Fighting For Love (Read 19,421 times)

[Kpatch]

Great scene-setting chapter as the family gathers.

[mae00]

Great chapter Andre! By Shawn saying "for those that don't recognize her", I'm guess they haven't done family pics or put anything on twitter or facebook.

[fluffysmom]

I'm looking forward to Bo's explanation and all of the reactions.

[André DiMera]

Chapter 17

SALEM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
Daniel ran into the hospital.
DANIEL: Where is he?
He walked over to Kayla.
DANIEL: Kayla, tell me, where is he? Where's Finn?
KAYLA: I'm sorry, Daniel. He's gone.
Daniel looked down at the floor and rubbed his temples.
KAYLA: He was dead when we found him.
Daniel took a deep breath.
DANIEL: How long ago?
KAYLA: We only found him just shortly before I called you. Dr. Hunter found him on his way into the building today.
Daniel nodded.
DANIEL: Any estimated time of death?
Kayla shook her head.
KAYLA: There's no way of knowing. We assume it was late last night, but it could have been as early as a few hours ago.
DANIEL: What about the cause?
KAYLA: He was strangled. When Hunter found his body, he said that wrapped around his neck was a red...
DANIEL: A red necktie.
Daniel sighed.
DANIEL: So, that makes four victims.
Kayla nodded.
KAYLA: Look, I know he was your friend, so if you want to take some time off...
DANIEL: What I want, what I need is to find out who did this. Now I know, I know that this wasn't Chad DiMera. He may be a DiMera, but he is no killer.
Daniel shook his head.
DANIEL: No, I'm gonna find out who did this.
Daniel's phone pinged. He looked at it, and saw a voicemail that Finn had left for him last night. He picked it up.
FINN (over phone): Hey, mate. Sorry to call you so late in the day. Guess you aren't at the phone at the mo'. Look, mate, I know it's your day off, but I really need to talk to you. I had a run in with a patient, and I feel like there's something up. Anyway, call me when you get a chance.
Daniel put the phone down.
DANIEL: Kayla, can you look up Finn's patient files from yesterday?
KAYLA: I can, but why?
DANIEL: He left me a voicemail late last night, saying that there was something he needed to discuss about a patient. He said that they had a disagreement, and that he thinks there's something a bit peculiar about the patient's behavior.
KAYLA: What does that have to do with Finn's death?
DANIEL: I'm thinking that the patient he had a disagreement with may be our necktie killer, and I'd like to review his patient files to see who he saw yesterday.
KAYLA: Okay. I'll look into that for you.

BRADY PUB
The group had been joined by Max, and all were sat at a table in the back of the Pub.
BO: So, you all know that ma's been losing her memory the last few years.
MAX: Because of the Alzheimer's, yeah.
BO: Right. Well, Victor had a contact in South America who was a doctor. This guy claimed that he had found a drug that could drastically slow down the Alzheimer's process, and maybe even stop it, and help the patient regain some memory. However, because the trial was still in it's early stages, it was very hush-hush. I wasn't even supposed to know. But, hothead that I am, I didn't stop digging until I found out what it was. Then, I went to South America to find this doctor and see if he had finished the drug. The plan was that I was gonna be gone a few weeks, a month at the very most. I would come back with the drug, and give it to ma.
CIARA: Well, obviously, that didn't happen.
BO: Yeah. As it turns out, I wasn't the only one looking for the drug.
AIDEN: Who else was?
HOPE: Oh, let me guess...
BO & HOPE: The DiMera's.

[heroicmuse]

That is just like Daniel to go after the killer himself. Maybe he and JJ can work together since JJ surely wants to know who killed Paige. Looking forward to this. (And so glad to see Daniel alive and being himself. Can't quite drum up too much emotion for Finn though his death is horrible.)

I'm glad Hope knows the truth! Now what is she going to do I wonder?

Great chapter André DiMera. Will there be previews?

[mae00]

Poor Finn. Too bad the great Daniel Jonas, who can perform heart transplants and not leave scars, can't revive Finn even given the length of time.

Another great chapter Andre. Curious how everyone will handle the news about Bo's time away. Glad they are all together and not having one on one conversations all over town.

[Kpatch]

I am thinking the FBI or Salem PD should be checking Finn's phonecalls. Love that Daniel is piecing it together first.

I got a chill when Bo and Hope said "The Dimeras" at the same time. It shows they are still on the same wavelegnth.

I too would like previews.

[André DiMera]

Glad you're all enjoying the story! This week will be interesting.

Previews

Family and friends have gathered together to hear Bo's story.
BO: It should have been really simple.

This week, find out where he's been for the last three years.
HOPE: I don't believe it.

Meanwhile, Daniel looks over Finn's patient files. What will he find?
DANIEL: Interesting.

All this and more next week on FIGHTING FOR LOVE.

[heroicmuse]

This all sounds great André DiMera! Thanks for the previews.

[fluffysmom]

Thanks for the previews André DiMera. It all sounds good.

[André DiMera]

Chapter 18

SALEM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
Kayla had gotten Finn's files to Daniel, and he was now looking over them. Kayla walked in.
KAYLA: Anything interesting.
Daniel shook his head.
DANIEL: Nope. Usual stuff. A few common colds, one flu. Laryngitis, acute ear infection, and one kid who is showing early signs of chicken pox. But, so far, nothing that would tie any of these people to our killer.
KAYLA: Well, at least you looked.
DANIEL: Oh, I'm not finished yet. I still have a handful of these to go through.
Kayla's phone buzzed.
KAYLA: I'm being paged to the operating room. I'll see you later.
DANIEL: All right. Thanks, Kay.
Kayla left. Daniel opened up another folder.
DANIEL: Let's see, Ben Weston. Hm.
Daniel read through the file.
DANIEL: I don't believe this.

