April Never-ending Story - Win $15 Gc

[ScrapGirlsRo]

A man's dreams are an index to his greatness.
– Zadok Rabinowitz

If this quote is true, then I am in big trouble.

My husband, Gary, is in charge of keeping on top of our complicated medication formulas. And because mine is particularly troublesome as I have Fibromylagia, he takes the time to prepare little blue dated boxes for me that contains the pills that I need to take each morning and evening. All I have to do is remember to go into my bathroom, open the appropriate box and throw them down my throat.

I remember my morning pills approximately 90% of the time.

But I never forget that I need to take my evening pills because of one tiny white item that could easily be missed if someone didn't understand how important it is to me. If I don't get this itty, bitty little pill that is otherwise known as Ambien, I get to watch movies all night long instead of sleeping.

It was discovered midway through last night that my latest handful of supplements was missing the critical item and by then it was too late. And so, I resigned myself to my fate. All I needed was some popcorn, a box full of chocolate covered raisins and a tall, cold glass of Sprite and I would be set for a number of hours of some rather odd entertainment.

So come along with me and enjoy one of my "movies" - complete with full-fledged Hollywood stars. I have a surprise for you at the end of the story that will allow someone to win a nice prize.

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Brad Pitt felt the warm sun stream through the paned window of his cottage dorm room that overlooked Atlantic Ocean. In fact, his room was so close that when he lifted himself up to look out the window, he felt as if he was flying over the waves. It was a warm spring day, the waves were gently hitting the shore, and it made him all the more anxious for the end of the semester to finally arrive. He just hoped that he would pass his tests because he simply had to get into law school.

"What's up, Dude?" Brad heard coming from the other side of the room.

Turning his head, he saw his roommate, Kevin Bacon, perched on top of the pillows, braiding his long hair around wires so that his long locks would stand straight out on end.

"Oh nothing," he replied. "Just watching the ocean."

"Righteous!" Kevin exclaimed.

Scene change……

The camera zooms through the bright, blue shallow water - the viewer seeing coral and other underwater items as if they were a fish swimming quickly through the ocean. In the distance a large object is seen and it is apparent that the camera is headed that way. As the camera draws closer, some gold flashes attract your eye and you see that there are antique coins scattered about on the ocean floor. You can hear some faint sounds coming from the large object.

As the object finally comes into view, it is apparent that it is an old wooden dresser (okay, insert comment from Ro – I never claimed for one minute that my dreams actually make sense), and the drawers are starting to rot away. There is moss growing up on the wood. You can see inside of the dresser through the missing areas and are amazed to see Tom Hanks clinging to the inside of a drawer, softly singing to himself, "Mommy. Mommy. Mommy." It is extremely clear to you that something is very wrong with Tom.

Then you notice that the ocean current is carrying the dresser towards shore and before you know it, Tom and his dresser have arrived on solid ground.

Just as our ocean traveler and his dresser reaches land, Brad Pitt and Kevin Bacon arrive (Kevin has now arranged his long hair into two rather ratty pigtails that are sprouting out of the sides of his head) and pull him out of the drawer.

Kevin says, "Way cool, Dude. It's like some space man."

Tom stands on the rocky shore, looking dazed. Brad (who is clearly the only reasonable one of the bunch) stands looking back at him and wonders why this full grown man has been floating about, dressed in a burlap sack.

Tom starts walking towards their dorm room and they follow him with Kevin Bacon yelling, "Dude. Where are you going?"

Tom doesn't reply and Brad wonders if Tom is able to speak.

Suddenly, they come across Kirsten Dunst, who is dressed in a Revolutionary War era dress and is playing a violin. She looks at Tom, wordlessly issuing a challenge.

Tom nods his head back at her. He has understood the challenge and accepts.

Tom whirls about and suddenly, he is dressed in a Revolutionary War era dress as well and is also holding a violin.

Kirsten nods her head.

Tom nods his head back at her.

They settle their stance and ready themselves to begin.

And then, together, they begin to play, slowly at first, the sound going back and forth like an easy conversation. Gradually the speed of the music increases, the pitch of the notes climbs, their bows go faster and faster. Smoke starts to come out of their violins.

Who will hold out the longest? Who will win the challenge of the dueling violins?

