We were back stage just talking and that weating to start the show. Me and jack were just talking and he was showing me a card trick when suddenly the door openend and Thaddeus Bradley walked in and said "Pardon the intrusion,I just wanted to wish

you good luck tonight" "What, so you can try to expose us lateron your little website?" Said Daniel

"And on demand" Thaddeus added"That's not gonna happen" Henley said "Oh, no?" Said Thaddeus "Operating on a special plane

because of The Eye?I heard it's a lovely place.Lots of starshine and moonbeams.Make any magician's wish come true. You've come a long way,much furtherthan anyone would have expectedof a bunch of wanna-bes and has-beens." He added "If by "has-been" you're referring to me,I just wanna say I'm flattered,because I always considered myselfa never-was." Said Merritt "Do you mind if I do a quick read on you?" Asked Merritt "By all means." Said Thaddeus "Okay, I'm picturing a little boy.He wants to be a great magician someday.And though he's good,he's not quite good enough.So he ends up at the bottomof the entertainment food chain,feeding off of those

who have the talent that he never did.Tell me. Am I getting close?" Said Merritt Thaddeus said nothing

"Wait. Before you go. I'm woDanielon something new. Do you have a second?" Asked Daniel Thaddeus nodded "Okay.Name a card." Asked Daniel "King of hearts." Awnserd Thaddeus "Knew it." Said Merritt "Okay." Said Daniel tapping and blowing on the cards. "It's up your left sleeve." Said Thaddeus"Is it?No. No, I don't see it up there." Said Daniel looking up his sleeve "You know, why don't you checkyour unnecessary velveteen pocket there?" Said Daniel "Yeah." Said Thaddeus looking in his pocket and tacking out a card that said suck on it and we all smiled and smereked. "Anyway, thank you so much for coming by, butthis is kind of a talent only area, so..." Jack said before he got interrupted by Thaddeus saying "Break a leg." "Hey, you break something, too." Said Henley. Then suddenly we heard the anounser say "Ladies and gentlemen,the Savoy management welcomes you

to tonight's special performance,The Four Horsemen, Act Two.Unlike traditional performances,The Four Horsemen encourage you to film,call your friends,upload, stream, and tweet the show freely.Thank you.The show will begin in a few minutes." "Well I guess it is show time" I said. We all walked out the room and towards the stage, I sat down on my desk and made sure everything was all set, then we heard the anounser say "Arthur Tressler presentsJack Wilder,Henley Reeves,Merritt McKinney,and Daniel Atlas.The Four Horsemen. "Good luck" I said to them but I was manely looking at jack and he was looking at me, he gave me his aword wining smile and went on stage with the others. "Thank you. Before we begin,we'd like to single outtwo people in particular." Said Henley "A man and a woman to whom we'd liketo dedicate tonight's performance." Said jack "FBI Agent Dylan Rhodesand the lovely, if somewhat inexperienced,Interpol Agent Alma Dray, everyone." Said Henley "Yeah, Agent Rhodeshas personally vowed to "nail us."And we encourage him to do soif he has the brains and the fur." Said Merritt "What is magic?Our argument,nothing but targeted deception.So I want you to look.Look as closely as possible.Because the tricks you are about to seemay not seem connected.But we assure you, they are. Is what follows 100 different tricks?Or is it one giant illusion?" Said Daniel. "And now for oneof the oldest tricks in the book.Daniel, if you wouldn't mindopening up the box,and showing everybodythat it's completely empty.I'm gonna take sweet little Fluffy here,and put her inside this mystery box." Said Henley "And now, you will say the magic word." Said Daniel "Abracadabra." Said Henley "Yes, and I will wave this magic wandfor no reason. And then...Fluffy has magically vanishedbefore your very eyes.And now we are gonna debunka few magic myths this evening."We all know that Fluffy is,in fact, alive and well.And Fluffy has miraculously appeared.As has the mirrorwhich makes the box onlyappear as though it's empty." "Now, we're gonna need12 courageous volunteers.If you haven't experienced mass hypnosis,you're about to.And sleep.Down, down. Sleep, sleep. Completely sleep.Good, good. Sleep, sleep.When you hear the word "freeze"

you are all football players.And your job is to tackle,

dismantle,crush,tear limb from limb,the quarterback.You will know who the quarterback is.

He will be the one saying that word.Freeze. put your hands in the middle.One, two, three...ALL: Kill the quarterback!Get on back to your seats.I got a feeling I'm gonnabe seeing you soon." Said Merritt "There are two pencils out there.Hold 'em up high. Let me see 'em." Said jack"Here!" "Yeah!" To woman shouted jack threw a pack of cards at one of the lady's and a card (the one she was thinking of) landed on her lencil, then he threw one card at the lady and cut the pencil in half. It was now the intermission and we all just talked backstage till it was over then it was time for them to get back on.

