Hey all you diehard readers! I got this out earlier than I anticipated, aren't y'all proud? So anyways, nothin much to say except thanks to all of you who have written me! You know I LOVE getting mail! So, keep the feedback coming! Here you go!
Last time . . .
"Sorry I'm late!" Beryl said.
"What took you so long?" a female voice said.
"You know how it is! They're famous so they had to take care of stuff!"
"Yes, I know."
"You were right! They're good! But why didn't any of you let me know it was them?"
"Too risky. Don't worry about that now though! I've known them for a long time now, they're good guys. I want you to watch out for each other!"
"We are going to be able to pull this off right?"
"I don't know."
"What do you mean you don't know?"
"There are just some things that I, even as an oracle, cannot see the outcome of."
"Well, I guess it's up to us then! What are you doing here tonight?"
"I'm presenting the first award. But that's not important! Don't worry, while you and Joey are off discussing your relationship, I'll be watching over them at the after party."
"Thank you!"
"Now go! They're waiting for you!"
"Bye!"
Beryl left and the oracle said,
"Be brave Beryl, don't give in!"
"Where's Beryl! I thought he'd be here by now!" Joey said.
"I'm right here" They heard Beryl say to the left of the table.
They all turned their heads once then heard Beryl say, to the right of the them,
"No, over here!"
They turned their heads once again and heard Beryl say,
"No, over here!" then come in from the door.
"Dumb ass!" Justin said.
"What? I thought is was funny!" Beryl said as he got to the table. "Hit me baby one more time!" He sang.
"Ok!" Chris said smacking him on the back of the head.
"OW! Dumb ass! I didn't mean for real!"
They spent a little more time there joking around and having a good time, then went and killed time somewhere else. It was finally time to make their grand entrance and walk down the red carpet. As they got out of the limo and stepped on top of the platform and started waving to the fans, Justin saw a familiar, scary set of red eyes, belonging to a beast, which he hoped he'd never come across again, on the roof of Avery Fischer Hall. He got a look of disbelief on his face, which Beryl noticed.
"What's wrong?" Beryl asked telepathically.
"Huh?" Justin said looking at Beryl, he looked back at the roof and the beast was gone, "N.. nothing! Just seeing things I guess!"
"Ok.. Whatever!" Beryl said out loud as they made their way down the red carpet to the MTV News station.
"So, we can't wait until they come for us. We have to surprise them when they're not expecting anything." Lord Samuel said, "Now all we have to do is figure out where they are and catch them off guard."
"That shouldn't be too hard! There's only one place they could be tonight." Sarah said.
"Where is that my dear?"
She took a remote control and brought up MTV on a big screen TV.
"There!" She said as N Sync, was being interviewed by Kurt Loder.
"As soon as the sun sets, I want a team up there! I don't care how, but I want Beryl captured and brought to me alive!!"
"Yes my lord!"
As the guys of N Sync and Beryl, made their way down the red carpet towards the entrance, the sun was setting more and more until it was finally down. Just as they were in front of the doors, Justin turned around to wave to some fans but couldn't help but notice the glowing red eyes now on the roof of the NY State Theater. The same look as before returned and he went inside with the rest of the guys as fast as possible.
The awards for the most part were fun. There was many a time where Justin would ask the guys telepathically,
"Could we pretend Chris Rock was a vampire so we could kill him?"
They would laugh and patiently wait until it was time for them to perform.
Finally around 10:30 it was time for them to go back stage and get ready. Beryl stayed in his seat and impatiently awaited the performance. As Chris Rock introduced them, Beryl really wanted to kill him now. That thought faded as Britney came out and did her thing. But it wasn't till the guys brought down the house, that he stood up and cheered his heart out.
After the awards, Beryl and Joey decided they would go to the after party till at least 12, then go and have their discussion. They went to the party and what slight disappointment the guys had about not winning faded, as they were having a good time. Finally 12 o'clock struck and Joey and Beryl announced they were leaving. Chris was the only one who questioned why, simply cause he was the only one who still didn't know. After coming up with an excuse, they left. As they left the party, Beryl said,
"Wanna walk through the park?"
