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This is one of my favorite stories that I've writen on the old site



It was a day like any other expect that I was getting ready for my month long vacation to Las Vegas. It took two years of working double overtimes, saving cans and bottles, and pinching every penny untill they had my fingerprint on it but I got it. As I packed my phone rang and it was my friend. "Lousie I was wondering when you're leaving?". "In a few minutes I can't wait I got a room at The Luxor and tickets to Believe I just hope I get to meet Criss Angel"I replied. "You will call me when you get back I want details if you did meet the Mindfreak" and hung up. A horn honked and I saw a taxi downstairs. Las Vegas here I come. I grabbed my purse, my tickets, and my luggage and walked out. The flight was uneventful but when I got in the place was a buzz with cops every where. I went over to a news stand to grab a paper when I looked and saw Criss on the television.

MASTER ILLUSIONIST CRISS ANGEL SEEN HERE AT HIS OPENING OF BELIEVE HAS DISAPPEARED. HIS BROTHER JD CALLED POLICE EARLY THIS MORNING WHEN HE DIDN'T SHOW UP FOR A MORNING MEETING. POLICE THINK IT MIGHT BE A KIDNAPPING OR SOMETHING ELSE. MORE ON THIS STORY AS IT DEVELOPS.

"Oh my god!!," as I put the paper down. Then my phone went off. "Hello"I said. "Help me!!" someone yelled. I knew it was Criss Angel. "Criss"I stated. "If you do exactually what I say Criss Angel will live if not he dies"a voice said. I looked around at everyone it seem like everyone including the cops had a cell phone. "Why me?"I asked. "Just got to your hotel and you'll receive your instructions" and the line went dead. When I got to The Luxor the place was crawling with police talking to everyone. After I check in I went pass the production office even thou the windows were covered the door was open a crack and I saw Criss's mom talking to the cops with JD nexts to her. She's probably in hell right now not knowing if her youngest son is dead or alive I thought

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When I got to my room I wonder why this guys wanted me involved I didn't know Criss or his family just by what I've learned from his book. I wanted to go downstairs to talk to the cops but I didn't think they'd believe me thinking I was a nut case. I decided to go down to the shops and look around. As I walked around in the lobby I saw JD outside wiping away tears from his face. He's probably going through the same thing his mother's going through and I don't blame them one bit. I work for The New Hampshire Law enforcement looking for missing people and hikers. Maybe that's why this stranger called me to involve me in his game. I looked at the shirts and other stuffs when my phone went off. "Hello". "GET ME OUT OF HERE!!" the voice screamed. "Criss"I muttered. "Listen well because I will only repeat this once I want you to go up to Criss's suite and take his computer" the voice ordered

"I-I-can't he's on a floor that nobody can go up unless you're with Criss" I explained. "NO NO NOT THAT!!!"Criss yelled. "You will get me his computer or The Mindfreak will die. I'll give you untill seven tonight" and hung up. I looked at the clock and saw it was three. I had four hours to figure out how to get up to Criss's room and grab his computer with out anyone noticing me.

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After I got that phone call I went outside. I had no clue how to get up to Criss's floor with out having security wondering why I'm up here and sneak Criss's lap top out of his room. "Why me in all days I wind up being involved with the guy who wants something from Criss so bad that he/she is willing to kidnap Criss and involve me"I muttered. When I came back in my phone rang again. "Yes". "I forgot to tell you at the front desk is envelope for you pick it up and do everything the note sayes times ticking" and the person hung up. I walked over to the front desk. "Excuse me do you anything for Lousie Macy?"I asked. "Hold on" as she looked. "Oh yes this was just dropped a few second ago"she replied. "Thanks"I stated. I opened the envelope and in it was a note and a room key. The note just read:


THE KEY WILL GET YOU INTO CRISS'S ROOM. WHEN YOU FINALLY GET HIS COMPUTER DROP IT OFF AT 34 WEST STREET NEAR THE MIRAGE. YOU INVOLVE THE COPS IN ANY WAY THE BELOVED MINDFREAK WILL DIE A HORRIBLE DEATH AND IT WILL BE YOUR FAULT. TIME'S A WASTING!!!


I looked on the back and it had four numbers on it. "1219"I read. I knew that was the month and the day Criss was born. I went over to the elevator and got in but my heart was racing. The door was about to shut when JD and Dimitra walked in. I don't think they even realized I was in there. "Who would do such a thing and kidnap Christopher for. He has done nothing to anyone" as she wiped the tears coming down. "Mom the police have everyone in Las Vegas looking for Criss you shouldn't get upset"JD said . "Upset JD my youngest child was taking from his room under force and nobody knows where and why. I just want Christopher back" as she started to cry. JD held his mother close as they got off. After the door closed I stopped the elevator. I needed a moment to think. If I didn't get what this person wanted I'd be responisible for killing Criss Angel but what if this person is a revial magician that wants Criss's secrets that he probably has on his computer.

