I said earlie5r that Pete tries everyway not to pay the ransom, what I did not say was how. I will go into that. And why he does not want to pay it. So Neenah!!!!!!!!!
BTW: Anyone ever heard of a game called MYST? The makers of the game made millions off of it. That does not include royalties and other such stuff. And they were not college graduates. They just knew a lot about computers and how to program games. And FYI Bill Gates dropped out of college!!! Now look at him! So I will go into what happened with Joey and Chandler latter on in this fic. That should satisfy some people!
And before someone says that it is a take off from Ruthless People, it has a bit of that and a few others. But Monica soon learns a lesson as does Chandler. But what? You will see…..
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During the three days, Monica's hosts played twenty questions with her, trivial pursuit and other such games. So that she would not get bored. And awhile, the one that Monica liked or felt that would not let anything happen to her would read to her. Sometimes it would be Shakespeare and his comedies, a few of the best sellers, a few of the classics and others.
While he read the others seemed to go and find something else to do. Or each other. As Monica could tell by the ever increasing moans that came from the other rooms.
Or she would hear two of her captives practicing their instruments. They were pretty good. But the female captor obviously did not think so.
"I swear if it were not for the great sex, I would have left him a long time ago." The woman mumbled beside her as she watched or babysat her. Soon after that Monica also discovered a few other little things that made her think that the woman did not like 'Chance'.
Chance and the other man had brought a cot in the room so that Monica could lie down comfortably and sleep. Finally, when Chance thought that she was, he brought up a subject.
"Listen, I want you to stop treating this girl so wrong."
"We kidnapped her."
"I know, but I promised her that no harm would come to her."
"She will tell the police everything about us."
"So what if she does? We will be gone by the time she is released."
"You think this is a game. Right? Well it is not!"
"I KNOW it is not! I planned it and was the one who did the actual kidnapping."
"How could I forget?"
"I am not telling you to like her, just to be a bit nicer to her."
"Fine, but I am not watching her anymore and that includes bathroom breaks."
"Fine, I will work something out."
Monica pretended to be asleep on the cot the whole time. She heard Chance leave and the woman say a few unpleasant terms under her breath about him. The two men were kind enough to get her a cot and blanket and pillow so that she would be at least a little more comfortable.
She mainly laid on the cot and listened while Chance read her a story or something from the headlines. Chance and even 'Jay', or the other man, would walk her around to let her get some exercise or play games with her. So she was rested and would not cramp up.
Chance would read the comics and describe everything that was happening in them. Even going as far as using different voices for the different characters.
Getting sick of the woman's attitude, she told them that she loved their music and asked if they could play her a few songs. To which they very happily agreed on. She told them what she thought and they were happy to have someone around who would listen and tell them honestly what they needed to work on.
Not 'you guys suck'. As was the case with the woman.
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After getting the package, Pete sat back and picked up a cigar, lit it and started puffing away. He was going to be patient and wait out these people. They would get tired and either let her go or kill her. Either way, he was not going to give up all that money.
If they let her go, ok. If they killed her, he would turn that to his advantage. He could get a trust fund started up, a victim's council and so much more. And he could start them or be ahead of them all. That would be good exposure or a good tax write off.
In short, time was on his side. Or so he thought.
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The day of the drop off….
Two PM
Central Park
Balto statue
Kids were running all around. Parents were yelling at their kids. Around that area was a kids fair. With concession stands, games and so much more. There was so much going on, no one noticed an old woman slowly go up to the bushes and look through them and find a briefcase. She opened it and saw a note. Looked at the note and qu9ickly walked off.
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Once Phoebe arrived back she went directly to the basement were the guys were playing their instruments. She then marched over to them.
"Listen to this:
Can not come up with the money. May take a while longer. Sometime next month. Pete Becker
"WHAT???????????????????" Monica, Chandler and Joey all cried out.
"See for your selves." She then threw the note at them.