"This late?" Joey asked.
"We can take care of ourselves!"
"You're right, let's go."
Beryl teleported himself, and Joey to Central Park.
"Oh! This park?!" Joey said as they now stood at the 59th St entrance.
"Come on!"
Across the street standing in front of the train station stood one of Lord Samuel's followers. He went to a payphone and called headquarters.
"Ok, we'll have a team up there in 5 minutes! Just follow them and don't let them out of your sight!" Sarah said, "My lord, Beryl has been spotted entering Central Park with one of the chosen ones. I'm having some people head up there now!"
"Good! I want you to go with them and make sure they do it right! If they fail, it's on your head!"
"Yes my lord! I'll get him myself!"
"And remember, I want him alive!"
"Yes my lord!"
As she led the team of vampires up to Central Park, she thought to herself,
"'If they fail it's on your head!' Please! `And remember, I want him alive!' I should let him kill your ass so I can finally take over! But no! I can't! If I want to become a full sorceress, I have to wait till he's at full power again so I can steal his powers!"
"Do you know where you're going?" Joey asked, as they were no longer on a paved trail.
"Yes! I cut through here all the time!" Beryl insisted.
"So.. You wanna go first or should I?"
"How bout we just enjoy the night and worry about that when we get back!"
"Fine! But come here first!" Joey said as he looked around to see if anyone was around then pulled Beryl into a kiss.
As they stood there making out, Sarah arrived on the scene with her team of vampires. She had a syringe filled with a sedative that would knock out a bear. She crept up behind the couple and injected Beryl in his neck. As Beryl fell to the ground, Joey opened his eyes to see what happened, but was hit on the back of the head and blacked out. Three of the vampires started to kick him. One got him in the back, one in the stomach, and one in the chest.
"Leave him! Let's get this one back before he wakes up!" Sarah ordered.
"Meeting!" All of the guys said telepathically to each other.
As they all made excuses and went to meet each other, they all had the same feeling. Once they were together they all said,
"Something's wrong with Joey!"
"Come on, let's go through the back exit!" JC said.
They managed to get outside without being stopped by anyone. They busted through the door to the back ally.
"Hey guys!" They heard a familiar female voice say.
"Oh, um . . . hey Janet! We didn't know anyone was out here!" Lance said.
"Man! We don't have time for this!" Justin said as he waved his hands to freeze her, but failed, "What the . . ."
"Never mind that now! Joey needs you! Go to him! But remember, it's not what it appears to be!" Janet said.
"Huh?" They all said.
"Just go! All will be explained in due time!"
"Whatever, everybody grab on! I'm taking us to Joey!" Chris said.
"But we don't know where he is!" JC said.
"Don't worry, I can get us to him! Just grab on!"
They did as told and Chris concentrated on Joey and teleported.
As Joey lay there unconscious, the familiar red-eyed beast dropped down from a tree and went over to him. He bent down and felt his pulse.
"Good! He's still alive!"
As he stood over Joey's body, the guys arrived and Justin yelled,
"Get away from him now, and your death won't be as brutal!"
The beast turned around to see the guys in fighting stances ready to beat him to a pulp. He jumped up in the tree, leaped off a branch, landed behind the guys and used his wolf's speed to get out of there. Justin turned around and was about to go after him but JC stopped him and said,
"Forget about him! Let's just get Joey out of here and back to Beryl's!"
"Where is Beryl?!?" Lance said, "Didn't they leave together?"
"I don't know! But he can take care of himself, let's just worry about Joey now!"
As they got closer to Joey's seemingly lifeless body, they noticed blood coming from the back of his head.
"Oh my god! Is he?" Justin said.
"NO! Remember, she said it's not what it appears to be! He's alive!" Chris said.
JC went over and checked for a pulse. Once he found it, he said,
"He's alive! Now let's get him out of here!"
JC picked up Joey in both arms. Lance grabbed JC's arm with one hand and Chris' shoulder with the other. Justin grabbed Chris' other shoulder and Chris teleported them back to the practice room. JC placed him on the bench from before and said,
"Can you heal him Just?"