Tom looks cool and confident.

Kirsten does not look worried.

Kevin Bacon is twirling his pigtails around his finger with one hand and is pulling at his sweatshirt, which is too short for his torso, with the other hand.

Brad Pitt is admiring Kirsten, thinking that he wants to ask her out on a date at the very next opportunity he can find.

Tom and Kirsten are staring at each other intently, the music growing more and more furious over time. Their fingers climb to the end of their violin's fingerboards until it is clear that they have gone as high as their instruments will allow. The pace of the music has broken all of the hair on their bows.

There will be no more music.

The duel is over.

Tom begins to bark like a dog.

Wait a minute!!! Why did Tom begin to bark like a dog???

Oh, nuts. That was my dog, Lacie. She barked and woke me up before I found out who won the dueling violin contest. I also didn't find out where Tom came from, why he was floating about in a wooden dresser and dressed in a burlap sack, and what those gold coins at the beginning of the ocean scene had to do with the story.

What would become of Kevin Bacon? Would he become a hair stylist to the stairs?

Would Brad Pitt get the date with Kirsten or would she be so smitten with Tom and his violin that she would never be interested in Brad?

There are too many unanswered questions and I simply must know what will occur next.

And so I am opening a new never-ending story contest The contest will run through next Monday (April 17) and I will announce the winner, who will receive a $15 Gift Certificate to the Scrap Girls Boutique, on Tuesday, April 18th.

Rules:

1. You have to wait for someone to post after you before you can post a new piece of story. If you post more than one message in a row, I only count those as one post. So just follow that rule.

2. Don't come along and try to answer all of the questions in one post because that is BORING and frustrates others. Just keep the story going (go back before Tom started to bark like a dog). Let the answers to what happened in the story naturally come out as part of the flow of the story.

Have fun, everybody. I can not wait to see what you come up with!

[Guest Kimmistil]

Tom bows his head, he knew that Kirsten had beaten him to a pulp. Pulling at his burlap sack he turns to Brad and asks him where he can get some clothes, Brad looks at him and says "follow me" as he starts back to the dorm room. Kevin jogs up behind Tom, claps him on the shoulder and asks "hey dude, what happened to you? Tom stops and says.......

[Guest LacyT]

“It is a long story and I am cold, hungry and wet. I will tell you all about it over a beer and something to eat. Suffice it to say that you should always check out the boat you lease, complete with ‘staff and eye-candy’, when the deal is obviously too good to be true!”

Tom and Brad turn and follow Kevin and Kirsten, who have gotten a bit ahead of them. As they get closer they overhear snippets of conversation. Oblivious to the two guys following them Kevin and Kirsten are deep in a serious conversation.

Kevin is just finishing his sentence of “……is very suspicious. What are we going to tell him?”

Kirsten responds…

[Guest Kimmistil]

Brad catches up to Kevin and Kirsten. "Ah, excuse me, you two, is there something you want to tell me. Kirsten whirls around, "ahhhh, no, not really." She stammers. "What could we have to possibly tell you?" Kevin glances over his shoulder, "chill dude!!" he says, tossing his braids.

They reach the dorm and Tom jumps in the shower, while Brad gets him some clothes. "Kirsten," says Brad firmly, "I want to talk to you! Look!!" He says, "you cheated on me before and I won't stand for it again!! If I find out you were, I'll kick you so far down the beach you'll be living in Tom's moldy dresser. Okay, what do you have to say for yourself?"

With tears welling in her eyes, Kirsten says........

[Guest mommy2twins2]

"Brad, I thought you knew me better than that! I haven't cheated on you since that last time...I thought I was going to lose you!" She looks down at the ground and hesitates a moment..."It's just that, what Kevin told me about Tom is so tragic. And with him being your good friend I wasn't sure I shoudl tell you that he....."

[Guest LacyT]

At that moment Kevin shows up. Playing with his braids he glances at the two having the conversation that he just interrupted and asks…”Dude! Catch me up! Whats shaken with the deep conversation?”

Brad looks at Kirsten and Kirsten looks at Kevin. She takes a deep, shakey breath, and says “Kevin, we were just talking about things from the past, nothing of interest to anyone else. Is Tom out of the shower yet?” Glancing at Brad she notices he still has the clothes in his hand for Tom. “Oh… but Brad, maybe you had better get those to Tom. I really must be taking off!. I need to get a new set of strings and have my bow restrung. Later guys!” She turns quickly and heads out the door.

