Twisted

"I can't get him to come out of his room." Crystal sighed.  Jeff and Crystal stood outside of Michael's door.

   "Typical." Jeff said. "BUT...." He took out Michael's cell phone. "I got an idea."

Jeff dialed a number. "Hello, can I get Janet Jackson, please. I'm head of Michael Jackson's security." There was a pause. "Hey Janet! How are you feeling?"

   "I'm good...considering.." Janet said cheerfully.

   "Hey we're trying to get MJ out of his room so, hold on a sec." Jeff said. Then he turned his attention to Michael's door. "Michael! Can you open the door slightly? Janet's on the phone...could you PLEASE talk to her?"

Michael opened the door a little and peeked out. Jeff handed him his phone and rolled his eyes. Michael closed the door admediately. Michael pressed his back against the door and sighed.

   "Hello?"

   "Hey Mike, why would you come out of your room, silly?" Janet asked while giggling.

   "Jan' you sound great." Michael smiled.

   "I'm fine. Now WHY won't you come out of your room?" Janet asked again.

Michael sighed. "I don't know. I hear those people chanting outside...and I turn on the TV.....the world hates me. I'm scared. But I want to make things....right, I guess."

   "Mike, I'll tell you what. Come over here and visit me. No one is chanting outside this hospital. Everything is quiet here."

Michael blinked a few times, staring at his large bedroom. "Okay, I want to see you."

   "Good. See you later then, right?"

Michael smiled. "Right." He hung up and closed his eyes for a moment.

   You don't want to let Crystal down again, do you? Michael thought. Michael slowly opened the door. Jeff and Crystal smiled at him.

   "Finally!" Crystal said. She put his arms around him and kissed him. It made Michael smile too.

   "Jeff, lets go over to see Janet." Michael said.

Crystal turned the volume up on her TV. But all she could hear was "Michael Jackson's a liar! Michael Jackson go to hell!". She wanted to pull her hair out; the people were chanting so loud outside the gates of Neverland. Jeff and Michael went to the hospital and Jeff left a few bodyguards outside to make sure the people outside were handled. After a while Crystal turned the TV off. She put a hand on her forehead, feeling the awkward tightness in her chest come again, making it hard to breathe. She realized she forgot to take her medicine. She got up and went to the bathroom and opened the medicine cabinet.

James turned around towards the gates of Neverland to see all the angry fans. He knew since Jeff wasn't out and about that Michael had left the estate. James snuck through the crowd and went around to the back gate. James was successful picking the lock and snuck his way in to Neverland. He knew where all the guards were and where all the cameras were. He ducked past them easily to the house. James quietly snuck inside the house and tried to think of where Crystal might be.

Crystal heard Michael's cell phone ring.

  God, he always leaves something here. Crystal thought, swallowing the pill. She drank some water and hurried to the living room where she was watching TV. She picked up his phone and someone suddenly grabbed her by the waist. She squeezed the phone, pressing some buttons and cutting off the cell. The man covered her mouth before she was able to scream. She felt hot breath on her neck.

   "Having fun with Michael, huh?" she heard james' voice in her ear.

  James...James...Oh my god... She thought. Her heart started racing.

   "I'll kill him, and you will witness it." James whispered. Crystal shook her head.

   "No, No..." She tried to say but it was muffled.

   "Come quietly, and I won't hurt you." He whispered.

   "Janet you are so strong..." Michael said to her.  Michael sat in a chair in front of Janet in her hospital bedroom. She was in a wheelchair.

   "Yeah....well if you aren't you'll go crazy so..." she shrugged. Janet was in flair jeans and a white top.Her hair was wavy and had brown extensions in it. She looked healthy except that she couldn't walk. "I'm just blessed I'm alive."

Michael looked at the ground. "Losing my ability to dance would be like dying to me...Janet I admire you so much."

Janet leaned forward and took his hand. "Michael, I learned it from you..." She smiled that beautiful smile of hers.

   "Hey I can't stay long. I want to get back to Cristy. I don't want to leave her alone for long." Michael said.

   "Crystal...Jeff told me about her. Are you two together now?"

Michael took a deep breath. "ohhh I don't know....." He thought about it and he couldn't deny it. "Yes. We are together. Yes."

After the hospital stay, Michael and Jeff returned to Neverland. The people were still chanting outside the front gates. When Michael got in the house he looked around the living room. The house was quiet.

   "Crystal!" Michael said. He smiled and ran up the stairs and looked into the guestroom that had now become Crystal's room. She wasn't there. Michael was confused but realized she could have wandered out someplace in Neverland. He checked in his room and she wasn't there.

   "Hey Jeff!" He called down the stairs. "Can you order a search through Neverland? I can't find Crystal!"

   "Sure thing! She's probably on the Merry-Go-Round or something" Jeff laughed.

A half and hour later Jeff came rushing back in the kitchen while Michael was getting himself a glass of water.

   "So where is she?" Michael asked.

   "well, where ever she is....she isn't in Neverland."