"At the intermission,we asked you to write down

your current bank balance,and seal it in an envelope." Said Henley "Now it's time to take those envelopes out." Said DanielEveryone take 'em out.

Now, everybody, shout out your name.All at once. Go.Shout 'em out.Clement? Frannick?

- Yeah! Up here!

- Oh. Way up there.Okay. Dina? Robertson?

That's me!Okay. Names. Names. Let's go.Josepha Hickey? "That's me!"Josepha, I want you tofocus on your balance,and count from one to 10 out loud.

One, two, three, four, five...Stop.Is the first digit 5?

Yes.Do it again. This time, faster.One, two, three, four, five, six...Stop.Six. Again.One, two...Josepha, is yourbank balance $562 as of today? "Yeah. That's what I got." She said Unfortunately, you're wrong.Okay, Dina,1,4,7,7. "Yeah." You think it is.

But in fact, you, too, are wrong.Uh, Clement...You do not have $6,500 in your account.In fact, everybody stand up. Everybody.Yeah. Put your envelopes to your forehead.Focus on your number.

Ooh! Oh.This is... Oh, dear. Just as I feared.Oh, this is strange.You know, I hate to say this,but you're all wrong.Every last one of you is dead wrongabout what you think is in your account.Okay, you can sit down now." Merritt did

"Oh! Oh, yeah. I almost forgot.This evening would not be possibleif it weren't for our great benefactor

Arthur Tressier.Big applause! Big applause!

Art, actually, why don't youcome up on stage for the finale?Come on down, Art! Said Merritt

HENLEY: Come on down, Art!

DANIEL: There he goes. Okay, good.

DANIEL: There he goes. "Now, Art, did you fill out your envelope? " "Well, no need. We've done it for you.Now, Art, I took a guess.North of 140. Am I right?" Said Merritt "That's 140 million, by the way. Said Daniel "I'm sorry, Merritt." "How can he be right about his balanceand everyone else be wrong?" Said Henley "I think possibly because he, too, is wrong.Everybody, take out your paper.And using the flashlight under your seat,start to warm up that paper.I think your correctbalance begins to appear.Now, Art, don't worry,we have a flashlight for you." Said Merritt, jack went back on stage with a big flash light and started warming up art's check.

DANIEL: "Look."

HENLEY: "Huh? Wow."

"What's going on there, Daniel?" Said merritt

DANIEL: "Wait. This is weird.A second ago, it said $144,579,651.But now..."

HENLEY: "Now it says $70,000 less."

-MERRITT: "Josepha, can you stand up?"

"Yes."

MERRITT: "Now, what is your new number?"

"$70,562 now in my account."

HENLEY: "Is it possible that Josepha's balance wentup the exact amount that Art's went down?"

JACK: Hey. Check it out. It's happening again.

DANIEL: Is it?

HENLEY: Wow. It is.Art's balance has gone down another 280K.

MERRITT: Dina Robertson? What did yours say$281,477.

HENLEY: We have a confession to make.

DANIEL: She's right. We lied about something.

JACK: Yes. None of you were chosen at random.

MERRITT: All of you have one thing in common.

HENLEY: Everyone in this room was a victimof the hard times that hit one ofAmerica's most treasured cities.

JACK: Some of you lost your houses, your cars.

HENKEY: - Your businesses.

- Your loved ones.

DANIEL: But all of you were insuredby the same company.

ALL: Tressier Insurance.

MERRITT: You were abandoned.

JACK: You were loopholed...

HENLEY: ...out of your settlements.

Arthur: This is all for show. Correct?

HENLEY: meaning we're doing it onstagein front of a paying audience?

JACK: Then, yes, it's for show.

MAN: - Whoa! Whoa!I've got $82,000 in my bank account!It says it right here on my cell phone!Everybody, look at your cell phonesright now! Everybody!

DYLAN: Is this happening?

I don't know! I can't tell!

Hey! Did you do this?

JACK: How could we, Art?

HENLEY: We don't have your password.

MERRITT: We'd need access to informationwe could never get our hands on.

DANIEL: Ah, yes, security questions, for instance,

like, I don't know, your mother's maiden nameor the name of your first pet.

HENLEY: Where would we get that information, Art?

You certainly would never tell us.

FULLER: We got confirmation.It's really happening. They robbed him.Do not let them get away.

DYLAN: Stop!Stop! Nobody move!Freeze!

"Quarterback!"

ALL: We are The Four Horsemen.Good night. And when they said that went up on ropes and so did I back stage, then we were running on the rufe, we were being chased by the FBI we all got away and we were back in the apartment.