Fan Fiction |
by Jenny Tran
Joe and the rest were walking down the hall towards Michael’s room when they heard voices yelling. They quickly rushed inside and found Erin pointing to Julie “What’s going on?” Joe asked. He turned to Julie “How did you escape?”
“She didn’t have to, she’s one of them!” Erin spat angrily.
“Michael’s waking.” Doug pointed it out.
Erin spun around at Michael, whose eyes fluttered open “Erin…” he muttered. Then his eyes moved behind her to the shameful girl being cornered by the agents. He reached a weak hand up “Julie…” he whispered hoarsely.
Her eyes saddened as she slowly walked over to him. She took a hold of his hand while Erin stared at them in shock “You knew all this time?” she asked Michael.
Julie began shaking her head vehemently “No…he didn’t! He just recently found out.”
The others looked at the three of them strangely “I think there is something that needs to be explained.” Eric pointed it out.
Erin wiped her face angrily as she turned to Eric “If it wasn’t for the necklace you gave Mia that night, I would have never guessed the unexpected.” She snapped her head to Julie “And I wouldn’t have caught you in a lie. She said the necklace was from California when Eric said it can only be found in Egypt.” She turned to the team “She is the real Julie Lee, Michael’s fiancé who supposedly died four years ago. The same sister to Dave, Naja and Reina. Am I right?” she asked Julie.
The girl slowly nodded “I’m sorry…I didn’t mean to hurt anyone.” She said genuinely.
“It’s a little late for that.” Brad snapped after hearing the truth “You knew all this time and you set each of them up. You’re as cold hearted as Reina and Chris.”
Michael shook his head as he sat up with the help of Julie’s hands “Don’t…don’t yell at her. She’s not to be blamed.” He came to her defense “She didn’t kill anyone.” He turned to Julie “Tell them…please.”
Julie face was stained with tears as she nodded, his hand squeezed hers for support “Yes, I am the Julie Lee. After the accident, I was taken to a hospital where I slowly recovered. Chris even paid for my plastic surgery so no one would recognize me, especially Michael. My parents found out it was the Wu’s that planned the supposed accident. They kept me far from Michael, but by the 10th time he tried to come by and ask for my burial ground. They knew it was time for me to leave. Chris is Andrew’s brother, who traced down Reina for me and we were united. Chris has been in love with me since I could last remember, he took me to Egypt. It was a country he was very familiar with, but soon I grew bored and restless. I wanted to return home. When I came back, I heard of Andrew’s death and Ga Jei was taken to an insane asylum. I was shocked, how could two normally good people have such sad conclusions?”
“Good?” Doug shook his head “Have you seen what they did to Mia? How about Nora?? She can’t even die in one piece. And Jessie, she killed her without any remorse.” his eyes reddened when reminded of his sad story.
Dennis shook his head “We all fell for her innocent act. Remember?” he reminded his team.
“She can be quite convincing when she wants to be.” Julie said sadly “She and Chris convinced me to revenge against the P.R.A. and Michael. I was upset at the moment, but I swear I didn’t kill anyone!” she said honestly.
Eric was curious “It’s obvious why you guys would go after Michael and Mia…but why Nora?”
Julie looked at Michael sadly “Her father was the one hired to run me over with the car.” They were shocked by the news “I know it wasn’t her that tried to kill me, but Chris said she should pay for what her father did to me. I tried to warn her…I really did. I told her not to come to the meeting…but there was no meeting. Ga Jei was waiting in the limo for us. Nora insisted on coming and so she became a part of the plan.”
“And you witnessed the brutal killing and never spoke up?” Brad asked in horror “Explain why you are on the good team again?”
Michael understood why everyone was mad but he understood Julie more than anyone in the room “She didn’t know they were going to kill Nora.”
Julie sighed “I didn’t know but I heard it. If she didn’t try to escape, Chris wouldn’t have gotten upset and accidentally killed her. I saw it and panicked. But he assured me it was an accident and no one would find out. I didn’t know that they had cut her hand off and sent it to the agents until I overheard Ga Jei and Chris laughing about it. After that, I knew I had to get out and warn someone.”
“She called me.” Matt spoke up for the first time they entered the room.
“She did?” Brad asked with surprise “You didn’t tell us.”
“I know.” He nodded “The more people that know, the more Julie would be in danger. Yesterday, I helped her escape without Chris or Reina’s consent.”
“You did good.” Joe looked please “It’s better to save an innocent life then to lose it.” He turned to Michael “Why don’t you rest. I will speak to the head of the police department to clear her files. If we do discover that you are guilty of any murders, I will escort you personally to the police.” Joe warned.
Julie looked surprised but she was smiling happily “I promise you, I will not go anywhere until this case is closed.” She turned to Michael as the two hugged.
Erin turned away as she walked out of the room unexpectedly. Brad excused himself as he chased after her “Erin!” he called after her.
She turned to him while pointed to Michael’s room “Mia’s in there fighting for her life while she gets off free! Yes, she may be innocent, but she knew about this whole plan! How could she not be punished??”
Brad understood her being upset “It’s too late…things have happened. The only way to deal with it is facing reality. What is the most important thing right now? Mia.” He said flatly “She would be disappointed to hear you right now.”
