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In the kitchen of the hotel Jessie was cleaning Criss's shoes when she heard the door closed. Since she wasn't suppose to be there Jessie hid. She saw it was Mayrse but she couldn't see who she was talking to. "Je ne peux pas croire que le coup n'a pas tué ce magicien. Vous m'avez dit Qu'angel mourrait si vous lui avez donné ce coup" (I can't believe that shot didn't kill that magician. You told me Angel would die if you gave him that shot) she remarked. "Allait comment le suppose d'I pour savoir que le type de Conner saurait traiter l'ange" (How was I suppose to know someone knew how to cure Angel). That voice is sounds so familiar Jessie thought. "Qu'en est-il de cette petite fille qui est avec Criss. Elle a participé à ce magicien viennent en second en disparition". (What about that little girl that’s with Criss. She helped that magician come in second in disappearance) Mayrse stated. Good I’m getting under that hussy’s skin Jessie thought trying not to laugh.

“Mayrse se détendre quand ne Criss est old school new school routine-nous allons vous dire ils vont avoir besoin de deux cercueils” (Mayrse relax when Criss does is old school new school routine-Let's just say they’re going to need two coffins). Christopher I have to warn him. As Jessie got up she knocked over a pan. Mayrse turned and saw Jessie running off. “NOUS AVONS POUR LUI AVANT ELLE RACONTE QUE MAGICIEN TOUT!!” (WE’VE GOT TO GET HER BEFORE SHE TELLS THAT MAGICIAN EVERYTHING!!) Mayrse called out and they ran off. Jessie ran as fast as she could bumping into everyone. "Hey watch it!!"someone yelled out in Korean. Jessie saw Mayrse was running after her but than she ran into someone and fell to the floor. When she looked up she saw a guy that could probably pass for Criss expect he had a scar that was on his check like someone slashed him and his hair had red and blonde highlights.

Mayrse picked Jessie up as she looked at the man. "Que devons-nous faire avec elle maintenant de lame ?" (What should we do with her now Blade?) Mayrse asked. "Nous allons emmener votre cinéma pour l'instant" (Let's take her to your theater for now). As they took her behind a corner was Conner. "I got to tell Criss" and he ran to Criss's room before it was too late for Jessie.

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Upstairs Criss was going over some stuff when a banging came to the door. "Christopher open the door!!" the voice yelled. Criss got up and opened the door to see Conner. "Conner what's wrong?". "It's Jessie Mayrse took her Jessie found out some thing that she wasn't suppose to know". Criss put on a pair of sneakers and left with Conner. In the theater Mayrse had tied up Jessie. "Vous n'obtiendrez jamais loin avec cela Criss me trouverez et vous serez disqualifié" (You'll never get away with this Criss will find me and you'll be disqualified) Jessie stated. Mayrse put a gag over her mouth as Blade came over. "Vous devriez obtenir de Luke ici. S'ils découvrent que vous êtes fait pour m'aider à gagner. Ils appelleront la police et avez-vous envoyé à que l'asile à New York" (You should get out of here Luke. If they find out what’s you’re doing to help me win. They’ll call the police and have you sent back to that asylum in New York) Mayrse remarked. Blade cupped his hands around Mayrse’s face "Ne vous inquiétez pas de moi que nous devons simplement se débarrasser de ce petit snoop" (Don't worry about me we just need get rid of this little snoop) than kissed her. Jessie spit out the gag as they kissed. Downstairs Conner was telling Criss what he saw.

"Than this guy who had this scar on his check came out of nowhere and Jessie bumped into him than Mayrse came and they took her" Conner replied. "Do you know why Mayrse and this guy would want Jessie"he stated. "I don't know they were talking in French when they took Jessie"Conner stated. When they got to Mayrse's theater Jeff and Blaine were there. "Angel what's wrong why did you want us to meet you here?"Jeff asked. "Mayrse kidnapped one of my assistant and Conner saw Mayrse and some guy take her here"Criss remarked. "Are you sure Conner?"Jeff asked. He nodded as Blaine knocked on the door. Inside Mayrse was packing a few thing but as Luke came on the stage a knock came to the door.

