Summer Breeze II: The End of Summer (Read 7,086 times)

[fluffysmom]

I wonder what info may come out with the truth serum.

[André DiMera]

Chapter 18

SALEM PLACE
For a while, Ceri held Sydney and tried to comfort her. After a while, she was starting to feel better. The two went off for a walk and both got ice cream cones. A little while later, they were walking around Salem Place, holding hands.
SYDNEY: So...what do you wanna do now?
CERI: I don't know. It's up to you. What do you wanna do?
SYDNEY: Well, I'll tell you what I don't wanna do. I don't wanna go back to the beach. I can't go back and see Johnny and that...creature.
CERI: No. No, that would not be a good idea. Wanna hang out at either your grandma's house or at my Aunt Mel's?
SYDNEY: Yeah, that'd be nice.
CERI: Which one do you wanna hang at?
SYDNEY: It doesn't matter to me. You pick.
CERI: Okay.
So, the two started off towards the Penthouse.

SALEM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
A large number of people who were at the beach, including the D.J. who had been knocked out and was getting treatment for a cut on his head, had gathered at the hospital. Daniel was administrating the truth serum to Grace. He injected her with a clear liquid. Grace was also hooked up to a small number of machines.
DANIEL: Well, we'll just have to wait a few minutes for the serum to run through her body.
WILL: And then we can finally get some answers.
JOHNNY: Don't be too sure, William. I don't think you'll get any answers that either Grace or I wouldn't be willing to tell you of our own free will.
ALLIE: Well, we'll see.
JOHNNY: In any case, you don't even know if this serum is going to work.
DANIEL: We do. The serum...has a...95% chance...of causing...the person who takes it...to tell the absolute truth.
JOHNNY: We'll see.
A green light came on on one of the machines that Grace was hooked up to. Grace, whose eyes had been closed before, opened her eyes.
DANIEL: And...we begin.
Daniel knelt in front of Grace.
DANIEL: What...is...your name?
GRACE: Grace.
DANIEL: What...is...your...last name?
GRACE: My name is Grace.
DANIEL: Do...you have...a last...name?
GRACE: My name is Grace.
WILL: This is getting us nowhere. Let me and Allie ask the questions.
DANIEL: Okay...go ahead.
Will and Allie walked up to Grace.
WILL: When were you born?
GRACE: January 27th, 2009.
WILL: Where were you born?
GRACE: In a hospital.
WILL: Really? Because, as I recall, you were born in a hotel room.
GRACE: I was born in a hospital.
Will turned around.
WILL: Any idea what she's talking about, Johnny? I've heard the whole story from both Mom and Mia, Sydney was born in a hospital, but Grace was born in a hotel room.

[MrsM]

I wonder if Sydney is Grace....

[fluffysmom]

Hmmm.... I can't wait to see what happens next.

[gapeach]

Gonna be good.................

[André DiMera]

Chapter 19

HOSPITAL
WILL: Why does Grace seem to think she was born in a hospital?
JOHNNY: Perhaps the test is not as fail proof as we all thought.
Will turned back to Grace.
ALLIE: Do you remember your childhood?
GRACE: No.
ALLIE: Do you remember your mother or father?
GRACE: No.
WILL: Who were you raised by?
GRACE: Dr. Baker.
WILL: What is one of your earliest memories?
GRACE: Waking up in the lab.
Johnny coughed.
ALLIE: What lab?
GRACE: The lab in the basement of the DiMera Mansion.
WILL: And how many years ago did you wake up there?
GRACE: One month ago.
Johnny's face lost all color.
WILL: And what happened after that?
GRACE: I was trained.
ALLIE: Trained how? Trained for what?
GRACE: I was trained to be Grace.
WILL: Who trained you?
GRACE: Giovanni DiMera.
Everyone turned to look at Johnny.
JOHNNY: She's lying!
DANIEL: She...can't lie. She...has taken...truth serum.
JOHNNY: The truth serum is ineffective! It's flawed! She doesn't know what she's saying! She's making it all up!
Shawn-D walked over to a corner of the room, got out his cell phone, and dialed.
SHAWN-D: Hey, I'm gonna need you guys to do something. Find Dr. Richard Baker and bring him to Salem University Hospital.

