Subj: Dare Story chapter 13
Date: 9/8/01 10:49:55 AM Central Daylight Time
From: Melissa

Meanwhile, the group had left the House by the Sea and began to walk to the Blue Whale.

"How did you get here?" Julianka asked Jen.

"I'd like to know that myself," was her reply.

"So what are we going to do?" asked Cindy.

Jon opened the door of the Blue Whale, everyone could see inside. It was crowded, and they were lucky to find a place for them all to sit.

"I can't believe I'm saying this, but I need a drink," Melissa said. She stuck her hands in her pocket and sighed. "Did anyone happen to bring any money with them? I don't seem to have any and I don't have my purse with me."

As the group all searched their pockets, a waitress came over with a tray of drinks.

"We didn't order anything," Beverly told her.

"Oh it's from that gentlemen over there," the waitress, who's name tag read; Maggie.

"Oh my God it's Elliot Stokes," Scarlett said. As she said that the man got up from his seat at the bar and made his way to their table.

"I see you all got here safely."

"It was you that brought us here?" Julianka asked.

"Yes, for sometime I knew that there was a parallel universe, the same as this universe, except for one thing. Collinsport doesn't exist as it does here. In the other universe Collinsport and all the people in it are just characters in some show."

"But why bring us here?" Donna asked.

"Because this place is as real to you as it is to me and everyone else that lives here," Elliot said.

"But why are we here," Jon asked wanting an answer.

"Because we are all in danger. You can help us. Angelique. . ."

"She's been destroyed, we say it ourselves," Melissa interrupted.

Elliot looked at the group, they all nodded. "I'm afraid that she is still very much alive."

"How do you know that," asked Kim.

"I can feel it," he said.

"What can we do?" Carol asked.

Elliot looked at the door, "I cannot say anymore here. Go to Julia Hoffman, she's at Collinwood, she'll be able to help you. Go quickly."

He got up and left quickly through the side entrance. The group looked around no one could see who had made Elliot Stokes leave so quickly.

"What do you make of that?" Beverly asked.

"I say we go to Collinwood. We were brought here to do something, and if Angelique is not dead then we don't have much time," said Mark.

"He's right," Julianka said.

They left and made their way to Collinwood.

"I never thought I'd actually be standing on the front steps of Collinwood," Melissa said as Beverly knocked on the door.

They didn't have to wait long for the door to be opened.

"Can I help you?" asked the pretty blond who opened the door.

"We need to speak with Dr. Julia Hoffman," Beverly told her.

"She's in the drawing room, come on in," the blond said.

They all followed her to the drawing room, it was all so familiar to them, everyone turned back to see the portrait of Barnabas Collins hanging just where they knew it would be.

"Julia these people are asking for you."

"Thank you Carolyn," Julia said getting out of her chair. She walked forward to the group. Carolyn left the room closing the doors behind her.

"I see Elliot was successful," she said.

"Yes, he told us to come to see you. He couldn't tell us why we are here," Beverly told her.

"He's being watched," Julia told them.

"What were we sent here to do?" Jon asked.

"Barnabas' child is in danger," Julia said.

Everyone looked at each other with confusion.

"I don't understand."

"The baby is missing, Elliot thinks that he was sent in the past somehow. We need to find him. If he should die then Collinsport will cease to exist."

"How can we find him?" Melissa asked.

"We do have a clue," she handed a box to Beverly, "this was found in the nursery."

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