"Qui est-ce" (Who is it) Mayrse called out. "Mayrse est-il Blaine et Jeff nous avons besoin de vous parler de quelque chose" (Mayrse it's Blaine and Jeff we need to talk to you) Blaine replied. "Help me they're going to kill me!!" Jessie yelled. "Mayrse, à que nous arrivons" (Mayrse we're coming in) as Blaine put the key in the lock. Mayrse looked at Blade with fear. "Lame sortir d'ici!!" (Blade get out of here!!) "Tous droits Mayrse je t'aime" (All right Mayrse I love you). Blade kissed her than left out the back as Blaine, Jeff, Criss, and Conner came in.

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Mayrse ran off as Blaine went after. Criss ran onto the stage and untied Jessie. After Criss untied her Blaine came back. “Did you catch her?”Jeff asked. “No but look at this” showing them a picture. “I know this guy it’s Luke Blade”Jeff replied. "I remember that guy he was a good magician but didn't Blade have mental problems" Criss replied looking at the picture "Yea he was diagnosed with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome"Jeff stated. "I thought he was in a mental hospital because he killed his assistance, a member of his crew than he tried to kill a lady" Conner said. "I'm going to call the police back in the states to find out what the hell is going on" Blaine remarked and left. Jeff and Criss went to Mayrse’s room and they opened the door to find the place covered with plans and bios about the magicians even Criss. “Talk about being covert”Jeff stated. “Look at it all but I can’t make heads or tails out of it. It’s all in French”Criss replied as Blaine came in. “Dam you swear she was going to war with these people”Blaine stated. “Blaine can you help us translate some of this stuff”Criss asked showing him a journal he found.

Blaine sat down and looked at it. “Some of these are about how some of the mechanics of some of the tricks these magician’s are using. There’s even some stuff in here about your ‘in two’ illusion Criss” Blaine replied. “She must have been cheating so she could be the number one magician”Criss stated. “I don’t think she will be. She’s disqualified and banned from these competition for life”Jeff remarked. “Criss you better go downstairs and check out your ‘in’two’ illusion it sayes here she did something to it that will kill you”. “Excuse me” and Criss left in a rush. Inside his theater Criss found the problem and fixed it, but as he left something hit him knocking him out. Behind him is Luke Blade Maintenant c'est mon tour pour récupérer ce qui était autrefois le mien. (Now it’s my turn to reclaim what was once mine)

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When Criss woke up he found himself in a dungeon of some sort. As he got up Criss saw his hands were locked above him. "I wouldn't struggle Angel there's no way you can get out of it"A voice called out. Coming out of the shadow was Blade but he looked like Criss. "What do you think we could be twins". Criss was speechless. "I see you're speechless. With a little make-up to cover the scar, some hair dye to color my hair like yours, and a few fake tattoos I can pass for you and since Mayrse has been disqualified for tampering with your illusion you I mean me can win this and than I'll be the magician I could of been" he remarked. "You'll never get away with it someone will find me and they'll find out who you are"Criss remarked. "Please we're in a cave from I don't know the tenth century. This place use to be a jail and they would keep people down here to die or until they were executed. To make sure people didn't hear the screams from them this place is down low so you can yell until you lose your voice they'll never hear you. Good bye Mindfreak" and Luke left laughing. Upstairs Jessie was pacing.

"Will you stop pacing"Conner said. "I can't help it they haven't found Blade and I'm scared that he may have Criss"Jessie replied. The door opened and Criss (Blade in disguise) came in with Costa. "So Mayrse damaged in two so it would kill you"Costa said. "Yup if Jess didn't tell me I would of died"he replied. "Well I should get going I got to work on my card trick for tomorrow". "I'll walk you out," and Jessie walked Conner out. "Conner wait a second" she stated. "What Jessie?". "I don't think that's Criss he knows that I hate to be called Jess" she replied. "So Criss had a case of slip of tongue relax you're probably on overdrive from this morning we'll talk tomorrow" and Conner left. When she came in Costa and Criss were going over tomorrow's plans. "I'll see you later Costa" and he left.