"Yeah, hold on. Let me think for a sec." Justin replied.
Beryl lay unconscious and chained up in the trunk of a car. Although he was unconscious, he was still able to send a sort of distress signal.
As Joey lay there motionless, Justin stood 2ft away about to heal him and the guys watched in hope. A green glow started to cover Joey's body, much like the one from earlier.
"Whoa, that's just like what Beryl did!" Chris said, "I didn't know you knew how to do the same thing Justin!"
"Um . . . I . . . I'm not!" Justin said getting really freaked out.
"Whatta yah mean you're not?!" JC said.
"Th . . . that's not me!"
As Justin said that, the green glow flashed brighter and Joey started to levitate. Justin got back and the guys watched with various emotions running through them.
Joey started to see the park again in his mind. He saw Beryl fall to the floor, but instead of everything going black, the scene froze in its place. He saw a female vampire with a needle in her hand. Joey's eyes shot wide open and green beams shot out from them. The guys gasped and were really scared now. Suddenly the green beams, as well as, the glow, vanished. Joey slowly descended back on top of the bench. He sat up, placed his feet on the floor and stood up.
"Joey!" The guys all said and ran over to hug him.
"We gotta get to Beryl!" Joey said.
"Wait! What exactly happened? Did that thing attack you?" Justin asked.
"What thing? Look, Beryl was captured! I think it was someone who worked for Lord Samuel."
"Wolf-boy is working for Lord Samuel?"
"What wolf? It was some vampire chick!"
"Ok . . . I'm confused!"
"What's there to be confused about? We gotta save Beryl!"
"Hey, hey, hey! You are not going anywhere! I can get Beryl back easily without them noticing and get him back here in like 2 seconds! Then we can continue on as planned!" Chris said.
"Ok, do it Chris! The rest of us, let's calm down and go upstairs and try and relax!" JC said.
"Relax?! How can we relax, when Beryl is about to be killed?!?" Joey yelled.
"Calm down Joe! It'll be ok!" Lance said.
"Easy for you to say! You're not the one who's been captured and about to be made sacrifice!"
"Excuse me?!" Lance said getting upset, "I was the one that was captured and tortured by Lael! I was the one subject to evil and near god status! I don't know what it's like?"
"I . . . I'm sorry! I . . . I didn't mean it that way. I'm sorry."
"Whatever!"
"Lance, calm down, he didn't mean it! Let's just get Chris to go . . ." JC said turning to Chris who, was nowhere to be found, "Where's Chris?! Chris? If you're here let us know!"
"Chris?!" Justin said, "Shit! He probably went to go save Beryl!"
"Beryl?" Chris said telepathically as he saw Beryl chained to a table. When he got no reaction, he crept closer to the table while still invisible. "Beryl!" he whispered in his ear. "Don't worry, I'm gonna get you outta here!" He put his hands on Beryl's side and attempted to teleport. As he tried, he and Beryl were shocked causing Chris to appear and fall to the floor unconscious.
"Shit! He probably went to go save Beryl!" Justin said,
"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" The guys all screamed in pain and fell to the floor.
"Grab him and chain him up before he becomes conscious!" Lord Samuel ordered as he, 5 other vampires and Sarah appeared.
"What do you want us to do with him my lord?" one of the vampires asked as they quickly got the magic chains and shackles on Chris' wrists and ankles.
"Chain him up downstairs! He'll be our insurance."
"What about their friends? They're sure to come after them!" Sarah said.
"I have something in store for them!"
"What?"
"I may not be at full power, but I still have some tricks up my sleeve! As for what they are, that's not what's important right now. The sacrifice has to take place at midnight!"
"Ugh . . . w . . . what was that?" Lance said as he and the others slowly came to.
"I . . . I think Chris has been captured!" Justin said.
"Great! Now we have to save both of them!" JC said.
"Well let's go then!" Joey said.
"Whoa! Slow down there boy! You know we're in no condition to fight right now! You're too pissed, we have to reconfigure our plan so it applies to the 4 of us, get some supplies and THEN go save them!"