Joey and Chandler read the note. "But, but he has money." Jay whined.
"Apparently not." The woman bitterly stated.
"He does. He is just trying to see who will blink first." Chance calmly explained.
"I thought that you said this would be a piece of cake." The woman retorted hotly.
"I said no such thing." Chance retorted.
"You did. Didn't ya, JAY!?!"
"Listen, Chance is right, he is just waiting us out."
"Fine! I say that we go in and give him a reason to quickly get the money together! By sending his fiancé back to him in pieces!" The woman replied. A knife could be heard clicking into place.
"No wait, Pete loves me! He will pay. Let me talk to him on the phone! I KNOW he will!" Monica was trembling badly.
"OK. But if he does not, then I say we give him something of yours. And it won't be a necklace!"
"THAT is enough!" Chance yelled. "Kidnapping is one thing. Murder is another! And I will not be labeled that!"
"But…."
"I promised no harm would happen to her."
"We kidnapped her!"
"That does not give us the right to act like animals. We are not going to harm her in any way"
"What part of this don't you understand?"
"I said 'NO'. And that is that! This girl has done nothing wrong."
"But….."
"Jay…..Find a cell phone. Or borrow one that has been lost or something."
"I'm on it." He quickly left.
"Now you get out of this room. NOW! I will not have you upsetting this poor girl."
"I will get you back for this!" The woman hissed as she left.
"Are you ok?" Chance asked Monica as he sat down beside her and started massaging her shoulders.
"Pete will get the money and will do everything he can to get me back. You will see. He loves me!" Monica started to cry.
Chance or Chandler pulled her in toward him and held her. "I am sure he will."
Thirty minutes later:
Monica had a cell phone up near her ear after she told them the phone number and listened intently as the phone rang.
"Hello."
"Pete!" Monica cried out.
"Monica?" He sounded like he did not believe that she called.
"Pete I have only two minutes. So I will make this brief. Please pay the ransom….."
"No. I am sorry, but I can not."
"PETE!" Monica was hurt.
"It is not you. It is business. I know I can get them to lesson their demands or let you go for free."
"PETER BECKER! This is not some company you are taking over. This is a life and death! If you love me then you will pay the ransom."
"I am sorry Monica. I will not loose my money. Besides I don't think they are that serious."
Monica had the phone taken away from her. "If you will not pay it, I take it you are not taking this seriously. I will call Monica's family, the TV and the police telling them how hard hearted you are and then we will see how much your stock goes down. Now how about taking it serious?" Chance hung up the phone.
Monica then crumbled. She could not believe how cold and callous her fiancé was. Chance rubbed her face and tried to stop her tears.
"You know, that jerk doesn't deserve someone as wonderful as you." He whispered as he kissed her forehead.
"Really?" Monica sniffed.
"Really." Chandler sighed against her ear.
"Thank you." Monica laid her head on Chandler's chest.
"No problem. Er…would you like to be alone?"
"NO! Please stay with me and hold me. I mean I would feel better even for a bit. I just found out that my fiancé does not love me and well…my life is probably going to end soon."
"No way. You are not going to die. I promised you that earlier and I promise you it again. I will let nothing happen to you."
"Thanks, Chance. I know it is strange, but I feel that I can trust you. I mean I have just found out that my fiancé does not love me enough to try and get me back and could care less about me. It looks as though if I live through this, the wedding is off. I mean I will not marry someone that I do not love."
"Thanks. He does not deserve you."
"I mean you kidnapped me and tied me up. But you have done everything to make me feel comfortable. Doesn't make sense, huh?"
"No it does."
"Really?"
"Yeah. Patricia Hearst took the sides of her kidnappers and she even helped them out. Remember? I am not saying that this is like that situation. But…"
"I understand. Hey, are you going to contact my family and the media?"
"No that is a threat."
"You think it will work?"
"His company means everything to him. So yeah. He will not want any bad publicity."
