Salem Beauty (or A Few Good Salemites) (Read 4,532 times)

[MrsM]

Hmmmmm.. Curious. Very curious.....

[André DiMera]

Chapter 3

DUNGEON
Hope is lying on the floor. Dr. Gregory Wilson (from my previous story “The Girl Who Stood by the Sea”) enters the room. As with the last time we saw him, he is wearing a face mask, so all we can see are his eyes. He still uses a British accent.
WILSON: Wake up.
He nudged Hope in the back. Hope woke up suddenly, looked at Wilson, and stood up.
HOPE: Where am I? Who are you?
WILSON: You do not recognize me, then, Hope Williams?
HOPE: You look kind of familiar, but I can't tell with that mask.
WILSON: You will know who I am soon enough.
Hope suddenly felt a sharp pain in the back of her head.
HOPE: Ow! My head!
WILSON: I am sorry about what I had to do to you. I did not wish to hurt you, but you would have resisted too much had I not knocked you unconscious. Now, if you will excuse me, I have some business to take care of.
Wilson walked out of the room.

SALEM PLACE
Abby and Chad are walking around. Chad has a video camera in his hands. He is taping random people and things.
ABBY: So, what's with the camera?
CHAD: I watched this movie called “American Beauty” the other night. One of the main characters videotaped all sorts of random stuff. Because he thought it was beautiful. That film got me to see how beautiful everything is. So, I've decided to videotape everything.
ABBY: Oh, yeah. I've seen that movie. Wasn't that guy kind of a creepy stalker?
CHAD: Not really. The only reason he taped Kevin Spacey's daughter all the time was because he thought she was beautiful.
ABBY: Like I said: creepy.
Chad put the camera down.
CHAD: What's up with you today?
ABBY: Sorry. Just...stuff with Jack.
CHAD: Your dad.
ABBY: He is not my dad! He abandoned me!
CHAD: Really? You're still holding that against him? He thought he would be back by the end of the week. He was held captive for a year. Sure, he should have told you guys that he was following this story, but can you really blame him for being held captive?
ABBY: I don't care that he was held captive! He shouldn't have left me, or Jack Jr., or my mom! So, since he abandoned me, I'm abandoning him. From now on, I have no father!

BRADY PUB
Will was sitting at the counter of the Brady Pub. A hand tapped him on the back. He turned around, and was shocked to see who it was.
WILL: Mia?
MIA: Hey, Will.
Will got down off the stool and gave Mia a hug.
WILL: Hey! Good to see you! What are you doing here?
MIA: I came to see you. I need to talk to you about some stuff.

[MrsM]

Can't wait for more!

[sportsgirl]

Mia's back? Wonder how that will also affect Chad....He is after all acting a bit odd. I wonder who Dr Wilson is.... wait, maybe it's Doc Baker?

[fluffysmom]

Looking forward to reading more Andre.

[André DiMera]

Chapter 4

BRADY PUB
Will and Mia had now moved to a table.
WILL: What do we have to talk about?
MIA: A lot of stuff.
WILL: Such as?
MIA: I want to apologize. For everything that I did to you. I...i don't even know what I was thinking at that time.
WILL: Well, that's all behind us, now.
Will stood up, so did Mia.
MIA: Will, wait. I really did love you.
WILL: I know.
MIA: Please...don't leave me.
Will and Mia looked into each other's eyes. Then, Will leaned in, and they kissed.

PHILIP & MELANIE'S APARTMENT
Philip was pacing around the apartment. He was waiting. Finally, what he was waiting for came. There was a knock at the door. Philip walked over and opened the door. Cynthia walked in.
PHILIP: Have you got the test results?
CYNTHIA: Yep.
Cynthia handed Philip a vanilla envelope that had been in her hand. Philip opened the envelope, pulled out a paper, read it, and rolled his eyes.
PHILIP: It's fake.
CYNTHIA: It is not. I had it checked twice.
Philip handed Cynthia back the paper.
PHILIP: Well, that's funny, Cynthia, because I did a DNA test, too. And, I had it triple, no quadruple checked. And there is no way that that child is mine.

POLICE STATION
Bo was sitting at his desk, looking through a stack of papers. Suddenly, he got an idea. He put down the papers, picked up the phone and dialed.
SHAWN-D (VO, over phone): Hello?
BO: Shawn, it's your dad.
SHAWN-D (VO, over phone): Hey, dad. What's up?
BO: Not much. He, have you heard from your mother recently?
SHAWN-D (VO, over phone): No, why?
BO: Well, she didn't come home last night. I tried calling her cell phone and she didn't pick up.
SHAWN-D (VO, over phone): Well, that's not like her. I'll try giving her a call.
BO: All right. Thanks.
Bo put down the phone and continued sorting through his papers.
BO: Come on, Fancy Face. Where are you?

[MrsM]

Can't wait to see who has Hope.

[fluffysmom]

Hope needs a hero right about now. I hope Cynthia gets what she deserves.

[Kpatch]

Here's my speculation. Mia had a baby with Will, and she adopted it out to Cynthia who is trying to pass it off as hers and Philip's. Glad Bo finally noticed that Hope is missing!