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The next morning Luke was getting dressed. "This guy has no taste in clothes"he muttered. "Hey Mindfreak come on Costa is waiting for us"Jessie called out. "I'm coming" and he came out. "Your coffee is on the table" as Jessie was finishing some cereal. When Luke took a drink of it he spit it out. "This is horrible"he replied. "I made it the way you like it. Milk with some sweet and low" she replied. "Than the milk went south I need to brush my teeth" and he went into the bathroom. Then Costa came in. "Where's Criss we're on a schedule here"he said. "He's in the bathroom Costa does this taste funny to you" she asked giving Costa the milk bottle. He smelled it and took a sip of it. "Taste fine why".

"I put it in Criss’s coffee but Criss spit the coffee out and said it tasted horrible or the milk went bad". "Maybe the milk doesn’t mix good with this coffee Doug and I have been going to the Starbucks in the hotel" Costa replied. "That's the second thing that's bugging me Criss told me that he wanted to take like a case of this coffee home when we leave"Jessie replied. "What are you saying that Criss has a doppelganger or someone made a clone of Criss?". Then Criss (Luke in disguise) came out. "You ready to win this bro"Costa asked."You bet you Coster" he remarked. "Wait a minute what did you say?"Costa inquired stopping Luke. "Costa that is the name mom and dad gave you when you were born"he replied. "Sorry I thought you called me Coster". Luke laughed and they left leaving Jessie there. Down in the tunnel the real Criss was trying to get lose but it was no use. "HELP ANYONE HELP!!!" he screamed but the only he heard was the echo. In his theater Luke was getting ready for 'in two' while the judges came in. Luke was covering his scar when a knock came to the door. "Come on Christopher!". "Coming" and he came out. When he came out Jessie was on the stage. "Costa come here for a second". "What?".

"Do you really think she should be involved" Criss remarked as he saw her talking to Doug. "Criss this was your idea to have her help out like an assistant don't worry Doug and I have been showing her what to do"Costa replied and left. As Criss (Luke in disguise) talked about what he going to do Jessie couldn't stop staring at Criss. They got him ready and the demonstration started. When they cut him in half the crowd was in shock including the judges. Esto es sorprendente (This is amazing) Mr. Yoke Declared. "And you may come up and walk between him"Jessie said. As they walked between them Jessie looked at Criss’s right hand and there was no tattoos on his knuckles. OH MY GOD IT ISN’T CRISS IT’S BLADE BUT WHERE IS CRISS Jessie thought

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After the demostration Jessie walked away when Conner saw her. "Jessie what's wrong you look upset did something happen to Angel?"he asked as Jessie sat down. "Conner that's not Criss Angel it's Luke Blade pretending to be Criss Angel"she replied. "How do you know”. “Because Criss has tattos on his knuckles that guy in there doesn’t have it. That has to be Luke Blade pretending to be Criss Angel”she replied. “All right if that is Luke Blade how are you going to prove it. He could say that covered them up or had them removed Heck I didn’t even notice the tattoos”Conner remarked. An idea hit her. “When Mayrse kidnapped me and I was in her theater she was talking french to Luke and so was Luke. Criss doesn’t know a lick of French if I can make Luke slip and say something in French than I know it’s Luke” and she left. In his room Luke was fixing his hair.

