Fighting For Love (Read 19,384 times)

[heroicmuse]

Oh man, I love Rolf so much. His Schopenhauer quip cracked me up. I'm glad we didn't see Bo's actual torture.

I'm curious about the rest of Bo's story.

Great chapter André DiMera!

[fluffysmom]

I missed Dr. Rolf. I'm glad you brought him back André DiMera. I'm looking forward to hearing the rest of Bo's story.

[mae00]

Glad that Rolf is back, but am surprised that he hasn't concocted his own serum.....has he been slipping a little since his "death"?

[Kpatch]

We want Rolf. We want Rolf. Soooo great to have him back. I wonder who else Bo met. And LOL at the Schopenhauer reference.

[André DiMera]

Chapter 20

UNKNOWN LOCATION - FLASHBACK
ROLF: I have arranged a meting for you with your captor, seeing as you are so eager to meet him.
BO: Yeah, he'd better be glad that I'm chained to this chair, or I'd show him the true meaning of torture.
ROLF: Oh, tut, tut. He will most definitely not be pleased that you are being so uncooperative.
BO: Well, let's take a wild stab in the dark. You're here, so obviously your employer would be Stefano.
André entered the room.
ANDRE: Not quite.
BO: André DiMera?
ANDRE: In the flesh.
BO: But...but you died! You turned off your own life support system and made it look like my father did it!
ANDRE: Oh, yes. How is dear old Shawn? Still incredibly dead, I imagine.
BO: How...how did you..
ANDRE: Come, come, Commander Brady. Surely you know that the DiMera's never truly die.
BO: How did you know that my father is dead?
ANDRE: I have eyes and ears all over Salem. Besides, did you really think I would stay away forever?
BO: You son of a bitch! You're lucky I'm in chains right now!
ANDRE: No, I'm afraid you're the one who's lucky, Bo. Lucky that I am in a generous mood this afternoon, and don't intend on killing you, as I so easily could.
André pulled up a chair and sat down.
ANDRE: You see, I have plans for you, Bo Brady. Very big plans.
André pulled what looked like a miniature computer chip out of his pocket.
ANDRE: You see this?
BO: What is it?
ANDRE: Just watch. You're gonna love this.
André put the chip in his mouth, then pulled out Bo's phone from another pocket. When he finally spoke into the phone, it was with a voice that was not his own.
ANDRE (Bo's voice): Fancy Face, I'm sorry, but it looks like this mission's gonna take a bit longer than I thought.
BO: What the hell?!
ANDRE (Bo's voice): No, I don't know when I'll be home.
Pause.
ANDRE (Bo's voice): I'll try to, but it doesn't look promisng.
Pause.
ANDRE (Bo's voice): You know I can't say anything. It's classified. Anyway, tell Ciara I love her. Gotta go. Bye.
André hung up the phone, took the chip out of his mouth, and laughed.
ANDRE: It's uncanny, isn't it? I could almost be mistaken for you with this little thing in my mouth, couldn't I?
André chuckled darkly.

BRADY PUB
HOPE; I don't believe it.
BO: It's true, Fancy Face.
HOPE: I'm sure it is. But, André is here now. He came back to Salem just a few months ago. Before that, he was in prison. How is it that he was your captor?
BO: Well, that's what André wanted you to think. He made you believe that he was in prison, when he was really in South America, watching over Rolf as he tortured me. They held me there for the better part of a year and a half.
SHAWN-D: But what happened the other year and five months you were gone?
BO: Well, I was still their captive. I just wasn't their captive in South America anymore.

UNKNOWN LOCATION - FLASHBACK
Bo is whistling. He now has a full beard. The door opens, and Rolf walks in.
ROLF: I am most sad to say, Commander, that our time together iz almost up.
BO: What do you mean?
ROLF: It seems that our attempts to break you have been unsuccessful. So, Mr. DiMera and I have decided to take a different approach.
BO: You're letting me go?
Rolf laughed.
ROLF: Oh, you make me laugh. I shall miss that about you. No, no. You're not going free. We are simply moving you to another location.
BO: Where?
ROLF: You will zee soon enough.
Rolf injected something into Bo's arm, and Bo was knocked unconscious.