I knew what I had to do even thou I was putting Criss's life on the line I had to involve Criss's family. I was about to start up the elevator when my phone beeped. I saw I had video message so I played it. I saw it was Criss tied to a chair. Criss was screaming in pain. The camera showed the chair was set up to receive electrial volts. "Oh my god!!" as I put my hand over my mouth. The camera was put down and a person with a ski mask and dressed in black came into view. He had a vail of something and a syringe. I notcied the guy had brass knuckles on both his hands. I watched as the guy started to hurt Criss to point where it could be labeled as torture. The taste of bile came into my mouth as the person took the syringe and filled it up. He stuck Criss with it and Criss went limp. "This is just a taste of what Criss will go through if you don't bring me his computer time's a wasting Lousie" and the video ended.

I felt so sick as the video repeated in my mind to the point where I went to the corner of the elevator and threw up. I wiped my mouth. "You all right?"A voice asked. I turned around and saw it was JD. I didn't know what to say as the taste of vomit came up again. I ran out and threw up again in a trash can. After I finished JD came over and took me to his room. In his room his mother was sitting down. "Come on you're going to be just fine" as JD helped me in. "JD what's going on?" his mother asked getting up. "I found her in the elevator vomiting she looked like she was about to collasped" as I sat down. "T-h-anks" I mumbled as Dimitra got a wet cloth. "Here wipe your mouth dear". I wiped my mouth as JD got me a cup of water. "Here do you need a doctor or something?" JD asked.

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I looked at them and took out my phone. "Check out the video message" I stated. JD got up and took a look at it. Dimitra looked at her son as the color left his face. "What is it JD?" she asked. "It's Criss and it's something I suggested you don't watch mom. How did you get this?"JD asked. "Whoever has Christopher involved me why I don't know but whoever sent me that wants Christopher's laptop and if I don't get for him he may do something even worse than what he sent me"I replied. "He's not going to be able to get into it Criss put a password protection on it when one of his crew member used it to surf some triple X sites"JD stated sitting down. I went into my pocket and took out the note and the pass key the person sent me.

"There's four numbers on the back I think they're the pass word"I stated. JD looked at the pass key and took out the one he kept with him just in case of emergency. "It's the same key to Criss's suite but how did this person get it?"JD inquired. "JD does everyone on Criss's crew have a key to his suite?"I asked. "Only his fam-oh my god". "What JD?"his mother inquired. "A few weeks ago Costa's wallet got lifted and in it was the pass key. Criss made sure we all got new pass keys so his room wouldn't be robbed. Whoever lifted Costa's wallet is probably the one who sent this stuff to her" JD remarked. Then my phone rang. I told them to be quiet as I picked it up. "Hello". "Don't tell you haven't gotten the computer". "I'm at his room but the key won't work he must of had new pass key made or something"I replied.

I heard the guy swearing. "You lied to me!!". " off!!"I heard Criss yelled than I heard Criss scream and the phone went dead. Chills went down my spine as I looked at JD and Dimitra wondering if I just sent Criss to meet his father. I dropped the phone and sat down before JD had to catch me from falling to the floor. "You all right?" JD asked. "I-I-I heard him swearing than Criss telling him to how can I put this nicely". "Just say it I don't mind I've heard my boys swear"Dimitra said. " off than I heard Criss scream. I'm afraid I may of-". Then the phone beeped and saw I got another video. I was afraid to open it. I took a breath and played it. It showed Criss still in the chair but he wasn't tied anymore but Criss's hands were in the same position. The angle got closer and saw why. I stopped the video as I put my hand over my mouth. "What's wrong is he dead?" Dimitra inquired as I tried to not to throw up again. "What's wrong?" JD inquired. I gave JD my phone and showed him as I got up. "Oh my god this guy is sadistic!!"JD replied.

"What is it JD may I see it?" Dimitra asked. "I wouldn't recommended it mom. Seriously this guy is bordering on torture"JD replied as he played the rest of the video. "JD we have to show the cops these videos and tell them about me". JD closed the phone and sat down. "He left a message saying that if you go to the cops Criss is definitely going to meet dad"JD replied. "What do we do now?"I asked. "The only I can think of is getting Criss's computer and see if we can figure out what this person wants"JD stated. "Well let's get it"Dimitra stated. "One problem I'm not as computer incline as Costa and Criss are. Dimitra just introduce me to the web"JD stated . I tried not to laugh. "Than bring it to me I'm really computer inclined"I replied. I'm so computer incline whenever the computers doesn't work in the office they always call me for help. "All right" and JD left as I sat with Dimitra.