Kevin looks at Brad and back to the just closing door and says “….

[Guest mommy2twins2]

"dude! Man she seems so serious. Are you two having trouble again? Oh, I know she told you about Tom. I couldn't believe it myself. Well, you better get those clothes to him, This chick from the condo next door asked me to do her hair!" Before Brad could ask "what about Tom?" Kevin was gone.

What was going on? should he go talk to Tom about it, or see if the moldy dresser held some clues? He decided to talk to Tom, but when he went in, he found Tom asleep under the covers. The burlap bag was in a smelly rumples heap by the shower, and there were obviously holes in it, but when he picked it up it jingled. a gold coin fell out. This was getting stranger and stranger!

[Guest watmuzzer]

Brad picked up the coins and examined them. They seemed really old. The writing on the coins was too small for him to read. He remembered that he had a magnifying glass so he started to search for it.

While he was searching he saw that Tom was thrashing about in his sleep. He seemed to be dreaming that he was arguing with someone. Finally Brad found the magnifying glass. He held it up to the coin to read what it said. He was amazed. It said...........

[Guest Kimmistil]

Atlantis, 2 bubbles. "Huh?" He thought. "Atlantis? Like in the the lost land of? 2 bubbles? What kind of coin is this? Is this real money?" Brad decided he had to wake Tom, not just to find out about the money, but to find out what Kevin meant by 'Kirsten telling him about Tom'. Brad could hear laughter coming from the condo next door. Obviously Kevin was getting along REALLY WELL with their neighbor, Prunella. Before Brad could wake Tom, he heard a piercing scream coming from next door. Running to the door, he saw.......

[Guest LacyT]

Prunella standing on a chair and Kevin bent over in laughter.

“What happened Kevin? Prunella? Is everything ok?” Brad demands looking at the two of them. Kevin is still laughing so hard that tears are running down his cheeks and Prunella is beginning to look a bit indignant.

“Everything is just FINE.” States Prunella, now glaring at Kevin. “Just FINE. I would appreciate it if you would take Kevin back to your place with you before I tear him apart with my bear hands. I have things to do.” And with that she flounces out of the room, leaving Brad staring after her, mouth hanging open and Kevin gasping for breath from laughter.

Brad looks at Kevin. “Ok, just what happened? Why is she so upset with you?” What did you do… or should I ask what did you not do?”

“Oh, it was just… ha ha ha ha…(gasp) we were talking when (chuckle, chuckle, ha ha ha…) all of a sudden (uncontrollable laughter begins again) Dude you should have (ha ha ha, gasp stutter) seen it!. This crazy cat with no hair.(gulp, chuckle, ha ha ha…) runs through the room (gasp, gulp, roaring laughter) with a … with a… (ha ha ha)…a…

[Guest mommy2twins2]

["Kevin...you didn't try to perm the cat again, did you?! It took a month before it started to look normal again last time."

Kevin wipes tears of laughter out of his eyes and tried to pull himself together "No, man, this time I was trying to give little puss-puss some highlights" (he bursts into tears of laughter again)

"get him out of here!" Prunella yells "that creature scared me half to death!" Brad sighs. He grabs Kevin by the arm and begins to drag him back to his house. He shuts Prunella's door.

"Okay, calm down. hey, now that we're out of there, tell me what you know about Tom and that smelly old sack he showed up in?"

instantly sober, Kevin says "well...

[Guest Kimmistil]

"Well, ahhhhhh...." he hesitates. "Dude, look, it's kinda intense are you sure you want to hear this?" Brad nods impatiently, "Come on man, give it up, what do you know?" Well, you see, ahhh, it's like this......
Remember last year when Kirsten had that thing with that dude that lived in the swamp? You know, that save the earth dude?" Brad looks up in horror "That was Tom?" Sigh...... "No dude, Tom stole that save the earth guy from Kirsten, they've had this hate, hate thing going on ever since. Every time they see each other, it's gotta be some kind of competition. Kirsten won this one." Suddenly, there was a loud banging, making them both jump. "Are you two still out there? Is that freaky cat gone?" Prunella yelled through the door. Kevin starts turning red while trying to hold back his laughter, Brad stares for a minute at Kevin then starts laughing himself. "Come on, lets get outta here." They open the door to their condo and standing in the middle of the living room they see........