[heroicmuse]

You know, I always thought those calls to Hope from Bo were fake. I'm glad you addressed that. This is such an Andre thing to do!

Great chapter André DiMera. I'm enjoying these flashbacks. Glad we don't see so much of Bo being tortured, too.

[Kpatch]

Loved how Shawn was keeping track of the math for Bo's timeline in captivity. Great chapter.

[fluffysmom]

This is exactly the kind of thing Andre and Rolf would do.

[mae00]

This is so much more believable (and bearable) than what the writers for the show gave us.

[André DiMera]

Chapter 21

SALEM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
Kayla and Daniel were in Daniel's office.
KAYLA: Are you serious?
DANIEL: It all connects. Finn's voicemail said that this patient got upset. In the chart, it says that Ben became very agitated after an off-hand remark Finn made.
KAYLA: Wait a minute, isn't this Clyde Weston's son?
DANIEL: Yep.
Kayla thought for a moment.
DANIEL: What are you thinking, Kay?
KAYLA: I'm thinking that there's more to this than meets the eye.
DANIEL: Like?
KAYLA: We don't know if Ben is the real killer, but we know that Clyde has been involved in some pretty dodgy stuff. Mostly drugs and murder. What if Finn discovered that Clyde was the killer, and made what he thought was an off-hand comment to Ben about it, and then Ben called up Clyde and had him kill Finn?
DANIEL: That's an interesting theory, Kayla. But, there are a few problems with it. One, if Finn had suspected anything like that, he would have told somebody about it.
KAYLA: He did. Or, at least, he tried to by leaving a voicemail on your phone.
DANIEL: Two, Clyde is in jail.
KAYLA: Daniel, do you know how many times the DiMera's have been in jail?
DANIEL: No offense, Kayla, but Clyde is no DiMera. But, I agree that there is more to this than meets the eye. So, I think we should look into it.

A PLACE THAT LOOKS LIKE THE BRADY HOME - FLASHBACK
Bo got up, and started looking around.
BO: Hope?
He put on some clothes and went downstairs.
BO: Fancy Face?
He went into the kitchen.
BO: Ciara?
He walked back into the living room.
BO: Where is everybody?
Bo turned on the television, and was greeted by André's smiling face.
ANDRE: Ah, glad to see you're finally awake.
Bo grabbed the remote and changed the channel. It didn't matter, though.
ANDRE: I'm sure that right now you're probably trying to change the channel, and within a few moments, what passes for a mind in your head will probably have worked out that that is a fruitless exercise.
BO: What the hell is this place?
ANDRE: Oh, don't look so surprised. Surely you must know where you are, and that you are very much alone.
BO: No, not this place again.
ANDRE: If you had just given me the information about the serum like Rolf asked, we wouldn't have been forced to do this. Perhaps spending the next few years alone will make you reconsider. Don't worry, I'll keep checking up on you to see if you've decided to tell me the truth. But until then, Commander Brady, enjoy your stay. I promise, it has all the comforts of home.
André chuckled darkly.
BO: Damn you, DiMera!
Bo turned off the TV.

BRADY PUB
BO: ...and for the next year and a half, that's where I was.
HOPE: I can't believe it! I thought it got blown up years ago.
BO: We all did.
SHAWN-D: Melaswen.
BO: Melaswen 2.0. Same island, same everything. I don't know how Steve figured it out.
AIDEN: So, for the better part of two years, you lived all alone on an island in the tropics that is identical in every way to Salem?
BO: Well, I wasn't exactly alone.

[heroicmuse]

That is such a diabolical, typical Andre plan, not like the nonsense we see on the show.

