Chapter 7

Diversions

Interior Anna's Hospital Room

Anna sits up but is in a state of catatonic movement.

Anna[ calmly] Must go to Stefano. Must find Stefano.

Anna gets out of bed and puts on a set on scrubs. She then leaves the hospital.

Parking Garage

Carrie and Tony sit inside his car talking.

Tony [calmly] Carrie you really need to go home. Stefano won't think twice about hurting you.

Carrie [ seriously] I'm just afraid about leaving mom. You know we've never been very close but she's still my mom.

Tony [ calmly] Anna will be fine because we both know she's to stubborn to die. You remind me of her.

Carrie[ sincerely] Then you know better then to try and convince me to leave my mom. Mom wouldn't leave me and I won't leave her Tony I'm sorry.

Fade Out.

Dimera Mansion

Stefano's living room is set up in funeral décor. Anna walks into the room and comes out from under her drugs.

Anna [ walking over to the couch] What the hell am I doing here.

Anna looks over and sees a casket draped in roses and heads over to it.

Anna[ excited] Did the old bastard finely die.

Anna jumps back in horror when she sees ''Tony'' in the casket.

Anna falls to the floor in pain. She lies in the floor crying. Kate walks in to the room.

Kate[ trying to help Anna] Anna, oh my god. Anna calm down. Relax Tony's alive look at me Anna.

Anna passes out in Kate's arms.

Kate[ checking Anna's pulse] Anna come on don't die on me Anna Anna come on.

Interior Hospital Lounge

Carrie and Tony enter a very busy hospital.

Carrie[ worried] Marlena What happened?

Marlena [trying to reassure Carrie] Anna's missing.

Tony[ answering his phone] Hello Kate you'll have to stall Stefano Anna is missing.

Kate [ looking down at Anna] That's just it she's here at the mansion.

Tony [ holding the phone to his chest] Kate found Anna at the mansion.

Kate [ watching Stefano enter the room] We have a big problem.

Tony [ calmly] Is Stefano there.

Kate [ dragging Anna into the bathroom] I can't stall him forever.

Tony[ hanging up] I'm on my way.

Carrie [ following Tony out] I'm coming with you.

Tony [ leading out of the hospital] Carrie stay here its to dangerous.

Tony leaves.

Carrie [ angry] Oh I'm going.

Marlena[ calmly] Carrie.

Carrie[ angry] Don't try to stop me Marlena.

Marlena[ calmly] Will you give Carrie and I a minute.

John and Roman walk away.

Carrie[ calming down] I will not let my mother die. Do you know what could happen to Tony and Kate for that matter.

Marlena[ taking Carrie's arm] Come on we can get over to the Dimera Mansion in time to meet Tony.

Fade Out.

Interior Dimera Bathroom

Anna lays on the floor unconscious as Kate looks at her stitches.

Anna[ waking up] Kate where am I ?

Kate[ helping Anna up] Do you not remember coming over here.

Anna [ dizzy] No all I remember is seeing Tony's body upstairs in the living room. Stefano really has a sick twisted idea of a birthday party.

Kate [ locking the door] If Stefano finds you here. Tony will be highly upset with me.

Anna [ holding her stitches] Tony did you just say Tony.

Kate [ looking at Anna] I just mean that Tony would be highly upset if he knew that you were here.

Anna [ seriously] Yes he would. But what do you know about Stefano.

Kate [ looking at Anna] What do you mean?

Anna [ sarcastically] Well I mean you've been around him all this time you must know what he's up to.

Kate [ sincerely] How did you know he was up to something.

Anna [ calmly] He's Stefano isn't he. He has to have some sort of plan.

Kate [ sushing Anna] He's coming this way we have to be quiet.

Anna and Kate press their ears against the door and listen to Stefano's phone conversation to EJ.

Stefano[ happy] Elvis my boy where are you.

EJ [ defensive] I just went away for awhile. I needed sometime to myself.

Stefano[ calmly] Ok so I'll come and meet you. Where are you. You know you need to come back here and claim whats yours. That's what a real Dimera would do.

EJ [ angry] Listen to me Stefano, I don't need you to tell me what a real Dimera man would do.

Stefano [ angry] You listen to me Elvis as long as you are my son you will do what I say. I have always been a father to you even though you chose Tony over me. Treating me as if I were some horrible monster.

EJ[ angry] You are a horrible monster. You are not a father you are an evil bastard. You don't give a damn about me or my children and as far as Tony goes he's been more of a Father to me in the year I knew him than you have been to me my entire life. As far as you're concerned. You're dead to me.

EJ hangs up the phone.

Stefano [ yelling] Rolf I need an Aspirin. Never mind I'll get it myself.

Interior Switzerland Cabin

Sami walks over to EJ after his conversation with Stefano.

Sami [ calmly] Hey

EJ [Snapping] What.

Sami walks away.

EJ [ calming down] Hey Samantha I'm sorry. Its just Stefano he gets to me.