BRADY PUB
BO: Victor had a contact in South America who was a doctor. This guy claimed that he had found a drug that could drastically slow down the Alzheimer's process, and maybe even stop it, and help the patient regain some memory. However, because the trial was still in it's early stages, it was very hush-hush. I wasn't even supposed to know. But, hothead that I am, I didn't stop digging until I found out what it was. Then, I went to South America to find this doctor and see if he had finished the drug. It should have been really simple. The plan was that I was gonna be gone a few weeks, a month at the very most. After I found the drug, and give it to ma.
CIARA: Well, obviously, that didn't happen.
BO: Yeah. As it turns out, I wasn't the only one looking for the drug.
AIDEN: Who else was?
HOPE: Oh, let me guess...
BO & HOPE: The DiMera's.
BO: You got it, Fancy Face.
CIARA: Mom, how did you guess that?
HOPE: Not hard to figure out. Big crime family, the possibility of making money. That has DiMera written all over it.
AIDEN: Thing is, the DiMera's are rolling in money. Whatever this Alzheimer's cure is, however much it's worth, that's gotta be pocket change to the DiMera's.
Bo nodded.
BO: It would be. But, the only reason the DiMera's wanted it, as I soon found out, was to create a special type of powder that was so powerful it could control people's minds. The DiMera's could make anybody do anything they wanted with this drug.
SHAWN-D: How? It's not like the DiMera's are genius scientists or anything.
BO: Nope, they're not. But, they do have a scientist working for them. Or, should I say, a doctor.
CHELSEA: Doctor who?
BO: No, not him.
HOPE: It wasn't...no. It couldn't be.
BELLE: Who?
HOPE: No! Not him?!
BO: Right again, Fancy Face.
MAX: Okay, who are you guys talking about?

[heroicmuse]

OMG is Dr. Rolf going to make a comeback?

I wonder what Daniel is going to do with this info. Does he know Abby is dating Ben? Also he'd better be more careful than Finn was. Daniel's death on the show was bad enough, I wouldn't be able to take it in fan fiction. LOL

Great chapter André DiMera!

[mae00]

Bo & Hope HAVE to be talking about Dr. Rolf!


Hmmm. Sounds like Daniel may be on to Ben. Wonder how this is going to play out for him.

[Kpatch]

Daniel's gonna figure it out!

Bo and Hope are still on the same wavelength. LOL at Dr. Who. I am excited at the possibility of seeing Dr. Rolf.

[André DiMera]

Chapter 19

UNKNOWN LOCATION – FLASHBACK
Bo was dragged into a dark room by to masked men. He was tied to a chair, and the two masked men left.
BO (yelling): Hey! What the hell is this?! Somebody wanna come out here and tell me what's going on?!
The door opened, and a figure walked in. It was too dark for Bo to see who it was.
BO: Who is it? Who's there?
ROLF: You will find this will be a lot easier if you just kept quiet.
The lights turned on to reveal the figure as Dr. Rolf.
ROLF: Of course, I understand zat keeping quiet zomething the Salem P.D. are not used to doing. Though, being tied up should be by now.
Bo rolled his eyes.
BO: Dr. Rolf. I would say it's good to see you, but I don't want to lie.
ROLF: Oh, the pleasure iz all mine, Commander Brady.
BO: Say, what are you doing here in the first place? Aren't you dead?
ROLF: Last I checked, I wasn't.
BO: I thought you'd died a few years ago after Stefano turned John into a zombie...again.
ROLF: Ah, but as you can zee, I am very much alive. Whatever rumors there are of my death, I can assure you zat they have been very much exaggerated.
BO: Rolf, why am I here?
ROLF: Nobody really knows why we are here, though Schopenhauer did come up with some interesting theories.
BO: Never knew you were one with a sense of humor. I mean, why did two of Stefano's goons drag me in here, and why am I now face to face with you?
ROLF: Ah, zat. An excellent question.
BO: And one that I'm not going to ask again?
Rolf chuckled.
ROLF: Ah, but you zee, your threats will do you no good. You are our prisoner.
BO: Our?
Rolf nodded.
ROLF: I have an...associate of sorts that requested your presence here. We want to know about the serum.
BO: What serum?
ROLF: Come, come, Commander. Surely you know of which serum I speak.
BO: No idea.
ROLF: I zee.
Rolf sighed.
ROLF: Well, I hate to have to do this, but perhaps you need a little persuading.

BRADY PUB
HOPE: Dr. Wilhelm Rolf.
Bo nods.
BELLE: Um, maybe I'm remembering this wrong, but isn't he the one who Rex thought he'd killed, and then disappeared when my dad was Stefano's pawn...again?
BO: That's the one.
SHAWN-D: So, he's not dead?
BO: Nope.
HOPE: No surprise there. Stefano's flunkies have a habit of showing up. I don't know if Stefano's given them is Phoenix powers, or what.
CHELSEA: So, what happened next, Dad?
BO: Well, unfortunately, Rolf wasn't the only person I met while I was a DiMera captive.