“I can’t believe they didn’t realize that I’m not Criss. My plan is coming true by the time they figure it out Criss Angel will be dead,”Luke said. The door opened and Jessie came in. "Jess what can I help you with". "Well I wanted to apologize for running out on you that demonstration kind makes me a little queasy" she replied. "It's no problem I was just about to change so we'll talk later". "All right" and she started to leave. Before she said something in french. Quel magicien un centre auto égoïste, vous êtes (What a self center egoistical magician you are). Luke turned around. "I'm not egoistical and self center". "Oh my god I was right you are Luke Blade!!” With out warning Luke grabbed Jessie and pinned her to the wall. "I guess you know my little secret deary but I know if I let you go you'll go blabbing to Crissy's brother and the judges which I can't let you do".

As Luke put pressure on her throat Jessie saw a vase. She grabbed it and smashed into his head. Luke fell to the ground as Jessie ran out. Costa and McBride were coming out of the elevator as they saw Jessie waiting for the elevator. "Jessie oh my god what happened to your neck"Costa asked looking at it. Before she could say anything Luke came over. "That's not Criss it's Luke Blade!!". Costa and Jeff looked at Jessie than at Luke. “What don’t you know your own brother”Luke said to Costa. “Pull up your shirt Criss”Costa asked. Luke did but when he put it down Jeff hit him knocking him to the ground. “What the hell Jeff?”. “Get up your imposter”Costa stated and pinned him against the wall.

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Jessie just stood there a little shocked. “Costa Jeff how did you know this isn’t Christopher?” she inquired. “Because Criss has a scar on his right side from when an illusion went wrong”Costa replied. “When Criss and I did that burning man episode he showed me that scar and told me about it, but when I didn’t see it on this guy I knew it wasn’t Criss”Jeff added as he called the police. “I’ll ask you one more time where’s my brother!”Costa inquired . "Some place that you'll never find him Criss is going to be apart of the history of this place" as Luke started to laugh. The police came and took Luke as Jeff, Costa and Jessie tried to figure out what he meant. "Wait a minute Scotland has houses here that were something else. Maybe he has Criss somewhere on the ground of this hotel"Jessie replied.

Then Conner came up as they took Luke into the other elevator. "You figured out Luke was playing Criss"he remarked walking over. "Yea but he won't tell us where Criss is"Costa replied. "Did Luke give you any hints of where Criss is?"Conner asked. "He said that Criss is going to be apart of the history of this place. I'm think Criss is somewhere on the grounds of this hotel"Jessie remarked. "I know where this place use to be a jail and they use to have this cell where they would keep prisoners like killers or POW". "Show us Conner"Costa stated and they followed him They followed Conner to his theater. “What are we doing here?”Costa inquired. “I found a secret passage way and by the look of it someone has been through it”he remarked. Costa looked at it. “I’m going to need flashlights, some water just incase Criss is dehydrated, and a first aid box”Costa said. “I’ll get them”Jeff stated and left. After Jeff got all the stuff including some ropes Costa turned on his flash light and removed some cobwebs.

"CHRISTOPHER!!"he yelled but the reply was his echo. "Come on Jessie" Conner remarked. Jessie stepped back as Conner looked at Costa. "Katrina survivor"Costa stated. Conner walked over to Jessie. "I'm sorry I had a flashback of Katrina" she replied. "If you want to you can stay herewith Jeff while Costa and I go look for Criss". Jessie took a breath. "No I want to" and she took Conner's hand. They walked in looking for Criss. "ANGEL!!" Conner called out. "CRISS ANSWER US," Jessie yelled but just heard her echo.. "Costa I'm scared what if Luke is playing with us and Criss is dead"she said. Costa assured her that Criss would be all right.

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With out warning the ground under Costa broke apart. "COSTA"Jessie yelled, as Conner grabbed her before she ended up with Costa. Costa got up and saw he was in a hole with Jessie and Conner near the edge. "Get back before it crumbles and you guys are down here too"Costa called out. "You all right Costa?" Conner asked. "Yea but I can't get out,"he replied. "Jessie listen to me you have to keep going while Conner helps me get out". As Conner got out the rope Jessie started to have flashback of Katrina and her heart started to pound as she started to hyperventilate. Conner saw her face and went over to Jessie to calm her down. "Jessie you have to do this".