[Guest LacyT]

the dresser setting in a large puddle of seawater.

“Dude” says Kevin to Brad “Why did you drag that back from the beach?”

Brad stares at the dresser…lost in thought and not hearing Kevin.

“Hey man” Kevin punches Brad in the shoulder “are you listening to me? Why did you drag that ‘thing’ here?”

“I didn’t.” replies Brad rubbing his shoulder and walking toward the dresser.

“What’s going on?” says Tom coming into the room. “What is that doing in the living room?” as he stares at the dresser.

Brad and Kevin stare at Tom, astonished. “We figured you must have done it while we were gone! It was not here when I ran next door to find out why Prunella screamed.” Remarks Brad. Kevin begins laughing anew at the thought.

“I just woke up when I heard the two of you talking” says Tom. “It wasn’t me. Which one of you is playing the practical joke?”

Brad and Kevin stare at each other and back at Tom. “We are telling you…

Just then an odd sound comes from inside the dresser and all three turn to stare…

[Guest Kimmistil]

Out steps a man dressed in a burlap sack, dripping water on the floor. "Look dude" Kevin whispers to Brad, "it's the save the earth guy"
"Bruce!" Tom yells, "how did you get here?" Bruce Willis looks dazedly around and stammers, "I don't know, but someone is gonna pay!!!"

"That's the save the world dude? Are you sure?" Brad whispers back. Kevin whips his braids around and says "What d'ya think? I'm on drugs? YES, that's him!" As Brad stalks toward Bruce with murder in his eye, the door bursts open and in falls.....

[Guest mommy2twins2]

Kirsten, soaked to the skin as if she had gone swimming in her clothes. Her face is white, and her eyes red from crying. She looks around the room and faints away. When she falls they can see a violin bow, recently restrung, sticking out of her back.

Brad cracks. He goes to her and checks her pulse. He looks at Kevin..."you, call 911" then he looks at Tom and says "you! tell me what the H#11 is going on here!" he stands up to get in Tom's face, but he notices a a trail of gold coins in the puddles Kirsten left as she came in...

[Guest Kimmistil]

"She's not dead, but she's close to it." Brad grabs Tom by the shirt front and pulls him close to his face. "Tell me what's going on or I'm gonna annihilate you." He shakes him "TALK!!!!!" He screams. In the back of his mind, Brad could hear moaning coming from Kirsten and sirens slowly getting louder. Brad stares menacingly at Tom and shakes him again. "If you know what's good for you, dude...."
With a stutter Tom says........

[Guest LacyT]

“I.. I.. I swear I don’t know any more than you do what is going on” Looking at Bruce, Tom demands “What are you doing here? Why are you dressed that way? What did you do to Kristen?”

Bruce, wet, cold, still confused looks blankly at Tom.

Brad, white-faced from anger at Brad and Tom; fear for Kristen confronts the two guys. “The two of you show up the same way, in those burlap bags and soaking wet. Obviously you were both at the same place and are playing the same game! I am calling the police, one of you did this to Kristen!”

As the sirens get closer Kevin, who is kneeling beside Kristen yells “Dude! Somebody go out front and wave down the ambulance, somebody do SOMETHING…”

[Guest Kimmistil]

Tom looks helplessly at Bruce. Mumbling under his breath "for gosh sakes!" Brad shakes Tom one more time and releases him. He goes out the door to flag down the ambulance.

Pulling up to the curb, the paramedics jump out of the doors, "Where is she?" Tom points to the door and the men rush in there with the stretcher. Tom sits on the curb waiting for them to come back out, mulling over everything that happened. 'What an unbelievable day' he mussed. Just then the paramedics come out and start loading the stretcher into the ambulance.

When Brad tries to get in with her, one of them looks at him and says, "you'll have to find your own way dude, we need the room to work. That bow sticking out of her back takes up alot of room. Hmmm, looks freshly strung too." Brad steps back and the ambulance speeds away.

As Brad turns back toward the condo he can hear yelling coming from inside. As he gets closer he can make out what they're saying. He stops short when he hears......