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After JD came back with the computer I started it up and saw it was password protected but when I put in 1219 it started up. "All right I'm in let's see appointments, phone numbers Check that out later. Emails let me check that". I opened it up and saw Criss had some emails from a lot of girls, some from his neice Dimi, but there was one that had an attachement to it. "JD does the name Robert Masion mean anything?"I inquired. "Yea he was a part of Criss's crew when Criss did his broadway show. Why?"JD inquired. "He sent Criss an email with an attachement to it" as I opened it. It read:

HEY CRISS CLEANING OUT THE ATTIC AND FOUND SOME PICTURES FROM YOUR NEW YORK DAYS HOPE IT BRINGS BACK MEMORIES.

I opened the attachement and looked at some of the pictures but there was one that caught my attention it was Criss with a blonde hair woman and on Criss's other side was a guy. "JD do you know these two people?" pointing to the picture. "Yea they do it's just not coming to me"he replied. "Do you know Dimitra?" I asked showing her the pictures. "No I don't Lousie"she replied. "What about Costa do you think he may know?". "I don't know"JD remarked. "Where is Costa anyway?"Dimitra asked. "New York it is his high school reunion he didn't want to go but Criss made him go. I'll give him a call," JD stated and called Costa but it went to voice mail. "Costa it's JD call me back" and hung up. "I guess Costa turned off his phone" Dimitra remarked. Then my phone beeped. I saw it was another video. "Another video"I remarked and played it. This one was different it looked like two people were fighting and the black ski mask person was winning throwing the other person around like a rag doll.

Then the ski mask guy grabbed a baseball bat and hit the other person like his head was baseball heading for the bleachers. "Ouch!!"I declared. "What is it?"JD asked. "It looks like a fight between the person who kidnapped Criss and another person I can't make out the other person"I replied showing JD. All of a sudden JD went white. "It's Costa the person is fighting Costa!!!". JD was right the camera got closer and it was Costa on the floor bleeding. "See what happens when someone doesn't play by the rules" the person stated

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After we viewed the video JD's phone rang and saw it was a hospital in New York. "I have an idea why don't you and I go for a walk and clear our minds for a while" I suggested to Dimitra. "I don't know". "Mom staying inside isn't going to help if I get any info I'll call you"JD replied. "All right" and we left. We walked around The Luxor and talked. "In all the confusion I never got your name dear" Dimitra stated. "Lousia but people call me Lousie"I replied. "Nice to meet you do you live in Vegas?". "No I'm here on vacation and I have no clue why I'm involved in this" I stated. "Where are you from?"she asked. For some reason I felt comfortable talking to Dimitra it was like talking to my mom. "New Hampshire but I was born and raised in New York"I replied. "I thought I heard a bit of a New York accent" as I smiled.

We saw a deli and decided to get something to eat. We sat down and Dimitra noticed my necklace. "That's a beautiful necklace". It was a heart that one side with pearls and another side had emeralds. "I had it made after my mom passed away" I replied as I took it off to let Dimitra look at it. "If you don't mind me asking what happened to your mom?". "She died of breast cancer when I was ten" I replied. "And the other side is your dad". "Yea I lost my dad on 9/11 he was in the first tower. After I lost my dad I just had to get out of New York so I moved to New Hampshire and I haven't been back since than"I replied. "I know I lost my husband to cancer if I didn't have my boys I don't know what would of happened"she said.

"Yea since I was an only child I didn't have what you had with JD, Costa, and Christopher"I stated. "Tell me something those videos you got how bad were they?". "Very bad for some reason that person is torturing Criss he even used a demostration that went bad on Criss"I stated. "It was the nail gun catch". "Yea believe me Dimitra it's not something I want you to picture"I replied. After we finished our lunch we went back to the room. When we got there two cops were there and I knew one of them.

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is there more to the story? i wanna know what happends next! and if Criss gets saved!

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When Stella got to my room I was sitting on my bed holding a napkin in my hands. "You all right?" she asked. "Just shaken up I just don't understand why this guy wanted my necklace"I remarked as Stella put on some gloves. "Maybe it was just a robbery do you have that skin?"she asked. "When I saw it in my teeth I use the napkin and took it out before it came lose and got into my system"I replied giving her the napkin. "Did you get a look at him?". "No but Stella it had to be Blade the only thing I saw were the eyes and it was the same eyes I saw in those videos I'll never forget those eyes"I stated shaking a little. Then my phone beeped again. "Oh god what does he want now" as I picked up the phone. It was another video and it was Criss still in the chair and the nails were still in his hands.

Then Luke came out. "Hi everyone since I didn't get what I wanted Criss here will pay the price". He went over to Criss with a small bottle and a syringe. The camera got closer to the bottle and I saw what it was. "Oh my god I know that stuff it will slow your heart rate to the point where you can be put into cardic arrest," I stated. I saw Blade filled the syringe untill it had a lethal dose. "He's going to kill Criss!!". Before Blade could give Criss the dose Criss broke the chair's right arm and hit Blade with it. "All right Angel!"I called out. Blade got up as he wiped blood from his mouth. Criss had the look of satisifaction on his face. "All right Angel I see we're going to take this to another level". Then another person came from the back of the camera and saw he had something in his hand. I don't know what he did with it but Criss screamed his lungs out than the video stopped.