I'm glad Daniel and Kayla are investigating together! How about bringing Roman or Rafe in on it too?

[mae00]

Loved the line that Clyde is no Dimera.

So Melaswen is still around.....wonder who was on the island with Bo....and where that person is now.

[Kpatch]

Kayla should leave the detective work to the detectives. Or Daniel. LOL.

I thought for a minute that Bo was going to turn on the lights after searching through the house looking for Hope and Ciara, because Shawn neglected to do that on the show. Instead, Bo turned on the television.

Very curious who else was on the island, like was it a Carly or Billie lookalike?

[fluffysmom]

Bo's story gets more interesting by the day.

I hope Ben doesn't realize that Kayla and Daniel are investigating him.

[André DiMera]

Chapter 22

BRADY PUB
BO: I was, most of the time. But, every few months, André would come and check on me. It wasn't so bad. At least I could eat. Rolf would visit me, as well, and try to torture me a little more into giving me an answer. But, I never gave in. Then, one day, she showed up.
CHELSEA: Who's she?

SALEM PLACE – MELASWEN – FLASHBACK
Bo was walking through Salem Place, or what passed for Salem Place in Melaswen, and took a seat outside the Java Cafe. A young woman with curly, dark brown hair and beautiful brown eyes was walking through. She stopped when she saw Bo.
WOMAN: Excuse me?
Bo looked up when he heard the voice.
WOMAN: Do you know where everyone is?
BO: This place is deserted. Well...mostly deserted. I didn't think there was anyone else here but me.
WOMAN: This is so weird. One minute, I was getting ready to take a shower, then there was a knock at the door, so I opened it. Next thing I know, everyone's gone. Literally, everyone. J.J., Jennifer, my mom.
BO: Whoa, whoa. Hold your horses. You know J.J. and Jennifer Deveraux?

DIMERA MANSION
There were several loud knocks on the door. Harold opened it, and Ben stormed in.
BEN: Where is he? Where the hell is your boss?!
HAROLD: Follow me.
Harold led Ben into the main room where Stefano and André were sitting.
BEN: You and I are gonna talk.
ANDRE: Ah, young Mr. Weston. What a pleasure it is to see you.
BEN: Cut the crap, DiMera! People are finding out!
STEFANO: What is going on here? Get the hell out of my house, Weston!
BEN: I'm not going anywhere, old man! Not until your son and I have a talk!
André stepped forward, a grim look on his face. His voice went low enough so that Ben could just hear it.
ANDRE: Never speak to my father like that again.
Ben looked away.
ANDRE: Harold, please take father upstairs. Mr. Weston and I have some business to discuss.
STEFANO: I do not need to go upstairs!
ANDRE: And bring him some tea.
Harold did as he was told.
HAROLD: I'm sorry about this, Mr. DiMera.
Harold and Stefano left.
ANDRE: Where the hell do you get off barging into my home and speaking to my father like that?
BEN: Look, I'm...
ANDRE: Do you have any idea who you're dealing with? I'm not your weak father, and I'm certainly not intimidated by a pathetic temper tantrum because your insignificant love life isn't everything you imagined it to be. Need I remind you that I own you, Weston?
Ben took a deep breath.
BEN: I'm sorry. I overreacted. It's just, people are beginning to find out. That Australian doctor guy, he knew. He knew that I was the Necktie Killer. He barely knows me! And if he knew, who the hell else do you suppose either knows or will figure it out?
ANDRE: It doesn't matter to me, personally.
BEN: What? But...but, Mr. DiMera...if they know that I'm the Necktie Killer...
André chuckled darkly.
ANDRE: Oh, Ben. It doesn't matter if people know you're the Necktie Killer. Because we both know you're not, don't we?
Ben looked confused.
BEN: What?
ANDRE: How stupid are you? We've been over this a million times. You know that you aren't the Necktie Killer. I am.