[Guest deannayh]

This is not part of the story...just my comments on what may be the real reasons for the dream senarios. (didn't know where else to put it)



[quote][i]Ro,Apr 10 2006, 09:08 AM

Brad Pitt felt the warm sun stream through the paned window of his cottage dorm room that overlooked Atlantic Ocean. In fact, his room was so close that when he lifted himself up to look out the window, he felt as if he was flying over the waves. It was a warm spring day, the waves were gently hitting the shore, and it made him all the more anxious for the end of the semester to finally arrive. He just hoped that he would pass his tests because he simply had to get into law school.

"What's up, Dude?" Brad heard coming from the other side of the room.

Turning his head, he saw his roommate, Kevin Bacon, perched on top of the pillows, braiding his long hair around wires so that his long locks would stand straight out on end.

"Oh nothing," he replied. "Just watching the ocean."

"Righteous!" Kevin exclaimed.

Scene change……[/i][/quote]


RO, This is who you were thinking of before you fell asleep...or the first people to pop out of your subconcious.




[quote][i]
The camera zooms through the bright, blue shallow water - the viewer seeing coral and other underwater items as if they were a fish swimming quickly through the ocean. In the distance a large object is seen and it is apparent that the camera is headed that way. As the camera draws closer, some gold flashes attract your eye and you see that there are antique coins scattered about on the ocean floor. You can hear some faint sounds coming from the large object. [/i] [/quote]

This is bits of things that other people in the world think of as treasure floating past your vision


[quote]
[i]As the object finally comes into view, it is apparent that it is an old wooden dresser (okay, insert comment from Ro – I never claimed for one minute that my dreams actually make sense), and the drawers are starting to rot away. There is moss growing up on the wood. You can see inside of the dresser through the missing areas and are amazed to see Tom Hanks clinging to the inside of a drawer, softly singing to himself, "Mommy. Mommy. Mommy." It is extremely clear to you that something is very wrong with Tom.

Then you notice that the ocean current is carrying the dresser towards shore and before you know it, Tom and his dresser have arrived on solid ground.

Just as our ocean traveler and his dresser reaches land, Brad Pitt and Kevin Bacon arrive (Kevin has now arranged his long hair into two rather ratty pigtails that are sprouting out of the sides of his head) and pull him out of the drawer.

Kevin says, "Way cool, Dude. It's like some space man."

Tom stands on the rocky shore, looking dazed. Brad (who is clearly the only reasonable one of the bunch) stands looking back at him and wonders why this full grown man has been floating about, dressed in a burlap sack.

Tom starts walking towards their dorm room and they follow him with Kevin Bacon yelling, "Dude. Where are you going?"

Tom doesn't reply and Brad wonders if Tom is able to speak.[/i] [/quote]


This may have been how you felt about yourself at the time you met your husband. (Tom Hanks representing your husband). But he saw gold in you and clung to you on a rollercoaster ride. He may have even been the one to bring you to shore (instead of the dresser bringing him)



[quote][i]Suddenly, they come across Kirsten Dunst, who is dressed in a Revolutionary War era dress and is playing a violin. She looks at Tom, wordlessly issuing a challenge.

Tom nods his head back at her. He has understood the challenge and accepts.

Tom whirls about and suddenly, he is dressed in a Revolutionary War era dress as well and is also holding a violin.

Kirsten nods her head.

Tom nods his head back at her.

They settle their stance and ready themselves to begin.

And then, together, they begin to play, slowly at first, the sound going back and forth like an easy conversation. Gradually the speed of the music increases, the pitch of the notes climbs, their bows go faster and faster. Smoke starts to come out of their violins.

Who will hold out the longest? Who will win the challenge of the dueling violins?

Tom looks cool and confident.

Kirsten does not look worried.

Kevin Bacon is twirling his pigtails around his finger with one hand and is pulling at his sweatshirt, which is too short for his torso, with the other hand.

Brad Pitt is admiring Kirsten, thinking that he wants to ask her out on a date at the very next opportunity he can find.

Tom and Kirsten are staring at each other intently, the music growing more and more furious over time. Their fingers climb to the end of their violin's fingerboards until it is clear that they have gone as high as their instruments will allow. The pace of the music has broken all of the hair on their bows.