"Was that-". "An 18 inch screwdriver the same that Criss walked on. He injuried his foot because of that. I think I know where he put it. Oh my god he uses some of Criss's tricks to torture him" I replied. "What do you mean?"Stella asked as I got up. "The electrity was from his first season, The nails was from his ill fated nail gun catch from season four, the screwdriver was from season three" I remarked. "And Luke Blade trying to stop Criss's heart". "I can't remember the season but it was from a show that was called My Secret Cabaret but Criss did that infront of nurses just incase he couldn't bring himself back"I reamrked. "So you know a lot of Criss's illusions and tricks?" Stella stated. "Demostration Criss calls them demostrations yea I know most of them Luke even killed-". I stopped midsentence. "Lousie what?". "My mom she was born on July fourth and every year I'd come back and put a pink rose on her grave but one year something was different". "What was different?" she asked. "I was pregnant"I remarked

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"Why don't you get dressed and I'll get this skin analysed"Stella remarked. After she left memories of that day came back to haunt me. I went to my bag and took out an envelope. It was addressed to me with no forwarding address. I had all ready opened it but I opened it again and it was a bank check for a thousands dollars with a little note that said: I'm sorry for what I did and I hope that you can forgive me for killing your child that afternoon. In the production office JD was on the phone. "I told you that you were going to be in trouble for talking that woman into selling that guy's secrets Costa. No they haven't found Criss yet but he sends this woman videos of him torturing Criss this guy is sadistic and he wants Criss to suffer for some reason. I'll call you later" and hung up. A knock came to the door and JD saw it was me. "Come on in Louise" and I opened the door. "I just wanted to see how you and your mother were"I stated. "Good my mom went back to New York to see how Costa was. Sit down" and I did. "I thought I should tell you I got another video from Luke and I figured out something"I stated. "What's that?" he asked.

"He's using Criss demonstrations against him. The electricity was from season one, the nail gun, season four, and the two he used in the video" as I showed JD. "But why is the question Criss never knew of this Luke Blade guy only Costa knew him through Vienna"JD stated. "I can't figure it out either but someone else is involved helping Luke Blade or this person is using Luke for some reason"I said. After I finished talking to JD I decided to get something to eat but I bumped into detective Taylor. "Louisa just the person I wanted to talk to". "Do you mind talking over some burger and fries if I don't get something into my system soon I'm going to fall over"I replied. "No" and we went to the restaurant

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We sat down and talked "So what do you want to know?"I asked. "Well the skin came to back to Fredrick Post does that name sound fimilar"he asked. "No I'm sorry never heard of the man"I replied taking a drink of water. "I talked to Stella and she informed me why July fourth means something to you it's your mother's birthday but according to a police report filed you were hit full on by a car suffering internal injuries and the still birth of a baby you named Zack"he replied. "Yea I was coming out of the cemetery when this car came right at me. I felt the car hit me and when I woke up I was in the hospital. I asked the nurse what happened and if my child was all right she said nothing and went to get the doctor. The doctor sat down and told me that because of the injuries they had to delivery my son but he took the most of the impact and died" as I wiped a tear away.

"Did you ever find out who hit you?". "The only thing I remember is that he is male had long jet black hair in a pony tail, but officer Taylor I did get something from the person that hit me," and showed him the check. "A thousand dollars and a note: I'm sorry for what I did and I hope that you can forgive me for killing your child that afternoon. No return address" Taylor said. "I was wondering if you could find out who it is I don't want his money I just want to tell him that I forgive him. It was an accident that's all"I requested. "I'll see what I can do. One question did you know the father of Zack". "No I-I- excuse me" and left. I ran out of there fast and went outside. I couldn't even say the word. I thought I buried this but for some reason it's being dug up. I wiped the tears from my face as my phone rang again. "Hello"I remarked. "Lousie are you all right I found out last night that Criss Angel was kidnapped". "Connie you won't believe this but I'm involved in it" I stated.

"But they say that a man by the name of Luke Blade is involved his prints were found in Criss's room and one Fredrick Post wait a minute isn't that the guy who-". "Yea I thought I would never hear that name again"I remarked. "So how did you get involved in it?"she asked. "Luke Blade wanted me to take Criss's computer but when I was ready to tell his brother JD and his mother he sent me a video of him hurting Criss. Connie it was so sadstic it was bordering on torture it made me throw up twice. Connie he even put nail gun into Criss's hands. Connie do you think I should reveal my past to these officers".