A moment of silence. "You know I am like Patricia. I hope that you do get the money and everything works out for you and your friend."
Chandler smiled against her head and held her tighter until she fell into a deep sleep. While that was happening, Joey was watching and shaking his head. It looked as though Chandler was falling for this girl. So complications were bound to arise.
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Pete Becker sat back after the message. He knew that even if they did not hurt Monica, the bad publicity would probably kill any future deals that he might have. So he went about to get the money together. He could not risk his company. Not even thinking about Monica.
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Latter when Monica was asleep, Joey and Chandler were sitting and drinking coffee. Remembering the reason why they had got to this point.
They had created a new game. It was a mix of a person ruling a planet, then when you had enough recourses, the next planet, then the next. Finally they had control of a whole star system. The game ended when they got the galaxy.
Of course the ruler had to deal with other life forms. Their cultures and what to get rid of and what to assimilate. And you had to choose of either becoming a dictator, a monarch, a military leader, a president or what ever you could cook up.
And there was going to be another four or five games.
The first was the planet. The second was control of the surrounding planets or a star system. The third was the galaxy, the fifth, the universe, and the last was to deal with uprisings.
They went to Pete Becker with the idea. He asked if they could leave the game with him and he would get back to them in a couple of weeks with the board's decision. Because there had to be mass marketing, and advertising. They had to see how the game would effect the money situation.
When a month came and went, they went to see Pete Becker. Pete Becker had them thrown out and later on, a month later, the game went on market and took off and it was under Pete Becker's name. Then four other games followed.
What happened was something along the lines of a magnitude that no one could have foreseen what the sensation would have caused. Kids wearing logos of the game and adults as well. Wall paper and posters. Coloring books and stickers. Clothes, backpacks, and other such supplies.
The Becker empire on the verge of bankruptcy, was thrown back into the black and soon the whole world had to have the games and the merchandise. Becker got richer and richer. While Chandler Bing and Joey Tribbianni ate soup and sandwiches for their meal and had to live hand to mouth.
That was how everything had happened.
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One or two more chapters………Review. Please!
BTW: Anyone ever heard of a game called MYST? The makers of the game made millions off of it. That does not include royalties and other such stuff. And they were not college graduates. They just knew a lot about computers and how to program games. And FYI Bill Gates dropped out of college!!! Now look at him! So I will go into what happened with Joey and Chandler latter on in this fic. That should satisfy some people!
And before someone says that it is a take off from Ruthless People, it has a bit of that and a few others. But Monica soon learns a lesson as does Chandler. But what? You will see…..
***************
During the three days, Monica's hosts played twenty questions with her, trivial pursuit and other such games. So that she would not get bored. And awhile, the one that Monica liked or felt that would not let anything happen to her would read to her. Sometimes it would be Shakespeare and his comedies, a few of the best sellers, a few of the classics and others.
While he read the others seemed to go and find something else to do. Or each other. As Monica could tell by the ever increasing moans that came from the other rooms.
Or she would hear two of her captives practicing their instruments. They were pretty good. But the female captor obviously did not think so.
"I swear if it were not for the great sex, I would have left him a long time ago." The woman mumbled beside her as she watched or babysat her. Soon after that Monica also discovered a few other little things that made her think that the woman did not like 'Chance'.
Chance and the other man had brought a cot in the room so that Monica could lie down comfortably and sleep. Finally, when Chance thought that she was, he brought up a subject.
"Listen, I want you to stop treating this girl so wrong."
"We kidnapped her."
"I know, but I promised her that no harm would come to her."
"She will tell the police everything about us."
"So what if she does? We will be gone by the time she is released."
"You think this is a game. Right? Well it is not!"
"I KNOW it is not! I planned it and was the one who did the actual kidnapping."
"How could I forget?"
"I am not telling you to like her, just to be a bit nicer to her."
"Fine, but I am not watching her anymore and that includes bathroom breaks."
"Fine, I will work something out."