“I can’t…I cannot stop being angry about this! Even until today…I think if I was not distracted, Mia would not be easily kidnapped. She would be living happy with Darren right now.” Erin shook her head sadly “Every time I look at him…it reminds me. I will constantly be reminded that I was the one that was not doing my job! And now I will be paying for it for the rest of my life…because my friend is in that room tied up in 100 different tubes just to keep her alive!! Disappointed is an understatement!” her tears were streaming from her face by now as she turned and ran down the hall and out of the hospital.
Brad stood still as her words slowly sunk in. Ted had heard the whole thing as he walked up behind Brad and placed a hand on his shoulder “Just give her some space. She’s not going to listen to anyone.”
Brad lowered his head “Sometimes I think you know her better than me.”
Ted shook his head “But she chose to be with you.” He gave his watch a glance “Joe said for us to go back and get some information out of Chris and Reina.”
He finally turned to face Ted “Can I beat him up?”
“Sure, I’ll hold the phone book.” Ted chuckled along with Brad as they walked to the exit. When they got to the police department, Ted and Brad were taken to a white room with only one bulb of light hovering over a table.
Chris was handcuffed and his chin was leaning on the table, he looked bored. Reina sat quietly next to him. The minute Brad and Ted walked into the room, Chris looked up with a smirk on his face “How’s Mia?”
The question made Brad boil inside as he suddenly reached out and grabbed onto Chris’s jail uniform shirt “You fucker!! What did you do to her?!!!” it only made Chris’s laugh grow louder and Brad eventually pushed him back into the seat.
Ted sat down silently as he stared at Reina, who did not meet eyes with him “You think by staying quiet will help you? I can tell you both that your sentence will be for life.”
Reina moved her eyes up, her brows arched “Oh?” she asked calmly “I’m not telling you anything.” She moved up further to Brad “Why don’t you ask your little girlfriend? She’s so smart…I’m sure she’s figured it all out by now.”
Brad snickered “Julie told us everything.”
Reina and Chris exchanged glances “How?” Chris asked with concern “She didn’t do anything!! Don’t hurt her!!”
Ted rolled his eyes “Take a reality pill, man. She doesn’t love you…it’s always been Michael. If you were smart, you would have killed Michael first. Julie would die to save him.”
“NO!!” Chris cried while he stood up “NO!! She loves me!! Not that jerk!! He was in on her murder!! It was all his plan!!” he was out of control.
Brad watched as Chris began banging his head against the table “Pathetic!” he snorted. He turned to Reina “Why did you have to do all this? If it’s because of Andrew, you should be after me. I was the one that shot that fire which killed him.”
Reina’s eyes were cold as ice “I know.” She gritted her teeth “I want nothing more than to see you suffer. Originally, I wanted to kidnap Erin…cut her in pieces and deliver her body parts to you each day until I run out. But Mia…tsk, tsk, tsk…she was in the wrong place at the wrong time.”
“But you didn’t intend to kill her…or Michael and how about Darwin?” Ted observed carefully.
Her lips slowly curled up into a sly grin “No…but I wanted them tortured until they died.” Her smile faded “But you guys still manage to find them!! Damn you!!” she yelled at Brad, the veins in her neck popping out.
“What is it that you injected in her brain?!” Brad demanded.
Reina tilted her head back while she laughed amusingly and Chris soon joined in too. When she calmed herself, she turned to them “A little potion that I made up. Rat poison, window cleaners…and ink from a pen. Who knew mixing all that would cause a stroke.” She laughed and looked at them with wide eyes “If you ever want to make some fall over and faint, use that potion!” she laughed humorously.
Chris laughed while he imitated Mia “It was so fast…it was like-” he made a plopping sound when his head hit the table in a second.
“You two are sick.” Ted narrowed his eyes.
“We know!!” Reina blurted out as they began laughing uncontrollably.
Brad could not take it as he got up and walked out of the room leaving the laughing hyenas with Ted. He pounded his fist against the wall angrily. He knew they would not be hurting as much as Darren or Erin. The team would have a great loss to another agent because of their psychotic ideas. He wanted nothing more than to hold Erin and tell her it was going to be alright. But he knew he couldn’t, that was what frustrated him.
Ted walked out while he nodded to the guards in uniforms “You can take them back now.” He noticed Brad looked flustered “No one wanted it to happen. I think Erin needs you more now than ever.”
“I don’t know where she is.” Brad shook his head sadly “Sometimes she disappears and I have no way of contacting her because she wants to be alone.”
Ted smiled warmly “Let me give you a little hint…”
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Erin breathed in the fresh air, yet it’s magical wonders wasn’t doing anything for her. She was flustered and angry at herself. She curled her legs into a ball as she hugged her knees together “I had no idea you liked the beach?” Brad spoke up when he found her after searching three beaches.
She didn’t look up as she asked “Ted told you?”
Brad seated himself next to her with a smile “It is relaxing.”
“Not today.” she said sadly. He sighed as he reached his arm around her and hugged her tightly “You need to stop blaming yourself. Even Darren is no longer mad. You two did great teamwork.” He reminded her.
“But it doesn’t make the situation any better.” Erin pointed out. Her eyes glued to the setting sun “What if she never wakes up?” she whispered the unthinkable.
“She will.” Brad replied firmly “Mia is a strong soul, she can survive anything.” He leaned down and kissed her on the top of her head “We can’t lose faith.” He heard her sniffing the tears back while her head bobbed up and down. She trembled from the sobs and the cold night air.