beyond the boundaries*
chapter 11
5 PM, the same day.
"Where's Amanda?" Eve asked Brad.
"I don't know? I haven't seen her since this morning." He said
"She should have been back by now. I wonder where she is...maybe Josh knows." Eve said
"Go ask him."
"Ok be right back." Eve went to the dressing room. She knocked on the door. The bodyguard Lonnie answered.
"Hey Marcie, what's up?"
"I need to ask Josh a question."
"Ok...hey JC! Come here!"
Josh walked over to the door. "Hey Marcie."
"Hi...did Amanda say where she was going after she dropped you off today?"
"No, she might of went back to the hotel." He said
"Oh ok."
"Why? What's wrong? Is she ok?" He asked concerned.
"Yeah she's ok, nothing is wrong. I just haven't seen her and I'm a little worried. But I worry about everywhere she goes...I shouldn't...well thanks Josh."
"No problem. Tell me when you get ahold of her."
"Ok, will do. Bye Josh."
"Bye."
Marcie walked away sill having a bad feeling about Amanda.
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Amanda opened her eyes. It was blurry. Her vision cleared and she saw someone walk in the room. She tried to move her body but her legs and arms were tied to a chair.
"Well good morning sunshine!" The person said
"Ryan?...what are you doing?" She asked
"Oh it's not you that I'm mad at, it's them." He said showing her a picture of NSYNC. "But I know if I took you from them, poor Joshie would be lonely and have to come and find you."
"I swear if you hurt one of those guys I will kill you!"
"I wouldn't be saying that with the type of situation you're in. Don't go talking and your not so sure of yourself...you have really been keeping your mind of this case. So I could have easily hurt one of them and you wouldn't know who...you should probably get you mind off Josh and on catching me...right?"
"Well if you had the fucking chance why didn't you do it!?"
"'Cause I wanted a piece of this ass Josh has been talking so much about. He says your unbelievable in bed."
"He told you?" She said getting angry and hurt at the same time.
"Yeah, he tells me everything...why was he not supposed to tell me?...oops my bad!"
Amanda felt tears come to her eyes, she had to be strong and hold them back, she'll deal with that subject later.
"Why are you doing this to them, you're scaring the shit out of them, ruining their lives. Why are you doing this in the first place?" She asked
"Well because their famous and I'm not."
"And that's their fault why?"
"Don't get smart with me bitch...I was supposed to get that record deal...me...not Josh."
"Why didn't you just talk to him and tell him how you felt insted of threating to kill him and his best friends."
"I'm his best friend!"
"Someone's a little jealous."
"NO I'M NOT!...Why the fuck would I be jealous, when he tells me everything and no one else...you're the one that should be jealous."
"I don't have time to be jealous of you."
"If you don't stop with your fucking smart ass remarks, I might just kill ya now!"
"Your not gonna kill me...I bet you anything the FBI is already looking for me."
"Well why don't I call and find out...and that's another thing why haven't you told Josh yet?"
"Because I don't want to hurt him."
"Well it's a little too late for that honey. You had sex with him he's hooked now."
"Fuck you, he'll understand."
"Maybe not...he doesn't like liars."
Ryan began to dial the number.
"Hello?" Josh said
"JOS!-" Amanda began to yell. Ryan put his hand over her mouth.
"Hey what's up man?" He said
"Nothin' much, what was that?"
"Oh nothing...AHHH! you bitch!" Amanda bit him. "Hold on C."
"What's going on?"
"Hold on." He put down the phone.
"Can't you see I'm on the fucking phone." He grabbed the ducked tape and put it over her mouth.
"Now be quiet." He picked the phone back up.
"Ok I'm back."
"Ryan what the hell is going on?" JC asked.
"Nothing man, nothing."
"Where are you?"
"At home."
"Hey you wanna hang out tonight?"
"Sure, where's your girl?" He looked over at Amanda.
"I don't know? She went somewhere...but we haven't hung out in a while. Forget about girls tonight." Josh said
"Ok, sure. Meet you at the hotel?"
"That's cool. See you there."
"Okay, bye." Ryan hung up the phone.
"Well, he doesn't seem to be missing you."
She mumbled something along the lines of 'fuck you'.
He laughed. "Well you stay there and I'll be back. I gotta go hang out with your boyfriend. Bye." He said walking away outside to his car.
'Shit! What am I going to do to get out of here?...Where did he bring me?' She thought to herself. She looked around trying to figure out where she was.