Sami [Coming Back Over] Wow that's the first time I've heard you call him Stefano.

EJ [Sitting Down] He doesn't feel like a father to me. He never really has. Its true you know what I said Tony was more of a Father to me than Stefano ever was.

Sami [Sitting Down Beside Him] You really miss him don't you.

EJ [Calmly] Yeah I do. It just felt like he really understood Stefano. He really meant a lot to me.

I think that if he were here right now things would be very different.

Fade Out…

Interior Dimera Mansion

Tony enters the room just as Stefano is going for the bathroom.

Tony [Pretending to be Andre] Stefano, Rolf just told me about the Horton Boy. However are we going to get Samantha Brady here now. What the Hell is Tony's body doing here. Were you expecting someone to come in and see him lying there.

Anna [listening at the door] Andre's alive. Let me out of here.

Kate pulls Anna back. Then Anna yells out in pain.

Stefano [Yelling] What was that.

Carrie Barges in the door.

Carrie [Yelling] What the Hell did you do with my mother. Or did you have your little goon over here do it.

Stefano [Calmly] What the hell are you talking about Carrie.

Anna [Listening at the door] Carrie.

Kate [Looking at Anna] Sounds like your daughter thinks well on her feet.

Anna [continuing to listen] Well she has to get some things from me right.

Marlena knocks on the window above the bathroom.

Anna [Holding her stitches] Kate the window.

Kate [Climbing up on the ledge] Marlena, Thank God. Anna come on you have to get out this window.

Anna climbs up to the window.

Anna[ whispering] Create a diversion so we can go find out what Stefano is hiding.

Marlena[ pulling Anna through the window] Fine lets go. Come on we can go in the back door.

Anna [ looking at Marlena] Well Marlena decided to live outside the law.

Marlena [Firmly] I'm Just tired of this Bastard destroying everything he touches.

Back inside.

Tony [ calmly] Carrie don't you think you're overreacting why on earth would your mother come here.

Carrie [ angry] Well you go to hell.

Tony [ Motioning to Carrie to hit him] Carrie now you know your mother would want you to be part of our family. She could to you know if she doesn't become a vegetable.

Carrie [ walking over to the glass doors] This really is a waste of time, I should just do what I came to do.

Tony [ calmly] Oh and what was that.

Carrie [ pulling a gun from her coat pocket] Goodbye Stefano.

Stefano [ laughing] Do you think you can shoot me. Do you honestly think that you could get away with it.

Carrie [ aiming the gun at Stefano] Yes, because lets think about it Carrie who would honestly care if you died. I'm sure there would be a long line of mourners.

Stefano [ oddly] Excuse me

Carrie [Sarcastically] Yes half of Salem would be waiting to dance on your grave.

Upstairs Stefano's Bedroom

Anna looks through a box of letters and documents. She then finds a box labeled EJ

She then opens the box.

Anna[ Looking at the photo] EJ's not EJ.

Marlena [ Shocked] What are you talking about.

Anna [ calmly] there are two birth certificates for the same person.

Marlena [ whispering] So they made a copy.

Anna [ sad] Here's a picture of the boat.

Marlena [ calmly] What boat.

Anna [ sad] The boat that Renee blew up.

Marlena [ suspicious] Why would that be in there.

Anna [ looking through the box] Here's a picture of a baby boy. That must be EJ. But that's quite a few years before Elvis JR was supposed to be born.

Marlena [ turning the picture over] That's because this is Edward James Dimera. And this is a death certificate for an EJ.

Anna [ curious] But for which one.

Marlena [ whispering] We have to get this box out of here.

Anna [ looking down in shock] Oh my god.

Marlena [ grabbing a letter from Anna] Oh my gosh.

Fade Out.

Interior Stefano's Living Room

Tony [ Calmly] Carrie put the gun down.

Carrie [ Yelling] Shut up. I'm doing this for my family.

Tony [Yelling] Put the gun down. You don't want to do this. You want your mother to wake up but you also want to be there when she does.

Carrie [ Crying] I'm sorry but I have to do this.

Tony [ Reaching for the gun] Carrie don't you'll regret it.

Carrie [ handing Tony the gun] Fine I was just following instructions anyway.

Tony walks over to the patio doors.

Tony [ Looking down on Andre] You know father perhaps we should remove Tony from the parlor.

Carrie [ Looking down at the ground] Why he's already been slaughtered.

Stefano [ Looking down at Andre] Tony poor poor Tony so sorry I had to kill you. But you were getting to close to Elvis I couldn't let that happen. I had to put a stop to it. No one will ever take my son from me.

Tony [ whispering] Get out of here.

Carrie runs out the patio doors.

Tony reaches down to Stefano pulling him away from the casket.

Tony [ sitting down] Tell me father why did you really kill Tony. Why were you so dead set on murdering Tony. What didn't you want him to know.

Stefano leaves the room in silence.

Tony [ angry] What secrets could be so damn important.

Fade out.