[André DiMera]

Chapter 5

ONE WEEK (before Chapter 1)

JACK & JENNIFER'S HOUSE
JACK: Just give me a chance...
ABBY: I have given you a thousand chances and you've spoiled every one of them!
JACK: Abby, do you honestly think that I purposely abandoned you? That I purposely hurt you?
ABBY: I don't know what to think! I know that this isn't the first time you've done something like this! Do you have any idea how worried mom and J.J. and I have been for the last year? Do you even care?
JACK: Of course I care! You, your little brother, and your mother are all that I care about!
ABBY: Well, you have a funny way of showing it! Going off and leaving us for a year!
JACK: Okay, I should have told you and your mother that I was going after a story. I understand that. But, I didn't think I would be gone that long! I was kidnapped! Do you think I planned to get kidnapped?
ABBY: Of course you were kidnapped. So, where's the proof? Do you have any proof that you were kidnapped?
JACK: Of course I have proof! Ask your mother if you don't believe me! She has all of the proof I can give.
ABBY: Which isn't much, is it? Oh, wait, of course it isn't. Because you weren't kidnapped. You just abandoned us for one year so that you could go on some stupid new-agey soul search! And then, you come back a whole year later with some bull$*!* story about how you were kidnapped and you expect all of us to feel sorry for you! Well, don't expect any sympathy from me. I don't buy one single ounce of your pathetic excuse for a story. So, just get the hell out of my life!
JACK: Hey! Abigail Deveraux, I know how upset I've made you! I know how angry you are with me right now! But, that does not give you the right to talk to me like that! I am still your father!
ABBY: Not anymore. As of this moment, you're dead to me!
Abby slapped Jack across the face and walked out.

DUNGEON
Hope is sitting on a chair in the center of a dungeon. She wasn't tied down to it, but she preferred sitting on the chair to sitting on the floor. A moment later, Dr. Wilson entered. John was with him. Wilson threw John into the dungeon.
WILSON: In with the other captive, slime.
John stood up.
JOHN: Hope?
HOPE: John?
Hope and John hugged.
HOPE: Good to see you.
JOHN: You too. Now, what is going on here?
WILSON: You're being held captive, you idiot! Don't you get that?
JOHN: Oh, I understand that completely. But, I would like to know who we're being held captive by.
WILSON: Indeed. One of you should know. And you will soon enough.
Wilson walked out of the dungeon, but came back a moment later with a girl. Her face was blocked by a veil. Wilson threw the girl into the dungeon. Hope helped her stand. The girl lifted the veil to reveal...
HOPE: Greta?

[MrsM]

Greta??

[sportsgirl]

Now I know this all has to do with Bo because of Greta... All we need now is Steve Johnson.

[fluffysmom]

Very intriquing story Andre. I liked Greta.

[gapeach]

GRETA??? This is going to be good... can't wait to read more.

[André DiMera]

Chapter 6

FIVE DAYS (before Chapter 1)

PARK
Will and Mia were sitting in the middle of the park on Benchy. They (Will and Mia) were having a chat.
WILL: So, not that I'm not happy or anything, but why did you come back to Salem?
MIA: To see you. I already told you that.
WILL: Yeah, but there must have been a bigger reason. So, what's the story?
MIA: Well, there was one other reason.
WILL: What is it, then? Come on, Mia. You know you can tell me anything.
MIA: I'm looking for someone.

HORTON TOWN SQUARE
Tony is walking around, talking on his cell phone.
TONY: I don't care what you have to do, just do it and get it over with!
Pause.
TONY: Thank you.
Tony hung up his phone and put it in his coat pocket. Tony turned around.
MARLENA: I thought I heard a familiar voice.
TONY: Oh, Marlena.
Tony and Marlena hugged.
MARLENA: Good to see you.
TONY: You too. How are the kids?
MARLENA: They're fine. But, what about you? I thought you were dead.
TONY: Another one of Stefano's nearly convincing tricks.
MARLENA: Well, I'm glad you're alive again. I need your help with something.
TONY: Of course. I'll help you with whatever I can.
MARLENA: John's gone missing. I need you to help find him.

DUNGEON
John, Hope, and Greta had been catching up over the last two days. Belle had joined them, too.
BELLE: So, we were all brought here under the same circumstances?
GRETA: It certainly looks that way.
HOPE: Yes, but who brought us here? What do we all have in common?
Dr. Wilson walked up. This time, he spoke in his natural American accent.
WILSON: Excellent question, Hope Williams. And now, it's time for you to find out. Since you were the one who asked, I think it should be you to find out. Come with me.
Wilson grabbed Hope and walked her up the stairs.

PALACE
Wilson and Hope entered a large room. It looked like a throne room. Hope had been blindfolded.
WILSON: We have a special guest, madam.
WOMAN (VO): Excellent.
WILSON: She wishes to know who her captor is. Shall we reveal it to her?
WOMAN (VO): But, of course. It would be rude of us to refuse her of her one wish.
Wilson took off the blindfold. Hope looked around and looked at the throne, which was in the center of the room.
HOPE: No...it's you. Princess Gina.
GINA: I see that your memory has not been affected, Hope Williams.
Hope looked at Wilson.
HOPE: But...if she's Gina, then you're...
Wilson took off his doctor mask to reveal his true identity.
KURT: That's right, Hope. I'm Kurt Schwengel.