"Eww, this is disgusting," Nikki moaned as she walked through the basement.
"It's the only way this plan is going to come through," Madison grumbled as she reached into her pocket, fumbling for the wrench she had put in there. "Now where is the fuse box?"
"I don't know, I've only been down here like, once," Nikki replied.
Madison sighed as she fumbled around the basement a little more, before letting out a cry of happiness. "Aha! There it is." She walked over to it and slid the door open. "Now to blow this popcicle stand."
Nikki asked, "What're you gonna do?"
"Simply remove a few of the fuses, and make all the power all over the place go out," Madison explained. "That way, we'll just stage a blackout."
"Ohh," Nikki said.
"Turn the flashlight on," Madison ordered. "The lights are going to blink as soon as I get these babies out." Nikki clicked on the light, and Madison gently untwisted the first fuse. The lights dimmed a little.
"Why didn't all the lights go out?" Nikki asked.
"I guess if I want to stage a full blackout, I'll have to take out all the fuses. Your house is huge, anyway."
"Alright. Take 'em out."
Madison carefully removed the rest of the fuses. "There we go. Now to get back upstairs."
The two girls headed up the now dark stairwell that lead to the main hallway of the house. Madison quickly shut the door and headed to the living room.
"What happened?" AJ asked, taking off his sunglasses.
"I don't know," Nikki exclaimed. "We just went upstairs and then the lights just flickered out."
"I think it's a blackout," Rachel replied.
"Great," AJ said. "Is there any way that we can get out?"
Nikki shook her head. "Whenever there's a blackout, the gate gets jammed shut and it doesn't open."
"That's just great," AJ remarked.
"It's okay," Nikki said. "You can just stay here another day. We don't mind."
AJ sighed. "Alright. I'll stay one more day."
Nikki squealed with excitement. "Yay." She threw her arms around him. "You're fun."
"Is that a good thing or is it bad?" AJ asked.
Allie shurgged. "I guess it's good."
"We need some lights," Rachel remarked. "Nikki, do you have any candles somewhere?"
"I think there's some in the dining room closet." Nikki tossed Rachel a flashlight. "I think they're in that basket."
Rachel left to get the candles, leaving AJ and the other girls in the darkened living room. "What're we going to do until the lights come back on?" Madison whined.
"Light a fire and sing campfire songs," AJ said suddenly. In the dimmed light of the room, the girls stared at him, confused. "Whaaaat?" he asked. "It was just a thought."
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Kevin's eyes skimmed though the messages in his e-mail box. The first few had been chain mails, the others were ads and things like that. He almost closed the mailbox when he saw the subject to one of the mails he hadn't opened: "We have AJ".
"What the--?" he said softly to himself. AJ had been gone for a few days, but he and the other guys had passed it off lightly. He was always running off someplace when they were on the road.
"He's probably playing a prank," Kevin mumbled, looking at the subject again. Might as well read it, it's not like it's anything serious. He opened it and read through it once, softly chuckling to himself, then read it again, wondering if it was remotely true. "No way." With one click of the mouse, he deleted the message.
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Crash!
AJ's eyes instantly opened, and he tried to sit up he found that he couldn't. His wrists were securely handcuffed to the bed railings, and his ankles had been tied to the foot of the bed with bandannas. "What the hell?!" he shouted. "Nikki! Madison! Someone!"
A second later the door opened a crack. "You called?" Nikki asked from behind the door.
"Yeah, who tied me up?!" he yelled. "Help me!"
The door instantly flung open and Nikki sauntered in. AJ's eyes nearly bugged out of his head at the sight of her. She was wearing a silver tube top that clung to her body in all the right places, and black shorts. "Holy.... uhh, why're you wearing that?"
Nikki smiled devillishly at him. "I'm just going to have a little fun with you."
"Um, untie me? Please?" AJ pleaded.
Nikki crawled on the bed and straddled AJ's waist, then she leaned in close to him, and brought her lips to his ear. "No," she whispered breathily.
AJ blinked. "What-what're you gonna do with me?"
"Mmm.... whatever pops up.... and keep you here for awhile."
"You're WHAT?"
"Don't you understand, AJ dearest?" Nikki said, her voice growing seductive. "We've kidnapped you."
Holy *&^%$.... AJ thought. What the hell is up with this situation?