It looked like some old beat down building. When Ryan opened the door she didn't see any buildings. She was in the middle of nowhere. No one would hear her scream. She can't scream now cause she wouldn't keep her mouth shut.
'Someone please come find me...' She thought to herself. She attempted to get out of the ropes but it was no use.
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"Daddy she hasn't came back yet. We have not idea where she is." Eve said on the phone to her father.
"The guy probably kidnapped her. I bet you he's keeping her hostage until she does what he wants...Shit! I hope she's alright."
"Are you serious? You think?"
"Yes, I'm flying there tonight." He said
"Ok, bye. Be careful Daddy."
"I will, you watch those guys."
"Ok." She hung up the phone. "Junior where are you?" She said outloud to herself.
There was a knock on the door.
"Come in!" She said
All the guys walked in, except Josh.
"Hey guys."
They all sat down.
"Marcie, we're all worried about Amanda." Chris said
"Aw...how sweet. You guys shouldn't worry. She'll be fine...Wherever she is, she'll be back soon."
"What could have happened to her?"
Marcie was about to answer him when John Murphy walked in the room. He was on his cell phone. "Ok, ok. I got it. I'll go check it out." He hung up the phone.
"Hi guys...they found her car." He told Marcie.
All the guys became interested.
"I'm gonna go check it out. I'll call you if anything comes up. Edward will be here in an hour and an half. He's already on the plane."
"Okay."
Murphy walked out the door.
"What does this mean?" Justin asked
"We wait."
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Josh sat in the lobby of the hotel. He saw Ryan walk in. He stood up walking over to him. They did their friendly handshake.
"Hey man, what's up?"
"Nothin' much. So where we going?"
"I was thinking maybe the bar down the block?"
"Okay let's go."
"At home."
"Oh why was it so loud there?"
"I...had a movie on."
"Oh."
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Amanda sat there for the last 3 hours trying to untie herself from the ropes. All of a sudden she heard a phone ringing.
"What is that?" She asked herself. She looked around, straining her hearing. "My cell phone!" She said excited. It was in her jacket pocket on her. "Shit!" She tried to get it out but in the process she fell over.
"God damnit why is this happening?" She didn't even try and answer the phone or get up. She knew she couldn't get up unless she was untied. She laid there for another hour or so, she lost count. She heard a car drive up on a dirt road and their footsteps walking towards the door. She saw Ryan walk in.
He laughed. "What have you gotten yourself into?"
She didn't say anything. He walked over to her and helped her up.
"Thank you." She said polietly.
"Your welcome...I just came by to see if you had escaped or not. But you haven't so I'll be on my way." He began to walk away. "Sweet Dreams!"
"Asshole." She said quietly as he left.
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Later that night. 10 PM.
Josh walked into the hotel room.
"Hey C, what's up?" Justin said.
"Nothin' much. Amanda back yet?" He seemed concerned.
"No man, not yet."
The two sat down next to their other bandmates.
Marcie walked in the room. Murphy, Edward, Brad and Johnny followed her.
"Hi guys." Johnny said
"Hey." They all said
"We have something to talk about with you. Please just listen and cooperate." They all nodded, Johnny let Edward speak.
"I don't know if you guys remember me but I'm Edward Jones. I'll just go ahead and get to the point. Myself and Johnny have decided to come foward and tell you guys what you should know." He looked at all the guys. "I am with the FBI. John Murphy, Marcie, Brad and even Amanda are also with the FBI. When this whole stalking case started I got a call from Johnny asking to assign the best agents to come and protect you guys. These three agents were to come put their lives on yours. That's an example of what Amanda could be doing now. Please understand that the three of them were assigned to protect you. They had restrictions and rules to follow. I apoligize on their behalf for them having to lie to you all. They had no other choice. Along with this assignment they were to be undercover as security so not to alarm you guys. Brad and Amanda kept thier own names just different last names. Marcie's name is Eve Jones. Her and Amanda are sisters and my daughters. I hope you all understand why this had all happened? Do you? Are you ok?"
They all nodded.
"Thank you. Now we don't know where Amanda is...but we're looking everywhere. We think whoever is stalking you guys is keeping her hostage because he knows she's undercover."
"Will she be ok?" Josh asked.
"Let's hope so. She has been trained to deal with these types of situations, but who knows what will happen. I'm sure she'll be fine. She's tough."
"Thank you guys so much for understanding." Johnny said
"No problem." They all said