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She went into her room and went to her DVD collection. "Which one are you going to enter?" Blaine asked. "I've got two Silverton and The Building Implosion he did in Florida" she replied giving him the DVD. "All right I'll show these to McBride and Mr. Yoke" and he left. In another room Jeff and Mr. Yoke had finished the last DVD when Blaine came in. "I got a late entry Criss Angel"he replied putting the DVD in the player. "¿Que vamos a ver" (Which one are we going to watch?) Mr. Yoke asked. "Well since the magician or escape artist can enter three I've got two The Silverton Escape and The Building Implosion" Blaine replied. "I saw Silverton that one was personal to Criss" Jeff stated.

" Vi el episodio de la implosión del edificio que casi tuve un ataque al corazón cuando vi ese helicóptero deja sin él. Casi pensé que estaba muerto " (I saw The Building Implosion episode I almost had a heart attack when I saw that helicopter leave without him. I almost thought he was dead) Mr. Yoke replied as they watched the video. The next day Jessie went down to see a lot of people nervous. "Hey Conner why does every look nervous for?" she asked. "Everyone knows since Mayrse was disqualified they're going to be a new #1 magician but they don't know who" he replied. At the hotel Jessie helped Costa and Doug pack some of Criss's props. "So you think Criss is going to be the #1 magician?" Jessie inquired. "I don't know that guy from the Ukraine was giving Criss a run for his money" Costa replied. "I got to say after everything Criss went through they should give it to him" Doug added. "Conner said the same thing" Jessie remarked. The door opened and Conner came in. "Speak of the devil what's up Conner".

"I just wanted to say good-bye I have to get back to Ireland my parents need my help" he stated. Jessie went over to Conner and gave him a hug. "Thanks for everything you did Conner you really came through for Criss"Costa remarked shaking his hand. "I'm sorry I can't say good-bye to Criss"Conner stated. "Maybe someday before Criss retires you can come down to Las Vegas and see Criss perform Believe" Jessie suggested. "I don't know it took almost everything my parents had just to send me here. See yea later" and Conner left. "I swear if Criss didn't have us he'd probably be Conner right now" Costa admitted.

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At the hospital Criss was getting ready to get out. "I leave you for a week and you ended up being kidnapped, nearly dying of dehydration and getting rats’ bites". Criss looked up and saw JD. "JD what in the blue blazes are you doing here?"Criss asked surprised to see him. "Costa told me what happened so I had to make sure everything was all right" JD admitted making Criss laugh. "Come on Costa has everything almost packed up". Back at the hotel Criss came in and saw Costa and Jessie. "It's so good to see you alive and well!!"Jessie exclaimed giving Criss a hug. "It's good to be I almost thought I was going to die there and Luke was going to take over my life"Criss replied. "Well thank Costa and Jessie they noticed stuff that Luke didn't know about"JD remarked. "Like what?"Criss asked curious.

"How you know I hate to be called Jesse". "Or that scar on your side from where you got cut by that saw blade from in two"Costa stated. "Or how you enjoy your coffee and you don't know how to speak a lick of French" Jessie replied. Criss just smiled at everyone. "Question how do we find out who wins this?"JD asked. "I talked to Blaine, Copperfield, and Jeff they said that you'll find out when you get back to your homes so I guess when we get back to Las Vegas we'll find out if Criss is the #1 magician or #2" Jessie stated as JD tried not to laugh. When they finally landed back in Las Vegas Criss felt happy to be home. "I can't wait to sleep in my own bed" Criss remarked. "Me too sharing a room with Costa is like listening to 747 taking off" Doug stated. Criss laughed. "I do not snore"Costa replied.

"Sorry Costa but you do why do you think mom and dad let me share a room with JD because you kept me up at night"Criss admitted. "You also made the people who invented ear plugs very rich. The plan was if you ever stayed over Aunt Stella's or anybody else's house mom would give them ear plugs"JD said as Jessie tried not to laugh. "All right enough pick on Costa let's just get back to The Luxor before the time difference hits" Criss suggested as they hailed a taxi. When the taxi finally got to The Luxor Felix was waiting outside. "Welcome back Criss"he said as Felix opened the door. "Hey Felix I see The Luxor is still up and running" Criss joked. "I'm just glad you're all right I heard what happened to you". "Well they're going to extradite him back to New York where he's going to be put into a maximum security facility" JD replied. “I guess that saying is true” Felix stated. “What’s that Felix?”Jessie inquired. “Everyone in the world has a twin”he replied. “Expect Criss’s twin is a psychopath” JD remarked as everyone chuckled.