There will be no more music.

The duel is over.[/i] [/quote]


You are now Kirsten Dunst of course. Tom is your husband. You are not actually in a duel per say...more like challenging each other to continue on and be the best you can be. That's why no one "won" the match. Life isn't over yet.


[quote]
[i]Tom begins to bark like a dog.

Wait a minute!!! Why did Tom begin to bark like a dog???

Oh, nuts. That was my dog, Lacie. She barked and woke me up before I found out who won the dueling violin contest. I also didn't find out where Tom came from, why he was floating about in a wooden dresser and dressed in a burlap sack, and what those gold coins at the beginning of the ocean scene had to do with the story.

What would become of Kevin Bacon? Would he become a hair stylist to the stairs?

Would Brad Pitt get the date with Kirsten or would she be so smitten with Tom and his violin that she would never be interested in Brad?

There are too many unanswered questions and I simply must know what will occur next.[/i] [/quote]

Just outside distractions being heard by your subconcious which then has to make a reason for the sound.



anyway...just my 2 cents about your dream.


deanna

[Guest LacyT]

[quote name='Kimmistil' date='Apr 13 2006, 03:26 PM']Tom looks helplessly at Bruce. Mumbling under his breath "for gosh sakes!" Brad shakes Tom one more time and releases him. He goes out the door to flag down the ambulance.

Pulling up to the curb, the paramedics jump out of the doors, "Where is she?" Tom points to the door and the men rush in there with the stretcher. Tom sits on the curb waiting for them to come back out, mulling over everything that happened. 'What an unbelievable day' he mussed. Just then the paramedics come out and start loading the stretcher into the ambulance.

When Brad tries to get in with her, one of them looks at him and says, "you'll have to find your own way dude, we need the room to work. That bow sticking out of her back takes up alot of room. Hmmm, looks freshly strung too." Brad steps back and the ambulance speeds away.

As Brad turns back toward the condo he can hear yelling coming from inside. As he gets closer he can make out what they're saying. He stops short when he hears......
[right][post="39775"]<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/post][/right][/quote]


“…jumping from one era or time or something, to another, as if I were blinking my eyes. I don’t understand it, and to make matters worse…”

When Kevin interrupts him with “cool dude! Like time travelin’. I saw something like that on TV, some old re-runs about…

“No! Yes! I don’t know” shouts Bruce, interrupting Kevin. “and stop interrupting me. I know it has something to do with those coins. Kristen had one in her pocket and I am sure that was why the violin attacked her!”

“Like hey man” Kevin starts, while undoing his hair, “you must be on some kind of a trip. Violins don’t attack people, but maybe if they play really bad, they should! He laughingly untangles his hair from the wire. “cool man… look at the way my hair waves...” totally loosing his train of thought while tugging on his t-shirt.

Bruce looks at Kevin and realizes he will be of absolutely no help in this, but maybe Brad or Tom? No, Tom and he have that battle about Kristen going, but Brad? His mind is frantically searching for possibilities when Brad bursts through the door and yells…

[Guest Kimmistil]

"O'kay, I want some answers now!!!!! What the heck is going on?" Kevin interupts him. "Dude" picking up some coins "These shiny pieces of gold are some kind of time travel thingies. You have to have one in your hand and then you step inside the dresser, like this." stepping inside the dresser, he closes the door. Both Bruce and Tom yell "NO!!!!!" at the same time and start towards the dresser. Suddenly it disappears. Brad looks on in disbelief, then turns toward Tom and grabs him by the shirt front again. Shaking him hard he says in a low menacing voice, "talk!"

Tom looks mutely at Bruce. Bruce says "let him go and I'll tell you all I know." As Brad releases Tom, Bruce says, " Last year I met this girl, Kirsten, you know, that one with the bow in her back? She had these funny looking gold coins........"

[Guest LacyT]

The only problem is you also need the dresser. We did not know that at first. Little by little we have been piecing things together…

Brad takes a step toward Bruce with a menacing growl.

