Wizards of Waverly Place
I've got a secret
Part Thirteen: Day Thirteen
It was Thursday, October 14, 2010, day thirteen of the year in the life of the Russo's, I've got a secret, and here is a recap of what has happened over the past twelve days. Alex and her werewolf boyfriend Mason had spent so much of their time making money for advanced archery lessons, only to have Alex drop out to help a government agent capture her brother, and therein make Mason drop out, for he was only in it to be with Alex. Alex has been a great help to the detective, but it turns out that the detective is just using Alex, for he is a member of the mob, and hopes to hold her hostage to capture Jerry, but Alex doesn't know it yet. Mason finally told Alex how he feels and they started a relationship with each other, until he found out Alex exposed werewolves to the Wizard Council and got his family killed, and he moved out. Justin and Juliet, his vampire girlfriend, started a mob to destroy an awful movie before it gets to the theaters and gains popularity. The mob had only four members, so Justin sent out a mob request with a positive response, to a Mr. Ray Liotta. Justin was gone when Ray came to meet him, he got so mad, and now he wants to kill Justin. Justin had since returned, and hid in the broom closet with Juliet, until they came up with alibis for Ray and were able to get back to their normal lives, Ray now thinking that Mason and Juliet are also among the Russo siblings, and there are two Justin Russo's. Justin decided to restart his mob, until he found out that his parents didn't accept him as a member of the family, and without thinking he stole a valuable watch from a museum, and now is wanted by the police, and cannot leave the house. Juliet has become sick of the family's selfishness and vented her feelings to a strange target-faced man. She feels better, but what will he do? Jerry met a strange man named Kramer by having the same name as his best friend, and decided to help him win back his friend's necklace in a poker game. The mob came in to tell them to call it off, but when they did the mob came after them, they barely escaped with the necklace, but the mob is still on their tales, so Kramer was forced to move into the house. Jerry went out to buy some paint, but was kidnapped by the movie studio and won't be able to leave until they catch Justin. Theresa decided she needs a purpose in life, and thought it was to find Max in Jerry's magic closet he was lost in, but now that he's out she decided to just solve the problems he causes, but he's too confused to cause any trouble. Ray went to the city department of files, and has found out that Justin really is the one he wishes to kill, confining Justin to the cupboard under the stairs, which is a problem for everybody. We now return to part thirteen of I've got a secret.
Theresa was sitting at the counter sipping her coffee nervously when Alex walked down the stairs. "Mom, you look tense, what's wrong?" She asked dully.
"Oh Alex, your dad is missing, your brother can't come out from under the stairs, and Ray is storing his guns all over the house, I don't have any place to put the dishes." Said Theresa.
"You think you got problems? Mason left me in this time of need and I have no idea why. If he were here none of this would ever have happened. Oh mom what do we do? Now it's just you me and, Max."
"Ha guys." Said Juliet as she walked down the perkily.
"Oh, and her, but she can't offer us anything." Said Alex sulkily. "Mom what do we do to get Mason back?"
"What about your dad?" Asked Juliet.
"Who cares about him, he doesn't love me." Said Alex.
"That's no, eh you have a point." Said Theresa.
"Guys! Give me something to eat I'm starving!" Yelled Justin.
"Shh Justin, Ray might hear you." Said Theresa as she shut the door to the cabinet.
"Guys, there must be something we can do, I am not spending the rest of my life under the stairs. Okay I am tired of running from my problems, I am coming out from this cabinet, and I am going to tell Ray that he has no right to kill me, just because I was late for a meeting!" Yelled Justin.
"What are you going to say to the barrel of his gun when it is aimed right at your throat!" Demanded Alex.
"And don't forget about the police who want you for your robbery of valuable museum items." Said Juliet.
"Justin if you didn't do stupid things you wouldn't have these kinds of problems!" Yelled Theresa.
"Me, stupid actions? If anybody in this house does stupid things, then, then, it wouldn't be any particular person, because you are all stupid! Look at this family! It is time we take our problems apart, and solve each one with brute force!" Yelled Justin.
"Justin, this is no time for crazy talk! We have to find Mason to convince him to come home, and then we can solve all of our problems!" Yelled Alex.
"Ha guys!" Yelled Kramer.
"Oh get out of here!" Yelled Theresa.
"Sorry, have you seen Jerry, he said he was going out to buy paint, hope nothing happened to him." Said Kramer.
"Ya, wonder where he went." Said Juliet. "Sure, maybe nobody in this family has emotions, but I am going to find Jerry once and for all, to show you that not all acts of kindness are meaningless." Said Juliet.