"I-I-I can't I'm afraid"she replied. Conner took a necklace he had off . "Jessie this medallion was giving to me by my mom; it's a Saint Christopher medal my mom always said that it will help you when fear wants to take control I've been wearing it now I want you to wear it now," putting it on her. Jessie felt better. "Now just keep going straight while I get Costa out of that hole". She gave Conner a kiss and kept going. Jessie felt like she was in a maze wondering if she was going around in a circle. "CHRISTOPHER ANSWER ME IF YOU CAN HEAR ME" she yelled. No response. God where's a map when you need it she thought looking at all small caves around her. In one spot Criss was dehydrated and losing concussions every now and again. His throat was so dry and raw he couldn't even scream anymore. I can't believe after all I've been through I'm going to end up dying here Criss thought. Then Criss saw a light but it kept getting dimmer. Someone down here they must of figured out what happened I got to get their attention but how Criss looked around to figure how . His hands were still hand cuffed to some iron thing but his legs were free but he was weak and having trouble just trying to move one of his legs.

Come on brain give me a little boost so I don't end up dead down here. All of a sudden Criss's body gave one last shot of energy. Criss saw a rock near his foot so he used the little energy he had left and grabbed the rock with his foot and threw it. In the caves Jessie was heading back when she heard a noise coming from behind her. "Criss" as she turned around. The light started to become brighter and brighter until Criss saw who it was. "Jessie" he mustered to say

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Jessie put her flashlight down and went over to see how he was. "Water"he mustered to say. Jessie went into her pocket and took out a small bottle of water. Criss smiled as Jessie opened the bottle and let Criss drink some of it. "Now how do we get you out of here I'm not a lock picker like you are"she replied. "JESSIE"a voice called out. "CONNER I FOUND HIM HURRY"she yelled as Criss passed out. Come on Angel stay with me. Almost by magic Conner came with Costa and a some EMTS. Conner went over to the locks and picked them. The EMTS lowered Criss down slowly as they put in IV. "His majorly dehydrated and it looks like he has a couple of rat bites on his legs that are infected". They loaded Criss up in kind of a hammock sort of thing and brought him to the entrance. At the jail Luke was in his cell pacing thinking he just got away with murder when he turned his head to a television that was on.

Breaking News from the Cumberland hotel where the magic competition is being held. They have just found Illusionist and Magician Criss Angel. As everyone has heard that Luke Blade was passing himself off as Criss Angel until his brother Costa Sarantakos and Jessica Comcast figured out it wasn't Criss Angel. Maria has more on this story. Criss was found in one of the many passage way from the old building that once stood here. Criss was handcuffed and left to die while Luke Blade disguised as Criss Angel planned to reap the benefits of Criss Angel's career. Angel is suffering from extreme dehydration and infection from rat bites. The doctors don't know how bad the infection is or if Criss has been infected with rabies from the rats. We'll keep you updated as the story goes on

Luke was irate that they found Criss that he started to scream. They even showed Criss being brought out on the stretcher. At the hospital Criss was being rehydrated and put on some antibiotic for the rats bites. Thankfully Criss didn't test positive for Rabies which brought a smile to everyone. When Jessie and Conner got back to the hotel Blaine and Copperfield were waiting. "So how Criss?" Blaine asked. "He'll be all right they're going to keep him over night for obervation"Jessie replied. "Thank god Criss will be all right but we've got a problem since it wasn't Criss who did 'in two' we can't award him the point Luke got"Copperfield remarked. "So what's the last competition before the end?" Jessie inquired. "Escape stunt this one you can have a tape of the escape you did"Copperfield stated. "Did Criss enter one?"Conner asked. "No this was one he didn't sign up for"Blaine replied. "Well put his name down because I have one that will win him first prize" and ran up to her room as Blaine followed her.

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Sorry I'm taking so long the site I use to translate is under repair and I'm trying to find a new one