Ok..OK! Anyway, there is a small music shop, in the center of town, but kind of hidden. It is called Les Cordes. We stumbled on it looking for a place to get Kristens violin restrung a while back. The guy there is a real eccentric. Next door to him is an antique place that sells furniture and old books…I can’t remember what it is called, but…

Brad by this time has had it with Bruce’s inability to think and speak logically. “What does this have to do the coins? The dresser? Time travel?” he shouts as he grabs for the burlap sack Bruce is still wearing.

Bruce backs up a couple of steps while putting his hands out in front of him, to hold off Brad. “I am trying to tell you! The dresser is from the antique place, but the eccentric knew about some old legend about coins, and we over-heard him talking to some thug who dresses up for him at times for his shop, you know, for a publicity gimmick? He puts on costumes of different musical instruments…

[Guest mommy2twins2]

You see, once you put on the old clothes and put one or two of those coins in your pocket you have to get in that dresser and yu will time travel back to Atlantis! It's so very cool. They really were advanced, they had just about everything we had here by the mid 1900's, but you can't stay more than a month or something terrible happens to you. I'm not sure what it is, but they all talk about it in back corners of rooms in hushed whispers. sort of clandestine, you know?

Well, I had been there three weeks this time, when somebody stuffed me in the dresser and brought me back here! I think it had to be Kristen, since she was the only one who knew how to get back and knew where the dresser was, although you would have thought Tom did it, since he cares so much about me (*sniff*). I don't know how she got back here without the dresser though. And the bow thing? got me! maybe it was the...

[Guest LacyT]

Brad has had enough of trying to make sense of things, but, it makes no difference because there is a knock on the door, interrupting the flow of incomprehensible dribble. The police have arrived (having been alerted by the hospital) and would like to ask some questions about the assault on Kristen.

Brad looks at the police, and says without hesitation, “Certainly, please come in”. He turns to lead the way and glances at the panicked look on Bruce, he sees Tom is ready to run and is thankful that Kevin has ‘disappeared, dresser and all.

“Would you mind telling us what happened?” states one of the officers, looking at Brad.

“Certainly officer” and Brad proceeds to explain how Kristen comes through the door and collapses. Tom backs up Brads story and proceeds to explain about calling 911, while Bruce stands quietly, trying to look completely normal and at ease wearing his burlap sack.

The police turn to Bruce and demand to know why he has said absolutely nothing, and what does he know about the situation?

Bruce is still wet (luckily or the police may notice how he is sweating) from his trip “back” from Atlantis but knows he must say something. He looks the police officer in the eye and says…

[Guest Kimmistil]

"Сделайте тот из вас полицейскии говорят русского. Нет? Возблагодарите богов." Tom jumps in. "Officer, this is my friend, Bruno, from Russia. He doesn't speak English. I can translate for you. Tom babbles something to Bruce and Bruce nods and babbles something back. "Officer, he says to tell you he got here right before that lady fell through the door and he doesn't know anything else." The taller officer looks at Bruce and says " Parlez-vous français ? Pouvez-vous me comprendre ?" Bruce looks blankly at him. "Oh bien, pensée que j'essayerais." The officer says in French. Brad interupts, "Officer is there anything else we could help you with? If not we would like to get to the hospital and check on our friend."

The officer hands Brad a card and tells him "call me if you or your friends think of anything." As the door is closing behind them, Brad hears a noise coming from the bedroom. Bruce, ashen faced, is busy sinking down on the couch, like his legs wouldn't hold him anymore. Brad takes a step toward the bedroom and the door flies open, out steps Kevin, dressed in a burlap sack, dripping wet. He says.......

[Guest mommy2twins2]

Brad! Dude! You gotta give it a go! I've never seen anything like it! I'm sorry I've been gone so long, how is Kirsten?"

Brad, looking perplexed, says "We are just going to see her now. We don't actually know how she is yet. You've only been out of the room for like 20 minutes, did you take the dresser to Atlantis? Man, I can't believe I'm even saying that. This idea is so out there."

"20 minutes, you gotta be kidding me, man! I was there like at least 2 weeks. I just thought you'd kill me for bagging out like that, and I wanted to know if Kirsten was going to be okay. You guys go on, I'm wiped. I think I'll clean up and crash here for a while."

"right, okay, whatever! I'm heading off to the hospital. The rest of you stay here. She's been through enough and I don't think it will help anything to have all of you in her room."

As soon as he leaves, bruce turns to Kevin and says...

