Chapter 20

"Okay. Now that you have me here, what are you gonna do?" Tommy shouted. His voice echoed in the empty room.

No response.

"Come on!" he shouted.

He then noticed that the room gradually started to become colder. He hugged himself. The whispering started to come back.

"Tommy...Tommy....are you sure that the ROOM is cold?....Tommy...."

"Am I sure that the room is cold?" Tommy asked himself. Colder and colder he got, until he started shaking. "What is this?!"

"First your body gets cold....cold....cold..." The whispering said.

Tommy's teeth started chattering.

"What is this y-y-ou're t-trying t-to pull?" Tommy asked. He pressed his back against the wall and rubbed his arms.

The room continued to drop in temperature as each minute passed by.

"Then...then..." the whispering continued. "You..you...start to feel....the pain..."

Prince's eyes started to widden as he watched the screen.

"Think about it, guys. Without Michael look how easier our lives would be." Evan whispered.

Tommy and Lisa were silent. Evan passed each one of them a pair of gloves.

"My son knows that Michael didn't molest him. When he goes public with it, I will go to jail. That can't happen. It's either me or Michael and I chose Michael..." Evan explained.

"This is crazy..." Lisa said, but she began putting her gloves on.

"Crazy, yes, but I know how much you hate him. What good would he be alive to you? Just for him to cheat you again?" Evan said.

Lisa's eyes became thoughtful. She swallowed hard.

"And you Tommy, you'll work hard to get your money just for Michael to ruin it all for you. Plus if Michael's dead you can have the ATV catologe."

Tommy looked at Evan and smiled.

"I think we can get away with this." tommy said. "But whatever happens in there, we all have to promise not to tell a soul. It'll be like we had nothing to do with it. We never come near the Jacksons or interfer with them again."

Lisa and Evan nodded.

"You for this Lisa?" Tommy asked.

"I'm all for it." Lisa said.

"Evan!" Lisa called outside the door. No answer. Lisa stood up and looked around. It was pretty silent. She felt alone.

She started to walk a bit and soon she found herself near a pool. Memories started to flash back of one of her arguments with Michael.

"Makes you guilty doesn't it?" Michael's voice said.

Lisa turned around and saw little Michael sitting on the bench. It was Michael, but just as a kid. He had on his bellbottoms and colorful vest....it was as if Lisa was in a time warp.

"No, not this again..." Lisa said. She rubbed her eyes, when she opened them she saw Michael...this time older(Thriller era)...standing right in front of her. He had short curls and a blue sweater on.

"I know it makes you guilty," He said. "All those memories coming back. It's painful. And I know how pain feels."

"Michael" started to walk around the terrified Lisa. "You destroyed me Lisa. And not the way you think."

Lisa turned around. Michael was older now, with long hair iin a ponytail and curls in front of his face (Dangerous era).

"No, you destroyed me long before you think you did. And it hurt much more. And while the rest are paying for what they did..." Michael smiled and put a hand to Lisa's chest. She found herself falling into the pool. When she emerged Michael was older, with long straight hair, and a red shirt on (Invincible era). He had a smirk on his face.

"You will pay for what you did." he said. "You don't know how much I hate you right now. It's like you don't even care! But you will. You will." Michael's smile got wider. Michael's voice strangely changed into Lisa's when he said, "I guarantee it ."

Evan ducked just before the knife hit him, but lost his balance and fell. He stayed on the floor, trying to still his racing heart and slow his breathing.

"That was simply terrifying..." Evan breathed. He closed his eyes for a minute when he opened them the lights were on. He hesitated before standing.

"Okay Mike. I'll give you back your Neverland. Is that all you want?" Evan asked.

Silence.

Evan laughed. "No...No i'm not gonna play dumb. You want to kill me. Right? That's it isn't it! You won't have any mercy on me will ya? Well you know what WACK JACK??? It ain't gonna happen! It ain't gonna--" Evan gasped. Suddenly his air was cut off. He felt his throat tighten as if someone was choking him. Evan grabbed his neck and tried to breathe air. But he couldn't breathe. He couldn't scream, he couldn't do anything. He ran to the counter and leaned over it , struggling to breathe. When the room started getting blurry, he felt his legs give out on him and he colapsed to the ground.

"Lie for you," he heard Michael's voice whisper in his ear. "Die for you....anything for money, Evan...."