"But it might be too late by then!"
"No, they're gonna wait for us. They know how much they mean to us, so I'm sure they're expecting us."
"I'm gonna check the book and see if it had anything about this Lord Samuel guy, what are his weaknesses and if anyone has fought him before." Justin said.
"Let's all go upstairs and try and relax for a bit!" Lance said.
They all agreed and went upstairs. When they got to the living room, the book was on the coffee table waiting for them. As Justin slipped through the pages, JC and Lance sat next to each other on the couch and Joey was over by the window looking out, thinking of Beryl. JC saw how upset, worried, scared and in pain Joey was, so he got up and walked over to him.
"It's ok Joe! He'll be ok, we won't let anything happen to him." JC said comforting him. Joey just stood there silent and continued to stare out the window. "I know what you're going through! I went through the same thing with Lance! And like Lance, Beryl is strong and won't go down without a fight!"
"Huh? What did you . . ." Joey said nervously.
"We know about you and Beryl."
"What?! I'm gonna kick your ass Justin!"
"Huh? What did I do?!" Justin said looking up from the book.
"You . . ."
"He didn't say anything!" JC said cutting Joey off, "I saw you two making out last night in the kitchen."
"So I suppose Lance knows too then."
"Yup." Lance said.
"What about Chris?"
"I dunno . . . I didn't tell him!" Justin said.
"Me either!" JC said, "Lance?"
"Uh uh! Didn't say nothin cause you'd kick my ass!" Lance said.
"So I guess that just leaves Chris in the dark about things." Joey said.
"Found something!" Justin yelled.
"What?" JC and Joey said at the same time.
The joined them over on the couches and Justin read what it said.
"Lord Samuel was at one time, the most feared vampire to ever walk the earth. The vampire gods feared for what might happen if he were to use his powers to take over. They stripped him of his powers," Justin read.
"Yeah, we know that part!" Joey said.
"Hold on, let me see if there is anything useful."
After about 2 minutes of reading Justin found some more.
"Check this out!" He said, "He wears armor that was blessed by the Lady of the Lake and is impenetrable. All who have tried to kill him have failed."
"Great!" JC said.
"Wait, there's more!" Justin continued, "There was only one family that was close to finding a way to penetrate the armor, but were killed by Lord Samuel before they had a chance."
"Who was the family?" Lance asked.
"Look familiar?" Justin said as he showed the guys the picture of the family.
"Is that?" Joey began.
"Yup! Beryl's family!"
"Now how do we find out how to do it?" Lance asked.
"We'll figure that out later! Right now, we all need to get some sleep!" JC said followed by a yawn.
"Hey Just, do you have anything that can put Joey to sleep?" JC asked Justin telepathically, "Cause I know he's not gonna be able to fall asleep on his own."
"Yeah, I think so." Justin replied.
"Joey, come here." Justin said.
"Yeah?" Joey said.
Justin put his left hand behind Joey's neck, and put up his right hand with his index and middle fingers, sticking up. His hands started to glow a light blue color. Joey stared at Justin's hand and within 3 seconds, he was asleep, being held up by Justin. JC picked up Joey and brought him to his room.
As JC stared at his sleeping friend, who he had known the longest of everybody, he couldn't help but sympathize with his situation. He knew all too well how it felt to have his lover captured and be worried sick, not knowing if they were dead or alive.
"Don't worry Joey, we'll get him back!" JC whispered stroking the side of Joey's face.
"You ok babe?" Lance said putting his arm on JC's shoulder.
"I just know what he's going through."
JC stood up and caressed Lance and said,
"I love you!"
"I love you!"
They gave each other a quick kiss then stepped out of Joey's room to meet Justin.
TBC . . .
The oracle revealed! A lot of you emailed me askin if it was Sammy (the spirit guide from the first story). Sammy was killed off in the JC Chronicles, by Xhang. Her spirit was destroyed, and although a soul can never die, hers passed on to the heavens. If you would like to know why I chose Janet as the oracle, feel free to ask! Email me at Papito6187@aol.com. Thanks!