing the image of the high preistess. I knew it would happen tonight, she thought. My preminisions never lie. I'll speed up the waking process to see where she was and how she got there. I need to know if... he was involved.
She held the card, Julia's card, up to the moonlight. "Awaken, Julia Hoffman. Let the moonlight make your eyes twitch. Let the beams stir you." Suddenly there came a painful moan from the ballroom. "Julia," she whispered. She entered the room once again.
Julia began to move. "What's that light?!" she began to mumble. "What kind of being are you? Get... get that away form me!" She sat up abruptly and screamed. She looked around. "Where am I?" she asked. "Who are you all?"
David took a hold of her hand, "Julia," he said, "It's me, David Collins. The last time you saw me I was twenty. You've been missing since 1976, this is the year 2001."
Julia's eyes widened. "Oh my God..." she uttered, then she gave out a sort-of sigh and collapsed.
The attic was dark. Noah fumbled through the darkness to the mirror. "Look into the mirror," Hallie's voice said. Noah did so and soon, her image came into view. "Look and be mine once more. Do you see me Noah?"
"Yes," he said in monotone.
"Good boy, Noah," said the apparition in the mirror. "Now don't look away for one second." Suddenly a mist flowed out of the mirror. It formed Hallie's likeness and then poured into Noah's body through hid eyes. Noah all of a sudden hated Allison, and would do anything to get rid of his step mother.
In the ballroom, Vicky's blood began to boil. She tapped Carolyn on the shoulder. "I'm going out to get some air." she said.
Carolyn nodded and Vicky exited. She opened the front door and ran out into the autumn night air. She heard a rustling in the bushes. This was what she had been waiting for. She quickly dove into the bush and picked up the cat that had been hiding there. After receiving numurous scratches, she plunged her teeth into the cat's neck and drained it of blood. After having satisfied her thrist, she dropped the lifeless animal and turned to go back in. Carolyn stood in the doorway with an expression of horror on her face. "Vampire," she whispered.
Noah walked into his room. He was a baseball fan and had a bat in his closet. He picked it up. "I'm gonna pretend I'm Mark McGuire hitting a baseball." he said with an evil sinister laugh.
David succeeded in reviving Julia in the ballroom. Julia looked around once more. "I recognize some things," she said, a smile slowly forming. She turned to Maggie, "Maggie? Maggie Evans?"
"It's Loomis now, Julia," said Maggie, tears of joy welling up in her eyes. "Willie and I are married."
Julia then looked around some more. Her eyes fell upon Alora. She gasped. "Angelique?! What are you doing here?"
Everyone looked form Alora to Julia, all confused.
Outside, Carolyn stared at Vicky with accusing eyes. "Vicky," said Carolyn, "I...."
"Carolyn, I can explain," said Vicky.
"That was a damn good trick."
"What?"
"You really had me going there. You set it up so that I would thing you vampirically killed a cat. I was really scared there for a second. I thought you were really a vampire." She began to laugh.
Vicky joined in. "Vampire, right. It was all just a trick...."
TO BE CONTINUED........................