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Post by Kpatch on Aug 3, 2011 4:13:32 GMT -5
UNKNOWN LOCATION
I was blindfolded and taken to god knows where. I was thrown into a room and had no idea where I was. There was an unpleasant musty smell in the air. The people who were holding me captive were speaking in a foreign tongue. It was familiar, but I couldn’t quite place it. My hands were tied -- literally -- and it felt like the end was near. All I kept thinking about was that I had let Jennifer down. She thinks I’m on a walkabout and she’ll never know what really happened to me.
Jack: I’m sorry Miss Horton.
JENNIFER’S OFFICE, SALEM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
Jennifer: Oh Jack. I’m sorry too.
Abby: Me too.
UNKNOWN LOCATION
I must have fallen asleep at some point. I was awakened by the sound of male voices in close proximity to me. I guessed they had come to kill me. I cocked my head back a little and was able to see out of the bottom of my blindfold. The men who were talking were Arab. And one of them looked like ... but no ... it couldn’t be. He looked like Osama bin Laden.
The men left the room without killing me. I was shocked to still be alive but even more shocked that I was in the home of bin Laden, of all terrorists.
So that’s what this mission had been about! That’s what was so important that the Navy hired me to chronicle. I wondered if my comrades were taken captive. Or killed. Or if my being captured derailed their mission. Either way, I’m doomed.
I had no idea how much time passed. An hour? A day? Longer? At some point, two women came into the room. They untied my hands and took off my blindfold. They were dressed in traditional Pakistani garb and were pretty well covered up. They brought me some gruel.
Jack: Is this poisoned?
The women laughed.
Woman 1: No. It’s good. Eat.
Jack: You speak English.
Woman 1: A little. Eat.
Poison or not, I was starving. So I ate. Then I waited for death to come.
To be continued ...
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Post by Tom Horton on Aug 3, 2011 6:54:44 GMT -5
Dear Jenn & Abby, You should be! Kazz So Kpatch let me get this straight, the Dimeras have a compound in Pakistan and were hiding Bin Laden?  J/K, I suppose it's possible for something bad to happen to a Salemite without the Dimeras being involved. |
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Post by Kpatch on Aug 3, 2011 7:12:22 GMT -5
^^ I'll let the show take the easy route of having Jack kidnapped by the Dimeras. I'm a little more original than that.
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Post by sportsgirl on Aug 3, 2011 8:02:51 GMT -5
Oh my... I hope the Navy Seals can rescue him!! ;D This has to be CIA-related and not the incompetent ISA. Or maybe it is and Shane rescues him...
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Post by MrsM on Aug 3, 2011 9:13:01 GMT -5
Wow!!! Never expected that one!!! Great chapter!!
And yes Jen and Abby you should be sorry!!
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Post by mae00 on Aug 3, 2011 9:20:04 GMT -5
Wow!!! Bin Laden??
Excellent twist jkjpatch!!
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Post by djm on Aug 3, 2011 10:00:17 GMT -5
I am shocked Bin Laden. Ohhh I can't wait for more. Note to Jen and Abby. You should be very sorry. Would it not be something if it turns out that Jack was the one to shoot Bin Laden. Just loving this story. Thanks Kpatch.
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Post by Trey on Aug 3, 2011 10:36:04 GMT -5
Interesting, I never would have expected that, LOL
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Post by melly on Aug 3, 2011 10:48:22 GMT -5
Holy cats!
LOVE this!
YAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!!!
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Post by fluffysmom on Aug 3, 2011 21:30:59 GMT -5
Wow! Todays's chapter was a shocking twist. I can't wait to read more.
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Post by André DiMera on Aug 3, 2011 21:39:14 GMT -5
Whoa! I just got a chance to catch up on this story, and I LOVE it! jkjpatch, this is one of my favorite of your stories as of yet! Jack has been kidnapped by bin Laden? This is AMAZING!!! Thank you so much for the awesome storyline! I can't wait to read more!!!
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Post by Kpatch on Aug 4, 2011 4:17:17 GMT -5
PAKISTAN
Every so often, the men came and checked on me. I always knew they were coming because the women would re-blindfold and re-tie me up prior to their visit. The men never addressed me directly. But they came in and seemed to talk about me in another language. I did my best to show no emotion, but I thought for sure they came in to finish me off.
I had come to terms with the idea of being killed. The idea of torture and beheading, however, I wasn’t as crazy about, and it’s the reason I learned to sleep with one eye open. What were they holding me for? What purpose did I serve? What information might they want from me? The answers to those questions may forever remain a mystery.
Luckily, the women seemed to take a liking to me. I think my boyish good looks, endless charisma, and obvious charm brought out the maternal instinct in them. One day, they brought in a laptop computer.
Woman 2: You want to be one of us? Here. Read.
In truth, I didn’t want to be “one of them” but I kept that little secret to myself. She showed me a website with volumes of information about their culture and I guessed they wanted to change Western ideology, one American at a time. So I started reading. They left me alone with the computer. Could this be a trick? Trick or treat, I knew this was my gateway to the outside world.
To be continued ...
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Post by MrsM on Aug 4, 2011 7:12:24 GMT -5
Great chapter!
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Post by djm on Aug 4, 2011 8:37:37 GMT -5
Wow. What happens next. I bet Jack is going to use the computer for other things then just the websites the women suggested. Or is all the other websites blocked when he tries. Ohhh tomorrow is so far away. Thanks for the chapter Kpatch.
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Post by mae00 on Aug 4, 2011 8:48:27 GMT -5
Jack better be careful. It could be another trick.........
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