[Guest Kimmistil]

"Thanks man, I thought I was a gonner when those cops came in. There's still that warrant from when I set all those animals free from the lab. Glad I can still remember some Russian from my 'бабушка', that's grammy for you who don't speak Russian." Bruce grabs Kevin and gives him a big kiss. " Boy did I miss you, did you miss me?" Kevin pushes Bruce away and yells "Just what is it you think your doing, you've been gone for over 8 months! Do you really think you can just pick up where you left off?" Kevin stalks out of the apartment, slamming the door behind him.

Meanwhile, at the hospital.......

[Guest LacyT]

the hospital grapevine is in full swing. The staff are all speaking in low voices about “how lucky that young woman in recovery was. The violin bow missed all vital organs and the spine. …. lost a lot of blood, …what an odd weapon, …a gold coin was also in the wound? …a burlap sack?…police are looking into it. Shhhh… don’t say I told you about this but…”
In recovery, all is proceeding according to routine and Kristen is whisked off to a private room with a police officer outside the door. In her drugged and foggy state she realizes there are strangers speaking in low tones in her room. She pretends to still be asleep but hears a man saying “…and our lab is putting a rush on the clothing. Monique told me she had never seen material like that before and says she is sure it is not normal burlap. She will also try and lift prints from the weapon and the coin, before sending the coin out for further testing and research.” A woman then quietly says “This whole thing seems out of whack to me. Something in my gut tells me there is a lot more to this … Shhhh… I think she is coming around…”

[Guest mommy2twins2]

Brad walks up to the heavily guarded hospital room. The police officer gives him a hassle because he is not "family"

"just ASK her.." She will want to see me. (police officer peeks into room, says something and then nods back to Brad.
"okay, but keep it short, she needs to rest."

"Kirsten! how are you? Who did this to you?"

"Oh, Brad, I'm so sorry! I know you don't trust me after all we've been through, and that hurts me so bad. I wanted to find out how Tom got here. Whatever he tells you isnt' true. You saw how incoherently he was babbling when he first got here. Stay away from him, I don't want him to take you from me..." she trails off. She closes her eyes "wait, just let me rest a minute...I didn't see who did this to me. It was dark. I had just come out of the music shop. Keep an eye on Kevin too, he's not all he seems." Exhaustion takes over and she falls back on the pillow. she appears to be asleep. The police officer looks in and shoos Brad out.

Brad goes out to the waiting room, and tries to put it all together. As he's sitting there a doctor comes running up to the nurses station "Call doctor Kovach! We got the lab results, and there's something I want him to see!"

[Guest LacyT]

At the CSI lab, the experts are going over the results with the lead detective on the case. “This material…” as Monique points to the burlap sack “is not burlap at all. It is actually made from a type of seaweed that grows in the ocean. It is to my knowledge, not something that is in production anywhere in the world.”

“And the coin?” asks Detective Steele.

“Well, we have had a bit of a problem with that.” hesitates Monique.

“What kind of problem?” asks Detective Steele.

“It seems that it is a gold coin, but, unfortunately it reacted to something in the patients body and has partially dissolved. We were unable to get any markings what-so-ever..” Moniques voice trails off to silence.

“Dissolved? What do you mean, dissolved? Is that normal? A gold coin dissolving…I cannot believe that is possible. A pure gold coin? Any idea when or where it was made?” Demands the detective trying to grasp the situation.

“No” Monique states. “It is gold, but we are unable to date it. There seems to be other alloys in the gold, but we are not able to identify them, nor was the other lab we sent it to. The other odd item…” hesitates Monique, very nervous and uncomfortable by this time, “is there seems to be some type of a sodium content in the gold, but again, we have not been able to identify it.”

Back at the hospital the lab tech is trying to explain to the doctor that the results are a problem.

Dr. Kovach barks out his questions like a sergeant in the Navy. “What do you mean the results are contaminated? They were certainly not contaminated when they left surgery, I sent them myself! Did you test the specimens again? Did you send them out or were they done here? Who was the technician? Did you handle it personally or pass them on to some student? Why are you not answering my questions?”

Andy, the lab tech looks at the floor while the doctor is ‘interrogating him’ and shuffles his feet nervously and opens his mouth to say…