PENTHOUSE
Ceri and Sydney had just entered the ground level of the Penthouse. There was a rope across the stairwell.
CERI: Darn. The stairs are blocked off.
Ceri and Sydney walked over to the elevator. They pressed the up button.
SYDNEY: I'm sorry for freaking out earlier.
CERI: Don't be sorry. You had every right to freak out. If something like that happened to me, I'd probably be freaked out, too.
The door buzzed and the elevator opened. The girls got in, pressed a button, and the doors shut. As Marlena and John lived up on the top floor of the Penthouse, it would take a minute or two to get there. Ceri was watching the numbers go up. Sydney squeezed her hand.
SYDNEY: Hey. You okay?
Ceri nodded.
Suddenly, there was a loud thud. The elevator quickly slowed down. Soon it was stopped. The lights went out for a few seconds. Then, the emergency back-up lights came on.
CERI: What was that?
SYDNEY: I don't know. I think the elevator's stopped.
CERI: Okay, this is not good! This is really not good!
Ceri banged on the door a couple of times.

[gapeach]

Oh no.... poor Ceri & Sydney trapped in an elevator. Hope neither one is claustrophobic!! Also, wonder who Shawn-D called? Are they going to give Dr. Baker the truth serum as well?? Interesting chapter Andre' can't wait to read more!!

[sportsgirl]

I knew something was fishy that the staircase was roped off...So who is this girl if not Grace? Hope they can find Dr Baker..

[fluffysmom]

I hope Ceri and Sydney are okay. Hmmm.... wonder what's the real story with Sydney's look alike,

[MrsM]

I think Johnny's plan is gonna bite him in the behind. I hope.

Hope the girls are alright in the elevator!

[André DiMera]

Chapter 20

SALEM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
After a short while, Roman had gotten to the hospital. He arrived with Dr. Baker in handcuffs. Though he resisted, Baker got injected with the truth serum and hooked up to the machines. While they waited for the serum to take effect, everyone filled in Roman on what was going on.
ROMAN: What da hell?
WILL: We're as surprised as you are, Grandpa.
The green light came on the machine.
DANIEL: Here we go.
ROMAN: Your name is Dr. Richard Baker, yes?
BAKER: That is correct, yes.
ROMAN: Are you now or have you ever been on the payroll of one Johnny DiMera?
BAKER: Yes.
ROMAN: What sort of work did you do for him?
BAKER: I helped him create Grace.
JOHNNY: He's lying! Why would I create Grace?
BAKER: To cause your youngest sister pain.
JOHNNY: I wasn't asking you, Baker! I was asking them! You can't believe a word he says! He's lying! Even if the serum is 95% accurate, that still leaves a little room for failure!
Johnny was hushed by everyone else.
ROMAN: When you said you helped him create Grace, what did you mean? Go into detail about what you did.
BAKER: He wanted to cause his sister, Sydney, pain. He knew of what had happened with Grace when she and Sydney were babies. And, he thought this was the best way to do it. He got a sample of Chad's D.N.A. at a family reunion. I had a sample of Mia's D.N.A. from when I delivered her baby. He used the D.N.A. to create Grace. He made her to look like an exact copy of Sydney. He and I had made a true Petri dish baby. We then gave the baby accelerated growth hormone. We made sure that it would slow down the aging process to normal once it got to the right age.
WILL: When we asked her, she said that once she was created, she was trained. What did she mean?
BAKER: DiMera and I brainwashed her. Since she had no true memories, as she had only been created a week or so in advance, it wasn't too hard to do. We convinced her that she really was Grace. Of course, for her to know that she and Sydney were the same age, we had to tell her that she was born in 2009. However, I kind of got the details wrong. I had forgotten that Sydney was the one born in a hospital while Grace was born in a hotel room. I thought it was the other way around. You see, the switching of babies really messes with a dude's head.
JOHNNY: No! No, he's lying! He has to be!
ROMAN: Well, I sincerely doubt that, Johnny. In fact, I think it's time that you and me had a little chat. Come with me.
Roman and Johnny left the room.
WILL: Now what? What do we do with Grace?
ALLIE: What's there to do?
WILL: Well, we can't just abandon her. Sure, she was made by Johnny as a cruel joke to pull on Sydney, but I think we could change that. I think we can make this better for her.
ALLIE: How?
WILL: I don't know. We'll think of something.