"No, we are not doing that until we find Mason!" Yelled Alex.
"Alex, dad had people who wanted to kill him, he's in more danger than Mason is!" Yelled Justin. "Why can't you ever think of anybody but yourself!"
"Fine, you guys go look for dad, I'll look for Mason, see ya later." Said Alex as she walked out the door.
"Alright, she's gone, now all I need is a disguise to protect myself from the evil police and other people who want to kill me." Said Justin as he went back into the cabinet.
Meanwhile at the H.Q of the movie Jerry was being subjected to various forms of torture in order to leak information about Justin. "These pancakes are so dry, got any syrup?" Asked Jerry.
"No! No syrup until you tell us where Justin is!" Yelled the man as he threw a bottle of syrup into the wall and it shattered into pieces. "Listen, you say your family is coming to save you, but it's not going to happen, just tell us where Justin is and you can be free to all the syrup and indoor surfing simulators you want. We'll even let you star in our movie." Said the man.
"Really? Well, maybe once I get used to the life of a film star then I'll tell you where Justin is." Said Jerry.
"Alright, you start your scenes today." Said another man who had just walked in through a wall.
"Alright!" Yelled Jerry.
In the park Alex was searching diligently for Mason when she came across Ray. "Oh, ha Ray..." Started Alex.
"You! You lied to me about your brother, now I am going to kill you for contradicting me!" Yelled Ray as he pulled out a gun and aimed it at Alex's head.
"You would really kill me, here, in a central park. You pull that trigger and half the city will come running to the scene to find you over my dead body and arrest you for the rest of your life." Said Alex.
"Not if I kill all of them before they can pull out their hand cuffs!" Yelled Ray spitting on nearly every word.
"How can you do that with no ammo?" Asked Alex as she held up a plastic bag of bullets.
"My bullets! How did you manage to remove those from the barrel of my gun, and drop them in that plastic bag without my noticing!" Yelled Ray.
"You never put them in your gun, I simply took them out of your hand very quickly, so fast nobody's nerves could react to it in time!" Yelled Alex. "Now, I'll give you these bullets when you promise me, that you will take the proper measures before killing Justin, if not your time will be duly wasted." Stated Alex.
"Okay." Said Ray.
"Justin is a complex being, in order to kill him you must find the very gun, the only one with the power of murdering him, which lies in a highly dangerous place." Said Alex.
"I'll do it, so long as it sees Justin Russo dead." Said Ray.
"Good, you must scour the earth to find it, and find the one bullet that it will fire, my guess is that it will not be far from firing distance of the gun, so go, and when you find the gun, do come back and kill my brother." Said Alex.
"How will I know that it is the right gun?" Asked Ray.
"You'll know, you just will. You'll feel it in your gut." Stated Alex. "Now go, now!" Yelled Alex.
"Okay." Said Ray as he ran full force into a tree.
"Alright, don't worry Mason, we'll be together soon." Stated Alex as she walked on.
In the middle of town, Theresa, Justin, Max, Juliet and Kramer were in fervent pursuit of Jerry. Justin was dressed in black sunglasses and a suit and tie. "Who would take Jerry?" Asked Theresa.
"Ya it doesn't make sense." Said Juliet.
"I know who." Said a far off voice.
"Who said that!" Demanded Justin as he pulled out a gun.
"It was me." Said the owner of the hardware store. "I saw who it was, right from this seat."
"Tell us what you know!" Screamed Max. It was completely silent.
"Well, he strolled in here, nervous fellow, lookin' for some pipe paint, and then some men, four or five of em', carried him off. I saw it all." Said the man.
"What did they look like?" Asked Kramer.
"Look like film men, workin' on a movie, meant business." Said the owner.
"The people from the movie." Said Juliet.
"Oh no, this is all my fault!" Yelled Justin. "Wow, no matter how good my intentions something always manages to go wrong."
"Thank you, uh, what's your name?" Asked Theresa.
"Doesn't matter, all that matters now is finding your husband, now go!" Yelled the man.
"Alright!" Yelled Justin as he ran into the door.
In the park Alex was looking behind every tree when a cloaked man walked up to her. "Hello, are you a Russo?" Asked the man.
"Ya, what's it to you!" Yelled Alex as she continued to search.
"Good, and where is it that you live?" Asked the cloaked man.
"Uh, why? I'm kinda busy." Said Alex.
"Just tell me, it is imperative! You have no idea what I can do to you!" Yelled the man.