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The next day as Jessie was typing up her report in the production office a familiar face walked in. She got up and walked out. "Conner"she remarked as he turned around. "Jessie how are you?" as Conner gave her a hug. "What are you doing here I thought you couldn't afford to come to America" she replied. "Well I got someone to sponsor me to come here" he replied smiling. "Who?" she asked. "Me"A voice stated. Coming over was Criss. "Thanks for doing this Criss"Conner said shaking his hand. "It's my pleasure Conner you've got the same drive I have with my magic so I think you working on the Mind freak staff and with me will probably get you higher up in that magic competition next time around,"Criss remarked. Then JD walked in with his mother.

"Mom what are you doing here?" surprised to see his mom. "I heard about your adventure in Scotland so I thought I'd come and check on you to see if you're all right" she replied giving Criss a kiss. "Oh Criss before I forget they need you in Believe something about a malfunction with one of the tricks"JD stated. "All right let me deal with Believe first"Criss said. "Why don't we all go and show Conner your theater"Jessie suggested. "All right and they all went to Believe. When Criss walked in he was surprised when Criss saw people sitting in his theater. The people started to clap and cheer. He turned around as Dimitra, Jessie, Conner, and JD were joining in. "What the heck is going on here?" he asked surprised to see this. "It's easy to explain Christopher you won the competition you're the #1 magician in the world".

Criss turned around and on his stage was Lance Burton. Criss couldn't believe this as Jessie walked over and gave him a kiss. "I told you you'd win" she whispered as she brought Criss on stage. Criss couldn't believe it as the crowd sat down. "Criss I knew the day I met you you'd be invited to this gala and I would of betted my career that you'd win and I was right," Lance remarked. Tears started to fall down his face. "And you owe a lot to Jessie here". Criss looked at her as she smiled.

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"You were down in the scores since Luke Blade did one of your demonstration as you put it but Jessie entered you in the escape challenge which got you this award and the distinction of being the number one magician in the world"Lance stated and gave Criss the award. The award was sparkling gold and it was a top hat with a bunny holding a magic wand and on the hat it said:

CRISS ANGEL
NUMBER ONE MAGICIAN IN THE WORLD

Criss was in shock as he looked at the award. "I-I-I don't know what to say but thanks"Criss remarked. "Is that all you're going to say Christopher" his mother said. "Probably since this is a shock I honestly thought that guy from the Ukraine was going to win"Criss admitted as everyone tried not to laugh. After a few minutes of Criss gathering his thought he said a few words and thanked his fans, his family, and everyone that helped him get here including his father. After everyone left Criss sat in his theater and stared at the award. "You all right Criss?" Jessie asked walking in. "Yea I just can't believe that I won this and I should owe you some thanks because of it. What escape did you give them that I got this?" Criss asked as Jessie sat next to him. "Easy Silverton the second try and imploded building escape. Blaine told me that Mr. Yoke was shocked that you made it out alive" she replied as Criss smiled.

Then JD came in with an envelope. "Oh Criss this came for you while you were in Scotland I just found it under all the pile of mail you've gotten since you've been gone"JD stated. "Thanks JD"he remarked taking the envelope. "What's that Criss?" she asked. "Well I was going to tell you while we were in Scotland but, I think with what happened over there it kind of went out the window"Criss replied. "Criss you know I hate suspense what is it?". Criss gave her the envelope. "Why don't you open it and see"Criss said. She opened the envelope and what she saw nearly made her jaw drop. "Adoption papers you're adopting me Christopher"she replied with shock. "Since you lost your family in Katrina and your grandmother decided to put me in charge of you I decide like two years after the fact that I wanted you in my life so with the OK from my family and my manger I start the process of adopting you and what you have in your hand are the finally papers when I sign those you'll be my adopted daughter" Criss replied with a smile on his face.

Jessie got up and gave Criss a kiss and a hug as tears ran down her face. "Thanks Criss you've made my day". "Well why don't we go to office and make these papers official and than go celebrate me being the number one magician in the world"Criss suggested and they left.

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