ELEVATOR
A few minutes had passed. Ceri was pacing the short space between walls.
SYDNEY: Are you okay?
CERI: I don't know. I don't think so. I don't feel well.
SYDNEY: What's wrong?
CERI: I'm scared.

[sportsgirl]

Johnny is in BIG trouble...I wonder what Roman will do with him...I think he needs to be scared straight...

Someone needs to rescue those girls fast!!

I also wonder what will now happen with Grace.

[MrsM]

Wow, I almost feel sorry for Grace. I hope Johnny gets a good dose of his own medicine.

[fluffysmom]

I hope someone helps Grace. The poor girl can't help what was done to create her.

[André DiMera]

Chapter 21

ELEVATOR
Ceri's breathing was getting heavier. Tears started rolling down her face. Sydney got out her phone and dialed a number.
MARLENA (VO, over phone): Hello?
SYDNEY: Grandma? It's Sydney.
MARLENA (VO, over phone): Hi, sweetheart. What's going on?
SYDNEY: Well, Ceri and I are in the elevator of the Penthouse and it's stopped working.
Marlena gasped.
MARLENA (VO, over phone): Are you all right?
SYDNEY: Yeah. I'm fine. But, I'm not sure about Ceri. She's freaking out.
MARLENA (VO, over phone): That's understandable. Her father gave me her patient files. Sydney, the reason I'm telling you this is because you're the only one who can help Ceri right now. Ceri's claustrophobic. She's afraid of tight spaces. And, right now, I think she's about as scared as you become during one of your flashbacks.
SYDNEY: So, what do I do?
MARLENA (VO, over phone): Try to comfort her. Talk to her. Try to get her to calm down. Try to take her mind off of the present situation. Just stay calm and talk to her.
SYDNEY: Okay.
MARLENA (VO, over phone): As for the current situation, I'll...well, I'll get somebody to look into why the elevator isn't working properly.
SYDNEY: Great. Thanks.
Sydney hung up her phone. She walked over to Ceri.
SYDNEY: What's wrong?
CERI (crying): I'm scared. I'm really, really scared! I need to get out of here!
SYDNEY: Come here.
Sydney put her arms around Ceri. Ceri put her head on Sydney's shoulder.
SYDNEY: Ssh. It's okay. You'll be okay. I just talked to Grandma Marlena and she'll get us out of here soon.
CERI (crying): I'm scared, Sydney.
SYDNEY: I know, sweetheart. I know you are. But, it'll be okay. Like I said, Grandma's talking to somebody, and we'll be out of here before you know it.

HOSPITAL
Philip, Melanie, J.J., Rhiannon, and Joey were taking a walk. After a few minutes a girl, who looked to be about Melanie's age, and had flaming red hair walked up.
GIRL: Hey, guys. Did you miss me?
PHILIP: Um...have we met?
GIRL: Oh, of course. You guys don't recognize me. I had the doctors undo all of that crazy plastic surgery I did to myself way back in 2007.
JOEY: Um...who are you?
GIRL: Well, I expected this from Philip and Melanie, but not from my little brother.
MELANIE: Oh, no. You're not...
GIRL: Yep. It's me. I'm Stephanie. And, I'm back.

ROMAN'S OFFICE
At the police station, Johnny was sitting in Roman's office. Roman entered.
ROMAN: Well, kid. She should be here any minute.
JOHNNY: Who should be here?
The door opened and a female voice spoke.
WOMAN (VO): Commander Brady, what da heck was so important that I needed to drop everythin' and come to Salem again?
Johnny's face went pale.
JOHNNY (whispering): Oh god.
He turned around to see that the woman who spoke was his grandmother, Susan Banks.
SUSAN: Well, is that my little grandson, Johnny? Come 'ere and give your grammy a big ol' hug!