Monica pretended to be asleep on the cot the whole time. She heard Chance leave and the woman say a few unpleasant terms under her breath about him. The two men were kind enough to get her a cot and blanket and pillow so that she would be at least a little more comfortable.
She mainly laid on the cot and listened while Chance read her a story or something from the headlines. Chance and even 'Jay', or the other man, would walk her around to let her get some exercise or play games with her. So she was rested and would not cramp up.
Chance would read the comics and describe everything that was happening in them. Even going as far as using different voices for the different characters.
Getting sick of the woman's attitude, she told them that she loved their music and asked if they could play her a few songs. To which they very happily agreed on. She told them what she thought and they were happy to have someone around who would listen and tell them honestly what they needed to work on.
Not 'you guys suck'. As was the case with the woman.
***************
After getting the package, Pete sat back and picked up a cigar, lit it and started puffing away. He was going to be patient and wait out these people. They would get tired and either let her go or kill her. Either way, he was not going to give up all that money.
If they let her go, ok. If they killed her, he would turn that to his advantage. He could get a trust fund started up, a victim's council and so much more. And he could start them or be ahead of them all. That would be good exposure or a good tax write off.
In short, time was on his side. Or so he thought.
******************
The day of the drop off….
Two PM
Central Park
Balto statue
Kids were running all around. Parents were yelling at their kids. Around that area was a kids fair. With concession stands, games and so much more. There was so much going on, no one noticed an old woman slowly go up to the bushes and look through them and find a briefcase. She opened it and saw a note. Looked at the note and qu9ickly walked off.
*******************
Once Phoebe arrived back she went directly to the basement were the guys were playing their instruments. She then marched over to them.
"Listen to this:
Can not come up with the money. May take a while longer. Sometime next month. Pete Becker
"WHAT???????????????????" Monica, Chandler and Joey all cried out.
"See for your selves." She then threw the note at them.
Joey and Chandler read the note. "But, but he has money." Jay whined.
"Apparently not." The woman bitterly stated.
"He does. He is just trying to see who will blink first." Chance calmly explained.
"I thought that you said this would be a piece of cake." The woman retorted hotly.
"I said no such thing." Chance retorted.
"You did. Didn't ya, JAY!?!"
"Listen, Chance is right, he is just waiting us out."
"Fine! I say that we go in and give him a reason to quickly get the money together! By sending his fiancé back to him in pieces!" The woman replied. A knife could be heard clicking into place.
"No wait, Pete loves me! He will pay. Let me talk to him on the phone! I KNOW he will!" Monica was trembling badly.
"OK. But if he does not, then I say we give him something of yours. And it won't be a necklace!"
"THAT is enough!" Chance yelled. "Kidnapping is one thing. Murder is another! And I will not be labeled that!"
"But…."
"I promised no harm would happen to her."
"We kidnapped her!"
"That does not give us the right to act like animals. We are not going to harm her in any way"
"What part of this don't you understand?"
"I said 'NO'. And that is that! This girl has done nothing wrong."
"But….."
"Jay…..Find a cell phone. Or borrow one that has been lost or something."
"I'm on it." He quickly left.
"Now you get out of this room. NOW! I will not have you upsetting this poor girl."
"I will get you back for this!" The woman hissed as she left.
"Are you ok?" Chance asked Monica as he sat down beside her and started massaging her shoulders.
"Pete will get the money and will do everything he can to get me back. You will see. He loves me!" Monica started to cry.
Chance or Chandler pulled her in toward him and held her. "I am sure he will."
Thirty minutes later:
Monica had a cell phone up near her ear after she told them the phone number and listened intently as the phone rang.
"Hello."
"Pete!" Monica cried out.
"Monica?" He sounded like he did not believe that she called.
"Pete I have only two minutes. So I will make this brief. Please pay the ransom….."
"No. I am sorry, but I can not."
"PETE!" Monica was hurt.
"It is not you. It is business. I know I can get them to lesson their demands or let you go for free."