"Uh, here, fine, here," Said Alex as she marked a spot on the map, "this is where I live, do whatever it is you want, good-bye." Said Alex as she walked on.
"Yes, thank you, hwa ha ha ha!" Yelled the man as he removed the cloak from his head revealing the targets on his face.
That night the group was still walking when some sirens went off. "What is that!" Yelled Justin.
"Nothing, just a siren from some car." Answered Juliet.
"Siren! It could be the police to arrest me! Hide!" Yelled Justin.
"Will you stop worrying, how could the police know where to find y..." Started Kramer as he was interrupted by a gunshot near his head.
"Uh oh." Said Theresa.
"What do we do!" Screamed Max.
"Hide!" Yelled Justin as he dived face first into a trash can. "Oh! My face!"
"Ha, maybe that'll dent up your face and they won't recognize you." Joked Juliet.
"Are you insane! They can find DNA, just denting up your face won't save you." Stated Kramer.
"Ah, and you just bought those sunglasses, what a waste of five dollars." Said Theresa.
"Where did you get sunglasses for five dollars?" Asked Kramer.
"Are you guys insane!" Yelled Max. "Run!" The family then jumped into an alley.
"Ha, come with me." Said a strange man in the alley.
"Okay." Said the group as they followed him into his house on the side of the alley. The police car followed them, but ended up crashing into the wall at the end of the ally.
"Uh, that was close, thank you sir." Stated Theresa.
"You are welcome." Responded the man.
"Ha, you're the guy from the hardware store!" Proclaimed Justin.
"Yes, and I hope to help you find your father as much as I can, but I fear that after tonight you will be on your own, and I must flee." Said the owner.
"Oh, thank you." Said Max.
"Will we ever see you again?" Asked Juliet.
"Perhaps one day, but until then, take my lucky spade, let it guide you in all of your endeavors." Said the owner handing his spade over to Justin.
"Alright, ha, before you go, I gotta know what your name is, so I can write all this in a book I'm writing." Said Kramer.
"You may characterize me as the Unknown Passer, who is only there when danger arises, put that in your book Mr. Kramer." Said the owner.
"Ha, how did you know my name?" Asked Kramer.
"Well that's what it says on your jacket." Said the man signaling to the embroidery on Kramer's jacket.
"Well, thank you for everything." Said Theresa as she put out her hand to shake with his.
"You are welcome." Said the man as he moved to the door.
"Ha, what do you want us to do with the spade?" Asked Juliet.
"You will know when the time is right." Said the man as he slammed the door.
"Hu, how do you spell unknown?" Asked Kramer.
"Uh, oh he's gone." Said Max.
"This was all a bust." Said Kramer as he sat in a chair.
"Ha, who says you get that chair?" Asked Justin grumpily.
In the park, Alex was sleeping on a bench when a man in tattered clothes walked up to her. "Ha, that's where I sleep, what are you doing here?" Asked the man.
"Ha, give me a break, I've been searching for hours for my lost love, but I'm starting to think that I'll never find him. Oh, without him my life is just, empty, not literally, because there are seven other people at my house, well, currently six, well five, without Ray." Said Alex.
"Ya, I know what ya mean." Said the man as he sat on Alex's leg.
"Uh." Groaned Alex.
"I lost the woman of my dreams, one day we were kissing on this bench, then one day I came here, and she never showed up. I've come here every day for three years, waiting for her to come back, but she never has." Said the man.
"That's so sad." Said Alex.
"Ya, they said she died, but I won't accept it!" Yelled the man as he punched Alex in the stomach.
"Oh, and when did you get that news?" Asked Alex, holding her stomach.
"A while ago, about the same time she stopped showing up. Well, maybe you're right, she's not coming." Said the man glumly. "Well, I'd better go home to my daughter, she'll be wondering where I am. See ya."
"Bye." Said Alex as she sat up on the bench and look miserable. "At least he has people who love him, all I have is mom, Justin, Max, Juliet and, whoever that other guy is. Oh Mason, I hope you're out here." Said Alex as she looked out into the forest.
At the Russo house, a strange man had just come to the door. He took out five screw drivers and cork screw and used them to open the door. Then he picked up his huge bag of things and headed into the house.
Will Alex ever find Mason? Will the Russo's find Jerry? Will the police find them first? What will the spade do for the Russo's? Will Jerry really turn Justin in if he finds film life glamorous? Will Ray really travel the world forever in search of the special gun? What will he find instead? Who is the man in the Russo house? You'll know if you read the other 356 days in the year in the life of the Russo's, "I've got a secret."