"PETER BECKER! This is not some company you are taking over. This is a life and death! If you love me then you will pay the ransom."
"I am sorry Monica. I will not loose my money. Besides I don't think they are that serious."
Monica had the phone taken away from her. "If you will not pay it, I take it you are not taking this seriously. I will call Monica's family, the TV and the police telling them how hard hearted you are and then we will see how much your stock goes down. Now how about taking it serious?" Chance hung up the phone.
Monica then crumbled. She could not believe how cold and callous her fiancé was. Chance rubbed her face and tried to stop her tears.
"You know, that jerk doesn't deserve someone as wonderful as you." He whispered as he kissed her forehead.
"Really?" Monica sniffed.
"Really." Chandler sighed against her ear.
"Thank you." Monica laid her head on Chandler's chest.
"No problem. Er…would you like to be alone?"
"NO! Please stay with me and hold me. I mean I would feel better even for a bit. I just found out that my fiancé does not love me and well…my life is probably going to end soon."
"No way. You are not going to die. I promised you that earlier and I promise you it again. I will let nothing happen to you."
"Thanks, Chance. I know it is strange, but I feel that I can trust you. I mean I have just found out that my fiancé does not love me enough to try and get me back and could care less about me. It looks as though if I live through this, the wedding is off. I mean I will not marry someone that I do not love."
"Thanks. He does not deserve you."
"I mean you kidnapped me and tied me up. But you have done everything to make me feel comfortable. Doesn't make sense, huh?"
"No it does."
"Really?"
"Yeah. Patricia Hearst took the sides of her kidnappers and she even helped them out. Remember? I am not saying that this is like that situation. But…"
"I understand. Hey, are you going to contact my family and the media?"
"No that is a threat."
"You think it will work?"
"His company means everything to him. So yeah. He will not want any bad publicity."
A moment of silence. "You know I am like Patricia. I hope that you do get the money and everything works out for you and your friend."
Chandler smiled against her head and held her tighter until she fell into a deep sleep. While that was happening, Joey was watching and shaking his head. It looked as though Chandler was falling for this girl. So complications were bound to arise.
******************
Pete Becker sat back after the message. He knew that even if they did not hurt Monica, the bad publicity would probably kill any future deals that he might have. So he went about to get the money together. He could not risk his company. Not even thinking about Monica.
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Latter when Monica was asleep, Joey and Chandler were sitting and drinking coffee. Remembering the reason why they had got to this point.
They had created a new game. It was a mix of a person ruling a planet, then when you had enough recourses, the next planet, then the next. Finally they had control of a whole star system. The game ended when they got the galaxy.
Of course the ruler had to deal with other life forms. Their cultures and what to get rid of and what to assimilate. And you had to choose of either becoming a dictator, a monarch, a military leader, a president or what ever you could cook up.
And there was going to be another four or five games.
The first was the planet. The second was control of the surrounding planets or a star system. The third was the galaxy, the fifth, the universe, and the last was to deal with uprisings.
They went to Pete Becker with the idea. He asked if they could leave the game with him and he would get back to them in a couple of weeks with the board's decision. Because there had to be mass marketing, and advertising. They had to see how the game would effect the money situation.
When a month came and went, they went to see Pete Becker. Pete Becker had them thrown out and later on, a month later, the game went on market and took off and it was under Pete Becker's name. Then four other games followed.
What happened was something along the lines of a magnitude that no one could have foreseen what the sensation would have caused. Kids wearing logos of the game and adults as well. Wall paper and posters. Coloring books and stickers. Clothes, backpacks, and other such supplies.
The Becker empire on the verge of bankruptcy, was thrown back into the black and soon the whole world had to have the games and the merchandise. Becker got richer and richer. While Chandler Bing and Joey Tribbianni ate soup and sandwiches for their meal and had to live hand to mouth.
That was how everything had happened.
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One or two more chapters………Review. Please!